Scientific Publication of Dengue Fever Research in India based on the Web of Science Database
Neethu Mohanan
, S. Thanuskodi * and A. AlaguDepartment of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu India.
Corresponding Author E-mail: thanuskodi_s@yahoo.com
Abstract: This study investigated the research productivity of dengue fever literature in India extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) core collection database with the purpose of giving Scientometric description on numerous parameters which include subject explosion, ranks and publications, citation impact, global collaborative papers, most productive journals, authors and countries with their citation, on dengue fever research of Indian publications. There were 960 publications during 2009-2018. A result of the research shows an average citation of 11.25 per paper. The degree of collaboration has been arrived at 0.96 at some stage. The value of Co-Authorship Index (CAI) for single author papers suggests a declining mode from one year period to every other block. On the other hand, it is greater than two authored papers; the co-Authorship Index displays a growing trend.
Keywords: Authorship pattern; Dengue fever; Degree of Collaboration; Doubling time; India; Relative growth rate Back to TOC