A Scientometric Study of Authorship Collaboration in  Agricultural Research from 1970 - 2012

M. Sankar; S. Srinivasa Ragavan

doi:10.51983/ajist-2012.2.2.2585

Authors

M. Sankar Research Scholar & Assistant Librarian,Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Srinivasa Ragavan Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2012.2.2.2585

Keywords:

Agricultural Research, Scientometric Study

Abstract

The study analyses agriculture research publication output for the period of 1970-2012. It is determined to observe the performance of a continent and country in a particular discipline of scientific research. This study deals from the web of science, applying the analytical tools part; Specialization Index (SI), Author Productivity, Authorship Pattern, Collaborative Index, Lotka’s Law, and Pareto Principle (80 X 20 Rule) have also been taken up to identify the research output of agriculture in the selected continents and special identification of Indian research.

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