245 research outputs found

    Scientometrics of cereal crops research in India as reflected through Indian Science Abstracts and CAB Abstracts during 1965-2010

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    The paper analyses publication output of India on cereal crops as reflected by its coverage in Indian Science Abstracts (ISA) and CAB Abstracts during 1965-2010.The analysis indicates that highest number of papers (43.80%) was published on rice, followed by wheat (24.28%). Agricultural universities and institutions under aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) were most productive. Most of the papers were published in Indian journals with low impact factor. The highest number of papers was published in Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, followed by Indian Journal of Agronomy, Madras Agricultural Journaland Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural University. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi,Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoreand Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhianacontributed about 7% of papers each. The major research was focused on ‘genetic and plant breeding’ (28.2%) followed by ‘agronomic aspects’ (27.9%) and pest, diseases and pest control (19.7%). The authorship pattern reveals that co-authored papers accounted for 90% of total output. Citation analysis of the study using Google scholar reveals that 57% of the papers remained uncited and 36.8% papersreceived citations ranging from 1 to 10.Highest number of citations were received by papers published in Indian Journal of Agronomy(1446), followed by Indian Journal of Agricultural Science (1211), Euphytica (1109) and Theoretical and Applied Genetics (1000

    Bibliometrics and scientometrics in India: An overview of studies during 1995-2014Part II: Contents of the articles in terms of disciplines and their bibliometric aspects

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    This part of the study highlights the contents of the published articles in terms of various disciplines or sub-disciplines and the bibliometric aspects discussed in these articles. The analysis of 902 papers published by Indian scholars during1995-2014 indicates that the main focus of bibliometrics/scientometrics is on assessment of science and technology in India in different sub-disciplines including contributions by Indian states and other individual countries followed by bibliometric analysis of individual journals. Papers dealing with bibliometric laws received a low priority as compared to other subdisciplines of bibliometrics/scientometrics. The analysis of data indicates that the share of theoretical studies using mathematical and statistical techniques which were missing in the earlier period (1970-1994) has increased during 1995-2014. The field of medicine as a discipline received the highest attention as compared to other disciplines

    Scientometrics of Indian crop science research as reflected by the coverage inScopus, CABI and ISA databases during 2008-2010

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    The paper analyses scientific output of India in the discipline of crop sciences as reflected by the coverage of scientificoutput in three different databases i.e. SCOPUS, CAB Abstracts and ISA (Indian Science Abstracts) during 2008-2010. Theanalysis indicates that highest number of papers was published on rice and wheat crop. Agricultural universities andinstitutions under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) were most productive institutions. Most ofthe papers were published in Indian journals with low impact factor. Environment and Ecology, Indian Journal ofAgricultural Sciences and Research on Crops were the most preferred journals used by the Indian scientists. The majorresearch is focused on ‘genetics and plant breeding’ followed by ‘soil, climate and environmental aspects’ and ‘agronomicaspects’. The authorship pattern reveals that co-authored papers accounted for 72% of total output

    Research Productivity of Agricultural Faculty Members with Special Reference to Maharashtra, India: A Scientometric Study

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    The study presented in this paper has examined the research productivity, for the period 2004–2019, of four agricultural universities located in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The 4,120 research publications of these agricultural universities, as reflected in the publications-related output of the Indian Citation Index, were analysed to ascertain the growth and patterns in agricultural research. This study presented, among other things, the year-wise distribution of research productivity, co authorship index, and collaborative index, degree of collaboration, most prolific authors and top-ranked sources preferred by the agricultural faculty members for publishing their research output. It was found that there was no consistency in the growth of research productivity of the four agricultural universities. Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, Akola and Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri contributed to more than 70 percent of the total research output. The co-authorship pattern was found to be more popular among the agricultural faculty members as 64 percent of the total research output was in the form of three- or four-author studies, whereas single-author studies comprised only 1.21 percent of the total research output. Ghorade, R.B. from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, Akola was found to be the most productive author with 47 publications. Annals of Plant Physiology, Journal of Soils and Crops and Trends in Bio Sciences were found to be the most preferred journals. The collaborative index of 3.55 in 2004 increased to 3.86 in 2019. The average degree of collaboration was 0.99, and the average modified collaboration coefficient was 0.69. The research article was found to be the most preferred type of research document among the agricultural faculty members as against a conference paper, report or short communication. Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, Akola and Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri received the highest number of citations for their research publications during the said period of the study

    Seed Technology Research Output: A Scientometric Analysis on SCOPUS Database

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    . The study analyses the seed technology research publications during 2008-2017 based on the Scopus database. The objective of the study was to perform a scientometric analysis of all seed technology research publication. Data for a study is total of 8576 have been downloaded and analyzed according to objectives. The study reveals that the growth of literature follows the liner growth pattern, journal articles are the most published form of literature (73.83%), International Journal Of Food Science and Technology followed by Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao Transactions Of The Chinese Society Of Agricultural Engineering are top journals, China and Chinese Academy of Sciences are top research contributing country and institution. The highly productive subject areas are Agricultural and Biological Sciences .Collaborating authorship pattern analysis shows that degree of collaboration (92%) significantly high. Overall, the paper presents an informed account of seed technology research performance

    Growth and Productivity of Agricultural and Biological Sciences Research in State Agriculture Universities of Gujarat (India)

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    This paper presents a scientometric analysis of the growth and productivity of agricultural and biological sciences research in state agriculture universities of Gujarat, India. 1742 publications that appeared in the Scopus database during 2010-2019 have been taken for the analysis. Aspects like patterns and trends about authorship pattern, the ranking of authors based on number of publications and citations, highly productive Universities, degree of collaboration between authors, highly cited papers, etc. are considered for analysis and drawing the conclusion

    Evaluation of Institutional Research Productivity

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    The quantification of scholarly performance has become an obvious necessity in many academic pursuits. Evaluation of research output is, therefore, an integral element of R&D institutions worldwide. This paper critically scrutinizes the literature on research productivity concerning scientific institutions (include universities and departments) in an informational context. It provides a thorough review to map the quantum of knowledge relating to ‘institutional research productivity’ correlating the Indian vista. The paper also offers a few recommendations to undertake evaluative studies with caution. Thus it shows a coherent picture of this emerging area in the sociology of science

    A spatial scientometric analysis of the publication output of cities worldwide

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    In tandem with the rapid globalisation of science, spatial scientometrics has become an important research sub-field in scientometric studies. Recently, numerous spatial scientometric contributions have focused on the examination of cities’ scientific output by using various scientometric indicators. In this paper, I analyse cities’ scientific output worldwide in terms of the number of journal articles indexed by the Scopus database, in the period from 1986 to 2015. Furthermore, I examine which countries are the most important collaborators of cities. Finally, I identify the most productive disciplines in each city. I use GPS Visualizer to illustrate the scientometric data of nearly 2,200 cities on maps. Results show that cities with the highest scientific output are mostly located in developed countries and China. Between 1986 and 2015, the greatest number of scientific articles were created in Beijing. The international hegemony of the United States in science has been described by many studies, and is also reinforced by the fact that the United States is the most important collaborator to more than 75 percent of all cities. Medicine is the most productive discipline in two-thirds of cities. Furthermore, cities having the highest scientific output in specific disciplines show well-defined geographical patterns
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