Publications Output of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science during 2008 2017 a Scientometric Assessment

  • Dhiman Mondal Ananda Mohan College, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata
  • Biplab Chakrabarti Professor,Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
  • Arabinda Maity Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, (W.B.)
Keywords: Publications output, Scientometric study, Indian association for the cultivation of science, Citation impact

Abstract

The present scientometric study assesses the publication output of the scientists of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) during 2008 to 2017 as reflected in the Web of Science database to figure out the research performance, scholarly communication behaviour and its citation impact. The scientists of IACS contribute total 4,304 research articles including 22.58 percent international collaborated articles. Further, the publications have been evaluated in terms of year, types of collaboration, authorship pattern, source journals, impact factor, collaborating institutions, collaborating countries and citations. It is found that majority of the published articles are produced by three authored and the international collaborated articles which receive wider citation impact. The developed countries like USA, Japan, Germany and England are found as the most favoured countries by the scientists of IACS for research collaboration and the Journal of Physical Chemistry C shares maximum research articles. Further, Pareto’s 80/20 principle has also been applied to examine the scattering of journals as well as articles and the VOS viewer software has been used for mapping the network of collaborating countries.

Author Biographies

Dhiman Mondal, Ananda Mohan College, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata

Mr Dhiman Mondal, has obtained MLIS from Netaji Subhas Open University, M.Phil. in LIS from University of Calcutta, PGDLIM from TISS, Mumbai and also pursuing his Ph.D. in LIS from the University of Calcutta. He is presently working as Librarian at  Ananda Mohan College, Kolkata. He has contributed more than 20 papers to different journals, books and conference proceedings. His areas of interest are bibliometrics, e-resources, open access sharing of information.

Biplab Chakrabarti, Professor,Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

Dr Biplab Chakrabarti has obtained MA (Sociology), LLB, MLibSc from the University of Calcutta and PhD from the Vidyasagar University. Presently working as Professor of the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta. He has contributed more than 50 research papers in different national and international journals of repute and also authored 10 books. Besides, 21 Theses have been awarded as PhD degree under his guidance. His research interests are user studies, community information services, bibliometrics and library management.

Arabinda Maity, Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, (W.B.)

Dr Arabinda Maity has obtained MLibSc, MPhil and PhD in LIS from the University of Calcutta. He is working as Professor in the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta since 2009. He has a number of publications to his credit which includes 4 books and more than 50 articles in reputed journals. His research interests are library classification, bibliometrics, ICT application in library, information sources, system and services, community information services, legal information system.

Published
2019-09-12
How to Cite
Mondal, D., Chakrabarti, B., & Maity, A. (2019). Publications Output of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science during 2008 2017 a Scientometric Assessment. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 39(5), 244-250. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.39.5.14572
Section
Research Paper