Assessment of the contribution of IIT’s: A Scientometrics Analysis Using Publication Output P K Mishra   Indian National Science Academy New Delhi

Scientometrics Analysis Scientometrics is concerned with the analysis of informational dimensions of science, such as Publications Patents Journals Laws of ageing and scatter of scientific information Citation processes, etc.

Application of Scientometrics: Literature searching Assessing the adequacy and coverage of library collections Studying scientific communication Exploring cooperative and social relationships in science Evaluating scientific performance

Need of Study: IIT's have been selected for case study Apex technical education system in India. Most prestigious institutions in India - in terms of Infrastructure Contribution to technical education Major contribution to scientific and technical research.  

Objectives Contribution of these institutions to the mainstream literature in different S&T fields Performance and impact of these institutions in different fields of S&T Find co-authored linkages of these institutions Among themselves Others in India Abroad

Database & Methodology   Database & Methodology Web of Science Advance Search Boolean Search Scientometric Indicators used Publication count Citation Count h-Index

Ranking of IIT (Data for Year 2010-2014) S.No. Name of IIT Total No of Publications h-Index No of Article 1. IIT-Kharagpur 6314 48 5298 2. IIT-Bombay 5650 59 4000 3. IIT-Madras 5234 52 4224 4. IIT-Delhi 4963 45 4089 5. IIT- Kanpur 4220 41 3500 6. IIT-Roorkee 3765 3045 7. IIT- Guwahati 2092 1699 8. IIT-Varanasi 682 14 519 9. IIT-Hyderabad 570 18 452 10. IIT- Indore 449 27 367 11. IIT-Patna 396 277 12. IIT- Bhubaneswar 392 19 328 13 IIT- Ropar 343 22 280 14. IIT- Rupnagar 291 20 240 15. IIT- Mandi 173 12 140 16. IIT- Gandhinagar 169 10 127 17. IIT- Jodhpur 113 08 81

Major Research Area of IIT Rank Top 10 Research Area No of publication (N=35378) Percentage (%) 1. Engineering Electrical Electronic 4791 13.542 2. Materials Science Multidisciplinary  4608  13.025 3. Physics Applied  3182 8.994  4. Chemistry Physical 2291 6.476 5 Chemistry Multidisciplinary  2136  6.038  6. Engineering Mechanical  2022  5.715 7. Nanoscience Nanotechnology  1681 4.752 8. Engineering Chemical  1665  4.706 9. Mechanics  1661 4.695 10. Physics Condensed Matter  1636 4.624

Geographical Distribution of Publication During 2010-2014 Authorship Pattern of Papers Published During 2010-2014 Year One Two Three Four Five Six =>Seven Total 2010 177 1854 1766 912 412 500 255 5876 2011 293 2050 1611 820 498 204 371 5847 2012 171 1919 1782 1268 445 582 675 6842 2013 362 1893 2014 1450 1087 403 841 8050 175 2322 2191 1271 1139 351 1314 8763 Grand Total 1178 10038 9364 5721 3581 2040 3456 35378 Geographical Distribution of Publication During 2010-2014 Rank Country No. of publication (N=35378) Percentage (%) 1 INDIA 35378 100 2 USA 2669  7.544 3 GERMANY  1298  3.669 4 ENGLAND  826 2.335 5 FRANCE  775 2.191 6 CANADA  635  1.795 7 SOUTH KOREA  621 1.755 8 PEOPLES R CHINA 553 1.563 9 JAPAN 536 1.515 10 ITALY 491  1.388

Findings and Conclusion. Ranking of IIT on the basis of publications output:- IIT Kharagpur at 1st Position IIT Bombay at 2nd Position IIT Chennai at 3rd Position IIT Delhi, at 4th Position IIT Kanpur at 5th Position Ranking of IIT on the basis of h-Index IIT Bombay at 1st Position IIT Madras at 2nd Position IIT Kharagpur at 3rd Position IIT Roorkee at 4th Position IIT Delhi at 5th Position  

Findings and Conclusion. Ranking of IIT on the basis of document type article IIT Kharagpur at 1st Position IIT Madras at 2nd Position IIT-Delhi at 3rd Position IIT Bombay at 4th Position IIT Kanpur at 5th Position Authorship Pattern of Publication: 2 Authored Papers (28.37 %) 3 Authored Papers (26.47%) 4 Authored Papers (16.17 %) 5 Authored Papers (10.12 %) =>7 Authored Papers (9.77 %) 6 Authored Papers (5.77 %) 1 Authored Papers (3.33 %)

Findings and Conclusion. Major Research Area of IIT in deceasing order Engineering Electrical & Electronic (13.542 %) Materials Science Multidisciplinary (13.025 %), Applied Physics (8.994 %) Physical Chemistry (6.476 %) Multidisciplinary Chemistry (6.038 %) etc. Contribution of Seventeen IITs to the Mainstream Literature in deceasing order AIP Conference Proceedings with 498 (1.408%) papers RSC Advances with 434 (1.227%) papers Journal of Applied Physics 420 (1.187%) Lecture Notes in Computer Science with 295 (0.834%) Physical Review D with 275 (0.777%), etc

Most Prolific Authors Prof Ashok Kumar, Dept Biol Sci & Bioengn, IIT Kanpur with h-Index 13 Kumar S Ghosh S Das S Kumar P, etc Collaboration of foreign scientists with IITians: USA stands at 1st position with 7.544 % Germany stands at 2nd position with (3.669%) England at 3rd position with 2.335% France at 4th position with 2.191% Canada at 5th position with 1.795%