ANALYSIS AND VISUALISATION OF RESEARCH TRENDS IN CHESTNUT BLIGHT: A GENERAL REVIEW

Chestnut blight is a plant disease caused by fungus. The pathogen responsible for chestnut blight is Cryphonectria Parasitica. The entry of the fungus to the plants is through wounds and grows under the bark. Biocontrol, chemical control, and sanitation are some practices followed to control chestnut blight. This bibliometric analysis had been conducted to understand the active authors, organizations, journals, and countries involved in the research domain of “Chestnut blight”. All published articles related to “Chestnut blight” from “Scopus”, were analyzed using the VOS viewer to develop analysis tables and visualization maps. This article had set the objective to consolidate the literature regarding Chestnut blight and also to find out the trends related to the same. Acta Horticulturae is the journal with the highest number of publications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America is the journal with the highest citation, co-authorship linkages, and the highest average citation. Ecological Monographs is the journal with the highest average citations. The most active country is the USA and Austria is the most productive country with the highest average citation. Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, of Cornell University, is the most active organization with the highest number of publications and citations. Department of Molecular Oncology and Virology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology of Roche Research Center are the most productive organizations in this research domain with the highest number of average citations. Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute is the organization with the highest co-authorship linkages. The most active author is Nuss D.L. and the productive author with the highest average citation is Nowacki G.J.