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

A bibliometric dataset analyzing 157 scientific articles on the stay-green trait in legumes published between 1993 and 2025. The data was compiled by Shubh Pravat Singh Yadav from the Web of Science and Dimensions databases and last updated in April 2026. It includes publication trends, collaboration networks, and keyword analysis to map research evolution.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication growth and collaboration patterns based on the annual growth rate of 8.6% and network of 883 authors.
• Map thematic evolution and research hotspots based on keyword clusters like drought tolerance and molecular regulation.
• Identify influential foundational work and recent molecular genetics studies based on citation analysis and author influence.
• Classify reported stay-green phenotypes into functional and non-functional categories based on the literature review methodology.

Strengths

• Includes 157 relevant articles identified following PRISMA guidelines, ensuring a systematic literature collection.
• Covers a substantial time range of over three decades, from 1993 to 2025.
• Analyzes contributions from 883 authors across 96 journals, indicating a broad scholarly scope.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 122.0 KB, indicating limited scope and likely summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection and Dimensions database.

Collection Method

Bibliometric and structured literature review using VOSviewer and the Bibliometrix R framework.

Time Range

1993 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 22:02:14; freshness should be verified.