The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water
Author
Arcas Lario, Narciso; Alcón Provencio, Francisco José; Gómez Limón, J.A.; Miguel Gómez, María Dolores deKnowledge Area
Economía, Sociología y Política AgrariaSponsors
The authors are in debt to the anonymous reviewers for their precise and useful comments and suggestions that led to significant improvements in the paper. The research was co-financed by the European Union through the project SIRRIMED (European project on Sustainable Use of Irrigation Water in the Mediterranean Region, FP7-KBBE-2009-3, No. 245159) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the European Regional Development Fund through the research project SUSTENAGRI (Evaluación de la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agrarios, AGL2009- 12553-C02-02).Publication date
2010-06-02Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)Bibliographic Citation
ARCAS, N., ALCÓN, F., GÓMEZ LIMÓN, J.A., MIGUEL, M.D., de. The evolution of research regarding the economics of irrigation water. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 8 (S2): S172-S186, Junio 2010. ISSN 1695-971-XPeer review
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Revisión de la literaturaAproximación cuantitativa
Métodos de investigación
Áreas temáticas
Literature review
Quantitative approach
Research methods
Subject areas
Abstract
[ENG] This work analyses the main research trends (subjects, methodology used, countries of the authors and data) in the
economics of irrigation water during the last 10 years (2000-2009). For this purpose, a quantitative methodology has
been used which is new to this sphere, based on the review of a representative sample of 332 papers published in the
15 most important journals focused on this field of science indexed in the databases of the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI), the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index (SCCI). The results obtained
confirm: a) the notable growth in the number of papers published, especially in the last three years, b) the high degree
of collaboration between authors, including those of different origin, for their performance c) the prominence of the
USA, Australia, India and Spain as the countries of the first authors and origin of the data, d) the greater attention
given to subjects related with «investment ...
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