Mapping the research output of select research institutes in India: a scientometric approach

Abstract

The study identified the research performance of different government institutes namely, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore, Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, and Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (ICAR-NIANP), Bangalore. The study covers the period 2006-2019 to retrieve the data from Web of Science database. All three institutes produced 898 records. AIISH published 151 articles and got 810 citations, CPRI published 365 articles and received 3049 citations and ICAR-NIANP published 382 articles and gained 2827 citations during the period. AIISH and ICAR-NIANP have published maximum number of papers in “Article Type”. In contrast, CPRI has published good number of papers in “Proceedings Paper”. The H-index of AIISH was 15, the H-index of CPRI was 27 and the H-index of ICAR-NIANP was 26. Further, the study analyzed productive authors of the institutions, highly cited articles, author collaboration, and suitability of Lotka’s law of scientific productivity.