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Soil and Environment
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Soil and Environment

2074-9546

Published by: Soil Science Society of Pakistan

http://www.se.org.pk/Default.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 561 9 11 1

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 27
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.141
Impact Factor: 0.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Soil in the Environment?

Soil in the Environment investigates areas of study like Agronomy, Crop yield, Soil water, Soil classification and Shoot. While it focused on Agronomy, it was also able to explore topics like Salinity and Horticulture. It focuses on Salinity as well as the interrelated topic of Chlorophyll.

Aside from discussions in Crop yield, the journal also deals with the subject of Phosphorus which intersects with Plant nutrition disciplines. Soil water studies presented in Soil in the Environment focus on topics such as Soil test and Loam. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Soil classification, it also covered topics in Soil organic matter, Soil contamination and Environmental chemistry.

The overlapping concepts between Soil fertility and Nutrient are the key highlights of Soil organic matter study. Soil in the Environment holds forums on Shoot that merges themes from other disciplines such as Dry weight, Rhizobacteria and Germination. It connects the study in Germination with the closely related area of Seedling.

  • Agronomy (55.31%)
  • Crop yield (26.74%)
  • Soil water (15.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Effect of seed priming with NaCl on salinity tolerance of hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at seedling stage (56 citations)
  • Phytoextraction of heavy metals - the process and scope for remediation of contaminated soils. (50 citations)
  • Effect of phosphorus application and irrigation scheduling on wheat yield and phosphorus use efficiency. (40 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Soil in the Environment:

The most cited papers investigate areas of study like Agronomy, Crop yield, Shoot, Germination and Dry weight. The published papers blend together research topics in Agronomy and Mathematics. The most cited publications hold forums on Germination that merge themes from other disciplines such as Inoculation, Salinity and Seedling.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Agronomy, Hydrology, Agriculture, Soil nutrients and Yield (engineering). The Agronomy works featured in it incorporate elements from Biomass, Soil organic matter and Biochar. The studies in Hydrology featured incorporate elements of Waves and shallow water and Vertisol.

It investigates Agriculture research which frequently intersects with Pyrolysis. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Soil nutrients, it also covered topics in Biological pest control, Effluent and Weed. Yield (engineering) research featured in Soil in the Environment incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Fertigation and Calcareous.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Health risk assessment consequent to wastewater irrigation in Pakistan (5 citations)
  • The Potential of super absorbent polymers from diaper wastes to enhance water retention properties of the soil (5 citations)
  • Seed treatment for improving wheat productivity under deficit irrigation conditions in arid environment (2 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 Soil in the Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Daniel Hillel (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Muhammad Arshad (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Muhammad Ashraf (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zafar Iqbal (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Zahir Ahmad Zahir (9 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 Soil in the Environment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Goddard Institute for Space Studies (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sharif University of Technology (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Coventry University (1 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Islamia University (1 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 2020 edition, 92.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% 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 0.00% 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

  • Phosphorus application improved fodder yield, phosphorus use efficiency and economic returns of different pearl millet genotypes

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Efficacy of cadmium tolerant bacteria in combination with jasmonic acid to alleviate cd-toxicity in cauliflower

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Improving yield and quality of maize by different drip-fertigation rates of N, P and K fertilizers

    Asrar Mahboob;Muhammad Shoaib;Muhammad Manzoor

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Survival efficacy and potential of Mesorhizobium Ciceri for enhancing the growth and yield of imidacloprid-treated chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

    Sajid Mahmood Nadeem;Muhammad Yahya Khan;Maqshoof Ahmad

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Synergetic contribution of sugarcane bagasse and derived biochar: Insights into cadmium stress tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) with physiochemical exploration

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Soil characterization and plant nutrient indexing of citrus orchards in the central Punjab of Pakistan

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Seed priming with silicon ameliorates adverse effects of drought stress in Canola (Brassica napus L.) by improving growth, water relations and gas exchange attributes

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Organic and inorganic amendments enhance the growth and productivity of pea (Pisum sativum L.) by improving soil microbial biomass carbon

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Elemental sulfur-assisted iron and zinc fortification for potential growth enhancement in canola under alkaline soil

    (2023)
    0 Citations
  • Comparison of different inoculation methods and carrier materials for allelopathic Pseudomonas strains in weed management of direct-seeded rice

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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