ISSN(p): 2354-9629 ISSN(e): 2549-1334 23 Copyright©2019 *Faculty of Quranic and Sunnah Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Email: wahidah@usim.edu.my (Submitted: 01-11-2018, Revised: 07-02-2019, Accepted: 01-04-2019) 1. INTRODUCTION The production of scholarly works by academics helps society discover, use and build upon a wide range of knowledge through a powerful research and teaching platform and preserve this knowledge for future generations. In addition, the knowledge and experience documented could A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY TOWARDS THE APPLICATION OF HERBS IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT Rita Nursuhaila Ridzuan*, Nurulwahidah Fauzi*, Robiatul Adawiah Amat*, Nor Zulaili Mohd Ghazali* ABSTRAK: Herbal adalah tumbuhan yang mempunyai nilai dari segi perobatan, khasiat makanan, perasa dan aromanya dan ia merupakan satu khazanah alami yang sangat bernilai. Dalam perobatan melayu tradisional, herbal sangat penting dalam mengobati penyakit dan menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi oleh, baik mereka yang sehat ataupun yang sedang dalam keadaan sakit. Artikel ini merupakan kajian bibliometrika yang menganalisis kajian akademik terkait herbal, sekaligus menjadi patokan dalam mengetahui produktivitas penelitian. Artikel ini mempunyai beberapa objektif penting yaitu : 1) mengkaji konsep bibliometrika terhadap pengaplikasian herbal yang terdapat dalam kajian akademik, 2) mengkaji jenis-jenis penerbitan kajian akademik yang mengkaji tentang herbal, 3) menganalisis perkembangan disiplin-disiplin ilmu yang terlibat dalam kajian herbal. Dalam kajian ini, penulis telah menggunakan metode kuantitatif dan analisis untuk mengukur tahap produktivitas dengan melihat sumbangan dan peranan penghasilan karya ilmiah dalam bidang ini. Kajian ini penting untuk dipahami agar dapat menjadi satu ukuran bagi ahli akademik dalam bidang keilmuan. Kata kunci: Bibliometrika; herba; perobatan Melayu; kajian akademik ABSTRACT: Herbs are plants and very valuable as a food, flavonoid, medical, nutrition food and perfume. In traditional folklore, especially within a Malay people, herbs are very important in treating the disease and resolve problems faced by people who are unhealthy. The application of bibliometric study applied to analyze the progress of the article based on a specific discipline, which can be the benchmark of a productivity research. This article seeks to achieve some of important objectives, namely 1) to review the concept of bibliometric towards the application of herbs contained in academic/scientific papers, 2) to examine the types of publishing scientific papers which studying about herbs, 3) to analyze the growth of the disciplines of knowledge involved in the study of herbs. This study will use quantitative methods and analysis of inductive and deductive method to measure the phase of productivity by looking at the contribution and role of the scientific papers in this field. The results of a study undertaken by the authors find that there are only a few researches undertaken related about herbs mentioned in scholarly works that have not been studied extensively by researchers. Keywords: Bibliometric; herbs; Malay medicine; scientific works Pengutipan: Ridzuan, R. N., Fauzi, N., Amat, R. A., & Ghazali, N. Z. M. (2019). A bibliometric study towards the application of herbs in an academic environment. Khizanah al-Hikmah : Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaan, Informasi, dan Kearsipan, 7(1), 23-37. DOI: 10.24252/kah.v7i1a3.