Bibliographic Characteristics of the Top-Cited Articles in the Field of Agricultural Economics and Policy (1956 -2023)

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Year : 2024, Volume : 62, Issue : 3

First page : ( 328) Last page : ( 348)

Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469.

Bibliographic Characteristics of the Top-Cited Articles in the Field of Agricultural Economics and Policy (1956 -2023)

Trushna A. Gohil* Jignesh C. Makwana** *Trushna A. Gohil, Research Scholar, P.G. Department of Library & Information Science, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

**Jignesh C Makwana, Assistant Professor, P.G. Department of Library & Information Science, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Abstract This paper analyses the bibliometric attributes of the top-cited articles in the field of agricultural economics and policy from 1956 to 2023. The data was collected from the Science Citation Index Expanded. A total of 727 articles were found to have e” 100 citations in 2023. Over 71% of these articles were published in the 2000s and the 2010s. Forty eight percent of the top-cited articles were produced by the USA-based authors, and the top 10 institutes where most of the contributions were from the USA too. Out of the 11 most inexhaustible authors, three were from the USA-based institutes. Cornell University produced the highest number of top cited articles. The American Journal of Agricultural Economics produced 38% of all top-cited articles. Around 5% of the top-cited articles were related to the analysis of demand for food products, including organic food. The other most common areas of interest were Ethiopia, food policy, consumer attitude towards organic food and willingness to pay for it, and global food security in the context of climate change. The present work would be helpful to scientists and researchers in knowing the characteristics of top-cited articles in agricultural economics and its policy.

Keywords Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Policy, Bibliometric Study, Scientometric Study, Citation Analysis.