Uncited Publications in MEMS Literature: A Bibliometric Study

S. Gopalakrishnan; S. Gopalakrishnan; A.L. Bathrinarayanan; M. Tamizhchelvan

doi:10.14429/djlit.35.2.8324

S. Gopalakrishnan National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Chennai-600044
S. Gopalakrishnan MIT, Anna University, Chennai-600044
A.L. Bathrinarayanan Sri Krishna College of Technology, Arovoli Nagar, Kovaipudur, Combatore-64104E-mail: al.bathri@gmail.com
M. Tamizhchelvan The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Deemed University, Gandhigram-62432E-mail: tamizhchelvan@gmail.com

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.2.8324

Keywords: Uncitedness, citation analysis, bibliometrics study, MEMS literature, uncited publications, scientific output

Abstract

In this paper attempt has been made to identify the uncited publications in ‘micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) literature which is one of the emerging field in electronics. The search term ‘MEMS’ was used for retrieving literatures from SCOPUS database. A total of 294573 records were identified in the field of MEMS during the period 1970-2013. Out of which, 85146 (28.90 %) records were uncited publications. The uncited paper ranges between 0.09 % and 0.72 %. It can be seen that from 1988 onwards uncitedness has been reduced below the global average and it persists till 2010. Almost 56 % of the uncited publications are from the conference proceedings. 44.56% of China publications in MEMS were uncited followed by India (31.44 %), Japan (24.40 %), and France (19.44 %). Majority of the uncited publications, are of collaborative authors besides the self-citations. Mostly more than four authors’ papers were uncited. Even top author papers were also uncited. The uncitedness may be due to non-awareness of those papers in the MEMS literature.

DOI: 10.14429/djlit.35.2.8324