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Collaboration Patterns of Indian Scientists in Organic Chemistry


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1 CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
 

An analysis of 17,344 papers published by Indian scientists and indexed by Web of Science in the discipline of organic chemistry during 2004–2013 indicates that collaborative coefficient has increased during the later years (2011–2013). Of the total published papers, 6312 (36.4%) were due to domestic and international collaboration. The share of papers in domestic collaboration was 77.3% (4882) and international collaboration was 22.7% (1430). Among the international collaborating countries, India had published highest number of papers with the USA followed by Germany. Academic institutions followed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) contributed the highest number of papers in domestic as well as in international collaboration. However, the value of domestic collaborative index and international collaborative index was less than 100 for both the sectors. The labs funded by CSIR also topped the list of institutions having domestic and international collaborative papers. The compound annual growth rate in domestic and international collaborative papers was 4.7 and 5.3 respectively. The value of domestic collaborative index was highest for CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow and international collaborative index for Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

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Academic Institutions, Collaboration Pattern, Collaborative Index, Organic Chemistry.
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Authors

K. C. Garg
CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India
S. Kumar
CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India
Bebi
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India

Abstract


An analysis of 17,344 papers published by Indian scientists and indexed by Web of Science in the discipline of organic chemistry during 2004–2013 indicates that collaborative coefficient has increased during the later years (2011–2013). Of the total published papers, 6312 (36.4%) were due to domestic and international collaboration. The share of papers in domestic collaboration was 77.3% (4882) and international collaboration was 22.7% (1430). Among the international collaborating countries, India had published highest number of papers with the USA followed by Germany. Academic institutions followed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) contributed the highest number of papers in domestic as well as in international collaboration. However, the value of domestic collaborative index and international collaborative index was less than 100 for both the sectors. The labs funded by CSIR also topped the list of institutions having domestic and international collaborative papers. The compound annual growth rate in domestic and international collaborative papers was 4.7 and 5.3 respectively. The value of domestic collaborative index was highest for CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow and international collaborative index for Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

Keywords


Academic Institutions, Collaboration Pattern, Collaborative Index, Organic Chemistry.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi06%2F1174-1180