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Scientometrics Of Indian Bioinformatics Research Output: A Study On Web Of Science, K G Sudhier Dr., Jahina S. Roselin

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The paper investigates Indian Bioinformatics research during 2011-2019 using Web of Science database. It attempts to quantify the national contribution to growth efforts and identify areas of citation, h-index and highly cited articles. Also highlighted the growth of Indian bioinformatics output using different scientometrics indicators. The results show the output for collaborative study, top ranked journals and authors, citation of the journals, h-index, p-index score and mapping of co-authorship and cited reference. PLOS One and Gene are the top ranked journals in bioinformatics. The study also covers for funding agencies in bioinformatics research. UGC, CSIR, DST and DBT are the …

Type 2 Diabetes Scholarly Literature Analysis Through Scival: A Scientometric Study, Boopathi P Mr, Gomathi P Dr

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In this paper deeply analyzed the “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus” scholarly output during the year of 2014 – 2018 indexed by the Scopus database. This is one kind of microscopic study; A variety of research articles have emerged in the field of Scientometrics so far. But this article makes accurate statements using new types of measurement methods in Scientometrics study with the help of SCIVAL. Nowadays, the research process goes on as an analyst, research manager, organizational role, collaboration with authors and institutions, research design, and final evaluation. There is advanced data analysis and supercomputer technology to analyze these. SciVal …

Authorship Trends And Collaboration Pattern In The Neuroscience Literature In India During The Year 1989-2018: A Scientometric Study, Raghavan B K

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Background: The present paper analyses authorships trends and pattern of authorship in the field the of neuroscience

Objectives: The main objective of the study is to identify neuroscience publication form type, year wise distribution, Authorship pattern, to known the Measure of collaboration it will provide Collaborative Index (CI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Collaboration Coefficient (CC) and Modified Collaborative Coefficient (MCC), to know the most prolific Authors in Neuroscience in India and top 20 journals and their rank based on the publication and India Collaborative with other Countries

Materials and Methods: The PubMed database has been used for obtaining required …

Mapping Of Data Mining Research Productivity In India: A Scientometric Analysis, Sumathi Meyyar, Ranganathan Chandrakasan

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This study analyses the Indian Scientists contributions of research papers related to the topic in Data Mining was undertaken from Web of Science Databases has been used to retrieve the data for 22 years (1999-2020) by the searching the keyword “Data Mining”. The study reveals that, most of the researchers preferred to publish their research results in journals; as such 88.59% of articles were published in journals. More numbers of articles were published in the year 2019. The authorship trend shows that, out of total 1096 literature published, 95.53 % of the publication published under the joint author. It is …

Bio-Bibliometric Study Of Prof. P Balaram Contributions In The Field Of Bio-Organic Chemistry And Molecular Biophysics, Madhu S, Kannappanavar B. U

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The present study uses Bio-Bibliometrics to examine the contributions made by Prof P Balaram renowned scientists in the field of Bio-organic chemistry and molecular biophysics from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in India. It is important to study the contributions made by him to understand magnitudes and nature of contribution in a particular domain. The data was collected using Scopus database. Further the paper highlights on the contributions of P Balaram author productivity, Collaborations magnitude, Productivity of year wise distribution, collaboration coefficient, channels of communications, most used author keywords and high cited papers.

Highly Cited Works In Covid-19 - The Global Perspective, Senthamilselvi .. A. Asst.Professor, Surulinathi .. M. Asst.Professor, Sankaralingam .. R. Librarian, Jayasuriya .. T. Student

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Research papers published covid-19 during 1989-2020 and cited at least 100 times. It is founded that 72 countries contributed a total 1000 highly cited research publications and received 227766 Citations (Average Citation Per Articles is 227.766 and Cited References 51830). United States of America (USA) topped in the table with highest citations (86603) for 432 publications followed by China with 83829 citations for 280 Publications, United Kingdom (UK) with 29372 citations for 122 publications. It is also important to note that the top 8 countries have more than 10,000 citations that include Netherlands, Germany, Canada, France, and Saudi Arabia. …

Scientometric Analysis Of Research Productivity Of Iit(Ism) Dhanbad, Satish Kumar

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The study is aimed to analyze the research productivity of the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad for a period of twenty years during 2000-2019. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the research performance of IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. For this study, the data was harvested from Clarivate Analytics Web of Science (WoS) bibliographical database, and further analysis was done with various prospects to know the high prolific authors and areas of research intrest. 6,962 research papers have been published over 20 years in which 5,201 research publications are in referred research journals, and rest of the research publications are …

Bibliometrics Of Covid-19 Publications In First Three Months Of 2020, Anil Kumar Siwach

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The paper is an attempt to analyze the publications on COVID-19, an infectious disease which has been declared a pandemic by WHO. The publications during Jan-March 2020 have been selected for the study that has been indexed in Scopus database till March 31, 2020. It was found that during this span of three months, 884 documents have been published on COVID-19 in the form of articles, news, letters, notes, editorials, reviews, short surveys and erratum. These documents received a total of 2603 citations and six documents received even more than 100 citations. China has contributed maximum documents and Huazhong University …

A Holistic Evaluation Of Buddhism Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Global Publications Related To Buddhism Between 1975 And 2017, Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Engin Senel

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Although Buddhism is the fourth largest religion of the world with almost 500 million followers, to the best of our knowledge, academic literature lacks a bibliometric study investigating Buddhism documents. We used four databases provided by Web of Science; Thomson Reuters to extract the academic documents related to Buddhism and included all items published between 1975 and 2017. We generated info-maps and info-graphics showing distribution of world countries’ publication productivity and connections in bibliometric networks. A total of 25,267 articles were included and the most common document types were original articles, reviews and meeting reports (76.11, 19,38 and 3.84, respectively). …

Scientometric Analysis Of Publication Trend On Information Management (Im), C Baskaran -

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The paper discusses the Research Pattern and Publications trend on Information Management (IM) during 2000-2019. The data will be taken to analyze by Web of Science (WoS) database from Clarivate analytics for purpose of study during period. It has analysed the highest 441 (9.04%) of the publications appeared in the year 2018, it followed by , 423( 8.67%) and 401(8.22%) of the publications have brought out in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Highest RGR observed that 1.277 and lowest 0.022 in 2019 and 2011 respectively. The majority 75.6 % of the publications appeared as Journal articles, it followed by 6.95% of …

Mapping Of Research Output In Food Economics:A Scientometric Ananlysis, Sebastiyan R, Rameshbabu V, Surulinathi T.M

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A tiny attempt is taken to investigate the research performances in the area of Food Economics based on the Scientifics measure as called Scientometrics. As per web of science data collection, a total of 3213 data has been gathered through key word searching from 1975 to 2020 (August). A remarkable finding was retrieved under the analysis of Publication Impact and Citation Impact from the following categories such as Year wise, Country wise and Institutional wise. In the year 2019, the highest research contribution of 286 was recorded, but it was purely opposite in the citation impact by 2329 as in …

Scientometric Analysis Of Research Publications In Astronomy And Astrophysics Research In India: A Study Based On Wos, Satish Kumar

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This paper describes about the research productivity of Astronomy and Astrophysics research in India. The study is an investigation of total research productivity of India’s Astronomy and Astrophysics research for the period of thirty years during 1988-2017. Total 20,311 research publication’s bibliographic data were harvested from Web of Science (WoS) bibliographic database and analyzed using scientometric tools and techniques. The research is conducted with a purpose to know the Astronomical literature growth, document types, open access publications, prolific source journals, collaborating countries, research funding agencies as well as prolific institutions and authors of India. Findings also indicate the publication pattern, …

Highly Cited Articles In Plant Sciences From Science Citation Index-Expanded: A Scientometric Analysis, Manohar Pathak

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This paper analyses the 239 publications with more than 1000 citations indexed in SCI-Expanded of Web of Science under research area plant sciences. These publications have been written by 600 authors and from 224 institutes and universities across the world. There are 52 periodicals with impact factor ranging from 0.687-18.918 which published these articles. The most number of highly cited articles were published in Annual Review of Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology (34). Authorship pattern indicates that 25 % of highly cited publications (61) have been written by single author. Two author publications is most prevalent with 90 publications. …

Scientometric Analysis Of Nanotechnology Research With Special Reference To India (2008-17), Banasri Deka, Tilak Hazarika

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Nanotechnology research covered in the Web of Science database during the period 2008-17 has been analyzed. A total of 16935 articles were retrieved and this forms the basis of this study. The growth of the article over the study window is 123 articles per year. 2017 is the most productive year with 2220 (13%, approx) articles. Journals and authors' productivity are analyzed based on their h-index and z-index. Among the 30 top productive journals taken for the study, ACS Nano is occupying the top position with 400 articles. The paired t-test showed a strong and significant correlation of h-index and …

A Scientometrics Analysis Of World Vertigo Research Output With The Reference Of Web Of Science In 2001-2017, Vishakha 21654, R Sarangapani

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The study examines world publications on Vertigo research during 2001-2017, Scientometrics techniques are engaged to analyze the publications to identify the trend in publication. The total 7459 articles were taken up for study from Web of Science, a bibliographical and citation database offered by Clarivate Analytics which provides access to quality content. The articles pertaining to the area of vertigo and similar studies i.e. dizziness, Meniere’s disease, BBPV and related problems also includes. The result showed that the highest records 685 were published in 2015 and lowest 231 of records were published in 2002. Among all the listed sources ‘Article’ …

Scholarly Research Output Of Kumaraguru College Of Technology, Coimbatore: Scientometric Analysis, Arumugam J, Balasubramani R

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Scientometrics analysis the quantitative as well as the qualitative aspects of scientific parameters for better understanding of the mechanism of research activities. The paper attempts to present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the publication output of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. Data have been collected from the Scopus database for the period 1997 to 2020. Among the 2110 papers published in the span of 24 years, the highest numbers of 404 papers were published in 2018 and 2019. 1792 papers (85.3%) were published during the last ten years from 2011 to 2020. Journal is the most preferred channel of …

Assessing The Research Impact Of Scholarly Communications Using Scientometrics Indicators: A Study On Information Systems Management Journal, Basudev Mohanty, Jyotshna Sahoo, Nrusingh Kumar Dash Mr.

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The present paper aims to enumerate the research impact of scholarly communications using Scientometrics indicators through a case study. Though the impact, as well as visibility study of scholarly communications, is always a debatable topic due to the non-acceptance by different stakeholders, efforts have been made to analyze selective Scientometrics dimensions of the scholarly literature such as trends of authorship, the productivity of authors, the ranking of institutions, geographic distribution, Productivity Index (PI), Domestic Collaborative Index (DCI), International Collaborative Index (ICI), Subject Term Activity Index (STAI) and applicability of Lotka’s Lw, Zipf’s Law. To illustrate these Scientometrics indicators, pertinent bibliographic …

Scientometric Study Of Publications Of ‘Journal Of Indian Society Of Remote Sensing’, Balaji Maddisetty, K Surendra Babu

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The study attempts to analyse 1008 research publications of ‘Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing’ during the period 2010-2019. The present study focused on growth of research output, collaborations trends, citations patterns, contributing countries and organizations. Bibliometrix an R package used for scientometric analysis to achieve the research activities. The study shows that India, China and Iran are the top collaborating countries. The study also shows that the research output of the journal has increased over the years, a significant jump has recorded after 2012. VOSviewer was used to build network maps to know the collaborative zones with respect …

Lotka’S Law And Pattern Of Author Productivity In The Field Of Brain Concussion Research: A Scientometric Analysis, S.Roselin Jahina, Dr. M.Sadik Batcha, Muneer Ahmad

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The present study deals a scientometric analysis of 8486 bibliometric publications retrieved from the Web of Science database during the period 2008 to 2017. Data is collected and analyzed using Bibexcel software. The study focuses on various aspect of the quantitative research such as growth of papers (year wise), Collaborative Index (CI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Co-authorship Index (CAI), Collaborative Co-efficient (CC), Modified Collaborative Co-Efficient (MCC), Lotka’s Exponent value, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (K-S Test).

Mapping Of Civil Engineering Research Output At Iit Bombay During 2006-2016, Rasmita Mohanty Mrs, Pushpanjali Jena Dr.

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This paper evaluates research output of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay for the period 2006-2016. An analysis of 734 documents pertaining to IIT Bombay as reflected in Scopus Database has been made based on Scientometric principles . This study aims to find out year wise growth of publications, cumulative growth and annual growth rate, types of documents, preferred source for publication and degree of collaboration.

Scientometric Tools And Technique Tested From Nanophysics Research Publication: A Global Perspective, Jeeja Vt, Raja S

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This paper indicates the growth and development of publications of Nanao physics during the period of 2010-2017.1914 records collected through Web of Science. The highest productive journal in this field is the Journal of Applied Physics. In the authorship pattern, the top-ranked position is Wang H with 14 records. The publication level is high in the year 2012 with 514 papers. Chinese Academic Science was. The USA is the most top collaborative country with 495 records, and most of the articles are published in the English language. The most prolific single authors with 199 papers were in the year 2011 …

Scientometric Study Of Nobel Laureate Of Chemistry Department, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (Mit), Abhay Maurya

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The present study aims to bring out the contributions made by the Nobel Laureates associated with the Department of Chemistry, MIT at any time in their academic career. Further, it views the impact of the scholarly publications produced by these Nobel Laureates, all the publication data were retrieved from the Scopus database for analysis. The study focuses on Publication per year, Bibliographic forms of publications, Authorship pattern, Degree of collaboration, Co-Authorship, Citation analysis, Channel of communication, h-index and Language pattern of research publications.

Research Productivity Of University Of Petroleum And Energy Studies During 2004-2018 : A Scientometric Analysis, Sandip Das, Anupratim Ghosh

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The present study is a qualitative and quantitative analysis of scholarly research publications for mapping the research productivity of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, over a 15 year period (2004-2018). This study is based on SCOPUS database, and a total of 1319 publications were retrieved in order to examine the growth of publication, access type, type of documents of publication, authorship pattern, international collaboration, highly productive subject, author and their citation count etc. We have noticed an increasing trend in the number of publication throughout the year of our study.

Scientometric Analysis On Scholarly Communications Of National Institute Of Mental Health And Neurosciences (Nimhans), India, Radhakrishnan Natarajan, Prabahar Ponniah Mr.

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The study investigated the research publications of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) during the period 2009-2018 as reflected in Web of Science database. The results show that 1694 papers were published and gained 20158 citations. The average number of citations per paper identified is 11.89%. Neuroscience Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery are the most preferred domains to publish the articles. The global collaboration of NIMHANS is mostly with the USA, England, and Australia. The degree of collaboration is 0.99. The researchers of NIMHANS prefer to publish their papers in Indian journals. Lotka's law was tested to measure …

Indian Wheat Research Output In Two Decades: A Bibliometric Study Based On Scopus Data From 1996-2015, Anil Kumar Siwach

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the Indian wheat research output during 1996 to 2015 from a bibliometric point of view.

Methodology: The data for the study was extracted from Scopus database for the 20 years time period from 1996-2015 using the keywords identified through MeSH. A total of 8554 Indian papers on wheat research were selected and analyzed to study the year-wise output, most prolific authors, document types, top journals, top institutions, international collaborations, funding agencies, citation profile and top cited papers.

Findings: With 8.52% of the global research output on wheat, India …

Scientometric Study Of The Research Performance On Oceanography: The World Perspective, Jiaur Rahaman, Saddam Hosaain, Sadik Batcha M

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Scientometric methods and resulting citations have been applied to investigate the scientific performance of country. The study examines performance on the basis of output published in the Oceanographic Research output during the study period 2015 to 2019 at the world perspective. A total of 3212 articles were retrieved according to the selection criteria from Web of Science database. The study focuses on various aspect of the Oceanography Research such as growth of publications, prolific authors, document types and institutions involved. The highest number of publication is in the year 2016 with 1179 records, whereas the minimum records published in 2019 …

Global Research Productivity In Nuclear Waste Management: A Scientometric Analysis, Fayaz Ahmad Loan, Ufaira Yaseen

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Scientometrics has emerged as one of the prominent and fast-growing fields in the Library and Information Sciences. The present study also deals with the scientometric aspect of one of the prominent fields of Nuclear Science and Technology i.e. Nuclear Waste Management. The data for the said study has been collected from the Web of Science database over the period 1989-2019. The results reveal that a total of 1824 publications have been published on Nuclear Waste Management and the highest number has been contributed by the USA (23.7%) of the total global output. Most of the Nuclear Waste Management literature …

Covid-19 Research Output In 2020: The Global Perspective Using Scientometric Study, Surulinathi Muthuraj, R. Balasubramani, Amsaveni N

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This study presents the global level perspective of COVID-19 research output from January to April 2020, and these analyses include global publication share, patterns of research communication channels, the most productive Sources, Authors and Institutions. Data were extracted from the Web of Science citation database using the search string of “Coronavirus” OR “COVID-19” and limited to 2020, a total of 1658 publications were retrieved, which have received 4804 citations and the overall H-index is 29. On the basis of literature analysis around the world, it is found that the 1658 publications came from 78 Countries. As expected China is the …

Examining The Scientific Productivity Of Authors In Dyslexia Research: A Study Using Lotka’S Law, Muneer Ahmad, Dr. M.Sadik Batcha

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Dyslexia, or a reading disability, occurs when an individual has significant difficulty with speed and accuracy of word decoding. Comprehension of text and spelling are also affected. The diagnosis of dyslexia involves the use of reading tests, but the continuum of reading performance means that any cut off point is arbitrary. The IQ score does not play a role in the diagnosis of dyslexia. The cognitive difficulties of dyslexics include problems with speech perception, recognizing and manipulating the basic sounds in a language, language memory, and learning the sounds of letters. Dyslexia is a neurological condition with a genetic basis. …

An Institutional Collaboration And Application Of Lotka’S Law To The Research Output Of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Vishal Dattatray Bapte, Mohan R. Kherde

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The article presents a scientometric picture of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. The analysis was carried out on the data extracted in the form of 1908 records extracted from Web of Science during 2001-2019. However for testing of Lotka’s law all the records i.e. 4212 available 1989 were used. An annual growth is highlighted in the study period. The article draws attention to annual growth of publication output, co-authorship network, distribution of publication output on the basis of various subject categories, leading collaborative institutes and countries. Further, the co-authorship network and co-occurrence of keyword analysis have been depicted through VOS-viewer.