Scientometric profile of plant sciences research in Maharashtra state Bankar Ravindra Sopan*, Lihitkar Shalini Ramdas** *Department of Library and Information Science, Shivaji UniversityKolhapur. **Department of Library and Information Science, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. Online published on 19 October, 2020. Abstract A scientometric analysis is conducted to study the historical and current status of Plant Science research in Maharashtra State during 1989-2018. It is observed that a rapid growth is seen in the field of plant science research in last two decades in Maharashtra State. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, National Chemical Laboratory, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Savitribai Phule Pune University were the top institutions in research in Plant Science. Most papers were published in Indian Journals with low impact factors. The article highlights different patterns of evaluation of Plant Science Research in Maharashtra State such as- year wise growth trend of documents, prolific authors and their rankings, highly cited publications, highly productive journals and international collaboration in Plant Science. Top Keywords Plant Science Research, Scientometrics, Science Mapping, Plant Science Research in Maharashtra, Research Trends. Top |