Bibliometric analysis of published scientific knowledge with special reference to “Plant physiology”

In the present study “Plant Physiology”, an international journal in the field of plant science is taken as a model to bibliometrically analyse any openly accessible published scientific knowledge. The different parameters like year wise growth rate of literature, pagination pattern, degree of collaboration and top productive authors, countries, etc.are measured. The results indicate that approximately 401 articles are published per year. More than half of the articles have a page length of 11 to 15 pages. Authorship pattern shows joint authorship in the journal and degree of collaboration indicates the predominance of multiple author contribution. Country wise USA tops the lists and Max Plank Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology form Germany holds the first position among the most productive institution. Further, the study also examines the subject wise contribution of articles in the journal Plant Physiology during the study period.