Current Science

Ashraf Uddin ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021, IN

Abstract

This article presents a scientometric analysis of academic research output, growth trend, citation&impact, and research collaboration levels in the South Asian region. The analysis is done on several important parameters such as total research production, global share and rank, subject categories, citation impact, in and out-region citation patterns, and inter-country collaborations. The economic indicators relating to higher education and research for the countries in the region are correlated with the analytical results. It also analyses the research growth and maturity levels for the region. In summary, it tries to map the academic research status in the South Asian region, including details about the countries in the region.

Keywords

Citation Analysis, Knowledge Creation, Research Collaboration, Research Impact, Scientometrics.

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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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Rupika ¹, Ashraf Uddin ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu Uni-versity, Varanasi 221 005, IN

Abstract

Universities, industry and government organizations all play an important role in growth and development of knowledge-based economies in the modern era. These institutions also play a signi-ficant role in knowledge creation and its deployment to the benefit of society at large. In this article, we measure and characterize the university-industry-government (UIG) relationship in the research and innovation landscape of India. Research output data for 10 years (2005-14) obtained from Web of Science have been analysed to measure collaboration among different actors of the UIG collabora-tion network. We have also measured the collaboration variations across different disciplines and identified significant UIG institutional networks. The article presents useful output and analysis, and an informative account of the UIG collaboration network at present.

Keywords

Collaboration, Research Output, Scientometrics, Triple Helix, University–Industry–Government.

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Sumit Kumar Banshal ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ², Aparna Basu ³, Pranab Kumar Muhuri ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
3 CSIR-NISTADS, New Delhi 110 012, IN

Abstract

This article presents a computational analysis of the research performance of 16 relatively older Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India. The research publication data indexed in Web of Science for all the 16 IITs is used for the analysis. The data is computationally analysed to identify productivity, productivity per capita, rate of growth of research output, authorship and collaboration pattern, citation impact and discipline-wise research strengths of the different IITs. The research performances of the IITs have been compared with those of two top ranking engineering and technology institutions of the world (MIT-USA and NTU-Singapore) and most cited papers from these IITs have also been identified. The analytical results are expected to provide a informative, up-to-date and useful account of research performance assessment of the IITs.

Keywords

Engineering Research, IIT, Research Competitiveness, Research Performance, Scientometrics.

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Marisha ¹, Sumit Kumar Banshal ², Vivek Kumar Singh ³

Affiliations
1 DST-Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, 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 presents the research performance of the 39 central universities in India. The research publication data, indexed in the Web of Science, for the 39 central universities for a 25-year period (1990-2014) are used for analysis. The data are computationally analysed to identify productivity, productivity per capita, productivity per crore rupees grant, rate of growth of research output, authorship and collaboration pattern, citation impact and discipline-wise research strength of these institutions. Research performance of the central universities is measured and compared with two top-ranking world universities, namely University of Cambridge and Stanford University. While older well-established big universities such as University of Delhi and Banaras Hindu University perform better than newer universities, some relatively smaller universities, such as the university of Hyderabad have impressive research performance. What is disturbing is that combined research output of all central universities taken together is less than that of either of University of Cambridge or Stanford University alone. The results also provide discipline-wise research strengths of all the universities.

Keywords

Central Universities, Publication Data, Research Performance, 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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Sumit Kumar Banshal ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ², Pranab K. Muhuri ¹, Philipp Mayr ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021,, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
3 GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Cologne, DE

Abstract

Scholarly articles are now increasingly being mentioned and discussed in social media platforms, sometimes even as pre- or post-print version uploads. Measures of social media mentions and coverage are now emerging as an alternative indicator of impact of scholarly articles. This article aims to explore how much scholarly research output from India is covered in different social media platforms, and how similar or different it is from the world average. It also analyses the disciplinewise variations in coverage and altmetric attention for Indian research output, including a comparison with the world average. Results obtained show interesting patterns. Only 28.5% of the total research output from India is covered in social media platforms, which is about 18% less than the world average. ResearchGate and Mendeley are the most popular social media platforms in India for scholarly article coverage. In terms of discipline-wise variation, medical sciences and biological sciences have relatively higher coverage across different platforms compared to disciplines like information science and engineering.

Keywords

Disciplinary Variation, Research Output, Scholarly Articles, Social Media.

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Rajesh Piryani ¹, Jyoti Dua ², Vivek Kumar Singh ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN

Abstract

Open access (OA) has emerged as an important movement worldwide during the last decade. There are several calls now that not only persuade researchers to publish in OA journals, to archive their pre- or post-print versions of papers in repositories, but also institutions and funding agencies to promote OA of research publications. This article examines OA levels and patterns in research output by computationally analysing research publication data obtained from the Web of Science for India during the last five years (2014–2018). Results obtained show that about 24% of research output from India, during the last five years, is available in OA compared to world average of about 30%. More articles are available in gold OA compared to green and bronze OA. Furthermore, OA levels vary in different disciplines, with medical science, physics and biology having higher percentage of their articles available as OA as compared to those like arts and humanities, social science and (surprisingly) information science.

Keywords

Open Access, Paywall, Scholarly Articles, Scientific Publishing.

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Sumit Kumar Banshal ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ², Philipp Mayr ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
3 GESIS Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences, Cologne, DE

Abstract

During the last two decades the number of private universities in India has increased significantly. According to AISHE report of 2016, out of 799 universities in India, 277 are private universities, i.e. one out of every three universities in India is a private university. A significant proportion of colleges (about 78%) are also privately managed, as they do not contribute much to research activities and hence are not included in this analysis. Private universities are now becoming a major component of the Indian higher education system. Some of the private universities are exclusively positioning and projecting themselves as universities for high quality research and innovation. A few of them are now well placed in the national-level NIRF ranking framework. It is in this context that this paper presents a comparative account of research performance of the 25 most productive private universities with the set of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Central Universities (CUs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs), all of which have a well-established environment and culture of research. A set-based comparison methodology is followed. The results show good performance of private universities in research, especially in terms of output and rate of growth of output. However, on quality and productivity per capita and per rupee spent, they have a long way to go to match the performance levels of well-established centrally funded higher education institutions of India. This study presents detailed scientometric assessment of some most productive private universities in India.

Keywords

Private Universities, Research Performance, Research in India, Research Policy.

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Vivek Kumar Singh ¹, Satya Swarup Srichandan ¹, Rajesh Piryani ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
2 Department of Computer Science, South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021, IN

Abstract

This note analyses the preprint submission patterns of Indian scientists to the popular preprint server arXiv. We analysed research papers published during a five-year period (2014-18) as indexed in the Web of Science and identified how many of these were deposited in arXiv. The discipline-wise distribution of research papers deposited in the repository was also analysed. Results show that overall, only about 3.5% of research papers were deposited in arXiv. The deposits, however, vary across disciplines, ranging from a high of about 23% for physics to a low of 0.4% for agricultural science and biology. We present the overall submission and download statistics for arXiv, and highlight the need for promoting the use of such repositories by the Indian scientific community.

Keywords

No Keywords.

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Anurag Kanaujia ¹, Prashasti Singh ¹, Abhirup Nandy ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India, IN

Abstract

India is now one of the major knowledge producers in the world, ranking among the top five countries in total research output. The institutional set-up for research and development (R&D) in the country comprises a diverse set, including universities, Government departments, research laboratories and private sector institutions. It may be noted that more than 45% share of India’s gross expenditure on R&D comes from the Central Government. In this context, this article explores the quantum of research contribution of centrally funded institutions and institution systems in India. The volume, proportionate share and growth patterns of research publications from the major centrally funded institutions, organized in 16 groups, are analysed. These institutions account for 67.54% of the country’s research output from 2001 to 2020. The research output of the centrally funded institutions in India has increased steadily since 2001, with a good value for compounded annual growth rate. This article presents noteworthy insights into the scientific research production of India that may be useful to policymakers, researchers and science practitioners. It presents a case for increased activity by the state governments and private sector to further the cause of sustainable and inclusive R&D in the country.

Keywords

Central government, gross expenditure, institution systems, knowledge production, research and development.

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Rachana Dubey ¹, Arbind Kumar Choudhary ¹, Shreetu Singh ², Anurag Ajay ³, Santosh Kumar ¹, Rakesh Kumar ¹, Surajit Mondal ¹, Vivek Kumar Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna 800 014, India, IN
2 Amity University, Noida 201 301, India, IN
3 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, Patna 800 025, India, IN

Abstract

Air pollution is one of the environmental concerns which is a threat to the health of our plants and animals. Little knowledge exists in the literature about its impact on trees and crops. The objective of the present study was to assess the impact of air pollutants on the biochemical parameters of 19 tree and crop species from five different locations in Patna, Bihar, India. Air pollution tolerance index value showed that Ficus religiosa, Zea mays, Carthamus tinctorius and Cajanus cajan were more tolerant compared to the other crops. Anticipated performance index value showed that trees like F. religiosa, Azadirachta indica and Mangifera indica and crops like C. cajan, Z. mays and Triticum aestivum were most suitable under air pollution condition

Keywords

Air pollution tolerance index, anticipated performance index, particulate matter, trees and crops.

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Anurag Kanaujia ¹, Abhirup Nandy ¹, Prashasti Singh ², Vivek Kumar Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India., IN
2 Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India; School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248 007, India., IN

Abstract

India is now one of the major knowledge producers in the world, ranking among the top five coun-tries in total research output. The research output is contributed by various institutions located in different states and regions of the country. There are, however, no existing studies on the amount of research output contributed by each state. Therefore, in this study, we undertook a territorial mapping of research output from India at the level of different states. Research output data for the country for the last 20 years (2001–20) were obtained from the Web of Science database, and publications were tagged to different states based on the location of the affiliating institution of the publication. The results show that Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh are among the top contributors, in that order. Almost all major states showed an increase in absolute re-search output during 2001–20. However, in relative terms, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Punjab showed interesting growth patterns. Chandigarh and Puducherry had high total publications/gross state domestic product values. The analytical results of this study present useful quantitative measures of the research contributions of different states in India. Some probable reasons for the observed pat-terns and certain policy suggestions are also discussed in this study.

Keywords

Knowledge Producers, Mapping, Quantitative Measures, Research Output, Scientific Institutions.

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