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Publication Trends and Citation Impact of Tribology Research in India: A Scientometric Study

Rajendran, P. (SRM University)
Elango, B. (IFET College of Engineering)
Manickaraj, J. (SRM University)

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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice / v.2, no.1, 2014 , pp. 22-34 More about this Journal

Abstract

This paper analyzes India's contribution to world tribology research during the period 2001-2012 based on SCOPUS records. India's global publication share, annual output, and its citation impact of Indian contribution, partner countries, leading contributors, leading institutes, and highly cited papers were analyzed. Additionally, a cloud technique is used to map frequently used single words in titles. It is observed that India ranks in the $7^{th}$ position with a global publication share of 3.83% and an annual average growth rate of 25.58% during the period 2001-2012. The citation impact of India's contribution is 6.05 which decreased from 12.74 during 2001-2006 to 4.62 during 2007-2012. 17.4% of India's total research output was published with international collaboration.

Keywords

Tribology Research; Scientometrics; Word Cloud; India;

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