Research on Plagiarism in India during 2002-2016 : A Bibliometric Analysis

Suresh Kumar Chauhan

doi:10.14429/djlit.38.2.12298

Suresh Kumar Chauhan Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, - 173 234, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.38.2.12298

Keywords: Authorship pattern, Degree of author collaboration, Citation analysis, Source title Impact ratio, Bibliometric study

Abstract

The issues of plagiarism have been mushrooming more rapidly around the globe. India is also not spared from plagiarism and related issues. Various researchers and academicians have raised their concern on rapidly growing cases of plagiarism. In this study, an analysis was made to identify the average growth of publications written on plagiarism by Indian authors, the degree of author collaboration, most impactful sources for publishing on plagiarism. The data for the period of 2002 – 2016 were extracted from Scopus by executing a query on ‘Plagiarism’ term. In total 385 publications were found and computed. Average citations per publications of 4.01 for the period, 2007-11 was found high as compared to two other block periods of the study whereas block period 2002-06 was witnessed 49.53 per cent annual growth rate. The Single authored publications prevailed more (34.55 per cent) which interestingly also achieved 50.38 per cent of the cited rate. It was also observed that the degree of multi-authored collaboration has been improving with every passing year.

Author Biography

Suresh Kumar Chauhan, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, - 173 234, India

Dr Suresh K. Chauhan obtained his MA, BLISc, MLISc, and PhD from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Presently, he is working as a Deputy Learning Resource Manager and Heading Learning Resource Centre of Jaypee University of Information technology, Waknaghat, Solan. His area of expertise includes – Bibliometics/scientometrics, user centricity, e-resource management digital library and plagiarism.