Authorship Pattern and Collaborative Measures in Seed Technology Research: A Scientometric Analysis

Abstract

Seed technology is inarguably an area of study that is important for healthy and profitable agricultural practices. The findings of this study will be of immense help in assessing and promoting Seed technology research and it would encourage the seed technologists and research institutions to improve their performance and review their research policy. The study also shows that the double authorship pattern (two authored) was dominant in Seed technology research. It is closely followed by the three-authored pattern. The collaborative authorship pattern with 91.3% (15169) publications was dominant than the single authorship pattern with 8.7% (1438) publications only. The highest degree of collaboration was found in the years 2014, 2016 and 2017. Lamont, BB, affiliated to Curtin University, Perth from Australia became the highest productive author with 50 publications. Shewry, PR affiliated to Rothamsted Research, Harpenden from England is the top cited author receiving 3495 citations for 37 publications.