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Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

2016

Co authorship index and collaboration coefficient

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Publications Trends In Nuclear Physics: A Global Perspective, Ramiah Santha Kumar Mr Jan 2016

Publications Trends In Nuclear Physics: A Global Perspective, Ramiah Santha Kumar Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper attempts to highlight the publication status and growth of nuclear physics research across the world by way of analyzing various features of research output based on Web of Science database. A total of 32286 publications were published on nuclear physics during the period 2004-2013. It was found that the number of published articles was higher in USA, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, China and Russia, etc. The highest number of publications 5,407 (16.75%) was published in 2012. The average number of publications published per year was 3228.6. The highest growth rate (64.90%) was observed in 2012. Out of the …


Research Trends In Medical Physics: A Global Perspective, Ramiah Santha Kumar Mr Jan 2016

Research Trends In Medical Physics: A Global Perspective, Ramiah Santha Kumar Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper presents an analysis of 11181 global publications in medical physics, indexed in Web of science database during 2000-2013; the average number of publications published per year was 798.64. Out of 11181 publications, maximum of 5014 (44.84%) publications have been contributed by mega authors, followed by multi authors with 3588 (32.09%) publications. The value of co authorship index for mega authored publications is the highest. The highest value of collaboration coefficient is 0.67 in 2013. The Degree of collaboration of publications of the medical physics is 0.96. Hendee, W R, Medical college Wisconsin, USA is the most productive author …