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Protoplasma
H-index 21

Protoplasma

0033-183X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/709

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 121 59 81 16
Biology and Biochemistry 413 26 75 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 109
Documents by Best Scientists*: 177
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 94
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.703
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Protoplasma?

Protoplasma tackles a plethora of topics, such as Botany, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Ultrastructure. The research on Botany tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Chloroplast and Plastid. The study on Cell biology presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Cytoskeleton.

The majority of Biochemistry studies presented zero in on Vacuole. Topics in Biophysics were tackled in line with various other fields like Vesicle, Membrane, Anatomy, Electron microscope and Cell wall. The in-depth study on Vesicle also explores topics in the intersecting field of Golgi apparatus.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Ultrastructure and the similar topic of Organelle.

  • Botany (33.26%)
  • Cell biology (22.96%)
  • Biochemistry (19.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Polychromatic staining of plant cell walls by toluidine blue O (1571 citations)
  • "Transfer cells": plant cells with wall ingrowths, specialized in relation to short distance transport of solutes - their occurrence, structure, and development (450 citations)
  • On the alignment of cellulose microfibrils by cortical microtubules: a review and a model. (381 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Protoplasma:

The journal papers cover a variety of subjects, including Botany, Cell biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry and Ultrastructure. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Botany that incorporate concepts from other fields like Chloroplast and Plastid. The journal publications deal with Cell biology in conjunction with Cytoskeleton and similar fields in Actin.

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

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Protoplasma generally zeroes in on subjects such as Cell biology, Botany, Ultrastructure, Horticulture and Gene. While it focused on Cell biology, it was also able to explore topics like Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis and Gene expression. The journal investigates Botany research which frequently intersects with Auxin.

Secretion and Thylakoid, Chloroplast are some topics wherein Ultrastructure research discussed in Protoplasma have an impact. Topics in Horticulture explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Photosynthesis and Nitrogen cycle. The study of Cell wall encompasses disciplines such as Biophysics, as well as fields such as Membrane, all of which overlap with one another.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Debunking a myth: plant consciousness (11 citations)
  • Anesthetics and plants: no pain, no brain, and therefore no consciousness. (8 citations)
  • Anaesthetics and plants: from sensory systems to cognition-based adaptive behaviour (6 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 Protoplasma (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Friedl Weber (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Nick (73 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • Eberhard Schnepf (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hans H. Pfeiffer (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Karl Höfler (41 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 Protoplasma (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Vienna (271 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Graz (217 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Heidelberg University (159 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (122 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Bonn (118 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 2.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.88% of all publications and 71.60% 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

  • Plant extracellular vesicles.

    Yong Cui;Jiayang Gao;Yilin He;Liwen Jiang

    (2020)
    147 Citations
  • Foliar application of melatonin delay leaf senescence in maize by improving the antioxidant defense system and enhancing photosynthetic capacity under semi-arid regions

    Unknown

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Effects of simulated drought stress on carotenoid contents and expression of related genes in carrot taproots.

    Rong-Rong Zhang;Ya-Hui Wang;Tong Li;Guo-Fei Tan

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Debunking a myth: plant consciousness

    Jon Mallatt;Michael R. Blatt;Andreas Draguhn;David G. Robinson

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Selenium improves photosynthesis and induces ultrastructural changes but does not alleviate cadmium-stress damages in tomato plants

    Leticia Rodrigues Alves;Davi Rodrigo Rossatto;Mônica Lanzoni Rossi;Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria).

    Thomas Cavalier-Smith;Ema E-Yung Chao

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • Melatonin modulates photosynthesis, redox status, and elemental composition to promote growth of Brassica juncea—a dose-dependent effect

    Anayat Rasool Mir;Husna Siddiqui;Parvej Alam;Shamsul Hayat

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Growth-promoting bacteria and natural regulators mitigate salt toxicity and improve rapeseed plant performance

    Salar Farhangi-Abriz;Alireza Tavasolee;Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani;Shahram Torabian

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Anesthetics and plants: no pain, no brain, and therefore no consciousness

    Andreas Draguhn;Jon M. Mallatt;David G. Robinson

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Anaesthetics and plants: from sensory systems to cognition-based adaptive behaviour

    František Baluška;Ken Yokawa

    (2021)
    41 Citations

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