Plant Biosystems

Top Research Topics at Plant Biosystems?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Botany, Ecology, Biochemistry, Horticulture and Mediterranean climate. Plant Biosystems facilitated presentations on Botany research, particularly Germination, Taxon, Taxonomy (biology), Genus and Pollen. Research on Ecology presented in it focuses, in particular, on Habitat, Vegetation, Biodiversity, Flora and Plant community.

• Botany (38.71%)
• Ecology (19.81%)
• Biochemistry (6.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change (374 citations)
• Temperature stress and survival ability of Mediterranean sclerophyllous plants (315 citations)
• An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy (269 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Biosystems:

The journal papers facilitate discussions on Ecology, Botany, Biodiversity, Vegetation and Mediterranean climate. In addition to Botany research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Halophyte, Salinity and Horticulture. The journal publications explore issues in Biodiversity which can be linked to other research areas like Old-growth forest, Agroforestry, Ecosystem and Environmental resource management.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Botany, Ecology, Horticulture, Antioxidant and Agroforestry. It tackles issues in Botany, particularly in the topics of Germination, Taxonomy (biology), Pollen, Orchidaceae and Taxon. The Ecology research presented places emphasis on topics like Habitat, Flora, IUCN Red List, Endangered species and Conservation status.

The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Horticulture as it also encompasses Photosynthesis. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Antioxidant and the similar topic of Antimicrobial. It links adjacent topics like Agroforestry with Biodiversity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Red list of threatened vascular plants in Italy (23 citations)
• Heat stress in cultivated plants: nature, impact, mechanisms, and mitigation strategies—a review (16 citations)
• Essential oil composition, phenolics and antioxidant activities of Valeriana jatamansi at different phenological stages (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Plant Biosystems (based on the number of publications) are:

• Carlo Blasi (62 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Edoardo Biondi (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lorenzo Peruzzi (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Maria Maddalena Altamura (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Giuseppe Venturella (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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 Plant Biosystems (based on the number of publications) are:

• Sapienza University of Rome (233 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Palermo (124 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Florence (109 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Milan (108 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Pisa (87 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 5.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.95% of all publications and 61.96% 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.