Sustained impact of publications of C.V. Raman

Abstract

C.V. Raman is being acknowledged by worldwide physics community for his classic works. The present study has made an effort to analyze how much impact in number of citation receiving for his publications. Of course, there was a lack of tools for such a study some years back. The study has limited to the database Science Citation Index for the period 1982-2005. The noteworthy results are: One third of his research papers have been cited at least once; The research papers published during 1918-1940 could make remarkable impact; Three of his papers have shown an upward growth in number of citations receiving; The total citations to papers of age 46 and 54 as on the year 1982 accounted for more than 50 per cent of the total citations received; Research works in the 'Acoustics' area have been cited more than any other area of his works; Eponymal citations are to be explored and analysed to understand the real impact of his works.

Do age and professional rank influence the order of authorship in scientific publications? Some evidence from a micro-level perspective

“…Studies dealing with this second purpose are less common in the literature but equally attractive, since they enable us to delve into different aspects of the behaviour of researchers such as their collaboration habits and interactions, their different roles in the production of new knowledge or the determinants of their scientific performance. Interesting examples of this use of bibliometric indicators are the so-called “bibliometric portraits”, which pursue the bibliometric characterisation of individual scientists (Kalyane and Munnolli 1995; Prakasan et al 2009), reflecting their personal history (Cronin and Shaw 2002). Moreover, studies developed to explore inter-gender differences in the behaviour of scientists (Fox 2005; Mauleon and Bordons 2006) or those focused on the analysis of main determinants of successful professional careers (Carayol and Matt 2004) also deserve being mentioned.…”