Scientometrics Analysis of Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia from Scopus

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt to assess the research output of biodiversityconservation in Ethiopia using the Scopus database for the period 1995-2016. Thedatabase contained 35417 publications on Biodiversity conservation. When it is specifiedfor Ethiopia, the output becomes only 141. The study analyzed the broad features ofcontributions on biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia focusing on year-wise distributionof publications, relative growth rate, international collaboration of contributors, highlyproductive institutions, contributions from the specific subjects and to the journals,wherein they contributed are analyzed.