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Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (PBB)
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Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (PBB)

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 5 435 711 63

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 845
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1116
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 28
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Plant Physiology and Biochemistry?

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry facilitates discussions on Biochemistry, Botany, Gene, Horticulture and Photosynthesis. Research on Biochemistry presented in it focuses, in particular, on Enzyme, Biosynthesis, Antioxidant, Metabolism and Arabidopsis thaliana. While Antioxidant is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Food science and Glutathione.

The journal explores topics in Botany which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Salinity and Abscisic acid. The Gene study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Cell biology. The study on Horticulture featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Cultivar in particular.

The study on Photosynthesis presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Chlorophyll. Arabidopsis study tackled is connected to the field of Abiotic stress. The study on Catalase presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Peroxidase.

  • Biochemistry (38.16%)
  • Botany (26.53%)
  • Gene (13.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant machinery in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants (5747 citations)
  • Plant growth-promoting bacteria confer resistance in tomato plants to salt stress. (857 citations)
  • Effects of brassinosteroids on the plant responses to environmental stresses. (598 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Physiology and Biochemistry:

The journal articles aim to foster the development of research in Biochemistry, Botany, Antioxidant, Photosynthesis and Gene. The journal articles aim to address concerns in Biochemistry, specifically in the areas of Reactive oxygen species, Superoxide dismutase, Enzyme, Glutathione and Oxidative stress. The most cited publications explore research in Horticulture and overlapping concepts in Agronomy to expand the discourse in Botany.

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 Physiology and Biochemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sang-Soo Kwak (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fengwang Ma (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert Verpoorte (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chedly Abdelly (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Claudio Stasolla (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 Physiology and Biochemistry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (191 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (142 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northwest A&F University (137 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (111 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shandong Agricultural University (96 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 9 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, 4.40% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.85% of all publications and 54.32% 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

  • Salinity induced physiological and biochemical changes in plants: An omic approach towards salt stress tolerance

    Yamshi Arif;Priyanka Singh;Husna Siddiqui;Andrzej Bajguz

    (2020)
    1072 Citations
  • Potassium in plants: Growth regulation, signaling, and environmental stress tolerance.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    551 Citations
  • The role of quercetin in plants

    Priyanka Singh;Yamshi Arif;Andrzej Bajguz;Shamsul Hayat

    (2021)
    473 Citations
  • Regulation of photosynthesis under salt stress and associated tolerance mechanisms.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    402 Citations
  • Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) induce salt tolerance by improving the antioxidant system and photosynthetic machinery in tomato

    Mohammad Faizan;Javaid Akhter Bhat;Chen Chen;Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni

    (2021)
    350 Citations
  • Amelioration of salt induced toxicity in pearl millet by seed priming with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs): The oxidative damage, antioxidant enzymes and ions uptake are major determinants of salt tolerant capacity.

    Imran Khan;Muhammad Ali Raza;Samrah Afzal Awan;Ghulam Abbas Shah

    (2020)
    337 Citations
  • Nanoparticles potentially mediate salt stress tolerance in plants.

    Faisal Zulfiqar;Muhammad Ashraf

    (2021)
    278 Citations
  • Plant waterlogging/flooding stress responses: From seed germination to maturation.

    Wenguan Zhou;Feng Chen;Yongjie Meng;Umashankar Chandrasekaran

    (2020)
    272 Citations
  • VvNAC17, a novel stress-responsive grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) NAC transcription factor, increases sensitivity to abscisic acid and enhances salinity, freezing, and drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis.

    Yan-lun Ju;Xiao-feng Yue;Zhuo Min;Xian-hang Wang

    (2020)
    226 Citations
  • Melatonin-mediated photosynthetic performance of tomato seedlings under high-temperature stress.

    Mohammad Shah Jahan;Shirong Guo;Jin Sun;Sheng Shu

    (2021)
    222 Citations

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