Scientometrics Profile of the Banasthali Vidyapith: A Deemed University of Rajasthan, India

The current investigation work utilized bibliometric and visualization techniques. Scopus bibliographic database sources used to retrieve data. Two thousand seven hundred sixty-four (2764) papers retrieved by applying the \u27Affiliation\u27 in Scopus\u27 simple search section. Biblioshiny (3.0), MS-Access, Excel, and VOS Viewer software used to analyze data and bibliometric indicator extraction employ to evaluate the research productivity of Banasthali University for a period of twenty-one years from 2000 to 2020. This data analysis leads to monitor the university\u27s past and present status to maps its future perspectives. This study ventured to examine the overall performance of the faculties and researchers of the Banasthali University in research productivity and publications. The study concerned on finding the year-wise distribution of the publications, author\u27s keywords ID, period, average citations per documents, top-ranked subjects, authors, most distinguished and productive author, author appearances, single-authored documents, multi-authored documents, top-ranked publications, co-authors per documents, co-authorship index, degree of collaboration based on the collected data and information gathered

Study of the use of Agricultural Waste as a Supplementary Cementitious Material

The use of supplementary cementitious materials has attracted attention in recent years both for their potential applications and beneficial cost in the construction industry. Supplementary cementitious materials can be of mineral or plant origin. Agricultural waste (agro-waste) is under focus especially in low and middle income countries as a source for fuel and also as a construction material. Such use comes either as a stand-alone material or as a cement replacement in concrete materials. The wider use of such materials in construction is considered as potential sustainable alternatives to Portland cements. This paper discusses the prospective use of certain agro-wastes as a partial replacement for cement in concrete mixes and stabilised earth bricks. The materials considered in this study have included: corncob, sorghum husk, sorghum stalk, peanut husk and sesame stalk ashes. Selected agro-wastes have been incinerated under controlled temperature conditions at 500°C and 700°C. The resultant ashes have been characterised using Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analyser (EDX) and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis (XRD) methods. Silica, used as a pozzolanic indicator, was found to be present in varying quantities. More tests to verify suitability and determine the feasibility of these agro-wastes are currently underway. The paper presents the preliminary results and outcomes, and describes proposed methodology for future tests

A Bibliometric Study of Communications Published in Journal of Informetrics from 2012 to 2016

This research work exemplifies a bibliometric study of communications published in the Journal of Informetrics from 2012 to 2016. The main schema and source used for this study is the Web of Science domain. A bibliometric analysis of 459 records was conducted using MS Excel. The study indicated that the maximum number of articles were in the year 2016, representing 23% of total contributions. Top contributing organizations during the study period were Max Planck Society of Germany, Indiana University of USA, and University Roma Tor Vergata of Italy. Top contributing authors included Lutz Bornmann, Mike Thelwall, and Ludo Waltman. China led top contributing countries followed by the United States of America and Italy. Authorship collaboration was dominated by multi-authored contributions as 72.11% of the communications were multi-authored while 27.89% of communications were single-authored. The degree of collaboration of JOI communications was found to be 72.1%. The average number of authors for JOI communications was 2.44. The highest number of references and tables/figures were appended to the communications published in JOI during 2016. Most of the papers (76%) accepted for publication in JOI were published within two months. This study investigated papers published in the Journal of Informetrics during 2012- 2016 only. This paper is valuable for teachers, researchers, and librarians who want to see the contemporary trends of published articles in the Journal of Informetrics and seek possible areas for further research

An assessment of the impact and visibility of United Arab Emirates Journals

This research reviews well cited United Arab Emirates Research Journals as per journal bibliometric quality indicators and scientometric protocols. Complex algorithms and trustworthy databases were used in judging journals quality ranking level. The main objective of this research work is to assess currently employed (2015) scientific journal quality indices with emphasis on recognised indicators that include: Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eigenfactor Score (ES), SCImago Journal Rank indicator (SJR) and H5-index. United Arab Emirates Research Journals were chosen from their category within Web of Science. JIFs and ESs are acquired from Journal Citation Report and the SJR from the SCImago Journal and country rank website(Cantín, Muñoz, & Roa, 2015). The thirty-nine (39) selected United Arab Emirates Research Journals were recorded and their associated data records and information documents retrieved from their primary locations, in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus, in relating JIF, SJR, ES and H5 quality indicators for ranking purposes and rationales. Correlations amongst indicators were signified through Pearson’s and Spearman’s statistical correlations, calculated by means of SPSS software. Inspected JIFs fluctuated between 3.753 and 0.59; ES ranged between 0.03069 and 0.00028, while JSR extended between 1.605 and 0.207 and H5 varied between 59 and 9. Bivariate correlation between the four indicators (JIF, ES, SJR and H5) for ranking of the nominated United Arab Emirates Research Journals revealed a high Pearson’s (r) statistical correlation between JIF and SJR indicators (r = 0.841) and a rather low statistical correlation between JIF and H5 indicators for journals in the selected category (r = 0.761). This correlation is lowest between JIF and ES values (r = 0.527). Spearman’s rho statistical correlation showed a high correlation between JIF and SJR indicator for United Arab Emirates Research Journals (coefficient value of 0.871). A rather low correlation was noted among JIF and each of ES and H5 rankings (coefficient value = 0.728 for both indicators)

SCImago, Eigenfactor Score and H5 Index Journal Rank indicator : alternatives to the Journal Impact Factor for water resources journals

Objective. This study investigated the possibility of SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), Eigenfactor Score (ES) and H5 Index indicators as alternatives to the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) in the field of water resources. Method. The SJR, ES, H5 index and JIF scores and ranking of water resources journals were downloaded from the relevant websites. Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated to test hypotheses for association between the four journal quality metrics. Results. Strong positive correlations were found between the scores and rank order based on the SJR, ES, H5 and JIF of selected journals. Recommendation. Hence, academics and researchers in water resources can use the SJR, ES and H5 indicators as alternatives to JIF for evaluation and judgment of scientific journals in the area.Published versio

A Bibliometric Study of Communications Published in Journal of Informetrics from 2012 to 2016

This research work exemplifies a bibliometric study of communications published in the Journal of Informetrics from 2012 to 2016. The main schema and source used for this study is the Web of Science domain. A bibliometric analysis of 459 records was conducted using MS Excel. The study indicated that the maximum number of articles were in the year 2016, representing 23% of total contributions. Top contributing organizations during the study period were Max Planck Society of Germany, Indiana University of USA, and University Roma Tor Vergata of Italy. Top contributing authors included Lutz Bornmann, Mike Thelwall, and Ludo Waltman. China led top contributing countries followed by the United States of America and Italy. Authorship collaboration was dominated by multi-authored contributions as 72.11% of the communications were multi-authored while 27.89% of communications were single-authored. The degree of collaboration of JOI communications was found to be 72.1%. The average number of authors for JOI communications was 2.44. The highest number of references and tables/figures were appended to the communications published in JOI during 2016. Most of the papers (76%) accepted for publication in JOI were published within two months. This study investigated papers published in the Journal of Informetrics during 2012- 2016 only. This paper is valuable for teachers, researchers, and librarians who want to see the contemporary trends of published articles in the Journal of Informetrics and seek possible areas for further research

Estimating the quality of Arabian Journals using bibliometric indicators

Scholarly published scientific journals’ quality and the standard were measured in recent years based on their scientific indicators such as Journal Impact Factor (IF), citation values, and journal ranking values. Any experimental writer and researcher will investigate these factors of journals before publishing their research output. Analyzing and comparing these indicators among different bibliographic databases are welcomed by the research community and will give them some insight to decide or to choose which journals they need to select for publishing their research outputs. The main objective of the research work undertaken was to assess the impact and visibility of 66 Arabian journals using JCR bibliometric indicators for comparison of journal quality, i.e. comparison of Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eugen Factor Score (ES), Cite Score (CS), Source normalized impact per publication (SNIP), Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR), and H5 index. This study also aimed to determine whether these indices were an alternative to each other for estimating the quality of 66 Arabian journals. The research data was collected from the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. The JIF and ES were taken from the WoS and CS, SNIP and SJR from Scopus. The analysis for this study was done using Microsoft Excel and SPSS software. Maximum Pearson’s (r) statistical correlation was found between JIF and CS (r=0.844) while Maximum Spearman’s (ρ) statistical correlation was found between JIF and CS (ρ=0.843). A linear correlation was found between the values and ranks of the indices. Hence, we conclude that the open-access indicator SJR can be used as an alternative to the JI

A comparison of bibliometric indicators for evaluating the top 100 Open Access Journals

A comparative study was performed based on scientific metrics for the year 2019 for the top 100 open access journals (OAJ) extracted from the web of science. The considered bibliometric indicators are Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eugene Factor Score (ES), Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), Cite Score (CS), Google Scholar (GS), and H5 index. This study shows that journals have different ranks compared with their metrics of the various scientific indicators. Correlations were explained by applying Pearson\u27s and spearman\u27s statistical correlation using SPSS software 21.0 packages. Spearman\u27s Pearson\u27s (r) statistical correlation was found between JIF and CS (r=0.898). Regarding spearman\u27s (ρ) statistical correlations, the highest correlations were established between JIF and CS (ρ=0.690). It concludes that researchers and institutions cannot rely on a single indicator to measure the impact. It showed a direct linear co-relationship between the indicators, which concludes that performance measurement will be more reliable and accurate when more indicators are used for this purpose

Scientometric Profile of the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: A leading University of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Purpose: The research conducted for a systematic analysis of the development and trends in scientific literature production and collaboration pattern of the faculties of Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), between 2010 to 2020 as the research productivity is one of the evaluation parameters of universities performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study comprises the data collected from the web of science core collection (WoSCC) for the selected period. MS-Excel, MS. Access 2016, open-source software namely, Biblioshiny, ScientoPy and VOSviewer used for data analysis. The work tackled with the annual scientific research paper production, prolific authors, collaborations, most relevant sources, frequently used keywords, topic distribution, research fronts, and research trends. The collaborations amongst the leading research organizations and groups were investigated with co-citation and keywords co-occurrence analysis. Findings: The study indicated that the scientific literature productivity increased and the authors of IAU have significant national and international collaborations. Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences found a preferred source for publication, Baykal A noted as a prolific author with 128 papers, and 1,635 citations. National collaboration (2,716 papers); and for international collaboration Egypt is highest (312 papers). Journal article is the most preferred form of paper produced while Saudi Arabia and Synthesis are frequently used author keywords. Originality/value: The study could be helpful in visualizing the scientific research productivity of universities and other academic institutions in term of evaluation of academic performance