SCIENTOMETRIC BENCHMARKING OF RASHTRASANT TUKADOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY AND SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

The study reports the comparative benchmarking of two well-known universities from the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State- Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and Sant Gadge Baba University Amravati. Data were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) for the period of five Years (2015-2019). A total of 1185 records were included in the study from both universities. The research output of SGB Amravati University shows declining trends in graphs and the research output of RTMN University shows consistent research productivity growth. Research depicts various core elements of Scientometrics like- Author Productivity (High Yielded Authors), Highly Producing Journals, Document Types, Languages, Institutional Collaboration and Productivity and Country Collaboration.

Keywords - Bibliometrics, Science Mapping, Scientific Communication, Scientometrics, Scientometric benchmarking.