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Molecular Plant Pathology
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Molecular Plant Pathology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 91 15 27 12
Plant Science and Agronomy 96 37 45 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 208
Documents by Best Scientists*: 245
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 138
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.567
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Plant Pathology?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Gene, Microbiology, Genetics, Botany and Virulence. The journal addresses concerns in Gene which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Molecular biology and Cell biology. It facilitates discussions on Cell biology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana.

The journal holds forums on Microbiology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Mutant and Bacteria. Mutant studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Biochemistry. Genetics research discussed connects with the study of Virology.

The journal focuses on Botany but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Plant disease resistance and Host (biology). Virulence research in the journal involves the investigation of Effector studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Type three secretion system. It features Virus research that overlaps with concepts in RNA.

  • Gene (32.62%)
  • Microbiology (28.33%)
  • Genetics (28.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology (1800 citations)
  • Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology (963 citations)
  • The phenylpropanoid pathway and plant defence—a genomics perspective (899 citations)

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

The published papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Botany, Gene, Genetics, Microbiology and Plant disease resistance. The published papers explore topics in Botany which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Arabidopsis, Host (biology) and Cell biology. The most cited articles explore research in Microbiology alongside concepts in Virulence and other areas of study in Effector.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Cell biology, Gene, Genetics, Effector and Nicotiana benthamiana are among the topics commonly tackled in Molecular Plant Pathology. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Cell biology by exploring it in line with topics in Mutant which intersect with Molecular biology subjects. The journal tackles issues in Genetics, particularly in the topics of Virulence, Genome, Host (biology) and CRISPR.

Some problems in Virulence that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Pathogen and Microbiology. Topics in Microbiology were tackled in line with various other fields like Plant disease resistance, Virulence factor and Biosynthesis. Plant Immunity, Phytophthora capsici and Fusarium oxysporum are some topics wherein Effector research discussed in Molecular Plant Pathology have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genome-wide alternative splicing profiling in the fungal plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum during the colonization of diverse host families (5 citations)
  • Role of the methionine cycle in the temperature-sensitive responses of potato plants to potato virus Y. (5 citations)
  • Red light imaging for programmed cell death visualization and quantification in plant–pathogen interactions (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 Molecular Plant Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bart P.H.J. Thomma (22 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Godelieve Gheysen (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jan A. L. van Kan (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pierre J. G. M. de Wit (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas J. Baum (13 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 Molecular Plant Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (89 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (65 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (56 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (49 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 5.34% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.42% of all publications and 38.71% 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

  • Penicillium expansum: biology, omics, and management tools for a global postharvest pathogen causing blue mould of pome fruit

    Dianiris Luciano-Rosario;Nancy P. Keller;Wayne M. Jurick

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Cercospora beticola: The intoxicating lifestyle of the leaf spot pathogen of sugar beet.

    Lorena I. Rangel;Rebecca E. Spanner;Rebecca E. Spanner;Malaika K. Ebert;Malaika K. Ebert;Sarah J. Pethybridge

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • A centenary for bacterial spot of tomato and pepper.

    Ebrahim Osdaghi;Jeffrey B. Jones;Anuj Sharma;Erica M. Goss

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • Functional analyses of small secreted cysteine-rich proteins identified candidate effectors in Verticillium dahliae.

    Dan Wang;Li Tian;Dan‐Dan Zhang;Jian Song

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Phosphate excess increases susceptibility to pathogen infection in rice

    Lidia Campos-Soriano;Mireia Bundó;Marcel Bach-Pages;Su-Fen Chiang

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • AtPME17 is a functional Arabidopsis thaliana pectin methylesterase regulated by its PRO region that triggers PME activity in the resistance to Botrytis cinerea.

    Daniele Del Corpo;Maria R Fullone;Rossella Miele;Mickaël Lafond

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Pathogens pulling the strings: Effectors manipulating salicylic acid and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in plants.

    Lander Bauters;Boris Stojilković;Godelieve Gheysen

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Functional roles of LaeA, polyketide synthase, and glucose oxidase in the regulation of ochratoxin A biosynthesis and virulence in Aspergillus carbonarius

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • A novel cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase gene, TaCRK2, contributes to leaf rust resistance in wheat.

    Jia Gu;Jiawei Sun;Na Liu;Xizhe Sun

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • A novel effector CfEC92 of Colletotrichum fructicola contributes to glomerella leaf spot virulence by suppressing plant defences at the early infection phase.

    Shengping Shang;Bo Wang;Song Zhang;Guangli Liu

    (2020)
    36 Citations

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