Agronomy: analysis of publications by journal section for 2025

Analysis of publication activity in the “Agronomy” section of the “Agrarian Science” journal for 2025.

Key findings:

1. Editorial board composition:

•  the editorial board comprises 10 experts from various regions of Russia and 4 foreign countries.

2. Structure of scientific publications:

• 59 research articles and 1 scientific review were published;
• the majority of authors (71%) are affiliated with research institutions; ü distribution by team type: 53 intra-organizational teams (authors from a single institution) and 7 extra-organizational collaborations (authors from multiple institutions); ü the most common academic degree among authors is candidate of sciences (44%); ü the average number of bibliographic references per article is 19.03, indicating a high degree of research thoroughness.

3. Author geography:

•  the Rostov (24) and Tver (20) regions and the Republic of Tatarstan (19) are the leaders in the number of authors.

4. Research funding:

• 59% of the publications were supported by grants and state subsidies.

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