Osteoporosis Research in India: A Scientometric Assessment of Publications Output During 2007-16
Journal Title: Journal of Orthopedics & Bone Disorders - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 8
Abstract
The paper examines 1001 Indian publications on osteoporosis research, as covered in Scopus database during 2007-16, registering an annual average growth rate of 12.50%, qualitative citation impact averaged to 1097 citations per paper and international collaborative publication share of 12.59%. The top 17 most productive countries individually contributed global share from 1.80% to 26.97%, with largest global publication share coming from USA (26.97%), followed by U.K. (8.43%), China and Germany (6.72% and 6.23%), etc. Together, the 17 most productive countries accounted for 91.46% share of global publication output during 2007-16. Medicine, among subjects, accounted for the highest publications share (70.23%), followed by biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology (26.37%) and pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics (23.88%) during 2007-16. The top 15 most productive organizations and authors together contributed 38.26% and 27.17% respectively as their share of global publication output and 43.01% and 51.07% respectively as their share of global citation output during 2007-16. Among the total journal output of 976 papers, the top 15 journals contributed 26.23% share to the Indian journal output during 2007-16.
Authors and Affiliations
Gupta BM, Mueen Ahmad KK and Ritu G*
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