Plant, Soil and Environment

Top Research Topics at Plant Soil and Environment?

The main research concerns discussed in Plant Soil and Environment are Agronomy, Horticulture, Soil water, Environmental chemistry and Botany. In the journal, Soil classification and Nitrogen are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Agronomy research. Some problems in Soil classification that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Soil organic matter and Soil contamination.

Most of the Nitrogen studies addressed also intersect with Human fertilization. Shoot is the primary subject of Horticulture works presented in Plant Soil and Environment. Soil test is a major topic of Soil water research presented in the journal.

Studies on Environmental chemistry discussed in the journal link to the field of Cadmium. Many of the studies tackled connect Crop yield with a similar field of study like Yield (wine).

• Agronomy (51.91%)
• Horticulture (20.61%)
• Soil water (11.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Salt stress and phyto-biochemical responses of plants - a review (386 citations)
• EFFECT OF COIN COCULATION WITH PHOSPHATE AND POTASSIUM SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA ON MINERAL UPTAKE AND GROWTH OF PEPPER AND CUCUMBER (229 citations)
• Effects of agricultural management on soil organic matter and carbon transformation - a review (187 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Soil and Environment:

The most cited papers investigate areas of study like Agronomy, Horticulture, Botany, Soil water and Shoot. The study of Agronomy in the most cited publications encompasses disciplines such as Soil fertility, as well as fields such as Soil organic matter, all of which overlap with one another. In addition to Horticulture research, the journal publications aim to explore topics under Salinity and Nutrient.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Agronomy, Horticulture, Environmental chemistry, Yield (engineering) and Nitrogen. The Agronomy works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Chernozem and Soil nitrogen. Horticulture research in Plant Soil and Environment involves the investigation of Stage (hydrology) studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Essential oil, Anthesis, Extreme heat and Grain filling.

While Environmental chemistry is the focus of Plant Soil and Environment, it also provided insights into the studies of Decomposition, Bioremediation, Biochar, Polluted soils and Nitrate. Plant Soil and Environment focuses on Yield (engineering) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Wheat grain, Glycine, Coating and Selenium. The research on Nitrogen featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Straw, Glycoside, Spring (hydrology) and Function (biology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Exogenous application of melatonin alleviates salt stress-induced decline in growth and photosynthesis in Glycine max (L.) seedlings by improving mineral uptake, antioxidant and glyoxalase system (4 citations)
• Salt acclimation induced salt tolerance in wild-type and chlorophyl b-deficient mutant wheat (4 citations)
• Impact of saline stress on the uptake of various macro and micronutrients and their associations with plant biomass and root traits in wheat (2 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 Soil and Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

• Pavel Tlustoš (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Jiřina Száková (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jaromír Lachman (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Jiří Balík (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Daniela Pavlíková (29 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 Soil and Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

• Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Warsaw University of Life Sciences (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Life Sciences in Lublin (5 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.