Impact on the Study of Symbionts Associated in Lichen Assets with Research Productivity

Author: Vishnu Raja Vijayakumar, Mohammad Abbas Liyakath Ali, Perachiselvi Udhayasuriyan, Balasubramani Rajan and Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai

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Abstract

In forests, mountains, and other aquatic ecosystems, symbiotic microbes and their interactions in lichens are significant. The identification of lichens and isolation of actinobacteria from lichens are the various challenges of the study. A bibliographic analysis of lichens and their associated symbionts is scarcely reported. The biblioanalysis research in microbial communities related to lichen and their symbionts. The present study interconnects the research performance of symbionts associated with lichens from 1989 to 2022, based on parameters including a number of publications, citations, collaborations, type of communication, most preferred journals, papers, authorship pattern and highly productive authors. The study analyses 33 years (1989-2022) of publication data drawn from Web of Science citation database. As per the data collected, 10489 papers were published in 33 years with contributions from 31,939 authors in 1,645 journals. The United States has published the most articles (2367), followed by China (1630). Top most authors such as Bonfante P, Curie CR and Grube M. The best journal is New Phytologist and a total citation index of 24876. Lichens are important ecological indicators, and extensive study is needed to understand the role of symbionts associated with them. This research will provide prospective researchers with knowledge about leading contributors, most cited articles, and relevant journals and nations.

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Scientometric, lichens, symbionts, word cloud and citation

Conclusion

It is the conviction of the researchers that this study stands as the most comprehensive scientometric and bibliometric analysis on symbionts associated in lichens. Study on researchers, institutions and nations on a particular field of study can better be done with the citation data based research, which helps to track the course of the research comprehensively by narrowing down the large amount of data. As this study has brought out the facts regarding the countries with the highest number of distributions, it implies the need for explorations from countries such as the United States, People's Republic of China, Germany, and citation based countries such as Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Uruguay. The most papers (330) were published in the journal 'New Phytologist,' with 31939 authors and 317383 citations. The first three writers published over 271 records, with the author Bonfante P having the most with 95 records and 6775 citations. Citations and the paper's H-index are used to assess its quality. In the scientometric study, 10489 documents were recorded. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China, issued highly regarded works. The first highly cited paper is “The role of root exudates in rhizosphere interations with plants and other organisms” by HP Bais, affiliated to Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States. This paper has a very high citation (2259) and was published in the year 2006. Lichens are important ecological indicators. Understand the role of symbionts associated in lichens, extensive study in this field is necessary, including publications, records, authors, citation index, language, nation, and institutions. This research will facilitate prospective researchers to have the required knowledge regarding the leading contributors, most cited articles, most relevant journals and nations that offer maximum focus on this particular field of study.

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Vishnu Raja Vijayakumar, Mohammad Abbas Liyakath Ali, Perachiselvi Udhayasuriyan, Balasubramani Rajan and Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai (2023). Impact on the Study of Symbionts Associated in Lichen Assets with Research Productivity. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(4): 728-739.