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Spanish Journal of Soil Science
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Spanish Journal of Soil Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 368 5 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 34
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 15
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.444
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Spanish Journal of Soil Science?

The journal focuses on Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy, Organic matter and Soil test. In the journal, Hydrology and Mineralogy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Soil water research. Spanish Journal of Soil Science focuses on Hydrology as well as the interrelated topic of Soil classification.

Topics in Environmental chemistry were tackled in line with various other fields like Contamination, Cation-exchange capacity, Compost and Pollutant. It focuses on Agronomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Soil organic matter, Nutrient and Soil quality. The research on Soil quality featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Soil management, Sustainability, Erosion and Soil retrogression and degradation.

The work on Organic matter addressed in it expands to the thematically related Total organic carbon. The research on Soil carbon tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Cover crop, Tillage, Water content and Soil horizon. Loam is a focus of the Soil science works in the journal.

  • Soil water (39.90%)
  • Environmental chemistry (14.90%)
  • Agronomy (14.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Wildfires, soil carbon balance and resilient organic matter in Mediterranean ecosystems. A review (48 citations)
  • Sustainable agricultural practices for Mediterranean olive grove. Effect of soil management on soil properties . (15 citations)
  • Los incendios forestales, el balance de carbono en el suelo y la materia orgánica resiliente en ecosistemas mediterráneos. Una revision . (14 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Spanish Journal of Soil Science:

The published articles primarily tackle Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Organic matter, Humanities and Soil organic matter. While the most cited articles focused on Soil water, they were also able to explore topics like Sedimentation and Environmental remediation. The published papers address concerns in Soil organic matter which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Biogeochemical cycle, Mediterranean climate, Cation-exchange capacity and Resistance (ecology).

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Spanish Journal of Soil Science primarily focuses on research topics in Forestry, Soil retrogression and degradation, Soil water, Horticulture and Humanities. Some problems in Forestry that were presented in Spanish Journal of Soil Science overlapped with concepts under Valencia, Essential oil, Soil parameters and Pistacia lentiscus. Soil retrogression and degradation research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Soil management, Edaphic, Soil fertility and Soil conservation.

The featured works in Soil structure, which all belong in the domain if Soil water, also overlaps with concepts under Fertility. It focused on works that combine different research areas such as Humanities and Chemical diversity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Traditional knowledge on soil management and conservation in the inter-Andean region, northern Ecuador (1 citations)
  • Soil “biofilms”: “Bioclusters” would be a much better descriptor (1 citations)
  • Soil Vulnerability Indicators to Degradation by Wildfires in Torres del Paine National Park (Patagonia, Chile) (0 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 Spanish Journal of Soil Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rosa M. Poch (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ignacio Gómez Lucas (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Axel Mentler (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • José Navarro Pedreño (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Javier Cancelo-González (5 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 Spanish Journal of Soil Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Spanish National Research Council (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Santiago de Compostela (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Vigo (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Lleida (12 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, 42.86% 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 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 50.00% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • Soil Bacterial Community Tolerance to Three Tetracycline Antibiotics Induced by Ni and Zn

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Medium-term influence of tetracyclines on total and specific microbial biomass in cultivated soils of galicia (NW Spain)

    Vanesa Santás-Miguel;Montserrat Díaz-Raviña;Ángela Martín;Elena García-Campos

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Changes in Soil Phosphorus Pools in Long-Term Wheat-Based Rotations in Saskatchewan, Canada With and Without Phosphorus Fertilization

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Microbial Genes of Agricultural Importance in Maize Rhizosphere Unveiled Through Shotgun Metagenomics

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Genomic Assessment of Enterobacter mori AYS9: A Potential Plant Growth-Promoting Drought-Resistant Rhizobacteria

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • A Brief Analysis of the Contribution of Women to Soil Science

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • The Efficacy of Organic Amendments on Maize Productivity, Soil Properties and Active Fractions of Soil Carbon in Organic-Matter Deficient Soil

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • Microbial Communities as Affected by Clarithromycin Addition in Four Acid Soils (NW Iberian Peninsula)

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Intercropped Systems Between Melon and Cowpea

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Long-Term Cumulative Effects of Wildfires on Soil-Vegetation Dynamics in the “Baixa Limia–Serra do Xurés” Natural Park

    (2024)
    1 Citations

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