India’s Research output on Alzheimer’s disease (1975-2016): A bibliographic analysis of using Scopus database
Journal Title: IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Literature output on any field normally measured using the bibliometric analysis This paper presents bibliometrics analysis of the Indian literature output on Alzheimerrsquos disease research Alzheimerrsquos disease research data has been downloaded from lsquoScopusrsquo data base For this study publications commencing from 19702016 47 years has been downloaded from the database A total of 2676 data have been identified The objectives of the study are To ascertain the global research output and the Indian research production on Alzheimerrsquos disease to examine the collaborating countries with Indian authors in research production in Alzheimerrsquos disease To identify the Indian organizations conducting the research in Alzheimerrsquos disease To compare and measure the growth rate of literature published and To identify the top source titles of journals and contributors who publish research articles on Alzheimerrsquos disease The major findings of the study are research productivity at the global level and at Indian level reveals the linear trend India stands 15th position at the global level in the research contribution in the Alzheimerrsquos disease there is no much productivity from India during 1976 to 1981 in the field of Alzheimerrsquos disease there exists fluctuation by year after year as far as RGR and Dt is concerned Indian authors have collaborated with more scientists from United States followed by United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia and awareness on research on Alzheimerrsquos disease seems to be effective since 2009 onwardsKeywords Alzheimer disease Indian contribution Bibliographic analysis Relative growth Rate Doubling timenbsp
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N. Kayalvizhi, S. S. Devika, P. Nageswara Rao
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