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Journal of Plant Research
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Journal of Plant Research

0918-9440

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10265

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 125 44 77 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 131
Documents by Best Scientists*: 153
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 84
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.622
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Plant Research?

Botany, Plant physiology, Plant ecology, Plant biochemistry and Biochemistry are the subjects of interest in the journal. The concepts on Botany presented in Journal of Plant Research can also apply to other research fields, including Horticulture and Phylogenetic tree. The study on Phylogenetic tree presented in Journal of Plant Research intersects with subjects under the field of Phylogenetics.

It explores issues in Plant physiology which can be linked to other research areas like Photosynthesis and Germination. Research in the field of Ecology was used to conduct the presented Plant ecology study.

  • Botany (51.69%)
  • Plant physiology (20.91%)
  • Plant ecology (16.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • ABA-mediated transcriptional regulation in response to osmotic stress in plants (625 citations)
  • The Structure and Distribution of the Flavonoids in Plants (315 citations)
  • Interspecific difference in the photosynthesis-nitrogen relationship: patterns, physiological causes, and ecological importance. (302 citations)

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

The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Botany, Plant physiology, Plant ecology, Biochemistry and Ecology. The majority of Botany studies presented in the most cited articles zero in on Shoot. Issues in Plant physiology were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Photosynthesis, Germination, Horticulture and Cell biology.

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 Plant Research focuses on Plant physiology, Plant ecology, Botany, Plant biochemistry and Cell biology. The journal holds forums on Plant physiology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Photosynthesis, Arabidopsis, Horticulture, Abiotic stress and Abiotic component. The journal covers Plant ecology research under the subject of Ecology.

The journal facilitates discussions on Botany that incorporate concepts from other fields like Catechin, Symbiosis and Flavonoid. The tackled Plant biochemistry research is interrelated with Evolutionary biology which concerns subjects like Genetic structure, Pattern formation and Phylogenetic tree. In addition to Cell biology research, Journal of Plant Research aims to explore topics under Arabidopsis thaliana and Cell cycle, Gene, Meristem, Protein family.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The biotechnological importance of the plant-specific NAC transcription factor family in crop improvement (5 citations)
  • Screening of mutants using chlorophyll fluorescence (4 citations)
  • MYB3R-mediated active repression of cell cycle and growth under salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana (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 Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hiroshi Tobe (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hirokazu Tsukaya (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Masamitsu Wada (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Noriaki Murakami (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Teruo Shimmen (30 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 Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (298 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (262 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (130 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University (118 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tsukuba (116 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 7 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, 1.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.62% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • Reconsidering the function of the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase family

    Unknown

    (2022)
    130 Citations
  • Tolerant mechanisms to O2 deficiency under submergence conditions in plants.

    Motoka Nakamura;Ko Noguchi

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Mitigation of salinity stress in cucumber seedlings by exogenous hydrogen sulfide

    Unknown

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Strigolactone is involved in nitric oxide-enhanced the salt resistance in tomato seedlings

    (2022)
    40 Citations
  • Evolutionary histories and mycorrhizal associations of mycoheterotrophic plants dependent on saprotrophic fungi

    Yuki Ogura-Tsujita;Tomohisa Yukawa;Akihiko Kinoshita

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Linking remote sensing parameters to CO2 assimilation rates at a leaf scale

    Kouki Hikosaka;Katsuto Tsujimoto

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Differential localization of cell wall polymers across generations in the placenta of Marchantia polymorpha

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Corrected photochemical reflectance index (PRI) is an effective tool for detecting environmental stresses in agricultural crops under light conditions

    Kaori Kohzuma;Maro Tamaki;Kouki Hikosaka

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Vegetative and reproductive growth of Arabidopsis under microgravity conditions in space

    Ichirou Karahara;Takamichi Suto;Takashi Yamaguchi;Umi Yashiro

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • The origin and evolution of the ALOG proteins, members of a plant-specific transcription factor family, in land plants

    Satoshi Naramoto;Yuki Hata;Junko Kyozuka

    (2020)
    21 Citations

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