Research Output and Citation Impact of CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India (2010-2019): A Scientometric Analysis

Abstract

This paper analyses the different scientometric parameters to emphasize the publication growth of CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. The data was analysed by various aspects of research output based on Web of Science database for the study period 2010-2019. The study identified a total of 1465 publications which were published on Earth Science subject domain by CSIR-NGRI during the study period 2010-2019. The data is analysed by different scientometric parameters, i.e. Annual distributions of publications, country-wise contribution of articles, annual growth, relative growth rate (RGR) and doubling time, most preferred national/International journals, most productive research areas, prolific authors, Impact factor of Journals, and highly cited articles and citation analysis for the period 2010-2019. The study observes that the scientific community of CSIR-NGRI have to increase the productive output year by year and select the journals which are having the high impact factor for publication and disseminating the results.