Research Publication Trends among Faculty of Bharathiar University: A Scientometric Study

Abstract

The study examined the analysis of research publications of the faculty of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Bibliographic records of 4645 items were retrieved from Scopus database between 1982 and 2015 and increasing publications trends were seen in Bharathiar University. The average output of the organization was 137 per year. Among the 4645 papers published in the span of 34 years, highest number of 748 papers was published in the year 2015. The total numbers of citation received by the papers were 50964 and the citing articles were 3559. The average citation per article was 14.3.

Keywords: Biblioimetrics, scientometics, collaboration pattern, publication density, Bharathiar University

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Sivakumar B. Research Publication Trends among Faculty of Bharathiar University: A Scientometric Study. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2018; 5(2): 42–50p