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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 91 96 140 19
Chemistry 863 13 16 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 203
Documents by Best Scientists*: 206
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 106
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.779
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Soil water, Agronomy, Botany, Environmental chemistry and Horticulture. In addition to Soil water research, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science aims to explore topics under Hydrology, Organic matter and Mineralogy. The journal is mostly focused on Agronomy, specifically Fertilizer.

  • Soil water (12.23%)
  • Agronomy (9.01%)
  • Botany (6.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Differenzierung der Eisenoxide des Bodens durch Extraktion mit Ammoniumoxalat‐Lösung (1515 citations)
  • Pharmaceutical antibiotic compounds in soils – a review (1025 citations)
  • Jackson, M. L.: Soil chemical analysis. Verlag: Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1958, 498 S. DM 39.40 (946 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Soil water, Agronomy, Botany, Environmental chemistry and Organic matter. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Soil water, it also covers topics in Hydrology, Mineralogy and Animal science. The published papers focus on Botany but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Rhizosphere and Horticulture.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Agronomy, Nitrogen, Environmental chemistry, Soil water and Horticulture. The journal facilitates discussions in Straw, Tillage and Crop rotation as part of the larger field of Agronomy, however, it also tackles fields such as Term (time). The journal facilitates discussions on Nitrogen that incorporate concepts from other fields like Urea, Amino acid, Asparagine, Shoot and Animal science.

The Environmental chemistry works featured in Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science incorporate elements from Organic matter, Stoichiometry, Nitrous oxide, Phosphate and Greenhouse gas. The Soil water works, particularly on Subsoil are tackled in the journal. The concepts on Horticulture presented in Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science can also apply to other research fields, including Photosynthesis, Phosphatase, Fertilizer and Irrigation water.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere-laboratory and field scale (12 citations)
  • Utilization of soil organic phosphorus as a strategic approach for sustainable agriculture (3 citations)
  • Fertilizing maize croppings with blends of slow/controlled‐release and conventional nitrogen fertilizers (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 Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • F. Scheffer (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfgang Zech (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sven Schubert (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Rainer Horn (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • W. Schropp (46 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 Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Göttingen (385 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Giessen (275 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Kiel (234 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Hohenheim (223 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Bonn (222 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous 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, 7.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.34% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.95% of all publications and 30.51% 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

  • Stocks of organic carbon in German agricultural soils—Key results of the first comprehensive inventory

    Christopher Poeplau;Anna Jacobs;Axel Don;Cora Vos

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere-laboratory and field scale

    Doris Vetterlein;Doris Vetterlein;Eva Lippold;Susanne Schreiter;Maxime Phalempin

    (2021)
    91 Citations
  • Utilization of soil organic phosphorus as a strategic approach for sustainable agriculture

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • Characterizing phosphorus availability in waste products by chemical extractions and plant uptake

    Nina Høj Christiansen;Peter Sørensen;Rodrigo Labouriau;Bent T. Christensen

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • A contribution of molecular modeling to supramolecular structures in soil organic matter #

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Inventory and assessment of pH in cropland and grassland soils in Germany

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Zinc-nitrogen interaction effect on wheat biofortification and nutrient use efficiency

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on ammonia volatilization and abundance of N‐cycling genes in an agricultural soil

    Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa;Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa;Jesús González-López;Antonio Vallejo;Eulogio J. Bedmar

    (2020)
    29 Citations

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