Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Top Research Topics at Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research?

The journal explores disciplines such as Agronomy, Botany, Horticulture, Animal science and Cultivar. The journal connects the study in Agronomy with the closely related area of Soil water. The Animal science study tackling the subject of Breed is the focus of it.

The Irrigation study featured falls within the larger field of Hydrology.

• Agronomy (20.19%)
• Botany (16.45%)
• Horticulture (15.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Review. Tannins and ruminant nutrition (274 citations)
• Review. Biology and systematics of the form genus Rhizoctonia (161 citations)
• Organic food product purchase behaviour: a pilot study for urban consumers in the South of Italy (149 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research:

The journal articles mainly tackle studies in Botany, Agronomy, Horticulture, Crop yield and Cultivar. The published articles explore research in Agriculture and overlapping concepts in Environmental protection and Agricultural science to expand the discourse in Agronomy. The studies tackled in the most cited papers, which mainly focus on Horticulture, apply to Dry matter as well.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Animal science, Horticulture, Agronomy, Dry matter and Agriculture. Animal science research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Body weight, Feed conversion ratio and Pasture. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research explores research in Horticulture and the adjacent study of Spots.

Studies on Agronomy discussed in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research link to the field of Soil water. The study on Dry matter presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Rumen. Agriculture study tackled is connected to the field of Crop.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Short term administration of cyproterone acetate for contraception: Effects on testosterone secretion and semen characteristics in rams (Ovis aries) and bucks (Capra hircus) (2 citations)
• Short communication: Effect of pre-activated Saccharomyces cerevisiae or malate salts on fermentation of ground barley grain under in vitro conditions simulating intensive ruminant feeding (1 citations)
• Influence of overliming vineyard acid soils on the macro-nutritional status of grapevines (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alberto Garrido (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Argimiro Daza (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• José M. Lorenzo (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Clemente J. Lopez-Bote (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Guillermo Ripoll (10 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Spanish National Research Council (161 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Technical University of Madrid (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Polytechnic University of Valencia (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Zaragoza (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Córdoba (Spain) (50 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.