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New Disease Reports
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New Disease Reports

Published by: Wiley

https://www.ndrs.org.uk/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 301 20 28 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 37
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 12
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.284
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at New Disease Reports?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Botany, Horticulture, Plant virus, Pathogenicity and Agronomy. New Disease Reports explores issues in Botany which can be linked to other research areas like Polymerase chain reaction, Phytoplasma and Crop. It links adjacent topics like Phytoplasma with Broom.

Horticulture and Spots are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. Begomovirus is a major topic of Plant virus research. The Begomovirus study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Leaf curl.

Specifically, studies on Fungal morphology are prevalent in the Pathogenicity works discussed. The study on Pepper featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Capsicum annuum in particular. New Disease Reports features Ornamental plant research that overlaps with concepts in Perennial plant.

  • Botany (61.93%)
  • Horticulture (31.83%)
  • Plant virus (20.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dieback and mortality of plantation Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi ) associated with infection by Phytophthora ramorum (78 citations)
  • First report of bacterial canker of Actinidia deliciosa caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in Portugal. (66 citations)
  • New host species for Chalara fraxinea (50 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Disease Reports:

The published papers focus on Botany, Horticulture, Plant virus, Agronomy and Pathogenicity. The journal papers explore topics in Botany which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Begomovirus, Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus and Phytoplasma. In addition to Horticulture research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Mediterranean climate, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Crop and Spots.

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

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Horticulture, Virology, Botany, Broom and Virus. The Horticulture works featured in New Disease Reports incorporate elements from Begomovirus and Tomato brown rugose fruit virus. New Disease Reports addresses concerns in the field of Virology by exploring it in line with topics in DNA sequencing which intersect with Potato spindle tuber viroid, Tree-tomato, Mixed infection, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and RNA subjects.

The journal focused on Botany research but expanded to cover Pucciniastrum. The journal holds forums on Broom that merges themes from other disciplines such as Related strain, Jujube witches'-broom phytoplasma, Phytoplasma, Melongena and Leaf disease. In the journal, Mealybug and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Virus research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • First report of Geotrichum candidum causing sour rot of longkong fruits (Lansium domesticum) in Southern Thailand (1 citations)
  • First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in greenhouse tomato in Iran (0 citations)
  • First report of Tomato mottle mosaic virus on tomato in Mauritius (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 New Disease Reports (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Adrian Fox (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • A. Skelton (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • V. Harju (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ian P. Adams (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • S. K. Raj (12 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 New Disease Reports (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • CABI (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leibniz Association (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (7 papers) published 3 papers 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, 13.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.81% of all publications and 35.48% 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

  • First report of acute oak decline disease of native and non-native oaks in Switzerland

    B. Ruffner;S. Schneider;J.B Meyer;V. Queloz

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • First report of fungal complex causing grey necrosis of hazelnut in Chile

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • First report of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus infecting tomato in Florida, USA

    K.K. Dey;M. Velez-Climent;P. Soria;O. Batuman

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • First report of Erysiphe corylacearum on Corylus avellana and C. colurna in Austria

    H. Voglmayr;T. Zankl;I. Krisai-Greilhuber;T. Kirisits

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Severe dieback and mortality of wild olive trees associated with Phytophthora species in Italy

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • First report of Chili pepper mild mottle virus in calibrachoa in the United States

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • First report of Golovinomyces cichoracearum sensu lato on Cannabis sativa in Israel

    M. Maymon;S. Jerushalmi;S. Freeman

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • First report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe salmonii on Fraxinus excelsior and F. ornus in Austria

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • <i>Cercosporella unguis‐cati</i>, the causal agent of the leaf spot of <i>Dolichandra unguis‐cati</i>, reported from Paraguay

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • First report of <i>Elsinoë phaseoli</i> causing scab of common beans in Kenya

    (2024)
    3 Citations

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