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A Quantitative Analysis of Bioinformatics Literature in India


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1 Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695034, Kerala, India
2 Library & Knowledge Centre, School of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala, India
     

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Examines quantitatively the growth and development of bioinformatics research in India in terms of the publication output as reflected in Web of Science (WoS) database for the period 2006-2010.The bibliographic details of 577bioinformatics data obtained from the WoS database were studied and it was found that among the total bioinformatics contributions, nearly half are from India. Majority of the contributions were multi- authored and the degree of collaboration was 0.93 and most of the publications were in the form of journal articles. BMC Bioinformatics pubhshed by Bio Med Central ranks first position with 28 publications followed by In Silico Biology (lOP press) with 24 publications. IISc, Bengaluru is the most productive bioinformatics research institute in the country followed by ISI, Kolkata. Delhi is the leading state with 6.41% of the total Indian contribution in bioinformatics followed by West Bengal with 5.37% publications. The data set has been found to be not a perfect fit for the Bradford's law of scattering.

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Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Scientometrics, Web of Science, Bradford's Law of Scattering.
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Authors

Manya R. Gopal
Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695034, Kerala, India
K. G. Pillai Sudhier
Library & Knowledge Centre, School of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 034, Kerala, India

Abstract


Examines quantitatively the growth and development of bioinformatics research in India in terms of the publication output as reflected in Web of Science (WoS) database for the period 2006-2010.The bibliographic details of 577bioinformatics data obtained from the WoS database were studied and it was found that among the total bioinformatics contributions, nearly half are from India. Majority of the contributions were multi- authored and the degree of collaboration was 0.93 and most of the publications were in the form of journal articles. BMC Bioinformatics pubhshed by Bio Med Central ranks first position with 28 publications followed by In Silico Biology (lOP press) with 24 publications. IISc, Bengaluru is the most productive bioinformatics research institute in the country followed by ISI, Kolkata. Delhi is the leading state with 6.41% of the total Indian contribution in bioinformatics followed by West Bengal with 5.37% publications. The data set has been found to be not a perfect fit for the Bradford's law of scattering.

Keywords


Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Scientometrics, Web of Science, Bradford's Law of Scattering.

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