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Yu, J.J., Wang, M.H., Xu, M. and Ho, Y.S.* (2012), A bibliometric analysis of research papers published on photosynthesis: 1992-2009. Photosynthetica,51 (1), 5-14.

Document type: Article / Language: English / Cited references: 66 / Times cited: 6 / Times self cited: 2

Abstract: We present here a bibliometric analysis of publications on photosynthesis research from 1992 to 2009 in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) Web of Science. This has allowed us to examine the growing trends and the key topics on this subject. We have assessed the document type, language of the publications, publication output, subject category, journal distribution, countries and territories of these publications, institutions involved, hot topics and highly cited papers. The top 30 countries/territories were ranked according to their total number of articles (TA), single country articles (SCA), internationally collaborative articles (ICA), first author articles (FAA) and corresponding author articles (CAA). Research directions on the subject of photosynthesis were also investigated and evaluated by statistically analyzing the distribution of author keywords in the database. Our analysis indicates that “water”, “stress”, “carbon dioxide”, “nitrogen” and “climate change” are hot topics of research on photosynthesis during this period.

Author Keywords: author keyword; research trend; scientometrics; science citation index expanded

Keywords Plus: Light-Harvesting Complex; Science-Citation-Index; Chlorophyll Fluorescence; Water-Stress; Electron-Transport; Crystal-Structure; Atmospheric Co2; Research Trends; Photosystem-Ii; Elevated CO2

Reprint Address: Xu, M (reprint author), Rutgers State Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Nat Resources, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA

Addresses:

1. Rutgers State Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Nat Resources, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA

2. Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Soil & Water Conservat, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China

3. Peking Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

4. Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China

5. Asia Univ, Trend Res Ctr, Taichung 41354, Taiwan

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