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Persoonia
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Persoonia

0031-5850

Published by: Ingenta

https://www.persoonia.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 238 8 9 7
Ecology and Evolution 576 8 7 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 77
Documents by Best Scientists*: 56
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 90
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.674
Impact Factor: 7.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Persoonia?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Botany, Genus, Zoology, Taxonomy (biology) and Taxon. The research on Botany tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Key (lock) and Phylogenetic tree. It focuses on Phylogenetic tree but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Evolutionary biology, Systematics and Phylogenetics.

More specifically, the research on Phylogenetics in the journal is related to Ribosomal DNA. The in-depth study on Zoology also explores topics in the intersecting field of Type (biology). Taxonomy (biology) research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Fungal morphology.

The featured Taxon research is covered under the field of Ecology.

  • Botany (69.37%)
  • Genus (23.94%)
  • Zoology (23.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Diaporthe: a genus of endophytic, saprobic and plant pathogenic fungi (270 citations)
  • One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes. (260 citations)
  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 214–280 (233 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Persoonia:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Botany, Taxonomy (biology), Phylogenetic tree, Phylogenetics and Genus. The published articles connects research in Botany with the related topics of Internal transcribed spacer. Aside from investigating topics in Nomenclature under Taxonomy (biology), the journal papers also explore concepts in Intergenic region.

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

  • Botany
  • Fungus
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Persoonia focuses largely on the fields of Botany, Evolutionary biology, Taxonomy (biology), China and Subgenus. Persoonia covers research in Botany, particularly Russulaceae and how they are related with concepts in Lactifluus clarkeae. Persoonia explores topics in Evolutionary biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Lophiostomataceae, Lophiotremataceae, Botryosphaeriales and Locus (genetics).

The journal facilitates discussions on Taxonomy (biology) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Domestication, Parastagonospora and Computational biology. China research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Botryosphaeriaceae, Ecology, Quarantine and Dothideomycetes. The studies on Subgenus discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mediterranean climate, Cortinarius and DNA sequencing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluating species in Botryosphaeriales (7 citations)
  • Redefining species limits in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (3 citations)
  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 1182–1283 (2 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 Persoonia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pedro W. Crous (139 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Johannes Z. Groenewald (95 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Michael J. Wingfield (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Roger G. Shivas (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • R.A. Maas Geesteranus (39 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 Persoonia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Pretoria (48 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stellenbosch University (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Utrecht University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (19 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, 75.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 66.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 33.33% 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

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284–1382

    Unknown

    (2021)
    178 Citations
  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 1042-1111

    P. W. Crous;M. J. Wingfield;Y. H. Chooi;C. L. M. Gilchrist

    (2020)
    163 Citations
  • Fungal planet description sheets: 1112–1181

    P. W. Crous;D. A. Cowan;G. Maggs-Kölling;N. Yilmaz

    (2020)
    125 Citations
  • Evaluating species in Botryosphaeriales

    W. Zhang;J.Z. Groenewald;L. Lombard;R.K. Schumacher

    (2021)
    101 Citations
  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 1383–1435

    Unknown

    (2022)
    100 Citations

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