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Scientific Collaboration in Academic Institutions: A Case Study with Indian Institute of Science Publications


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The structure of scientific collaboration networks of the publications of the Indian Institute of Science for a span of 11 years from 1996-2006 is investigated using Bibexcel software as an analytical tool for the data derived from the Web of Science database. The study analyses the author productivity, discipline-wise and institution-wise collaboration and national and international collaboration. It is observed from the analysis that large numbers of research publications are collaborative in nature. There is a steady growth in the collaboration during the study period. The top five countries with which IISc is collaborating is: USA, Japan, France, Germany and UK. Major disciplines in which collaboration is observed are: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering and Materials Science. The top five institutions with which IISc is collaborating are: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Science Research, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and University of Madras.

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Scientific Collaborations, Academic Institutions, Research Publication, Bibexcel Software, Web of Science Data Base.
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K. T. Anuradha
National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
India

S. K. Ramya
National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
India


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K. T. Anuradha
National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
S. K. Ramya
National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

Abstract


The structure of scientific collaboration networks of the publications of the Indian Institute of Science for a span of 11 years from 1996-2006 is investigated using Bibexcel software as an analytical tool for the data derived from the Web of Science database. The study analyses the author productivity, discipline-wise and institution-wise collaboration and national and international collaboration. It is observed from the analysis that large numbers of research publications are collaborative in nature. There is a steady growth in the collaboration during the study period. The top five countries with which IISc is collaborating is: USA, Japan, France, Germany and UK. Major disciplines in which collaboration is observed are: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering and Materials Science. The top five institutions with which IISc is collaborating are: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Science Research, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and University of Madras.

Keywords


Scientific Collaborations, Academic Institutions, Research Publication, Bibexcel Software, Web of Science Data Base.

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