New Phytologist

Top Research Topics at New Phytologist?

New Phytologist was organized to reinforce research efforts on Botany, Ecology, Biochemistry, Agronomy and Cell biology. While Botany is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Symbiosis, Mycorrhiza and Horticulture. Ectomycorrhiza is a key component of Mycorrhiza research discussed in New Phytologist.

More specifically, the research on Ecology in New Phytologist is related to Ecosystem. Most of the Agronomy studies addressed also intersect with Nutrient. New Phytologist focuses on Cell biology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Arabidopsis, Mutant and Gene.

Discussions in New Phytologist are anchored in the subject of Arabidopsis and the similar topic of Arabidopsis thaliana. Gene research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Gene expression.

• Botany (45.50%)
• Ecology (16.10%)
• Biochemistry (9.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• AN EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION IN ROOTS (4476 citations)
• A new method which gives an objective measure of colonization of roots by vesicular—arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2652 citations)
• What have we learned from 15 years of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE)? A meta-analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO2. (2600 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Phytologist:

The journal articles cover a variety of subjects, including Botany, Ecology, Agronomy, Mycorrhiza and Biochemistry. The journal articles explore topics in Botany which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Symbiosis, Nutrient and Horticulture. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Mycorrhiza, it also covers topics in Glomus, Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Mycelium and Hypha.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of New Phytologist is to combine knowledge in the areas of Cell biology, Ecology, Gene, Arabidopsis and Mutant. Cell biology research featured in New Phytologist incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Transcription factor, Transcriptional regulation and Auxin. Ecology studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as Ecosystem, Plant community, Biodiversity and Climate change.

Research on Gene presented in New Phytologist concerns the broader topic of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2 (46 citations)
• Regulation of root adaptive anatomical and morphological traits during low soil oxygen. (36 citations)
• Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity (35 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 New Phytologist (based on the number of publications) are:

• David Read (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Francis Martin (76 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• John A. Raven (66 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Peter B. Reich (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Heinz Rennenberg (41 papers) published 1 paper 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 New Phytologist (based on the number of publications) are:

• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (466 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (418 papers) published 72 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Cambridge (354 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (313 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (309 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 1.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.22% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.01% of all publications and 50.22% 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.