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Plant Biotechnology
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Plant Biotechnology

1342-4580

Published by: Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/plantbiotechnology/-char/en

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 354 10 11 5
Biology and Biochemistry 507 49 92 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 90
Documents by Best Scientists*: 127
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.454
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Plant Biotechnology?

The journal investigates studies in Botany, Gene, Biochemistry, Genetics and Arabidopsis. The journal focuses on Botany but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Explant culture, Transformation (genetics) and Regeneration (biology). The study on Transformation (genetics) featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Agrobacterium in particular.

The in-depth study on Agrobacterium also explores topics in the intersecting field of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The study on Gene presented in Plant Biotechnology intersects with subjects under the field of Molecular biology. Enzyme and Biosynthesis are Biochemistry topics of special interest in Plant Biotechnology.

It holds forums on Arabidopsis that merges themes from other disciplines such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Cell biology. The journal emphasizes research on Transgene, which includes concerns such as Genetically modified crops. The journal covers Shoot research under the subject of Horticulture.

  • Botany (46.90%)
  • Gene (20.18%)
  • Biochemistry (18.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Polyamines and their ability to provide environmental stress tolerance to plants (276 citations)
  • Regeneration of Rice Plants from Protoplasts (171 citations)
  • Ti-Plasmid Vectors Useful for Functional Analysis of Rice Genes (130 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Biotechnology:

The published papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Botany, Biochemistry, Gene, Genetically modified crops and Transformation (genetics). The featured Botany studies in the published papers mainly concentrate on Agrobacterium but also cover areas of interest in Plasmid. The journal papers explore issues in Gene which can be linked to other research areas like Molecular biology and Solanum.

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Cell biology, Gene, Arabidopsis thaliana, Horticulture and Arabidopsis. While Cell biology is the focus of Plant Biotechnology, it also provided insights into the studies of Plant disease resistance, Basal (phylogenetics), Mutant and Nicotiana benthamiana. In the journal, researchers investigate the Gene study as part of research in the field of Genetics.

Horticulture research presented in Plant Biotechnology encompasses a variety of subjects, including Transformation (genetics), Embryo and Sucrose. It explores research in Pollen and overlapping concepts in Sterility and Japanese Apricot to expand the discourse in Arabidopsis. Issues in Agrobacterium tumefaciens were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Genetically modified crops and Botany, Carotenoid, Petal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Trans-species small RNAs move long distances in a parasitic plant complex (1 citations)
  • Nucleoside derivatives of 5-methylcytosine suppress 5-azacytidine-induced reactivation of a silent transgene in suspension-cultured tobacco cells. (1 citations)
  • Two aquaporins, SIP1;1 and PIP1;2, mediate water transport for pollen hydration in the Arabidopsis pistil (1 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 Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hiroshi Kamada (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroshi Ezura (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Masahiro Mii (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daisuke Shibata (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Taku Demura (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Plant Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tsukuba (184 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nara Institute of Science and Technology (144 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (122 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (111 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chiba University (108 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 6.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 53.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.02% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.15% of all publications and 10.64% 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

  • Transient protein expression systems in plants and their applications.

    Shohei Nosaki;Ken Hoshikawa;Hiroshi Ezura;Kenji Miura

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Molecular basis of cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration in rice.

    Kinya Toriyama

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Impact of abiotic stress on the regulation of cell wall biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa

    Chiaki Hori;Xiang Yu;Jenny C Mortimer;Ryosuke Sano

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Targeted genome editing in tetraploid potato through transient TALEN expression by Agrobacterium infection

    Shuhei Yasumoto;Satoru Sawai;Hyoung Jae Lee;Hyoung Jae Lee;Masaharu Mizutani

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Creation of a potato mutant lacking the starch branching enzyme gene &lt;i&gt;StSBE3&lt;/i&gt; that was generated by genome editing using the CRISPR/dMac3-Cas9 system

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Two aquaporins, SIP1;1 and PIP1;2, mediate water transport for pollen hydration in the Arabidopsis pistil

    Endang Ayu Windari;Mei Ando;Yohei Mizoguchi;Hiroto Shimada

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Hatching stimulation activity of steroidal glycoalkaloids toward the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis.

    Kosuke Shimizu;Atsuhiko Kushida;Ryota Akiyama;Hyoung Jae Lee

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • OsCERK2/OsRLK10, a homolog of OsCERK1, has a potential role for chitin-triggered immunity and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice.

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Fertility restoration of chinese wild rice-type cytoplasmic male sterility by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of nuclear-encoded RETROGRADE-REGULATED MALE STERILITY

    Chihiro Suketomo;Tomohiko Kazama;Kinya Toriyama

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Genome editing in PDS genes of tomatoes by non-selection method and of Nicotiana benthamiana by one single guide RNA to edit two orthologs.

    Hiroki Komatsu;Islam M. Y. Abdellatif;Shaoze Yuan;Misaki Ono

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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