Trends in Organic Farming Research in India (2002-2021): An assessment

Abstract

Abstract A scientometric analysis is conducted to study the research productivity and trend dynamics of organic farming research in India covering the period of 20 years (2001–2021). The study aims at the science mapping that aimed to summarize research activity and its essential aspects. The scientometric analysis outlines the year-wise research growth pattern, prolific authors and their productivity, major contributing journal outlets, major contributing institutions, and countries along with keywords occurrences for trend dynamics of the organic farming research in India. The is sourced from the web of science core collection database. The most productive year span is 2017–2021 (44.76% of the total paper published). The research growth pattern shows a gradual increase in research during the two decades. Research Articles are the most published form of research output. A total of 20.11% of international co-authorship is observed in organic farming research. ICAR-based source-Indian Journal of Agricultural Science is the major contributing source to organic farming research. The study has the potential to benchmark the organic farming research in India to play a significant catalytic role for further research in the field of organic farming.