Scientometric analysis on scholarly communications of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India

Abstract

Thestudy investigated the research publications of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) during the period 2009-2018as reflected in Web of Science database.The results showthat 1694papers were published and gained 20158citations. The average number of citations per paper identified is 11.89%. Neuroscience Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery are themost preferred domainsto publish the articles. The global collaboration of NIMHANS is mostly with the USA, England, and Australia. The degree of collaboration is 0.99. The researchersof NIMHANS preferto publish their papers in Indian journals. Lotka's lawwas tested to measure the scientific productivity of authors. Further, the study analyzed the author's productivity, predominant authors, institutional collaboration, impact factor and highly cited papers.