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How Did Research on Conservation Agriculture Evolve over the Years? A Bibliometric Analysis

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  • Subhradip Bhattacharjee

    (Agronomy Section, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, India)

  • Amitava Panja

    (Dairy Extension Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, India)

  • Moumita Panda

    (Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia 741252, India)

  • Subham Dutta

    (Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia 741252, India)

  • Susanta Dutta

    (Agronomy Department, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144401, India)

  • Rakesh Kumar

    (Agronomy Section, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, India)

  • Dinesh Kumar

    (Intellectual Property Rights Cell, ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, India)

  • Malu Ram Yadav

    (Division of Agronomy, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, SKNAU, Jaipur 302018, India)

  • Tatiana Minkina

    (Academy of Biology and Biotechnologies, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachki Prosp., Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia)

  • Valery P. Kalinitchenko

    (All-Russia Phytopathology Research Institute, 5 Institute St., Big Vyazyomy, Moscow 143050, Russia)

  • Rupesh Kumar Singh

    (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, Campus of Gualtar, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
    InnovPlantProtect Collaborative Laboratory, Department of Protection of Specific Crops, Estrada de Gil Vaz, Apartado 72, 7350-999 Elvas, Portugal)

  • Vishnu D. Rajput

    (Academy of Biology and Biotechnologies, Southern Federal University, 194/1 Stachki Prosp., Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia)

Abstract

Conservation agriculture has recently been a hot topic of agricultural research and has generated significant global interest. Conservation agriculture has three core principles: minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and crop rotations. The research on this topic has also witnessed a boom in recent years as the number of peer-reviewed literature on conservation agriculture is rising exponentially. This study critically examines all the peer-reviewed documents published on conservation agriculture from the 1990s to 2021 and indexed in the web of science core database. The search returned 3023 documents, which were then processed in the R-based bibliometric package for annual scientific production trend, source, author, document, citation, keyword analysis, and co-occurrence networking using VOSviewer. Our findings show remarkable growth in conservation agriculture research in recent times, although it witnessed a shortfall in 2021. Notably, 15 core source journals contribute the most to the field, while 8692 researchers have authored or co-authored at least a document on conservation agriculture. While the USA, India, and Australia are front runners in conservation agriculture research, the spread of the topic is worldwide.

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  • Subhradip Bhattacharjee & Amitava Panja & Moumita Panda & Subham Dutta & Susanta Dutta & Rakesh Kumar & Dinesh Kumar & Malu Ram Yadav & Tatiana Minkina & Valery P. Kalinitchenko & Rupesh Kumar Singh &, 2023. "How Did Research on Conservation Agriculture Evolve over the Years? A Bibliometric Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:2040-:d:1043006
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