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Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

0019-638X

Published by: Indian Society of Soil Science

https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jisss&type=home

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 497 12 12 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 24
Documents by Best Scientists*: 26
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 17
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.189
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science?

The aim of Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science is to expand the discussion of research in Soil water, Veterinary medicine, Agronomy, Environmental chemistry and Phosphorus. Topics in Soil water were tackled in line with various other fields like Environmental engineering, Total organic carbon and Mineralogy. The research on Mineralogy featured in it combines topics in other fields like Cation-exchange capacity and Adsorption.

It holds forums on Veterinary medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Agriculture, Potassium, Animal science and Zinc. The Agriculture works featured in it incorporate elements from Agroforestry and Biotechnology. Some problems in Agronomy that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Nutrient, Soil fertility and Nitrogen.

The studies in Nutrient featured incorporate elements of Soil test and Botany. Environmental chemistry research featured in Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Organic matter and Soil pH. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Phosphorus but it intersects with the subject of Phosphate.

  • Soil water (46.20%)
  • Veterinary medicine (43.78%)
  • Agronomy (35.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Reassessment of the Crop Tolerance Response Function (75 citations)
  • Micronutrient Research and Sustainable Agricultural Productivity in India (66 citations)
  • Effect of Integrated Use of Fertilizer Nitrogen and Farmyard Manure or Green Manure on Transformation of N, K and S and Productivity of Rice-Wheat System on a Vertisol (65 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science:

The most cited papers focus on Agronomy, Soil water, Veterinary medicine, Nutrient and Soil fertility. The published papers with studies in Soil water featured incorporate elements of Environmental chemistry, Total organic carbon, Environmental engineering and Mineralogy. The published articles explore topics in Veterinary medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Agriculture, Phosphorus, Organic matter and Nitrogen.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science focuses largely on the fields of Agronomy, Soil water, Soil fertility, Nutrient and Soil test. The Agronomy study tackling the subject of Rice wheat cropping is the focus of Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. Soil water research discussed in the journal aim to provide more information in the subject of Soil science.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Soil fertility, it also covered topics in Sludge, Productivity and Identification (biology). The journal deals with Nutrient in conjunction with other fields like

  • Mollisol and Field experiment most often made with reference to Crop,
  • Fertilizer together with Randomized block design.. The studies on Soil test discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Nutrient management, Animal science and Moisture.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Comparison of indigenous and mechanical conservation technologies for shifting cultivation agro-ecology of north-eastern Himalaya (1 citations)
  • Nitrogen and sulphur release from added millets and oilseeds residues in indo-gangetic black and alluvial soils of Varanasi (0 citations)
  • Influence of varying levels of zinc on yield and zinc biofortification in hybrid rice (oryza sativa L.) grown in moderate zinc soil (0 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 the Indian Society of Soil Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dipak Sarkar (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Muneshwar Singh (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jagdish Prasad (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • S. K. Singh (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dulal C. Nayak (29 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 the Indian Society of Soil Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Indian Institute of Soil Science (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Punjab Agricultural University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rajendra Agricultural University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Crops Research Institute (2 papers) absent 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Managing organic matter content for restoring health and ecosystem services of soils of India

    Rattan Lal

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Climate Smart Agriculture Influences Soil Enzymes Activity under Cereal-based Systems of North-West India

    Ashim Datta;Madhu Choudhary;H.S. Jat;P.C. Sharma

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Effect of tillage and irrigation interactions on soil water dynamics, root growth and water use efficiency of wheat in the indo-gangetic plain

    Madanmohan Meena;K.K. Bandyopadhyay;P. Aggarwal;A. Sarangi

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Carbon Sequestration under a Rice (Oryza sativa)-Wheat (Triticum aestivum)-Mungbean (Vigna radiata) Cropping System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Genesis and classification of some tea-growing soils of Assam

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Soil and Water Conservation Measures Improve Soil Microbial Activity and Carbon Sequestration: A Study on High Density Cashew in West Coast Region of India

    (2021)
    0 Citations
  • Effects of tillage intensity and crop diversification on soil bulk density and organic carbon in a vertisol of central India

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Assessment of soil carbon mineralization and stock in mineralogically different agricultural soils of India

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Long-Term Impacts of Organic and Inorganic Fertilization under Soybean-based Cropping Systems on Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrients Availability in a Vertisol of Central India

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Soil quality as affected by resource conserving technologies in rice-green gram cropping system in eastern India

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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