Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis
Water use efficiency in agriculture (WUEA) has become a priority given increasing limitations on hydric resources. As a result, this area of research has increased in importance, becoming one of the most prolific lines of study. The main aim of this study was to present a review of worldwide WUEA re...
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| author | Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López Serrano, María J. |
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| description | Water use efficiency in agriculture (WUEA) has become a priority given increasing limitations on hydric resources. As a result, this area of research has increased in importance, becoming one of the most prolific lines of study. The main aim of this study was to present a review of worldwide WUEA research over the last 30 years. A bibliometric analysis was developed based on the Scopus database. The sample included 6063 articles. The variables analyzed were: articles per year, category, journal, country, institution, author, and keyword. The results indicate that a remarkable growth in the number of articles published per year is occurring. The main category is environmental science and the main journal Agricultural Water Management. The countries with the highest number of articles were China, the United States of America, and India. The institution that published the most articles was the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the authors from China also were the most productive. The most frequently used keywords were irrigation, crop yield, water supply, and crops. The findings of this study can assist researchers in this field by providing an overview of worldwide research. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-73202024-01-17T07:23:48Z Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López Serrano, María J. water use efficiency agriculture bibliometric analysis Scopus Water use efficiency in agriculture (WUEA) has become a priority given increasing limitations on hydric resources. As a result, this area of research has increased in importance, becoming one of the most prolific lines of study. The main aim of this study was to present a review of worldwide WUEA research over the last 30 years. A bibliometric analysis was developed based on the Scopus database. The sample included 6063 articles. The variables analyzed were: articles per year, category, journal, country, institution, author, and keyword. The results indicate that a remarkable growth in the number of articles published per year is occurring. The main category is environmental science and the main journal Agricultural Water Management. The countries with the highest number of articles were China, the United States of America, and India. The institution that published the most articles was the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the authors from China also were the most productive. The most frequently used keywords were irrigation, crop yield, water supply, and crops. The findings of this study can assist researchers in this field by providing an overview of worldwide research. 2020-01-16T08:06:41Z 2020-01-16T08:06:41Z 2018-03-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2073-4441 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7320 en https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/4/377 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | water use efficiency agriculture bibliometric analysis Scopus Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús López Serrano, María J. Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title | Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_full | Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_short | Advances in Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis |
| title_sort | advances in water use efficiency in agriculture: a bibliometric analysis |
| topic | water use efficiency agriculture bibliometric analysis Scopus |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7320 |
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