Bibliometric Review of Publications by University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India: An Indian Citation Index Based Investigation

The bibliometric analysis of articles published during the period of 20092015 by University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India was undertaken, to reveal the year wise distribution of articles, citations, types of publications, prolific authors, preferred journals, authorship pattern and degree of collaboration. A total of 170 articles were published by the university and majority of the articles were written by more than three authors. Tatagar, M. (10; 6.47%), Kotikal, Y. K. (10; 5.88), Mesta, R. (10; 5.88%) were the most prolific authors for the period. Majority of the articles were contributed by the multiple authors and the value of degree of collaboration was 0.994. Environment and Ecology (23; 13.53%), Asian Journal of Horticulture (19; 11.18%), Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences (10; 5.88%) were the most preferred journals by the scientists working in the UHS, Bagalkot for the publication of their research findings respectively