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Plant and Cell Physiology
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Plant and Cell Physiology

0032-0781

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/pcp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 61 101 124 25
Molecular Biology 78 29 39 14
Biology and Biochemistry 146 232 319 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 458
Documents by Best Scientists*: 504
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 190
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.391
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Plant and Cell Physiology?

Plant and Cell Physiology generally zeroes in on subjects such as Biochemistry, Botany, Cell biology, Gene and Arabidopsis. In the Biochemistry research discussed, Enzyme, Chloroplast, Biosynthesis, Complementary DNA and Metabolism are all tackled. Issues in Botany were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Biophysics and Auxin.

The Gene study which was featured in Plant and Cell Physiology aims to expound on the research in Genetics. The study of Mutant serves as the foundation of the Arabidopsis research discussed in Plant and Cell Physiology.

  • Biochemistry (35.33%)
  • Botany (33.74%)
  • Cell biology (16.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Hydrogen Peroxide is Scavenged by Ascorbate-specific Peroxidase in Spinach Chloroplasts (6548 citations)
  • Hd3a, a rice ortholog of the Arabidopsis FT gene, promotes transition to flowering downstream of Hd1 under short-day conditions. (849 citations)
  • A large family of class III plant peroxidases. (675 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant and Cell Physiology:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Biochemistry, Botany, Arabidopsis, Gene and Cell biology. While Botany is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Biophysics, Oryza sativa and Auxin. The works on Arabidopsis tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Arabidopsis thaliana, Transcription factor and Meristem.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Plant and Cell Physiology are Cell biology, Arabidopsis, Biochemistry, Gene and Arabidopsis thaliana. Some problems in Cell biology that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Transcription factor, Gene expression, Transcriptional regulation, Chloroplast and Auxin. In Plant and Cell Physiology, researchers investigate the Arabidopsis study as part of research in the field of Mutant.

Mutant research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Wild type. Biosynthesis, Enzyme and ATP synthase are all aspects of Biochemistry discussed in it. The Gene study featured falls within the larger field of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Autophagy Contributes to the Quality Control of Leaf Mitochondria. (8 citations)
  • Regulation of Root Nutrient Transporters by CIPK23: 'One Kinase to Rule Them All'. (7 citations)
  • Grapevine U-Box E3 Ubiquitin Ligase VlPUB38 Negatively Regulates Fruit Ripening by Facilitating Abscisic-Aldehyde Oxidase Degradation. (7 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 Plant and Cell Physiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kazuo Shinozaki (164 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mikio Nishimura (140 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kozi Asada (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroo Fukuda (107 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masaki Furuya (104 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 Plant and Cell Physiology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (837 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nagoya University (678 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (546 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (241 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyushu University (225 papers) published 2 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, 26.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.27% of all publications and 36.98% 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

  • The Current Status of Research on Gibberellin Biosynthesis

    Peter Hedden;Peter Hedden

    (2020)
    243 Citations
  • Functions of Melatonin During Postharvest of Horticultural Crops.

    Unknown

    (2021)
    135 Citations
  • An Apple B-Box Protein MdBBX37 Modulates Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and Hypocotyl Elongation Synergistically with MdMYBs and MdHY5.

    Jian-Ping An;Xiao-Fei Wang;Richard V Espley;Kui Lin-Wang

    (2020)
    123 Citations
  • The Roots of Plant Frost Hardiness and Tolerance.

    Valentin Ambroise;Sylvain Legay;Gea Guerriero;Jean-Francois Hausman

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • The Mechanism of Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plants: Localization and Driving Forces.

    Alexander V Ruban;Sam Wilson

    (2021)
    92 Citations
  • ATTED-II v11: A Plant Gene Coexpression Database Using a Sample Balancing Technique by Subagging of Principal Components

    (2022)
    75 Citations
  • MtExpress, a Comprehensive and Curated RNAseq-based Gene Expression Atlas for the Model Legume Medicago truncatula.

    Sebastien Carrere;Jerome Verdier;Pascal Gamas

    (2021)
    69 Citations

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