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Pest Management Science
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Pest Management Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 43 185 348 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 607
Documents by Best Scientists*: 964
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 17
SCIMAGO H-index: 165
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.901
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Pest Management Science?

The foci of the journal are Botany, Toxicology, Agronomy, PEST analysis and Pesticide. The journal focuses on Botany as well as the interrelated topic of Horticulture. Pest Management Science focuses on Toxicology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Spinosad, Bioassay, Imidacloprid and Pyrethroid.

The works on Imidacloprid deal in particular with Neonicotinoid. In the Agronomy research discussed, Weed, Weed control, Glyphosate, Crop and Resistance (ecology) are all tackled. It explores issues in PEST analysis which can be linked to other research areas like Biological pest control, Larva, Lepidoptera genitalia and Integrated pest management.

Integrated pest management studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Ecology. Pesticide resistance is part of Pesticide studies tackled in the journal.

  • Botany (18.36%)
  • Toxicology (17.10%)
  • Agronomy (15.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The strobilurin fungicides. (1087 citations)
  • Glyphosate: a once-in-a-century herbicide. (980 citations)
  • Applied aspects of neonicotinoid uses in crop protection. (612 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Pest Management Science:

The published articles focus largely on the fields of Botany, Toxicology, Agronomy, Pesticide resistance and Pesticide. While Botany is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Horticulture and Microbiology. The journal papers tackle studies in Imidacloprid and the interrelated subject of Whitefly to gain insights into Toxicology.

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 Pest Management Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Guy Smagghe (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stephen B. Powles (41 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ralf Nauen (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stephen O. Duke (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ian Denholm (30 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 Pest Management Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agricultural Research Service (252 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Bayer (127 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (124 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (122 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Syngenta (119 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less 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, 7.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.62% of all publications and 46.79% 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

  • RNA-based biocontrol compounds: current status and perspectives to reach the market

    Clauvis Nji Tizi Taning;Salvatore Arpaia;Olivier Christiaens;Antje Dietz‐Pfeilstetter

    (2020)
    168 Citations
  • Emerging Diseases of Cannabis sativa and Sustainable Management.

    Zamir K Punja

    (2021)
    123 Citations
  • A novel deep <scp>learning‐based</scp> method for detection of weeds in vegetables

    Unknown

    (2022)
    111 Citations
  • Climate-induced Range Shifts of Invasive Species (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama).

    Unknown

    (2022)
    110 Citations
  • Rotations and mixtures of soil-applied herbicides delay resistance.

    Roberto Busi;Stephen B Powles;Hugh J Beckie;Michael Renton

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • The search for new herbicide mechanisms of action: Is there a 'holy grail'?

    Stephen O Duke;Franck E Dayan

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Involvement of integument-rich CYP4G19 in hydrocarbon biosynthesis and cuticular penetration resistance in Blattella germanica (L.).

    Nan Chen;Nan Chen;Xiao-Jin Pei;Sheng Li;Yong-Liang Fan;Yong-Liang Fan

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Early detection, herbicide resistance screening, and integrated management of Invasive Plant Species: A review.

    (2022)
    56 Citations
  • Review: Allelochemicals as multi-kingdom plant defence compounds: towards an integrated approach.

    Darwin T Hickman;Darwin T Hickman;Amanda Rasmussen;Karl Ritz;Michael A Birkett

    (2021)
    53 Citations
  • Practical resistance to Cry toxins and efficacy of Vip3Aa in Bt cotton against Helicoverpa zea.

    (2022)
    52 Citations

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