Banana Study Publications: A Scientometric Evaluation on Cab Direct for the Period 1978-2018

Abstract

The analysis within the field of banana during the period 1978-2018, obtained from the CAB Direct Online database through Scientometric analysis. The analysis revealed that 2,420 papers have been published during the period 1978 to 2018 and the greatest quantity of publications was 244 papers published during 2013. Asian Journal of Horticulture is the most effective ranking journal with 67 papers (2.77%) in the most effective 10 journals are published their research papers. India could be the leading Country in the global world which contributed 399 papers (16.49%) followed by South Africa (10.91%) and Brazil (5.75%). The sorts of archives, most popular journals, ranking authors, rank-wise countries and predominant languages, positioning on nations dependent on their productions yield are displayed.