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Journal of Phytopathology
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Journal of Phytopathology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 228 32 55 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 95
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 74
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.37
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Phytopathology?

Journal of Phytopathology is mainly concerned with subjects like Botany, Horticulture, Microbiology, Virology and Inoculation. Botany, which encompasses Fungi imperfecti, Cultivar, Spore, Conidium and Mycelium, is the main subject of it. Most of the works presented in Journal of Phytopathology deals with Horticulture but it intersects with the subject of Agronomy.

The Agronomy works, particularly on Poaceae are tackled in Journal of Phytopathology. Microbiology research is concerned with Pathogen in particular. Journal of Phytopathology focuses on different Virology studies like Virus, Plant virus, Tobacco mosaic virus and Potyvirus.

  • Botany (44.88%)
  • Horticulture (18.28%)
  • Microbiology (15.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Role of Phenolic Compounds in the Physiology of Plant Diseases and Disease Resistance (311 citations)
  • Deoxynivalenol and Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Spring Cereals (234 citations)
  • Selection of Antagonistic Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. and their Root Colonization and Persistence following Treatment of Seed Potatoes (208 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Phytopathology:

The most cited publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Botany, Horticulture, Microbiology, Fungi imperfecti and Inoculation. The most cited publications explore research in Botany and the adjacent study of Solanaceae. The most cited articles hold forums on Microbiology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Polymerase chain reaction and Bacteria.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Phytopathology mostly deals with topics like Horticulture, Botany, Genetics, Microbiology and Genetic diversity. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Horticulture and the similar topic of Genotype. The journal focuses on Genotype but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Rhizoctonia solani and Resistance (ecology).

In it, Pathogenicity and Host resistance are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Botany research. Research on Genetics presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Phenotype, Mating type and Polymerase chain reaction. It covers Fungicide research under the subject of Agronomy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Management of the late blight (Phytophthora infestans) disease of potato in the southern hills of India (4 citations)
  • Alternate hosts and seed transmission of maize lethal necrosis in Ethiopia (3 citations)
  • Parasitism of Solanum torvum by Meloidogyne hapla populations from Japan (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Phytopathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rudolf Heitefuss (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues (32 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • R. Heitefuss (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • F. Nienhaus (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sakae Arase (21 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Phytopathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Göttingen (99 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (93 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bonn (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indian Agricultural Research Institute (71 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.33% of all publications and 65.75% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Effects of a foliar fertilizer containing boron on the development of Sclerotinia stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) on canola (Brassica napus L.) leaves

    Li Ni;Zamir K. Punja

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Inheritance of anthracnose resistance (Colletotrichum scovillei) in ripe and unripe Capsicum annuum fruits

    Renata Mussoi Giacomin;Claudete de Fátima Ruas;Aline Fabiana Paladini Moreira;Gustavo Henrique Migliorini Guidone

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Author response for "Physiological and biochemical responses of tomato plants to white mold affected by manganese phosphite"

    Joicy Aparecida Alves Chaves;Lillian Matias Oliveira;Leandro Castro Silva;Bruno Nascimento Silva

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • The effects of biological control agents, potassium phosphite and calcium oxide on race 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae of lettuce in closed soilless cultivation systems

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • RNAi suppression of CYP82D P450 hydroxylase, an enzyme involved in gossypol biosynthesis, enhances resistance to Fusarium wilt in cotton

    Tanya A. Wagner;Tanya A. Wagner;Yingfan Cai;Alois A. Bell;Lorraine S. Puckhaber

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Molecular detection and pathological investigations on southern blight disease caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on cabbage ( Brassica oleracea var. capitata): A new record in India

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Physiological and biochemical responses of tomato plants to white mold affected by manganese phosphite

    Joicy Aparecida Alves Chaves;Lillian Matias Oliveira;Leandro Castro Silva;Bruno Nascimento Silva

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and temperature on the management of powdery mildew of zucchini

    Maria Lodovica Gullino;Giulia Tabone;Giovanna Gilardi;Angelo Garibaldi

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Response of cucumber cultivars to target spot based on epidemiological components of the disease monocycle

    Ivan Herman Fischer;Lucas Meleiro da Silva;Lilian Amorim;Juliana Altafin Galli

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Photosynthetic changes in wheat cultivars with contrasting levels of resistance to blast

    Carlos Eduardo Aucique-Pérez;Vinicius Souza Rios;Lara Beatriz Cruz Neto;Jonas Alberto Rios

    (2020)
    9 Citations

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