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A Bibliometric Analysis of Highly Cited Papers from India in Science Citation Index Expanded


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1 IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram 605 108, India
2 Trend Research Centre, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan, Province of China
 

The aim of the present study is to analyse the highly cited papers from India. The Science Citation Index Expanded database was used to retrieve the related bibliographic records. Grouping and reclassification of institutions with misspellings and variants have been done. The most productive institutions, collaborating partners and Y-index of the contributing authors were examined. Results revealed that all the highly cited papers from India did not receive citations in the early years after publication. Co-authored (or international collaboration) papers received more citation impact than single-authored ones. USA was the preferred collaborative partner for international collaboration. The Indian Institutes of Technology, CSIR organizations, and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru were the leading Indian institutions.

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Bibliometrics, Citation Impact, Highly Cited Articles, Scientometrics, Y-Index.
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Authors

Bakthavachalam Elango
IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram 605 108, India
Yuh-Shan Ho
Trend Research Centre, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan, Province of China

Abstract


The aim of the present study is to analyse the highly cited papers from India. The Science Citation Index Expanded database was used to retrieve the related bibliographic records. Grouping and reclassification of institutions with misspellings and variants have been done. The most productive institutions, collaborating partners and Y-index of the contributing authors were examined. Results revealed that all the highly cited papers from India did not receive citations in the early years after publication. Co-authored (or international collaboration) papers received more citation impact than single-authored ones. USA was the preferred collaborative partner for international collaboration. The Indian Institutes of Technology, CSIR organizations, and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru were the leading Indian institutions.

Keywords


Bibliometrics, Citation Impact, Highly Cited Articles, Scientometrics, Y-Index.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi08%2F1653-1658