Open AccessA scientometric analysis of Indian research output in medicine during 1999-2008
Author(s) -
Bindiya Gupta,
Adarsh Bala
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.82313
Subject(s) - scopus , context (archaeology) , quality (philosophy) , medical research , bibliometrics , political science , business , public relations , medicine , library science , medline , geography , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , pathology , law
This study analyzes the research activities of India in medicine during 1999-2008, based on the total publication output, its growth rate, quality of papers published and rank of India in the global context. Patterns of international collaborative research output and the major partner countries of India are also discussed. This study also evaluates the research performance of different types of Indian medical colleges, hospitals, research institutes, universities and research foundations and the characteristics of published literature in Indian and foreign journals. It also analyzes the medical research output by disease and organs.