| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology and Evolution | 156 | 45 | 97 | 21 |
| Plant Science and Agronomy | 221 | 22 | 29 | 10 |
The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Botany, Ecology, China, Evolutionary biology and Biodiversity. The majority of Botany studies are focused on the issues of Orchidaceae. It concentrates on Ecology topics that focus on Species richness, Flora and Endangered species.
Genus and Phylogenetic tree are some topics wherein Evolutionary biology research discussed in it have an impact. The study on Phylogenetic tree presented in Plant Diversity intersects with the topics under Phylogenetics. The concepts on Biodiversity presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Agroforestry and Threatened species.
The journal publications investigate areas of study like Ecology, Biodiversity, Threatened species, Agroforestry and Botany. The published papers facilitate discussions in Endangered species, Species richness, Arctic and Flora as part of the larger field of Ecology, however, they also tackle fields such as Trait. The journal publications explore Botany concepts, specifically Germination and Genus but expand to research in Acorus.
The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Phylogenetic tree, Evolutionary biology, Ecology, Botany and Genus. While Evolutionary biology is the focus of Plant Diversity, it also provided insights into the studies of Chloroplast DNA, Genome, Genome size, Clade and Subgenus. Biodiversity, Species richness, Species diversity, Species distribution and Spatial ecology are all aspects of Ecology research featured in the journal.
The journal facilitates discussions on Biodiversity that incorporate concepts from other fields like Genetic diversity, Phylogeography and Threatened species. The studies in Threatened species featured incorporate elements of Agroforestry, Fabaceae, Endangered species, Ethnobotany and Endemism. Botany study tackled is connected to the field of Reproductive isolation.
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 Diversity (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Diversity (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 2.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 81.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.66% of all publications and 7.32% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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(2022)Mengesha Asefa;Mengesha Asefa;Min Cao;Yunyun He;Ewuketu Mekonnen
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(2022)Hong Qian;Yi Jin
(2021)Richard T. Corlett;Richard T. Corlett
(2020)Xiaxia Li;Lijun Qiao;Birong Chen;Yujie Zheng
(2021)Yazhou Zhang;Lishen Qian;Daniel Spalink;Lu Sun
(2021)Li-E Yang;De-Li Peng;Zhi-Min Li;Li Huang
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