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Nordic Journal of Botany
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Nordic Journal of Botany

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 338 18 22 5
Ecology and Evolution 516 44 40 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 68
Documents by Best Scientists*: 70
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.351
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nordic Journal of Botany?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Botany, Ecology, Taxonomy (biology), Taxon and Genus. In it, Zoology, Key (lock) and China are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Botany research. Research on Ecology presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Habitat, Vegetation and Flora.

Taxonomy (biology) research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Plant morphology and Geographic distribution. The journal focuses on Taxon research which is adjacent to topics in Subspecies.

  • Botany (95.83%)
  • Ecology (18.88%)
  • Taxonomy (biology) (16.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Epidermal and seed surface characters of plants: systematic applicability and some evolutionary aspects (483 citations)
  • General aspects of angiosperm evolution and macrosystematics (361 citations)
  • Proposed new realignments in the angiosperms (323 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nordic Journal of Botany:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Botany, Ecology, Taxonomy (biology), Taxon and Zoology. The most cited papers cover various topics on Botany such as Genus, Pollen, Pollination, Orchidaceae and Ultrastructure. While the most cited publications focused on Taxon, they were also able to explore topics like Subspecies and Nomenclature.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Nordic Journal of Botany is to combine knowledge in the areas of Botany, Taxonomy (biology), China, Ecology and Asteraceae. Poaceae, Sect, Rubiaceae, Nomenclature and Plant taxonomy are all subfields of Botany research that were featured in the journal. The study of Plant diversity and how it intertwines with concepts under Convallariaceae, Asparagaceae and Orchidaceae were explored in the presented Plant taxonomy research.

The journal explores issues in Taxonomy (biology) which can be linked to other research areas like Phylogenetics, Clade, Ascomycota, Conservation status and Morphology (biology). While Nordic Journal of Botany focused on China, it was also able to explore topics like Gesneriaceae, Zingiberaceae and Genus. Shrub is a focus of the Ecology works in Nordic Journal of Botany.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Impatiens rapiformis, a new species of Impatiens with root tuber from Yunnan, China (2 citations)
  • Vaccinium zhangzhouense, a new species endemic to Fujian, China (1 citations)
  • Henckelia connata (Gesneriaceae), a new species from eastern Himalayas, China (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 Nordic Journal of Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kai Larsen (129 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mats Thulin (108 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Torbjörn Tyler (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nian-He Xia (33 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ib Friis (32 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 Nordic Journal of Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Copenhagen (228 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (225 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Uppsala University (199 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • Aarhus University (115 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oslo (89 papers) absent 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, 10.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.10% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 40.00% 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

  • Key to the determination of taxa of Lemnaceae: an update

    Manuela Bog;Klaus J. Appenroth;K. Sowjanya Sree

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Patterns of density and structure of natural populations of Taxus baccata in the Hyrcanian forests of Iran

    Kourosh Ahmadi;Seyed Jalil Alavi;Ghavamudin Zahedi Amiri;Seyed Mohsen Hosseini

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Toward a multifunctional nature‐based coastal defense: a review of the interaction between beach nourishment and ecological restoration

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Red and white clover provide food resources for honeybees and wild bees in urban environments

    Laura Kanduth;Marion Chartier;Jürg Schönenberger;Agnes S. Dellinger

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Shade tree canopy cover affects coffee plant traits across elevations in coffee farms in southwest Ethiopia

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Competitors and ruderals go to town: plant community composition and function along an urbanisation gradient

    Tanja K. Petersen;James D. M. Speed;Vidar Grøtan;Gunnar Austrheim

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Deteriogenic flora of the Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park: ecological analysis and management guidelines

    Riccardo Motti;Giuliano Bonanomi;Adriano Stinca

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Legacies of historic charcoal production affect the forest flora in a Swedish mining district

    Ove Eriksson;Linnea Glav Lundin

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Functional trait variation of Anemone nemorosa along macro‐ and microclimatic gradients close to the northern range edge

    (2022)
    7 Citations

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