Visualization Analysis of Research on Maize or Corn Intercropping System Based on Web of Science

Abstract

Based on the Web of Science, this study analyzed 3,103 research article and review article of maize or corn intercropping system research from 1952 to 2022. Results showed that papers mainly written in English (2,925, 94.264%), were from 9,814 authors, 114 countries/territories and 2,201 organizations, listed in 496 Journals and two Book Series. The top five journals were Field Crops Research (181, 5.833 %), Agronomy Journal (107, 3.448 %), Agroforestry Systems (103, 3.319 %), Plant and Soil (97, 3.126 %) and Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (80, 2.578 %). Top five countries and regions were Peoples R China, USA, Brazil, India and Kenya, each more than 221 papers. The top three affiliations were China Agr Univ, Sichuan Agr Univ, and Wageningen Univ. Top 5 authors are Yang Wenyu, Yang Feng, Chai Qiang, van der Werf Wopke, Liu Weiguo, each published more than 36 papers. Based on the analysis of network map of VOSviewer, there is cooperation for authors, organizations and countries or regions. Visualizations offer exploratory information on the current state in a scientific field or discipline as well as indicate possible developments in the future. The analysis of all keywords showed that maize and corn fertilizer research were separated ten clusters. So, authors can choose their ideal journal with a high impact factor or Q1 in Category to publish their papers in the English language related to their research field.