https://jopr.mpob.gov.my Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:23:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/discovering-the-global-landscape-of-wood-preservatives/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:19:44 +0000 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/?p=13309 Wood is a precious natural resource used in many human activities, including construction and furnishing of building interiors. However, wood decomposes due to a variety of wood decay fungi species, including brown rot, white rot or soft rot fungi, inorganic elements, moisture, and weathering. Therefore, a variety of wood preservation techniques have been developed to lengthen the service life of wood, lowering replacement costs, and enabling wood to be used more effectively in numerous applications. A bibliometric analysis of 4153 Scopus papers on wood preservatives, including biocide use of wood vinegar and oil palm wood vinegar, was conducted. The data was visualised using VOSviewer, analysed using Harzing’s Publish or Perish, and evaluated in Microsoft Excel for frequency of occurrences. This paper analysed wood preservative research and development over time by categorising papers by title, country of origin, publishing institution, and publication citation patterns. This review highlighted the most important research participants and suggested that wood preservatives are extensively used and have had a significant impact on the number of articles published in regions such as Europe and Asia. These findings extend to emerging patterns and issues in terms of publication frequency, journal impact factor, collaborative patterns, and research components, which supplement the scarce global wood preservative trends literature.

]]> https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/a-bibliometric-study-on-the-worldwide-research-productivity-of-scientists-in-elaeis-guineensis-jacq-and-elaeis-oleifera/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 08:04:16 +0000 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/V2/?p=9058 This article has the general aim of assessing the worldwide research productivity of Elaeis guineensis Jacq. and Elaeis oleifera or more commonly known as oil palm, as reflected by the literature indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. Specifically, the research aims to identify the most productive countries, institutions and authors in this area of research. It also investigates the subject characteristics of the publication and collaborative patterns among researchers and institutions. Overall, based on the number of publications indexed by both WoS and Scopus, the Asian region, represented by seven countries, are the dominant producers of publications in this field, of which Malaysia is in the number one position. Whereas, USA and some European countries, such as United Kingdom and France, are also leading in terms of publications and citations. Research in the areas of food science and technology (WoS) as well as agricultural and biological sciences (Scopus) account for the highest number of publications. High levels of collaboration among authors are evident among the top 10 most productive countries. This is a good indication of collaboration impact with increased research output.

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