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Scientia Agricola
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Scientia Agricola

0103-9016

Published by: University of São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"

https://www.esalq.usp.br/scientia/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 137 20 29 8
Plant Science and Agronomy 182 37 36 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 79
Documents by Best Scientists*: 83
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 69
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.356
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Scientia Agricola?

The scientific interests tackled in Scientia Agricola are Horticulture, Agronomy, Botany, Cultivar and Soil water. The presentations discussing Horticulture offer insights in topics such as Germination and Shoot. Discussions in Scientia Agricola are anchored in the subject of Germination and the similar topic of Seedling.

It links adjacent topics like Agronomy with Nutrient. It encompasses Soil water studies in the context of Soil science as a whole. The presentations focused mostly on Dry matter in an attempt to further explore topics in Animal science.

  • Horticulture (24.31%)
  • Agronomy (21.19%)
  • Botany (17.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Biosolids and heavy metals in soils (199 citations)
  • Phytoextraction: a review on enhanced metal availability and plant accumulation (198 citations)
  • Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health? (198 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Scientia Agricola:

The published articles focus on Agronomy, Horticulture, Botany, Soil water and Cultivar. The journal papers feature Agronomy research that overlaps with concepts in Nutrient. Germination and Shoot are all topics related to Horticulture research discussed in the journal articles.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Horticulture, Animal science, Agronomy, Cultivar and Randomized block design are among the topics commonly tackled in Scientia Agricola. The research on Horticulture featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Insect, Host (biology) and Phosphate. Topics in Animal science were tackled in line with various other fields like Lactation and Grazing.

Scientia Agricola features Agronomy research that overlaps with concepts in Precision agriculture. Topics in Cultivar explored in Scientia Agricola were investigated in conjunction with research in Plant disease resistance, Plant breeding, Genotype, Yield (wine) and Soil salinity. Research in the field of Botany was used to conduct the presented Dry matter study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Sugarcane yield and quality using soil magnetic susceptibility (1 citations)
  • Agrometeorological models for predicting seedlings development of two native forest species (1 citations)
  • Molecular diversity and ecogeographic distribution of Algerian wild olives ( Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. sylvestris ) (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 Scientia Agricola (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Klaus Reichardt (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Takashi Muraoka (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Osny Oliveira Santos Bacchi (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Durval Dourado-Neto (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keigo Minami (26 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 Scientia Agricola (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of São Paulo (1089 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (422 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sao Paulo State University (372 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (165 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • IAC (138 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 2022 edition, 6.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 63.93% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.56% of all publications and 16.39% 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

  • Processes that influence dissolved organic matter in the soil: a review

    Maria Regina Gmach;Maurício Roberto Cherubin;Klaus Kaiser;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri

    (2020)
    262 Citations
  • Yield, quality and drought sensitivity of tomato to water deficit during different growth stages

    Jintao Cui;Guangcheng Shao;Jia Lu;Larona Keabetswe

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Association mapping of drought tolerance indices in wheat: QTL-rich regions on chromosome 4A

    Paulina Ballesta;Freddy Mora;Alejandro Del Pozo

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Conversion of ammonium to nitrate and abundance of ammonium-oxidizing-microorganism in Tropical soils with nitrification inhibitor

    Gabriel Barth;Rafael Otto;Risely Ferraz Almeida;Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Effect of ensiling time on apparent total tract starch digestibility in Southern Brazilian dairy herds

    Tainara Cristina de Abreu Michelotti;Ricardo Antonio da Silva;Jorge Henrique Carneiro;Rodrigo Barros Navarro

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Characterization of wheat genotypes for drought tolerance and water use efficiency

    Guilherme Filgueiras Soares;Walter Quadros Ribeiro Júnior;Lucas Felisberto Pereira;Cristiane Andréa de Lima

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Supplemental irrigation using brackish water on maize in tropical semi-arid regions of Brazil: yield and economic analysis

    Eduardo Santos Cavalcante;Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda;Raimundo Nonato Távora Costa;Hans Raj Gheyi

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Map of total phosphorus content in native soils of Brazil

    Paulo Sergio Pavinato;Gustavo Cassoni Rocha;Maurício Roberto Cherubin;Ian Harris

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Lysine metabolism and amino acid profile in maize grains from plants subjected to cadmium exposure

    Fabiana Hibary Kato;Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho;Salete Aparecida Gaziola;Fernando Angelo Piotto

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Beneficial services of Glomalin and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi in degraded soils in Brazil

    Priscila Silva Matos;Cristiane Figueira da Silva;Júnior Melo Damian;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri

    (2022)
    18 Citations

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