MAPPING RESEARCH OUTPUT OF FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY: A BIBLIOMETRIC ASSESSMENT FROM 2009 TO 2018

Abstract

The study explores the research performance of the Faculty of Agriculture under Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. It examines total publications, yearwise distribution of papers, authorship patterns, h-index, highly preferred journals, and validity of LotkaÇs Law and BradfordÇs Law. A total of 378 articles were published from 2009 to 2018, retrieved from the Scopus database. The study reveals that the maximum number of 77 (20.37 %) journal articles were published in 2017. The maximum number of journal articles with more than five authors is 25.4 %. LotkaÇs law is valid in the present study. The degree of collaboration “C” is 0.96, and the distribution of core journals does not fit into BradfordÇs Law.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Research output, Agricultural Research, LotkaÇs Law, BradfordÇs Law, ICAR