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Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo
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Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo

0100-0683

Published by: Brazilian Society of Soil Science

https://www.scielo.br/j/rbcs/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 279 18 31 7
Earth Science 612 10 11 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 43
Documents by Best Scientists*: 61
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.486
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Agronomy, Soil water, Horticulture, Oxisol and Mineralogy. The work on Agronomy tackled in it brings together disciplines like Soil management and Nutrient. The journal explores issues in Soil water which can be linked to other research areas like Hydrology and Organic matter.

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Hydrology as it also encompasses Bulk density. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Organic matter and the similar topic of Soil organic matter. Topics in Horticulture were tackled in line with various other fields like Dry matter and Botany.

Most of the Oxisol studies addressed also intersect with Latosol. The work on Mineralogy addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Environmental chemistry. Conventional tillage is a key component of Tillage research discussed in it.

  • Agronomy (24.98%)
  • Soil water (23.35%)
  • Horticulture (15.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Caracterização do intervalo hídrico ótimo de um latossolo roxo sob plantio direto (271 citations)
  • Teoria e teste experimental de fórmulas de transformaçáo dos dados de penetrômetro de impacto em resistência de solo (259 citations)
  • Comportamento de diferentes sistemas de manejo como fonte ou depósito de carbono em relação à vegetação de Cerrado (171 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo:

The journal publications investigate studies in Agronomy, Soil water, Horticulture, Oxisol and Mineralogy. The published articles focus on Agronomy but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Soil management which is concerned with Soil organic matter. While Soil water is the key highlight in the most cited publications, thet also covered some subjects on Hydrology and Total organic carbon.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo focuses largely on the fields of Soil water, Agronomy, Agriculture, Phosphorus and Environmental chemistry. Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo focuses on Soil water but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Organic matter, Kaolinite, Geotechnical engineering, Clay minerals and Weathering. Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo addresses concerns in Agronomy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Lime, Soil test and Phosphogypsum.

The study of Soil test encompasses disciplines such as Refining (metallurgy), as well as fields such as Fertilizer, all of which overlap with one another. The Phosphogypsum works featured in it incorporate elements from Soil type, Crop yield, Oxisol and Soil horizon. Issues in Environmental chemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Urea, Soil properties and Sustainable management.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Outstanding impact of Azospirillum brasilense strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6 on the Brazilian agriculture: Lessons that farmers are receptive to adopt new microbial inoculants (6 citations)
  • Is cassava yield affected by inverting tillage, chiseling or additional compaction of no-till sandy-loam soil? (4 citations)
  • Physicogenic and biogenic aggregates under different management systems in the Cerrado region, Brazil (1 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 Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Elias Nascentes Borges (145 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Waldo Alejandro Ruben Lara Cabezas (142 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carlos Ribeiro Rodrigues (141 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suelen Martins de Oliveira (140 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roberto Ferreira Novais (95 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 Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (550 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (412 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa (373 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (361 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sao Paulo State University (347 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, 74.07% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 57.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 28.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 14.29% 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

  • Outstanding impact of Azospirillum brasilense strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6 on the Brazilian agriculture: Lessons that farmers are receptive to adopt new microbial inoculants

    Mariana Sanches Santos;Mariana Sanches Santos;Marco Antonio Nogueira;Mariangela Hungria;Mariangela Hungria

    (2021)
    84 Citations
  • Lime and phosphogypsum application management: changes in soil acidity, sulfur availability and crop yield

    Marcos Renan Besen;Ricardo Henrique Ribeiro;Michel Esper Neto;Evandro Antonio Minato

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Climate-smart agriculture and soil C sequestration in Brazilian Cerrado: a systematic review

    (2023)
    24 Citations
  • Fertilization strategies and liming in no-till integrated crop–livestock systems: effects on phosphorus and potassium use efficiency

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Sediment source and volume of soil erosion in a gully system using UAV photogrammetry

    Bernardo Moreira Cândido;Mike James;John Quinton;Wellington de Lima

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Residual and immediate effect after 16 applications of organic sources on yield and nitrogen use efficiency in black oat and corn

    Alessandra Bacca;Carlos Alberto Ceretta;Matheus Severo de Souza Kulmann;Rodrigo Otavio Schneider Souza

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Common bean yield responses to nitrogen fertilization in Brazilian no-till soils: A meta-analysis

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Base saturation is an inadequate term for Soil Science

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Nitrogen: from discovery, plant assimilation, sustainable usage to current enhanced efficiency fertilizers technologies – A review

    (2024)
    7 Citations
  • Straw management effects on global warming potential and yield-scaled greenhouse gas emissions in a subtropical rice ecosystem

    (2023)
    6 Citations

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