Plant Cell

Top Research Topics at The Plant Cell?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Arabidopsis, Cell biology, Genetics, Biochemistry and Gene. Arabidopsis studies covered in the journal falls within the purview of Mutant. The Plant Cell features studies on Mutant, including topics such as Wild type.

Auxin, Cell division and Botany are some topics wherein Cell biology research discussed in it have an impact. Genome, RNA, Locus (genetics), Phenotype and Allele are all aspects of Genetics discussed in The Plant Cell. Many of the studies tackled connect Biochemistry with a similar field of study like Biophysics.

Most of the Gene studies addressed also intersect with Molecular biology.

• Arabidopsis (35.00%)
• Cell biology (34.38%)
• Genetics (27.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Stress-Induced Phenylpropanoid Metabolism. (3398 citations)
• Two transcription factors, DREB1 and DREB2, with an EREBP/AP2 DNA binding domain separate two cellular signal transduction pathways in drought- and low-temperature-responsive gene expression, respectively, in Arabidopsis. (2470 citations)
• Introduction of a Chimeric Chalcone Synthase Gene into Petunia Results in Reversible Co-Suppression of Homologous Genes in trans. (2449 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Plant Cell:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Arabidopsis, Biochemistry, Genetics, Gene and Cell biology. The most cited publications are concerned with the study of Arabidopsis and Mutant in general. The published papers hold forums on Cell biology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Auxin, Meristem and Botany.

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 aims to foster the development of research in Cell biology, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis, Gene and Transcription factor. The Cell biology works featured in it incorporate elements from Chromatin, Gene expression, Ubiquitin and Mutant. The Plant Cell focuses on Arabidopsis thaliana as well as the interrelated topic of Function (biology).

The Arabidopsis research discussed is included in the broader subject of Biochemistry. It is concerned with the study of Gene and Genetics in general. The majority of Genetics studies presented zero in on Genome.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Polyploidy: an evolutionary and ecological force in stressful times (28 citations)
• Distinct identities of leaf phloem cells revealed by single cell transcriptomics. (25 citations)
• Evidence for phloem loading via the abaxial bundle sheath cells in maize leaves. (18 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 The Plant Cell (based on the number of publications) are:

• Nancy A. Eckardt (244 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Jennifer Mach (119 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Nancy R. Hofmann (97 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Xing Wang Deng (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rebecca Chasan (64 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 The Plant Cell (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (432 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (339 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (268 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (240 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Davis (218 papers) published 15 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, 6.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.01% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.73% of all publications and 37.17% 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.