Citations and Self Citations of Indian Authors in Botany Journals: A study Based on Indian Citation Index

Indian Citation Index database is a powerful tool to search, track, and measure and collaborate in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. This article is discussed the published research articles, citations and self-citations in the Botany journals which are available in Indian Citation Index. There are 9213 articles published from 5 Botany Journals. Among the journals, plant archives occupies first position with 2433 (26.41%) articles and advances in plant sciences occupies second rank with 1930 (20.95%) articles, annals of plant protection sciences is in third 1898 (20.60%). It is pointed out that the frequency of the journals is varying and that is one of the reasons for the strength of articles.