Nature Plants

Top Research Topics at Nature plants?

Cell biology, Arabidopsis, Gene, Botany and Genetics are the subjects of interest in Nature plants. The studies on Cell biology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of RNA, Regulation of gene expression, Transcription factor and Mutant. Arabidopsis research discussed connects with the study of Arabidopsis thaliana.

The Gene works, particularly on Genome are tackled in Nature plants. Nature plants investigates Genome research which frequently intersects with Computational biology.

• Cell biology (21.83%)
• Arabidopsis (15.19%)
• Gene (11.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Organic agriculture in the twenty-first century. (529 citations)
• Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide (380 citations)
• A CRISPR-Cpf1 system for efficient genome editing and transcriptional repression in plants. (344 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature plants:

The published articles primarily tackle Gene, Genetics, Genome, Arabidopsis and Cell biology. The journal articles hold forums on Genome that merge themes from other disciplines such as Evolutionary biology, Chromatin and Computational biology. While Arabidopsis is the focus of the published articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Arabidopsis thaliana, Downregulation and upregulation, Signalling and Botany.

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

• Gene
• Enzyme
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Nature plants generally zeroes in on subjects such as Cell biology, Gene, Arabidopsis, Genome and Genetics. Some problems in Cell biology that were presented in Nature plants overlapped with concepts under Cell, Cell division, RNA, RNA interference and Messenger RNA. The journal explores research in Computational biology and overlapping concepts in Guide RNA, Cas9 and CRISPR to expand the discourse in Gene.

The journal addresses concerns in Arabidopsis which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Transcription factor and Gene expression. Topics in Genome explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Evolutionary biology, Genetic variation and DNA. The study on Genetics presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Effector.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• PAM-less plant genome editing using a CRISPR-SpRY toolbox. (37 citations)
• Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice (27 citations)
• The transcriptional landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana pattern-triggered immunity (20 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Nature plants (based on the number of publications) are:

• Guillaume Tena (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Christopher Surridge (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ryan Scarrow (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lei Lei (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Anna Armstrong (17 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Nature plants (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (125 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (73 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (39 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Wageningen University and Research Centre (39 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Davis (38 papers) published 8 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, 0.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.90% of all publications and 33.90% 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.