Rice

Top Research Topics at Rice?

The journal investigates areas of study like Gene, Genetics, Oryza sativa, Botany and Quantitative trait locus. Gene research discussed connects with the study of Cell biology. Candidate gene, Allele, Genome, Locus (genetics) and Single-nucleotide polymorphism are some of the study areas of Genetics discussed.

It addresses concerns in Oryza sativa which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Japonica and Germplasm, Agronomy. The journal focuses on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Plant ecology and Agriculture. Rice investigates Agriculture research which frequently intersects with Biotechnology.

Many of the studies tackled connect Quantitative trait locus with a similar field of study like Panicle. Mutant research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Wild type. It explores studies in Cultivar as part of the wider topic of Horticulture.

• Gene (26.77%)
• Genetics (21.85%)
• Oryza sativa (19.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Improvement of the Oryza sativa Nipponbare reference genome using next generation sequence and optical map data (1089 citations)
• Characterizing the Saltol Quantitative Trait Locus for Salinity Tolerance in Rice (323 citations)
• Gene Nomenclature System for Rice (255 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Rice:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Botany, Agronomy, Oryza sativa, Genetics and Gene. The most cited articles focus on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Plant ecology, Agriculture and Biofortification. The journal papers dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Gene and Biotechnology.

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

• Gene
• Enzyme
• Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Gene, Genetics, Oryza sativa, Cell biology and Quantitative trait locus. Research in Gene tackled falls within the umbrella of Biochemistry. The journal focuses on different Genetics studies like Candidate gene, Genome, Xanthomonas oryzae, Genotype and Single-nucleotide polymorphism.

The research on Oryza sativa featured in it combines topics in other fields like Adaptation, Haplotype and Locus (genetics). Topics in Cell biology were tackled in line with various other fields like RNA, Transcription factor and Abiotic stress. Issues in Quantitative trait locus were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Genome-wide association study, Panicle, Chromosome, Allele and Japonica.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Competitive Biosorption of Pb(II) and Cu(II) by Functionalised Micropogonias undulates Scales (10 citations)
• The Amino Acid Transporter OsAAP4 Contributes to Rice Tillering and Grain Yield by Regulating Neutral Amino Acid Allocation through Two Splicing Variants. (7 citations)
• Fine-Tuning Roles of Osa-miR159a in Rice Immunity Against Magnaporthe oryzae and Development. (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Rice (based on the number of publications) are:

• Guo-Liang Wang (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Naoko K. Nishizawa (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Susan R. McCouch (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Qian Qian (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jianhua Zhang (12 papers) published 4 papers 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 Rice (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rice University (98 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• International Rice Research Institute (80 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (43 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Huazhong Agricultural University (30 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• South China Agricultural University (26 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than 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, 10.61% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.86% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.80% of all publications and 38.98% 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.