BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This is the first bibliometric report about the Pakistan journal of biotechnology (PJBt), which was launched in 2004. Total number of publications was found to be 825. Statistically, a random yearly growth rate was observed (varied per year) and the doubling time was found to be 4.7 (years). From 2008 to 2017, the data of 501 publications was retrieved from Scopus. Precisely, 1224 authors, 714 institutions and 29 countries were directly involved in (501) research publications. In author’s category, Prof. Dahot M.U. was found with highest number of publications i.e. sixteen (16). Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan is the top university with (29) publications. While, India is the top ranked country with maximum (271) number of publications. We also provided the list of top ten most cited documents. Last but not the least, the detail graphical maps are provided for the co-words analysis of titles, abstracts and all keywords of the manuscripts (Vosviewer analysis). This will significantly help to describe the overall theme of the journal.