Trend of India's Scholarly Research during 2000-2007: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on Web of Science

摘要

This paper examines the status of research in India in respect of the mainstream scientific literature during 2000 to 2007 in terms of quantity of research output. The quantity of output is assessed through the number of articles published in various documentary forms in journals covered by Web of Science. In addition, this research also identifies top twenty five most productive institutions of India, to which most of the contributing authors belong and the top twenty five most preferred Indian and foreign journals in which most of the articles were published. Finally, the trend of recent research in India is judged by analyzing the top twenty five subjects under which authors mostly contribute their research papers.