Mapping the Dynamics of Agriculture in Himachal Pradesh

摘要

Presents an assessment of contributions on Himachal Pradesh to agriculture and allied fields, based on publications, indexed in AGRICOLA,AGRIS, CAB Abstracts and FSTA CD-ROM databases, published in the years 1990 and 1994. Attempts to provide detailed analysis of 472 and 516 contributions on Himachal Pradesh covered by the databases, for 1990 and 1994 respectively. This macroscopic analysis not only provides an inventory of publications on Himachal Pradesh but also gives an idea of endogenous research capacity. If appropriately linked with public policy, it can help restructure the stale's research priorities. The study tries to answer questions such as which institutions are carrying out the research, in which journals, contributions on Himachal Pradesh get published, in what sub-fields the contributors are strong. and so on. The paper maps the field under the following heads; quantum of production, form-wise distribution, authorship pattern, institutions, ranking of periodicals, subject dispersion, citation study, length of publications, languages of publications, languages of summaries, country-wise productivity state-wise productivity and classification by journal impact factor.