Research productivity in soil science in the Philippines

Ian A. Navarrete () and Victor B. Asio
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Ian A. Navarrete: Georg-August University of Goettingen
Victor B. Asio: Visayas State University

Scientometrics, 2014, vol. 100, issue 1, No 14, 272 pages

Abstract: Abstract Understanding the direction and magnitude of soil science publication in the Philippines is crucial in formulating research priorities and funding allocation. There is no consensus on the current state of soil science publication in the Philippines, thus this study was conducted to elucidate the trend in the soil science publication. We conducted an in-depth analysis on the total number of publications and the total number of citations of soil science publications collected from Thomson ISI database. Results revealed an upsurge in soil science publication from 1970 to 2000 with no indication that this trend is slowing down. Increases in the number of citations with time are consistent with increases in the total number of publications (r = 0.93; p

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Scientific publication; Soil science; Web of science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1202-6

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