Global pervasive and ubiquitous computing during 2005-14

• Published in: Annals of library and information studies Vol. 63; no. 2; p. 117
• Main Authors: Dhawan, S M, Gupta, B M, Gupta, Ritu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Hirsch index; Publication output; Scientometrics; India
• ISSN: 0972-5423
• DOI: 10.56042/alis.v63i2.11391

The paper examines world publications output on ubiquitous & pervasive computing as indexed in Scopus database covering the period 2005-2014. The total world output in 10 years cumulated to 22328 publications, averaging to 9.88% annual growth and citation impact to 3.38 citations per paper. The distribution of world output on ubiquitous & pervasive computing is skewed. For instance, top 15 most productive countries accounted for 91.92% global share. The distribution is also skewed by subject. Computer science accounted for the largest publication share (86.53%). The paper provides scientometric profile of most productive top 20 organizations and most productive top 20 authors on a series of indicators including global publications share, global citation share, average productivity per author, citations per paper, h-index, and share of international collaborative papers during 2005-2014. The paper also reveals most productive top 20 journals on ubiquitous and pervasive computing during 2005-2014. India ranked 13th in its research output in this area. Its performance measured on various indicators has been the least: world share (2.56%), average citations per paper (1.41), relative citation rate (0.42), h-index (11), and highly cited papers (0). The paper suggests that India must evolve a research policy to realize its agenda of expanding economic competitiveness and transforming the country into a ubiquitous modern society in near future.