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Tools for analyzing and mapping scholarly publications notindexed by the Web of Science: the case of fruit and vegetable publications by the FrenchNational Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2011

Marie Violaine Tatry
Affiliation:
INRA, Unité doc. ERIST, F-34060 Montpellier, France
Dominique Fournier
Affiliation:
INRA, Unité doc. ERIST, F-34060 Montpellier, France
Benoît Jeannequin
Affiliation:
INRA, Domaine Exp. INRA SAD, Le Mas Blanc, F-66200 Alénya, France
Françoise Dosba*
Affiliation:
Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, UMR Agap – Amélioration génétique et adaptation de la plante, F-34060 Montpellier, France
*
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Abstract

Introduction. The fruit and vegetable sector group of the French NationalInstitute for Agricultural Research (INRA) carried out a bibliometric analysis of INRApublications on fruits and vegetables produced between 2002 and 2006. While a previousstudy focused on scientific publications indexed by the Web of Science, this study tookinto account the remaining INRA publications,i . e., gray literature, technicalpapers and scientific papers not indexed by the Web of Science. Materials andmethods. Different steps were taken to constitute and process a corpus of INRAresearchers’ publication data. The citation corpus gathering bibliographic data was mainlyconstituted using the INRA institutional repository (ProdINRA). To ensure exhaustivity, asurvey was carried out to collect INRA researchers’ publications. Due to the differenttypes of publications involved, we had to develop an original method to constitute acomplete database which could allow bibliometric analysis. The Sphinx Plus2Survey program was used to analyze publications and Pajek software was used to visualizenetworks. Results. A total of 2,224 publications were authored by INRAbetween 2002 and 2006. We analyzed the typology of fruits and vegetables studied at INRA,the INRA research centers and research divisions involved, the main research topics, andthe national and international partners of INRA authors. Graphic visualizations allowed anattractive presentation of relationships between authors within and outside INRA.Conclusion. This study led to the mapping of INRA fruit and vegetableresearch publications. It confirmed that INRA plays an active role in the field of fruitand vegetable research. French research is carried out in the main INRA research centerslocated in horticultural and/or fruit regions, particularly in South-Eastern France.Despite the fact that the nature of these publications provides less opportunity forco-publication, this study highlights the relationships between INRA and French partnersor foreign countries.

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© 2011 Cirad/EDP Sciences

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