Bibliometric Analysis of Research Output of Biotechnology Faculties in Some Indian Central Universities

The study presents a detailed analysis of research performance of biotechnology faculties in central universities of India from 1997-2006. The data used for the study were retrieved from two database sources, namely, PubMed, NCBI (National Centre for Biotechnology Information); and ISI Web of Scienc...

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Published inDESIDOC journal of library & information technology Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 11 - 20
Main Authors Sevukan, R, Sharma, Jaideep
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dehli Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre 01.11.2008
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Bibliometrics
Biotechnology
India
Scholarly publishing
Universities
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Summary:The study presents a detailed analysis of research performance of biotechnology faculties in central universities of India from 1997-2006. The data used for the study were retrieved from two database sources, namely, PubMed, NCBI (National Centre for Biotechnology Information); and ISI Web of Science database--Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). Bibliometric techniques have been employed to analyse the data. The results indicate that the growth of literature in biotechnology has steadily increased from 15 articles in 1997 to 43 articles in 2006; two-authored publications predominate amongst the pattern of authorship; applicability of Lotka's law is validated from the values n = 2.12, C = 0.669, and D = 0.027 obtained using least square method. However, the application of Bradford's law does not fit to the literature analysed.
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ISSN:0974-0643
0976-4658
DOI:10.14429/djlit.28.6.218