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Research Dynamics in Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture:A Scientometric Analysis


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1 University Library, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
2 Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
3 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar 140 001, India
 

The study was carried out to map out the dynamics of scientific output in fisheries and aquaculture in India during the decade 2007–2016, applying scientometric tools. The publication pattern, most productive journals and author have been identified and statistical analysis of citations to publications has been executed. The data was retrieved from ‘Scopus’ database for phrases such as ‘fisheries’, ‘fishery’ and ‘aquaculture’ as main operators. The search results were filtered for journal articles, English language and for the period 1 January 2007–31 December 2016. The authorship, geographical and keyword landscapes were visualized using free to use visualization software. The study revealed that the number of articles on fisheries and aquaculture have more than doubled from 2007 to 2016. The results indicated a significant correlation between number of citations and number of years from which the article has been published. The United States emerged to be the top most collaborator of India to work in this field followed by South Korea, United Kingdom, Japan and Germany. The network visualization is expected to be useful to the scientific community in analysing the research trends in subject under study and further strengthening the research activities.

Keywords

Aquaculture, Fisheries, Chronological Growth, International Collaboration, Network Visualization, Scientometric Study.
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Authors

Nirmal Singh
University Library, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
Surjya Narayan Datta
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
Tarvinder Singh Handa
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar 140 001, India

Abstract


The study was carried out to map out the dynamics of scientific output in fisheries and aquaculture in India during the decade 2007–2016, applying scientometric tools. The publication pattern, most productive journals and author have been identified and statistical analysis of citations to publications has been executed. The data was retrieved from ‘Scopus’ database for phrases such as ‘fisheries’, ‘fishery’ and ‘aquaculture’ as main operators. The search results were filtered for journal articles, English language and for the period 1 January 2007–31 December 2016. The authorship, geographical and keyword landscapes were visualized using free to use visualization software. The study revealed that the number of articles on fisheries and aquaculture have more than doubled from 2007 to 2016. The results indicated a significant correlation between number of citations and number of years from which the article has been published. The United States emerged to be the top most collaborator of India to work in this field followed by South Korea, United Kingdom, Japan and Germany. The network visualization is expected to be useful to the scientific community in analysing the research trends in subject under study and further strengthening the research activities.

Keywords


Aquaculture, Fisheries, Chronological Growth, International Collaboration, Network Visualization, Scientometric Study.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi3%2F382-389