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Plant Signaling & Behavior
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Plant Signaling & Behavior

1559-2324

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/kpsb20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 120 10 17 9
Plant Science and Agronomy 124 49 63 16
Biology and Biochemistry 421 71 81 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 181
Documents by Best Scientists*: 192
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Plant Signaling & Behavior?

Plant Signaling & Behavior is mainly concerned with subjects like Cell biology, Arabidopsis, Botany, Biochemistry and Gene. While it focused on Cell biology, it was also able to explore topics like Gene expression, Transcription factor and Auxin. The research on Arabidopsis featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Arabidopsis thaliana, Abscisic acid and Meristem.

Biophysics, Symbiosis and Plant defense against herbivory are some topics wherein Botany research discussed in it have an impact. Some problems in Biochemistry that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Nitric oxide and Function (biology). Wild type is a primary topic of Mutant research in Plant Signaling & Behavior.

Regulation of gene expression is a major topic of Genetics research presented in it.

  • Cell biology (38.57%)
  • Arabidopsis (35.31%)
  • Botany (31.60%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Influence of abiotic stress signals on secondary metabolites in plants (1071 citations)
  • Role of proline under changing environments: a review. (1055 citations)
  • Mechanisms of plant defense against insect herbivores (788 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Signaling & Behavior:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Botany, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Arabidopsis and Signal transduction. The Cell biology research tackled in the most cited papers is interrelated with Abiotic stress which concerns subjects like Abiotic component. The most cited articles explore issues in Arabidopsis which can be linked to other research areas like Arabidopsis thaliana and Transcription factor.

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Plant Signaling & Behavior facilitates discussions on Cell biology, Arabidopsis, Gene, Arabidopsis thaliana and Mutant. Signal transduction is part of Cell biology studies tackled in it. The journal focuses on Arabidopsis but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Auxin which is concerned with Botany.

The journal explores studies in Gene as part of the wider topic of Genetics. It explores issues in Arabidopsis thaliana which can be linked to other research areas like Hypocotyl, Computational biology and Brassinosteroid. While Mutant is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Mutation and Endogeny.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The versatile GABA in plants. (8 citations)
  • Exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-induced signaling events and field performance associated with mitigation of drought stress in Phaseolus vulgaris L. (5 citations)
  • Progress in our understanding of plant responses to the stress of heavy metal cadmium. (5 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.

The top authors publishing in Plant Signaling & Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Narendra Tuteja (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Chung-Mo Park (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • František Baluška (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Simcha Lev-Yadun (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ulrich Kutschera (17 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Plant Signaling & Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (105 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (97 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (68 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (58 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, 3.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.55% of all publications and 71.91% 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

  • The role of NAC transcription factor in plant cold response.

    Pengfei Diao;Chong Chen;Yuzhen Zhang;Qingwei Meng

    (2020)
    164 Citations
  • Piriformospora indica symbiosis improves water stress tolerance of rice through regulating stomata behavior and ROS scavenging systems.

    Hsuan-Ju Tsai;Ko-Hsuan Shao;Ming-Tsair Chan;Chiu-Ping Cheng

    (2020)
    95 Citations
  • A brief appraisal of ethylene signaling under abiotic stress in plants.

    Tajammul Husain;Abreeq Fatima;Mohammad Suhel;Samiksha Singh

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-induced signaling events and field performance associated with mitigation of drought stress in Phaseolus vulgaris L.

    Hany G Abd El-Gawad;Soumya Mukherjee;Reham Farag;Ola H Abd Elbar

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • Our sisters the plants? notes from phylogenetics and botany on plant kinship blindness

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Polyamine biosynthetic pathways and their relation with the cold tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings

    Canhong Gao;Canhong Gao;Mohamed S Sheteiwy;Jiajun Han;Zhaorong Dong

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Phenolics, flavonoids and antioxidant capacities in Citrus species with different degree of tolerance to Huanglongbing.

    Faraj Hijaz;Fuad Al-Rimawi;Fuad Al-Rimawi;John A. Manthey;Nabil Killiny

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Piriformospora indica enhances freezing tolerance and post-thaw recovery in Arabidopsis by stimulating the expression of CBF genes.

    Wei Jiang;Rui Pan;Chu Wu;Le Xu

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Salicylic acid induced by herbivore feeding antagonizes jasmonic acid mediated plant defenses against insect attack.

    Alma Costarelli;Chantal Bianchet;Luisa Ederli;Gianandrea Salerno

    (2020)
    36 Citations

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