Research Productivity of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru 2002-2021: A Study

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Year : 2024, Volume : 62, Issue : 4

First page : (542) Last page : (564)

Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469.

Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-2469.2024.00039.0

Research Productivity of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru 2002-2021: A Study

Pradeep Kavi1, Dharamvir Singh2

1 Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

2 Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

In this paper, we have attempted to analyze the Research Productivity of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) for the period 2002-2021 using the data extracted from SCOPUS and WoS databases. It was noticed that the Division of Mechanical Sciences, consisting of 11 Depts had the highest publications (12,522). The year 2021 registered the highest number of publications with 3,187 publications. Out of the 45,361 articles analyzed, Two-authored articles (13626) had the highest publications contributing to 30%. Journal articles were the peak type of documents with 71% (32,637) followed by Conference papers with 22% (10,191). The Journal ‘Current Science’ registered the highest number of articles that is 766 (2.2 %). It was also observed that the mean doubling time was 11 years.

Keywords

Research collaboration, Collaborator dynamics, channels of communication, Publication productivity