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| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Veterinary | 304 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Plant Science and Agronomy | 474 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales investigates studies in Agronomy, Forage, Grazing, Agroforestry and Leucaena. Pasture, Brachiaria, Cultivar, Dry matter and Sowing are among the areas of Agronomy tackled. It explores research in Pasture and the adjacent study of Nutrient.
It served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Brachiaria and Apomixis. The journal holds forums on Forage that merges themes from other disciplines such as Pennisetum purpureum, Hybrid, Panicum, Dry season and Animal science. Issues in Grazing were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Perennial plant and Beef cattle.
The studies on Agroforestry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Subtropics, Agriculture and Livestock. The study on Livestock presented in Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales intersects with subjects under the field of Tropics. While Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales focused on Leucaena, it was also able to explore topics like Legume, Rumen, Leucaena leucocephala and Ruminant.
The most cited papers focus on Agronomy, Brachiaria, Forage, Hybrid and Grazing. The studies on Forage discussed at the published papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Drought tolerance, Breeding program, Crop yield and Ecosystem services. In addition to Grazing research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Pennisetum purpureum, Stocking, Soil test, Pasture and Carbon sequestration.
The concepts of Agronomy, Forage, Pasture, Animal science and Yield (wine) are tackled in the journal. Dry matter is a focus of the Agronomy works in it. Topics in Forage explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Agroforestry, Soil properties, Agro pastoralism and China.
While Pasture is the focus of Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales, it also provided insights into the studies of Arid, Trichloris crinita, Spring (hydrology) and Sowing. The presented Animal science study covers related areas such as Beef cattle and Trichanthera and also touches on topics like Pellets. The close relationship between Fertilizer and Seeding, Silage and Crop is one of the points of interest dissected in Yield (wine) research.
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 Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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(2020)Chris H. Wilson;Joao M. Vendramini;Lynn E. Sollenberger;S. Luke Flory
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