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Life Science Research in Haryana: A Scientometric Assessment of
Publications Output during 2005-14
S. M. Dhawan*, B. M. Gupta**, Ashok Kumar*** and Jivesh Bansal****
To Cite : Dhawan, S. M. et al. (2016). Life Science Research in Haryana: A Scientometric Assessment of Publications Output during 2005-14. International Journal
of Information Dissemination and Technology, 6(S1), S65-71.
*CSIR-National Physical Laboratory,
New Delhi
(Home Add. : 114, Dayanand Vihar, Delhi)
**CSIR-NISTADS
New Delhi
(Home Add. : 1173, Sec.-15, Panchkula)
***Chief Librarian, M.M.University,
Mullana-Ambala
**** A C Joshi Library,
Panjab University,
Chandigarh
Corresponding Author
Jivesh Bansal
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
This paper analyzes 8090 research publications in the area of life sciences in Haryana published during
the last ten years (2005-14). The publications data was sourced from Scopus International database.
The findings reveal that Haryana averaged 12.20% annual growth in life science research, citation
impact of 5.64 citations per paper during 2005-14. Haryana published 24.08% of its research output in
life science as national collaborative papers and 12.48% as international collaborative papers during
2005-14. Among its various subfields, agricultural & biological sciences dominated life science
research accounting for the share (51.61%). The top 20 most productive organizations based out in
Haryana accounted for 84.36% share, registered average productivity of 341.25, averaged 6.01
citations per paper, averaged h-index of 12.5 during 2005-14. The top 20 most productive authors with
affiliations to Haryana accounted for 13.91% share, registered average productivity of 56.25 papers per
author, and averaged 8.88 citations per paper, and averaged h-index of 13.91 during 2005-14. The top
25 journals accounted for 32.44% share of total output (8090) by the state. Thirty 30 highly cited papers
received 100 + citations and together cumulated 4890 citations, with an average citation per paper of
163.0 during 2005-14. In these 30 highly cited papers, 120 authors and 60 organizations from Haryana
had participated.
KeyTerms: Life Science; Research; Scientometric; Publications; Haryana
INTRODUCTION
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific
study of living organisms – such as microorganisms, plants, animals and
human beings – as well as related considerations like bioethics. While
biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological
advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a
burgeoning of specializations and interdisciplinary fields. Some life
sciences focus on a specific type of life. For example, zoology is the study of
animals, while botany is the study of plants. Other life sciences focus on
aspects common to all or many life forms, such as anatomy and genetics.
Yet other fields are interested in technological advances involving living
things, such as bio-engineering. Another major, though more specific,
branch of life sciences involves understanding the mind – neuroscience.
The life sciences are helpful in improving the quality and standard of life.
They have applications in health, agriculture, medicine, and the
pharmaceutical and food science industries. There is considerable overlap
between many of the topics of study in the life sciences1.
Life sciences research is carried out in India by research institutes,
universities & colleges, medical colleges & hospitals, institutes of national
importance, industrial enterprises, etc. Several research institutes under
the government research departments/agencies, such as Department of
Biotechnology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Council of
Medical Research, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Department
of Science & Technology, etc carry out research on different aspects of life
sciences. In addition, these government agencies/departments also
provide extra-mural research support in research projects, award
fellowships and travel grants, etc. In addition, several universities have full
time departments in life sciences and in its sub-fields, besides undertaking
extensive research in this area. In Haryana, research is carried out by various
universities & colleges, research institutes mainly under the Indian Council
of Agricultural Research, medical colleges & hospitals and industrial
enterprises etc.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Only a few quantitative studies have been undertaken till date either on
studying total output in life sciences or studying total output in select fields
of life sciences. Among such studies, Arunachalam studied the life sciences
research in India, as seen from Biological Abstracts (1992–1994). The author
had quantified and mapped researchers from over 1,400 institutions
located in over 450 cities/towns have authored 20,046 papers in 1,582
journals published from 52 countries2. In another study by Arunachalam &
Rino on life sciences research in India, based on papers published in 1998
and indexed in Biosis Biological Abstracts. The authors compared their
findings with an earlier study covering the years 1992-1994. There were
8352 papers in all, and these were published in more than 1080 journals.
About 55% of life science papers were published in 75 Indian journals and
more than 82% of papers were published in journals of impact factor less
than 1.0. The two areas in which the largest number of papers was
published are agriculture and biochemistry and molecular biophysics.
While most agriculture papers had appeared in journals of impact factor
zero or less than 1.0, many biochemistry and molecular biophysics papers
were published in journals of moderate to high impact factors. Close to 59%
of papers were published by academic institutions, much less compared to
64.5% in 1992-1994 study3.
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this study is to analyze publications and citations
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data for assessment of life sciences research in Haryana. The study uses a
series of quantitative and qualitative measures:
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paper during 2005-14. Only 12.48% output from Haryana in life science
during 2005-14 resulted from International collaboration (Table 1).
Table1: Scientometric Profile of Haryana in
Life Science Research, 2005-14
to study the distribution of life science research output by sub-fields;
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to study the national and international collaborative share of papers,
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to measure and analyze annual growth, citation visibility and impact
of research;
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to study the contribution and citation impact of top most productive
organizations and authors; and
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to identify top journals in life science and study the characteristics of
highly cited papers.
Year
TP
TC
ACPP
ICP
%ICP
NC
%NC
2005
420
4716
11.23
58
13.81
101
24.05
2006
447
4733
10.59
66
14.77
106
23.71
2007
516
5539
10.73
63
12.21
135
26.16
2008
575
5626
9.78
71
12.35
149
25.91
2009
604
4110
6.80
83
13.74
109
18.05
2010
819
5399
6.59
74
9.04
199
24.30
2011
956
5706
5.97
121
12.66
220
23.01
2012
1133
5126
4.52
136
12.00
302
26.65
2013
1292
3266
2.53
163
12.62
306
23.68
2014
1328
1437
1.08
175
13.18
321
24.17
2005-09
2562
24724
9.65
341
13.31
600
23.42
2010-14
5528
20934
3.79
669
12.10 1348 24.38
2005-14
8090
45658
5.64
1010 12.48 1948 24.08
CAGR
12.20%
TP=Total Papers; TC=Total Citations; ACPP=Average Citations Per
Paper; ICP=International; Collaborative Publications; NCP=National
Collaborative Papers
METHODOLOGY
The study retrieved and downloaded the publication data of Haryana in life
sciences research from the Scopus database (http://www.scopus.com)
covering 10 years from 2005 to 2014. A number of significant keywords
(names of all major cities of Haryana together) were used in “affiliation city”
tag and restricting these words to the period 2001-14 in “date range tag” in
order to search the total output of Haryana. This search statement was
formed as the main search string. This string was further restricted to five
subareas tags such as “agri”, “bioc”, “phar”, “immu” and “neur”, as shown
below in order to obtain the publication data on life science by Haryana.
Further this main search string was restricted to “subject area tag”, “country
tag”, “source title tag”, “journal title name” and “affiliation tag”, to get
publications output data distributed by subject, collaborating countries,
organization and author-wise and journal-wise etc. For citation data
collection, open citation window has been used where citation data is
collected from the date of publication till 10 November 2015. For citation
impact study, we have used SJR indicator for 2014. The classification of
papers in Scopus database is based on the classification of journals and as a
result, we find the duplication of papers under various subject subfields.
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(AFFILCOUNTRY(India) AND AFFILCITY(Haryana or Hisar or Hissar or
kurukshetra) OR AFFILCITY(Karnal or Rohtak or Gurgaon or Faridabad) OR
AFFILCITY(Ambala or mullana or sirsa or bhiwani) OR AFFILCITY(Manesar or
Sonipat or Sonepat or Murthal) OR AFFILCITY(Yamunanagar or Jagadhri or
Kaithal) OR AFFILCITY(Panchkula or Panipat or Bahadurgarh or Radaur) OR
AFFILCITY(Palwal or Jind or Agroha or Rewari) OR AFFILCITY(Barwala or
Jhajjar or Khanpur or Narnaul)) AND PUBYEAR > 2004 AND PUBYEAR < 2015
AND ( LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"AGRI" ) OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"BIOC" ) OR
LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"PHAR" ) OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"IMMU" ) OR LIMITTO(SUBJAREA,"NEUR" ) )
Haryana published 12.48% (167) of its output in life science as international
collaborative papers during 2005-14. Haryana's partnership in
international collaboration in life science was the largest with the USA
accounting for 328 publications (32.48% share), followed by Germany (96
publications, 9.51% share), U.K. (84 publications, 8.32% share), Japan (68
publications, 6.73% share), Canada (61 publications, 6.04% share),
Australia.(43 publications, 4.26% share), Italy (31 publications, 3.07% share),
Saudi Arabia (31 publications, 3.07% share), China (27 publications,2.67% ),
South Korea (26 publications,2.57% ) and Malaysia (25 publications, 2.47%
share), etc. (Table 1)
DATA ANALYSIS
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National & International Collaboration
Nearly 36.56% of Haryana's research output in life science resulted from
participation in national and international collaboration and the remaining
63.44% output from single institution participation. Haryana published
24.08% of its output in life science as national collaborative papers during
2005-14. The top research organizations that contributed to national
collaborative papers (NCP) included: Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Izatnagar (206 papers), followed by Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi (163 papers), Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi (98 papers), Dr.
Harisingh Gour University, Sagar (89 papers), Panjab University, Chandigarh
(78 papers), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (75 papers), Punjab
Agricultural University India (68 papers), University of Delhi (65 papers), etc
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Publications Analysis
Subject Analysis
Scopus database classified research output in life science into five subfields:
Agricultural & biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics & molecular
biology, pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics, immunology &
microbiology and neurosciences. The total research output of Haryana in
life science published during 2005-14 was accordingly classified for data
analysis by subject.
The annual research output of Haryana in life science cumulated to 8090
publications during 2005-14, up from 420 in 2005 to 1328 publications in
2014, averaging 12.20% annual growth (Table 1). Life science accounted for
41.56% share of Haryana's total state output in S&T during 2005-14. The
citation impact of Haryana in life science averaged to 5.64 citations per
Table 2: Distribution of Life Science Publications Output of Haryana by Subject Areas
Haryana–Pub Count
Subject
Agri & B io Sc
2005- 201009
14
1587 2588
200514
4175
Haryana - % Share
in Life Sc
2005 2010 2005-09
-14
14
61.94 46.8 51.61
2
24.59 32.8 30.25
7
18.81 27.3 24.61
0
B iochem, Genetic 630
1817
2447
& Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
482
1509
1991
T oxicology &
Pharmaceutics
Immunology &
255
573
921
9.95
Mic robiology
Neurosciences
86
154
240
3.36
Life Sc 2562 5528
8090 100
Haryana
Total – S&T
5747 13717 19464
Haryana
Total – All India 76850 149187 226037
Life Sc
S66
10.3
7
2.79
100
Haryana - % Share Haryana - % Share
in Haryana S&T
in India's Life Sc
2005 2010 2005 2005 2010 2005
-09 -14 -14 -09
-14 -14
27.61 18.87 21.45 2.07 1.73 1.85
10.96 13.25 12.57 0.82
1.22 1.08
8.39 11.00 10.23 0.63
1.01 0.88
11.38 4.44
0.33
0.38 0.41
2.97 1.50 1.12 1.23 0.11
100 44.58 40.30 41.56 3.33
0.10 0.11
3.71 3.58
100
4.18
100
4.73
100
7.48
9.19 8.61
100
100
100
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Agricultural & Biological Sciences
Publications output of Haryana in agricultural & biological sciences (4175)
accounted for 51.61% share in Haryana's total output in life science during
2005-14, and in addition it accounted for 21.45% share of Haryana's total
output in S&T during 2005-14, and for 1.85% share of India's total output in
life science. Haryana registered citation impact of 4.27 citations per paper in
agricultural & biological sciences during 2005-14 (Table 2).
The top 10 most productive organizations in agricultural & biological
sciences based out in Haryana included: (i) CCS Haryana Agricultural
University, Hisar (1412 papers and 2.85 citations per paper), (ii) National
Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (917 papers, 4.69 ), (iii) National Bureau of
Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal (248 papers, 3.98), (iv) Kurukshetra
University (215 papers, 4.07), (v) M.D.University, Rohtak (193 papers, 6.27),
(vi) G.J.University of Science & Technology, Hisar (173 papers, 10.1), (vii)
Central Soil & Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (163 papers, 6.69), (viii)
Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal (150 papers, 6.07), (ix) Central
Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar (71 papers, 3.06) and (x) College of
Veterinary Science, Hisar (69 papers, 1.86 ) during 2005-14. These to 10
organizations together accounted for 84.84% share of Haryana's
publications output and 86.13% share of citation output in agricultural &
biological sciences during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive authors in agricultural & biological sciences
based out in Haryana included: (I) B.S. Prakash (NDRI-Karnal)(63 papers and
4.76 citations per paper), (ii) P. Palta (NDRI-Karnal) (45 papers and 5.24), (iii)
A.K.Gupta (NDRI-Karnal) (43 papers and 2.91), (iv) M.S. Chauhan (NDRIKarnal (43 papers, 5.30), (v) R.S.Katara (NBAGR-Karnal) (41 papers and 3.0 ),
(vi) R.S.Gandhi (NDRI-Karnal)(40 papers and 1.25), (vii) R.Prakash (M.D.UnivRohtak) (39 papers and 8.95), (viii) A.Singh (NDRI-Karnal)( 39 papers and
2.64), (ix) B.K.Joshi (NBAGR-Karnal)(38 papers and 2.39) and (x) M.Mukesh
(NBAGR-Karnal ) (37 papers and 5.41) during 2005-14. These top 10 authors
together accounted for 10.25% share of Haryana's publications output and
10.13% citation output in agricultural & biological sciences during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive journals which had published Haryana's
research output in agricultural & biological sciences were: (i) Indian Journal
of Animal Science (515 papers), (ii) Annals of Agri Bio Research (325 papers),
(iii) Annals of Biology (322 papers), (iv) Indian Journal of Agricultural
Science (151 papers), (v) Journal of Food Science & Technology (144
papers), (vi) Indian Journal of Animal Research (84 papers), (vii) Research on
Crops (66 papers), (viii) PLOS One (64 papers), (iv) Tropical Animal Health &
Production (58 papers) and Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Science
(52 papers). These top 10 journals together accounted for 42.66% share of
Haryana's output in agricultural & biological sciences during 2005-14.
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Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology
Publications output of Haryana in biochemistry, genetics & molecular
biology (2447) accounted for 30.25% share in Haryana's total output in life
science during 2005-14, and in addition it accounted for 12.56% share in
Haryana's total output in S&T during 2005-14, and for 1.05% share of India's
total output in life science. Haryana registered citation impact of 7.13
citations per paper in biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology during
2005-14 (Table 2).
The top 10 most productive organizations in biochemistry, genetics &
molecular biology based out in Haryana included: (i) M.D.Univ-Rohtak (307
papers and 7.29 citations per paper), (ii) NDRI-Karnal (307 papers, 7.43), (iii)
Kurukshetra University (265 papers and 8.82), (iv) CSSHAU-Hisar (148
papers, 4.65), (v) NBRC-Gurgaon (137 papers, 18.1), (vi) G J University of S&THisar (132 papers and 9.69), (vii) PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak (101 papers, 3.22),
(viii) NBAGR-Karnal (98 papers, 6.4), (ix) Reliance Research Laboratory,
Gurgaon (82 papers, 12.6) and (x) M. M. Univ-Mullana (60 papers and 2.93)
during 2005-14. These top 10 organizations together accounted for 66.90%
share of Haryana's publications share and 77.23% share of citations output
in biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive authors in biochemistry, genetics & molecular
biology based out in Haryana included: C.S.Pundir (93 papers, 12.5), P. Palta
(40 papers,8.13), M.S.Chauhan (39 papers, 8.74), S.K. Singla (38 papers,
7.71), A.Basu (31 papers, 18.8), B.S.Prakash (29 papers, 6.83), N.R.Jana (28
papers, 25.9), M.Mukesh (28 papers, 6.25), N.Chauhan (27 papers, 15.8) and
S.De (26 papers, 6.23) during 2005-14. These top 10 authors together
accounted for 66.90% share of Haryana's publications output and 77.23%
citations share in biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology during 200514.
The top 10 most productive journals which had published Haryana's
research output in biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology were: (i)
Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research (80 papers), (ii)PLOS One (64
papers), (iii)International Journal of Pharma & Biosciences (60 papers), (iv)
Indian Journal of Biotechnology (47 papers), (v) Indian Journal of Genetics &
Plant Breeding (45 papers), (vi) International Journal of Biological
Macromolecules (42 papers), (vii) Research Journal of Pharmacology,
Biology & Chemistry (38 papers), (viii) Animal Reproduction Science (32
papers), (ix) Indian Journal of Medical Research (32 papers), (x)
Reproduction in Domestic Animals (31 papers). These 10 journals together
accounted for 19.25% share of Haryana's output in biochemistry, genetics &
molecular biology during 2005-14.
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Pharmacology, Toxicology & Pharmaceutics
Publications output of Haryana in pharmacology, toxicology &
pharmaceutics (1991) accounted for 24.61% share in Haryana's total output
in life science during 2005-14, and in addition it accounted for 10.23% share
in Haryana's total output in S&T during 2005-14, and for 0.88% share of
India's total output in life science. Haryana registered citation impact of 6.32
citations per paper in pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics during
2005-14 (Table 2).
The top 10 most productive organizations in pharmacology, toxicology &
pharmaceutics based out in Haryana included: M.D. Univ-Rohtak (299
papers and 5.11), KUK-Kurukshetra (281 papers and 8.84), G J Univ of S & THisar (263 papers and 9.41), PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak (189 papers, 1.74),
Ranbaxy Research Lab. Gurgaon (144 papers, 13.60), M.M.Univ-Mullana
(109 papers and 5.28), CCSHAU-Hisar (47 papers, 2.87), Rajendra Institute of
Technology & Science (35 papers, 6.97) and NBRC-Gurgaon (29 papers, 17.0)
during 2005-14. These top 10 organizations together accounted for 73.08%
share of Haryana's publications and 82.03% citation output in
pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive authors in pharmacology, toxicology &
pharmaceutics based out in Haryana included: B.Narasimhan (GJUST-Hisar)
(84 papers, 10.1), T.Monif (RRL-Gurgaon) (61 papers, 2.56), P.C.Sharma (KUKKurukshetra) (37 papers, 10.51), A.Ray (RRL-Gurgaon) (35 papers,22.71),
D.N.Mishra (GJUST-Hisar) (38 papers, 12.37), O.Prakash (KUK-Kurukshetra)
(32 papers, 16.09), S.Jain (KUK-Kurukshetra) (31 papers, 7.03),
A.K.Madan(GJUST-Hisar) (30 papers, 7.53), P.Khanna (PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak)
(29 papers, 2.03) and M.Parle (GJUST-Hisar) (28 papers, 8.96) during 200514. These top 10 authors together accounted for 20.34% share of Haryana's
publication and 31.22% citation output in pharmacology, toxicology &
pharmaceutics during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive journals which had published Haryana's
research output in pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics were:
International Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science (107 papers),
Medicinal Chemistry Research (78 papers), Journal of Anaesthesiology
Clinical Pharmacology ( 42 papers), European Journal of Medicinal
Chemistry (53 papers), International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science
Review & Research (53 papers), Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica Drug
Research (41 papers), Research Journal of Pharmacology, Biology &
Chemistry (38 papers), Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (35
papers), Der Pharmacia (34 papers) and Indian Journal of Pharmacology (31
papers) during 2005-14. These top 10 journals together accounted for
27.07% share of Haryana output in pharmacology, toxicology &
pharmaceutics during 2005-14.
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Immunology & Microbiology
Publications output of Haryana in immunology & microbiology (921)
accounted for 11.38% share in Haryana's total output in life science during
2005-14, and in addition it accounted for 4.73% share in Haryana's total
output in S&T during 2005-14, and for 0.41% share of India's total output in
life science. Haryana registered citation impact of 8.71 citations per paper in
immunology & microbiology during 2005-14 (Table 2).
The top 10 most productive organizations in immunology & microbiology
based out in Haryana included: NDRI-Karnal (139 papers. 4.4 citations per
paper), CSSHAU-Hisar (97 papers. 9.22), KUK-Kurukshetra (94 papers, 9.23),
MDUNIV-Rohtak (68 papers, 5.94), PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak (65 papers, 1.92),
NRCE-Hisar (54 papers, 7.07). GJUST-Hisar (42 papers, 22.7), NBRC-Gurgaon
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(38 papers, 15.8), THST-Gurgaon (30 papers, 6.37) and COLLVS-Hisar (24
papers, 5.46) during 2005-14. These 10 organizations account together for
78.62% and 71.52% share of Haryana publication and citation output in
immunology & microbiology during 2005-14.
Rohtak (3 papers, 6.33), KUK-Kurukshetra (3 papers, 1.0) and MMIMSRMullana (3 papers, 1.0) during 2005-14. These top 10 organizations
together accounted for 82.08% share of Haryana's publication and 96.61%
citation output in neurosciences during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive authors in immunology & microbiology based
out in Haryana included: (I) P.Khanna (PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak) (29 papers, 2.07
citations per paper). A.Basu (NBRC-Gurgaon) (29 papers, 15.6), R.Verma
(PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak) (27 papers, 2.26 ), A.K.Puniya (NDRI-Karnal) (25
papers,12.2), R.K.SINGH (NRCE-Hisar) (25 papers, 5.28), V.K.Batish (NDRIKarnal) (20 papers, 7.75), J.Sharma (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( 19 papers, 17.7),
S.Grover (NDRI-Karnal) (19 papers, 7.63), S.Chawla (PBDSPGIMS-Rohtak) (18
papers,1.83) and G.Prasad (CSSHAU-Hisar) (17 papers,11.1 ) during 2005-14.
These top 10 authors together accounted for 35.02% share of Haryana's
publication and 25.90% citation output in immunology & microbiology
during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive authors in neurosciences based out in Haryana
included: A.Basu (NBRC-Gurgaon) (143 papers, 27.3), A.Murthy (NBRCGurgaon) (15 papers, 13.9), N.R.Jana (NBRC-Gurgaon) (15 papers, 15.1), S.
Das (NBRC-Gurgaon) (12 papers, 34.5), V. Ravindra (NBRC-Gurgaon) (11
papers, 23.3), N.C. Singh (NBRC-Gurgaon) (10 papers, 6.0), N.Jain (NBRCGurgaon) (9 papers, 23.2), M.K.Mishra (NBRC-Gurgaon) (9 papers, 28.6),
D.K.Kaushik (9 papers, 20.4) and K.Dutta (8 papers, 14.3) during 2005-14.
These top 10 authors together accounted for 57.08% share of Haryana's
publication and 89.80% citation output in neurosciences during 2005-14.
The top 10 most productive journals which had published Haryana's
research output in immunology & microbiology were: (i) Indian Journal of
Biotechnology (47 papers), (ii) Indian Journal of Microbiology (47 papers),
(iii) Human Vaccines & Immuno-therapeutics (34 papers), (iv) Annals of
Microbiology (25 papers), (v) World Journal of Microbiology &
Biotechnology (21 papers), (vi) Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology (21
papers), (vii) Bio-resource Technology (19 papers), (viii) International
Journal of Probiotics & Prebiotics (18 papers); (ix) Applied Biochemistry &
Biotechnology (17 papers), (x) Asian Journal of Microbiology,
Biotechnology & Environmental Science (16 papers) during 2005-14. These
top 10 journals together accounted for 32% share of Haryana output in
immunology & microbiology during 2005-14.
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Neurosciences
Publications output of Haryana in neurosciences (240) accounted for 2.97%
share in Haryana's total output in life science during 2005-14, and in
addition it accounted for 1.23% share in Haryana's total output in S&T
during 2005-14, and for 0.11% share of India's total output in life science.
Haryana registered citation impact of 13.89 citations per paper in
neurosciences during 2005-14 (Table 2).
The top 10 most productive organizations in neurosciences based out in
Haryana included: NBRC-Gurgaon (143 publications, 19.1), PBDSPIMSRohtak (11 publications, 3.18), Paras Hospital-Gurgaon (9 papers, 10.8),
GJUST-Hisar (8 papers, 20.5), MMUNIV-Mullana (8 papers, 1.25), NDRIKarnal (5 papers, 24.4), Ranbaxy Res Lab-Gurgaon (4 papers, 9.5), MDUNIV-
The major Indian journals (along with their output) publishing research in
neurosciences were: Neurology India (15 papers), Journal of Neuro
Chemistry (14 papers), Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice (13
papers ), Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences (12 papers), Neurochemistry
International (11 papers), Journal of Neuroscience (9 papers ), Journal of
Neurophysiology (8 papers), Neuro Science (8 papers), Journal of Neuroinflammation (6 paper) and Neuroscience Letters (8 papers) during 200514. These 10 journals account together for 43.33% share of Haryana output
in neurosciences during 2005-14.
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Scientometric Profile of Top 20 Organizations
The top 20 most productive organization based out in Haryana contributed
individually 48 to 1541 papers authors in life sciences and together they
contributed 6825 papers (84.36% share) and cumulated 41014 citations
(89.83%) during 2005-14. Five of top 20 organizations registered
publications productivity above the group average (341.25 papers per
organization): CCSHAU- Hisar (1541 papers), NDRI-Karnal (1160 papers),
DUNIV- Rohtak (696 papers), KUK-Kurukshetra (685 papers) and GJUSTHisar (528 papers) during 2005-14. Nine of top 20 organization registered
citation impact above the group average (6.01 citations per paper ACPP):
NBRC-Gurgaon (18.54), RRL-Gurgaon (13.62), GJUST-Hisar (9.72), RITS
(8.19), NIT-Kurukshetra (7.63), CSSRI- Karnal (6.90), KUK-Kurukshetra (6.85),
MDUNIV-Rohtak (6.34) and CDLUNIV- Sirsa (6.27) during 2005-14. Seven of
top 20 organizations registered h-index above the group average (18.9):
NBRC-Gurgaon (36), GJUST-Hisar (35), MDUNIV-Rohtak and KUKKurukshetra (31 each), NDRI-Karnal (30), CCSHAU-Hisar (27) and RRLGurgaon (27) during 2005-14 (Table 3).
Table 3: Top 20 Most Productive Organizations in Life Sciences in Haryana
Name of the Organization
CCS Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal
M.D.University (MDUNIV), Rohtak
Kurukshetra University (KUK), Kurukshetra
G,J,University of Science & Technology (GJUST), Hisar
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), Karnal
Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Sciences (PBDSPGIMS), Rohtak
National Brain Research Center (NBRC), Gurgaon
Ranbaxy Research Lab (RRL), Gurgaon
M.M.University (MMUNIV), Mullana
Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR), Karnal
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal
National Research Center on Equines (NRCE), Hisar
C D L University (CDLUNIV), Sirsa
College of Veterinary Science (COLLVS), Hisar
Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB), Hisar
Ranbaxy Lab Ltd (RLL), Gurgaon
Transnational Health Institute of Science & Technology (THIST), Gurgaon
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra
Rajendra Institute of Technology & Science (RITS)
Total of 20 organizations
Total of Haryana in Life Sciences
Share of 20 organizations in Total of Haryana
TP
1541
1160
696
685
528
315
285
Agri
1412
913
193
215
173
248
5
259
203
176
172
168
120
94
92
89
73
65
56
48
6825
8090
24
5
29
150
163
59
69
69
71
4
14
19
0
3835
4175
TP by Subfields
Bioc
Phar
Immu
148
47
97
307
27
139
303
299
66
265
281
94
133
263
42
98
4
16
101
168
65
136
82
60
69
16
36
28
8
29
21
42
25
19
1926
2447
29
144
109
0
3
8
7
0
0
59
8
25
35
1516
1991
38
21
18
17
4
54
13
24
7
1
30
2
0
748
921
TC
Neur
2
0
3
3
8
0
11
136
4
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
176
240
ACPP
4681
6171
4416
4689
5132
1469
685
3.04
5.32
6.34
6.85
9.72
4.66
2.40
27
30
31
31
35
17
12
4802
2764
756
1021
1160
612
589
232
323
367
325
427
393
41014
45658
18.54
13.62
4.30
5.94
6.90
5.10
6.27
2.52
3.63
5.03
5.00
7.63
8.19
6.01
36
27
14
17
18
12
12
8
8
11
9
11
12
18.9
84.36 91.86
78.71
76.14
81.22
73.33
89.83
TP=Total Papers; TC=Total Citations; ACPP=Average Citations Per Paper; ICP=International;
Collaborative Publications; HI = h -index
*Agri=Agricultural & biological sciences; Bioc=Biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology; Phar=Pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics;
Immu=Immunology & microbiology; Neur=Neurosciences
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Scientometric Profile of Top 20 Authors
The top 20 most productive authors in life sciences contributed individually
43 to 97 papers and together they contributed 1125 papers (13.91% share)
and cumulated 9995 citations (21.89% share) during 2005-14. Eight of top
20 authors registered publications productivity above the group average
(56.25 average productivity per author): C.S.Pundir (97 papers), A.Basu (79
papers), B.S.Prakash (75 papers), T.Monif (68 papers), B.Narasimhan (67
papers), M.S.Chauhan (62 papers), P.Palta (60 papers) and R.S.Kataria (59
papers) during 2005-14. Six of top 20 authors registered citation impact
above the group average (8.88 average citation per paper ACPP): A.Basu
(21.49), A.Ray (20.60), A.K.Puniya (14.28), B.Narasimhan (13.38), C.S.Pundir
(12.27), and D.N.Mishra (11.17) during 2005-14. Seven of top 20 authors
registered h-index above the group average (13.9): A.Basu (25), C.S.Pundir
(20), B.Narasimhan and D.N.Mishra (17), A.Ray (15) and A.K.Puniya (14)
during 2005-14. Six of top 20 authors registered share of international
collaborative papers (ICP) above the group average (13.78%): B.Narasimhan
(27.27%), S.De (23.26%), A.Basu (22.78%), R. Prakash (19.57%), R.S.Kataria
(18.64%), B.S.Prakash (17.33%) and A.K.Puniya (16.28%) during 2005-14
(Table 4).
Table 4: Top 20 Most Productive Haryana based
Authors in Life Sciences during 2005-14
Name of the
Organization
C.S.Pundir
A.Basu
B.S.Prakash
T.Monif
B.Narasimhan
M.S.Chauhan
P.Palta
R.S.Kataria
M.Mukesh
A.K.Gupta
SPS Ahlawat
S K Singla
R.Prakash
A.Ray
D.N.Mishra
A K Mohanty
A.K.Puniya
M.S.Tantia
R.K.Vijh
S.De
Total of 20
authors
Total of
Haryana
Share of 20
authors in
Haryana’s
output
Affiliation
TP
TC
ACPP
MDUNIV -Rohtak
NBRC -Gurgaon
NDRI -Karnal
RRL -Gurgaon
GJUST -Hisar
97 1190 12.27
79 1698 21.49
75
411 5.48
68
217 3.19
66
883 13.38
62
403 6.50
NDRI -Karnal
60
402 6.70
NBAGR -Karnal
59
201 3.41
NBAGR -Karnal
53
302 5.70
NRCE -Hisar
52
248 4.77
NBAGR -Karnal
51
391 7.67
NDRI -Karnal
46
352 7.65
MDUNIV -Rohtak 46
374 8.13
RRL -Gurgaon
45
927 20.60
GJUST -Hisar
49
572 11.67
NDRI -Karnal
45
207 4.60
NDRI -Karnal
43
614 14.28
NBAGR -Karnal
43
184 4.28
NBAGR -Karnal
43
192 4.47
NDRI -Karnal
43
227 5.28
1125 9995 8.88
HI
ICP
%ICP
20
25
11
7
17
12
11
8
10
9
11
11
11
15
17
8
14
6
7
8
238
4
18
13
26
18
7
5
11
5
1
0
7
9
3
0
4
7
4
3
10
155
4.12
22.78
17.33
38.24
27.27
11.29
8.33
18.64
9.43
1.92
0.00
15.22
19.57
6.67
0.00
8.89
16.28
9.30
6.98
23.26
13.78
8090 45658
13.91 21.89
TP=Total Papers; TC=Total Citations; ACPP=Average Citations Per Paper;
ICP=International; Collaborative Publications; HI = h-index
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Top 25 Journals
Top 25 journals individually published from 38 to 515 papers and together
these journals accounted for 32.44% (2624 publications) share of Haryana's
total output in life science during 2005-14. The trend in reporting Haryana's
papers in these 25 journals remained stable over time since Haryana's
research output published during 2005-09 (37.79% share) and during 201014 (32.27% share) showed only change (Table 5).
Table 5: Top Journals along with their Output in Life Sciences in Haryana
Name of the Journal
Indian Journal of Animal Science
Annals of Agri Bio Research
Annals of Biology
Indian Journal of Agricultural Science
Journal of Food Science & Technology
International Journal of Pharmacy &
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Indian Journal of Animal Research
Number of Papers
2005-09 2010-14 2005-14
246
269
515
106
219
325
94
228
322
66
85
151
54
85
139
2
105
107
11
Number of Papers
2005-09 2010-14 2005-14
Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research
1
79
80
Medicinal Chemistry Research
3
75
78
Journal of Anesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
42
27
69
Research in Crops
25
41
66
PLOS One
4
60
64
International Journal of Pharma Bio Sciences
0
60
60
Tropical Animal Health & Production
10
48
58
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
14
39
53
International Journal of Pharmaceutical
0
53
53
Sciences Review & Research
Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Science
37
15
52
Michwissenschaft
19
29
48
Indian Journal of Biotechnology
25
22
47
Indian Journal of Microbiology
27
20
47
Physiology & Molecular Biology of Plants
21
23
44
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
1
41
42
Journal of Agrometerology
28
14
42
Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica Drug Research
4
37
41
Research Journal of Pharmaceutical,
0
38
38
Biological & Chemical Sciences
Total of 25 journals
840
1784
2624
Tot al of Ha ryana in L ife Sciences
2562
5528
8090
Share of 25 journals in Haryana L ife
32.78
32.27
32.44
Science output
Name of the Journal
72
83
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Highly Cited Papers
Thirty papers that Haryana had contributed in life science individually
cumulated 100+ citations since their publication during 2005-14. These 30
highly cited papers (19 articles and 11 reviews) together cumulated 4890
citations, averaging 163.0 citations per paper during 2005-14. These 30
highly cited papers (12 single organization papers, 11 national
collaborative papers, and 7 international collaborative papers) involved
120 authors and 60 organizations including 13 Haryana based
organizations: G.J.University of Science & Technology, Hisar, (11 papers) 3
papers each from Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon , CCS Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar and C D L University, Sirsa, 2 papers each from
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Kurukshetra University and
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra and 1 paper each from
National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon, Regional Center for
Biotechnology, Gurgaon, Indian Oil Corporation, Faridabad, M.D.University,
Rohtak, Central Soil & Salinity Research Institute, Karnal and AIJHM College,
Rohtak during 2005-14.
These 30 highly cited papers were published in 20 journals: Journal of
Hazards Materials (6 papers), Bioresource Technology (5 papers), European
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2 papers) and 1 paper each in Acta
Pharmaceutica, Advanced Drug Delivery Review, Biomass & Bioenergy,
British Journal of Pharmacology, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin,
Chemical Engineering Journal, Srug Discovery Today, Euphytica, Field Crop
Repots, Food Chemistry, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience & Remote
Sensing, International Dairy Journal, International Journal of Food
Microbiology, Journal of Plant Physiology, International Journal of Remote
Sensing, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Molecular & Cellular
Biochemistry. A list of top 15 publications is given in Appendix 1.
SUMMARY
This paper analyzes 8090 research publications that Haryana had
contributed in the area of life science during 2005-14. The publication data
was sourced from Scopus International database. The findings reveal that
life science research accounted for 41.56% share of Haryana's total output
in S&T during 2005-014, averaged 12.20% annual growth in life science
research, witnessed citation impact of 5.64 citations per paper, and it
contributed merely 30 highly cited papers during 2005-14. Haryana
published 36.56% of its output in life science research as national
collaborative papers (24.08%) and international collaborative papers
(12.48%) and the remaining 63.44% output resulted from single institution
participation. The field of agricultural & biological sciences dominated life
sciences research accounting for the largest share (51.61%) compared to
other sub-fields in life sciences during 2005-14.
The top 20 most productive organizations based out in Haryana accounted
for 84.36% share, averaged productivity of 341.25 publications per
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organization, averaged 6.01 citations per paper, averaged h-index of 12.5,
and averaged h-index of 18.9 during 2005-14. The top 20 most productive
authors with affiliations to Haryana accounted for 13.91% share, averaged
productivity of 56.25 papers per author, averaged citation impact of 8.88
citations per paper, and averaged h-index of 13.91 during 2005-14. The
research papers contributed by Haryana are widely scattered across
journals given the fact that top 25 journals had accounted for just 32.44%
share of total output (8090) by the state. The top 30 highly cited papers
received 100 + citations and together cumulated 4890 citations, with an
average citation per paper of 163.0. In these 30 highly cited papers, 120
authors and 60 organizations from Haryana had participated.
3.
Antibiotic resistance in food lactic acid bacteria - A review
(Review)
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2005, 105 (3), pp. 281-295.
Cited 216 times.
National Dairy Research Institute, Dairy Microbiology Division
National Collection of Dairy Cultures, Karnal, Haryana
4.
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APPENDIX 1 :
TOP 15 HIGHLY CITED PAPERS
1.
R ayasam, G.V., Tulasi, V.K ., Sodhi, R., Davis, J.A., R ay, A.
Glycogen synthase kinase 3: More than a namesake (Review)
British Journal of Pharmacology, 2009, 156 (6), pp. 885-898. Cited 210
times.
Ranbaxy Research Labs, Department of Pharmacology, Research and
Development (RandD III), Gurgaon, Haryana, India
6.
1.
Garg, U.K., Kaur, M.P., Garg, V.K., Sud, D.
Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution by
agricultural waste biomass (Article).
CONCLUSION
Haryana needs to significantly improve its performance in particular in its
collaborative research both at national and international collaborative
level. Especially the state needs to scale up its participation in collaborative
research with key world leaders in life science, focusing in particular in such
select areas in which the state is already performing like biochemistry,
genetics & molecular biology, pharmacology, toxicology and
pharmaceutics, immunology & microbiology and neurosciences. In
addition, the state should encourage authors to publish much of their
research output in select high impact journals in order to significantly gain
and improve citation performance of their research work in life science as
well as seek to contribute significantly to the body of highly cited papers in
greater number.
Mathur, S., Singh, R.
9.
Pal, M.
Random forest classifier for remote sensing classification
(Article)
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2005, 26 (1), pp. 217-222. Cited
171 times.
National Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering
Kurukshetra 136119 Haryana, India
10. Pal, M., Foody, G.M.
Removal of lead(II) by adsorption using treated granular
activated carbon: Batch and column studies (Article)
Feature selection for classification of hyperspectral data by SVM
(Article)
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2005, 125 (1-3), pp. 211-220. Cited 277
times.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2010, 48 (5), art.
no. 5419028, pp. 2297-2307. Cited 170 times.
Defence R and D Organisation (DRDO), Centre for Fire, Explosives and
Environment Safety (CFEES), Timarpur, Delhi, Guru Jambheshwar
University; Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Hisar, Haryana
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra 136 119, India
University of Nottingham, School of Geography, Nottingham, United
Kingdom
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Nukina, N.
Co-chaperone CHIP associates with expanded polyglutamine
protein and promotes their degradation by proteasomes (Article)
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005, 280 (12), pp. 11635-11640. Cited
162 times.
National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana;
RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama,, Japan
Tokyo Metropol. Inst. of Med. Sci., Tokyo, Japan
12. K a u s h i k , N . , K u m a r, K . , K u m a r, S . , K a u s h i k , N . , R o y, S .
Genetic variability and divergence studies in seed traits and oil
content of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) accessions (Article)
Biomass and Bioenergy, 2007, 31 (7), pp. 497-502. Cited 157 times.
CCS HAU, Regional Research Station, Bawal (Rewari) 123 501, India
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13. Sahdev, S., Khattar, S.K., Saini, K.S.
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14. Rana, S., Bajaj, A., Mout, R., Rotello, V.M.
Monolayer coated gold nanoparticles for delivery applications
(Review)
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2012, 64 (2), pp. 200-216. Cited 137
times. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, A Department of
Chemistry mherst, MA-01003, United States. Regional Center for
Biotechnology, 180 Udyog Vihar Phase 1, Gurgaon 122016, Haryana,
India
15. Arora, M., Kiran, B., Rani, S., Rani, A., Kaur, B., Mittal, N.
Heavy metal accumulation in vegetables irrigated with water
from different sources
Food Chemistry, 2008, 111 (4), pp. 811-815. Cited 136 times
Maharishi Dayanand College, Department of Microbiology, Sri
Ganganagar, Rajasthan . Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and
Technology, Hisar, Haryana.
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