Agriculture Research in India: A Scientometric Mapping of Publications

  • Anil Sagar Scientific Officer F Scientific Information Resource Division, Knowledge Management Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085
  • B. S. Kademani Scientific Officer G Scientific Information Resource Division, Knowledge Management Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085
  • K. Bhanumurthy Scientific Information Resource Division, Knowledge Management Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085
Keywords: Agriculture research, scientometrics, publication productivity, quality research, R&D trend, publication efficiency index, specialisation index, agricultural economics & policy, agricultural engineering, agriculture-multidisciplinary, agronomy, dairy

Abstract

The study analyses the agriculture research publications in India during 1993-2012 based on the Web of Science database. The objective of the study was to perform a scientometric analysis of all agriculture research publications by Indian scientists. The parameters studied include growth of publications and citations, domain-wise distribution of publications and citations, activity index, international collaboration, highly productive institutions, highly preferred journals, and highly cited publications.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.34.5022

Author Biography

Anil Sagar, Scientific Officer F Scientific Information Resource Division, Knowledge Management Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085

Scientific Officer F
Scientific Information Resource Division, 
Knowledge Management Group
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
Trombay, Mumbai-400 085

 

Published
2014-05-20
How to Cite
Sagar, A., Kademani, B., & Bhanumurthy, K. (2014). Agriculture Research in India: A Scientometric Mapping of Publications. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.34.3.5022
Section
Special Issue on Visualising Libraries