Research contributions in chemistry at the University of Burdwan: an analytical study

Abstract

141-149One hundred forty one theses submitted from Chemistry Department of the University of Burdwan during 1960-2000 and979 articles produced based on them have been analysed for finding the trend of research, article productivity, choice of journals,authorship pattern and the position of the university in the state. Highest number of theses (30) was submitted during 1986-1990 and 1991-1995. Highest number of papers (283) was published during 1991-1995. Maximum number of theses (58) wassubmitted in inorganic chemistry followed by nuclear and analytical chemistry (34). Rabindra Lal Dutta supervised highestnumber of theses (17). The most prolific author was A.K. Das with 82 papers, followed by G.S. De (54 papers) and R.L. Dutta(53 papers). About fifty three percent of the papers (522) are published in Indian journals. Other countries of preference forpublishing papers are Netherlands (15.32%), UK (11.64%) and USA(10.01%)