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Soil and Water Research
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Soil and Water Research

1801-5395

Published by: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/swr/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 785 6 6 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 13
Documents by Best Scientists*: 11
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 34
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.502
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Soil and Water Research?

Soil and Water Research covers a variety of subjects, including Hydrology, Soil classification, Soil water, Soil science and Agronomy. Soil and Water Research deals with Hydrology in conjunction with Land use and similar fields in Arable land. It holds forums on Soil classification that merges themes from other disciplines such as Soil contamination, Humus, Soil organic matter, Soil pH and Environmental chemistry.

The studies on Soil organic matter discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Organic matter, Soil carbon, Total organic carbon and Soil fertility. Soil and Water Research focused on Soil water research but expanded to cover Water content. The journal explores research in Soil science and the adjacent study of Infiltration (hydrology).

It connects research in Agronomy with the related topic of Evapotranspiration. It facilitates discussions on Erosion that incorporate concepts from other fields like Soil conservation and Sediment. It links adjacent topics like Surface runoff with Precipitation.

  • Hydrology (37.27%)
  • Soil classification (28.86%)
  • Soil water (26.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Effect of Different Levels of Humic Acids on the Nutrient Content, Plant Growth, and Soil Properties under Conditions of Salinity (134 citations)
  • Heavy Metal Contamination of Roadside Soils of Northern England (72 citations)
  • A brief overview of the causes, impacts and amelioration of soil water repellency - a review. (69 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Soil and Water Research:

The most cited papers focus largely on the fields of Soil classification, Soil water, Soil organic matter, Agronomy and Hydrology. The published papers explore studies in Soil classification as part of the wider topic of Soil science. The journal papers focus on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Soil salinity, Soil fertility and Soil conditioner.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Hydrology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Hydrology, Forestry and Soil carbon. Soil quality is a key component of Soil water research discussed in it. Zinc, Straw and Thallium are some topics wherein Environmental chemistry research discussed in it have an impact.

Some problems in Hydrology that were presented in Soil and Water Research overlapped with concepts under Soil conservation and Soil properties. Issues in Forestry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Soil contamination and Soil quality index. While Soil and Water Research focused on Soil carbon, it was also able to explore topics like Afforestation, Agroforestry and Agricultural land.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Soil pollution status of urban soils in St. Petersburg city, North-west of Russia (2 citations)
  • Effects of rock fragments on the water infiltration and hydraulic conductivity in the soils of the desert steppes of Inner Mongolia, China (1 citations)
  • Best management practices for mitigating agricultural nutrient pollution in the Mun River Basin, Thailand (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 Soil and Water Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Luboš Borůvka (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Pavel Kovář (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Radka Kodešová (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ondřej Drábek (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Miloslav Janeček (11 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 and Water Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mendel University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Banha University (2 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, 95.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 100.00% 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

  • Effects of gravel-sand mulch on the runoff, erosion, and nutrient losses in the Loess Plateau of north-western China under simulated rainfall

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Harmonisation of a large-scale historical database with the actual Czech soil classification system.

    Tereza Zádorová;Daniel Žížala;Vít Penížek;Aleš Vaněk

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Psychoactive substances in soils, plants, freshwater and fish: A mini review

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Thallium uptake/tolerance in a model (hyper)accumulating plant: Effect of extreme contaminant loads

    Ondřej Holubík;Aleš Vaněk;Martin Mihaljevic;Kateřina Vejvodová

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Computed tomographic visualisation and 2D/3D microscopic evaluation of soil macro- and micromorphology

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Determining saturated hydraulic conductivity of a repacked loam soil by the simplified falling-head technique: Impact of sieving duration and scraping of exposed surfaces

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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