Mapping of Research Performance on Materials Science in India: A Study Based on Clarivate Analytics-Web of Science Database

Over the past Seven decades the knowledge or web of science database maintaining the core collections of Science Citation Index Expanded, and past Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science and past two decades SciELO Citation Index, Journal citation reports. This paper analyses a results of a scientometric analytical case study of the research activities of highly cited papers from 1999 to 2020. This paper study a growth of publications, citations, average citations per publication and H- index of top scientists or researchers, at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India. Besides that, this paper presents a citation-based mapping of data on global scientific activities from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India research publications using Web of Science Database. Using different kind of scientometric approaches, such as a h-index and Global Citation Scores. Researchers have published 32191 publications during 1999-2020 and cited at least 5519 times by end of 2020 are analyzed. Authors have been able to place their papers in high impact journals such as Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Science & Technology, Computer Science, Biochemistry Molecular Biology, Mechanics, Mathematics, Telecommunications, and Crystallography. The study discloses an output of Indian Institute of Science Research Publications has greatly increased over period.

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Using the H-Index to Measure Research Performance in Higher Education: A Case Study of Library and Information Science Faculty in New Zealand and Australia

10.26686/wgtn.16974076.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Amber Tyson

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Information Science ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Research Performance ◽

Research Impact ◽

Research Quality ◽

Library And Information Science ◽

Institutional Affiliation ◽

H Index

As academia increasingly turns to bibliometric tools to assess research impact, the question of which indicator provides the best measure of research quality is highly debated. Much emphasis has been placed on the value of the h-index, a new bibliometric tool proposed in 2005 which has quickly found favour in the scientific community. One of the first applications of the h-index was carried out by Kelly and Jennions (2006), who found a number of variables could influence the h-index scores of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. To test these findings, this study calculated the h-index scores of New Zealand and Australian researchers teaching in the field of library and information science (LIS). Publication and citation counts were generated using the Web of Science (WoS), where a number of limitations with using the database to calculate h-index scores were identified. We then considered the effect that gender, country of residence, institutional affiliation, and scientific age had on the h-index scores of LIS researchers in New Zealand and Australia. The study found a positive relationship between scientific age and h-index scores, indicating that the length of a scientist's career should be considered when using the h-index. However, analysis also showed that gender, country of residence, and institutional affiliation had no influence on h-index scores.

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Strategies for Cancer Treatment Based on Photonic Nanomedicine

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14061435 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 1435

Author(s):

Sueli Aparecida de Oliveira ◽

Roger Borges ◽

Derval dos Santos Rosa ◽

Ana Carolina Santos de Souza ◽

Amedea B. Seabra ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Cancer Treatment ◽

Spatial Resolution ◽

Photothermal Therapy ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Materials Science ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

Cancer Treatments ◽

Temporal And Spatial ◽

Materials Used

Traditional cancer treatments, such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, are still the most effective clinical practice options. However, these treatments may display moderate to severe side effects caused by their low temporal or spatial resolution. In this sense, photonic nanomedicine therapies have been arising as an alternative to traditional cancer treatments since they display more control of temporal and spatial resolution, thereby yielding fewer side effects. In this work, we reviewed the challenge of current cancer treatments, using the PubMed and Web of Science database, focusing on the advances of three prominent therapies approached by photonic nanomedicine: (i) photothermal therapy; (ii) photodynamic therapy; (iii) photoresponsive drug delivery systems. These photonic nanomedicines act on the cancer cells through different mechanisms, such as hyperthermic effect and delivery of chemotherapeutics and species that cause oxidative stress. Furthermore, we covered the recent advances in materials science applied in photonic nanomedicine, highlighting the main classes of materials used in each therapy, their applications in the context of cancer treatment, as well as their advantages, limitations, and future perspectives. Finally, although some photonic nanomedicines are undergoing clinical trials, their effectiveness in cancer treatment have already been highlighted by pre-clinical studies.

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A brief bibliometric analysis of Web of Science publications on “Carbon” topic for 2019–2020

Actual Problems of Oil and Gas ◽

10.29222/ipng.2078-5712.2021-33.art6 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 76-100

Author(s):

B.N. Chigarev

Keyword(s):

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Materials Science ◽

The United States ◽

Carbon Quantum Dots ◽

Hydrogen Energy ◽

Scientific Publications ◽

Science System ◽

Production Of Hydrogen ◽

The Web

A brief bibliometric analysis of 5,000 most cited scientific publications presented in the Web of Science database on the “Carbon” topic for 2019–2020 is done. It is shown that the world’s leading scientific centers of China, the United States, India, South Korea, Japan and Germany, as well as the Russian Academy of Sciences are involved in research on this topic. The following areas of scientific research were dominant: materials science, physical chemistry, nanotechnology, engineering chemistry, applied physics, energy, electrochemistry, ecology, condensed matter physics. The clustering method based on the co-occurrence of the Author Keywords and the Keywords Plus of the Web of Science system revealed six areas of research: 1. catalysis, hydrogen production, carbon materials doped with nitrogen; 2. graphite/graphene-based energy storage systems; 3. sensors and emissions based on carbon quantum dots; 4. nanocomposites and their physical properties; 5. energy consumption and climate change; 6. adsorption and organic pollutants. The author assumes the high potential of research on the co-production of hydrogen and graphite, which may combine the interests of hydrogen energy development and production of new materials.

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Scientometrics Analysis for Research Performance Evaluation: Methodological Issues at Meso and Micro Levels

Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries ◽

10.47657/201617899 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

pp. 120-125

Author(s):

Muzammil Tahira ◽

Aryati Bakri ◽

Kiran Kaur

Keyword(s):

Performance Evaluation ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Research Performance ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Methodological Issues ◽

Engineering Research ◽

Micro Level ◽

Research Performance Evaluation

Newly introduced scientometric indices have gained much popularity and have been widely discussed. The application of such indices and their validity for Research Performance Evaluation (RPE) focuses on various contexts and aggregate levels. Several methodological concerns have been raised regarding the application of these indices for RPE purpose. This study aims at describing the methodological issues faced and lessons learned from the investigations carried out on engineering research data in Malaysia, using the scientometric approach at meso and micro levels. This scientometric case study employed a set of newly introduced RPE indices along with traditional metrics. The unit of analysis was Malaysian engineering research. At meso level, twelve Malaysian universities were selected. While, at the micro level, a hundred most productive Malaysian related researchers were chosen. The data were retrieved from Web of Science (WoS) for the duration of ten years (2001-2010) and limited to nine WoS engineering categories only. This study enlightens the issues and suggests the possible measures that should be taken into account while conducting the empirical studies by applying scientometric approach to RPE.

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Using the H-Index to Measure Research Performance in Higher Education: A Case Study of Library and Information Science Faculty in New Zealand and Australia

10.26686/wgtn.16974076 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Amber Tyson

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Information Science ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Research Performance ◽

Research Impact ◽

Research Quality ◽

Library And Information Science ◽

Institutional Affiliation ◽

H Index

As academia increasingly turns to bibliometric tools to assess research impact, the question of which indicator provides the best measure of research quality is highly debated. Much emphasis has been placed on the value of the h-index, a new bibliometric tool proposed in 2005 which has quickly found favour in the scientific community. One of the first applications of the h-index was carried out by Kelly and Jennions (2006), who found a number of variables could influence the h-index scores of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. To test these findings, this study calculated the h-index scores of New Zealand and Australian researchers teaching in the field of library and information science (LIS). Publication and citation counts were generated using the Web of Science (WoS), where a number of limitations with using the database to calculate h-index scores were identified. We then considered the effect that gender, country of residence, institutional affiliation, and scientific age had on the h-index scores of LIS researchers in New Zealand and Australia. The study found a positive relationship between scientific age and h-index scores, indicating that the length of a scientist's career should be considered when using the h-index. However, analysis also showed that gender, country of residence, and institutional affiliation had no influence on h-index scores.

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Scientometric Study of The Research Performance on Biodiversity: The Global Perspective

Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.30799/jespr.212.21070201 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 455-457

Author(s):

K. Sivasami

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

Research Performance ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Research Articles ◽

Biodiversity Research ◽

Research Publications ◽

Scientometric Study

This paper examines on scientometric study of the research performance on biodiversity with the data that have been collected from Web of Science database. The study period was chosen from 2011 to 2020 and retrieved 11902 records for the study. This study was planned to find out year-wise publications on biodiversity research from 2011 to 2020, to examine authorship patterns, to find out the top twenty authors contributions, to find out top twenty institutions that contributed to biodiversity research, to find top twenty sources contributions and to identify top twenty countries contributed on biodiversity research. It was found that the year-wise biodiversity research publications show an increase trend. Among the 17 different document types, in the form of research articles have 9102 papers. Out of the 40843 authors, Schmidt B has occupied the first position with 56 contributed papers. 97.46% papers were contributed by collaborative authors, and very least number of papers published by single authors’. Totally 178 countries were contributed on biodiversity research publications, amongst India is the fifteenth place with 407 publications.

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The significance of citation impact indicators of research performance in the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa ◽

10.4102/td.v10i1.15 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Japhet Bakuwa

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Research Output ◽

Research Performance ◽

Citation Impact ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

African Region ◽

Isi Web Of Science ◽

Impact Indicators ◽

Sub Saharan

This paper argues that Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more journals indexed by ISI Web of Science (WoS). Researchers from the region should also publish in other ISI indexed, reputable and high impact journals such as Nature and Science. Inevitably, this will make Sub-Saharan African researchers visible and globally competitive. The Sub- Saharan African region has only about 40 journals out of over 12 000 journals that have been indexed by the ISI Web of Science (WoS). Arguably, ranking of universities across the globe and qualification for Nobel Prizes are determined by metrics-based evaluation of research performance. Sub-Saharan Africa is poorly represented on the world university rankings. The region has also produced only six Nobel Prize award winners from 1901 to 2010. In the same period, USA, UK and Germany produced 326, 116 and 102 recipients respectively. While there are some limitations on the use of citation indicators to evaluate research output, this researcher argues that citation impact indicators of research performance provide policymakers, researchers and funding agencies with an objective measure for assessing research performance and therefore are of great significance in the developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Mapping Dye-sensitised Solar Cells Research in India : A Scientometric Study

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology ◽

10.14429/djlit.38.3.11805 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 149

Author(s):

Bharvi Dutt ◽

Suresh Kumar

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Impact Factor ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Research Performance ◽

Private Universities ◽

Research Articles ◽

The Uk ◽

Scientometric Study ◽

Mainstream Science

The paper examines 718 dye sensitised solar cell (DSSC) research articles published by Indian scientists during 2011-15, which were indexed in Web of Science. It looked into the entire gamut of research performance by performing sectors, institutions, multifarious collaborative aspects, co-authorship and citations etc. Private universities figure among top performing institutions and nano-related aspects dominated DSSC research. DSSC research by Indian researchers was found to be in tune with the mainstream science in the area as about 90 per cent of the research found place in international journals published from USA, the UK and other advanced countries of Europe with respectable impact factor.

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