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Tanu Solanki ¹, Ashraf Uddin ², Vivek Kumar Singh ³

Affiliations
1 GCET, Knowledge Park 2, G. Noida 201 306, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN
3 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN

Abstract

This article describes our effort to measure the research competitiveness of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) through a scientometric analysis of their research output during the last five years (2010-14). The research output indexed in Web of Science of the five recently established IISERs has been obtained and analysed computationally to identify growth trends, per capita output, authorship and collaboration patterns, citation impact, average citation per paper, etc. The research performance of IISERs is also compared with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and the Indian Institute of Technology system to obtain an assessment of their research potential. Thus the article presents a useful and detailed analytical account of research potential and competitiveness of IISERs.

Keywords

Authorship and Collaboration Pattern, Citation Analysis, Research Competitiveness, Scientometrics.

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Sumit Kumar Banshal ¹, Tanu Solanki ², Vivek Kumar Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN
2 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida 201 306, IN
3 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN

Abstract

This article presents a bibliometric assessment of research performance of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in India. While many of these institutes were originally established in 1960s as Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs), they were upgraded to NITs around 2002 and later. Initially NITs offered only undergraduate programmes in engineering. However, during the last decade, several NITs have started postgraduate teaching and are focusing more on research activities. It is in this context that this article assesses the research performance of NITs during 2005–2016. The performance assessment uses research publication data obtained from the Web of Science index. The data collected are computationally analysed to identify productivity, productivity per capita, rate of growth of research, international collaboration pattern, citation impact and discipline-wise distribution of the research output for the NITs. The performance of NITs is also viewed vis-à-vis two top-performing Indian institutions, namely Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. A simple single-value composite ranking of research performance of NITs is also presented by combining quantity and quality factors. The study presents an informative and useful account of assessment of research work in the NITs.

Keywords

Bibliometric Assessment, Research Performance, Scientometrics, Technological Institutes.

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