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Research Output of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore:A Scientometric Study


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Bibliometric and scientometric techniques have been applied to present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the publication output of PSG College of Technology (PSGCT), Coimbatore. Data for the study have been collected from the Scopus database for the period 1971 to 2014. Among the 2357 papers published in the span of 44 years, highest number of 319 papers was published in 2012. 2112 papers (89.6%) were published during the last ten years i.e. from 2005 to 2014. Journal is the most preferred channel of publication with 1633 papers. 'H' Index of PSGCT is 41. This study reveals that PSGCET has largely contributed to research in science, engineering and technology and the publication output of faculty has increased considerably during the last 10 years.

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Bibliometrics, PSG College of Technology (PSGCT), Publication Output, Research Publication, Scientometrics, Scopus.
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M. Mandhirasalam
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Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore - 641 014, Tamil Nadu
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M. Mandhirasalam
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore - 641 014, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Bibliometric and scientometric techniques have been applied to present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the publication output of PSG College of Technology (PSGCT), Coimbatore. Data for the study have been collected from the Scopus database for the period 1971 to 2014. Among the 2357 papers published in the span of 44 years, highest number of 319 papers was published in 2012. 2112 papers (89.6%) were published during the last ten years i.e. from 2005 to 2014. Journal is the most preferred channel of publication with 1633 papers. 'H' Index of PSGCT is 41. This study reveals that PSGCET has largely contributed to research in science, engineering and technology and the publication output of faculty has increased considerably during the last 10 years.

Keywords


Bibliometrics, PSG College of Technology (PSGCT), Publication Output, Research Publication, Scientometrics, Scopus.

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