| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science and Agronomy | 134 | 53 | 68 | 15 |
| Environmental Sciences | 314 | 55 | 81 | 17 |
| Earth Science | 381 | 16 | 32 | 9 |
The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Hydrology, Agronomy, Soil water, Surface runoff and Agriculture. It focuses on Hydrology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Soil conservation, Sediment and Soil science. The work on Agronomy tackled in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation brings together disciplines like Soil organic matter, Nutrient and Soil fertility.
The works on Soil fertility deal in particular with Soil biodiversity. The work on Soil water addressed in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation expands to the thematically related Water content. The journal explores topics in Surface runoff which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Infiltration (hydrology), Water quality and Phosphorus.
The studies on Agriculture discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Agroforestry, Natural resource economics, Agricultural economics and Environmental protection. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Tillage, focusing on Conventional tillage.
The journal publications facilitate discussions on Hydrology, Surface runoff, Agronomy, Agriculture and Erosion. The works on Hydrology tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Soil conservation, Soil water and Tillage. While Erosion is the focus of the published articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Soil science, Sediment and WEPP.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation focuses largely on the fields of Agriculture, Agronomy, Hydrology, Soil conservation and Soil water. The research on Agriculture featured in it combines topics in other fields like Cover crop, Agroforestry, Water quality and Water resource management. In addition to Agronomy research, it aims to explore topics under Nutrient and Soil fertility.
Some problems in Hydrology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Sedimentation and Sediment. Aside from discussions in Soil conservation, it also deals with the subject of Natural resource which intersects with Environmental planning and Sustainability disciplines. The overlapping concepts between Erosion and Spatial distribution and Topsoil are the key highlights of Surface runoff study.
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 Soil and Water Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Soil and Water Conservation (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 61.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 36.84% of all publications and 36.84% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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