The information profile of a plant pathologist: A bibliometric study

Plant pathologists are scientists dedicat~d to the prevention and control of crop diseases that reduce the food. fibres and other products needed to sustain our civilization. It will be worthwhile to examine closely the research efforts of the plant pathologists. the results of which are generally published in the learned periodicals or presented in national and international conferences. It will indeed be useful to study .the 1iterature of such an important and useful branch of science. A citation analysis of the references generally appended at the end of these 'papers in the fie1d can be of immense importance and may lead to some interesting results.