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
I. Contribution of these institutions to the
mainstream literature in different S&T fields

II. Performance and impact of these institutions in

different fields of S&T

III. Find co-authored linkages of these institutions

 Among themselves
 Others in India
 Abroad
Database & Methodology
 Web of Science
 Advance Search
 Boolean Search

Scientometric Indicators used

I. Publication count
II. Citation Count
III. h-Index
 Ranking of IIT (Data for Year 2010-2014)
[Link]. Name of IIT Total No of h-Index No of Article
Publications

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 48 3045
7. IIT- Guwahati 2092 41 1699
8. IIT-Varanasi 682 14 519
9. IIT-Hyderabad 570 18 452
10. IIT- Indore 449 27 367
11. IIT-Patna 396 18 277
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 4791 13.542

Electronic

2. Materials Science 4608 13.025

Multidisciplinary

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

 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
2014 175 2322 2191 1271 1139 351 1314 8763
Grand 1178 10038 9364 5721 3581 2040 3456 35378
Total
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%