Legume Stay-Green Research Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis Over Three Decades

157 relevant articles published between 1993 and 2025 were analyzed using bibliometric methods. The dataset is a supplementary PDF file from a study examining the evolution and thematic structure of stay-green trait research in legumes, authored by Shubh Pravat Singh Yadav and shared on figshare. It includes analysis of publication trends, collaboration networks, and keyword hotspots.

Use Cases

• Conducting literature reviews on plant senescence based on the analyzed corpus of 157 articles
• Analyzing research collaboration patterns based on the network of 883 authors across 96 journals
• Identifying thematic shifts in agricultural genomics based on keyword evolution from descriptive physiology to molecular breeding
• Benchmarking foundational studies based on the influence of work by Thomas and colleagues

Strengths

• Analysis covers a 32-year time range from 1993 to 2025, providing long-term trend insights
• Includes data from 157 articles identified via PRISMA guidelines from Web of Science and Dimensions databases
• Involves a network of 883 authors, indicating a broad research community

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 2.6 MB PDF file; the underlying bibliographic data is not provided in a structured, machine-readable format
• Row count and column-level documentation for the source bibliographic data are unknown
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Bibliometric and structured literature review combining data from Web of Science Core Collection and Dimensions databases, analyzed with VOSviewer and Bibliometrix R framework.

Time Range

1993-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 22:02:16; freshness should be verified