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Pakistan Journal of Botany
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Pakistan Journal of Botany

0556-3321

Published by: Pakistan Botanical Society

https://www.pakbs.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 104 78 181 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 146
Documents by Best Scientists*: 279
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 78
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.262
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Pakistan Journal of Botany?

Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture, Cultivar and Crop yield are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Botany, apply to Explant culture as well. Agronomy, which encompasses Crop, Yield (wine), Sowing, Germplasm and Irrigation, is the main subject of the journal.

The study on Horticulture presented in it intersects with the topics under Salinity.

  • Botany (28.51%)
  • Agronomy (26.98%)
  • Horticulture (26.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION AND ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AND WILD PLANT SPECIES FROM INDUSTRIAL AREA OF ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (213 citations)
  • SALINITY PROBLEMS AND CROP PRODUCTION IN COASTAL REGIONS OF BANGLADESH (149 citations)
  • Plant biodiversity of Hyrcanian relict forests, N Iran: an overview of the flora, vegetation, palaeoecology and conservation. (143 citations)

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

Agronomy, Horticulture, Botany, Salinity and Cultivar are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. The Agronomy research tackled in the journal papers is interrelated with Stomatal conductance which concerns subjects like Transpiration. The featured Horticulture studies in the most cited publications mainly concentrate on Sodium but also cover areas of interest in Potassium.

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 journal primarily focuses on research topics in Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Ecology and Traditional medicine. Malus sylvestris is a key component of Horticulture research discussed in Pakistan Journal of Botany. It holds forums on Botany that merges themes from other disciplines such as Organic solvent and Resistance (ecology).

Soil moisture deficit is part of Agronomy studies tackled in Pakistan Journal of Botany. The concepts on Traditional medicine presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Wastewater, Allium and Antioxidant. Antioxidant research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Leucotrichum, Antimicrobial and Camellia sinensis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Microbial community diversity influenced by organic carbon sources in rice - RAPE rotation farmland (0 citations)
  • Ethnoecological knowledge of wild fodder plant resources of district Buner Pakistan (0 citations)
  • Quality measurements of various types of wastewaters and their impacts on plant growth (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 Pakistan Journal of Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Muhammad Ashraf (106 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zabta Khan Shinwari (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Muhammad Arshad (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Moinuddin Ahmed (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anjum Perveen (29 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 Pakistan Journal of Botany (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Karachi (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Quaid-i-Azam University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (12 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 2022 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Mitigation of drought stress in maize through inoculation with drought tolerant ACC deaminase containing PGPR under axenic conditions

    Subhan Danish;Muhammad Zafar-Ul-Hye;Shahid Hussain;Muhammad Riaz

    (2020)
    101 Citations
  • Thermal stress alleviating potential of endophytic fungus Rhizopus oryzae inoculated to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.)

    Ismail Ismail;Anwar Hussain;Asif Mehmood;Muhammad Qadir

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Salt tolerance in maize with melatonin priming to achieve sustainability in yield on salt affected soils

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Impact of tillage and potassium levels and sources on growth, yield and yield attributes of wheat

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Effect of plant growth promoting bacteria and drought on spring maize (Zea mays L.)

    Muhammad Mubeen;Asghari Bano;Barkat Ali;Zia Ul Islam

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Morpho-anatomical adaptations of two Tagetes erecta L. cultivars with contrasting response to drought stress

    Faisal Zulfiqar;Adnan Younis;Atif Riaz;Farakh Mansoor

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Nanoparticles and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) modulate the physiology of onion plant under salt stress

    Sadia Jahangir;Khadija Javed;Asghari Bano

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Rhizobacteria and silicon synergy modulates the growth, nutrition and yield of mungbean under saline soil

    Niaz Ahmed;Saireen Ahsen;Muhammad Arif Ali;Muhammad Baqir Hussain

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in combination with plant growth regulators attenuate the effect of drought stress

    Tasmia Bashir;Shumaila Naz;Asghari Bano

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Ellipticalness index – a simple measure of the complexity of oval leaf shape

    (2022)
    23 Citations

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