The Main Features of the Yemeni Journal of Agricultural Research and Studies YJARS: ( 1994 - 2010 ) : A Bibleiometric Study

The study aimed at analyzing the materials of 22 issues of YJARS published by AREA (1994 -2010). The sample consisted of 332 published items appeared at an average of 15 topics/issue, at a rate of 2 journal issues/year. Research articles formed 60% of the total sample. Remaining eight types of published materials appeared at lower percentages. Among 14 agricultural disciplines identified, only few disciplines scored a relatively high percentages such as "socio-economics", "crop protection" and "cereals". The remaining specialties realized meager percentages of the total sample like: "farm mechanization", "genetics" and "bio-technology". The study suggested some measures for future improvement