Scholarly Research Trend of Banaras Hindu University during 2004-2013: A Scientometric Study Based on Indian Citation Index

  • Vinod Kumar Gautam Department of Library & Information Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi- 221005
  • Rajani Mishra Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 UP
Keywords: Scientometric, co-authorship index, collaborative-coefficient, scholarly productivity, prolific author

Abstract

Indian Citation Index (ICI) is a fully web-based abstract and citation database covering R&D literature across all disciplines published in journals/serials or in other documents emanating from India. The current study seeks to describe and analyse scholarly research publications of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. In this regard 1041 articles were collected from ICI for the period of 2004-2013. The study attempts to measure year-wise distribution of publication output, co-authorship index, collaborative co-efficient collaborating universities/institutes/colleges, states and countries. The result indicates that research productivity of Banaras Hindu University is increasing at the average rate of 104.1 publications per years, most of the researches are contributed by joint authors, 404 (39 %) articles published in SCIE indexed journals and 637 (61 %) articles published in non SCIE-indexed journals.

DOI: 10.14429/djlit.35.2.8021

Author Biographies

Vinod Kumar Gautam, Department of Library & Information Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi- 221005

Research Scholar

Department of Library and Information Science

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi-221005 UP
Rajani Mishra, Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 UP

Assistant Professor

Department of Library and Information Science

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi-221005 UP

Published
2015-03-20
How to Cite
Gautam, V., & Mishra, R. (2015). Scholarly Research Trend of Banaras Hindu University during 2004-2013: A Scientometric Study Based on Indian Citation Index. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 35(2). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.2.8021
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Papers