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Journal of Plant Pathology
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Journal of Plant Pathology

1125-4653

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/42161

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 162 70 149 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 135
Documents by Best Scientists*: 244
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.411
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Plant Pathology?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Botany, Horticulture, Plant virus, Inoculation and Virology. Topics in Botany explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in GenBank and Potato dextrose agar. The work on Horticulture tackled in Journal of Plant Pathology brings together disciplines like Plant biochemistry and Agronomy.

A big portion of the Plant virus research presented is connected to Virus and Genetics. It is mostly focused on Genetics, specifically Genome. The studies on Inoculation discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fungus and Microbiology.

The journal focuses on Virology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gene and Phylogenetic tree. The study on Phylogenetic tree presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Phylogenetics. The research on Cultivar discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Plant disease resistance.

  • Botany (43.44%)
  • Horticulture (30.76%)
  • Plant virus (16.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Huanglongbing: a destructive, newly-emerging, century-old disease of citrus. (1346 citations)
  • Current status of molecular classification of the phytoplasmas. (374 citations)
  • FUSARIUM DISEASES OF CEREALS: SPECIES COMPLEX AND RELATED MYCOTOXIN PROFILES, IN EUROPE (365 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Plant Pathology:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Botany, Horticulture, Plant virus, Virology and Agronomy. The works on Botany tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Phytoplasma and Phylogenetic tree. The journal articles explore Plant virus concepts, specifically Fig mosaic virus but expand to research in Transmission (mechanics).

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

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Horticulture, Botany, Inoculation, Leaf spot and Cultivar. It connects the study in Horticulture with the closely related area of China. The majority of Botany studies presented zero in on Powdery mildew.

The Fusarium oxysporum research dealing mostly with Fusarium wilt is the focus of the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Status of fire blight resistance breeding in Malus (14 citations)
  • Rice plant disease classification using color features: a machine learning paradigm (6 citations)
  • Analysis of the effects of climate, host resistance, maturity and sowing date on wheat stem rust epidemics (4 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 Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Maria Lodovica Gullino (75 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • A. Garibaldi (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • G. P. Martelli (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Domenico Bertetti (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Marco Scortichini (38 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 Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bari (114 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Turin (100 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (78 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (58 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (42 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 18.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.55% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.21% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.34% of all publications and 54.89% 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

  • Status of fire blight resistance breeding in Malus

    Andreas Peil;Ofere Francis Emeriewen;Awais Khan;Sarah Kostick

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose on ornamental plants in northern Italy

    Vladimiro Guarnaccia;Ilaria Martino;Giovanna Gilardi;Angelo Garibaldi

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Management of southern blight of bell pepper by soil amendment with dry biomass of Datura metel

    Nadia Jabeen;Nadia Jabeen;Arshad Javaid;Amna Shoaib;Iqra Haider Khan

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Interactive effects of Ag-nanoparticles, salicylic acid, and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on the physiology of wheat infected with yellow rust

    Asghari Bano;Ummat-ul-Habib

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Thyme oil treatment controls bacterial wilt disease symptoms by inducing antioxidant enzyme activity in Solanum tuberosum

    Nashwa M. A. Sallam;Esmat F. Ali;Esmat F. Ali;Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr;Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr;Mohamed F. F. Bereika

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • First report of Phytopythium vexans associated with dieback disease of apple trees in Morocco

    Salma Jabiri;Salma Jabiri;Rachid Lahlali;Chaimaa Bahra;Mohammed Bendriss Amraoui

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • The potential of endophytic bacteria from Prosopis cineraria for the control of Pythium aphanidermatum-induced damping-off in cucumber under saline water irrigation

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Occurrence of green mold disease on Dictyophora rubrovolvata caused by Trichoderma koningiopsis

    Xiaoyulong Chen;Xiaoyulong Chen;Xiaohui Zhou;Jin Zhao;Xiaoli Tang

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Efficacy of native antagonistic rhizobacteria in the biological control of Pythium aphanidermatum-induced damping-off of cucumber in Oman

    Dhuha Sulaiman Salim Al-Daghari;Shurooq Abdullah Al-Abri;Issa Hashil Al-Mahmooli;Abdullah Mohammed Al-Sadi

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • In vitro screening of Aspergillus spp. for their biocontrol potential against Macrophomina phaseolina

    Iqra Haider Khan;Arshad Javaid

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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