Scientometric Assessment of Indian Publications on Rare Earths during 2005-14

This paper analyzes India's research output in rare earths on a series of scientometric indicators. India published a total of 11,838 publications in the area of rare earths in 10 years during 2005-14 registering an average annual growth of 11.38%, citation impact of 7.44 citations per paper, and accounted for 5.18% global publications in rare earths for the period ranking as the 6th most productive country in the world. The paper profiles 15 most productive countries in rare earths, 20 most productive organizations and 20 most productive authors on a series of indicators including global publications share, global citation share, average productivity, citations per paper, h-index, and share of international collaborative papers during 2005-14. The paper also identifies top 20 most productive journals reporting India's research in rare earths during 2005-14. Suggests the needs for developing a national policy for catalyzing R& D on rare earths research in the country, increased investments in R& D, identification of areas of strategic interest and identification of top R& D institutions wherein future research could be conducted.