Research Statistics: Quantity also matters!!

Lot of academic debate takes place, almost regularly, on the quality of research papers and also their practical usefulness and acceptability. The last editorial of our journal (Parikalpana, Vol.9.1) was also devoted on that. Despite skepticism and all those counter-arguments, research lives, because of its usefulness and academic charm. Academicians are now categorically asked and expected to have publications in standard journals, at least recorded (and cited) in respected global journal databases/ aggregators. One such 'good' database is SCOPUS. Many Institutes now link their academic-incentive plans to 'Scopus-visibility' of their scholars and faculty members. This in turn speaks about the 'institute-aggregate', how much, quantitatively, an organisation/ institute has contributed to the academic research world.