Scientometric Analysis of the Impact of the Journal of Research ANGRAU Based on Google Scholar Metrics (1989–2024)
T. Sreenivasa Rao *
Agricultural College, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Bapatla -522101, India.
Kutty Kumar
Agricultural College, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Bapatla -522101, India.
A. Lalitha
Agricultural College, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Bapatla -522101, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A scientometric analysis of the Journal of Research ANGRAU was conducted from 1989 to 2024 using the Publish or Perish (PoP) software. Data was obtained over a span of 35 years for the study. The impact of the Journal of Research ANGRAU on modern academic research was evaluated by retrieving raw data from Google Scholar and utilizing eight h-Index variables for analysis. The research examined 428 scholarly publications to explore Zipf's Law concerning yearly contributions, authorship patterns, and trends in author output. The study included an analysis of ANGRAU's relative growth rate and doubling time. According to the data, the year 2022 witnessed the largest number of publications, totalling 69 articles, which represents 16.12% of the overall publications. The assessed impact rankings of ANGRAU are displayed as an average. The study employed data from many sources, including indices (h and g), h-index, g-index, publications, citations, years, citations per annum, citations per publication, citations per author, and publications per author.
Keywords: ANGRAU, Impact Study, h-index, g-index, publications, citation analysis, science mapping