Weed Technology

Top Research Topics at Weed Technology?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Glyphosate and Horticulture. Agronomy, which encompasses Crop, Pesticide, Sowing, Dicamba and Poaceae, is the main subject of it. Some problems in Weed that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Pesticide resistance and Metribuzin.

The studies in Weed control featured incorporate elements of Atrazine, Crop yield, Amaranth and Tillage. The journal features studies on Glyphosate, including topics such as Glufosinate. It focuses on different Horticulture studies like Cultivar and Phytotoxicity.

• Agronomy (68.91%)
• Weed (36.22%)
• Weed control (32.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Log-logistic analysis of herbicide dose-response relationships (1065 citations)
• Integrated Weed Management: The Rationale and Approach (432 citations)
• Utilizing R Software Package for Dose-Response Studies: The Concept and Data Analysis (348 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Weed Technology:

The journal papers mostly deal with topics like Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Glyphosate and Horticulture. Aside from discussions in Weed, the journal publications also deal with the subject of Resistance (ecology) which intersects with Herbicide resistance disciplines. The journal publications focus on Weed control but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Tillage which is concerned with No-till farming.

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

• Botany
• Ecology
• Agronomy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Agronomy, Horticulture, Glyphosate, Weed and Dicamba. Agronomy studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as Sowing, Conyza canadensis, Echinochloa, Cover crop and Atrazine. Horticulture research presented in Weed Technology encompasses a variety of subjects, including Glufosinate, Sulfentrazone and Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranth.

The work on Glyphosate tackled in Weed Technology brings together disciplines like Metribuzin, Animal science, Biomass and Growing season. The research on Weed featured in Weed Technology combines topics in other fields like Mesotrione and Weed control. The concepts on Weed control presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Dimethenamid and Crop.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Pollen-mediated gene flow and transfer of resistance alleles from herbicide-resistant broadleaf weeds (6 citations)
• Management of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) in 2,4-D–, glufosinate-, and glyphosate-resistant soybean (4 citations)
• Influence of hard water on 2,4-D formulations for the control of dandelion (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Weed Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jason K. Norsworthy (136 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• John W. Wilcut (104 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David L. Jordan (97 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• David R. Shaw (89 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Peter H. Sikkema (81 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Weed Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• North Carolina State University (100 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Michigan State University (85 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Nebraska–Lincoln (79 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• United States Department of Agriculture (77 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Arkansas (67 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 less than 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, 46.97% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.43% of all publications and 10.00% 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.