Distribution an Exploration and Mapping of Research Performance, Productivity and Citations

Indian Citation Index (ICI) database is an abstracts and citation database intended to measure and perform two basic functions, general literature search and evaluation using citations similar to international databases. This paper discusses about the published research articles and their citations available in the Indian Citation Index by the authors from University of Madras. The relevant data are collected from Indian Citation Index and it was further analyzed. It shows, the 538 articles includes 480(89.22%) Research Articles, 19(3.53%) short communication and 10 (1.86%) articles each from Review articles and Case Studies.