Indian Nuclear Literature - Contribution to INIS Data Base: An in-Depth Analysis

摘要

An attempt has been made to analyse the Indian nuclear literature that has gone to form part of the INIS (International Nuclear Information System) Data Base as the contribution from India over the last five years. The in-depth analysis is based on the subject-wise statistics collected over the period 1975-1979 and gives a good idea of the wide coverage of nuclear literature published in the country. The inputs have been drawn from about 150 to 170 journals, 8 to 10 proceedings of conferences and symposia, 100 reports and other types of literature while the topics of symposia, reports and journal articles vary from pure physics and chemistry to any branch of engineering and biology. India has emerged as one of the most consistent inputters to the INIS Data Base, besides being the topmost amongst the developing countries. Though no claims or absolute statements are made on the actual state of Indian Scientific literature or its R and D activities, the analysis yet enables one to get a broad overall view of the same with the data available with the INIS group at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. (Atomindex citation 12:635877)