Analysis of physics research output of SP Pune University during the period 1990-2014

The paper analyzes the research contributions by the faculty members of the Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune, Maharashtra, India for the period 1990-2014. Bibliographic and citation data were retrieved from Scopus database. Query statements covering all variations in the name of SPPU were used to search the database. Scopus indexed 1629 publications with 22618 citations for the period. Author keywords in Scopus database indicate that faculty members are working in core areas of physics as well as interdisciplinary subjects like chemistry, instrumentation sciences, engineering, etc. The year-wise analysis shows that research productivity of faculty member increased over the period. Faculty members published their research in core physics journals among which Journal of Applied Physics (72 papers) is the most preferred journal. The faculty members of the University have collaborated with scientists from USA, UK, Germany and Japan. At the national level, the University physicists have collaborated most with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Bibliometrics and scientometrics in India: An overview of studies during 1995-2014Part II: Contents of the articles in terms of disciplines and their bibliometric aspects

This part of the study highlights the contents of the published articles in terms of various disciplines or sub-disciplines and the bibliometric aspects discussed in these articles. The analysis of 902 papers published by Indian scholars during1995-2014 indicates that the main focus of bibliometrics/scientometrics is on assessment of science and technology in India in different sub-disciplines including contributions by Indian states and other individual countries followed by bibliometric analysis of individual journals. Papers dealing with bibliometric laws received a low priority as compared to other subdisciplines of bibliometrics/scientometrics. The analysis of data indicates that the share of theoretical studies using mathematical and statistical techniques which were missing in the earlier period (1970-1994) has increased during 1995-2014. The field of medicine as a discipline received the highest attention as compared to other disciplines

Research Productivity of Saha Institute of Nuclear physics (SINP), India with special reference to International Collaborative Experimental Consortia

The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is one of the prestigious autonomous research institutes under the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India. The present study is carried out to identify the research performance of the scientists of SINP during 2005-2016. For this purpose, a total number of 3694 articles as reflected in Web of Science (WoS) database have been retrieved and evaluated on the basis of year, authorship, publication pattern, source journal, impact factor, collaborating institution, country, research area and citation. Out of total publications, the international collaborative research output constitute 41.20% share and western developed nations i.e. USA, Germany, Italy have been found as the most favoured countries for collaborations. The institute has produced significant number of research articles participating with international collaboration experimental groups or consortia like ALISC, CMS, MAGIC and PICASSO. The scientists of SINP also select some foreign reputed journals to publish their maximum research findings and of these, Physics Letters B journal has been found as the most preferred source journal

Scientometric Portrait of Dr. B. S. Kademani: A Scientometrician Par Excellence

This book deals with the bibliometric study of the scholarly contributions made by Dr. B. S. Kademani, a renowned library and information science professional during his 24 years of career at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. Biobibliometrics deals with the biographical study of the individual scientists and researchers and correlating bibliographic analysis of papers or academic and scientific achievements. By studying the individuals who have reached the top positions in academic and research life will highlight their works and also stimulates the younger generation to emulate their careers

A single journal study : Malaysian Journal of Computer Science

Single journal studies are reviewed and measures used in the studies are highlighted. The following quantitative measures are used to study 272 articles published in Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, (1) the article productivity of the journal from 1985 to 2007, (2) the observed and expected authorship productivity tested using Lotka's Law of author productivity, identification and listing of core authors; (3) the authorship, co-authorship pattern by authors' country of origin and institutional affiliations; (4) the subject areas of research; (5) the citation analysis of resources referenced as well as the age and half-life of citations; the journals referenced and tested for zonal distribution using Bradford's law of journal scattering; the extent of web citations; and (6) the citations received by articles published in MJCS and impact factor of the journal based on information obtained from Google Scholar, the level of author and journal self-citation

Activity Index (AI) and extent of collaboration: a case study of rainwater harvesting literature with a scientometric overview

Rainwater harvesting research is being conducted in much wider perspectives from agriculture to using in house toilets. The study has assessed the research activity by different countries with the help of Activity Index (AI) and the collaboration and its impact. The SCOPUS publication records are made use of for the analysis of RWH research activities. The quality of the publications is analysed in terms of citations received to the papers and Spain has come on the top having 42 citations per paper. Cross-field relative activity in rainwater harvesting research is measured and it was interesting to note that among the leading countries conducting RWH research, a few developed countries are below world average of RWH activity. Out of the 141 countries which have at least one publication on RWH, 132 (94%) have at least one paper written in collaboration with other countries. US is the collaboration hub of many countries and the strength of collaboration of India, China, UK, Brazil is noteworthy. It was also found that there is a positive correlation between the collaboration strength and impact of papers. The results are relevant to know the relative of strength of different countries in RWH as well as boosting the collaboration among countries and researcher mobility

Global nuclear fuel research during 2000 to 2017: A scientometric analysis

A scientometric analysis of global nuclear fuel research has been carried out for the years from 2000 to 2017 based on various scientometric indicators such as: publication output, prolific authors, collaboration networks of authors, productive institutions involved, the hot research topics and the citation pattern. A total of 7,402 bibliographic records from the Web of Science core collection database were taken as a data source and analyzed using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software. The analysis indicated that half of the publications (4166; 56%) were published in during 2011 to 2017 and the year 2017 had the highest number of publications (679; 9%) and the most significant developments in nuclear fuel research is from USA, France, South Korea and Germany. A significant contribution has been made from Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Keywords analysis indicated that, spent nuclear fuel, uranium, spent fuel and plutonium are commonly used

Scientometric Portrait of Prof.Kasi.Pitchumani: An organic chemistry catalyst

This paper analyses the publication productivity of Professor Dr. Kasi.Pitchumani, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. Vice-Chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. The data were retrieved from Google Scholar by using Publish or Perish software. The study finding indicates that Prof.Kasi.Pitchumani has produced 229 scholarly publications with 159 journal articles. He has produced an average of five publications each year almost all 98.2% of his publication were multiple authored and he has collaborated with 687 researchers. Prof. Kasi.Pichumani’s scientific articles are published in 35 different Journals; filtering the Bradford’s law of scattering. His publications have received 4414 citations and since 2014 he has 2483 citations and an H index of 34, I10 index of 127. These findings suggest, among other things, that his research efforts have concentrated largely on the organic chemistry Catalyst. He is eminently qualified to be taken as a role model for the younger generation to emulate. He is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding scientists in India

Impact of grant-in-aid projects at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, India: A bibliometric study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of 204 Grant-in-Aid projects carried out at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, India during 1995-2010 through Bibliometric method. Unearths the impact of projects in the light of current needs to sustain in future. The data pertaining to study were generated through structured questionnaire. The output-identified as deliverables of each project includes, cash flow, process developed, patents, copyright, and technology transferred, academic contribution and research papers published through projects .The quality of papers were traced out through citation and impact factor. The Projects have been classified at different level of research- basic research, applied research, industrial research. The data further presented according to the level of research to accommodate 204 projects. The duration of the projects ranged from 6 months to 5 years. A group of 27 subject areas have been identified for all the projects, fall in the domain of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences and allied subjects .The value of projects were estimated around 55 Crore Rupees. About 97% projects were accomplished in scheduled time. The R&D output reflects that 55 processes were developed and only one technology could be transferred. However 21 technologies are under negotiation for transfer to different parties. During the tennure of projects, 40 patents and 14 copyrights were filed. About 58 students from various reputed academic institutions were benefited through projects. A total of 608 research papers were reported based on projects findings. The trends of publications during 16 years show that SCI papers are in increasing trends and reflects a healthy sign as performance indicators of the sponsored projects. The projects under basic research contributed a maximum of 226 papers with 845 citations, shared 64.50% of the total 1310 citations. The average impact factor of papers was 1.552. The highly cited papers published in the area of water quality-assessment, received 88 Citations, other highly cited papers fall in the domain of corrosion protection and prevention, waste management and utilization and materials science and technology. The output of the present work will be useful for scientists and decision makers to judge the impact of Grant- in- Aid projects in the light of current global scenario and making project selection mechanism more effective by tailoring to the current needs of the society