RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OF PHYSICS AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU: A SCIENTOMETRICS STUDY

Abstract

The study attempts to analyse research publications of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru in physics during the period 2010 - 2019. The bibliographic data for this study was
extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database. The study analyses the year-wise research publications, types of document, preferred journals for publication, prolific author, h-index, most collaborating institutions and countries, etc. This paper analyses
2593 research papers published by scientists of the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru during the period under the study. The findings indicate that the growth
of literature pattern is linear, and journals articles (2421) are the most preferred form of
publications by the researchers to communicate their research. Ajay Kumar Sood is found to
be the most prolific author and Physical Review B is the most preferred journal. In the most
cited publications, only one paper was single-authored and other 19 research papers were
multiple-authored. Indian Institute of Technology and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Scientific Research were the leading collaborating institutions (195). The USA, Germany,
France, England, and Sweden were the top five most collaborative countries.