1. Scientometric profile of global forest fungal research.
- Author
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Joshi, Kirti, Kshitij, Avinash, and Garg, K. C.
- Subjects
RESEARCH & development ,MYCOLOGY ,FORESTRY research ,PERIODICALS - Abstract
Examines the R&D efforts in the field of forest mycology (study of fungi) with a primary focus on the global trends of publication output and its citation impact for the papers published during 1987-2008. The results indicate that number of publications have increased significantly especially during 2004 -2008. A total of 3313 publications scattered over 619 journal titles originating from 50 countries and 839 institutions indicates that USA tops the list in the publication output, while Sweden does in the citation impact. China leads in terms of highest rate of annual growth of published papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2010