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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

0114-0671

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tnzc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 295 34 35 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 58
Documents by Best Scientists*: 55
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.325
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Cultivar and Actinidia deliciosa. Postharvest, Shoot, Malus, Orchard and Ripening studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Horticulture presented. While Botany is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Inoculation and Sucrose.

Yield (wine), Crop, Sowing, Irrigation and Dry matter are all subfields of Agronomy research that were featured in New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. It focuses on Actinidia deliciosa research which is adjacent to topics in Vine.

  • Horticulture (48.29%)
  • Botany (39.60%)
  • Agronomy (35.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Factors affecting apple aroma/flavour volatile concentration: A Review (270 citations)
  • Postharvest softening of apple (Malus domestica) fruit: A review (149 citations)
  • Rootstock and interstock effects on deciduous fruit tree vigour, precocity, and yield productivity (112 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science:

Horticulture, Agronomy, Botany, Cultivar and Actinidia deliciosa are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The Horticulture study tackled in the most cited publications is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Dry matter. The works on Agronomy tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Salinity and Nutrient.

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

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Horticulture, Cultivar, Agronomy, Genetics and Gene are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The research on Horticulture discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Nutrient. The research on Cultivar tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Climate change, Herbaceous plant, Ornamental plant and Crop pollination.

The Agronomy study tackling the subject of Yield (wine) is the focus of the journal. It facilitates discussions in Allele and Genome wide analysis as part of the larger field of Genetics, however, it also tackles fields such as Quality (physics), Glutenin and Variation (linguistics). The Gene expression, Transcriptional regulation, Functional identification and Gene family studies presented in New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science fall under the field of Gene, but it also has connections to other fields such as Auxin response factor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genome-wide analysis of auxin response factor (ARF) genes and functional identification of MdARF2 reveals the involvement in the regulation of anthocyanin accumulation in apple (2 citations)
  • Carotenoids, ascorbic acid and total phenolic content in the root tissue from five Australian-grown sweet potato cultivars (1 citations)
  • Reduced inorganic fertiliser in combination with an alkaline humic acid fertiliser amendment on acid growth media properties and cherry tomato growth (1 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 Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • G. K. Burge (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter J. Wright (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ed R. Morgan (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey S. Reid (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. L. Lewthwaite (15 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 Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research (145 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Plant & Food Research (86 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Canterbury of New Zealand (61 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Massey University (54 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Auckland (37 papers) published 1 paper 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, 13.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.45% of all publications and 40.91% 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

  • Biochar derived from hazelnut shells mitigates the impact of drought stress on soybean seedlings

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Carotenoids, ascorbic acid and total phenolic content in the root tissue from five Australian-grown sweet potato cultivars

    Joel B. Johnson;Cassandra Budd;Janice S. Mani;Phil Brown

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Assessing potato canopy growth and development at the individual leaf level to improve the understanding of the plant source–sink relations

    Juliano S. Oliveira;Hamish E. Brown;Derrick J. Moot

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Comparative study of the auxins 2,4-D, fluroxypyr, dicamba, MCPA and hydrogen sulphide to inhibit postharvest calyx senescence and maintain internal quality of Valencia oranges

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • The colour variations of flowers in wild Paeonia delavayi plants are determined by four classes of plant pigments

    Juan Wang;David Lewis;Rui Shi;Tony McGhie

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • A potato intragene overexpressing GSL1 confers resistance to Pectobacterium atrosepticum

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Quantifying morpho-physiological traits that describe canopy and biomass formation and partitioning processes for spring wheat genotypes grown under contrasting nitrogen supply

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Using drainage fluxmeters to measure inorganic nitrogen losses from New Zealand’s arable and vegetable production systems

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • New insights into the storage performance of ‘Hayward’ kiwifruit from a comparison of three cultivars

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Genetic diversity and promotion plant growth of culturable endophytic diazotrophs associated with seashore paspalum cultivars

    Tianzeng Liu;Chaonan Zhai;Juming Zhang;Jeffrey A. Coulter

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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