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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 194 47 46 11
Environmental Sciences 563 16 16 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 104
Documents by Best Scientists*: 84
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 73
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.52
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Agriculture, Agronomy, Agroforestry, Organic farming and Agricultural economics. In addition to Agriculture research, it aims to explore topics under Production (economics), Natural resource economics, Sustainability and Agricultural science. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems addresses concerns in Sustainability which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Environmental resource management and Environmental planning.

Agronomy studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as Cover crop, Tillage, Weed, Crop and Weed control. Issues in Cover crop were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like No-till farming and Sowing. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems focuses on Tillage research which is adjacent to topics in Crop rotation.

Some problems in Agroforestry that were presented in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems overlapped with concepts under Cropping and Soil quality. The journal connects the study in Agricultural economics with the closely related area of Food systems. The journal focuses on Sustainable agriculture but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Integrated farming and Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network.

  • Agriculture (34.71%)
  • Agronomy (28.25%)
  • Agroforestry (17.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Organic agriculture and the global food supply (662 citations)
  • Estimating active carbon for soil quality assessment: A simplified method for laboratory and field use (528 citations)
  • Comparison of consumer perceptions and preference toward organic versus conventionally produced foods: A review and update of the literature (524 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Agronomy, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Organic farming and Cover crop. The most cited publications deal with Agronomy in conjunction with No-till farming and similar fields in Conventional tillage, Manure and Soil conservation. The most cited publications with studies in Agriculture featured incorporate elements of Sustainability and Agricultural economics.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems is to expand the discussion of research in Agronomy, Agriculture, Agricultural science, Cover crop and Organic farming. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems features Agronomy research that overlaps with concepts in Soil water. The featured Agriculture works encompass concepts such as Cropping and examines them in conjunction with Tanzania.

While it focused on Cropping, it was also able to explore topics like Natural resource economics and Crop rotation. Topics in Cover crop were tackled in line with various other fields like Growing season, Forage and Secale. Agroforestry, Crop yield, Soil fertility and Microbial inoculant are some topics wherein Organic farming research discussed in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adoption of short-term and long-term sustainable land management practices (4 citations)
  • Farming system effects on biologically mediated plant–soil feedbacks (4 citations)
  • Financial transition and costs of sustainable agricultural intensification practices on a beef cattle and crop farm in Brazil's Amazon (4 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 Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charles Francis (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William Lockeretz (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Randy L. Anderson (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kathleen Delate (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Mark A. Liebig (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agricultural Research Service (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Washington State University (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Iowa State University (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nebraska–Lincoln (51 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (49 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, 51.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.89% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.79% of all publications and 47.37% 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

  • Cover crop species affect mycorrhizae-mediated nutrient uptake and pest resistance in maize

    Ebony G. Murrell;Swayamjit Ray;Mary E. Lemmon;Dawn S. Luthe

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Root traits of cover crops and carbon inputs in an organic grain rotation

    Joseph P. Amsili;Jason P. Kaye

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Assessing the impacts of different land uses and soil and water conservation interventions on runoff and sediment yield at different scales in the central highlands of Ethiopia

    Tesfaye Yaekob;Lulseged Tamene;Solomon G. Gebrehiwot;Solomon S. Demissie

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Landscape positions dictating crop fertilizer responses in wheat-based farming systems of East African Highlands

    Tilahun Amede;Tadesse Gashaw;Gizachew Legesse;Lulseged Tamene

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Juglans regia (walnut) in temperate arable agroforestry systems: effects on soil characteristics, arthropod diversity and crop yield

    Paul Pardon;Jan Mertens;Bert Reubens;Dirk Reheul

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Crop diversity effects on productivity and economics: a Northern Great Plains case study

    David W. Archer;Mark A. Liebig;Donald L. Tanaka;Krishna P. Pokharel

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Effects of maize residue and mineral nitrogen applications on maize yield in conservation-agriculture-based cropping systems of Southern Africa

    W. Mupangwa;Christian Thierfelder;S. Cheesman;Isaiah Nyagumbo

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Evaluating anaerobic soil disinfestation and other biological soil management strategies for open-field tomato production in Florida

    Bodh R. Paudel;Francesco Di Gioia;Xin Zhao;Monica Ozores-Hampton

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Public procurement as strategy to foster organic transition: insights from the Brazilian experience

    Ricardo Serra Borsatto;Miguel A. Altieri;Henrique Carmona Duval;Julian Perez-Cassarino

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Assessing potential locations for flood-based farming using satellite imagery: a case study of Afar region, Ethiopia

    Murali Krishna Gumma;Tilahun Amede;Mezegebu Getnet;Bhavani Pinjarla

    (2020)
    17 Citations

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