Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Top Research Topics at Plant Foods for Human Nutrition?

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition mostly deals with topics like Food science, Botany, Plant physiology, Biochemistry and Agronomy. The work on Food science tackled in it brings together disciplines like Legume and Polyphenol, Antioxidant. The main emphasis of Plant Foods for Human Nutrition is the subject of Antioxidant, focusing on DPPH.

The concepts on Botany presented in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition can also apply to other research fields, including Nutrient, Horticulture and Chemical composition. The work on Plant physiology addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Ecology (disciplines). The journal tackles topics on Ecology (disciplines), which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Ecology.

Amino acid is a focus of the Biochemistry works in it.

• Food science (44.65%)
• Botany (24.79%)
• Plant physiology (18.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Flavonoids in Food and Their Health Benefits (1016 citations)
• Bioactive compounds and health-promoting properties of berry fruits: a review. (468 citations)
• Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Moringa oleifera Leaves in Two Stages of Maturity (348 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Foods for Human Nutrition:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Food science, Botany, Biochemistry, Antioxidant and Plant physiology. The majority of Food science studies presented in the most cited articles zero in on Fermentation. The works on Botany tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like DPPH, Phenols and Horticulture.

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

• Botany
• Enzyme
• Food science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Food science, Plant physiology, Antioxidant, DPPH and Horticulture. The study on Food science featured in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition expounds on the topic of Wheat flour in particular. Issues in Plant physiology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Pulp (paper), Carotenoid, Betalain and Sowing.

The studies on Antioxidant discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fermentation, In vitro, Calcium and Kefir, Kefir Grain. Topics in DPPH explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Quercetin, Nutraceutical, Flavonoid and Hass avocado. While Horticulture is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Antioxidant capacity and Nitrate.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• LED Enhances Plant Performance and Both Carotenoids and Nitrates Profiles in Lettuce. (5 citations)
• Vegetable By-Products as New Sources of Functional Proteins. (5 citations)
• Ultrasound: a suitable technology to improve the extraction and techno-functional properties of vegetable food proteins (3 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 Foods for Human Nutrition (based on the number of publications) are:

• Werner Schuphan (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bienvenido O. Juliano (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• S. C. Achinewhu (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bjørn O. Eggum (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Octavio Paredes-López (18 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 Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Nigeria, Nsukka (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Instituto Politécnico Nacional (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (40 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rivers State University of Science and Technology (34 papers) absent at the last 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, 7.81% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.47% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.25% of all publications and 64.41% 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.