Bibliometric analysis on research literature on turf science in China

Based on Chinese science and technology periodical database, this paper analyzed time variation of literature quantity, journal distribution, and thesis topic in China from 1997 to 2006 by bibliometric methods. The results showed that turf science was in the rapid development stage, its literature quantity increased linearly from 1997 to 2006. The Pratacultural Science, the Grassland and Turf, the Sichuan Grassland, the Grassland of China, the Acta Prataculturae Sinica and the Acta Agrestia Sinica were core journal groups in turf science field, and these six journals had higher literature quantity. The hot spots and focus in turf science research was ecology, biology, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, cytology, molecular and genetics of turfgrass.