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Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
H-index 15

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

0038-0768

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tssp20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 143 39 74 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 70
Documents by Best Scientists*: 103
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 81
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.626
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Soil Science and Plant Nutrition?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Environmental chemistry and Nitrogen. The concepts on Agronomy presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Phosphorus, Nutrient and Oryza sativa. In addition to Soil water research, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition aims to explore topics under Organic matter and Mineralogy.

Most of the Organic matter studies addressed also intersect with Soil organic matter. The work on Mineralogy presented in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition focuses on Clay minerals in particular. Botany research featured in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Nitrogen fixation and Horticulture.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Environmental chemistry and the similar topic of Inorganic chemistry. The study on Inorganic chemistry presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Adsorption. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition focuses on Nitrogen but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Nitrate and Ammonium.

  • Agronomy (36.28%)
  • Soil water (27.58%)
  • Botany (19.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Role of silicon in enhancing the resistance of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses (837 citations)
  • Effect of Organic Matter Application on Methane Emission from Some Japanese Paddy Fields (508 citations)
  • Effects of charcoal addition on N2O emissions from soil resulting from rewetting air-dried soil in short-term laboratory experiments (480 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Soil Science and Plant Nutrition:

The published articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Agronomy, Soil water, Botany, Environmental chemistry and Nitrogen. Issues in Agronomy were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Oryza sativa and Nutrient. The journal publications explore research in Soil water alongside concepts in Organic matter and other areas of study in Soil organic matter, Compost and Humus.

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition are Agronomy, Plant science, Environmental chemistry, Phosphorus and Nitrogen. The journal is mostly focused on Agronomy, specifically Fertilizer. The journal deals with Environmental chemistry in conjunction with Weathering and similar fields in Rice plant.

The Phosphorus works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Soil water and Rhizosphere. While Soil water is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Phosphate and Human fertilization. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Nitrogen, it also covered topics in Deposition (chemistry) and Ecosystem.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Linking transport system of silicon with its accumulation in different plant species (9 citations)
  • Speciation of phosphorus accumulated in fertilized cropland of Aichi prefecture in Japan with different soil properties by sequential chemical extraction and P K-edge XANES (2 citations)
  • Effect of cashew nut shell liquid on rice growth and methane emission from paddy soil (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 Science and Plant Nutrition (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Makoto Kimura (133 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kazutake Kyuma (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mitsuru Osaki (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tadakatsu Yoneyama (73 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Takashi Kosaki (72 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 Science and Plant Nutrition (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (277 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nagoya University (222 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hokkaido University (198 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (195 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyushu University (153 papers) published 1 paper 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, 12.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 51.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.81% of all publications and 26.56% 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

  • Biochar as an organic soil conditioner for mitigating salinity stress in tomato

    Raziye Kul;Tuba Arjumend;Melek Ekinci;Ertan Yildirim

    (2021)
    93 Citations
  • Managing soils for negative feedback to climate change and positive impact on food and nutritional security

    Rattan Lal

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • Linking transport system of silicon with its accumulation in different plant species

    Namiki Mitani-Ueno;Jian Feng Ma

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Evaluation of biochar applications combined with alternate wetting and drying (AWD) water management in rice field as a methane mitigation option for farmers’ adoption

    Patikorn Sriphirom;Amnat Chidthaisong;Kazuyuki Yagi;Sudarut Tripetchkul

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Effects of biodegradable plastics on soil properties and greenhouse gas production

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • Potential and promisingness of technical options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation in Southeast Asian countries

    Kazuyuki Yagi;Patikorn Sriphirom;Nittaya Cha-un;Kanlayanee Fusuwankaya

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • The bHLH protein OsIRO3 is critical for plant survival and iron (Fe) homeostasis in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under Fe-deficient conditions

    Fan Wang;Reiko N. Itai;Tomoko Nozoye;Takanori Kobayashi

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Evaluation of biochar applications combined with alternate wetting and drying (AWD) water management in rice field as a methane mitigation option for farmers’ adoption

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Potential and promisingness of technical options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation in Southeast Asian countries

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Photosynthesis improvement for enhancing productivity in rice

    Amane Makino

    (2021)
    27 Citations

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