Trends in Plant Science

Top Research Topics at Trends in Plant Science?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Botany, Cell biology, Genetics, Biochemistry and Gene. Trends in Plant Science features Botany research that overlaps with concepts in Ecology. The studies on Cell biology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Regulation of gene expression, Arabidopsis and Auxin.

The Arabidopsis study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Arabidopsis thaliana. The work on Genetics addressed in it expands to the thematically related Computational biology. The Biochemistry research presented places emphasis on topics like Enzyme, Biosynthesis and Chloroplast.

• Botany (20.46%)
• Cell biology (18.41%)
• Genetics (16.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Oxidative stress, antioxidants and stress tolerance (7432 citations)
• Reactive oxygen gene network of plants (3967 citations)
• Antioxidant properties of phenolic compounds (3305 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Trends in Plant Science:

The most cited publications investigate studies in Biochemistry, Botany, Cell biology, Genetics and Arabidopsis. The journal papers explore issues in Botany which can be linked to other research areas like Ecology, Abiotic component, Biophysics and Rhizosphere. In addition to Cell biology research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Auxin, Abscisic acid and Abiotic stress.

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

• Gene
• Enzyme
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Cell biology, Computational biology, Ecology, Biotechnology and Botany. It explores issues in Cell biology which can be linked to other research areas like Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis and Abscisic acid. Trends in Plant Science investigates Ecology research which frequently intersects with Plant defense against herbivory.

The journal holds forums on Biotechnology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Food security and Crop. More specifically, the research on Botany in it is related to Shoot. The Herbivore study featured in Trends in Plant Science draws connections with the study of Genetics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster (20 citations)
• Coumarin Communication Along the Microbiome-Root-Shoot Axis. (19 citations)
• Phytomelatonin: An Emerging Regulator of Plant Biotic Stress Resistance. (19 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 Trends in Plant Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Nigel Chaffey (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Trevor Stokes (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
• G.E de Vries (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alisdair R. Fernie (46 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Gert E de Vries (31 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 Trends in Plant Science (based on the number of publications) are:

• Max Planck Society (122 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Ghent University (102 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (93 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Wageningen University and Research Centre (91 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Davis (58 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 3.55% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.50% of all publications and 51.53% 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.