Trends in Pharmaceutical Scholarly Communications from India, China and United States a Comparative Study

Priyambada Das; D.B. Ramesh

doi:10.14429/djlit.39.5.14602

Priyambada Das Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, India
D.B. Ramesh Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.39.5.14602

Keywords: Pharmaceutical research, Activity index, Transformative activity index, h-index, Impact factor, Scientometrics

Abstract

The present study throws light on the scholarly communication of three leading countries in the field of pharmaceutical research as reflected in SCOPUS database during 1998-2017. In terms of publication output, United States with two leading Asian countries, China and India leads with 40.54 per cent share of the global research publication share in pharmaceutical sciences. The global outcome of scholarly communication in the field of pharmaceutical research is 1395221. The study mainly focuses both on qualitative and quantitative research growth of United States, China and India in terms of output of scholarly communication, citation impact, relative research effort, common sources used for publications and research collaboration. The growth pattern of three leading countries is highly chaotic. The relative research effort of India and China increased during 2008-2017 while in United States, it was decreased. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Tetrahedron Letters and Tetrahedron are the common source of communication in these three countries. All the three countries show the positive shift in international collaboration during 1998-2002 to 2012-2017 in pharmaceutical research.

Author Biographies

Priyambada Das, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, India

Mrs Priyambada Das is working as an Assistant Librarian at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. She has completed her MLIS from Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, India in the year 2002. Since, 2006 she is working for Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University. Her areas of interest include scientometrics, bibliometrics, library automation, information retrieval, information literacy, document delivery, and open access to information. She has published several papers in refereed journals.

D.B. Ramesh, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, India

Dr D.B. Ramesh, a recipient of Fulbright Fellowship is currently working as Chief Librarian, at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan deemed to be University Bhubaneswar, India. he holds a PhD degree in LIS. He has participated and presented papers in a number of regional and international conferences. He has published around 35 papers in refereed journals and 65 paper in seminar proceedings volumes. he has supervised 7 PhD scholars in LIS and more than 50 MLISc projects of IGNOU. His teaching expertise is in the areas of library and information services and applications ICT in libraries. His research interests include content management, information seeking behaviour, scientometric, web-based information services and open access to information.