Mapping of Agriculture Research Output in Sri Lanka: A Scientometric Analysis

Authors

  • R. Maheswaran Acting Librarian, University of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2016.6.1.432

Keywords:

Agriculture, Research Output, Sri Lanka, Scientometric Analysis

Abstract

The study examines Sri Lanka’s performance based on its publication output in Agriculture during 1989–2015, based on several parameters, including the year wise growth, national publication output and impact in terms of average citations per paper, international collaboration output and share and contribution of major collaborative partners, contribution, impact of select top 15 Sri Lanka institutions and select top 15 most productive authors, patterns of communication in national and international journals. The study uses 27 years (1989–2015) publications data in dental sciences of India and other countries drawn from Web of Science international multidisciplinary bibliographical database.

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Published

08-04-2016

How to Cite

Maheswaran, R. (2016). Mapping of Agriculture Research Output in Sri Lanka: A Scientometric Analysis. Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services, 6(1), 43–46. https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2016.6.1.432