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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. For. Glob. Change
Sec. Forest Management
Volume 7 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2024.1485083
This article is part of the Research Topic Structure and Functioning of Alpine Treeline Ecosystems View all articles

A bibliometric analysis of 100 years of research on Himalayan Cedar: Research trends, gaps, and future implications

Provisionally accepted
Ashutosh Kumar Ashutosh Kumar 1,2Aseesh Pandey Aseesh Pandey 1*
  • 1 Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Almora, India
  • 2 Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, India

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    Himalayan Cedar (Cedrus deodara), a member of the family Pinaceae is well-known for its ecological, economic, and cultural significance. It is native to the Western Himalayan region and listed as Least Concern in the IUCN list of threatened species. In the present study, a bibliometric analysis of more than a hundred years of research on C. deodara is carried out. Total 616 documents published from 1916-2024 were retrieved from the Scopus database and analysed using biblioshiny and VoS viewer. A comprehensive overview of publication trends, country-wise publications, bibliographic coupling, citation analysis, keyword analysis, and collaborative research networks are presented. The research findings revealed that publications have increased significantly in recent decades and primarily multidisciplinary. Forest ecology, pharmacology, phytochemistry, climate change, environmental science, and taxonomy were among the major thrust areas. However, recent studies are mostly focused on carbon stock, biomass, dendrochronology, and climate change. Out of the 362 publication sources, Bradford's law identified six journals as core sources for publication. Lotka' law revealed that only 8% of authors have published more than two documents on C. deodara. The present study provides a comprehensive evaluation and visualisation of C. deodara based bibliometric research carried out during the past 100 years. Further, the study provides collective information and a research framework for scholars, the general public, and decisionmakers by identifying research gaps and future research areas.

    Keywords: Cedrus deodara, Himalaya, Biblioshiny, Bradford Index, Lotka law

    Received: 23 Aug 2024; Accepted: 02 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Kumar and Pandey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Aseesh Pandey, Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Almora, India

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