Plant Journal

Top Research Topics at Plant Journal?

Plant Journal mostly deals with topics like Biochemistry, Arabidopsis, Genetics, Cell biology and Gene. Plant Journal tackles issues in Biochemistry, particularly in the topics of Biosynthesis, Chloroplast, Enzyme, Abscisic acid and Complementary DNA. In the journal, Arabidopsis thaliana and Meristem are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Arabidopsis research.

Genetics studies presented in Plant Journal focus on topics such as Genome, Locus (genetics), Transcription (biology), Phenotype and Transposable element. It explores topics in Cell biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Transcription factor, Auxin, Cell division and Botany. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Gene, apply to Molecular biology as well.

The majority of Mutant studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Wild type.

• Biochemistry (32.91%)
• Arabidopsis (29.69%)
• Genetics (29.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Floral dip: a simplified method for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana (16287 citations)
• Efficient transformation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mediated by Agrobacterium and sequence analysis of the boundaries of the T-DNA. (3050 citations)
• Structural models of primary cell walls in flowering plants: consistency of molecular structure with the physical properties of the walls during growth (2988 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Journal:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Biochemistry, Arabidopsis, Genetics, Gene and Mutant. Concepts in Cell biology, as well as related topics in Auxin, are covered in the Arabidopsis research presented in the published articles. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Mutant that incorporate concepts from other fields like Phenotype and Mutation.

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 Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alisdair R. Fernie (89 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
• Kazuo Shinozaki (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Sheila McCormick (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nam-Hai Chua (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lothar Willmitzer (36 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 Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (546 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 22 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (323 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (321 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Institut national de la recherche agronomique (279 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Tokyo (220 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 6.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.45% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.74% of all publications and 47.18% 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.