Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Top Research Topics at Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology?

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology focuses on Microbiology, Botany, Biochemistry, Gene and Inoculation. The work on Microbiology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Cell wall and Virulence. In the journal, Plant disease resistance, Horticulture and Solanaceae are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Botany research.

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology facilitated presentations on Biochemistry research, particularly Elicitor, Enzyme, Phytoalexin and Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase. The Gene study featured falls within the larger field of Genetics. Research on Inoculation addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Peroxidase.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Hordeum vulgare and the similar topic of Powdery mildew.

• Microbiology (34.50%)
• Botany (33.84%)
• Biochemistry (21.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The families of pathogenesis-related proteins, their activities, and comparative analysis of PR-1 type proteins (1554 citations)
• Mechanisms for the generation of reactive oxygen species in plant defence – a broad perspective (526 citations)
• DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF FUSARIUM CULMORUM AND FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM IN CEREALS USING PCR ASSAYS (453 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Microbiology, Botany, Biochemistry, Inoculation and Fungi imperfecti. The journal articles emphasize research on Microbiology, which includes concerns such as Pathogen. The works on Botany tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Plant disease resistance, Horticulture and Solanaceae.

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

• Gene
• Enzyme
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Horticulture, Microbiology, Gene, Inoculation and Pathogen. The research on Horticulture featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Photosynthesis and Polyphenol oxidase. It explores research in Blight and overlapping concepts in Defence mechanisms to expand the discourse in Microbiology.

The Gene research presented falls under the domain of Genetics. Inoculation research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Verticillium dahliae, Superoxide dismutase, Gene expression, Salicylic acid and Peroxidase. The journal explores issues in Pathogen which can be linked to other research areas like 16S ribosomal RNA and Virulence.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Insights to plant immunity: Defense signaling to epigenetics (4 citations)
• Antifungal activity of myriocin against Fusarium graminearum and its inhibitory effect on deoxynivalenol production in wheat grains (3 citations)
• Unraveling the role of nitric oxide in regulation of defense responses in chilli against Alternaria leaf spot disease (3 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Raymond Hammerschmidt (73 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Ralph L. Nicholson (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Joseph Kuć (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michèle C. Heath (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Timothy L. W. Carver (24 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michigan State University (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (64 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Agricultural Research Service (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, Davis (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Purdue University (42 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, 14.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.81% 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 76.19% 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.