Scholarly Communications of Bharathiar University on Web of Science in Global Perspective: A Scientometric Assessment

Bharathiar University is one of the esteemed university and most vibrant in Tamil Nadu. The University was awarded “A” grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission and it has been ranked amongst top 50 Universities in India by the survey taken by the prominent English magazines India Today and The Week in 2013 respectively. The present study has been undertaken to find out the impact of research produced and publication trends of the university during 2009 to 2018. The study merely focuses on year-wise research output, citation impact at local and global level, prominent authors and their total output, top journals of publications, collaborating countries, and most contributing departments of Bharathiar University. The 10 years’ publication data of the university indicate that a total of 3440 papers have been published from 2009 to 2018 receiving 38104 citations with h-index as 68. In addition to this scientographical mapping of data is presented through graphs using VOS viewer software mapping technique.

Keywords: Citations, Scholarly Communications, Web of Science, Research Performance, Most Productive Authors, Scientometric Analysis, Histcite, VOS viewer, Bharathiar University.