Mapping of dental science research in India: a scientometric analysis of India’s research output, 1999–2008

Abstract

The study examines India's performance based on its publication output in dental sciences during 1999-2008, based on several parameters, including the country annual average growth rate, global publication share & rank among 25 most productive countries of the world, national publication output and impact in terms of average citations per paper, international collaboration output and share and contribution of major collaborative partners, contribution and impact of select top 25 Indian institutions and select top 15 most productive authors, patterns of communication in national and international journals and characteristics of its 45 high cited papers. The study uses 10 years (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008) publications data in dental sciences of India and other countries drawn from Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database.

Bibliometric analysis of dental education journals, Web of Science, 2007-2013.

“…Besides, it relates to higher productivity in dental sciences by the United States, which widely leads the rankings at the level of publications in ISI journals 3 and Scopus [1][2] .…”

“…In recent years, there have been various bibliometric assessments in the dental field at international level [1][2][3] . This is a way of knowing quantitative and qualitative aspects of knowledge production in various scientific disciplines and generates data to design policies which promote scientific development 4 .…”

“…In general, these studies have shown that research is of a low level of evidence and concentrated in a few developed countries [5][6][7][8][9] , although some developing countries have placed in better positions in the past few years [1][2][3] .…”

Participación chilena en reuniones IADR mundiales, 2001-2012

“…En latinoamérica, la práctica científica y la generación de nuevos conocimientos en salud bucal es un bien escaso y costoso, principalmente producto de la falta de una adecuada infraestructura e investigadores con dedicación exclusiva, pero ante todo debido a la ausencia de políticas que estimulen el desarrollo científico del área (12) , una situación que afortunadamente ha ido mejorando en los últimos años, liderados por Brasil (7,13) . En el caso chileno, si bien la situación ha mejorado a lo largo de la primera década del presente siglo, aún estamos lejos de los grandes productores a nivel mundial (10) .…”

Publication Trends and Citation Impact of Tribology Research in India: A Scientometric Study

“…Gupta, Kshitij, and Verma (2011) analyzed the Indian contribution in computer science published during 1999-2008 based on the bibliographic records retrieved from SCOPUS. Kaur and Gupta (2010) studied 1380 Indian dental science papers published during 1999-2008 as covered in SCOPUS. They focused on research output and quality, identification of leading authors and institutions, and major collaborating partners.…”