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A scientometrics approach to schizophrenia research in India: an analysis of publications output during 2002-11
1National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi 110 012, India. bmgupta1@gmail.com
Objectives:
This study analyses the research output of India in schizophrenia research during 2002-11 on several parameters including the growth, rank and global publications share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers, contribution of major collaborative partner countries, contribution of various subject-fields, contribution and impact of most productive institutions and authors, media of communication and characteristics of high cited papers.
Methods:
The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2002-11) by searching the keywords schizophrenia research in the combined Title, Abstract and Keywords fields.
Results:
Among the top 20 most productive countries in schizophrenia research, India ranks at 15th position (with 882 papers) with a global publication share of 1.58% and an annual average publication growth rate of 21.80% during 2002-11. Its citation impact per paper was 3.60 international collaborative publications share was 26.98% during 2002-11.
Conclusions:
Concludes that India needs to increase both the quantity and quality of research and also increase the international collaborative research, besides strengthening and modernizing its research infrastructure. There is need to treat schizophrenia as a priority area in the current and future national S & T plans of India.
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