Publication pattern of scientometric literature published in India during 2001-2020: A scientometric analysis

Abstract

Introduction: Scientometric is the most extreme measures for the assessment of scientific productivity. Scientometric markers are utilized to measure the exploration efficiency of productivity of researchers. Purpose: The study aims to presents the scientometric analysis of the literature published in the area of scientometric in India for period of 2001-2020. Objectives: To recognize the authorship pattern of scientometric writing distributed in India. To investigate development and dissemination of articles, to find the Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (DT) articles. Methodology: For the present study, bibliographic data was downloaded from the Web of Science database for the period 2001 to 2020. A total of 205 records were retrieved on being used this search query. Findings: The study reveals that the maximum number of publications 16.58% is in 2020. The maximum growth rate verified is 2007. In block year 2006-2010, the relative growth found as highest and the lowest is 2016-2020. The highest doubling period is the block year 2016-2020. Out of a total of 205 publications, the highest 85.36%publicationsare articles and maximum articles contributed by joint authors. In the block year 2006-2010, the Degree of Collaboration is found highest. Author Pratap G. has written the maximum number of publications and USA ranks on most number of publications in collaboration with India. The Journal Scientometric is the top most journal to publish the literature during the period of study. Originality: The study is an original work and not published anywhere.