Research Landscape/Performance of India during 2010-2018: An Exploration through Scopus

Authors

  • Arijit Das
     Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700032, West Bengal
  • Udayan Bhattacharya
     Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700032, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2019/v56i3/144173

Keywords:

Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER), H-index, Higher Education in India, Research Landscape of India, Research Performance, Scopus

Abstract

Presently total number of universities in the country is 907, (UGC (n.d.)) and these universities vary in terms of number of publications they produce. This study aims to identify the leading research institutions in India. To measure the performance of leading institutions multiple indicators have been applied, such as number of publications, total and average citations received, etc. IISc. Bangalore (15,948) produced most number of papers and BARC (32.21) received highest average citations per paper. BARC, CSIR India and University of Delhi had overall good performance in all the categories taken for the measurement.

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Published

2019-06-24

How to Cite

Das, A., & Bhattacharya, U. (2019). Research Landscape/Performance of India during 2010-2018: An Exploration through Scopus. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 56(3), 122–128. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2019/v56i3/144173

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Volume 56, Issue 3, June 2019

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All the articles published in Journal of Information and Knowledge are held by the Publisher. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), as a publisher requires its authors to transfer the copyright prior to publication. This will permit SRELS to reproduce, publish, distribute and archive the article in print and electronic form and also to defend against any improper use of the article.

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Received 2019-04-29
Accepted 2019-06-20
Published 2019-06-24

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