Abstract

India is perhaps unique amongst developing countries in having established a distinct science identity since last few centuries. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is an autonomous body established in 1942 with the aim of providing strong S&T base for the industry, strategic sectors and advancement of fundamental knowledge. The present study is to understand the quality and quantity of research output and current state-of-the-art of CSIR laboratories using publications output data as reflected in Web of Science and Scopus. The study points out that during 2010 to 2015, although the yearly output has increased from 3940 papers to 5531 papers, the growth rate is neither linear nor exponential. The scientists of the laboratory attach more weight to foreign journals rather than Indian journals having SCI impact factor within the range of 2.0 to 4.0. The authorship trend is completely slanted towards co-authorship and CSIR is assisting considerable financial support for conducting research. The citation analysis of CSIR publications reveals that, a total of 30011 articles published during 2010-2015, received 251212 citations during 2010-2016 with an average rate of 7 citations per article. Almost 10% articles did not receive any citation and 62% articles received citation in the range of 1 to 10.

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