Assessment of Indian engineering research output using scientometric indicators a scientometric analysis

Abstract

Scientometrics is a discipline which analyses scientific publications to explore the structure and growth of science. The scientometric techniques used to analyze various quantitative or qualitative aspects of a publication. It is a scientific field that studies the evolution of science through some quantitative measures of scientific information, as the number of scientific articles published in a given period of time, their citation impact, etc. newlineScientometric indicators are developed to assess, categorize and measure specific characteristics of science, such as the effectiveness of scientific work and research performance. Measures arrived from quantitative studies (often branded as bibliometrics, informetrics or scientometrics) to study and understand the phenomena of science, i.e., growth, impact, education etc., are generally known as science indicators. They are concerned with the systematic collection and interpretation of information about science and technology and its social impact for the purpose of assisting in policy formulation management and organization. newlineThe present study deals with the assessment of Indian engineering research output as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database for the period 2003 to 2017 for identifying the research output in the field of engineering literature. Engineering is the most preferred research area among Indian research and development for quite some time in terms of the total number of publications, global share, and visibility and citation impact are concerned. We measure India s contribution to engineering research from a global perspective. newlineMethodology: Web of Science (WoS) is an online subscription-based scientific citation indexing service maintained by Clarivate Analytics (Formerly Thomson Reuters) that provides a comprehensive citation search. It gives access to multiple databases that reference cross-disciplinary research, which allows for in-depth exploration of specialized sub-fields within an academic or scientific discipline. newline