Contribution of Selected Universities of Assam in Scholarly Publications During the year 2011-2020: A Bibliometric Study

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Bibliometrics play an important role in research evaluation. Several attempts have been made to analyze the research performances in different areas using Bibliometrics method. However, no previous study attempts to explore the research performances of Assam Universities. Due to the lack of bibliometric studies on Assam Universities, the present study aimed to explore contribution of scholarly publications of selected universities of Assam during the time span of 2011-2020. A total of 11578 numbers of documents were published during the ten years study period. The data were extracted from the Scopus database to ferret out the publication productivity, research trend, authorship pattern, most prolific author and most preferred journal, the growth of publications and contribution of the universities etc. The study shows that journal articles were the most preferred form of publication. The study noted gradual growth of publication in every year. The prolific research area was science and technology, where physics and chemistry cover a large area. The most prolific author was Das S. and the most preferred journal was RSC Advances.

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Contribution of Selected Universities of Assam in Scholarly Publications
During the year 2011-2020: A Bibliometric Study
Kakali Borah
Librarian,
Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya,
Arunachal Pradesh, 791001
Email: kakaliborah2017@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Bibliometrics play an important role in research evaluation. Several attempts have been made to analyze the
research performances in different areas using Bibliometrics method. However, no previous study attempts
to explore the research performances of Assam Universities. Due to the lack of bibliometric studies on
Assam Universities, the present study aimed to explore contribution of scholarly publications of selected
universities of Assam during the time span of 2011-2020. A total of 11578 numbers of documents were
published during the ten years study period. The data were extracted from the Scopus database to ferret out
the publication productivity, research trend, authorship pattern, most prolific author and most preferred
journal, the growth of publications and contribution of the universities etc. The study shows that journal
articles were the most preferred form of publication. The study noted gradual growth of publication in every
year. The prolific research area was science and technology, where physics and chemistry cover a large
area. The most prolific author was Das S. and the most preferred journal was RSC Advances.
Keywords: Bibliometric, Scholarly Publication, Assam, University, Citation.
1. Introduction:
Scholarly publication is basically apprehended as the publishing of research result. In today’s research
environment, scholarly publication is one of the undeniable elements to enhance research profiles of
academicians. Now-a-days research is an inevitable part of academic life. Research fosters creation of new
knowledge and information in various subject domains, which pave a way to the growth of disciplines
concerned. Research is one of the momentous parameter to define academic excellence of various
institutions, especially college and universities, which considered as the beacon light that play a major role in
the substantial growth of research globally.In India higher education system deals with teaching, research,
innovation and training which in turn aim to foster academic excellence, develop scientific temperament and
ecosystem, industrial innovation and entrepreneurship (Confederation of Indian Industry Higher Education,
2015). Assam which is located in Eastern part of India is enriched with a number of higher education
institutions. These institutions are run by central government, state government and private institutions.
There are two central Universities, 15 state universities; two deemed universities and 6 private universities
(Wikipedia, 2021). According to NIRF ranking 2020, Tezpur University ranks at 65, Gauhati University at
72 and National Institute of Technology, Silchar at 94. However, three universities of Assam made it to the
top 100 university rankings. Tezpur University has ranked in the top 50 Indian universities (Pratidin Bureau,
2020)(Pratidin Bureau, 2020). Because of the high growth of research institutes in India (Department of
Higher Education, MHRD, Govt of India, 2016) it has become very essential to have regular assessment of
research productivity of the higher academic institutions.It is necessary to analyze research productivity of
academic institutions to find out strength and weakness of research products, for which Bibliometric is a

popular tool. So, the present study is undertaken to make an attempt to analyze the research productivity of
some selected universities of Assam based on Bibliometric analysis using the secondary data from Scopus
database. The current study intends to identify the characteristics and research output of some selected
universities of Assam during the year 2011-2020.
2. Literature Review:
Literature review works as a handy guide to a particular topic and it helps us to have a comprehensive
knowledge of the literature available in the field on which a study is being taken up. For this study a total no
of 11 journal articles have been selected, identified and considered for review which covers various aspects
of Bibliometric parameters, research output of universities, research areas etc.
(S. Das et al., 2020) undertook a bibliometric study to find out the research productivity of Mizoram
University during 2002-2018. The study found 2016 and 2017 as the most productive years for this
Universities with 18.43% and 14.33% Publications respectively. The study noted Thapa R. K. and Tiwari D.
as the most prolific author and found Current Science as the most preferred journal for Publication.
(Deka, 2020) carried out a study to explore the research productivity of Dibrughar University from 1989-
2020through the lens of Web of Science database. The study noted a steady growth in reserach Publication.
According to this study 2019 is the most prolific department was chemistry.
(Parabhoi & Verma, 2020) conducted a scientrometrics analysis of Coronavirus research output during 2001-
2020. The study found a total of 14439 documents in the Scopus database. The study found United States as
the most prolific country with 9973 numbers of Publications followed by China. In terms of the numbers of
publications contributed by individual institutes, the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of
Hong Kong ranked first and second position globally. The study noted a considerable growth in Scholarly
Publications related to corona virus in early 2020.
(Parabhoi et al., 2020) conducted a study on gender disparity among Indian LIS professionals assessed by
first author of publications indexed in Scopus database during 1999-2018. The study reviewed 1195 number
of publications published in the field of LIS from 1999-2018. The study found that, during the study period
male author’s outnumbered female authors in terms of first-authored Publications. Hence, overall
contributions by men were higher than by women. The study found B.M. Gupta and M. Tripathy as the most
prolific male and female authors respectively. The most common keyword used by both first author genders
was 'India'. Articles by men outnumbered those by women on both international and national level. The
study noted that female authors published a higher proportion of their papers in International Publications
compared to male authors.
(Sahu & Parabhoi, 2020) conducted a bibliometric study on Library and Information Science journal articles
during 2014 to 2018 to find out the LIS research trends. In this study they reviewed 1357 documents from
2014 to 2018 indexed in Scopus database and found that the preferred source for Publications was
DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. Moreover, they found that Indian LIS
professionals like to publish research papers collaboratively.
(Parabhoi & Sahu, 2019) undertook a study to examine research publications of Himachal Pradesh
University during the year 1972 to 2015. The authors used Scopus database as a data source for the study.

The study revealed that the most preferred form of Publication is journal and they found that Publication
trends in every year were upward hence they noted a steady growth in Publication and inter-university
collaboration over the years.
(Parabhoi & Ghosh, 2019) conducted a comparative study on Annals of Library and Information Studies and
DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology, the two esteem LIS journals to examine the
contribution of international authors in these two Indian journals. In this paper they found that international
contribution to these two journals were unstable. The study noted that authors from Nigeria contributed
highest number of articles i.e. 35 numbers to these two journals.
Another study made by (Parabhoi, 2019) on Scholarly Publications of Academic Librarians in India using
Google Scholar data. The study found a total 683 Publications during 1989-2018. The study found that the
growth of publications was unstable and half of the publications had no citations. The study also identified
that the preferred form of publications of the authors are journal articles and conference papers.
(Kalita, 2017) carried out a study to trace the research productivity and its impact analysis of the central
universities of Nort-east India during 2006-2015. The study found that during the study period the reserach
productivity counted via Publication output have seen a CAGR of 23% and the same for research impact is
52%. The study found 'Chemistry' as the most productive research area followed by physics.
(Parabhoi et al., 2017) conducted a bibliometrics study to analyses the authorship pattern, collaboration
pattern and highly cited paper etc. of Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,
Solan, Nauni during the year 2006 to 2015. The study found that the most preferred form of publication was
journal articles with 88.21% and also reveals that most research took place in the area of biological science
and agriculture.
(Marisha et al., 2017) undertook a study on research performance of 39 central universities of India, where
their stand-point was important indicators of authorship and collaboration pattern, citation impact and
research productivity. The study unveil that, out of 39 central universities, Delhi University performs the
best, followed by Banaras Hindu University.
(Sa, Manoj Kumar; Parabhoi, 2017) conducted a study on research productivity on Facebook. This paper was
mainly focused on to analyze the research productivity on Facebook during the year 2012 to 2015. During
the period of study, a total number of 3054 papers were published, where United States contributed highest
no of papers i.e. 1024 than other country. This study found that social science was the main domain area of
Facebook study.
(Goswami & Hazarika, 2016) carried out a scientomentrics study to examine the research contribution of
Assam University from 2000-2015. The study found a total of 714 numbers of bibliographic records during
the study period, which has a total of 3172 citations. The average output of the University was 45
Publications per year.
(Radhakrishnan & Velmurugan, 2015) has carried out a study of Scholarly Publication of the faculty
members of Periyar University, Salem, India. The study result showed that till 2004 the publication growth
was very low but they noted a steady growth since 2005. They found 2014 as the most productive year with
148 papers.

(Gopikuttan & Aswathy, 2014) carried out a study based on data extracted from Web of Science database to
find out publication productivity of Kerala University. The study examined the overall performance of the
faculty of Kerala University in Scholarly Publications. The study found that the higher number of papers
were produce by the subject chemistry. The study noted that the research productivity of Kerala University
was able to get much appreciation and recognition at international level.
A bibliometrics study on authorship trends in Periodontal Literature was conducted by (Geminiani et al.,
2013). The study reported a significant increase in the average number of authors per publications from 1995
to 2010. The study found a significant change in Periodontal Literature and also found that South Africa and
Asia originating publications have been rapidly increasing in proportion.
(Baby K. & Kumaravel, 2012) analyzed the research productivity of Periyar university. The study found a
steady growth in Publication from 1998 to 2010. The preferred source of publication of the Periyar
University was journal articles.
3. Objective of the Study:
Following are the objectives of the present study:
1. To identify the type of publication of these universities.
2. To find out the year wise growth publication of the papers.
3. To trace the trend of research productivity of these universities.
4. Ranked the authors on the basis of author productivity.
5. To understand authorship pattern of publications.
6. To find out the top most preferred journal of the authors.
7. To find out the most cited papers during these years.
8. To analyze the most preferable area of research.
4. Area of the Study:
The present study deals with the scholarly publication of the universities of Assam. The study is confined to
the five central and state universities of Assam, which are- Tezpur University, Assam University, Dibrugarh
University, Gauhati University and Bodoland University.
5. Methodology:
Methodology is must to complete a research work. Initially, to address the research contribution of the
universities of Assam, first compiled the comprehensive list of universities that are located in Assam from
Google. 05 numbers of universities were selected for the study, which are run by central and state
government. Scopus database used to collect bibliographical and citation data, Scopus is a popular indexing
and abstracting database and widely used for bibliometrics and scientomentrics study (J. M. Das &
Parabhoi, 2020). Data for this study is extracted from the Scopus database on 23-02-2021 using ‘affiliation
search’ filter. Data were analyzed using the bibliographical data visualization tools namely R-Programme
(Bibliometrix package) and Microsoft excel.
6. Data Analysis:

6.1 Types of Scholarly Publication:
The table 1 portrays the types of scholarly publications published during the study period of 10 years i.e.
2011- 2020 in the Universities of Assam. Out of 11578 papers 78.17% (9050) were journal articles followed
by conference papers with 12.30 % (1424) and the other document types like book chapters, reviews,
editorial, book, article in press, data paper, erratum, letter, note, retracted and short survey were of 9.53%
(686).
Table 1: Types of Research Publications
Types
Total No. of Published Documents
Percentage
Article
9050
78.17
Article in Press
2
0.02
Book
32
0.28
Book Chapter
453
3.91
Conference Paper
1424
12.30
Data Paper
1
0.01
Editorial
53
0.46
Erratum
38
0.39
Letter
56
0.40
Note
44
0.38
Retracted
1
0.01
Review
418
3.61
Short Survey
6
0.05
Total
11578
100
6.2 Year Wise Growth in Publication
The following figure presents chronologically, the number of publications published by the Universities of
Assam during the year 2011-2020. The Assam universities contributed total of 11578 numbers of scholarly
publications. There has been a stable growth in research publications of these universities during the study
period except the year 2015, where a slight decrease in publication can be seen from the below figure. The
highest number of documents i.e. 1716 numbers were published in the year 2020, followed by 2019 where
1476 papers were published.

Figure 1: Year Wise Publications Growth
6.3 Contribution of Publications by Universities:
Figure 2 shows university wise contributions of papers, where it can be seen that Tezpur University
contributed the highest number of papers i.e. 3847, followed by Gauhati University, which has contributed
3317 papers. Moreover, Cotton University has contributed 429 papers and Bodoland University has the least
number of papers i.e. 157.
6.4 Most Prolific Authors:
After analyzing the data of publication of the Universities of Assam during 2011-2020,the study found that
total of 11578 number of publications were contributed by 13074 number of authors. The authors were
ranked according to their number of scholarly publications. The author who published more number of
papers is considered as the most prolific author. The study reveals S. Das as the most prolific author with 228
numbers of publications, followed by A. Kumar with 210 publications, Karak N. 185 number of publications
and so on. On the observation of the table 2, it has been clearly shown that out of total publications during
657 799 953
1195 1081 1213 1226 1262
1476
1716
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
publications
Publications
Total
2260
157 429
1568
3317
3847
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
Assam
University
Bodoland
University
Cotton
University
Dibrugarh
University
Gauhati
University
Tezpur
University
Total
Total
Figure 2: Contribution of Publication by Universities

the study period of ten years, the top 10 authors have contributed 14.52% out total publications. The study
found Karak N. as the top author on the basis of Average Citation Per Paper (ACPP).
Table 2: Most Prolific Author
Sl No
Author
Documents
Citations
ACPP
Rank as per
ACPP
1
Das S.
228
1556
6.82
8
2
Kumar A.
210
2290
10.90
4
3
Karak N.
185
4793
25.90
1
4
Chakraborty S.
179
1244
6.95
7
5
Roy S.
168
687
4.09
10
6
Ghosh S.K.
155
1589
10.25
5
7
Dutta H.
152
676
4.45
9
8
Bhattacharyya D.K.
136
2593
19.07
2
9
Das D.
134
1111
8.29
6
10
Deka R.C.
134
1734
12.94
3
6.5 Authorship Pattern:
Table 3 portrays the authorship pattern of publication of selected universities of Assam during the study
period 2011-2020. The table indicates that instead of individual authorship, collaborative authorship was
more popular and published more papers. The authorship data were classified into two classes’ namely
multi-authored and single-authored documents. The data shows that multi-authored papers contributed 93.77
% of the total publications, whereas single authored papers contributed only 6.23 %, which portrays that the
research community preferred to publish their papers collaboratively.
Authorship Pattern
No. of Authors
No. of Documents
Percentage
Single- authored
394
721
6.23
Multi-authored
12680
10857
93.77
Total
13074
11578
100
6.6 Most Preferred Journals:
Table 3: Authorship Pattern

The following table shows the most preferred journals of the research community of the universities of
Assam. It shows that the RSC Advances was the most preferred journal with 140 papers, followed by
Current Science with 106 papers. It can be seen that the research community has published their papers in
both Indian and International journals. The journals in the domain of science and technology and especially
which deals with the subject of physics and chemistry were the most popular and most productive area of
research.
6.7 Top Cited Papers:
In the following table top 10 cited papers were listed. The paper titled “Plant Growth Promoting
Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Emergence in Agriculture” by Bhattacharyya P. N., Jha D. K. of Gauhati University,
published in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology is the most cited paper which was highly
cited 893 times, followed by “Network Anomaly Detection: Methods, Systems and Tools” by Bhuyan M. H.,
Bhattacharya D. K., Kalita J. K. of Tezpur University, published in IEEE Communications Surveys and
Tutorials with 601 citations and “Kinetics of Adsorption of Metal Ions on Inorganic Materials: A Review”
S/N
Sources
Articles
1
RSC Advances
140
2
Current Science
106
3
International Journal Of Scientific And Technology Research
97
4
Advances In Intelligent Systems And Computing
96
5
Tetrahedron Letters
89
6
Physics Letters Section B: Nuclear Elementary Particle And High-Energy Physics
80
7
Chemistryselect
75
8
Aip Conference Proceedings
68
9
Journal Of Physics: Conference Series
67
10
Lecture Notes In Electrical Engineering
67
11
International Journal Of Pharmacy And Pharmaceutical Sciences
65
12
Indian Journal Of Physics
63
13
New Journal Of Chemistry
63
14
Asian Journal Of Chemistry
61
15
Lecture Notes In Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes In Artificial
Intelligence And Lecture Notes In Bioinformatics)
61
16
Journal Of High Energy Physics
58
17
European Physical Journal C
52
18
Economic And Political Weekly
50
19
Journal Of Food Science And Technology
47
20
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
45
Table 4: Most Preferred Journals by the Research Community of Assam Universities

by Sen Gupta S., Bhattacharya K.G. of Gauhati University, published in Advances in Colloid and Interface
Science, which has 501 number of citations and so on. Further, data informed that, highly cited papers were
published by collaboratively.
Table 5: Top Cited Papers
Sl No
University
Title
Authors
Year
Source title
Cited by
1
Gauhati University
Plant growth-promoting
rhizobacteria (PGPR):
Emergence in
agriculture
Bhattacharyya
P.N., Jha D.K.
2012
World Journal of
Microbiology and
Biotechnology
893
2
Tezpur University
Network anomaly
detection: Methods,
systems and tools
Bhuyan M.H.,
Bhattacharyya
D.K., Kalita
J.K.
2014
IEEE
Communications
Surveys and Tutorials
601
3
Gauhati University
Kinetics of adsorption of
metal ions on inorganic
materials: A review
Sen Gupta S.,
Bhattacharyya
K.G.
2011
Advances in Colloid
and Interface Science
501
4
Gauhati University
Long-range angular
correlations on the near
and away side in p-Pb
collisions at √sNN=5.02
TeV
Abelev B.,
eta,al..
2013
Physics Letters,
Section B: Nuclear,
Elementary Particle
and High-Energy
Physics
491
5
Tezpur University
A green and facile
approach for the
synthesis of water
soluble fluorescent
carbon dots from banana
juice
De B., Karak
N.
2013
RSC Advances
444
6
Gauhati University
Performance of the
ALICE experiment at
the CERN LHC
Abelev B.,
eta,al..
2014
International Journal
of Modern Physics A
410
7
Tezpur University
Green reduction of
graphene oxide by
aqueous phytoextracts
Thakur S.,
Karak N.
2012
Carbon
348
8
Tezpur University
Routing and Spectrum
Allocation in Elastic
Optical Networks: A
Tutorial
Chatterjee
B.C., Sarma
N., Oki E.
2015
IEEE
Communications
Surveys and Tutorials
347
9
Assam University
Reactive oxygen species
signaling in plants under
abiotic stress
Choudhury S.,
eta, al
2013
Plant Signaling and
Behavior
311
10
Assam University
Excess copper induced
oxidative stress and
response of antioxidants
in rice
Thounaojam
T.C., eta,al..
2012
Plant Physiology and
Biochemistry
239

6.8 Keyword Analysis:
Author’s keywords analyzed using biblioshiny tool and package of R-programming. The following figure
indicates the analysis of the most frequently used keywords during the year 2011-2020. The study found a
total 25253 unique keywords used during the study period. The figure showed that Assam was the first and
frequently used keyword, followed by India and antioxidant respectively. Closer inspection of figure shows
that, the researchers of Assam Universities focused areas were sciences and their related branches which
were related India and Assam.
6.9 Current Trends:
The highest number of papers i.e. 1716 has been published in the year 2020 in the selected universities of
Assam during the study period 2011 to 2020.
▪ Das S. is the most prolific author with 228 numbers of papers.
▪ The study also shows that multi-authors have been published highest number of articles i.e. 10, 857
numbers of documents during 2011-2020.
▪ During the study period (2011-2020) RSC Advances, Current Science, International Journal of
Scientific and Technology Research are the “core journals” in the field of scholarly publications.
▪ The study also reveals that the most preferred area of research were physics and chemistry than
humanities.
7. Conclusion:
Figure 3: Keyword Analysis

This study analyzed contribution of the universities of Assam in scholarly publication during the year 2011-
2020. This study noted a significant growth in research publications during 2011-2020. There were a total
11578 numbers of papers published by 13074 numbers of authors. The study found 2020 as the most
productive year with 1716 number of publications and identified Das S.as the most prolific author with 228
numbers of papers. Furthermore, the data indicates that single authors published 721 (6.23 %) and multi-
authors published 10857 (93.77%) papers during the study period. It proves that research community is
interested in collaborative research work than independent work. Moreover, the study reveals that the most
cited paper is “Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Emergence in Agriculture” by Bhattacharyya
P. N. with 893 citations, followed by “Network Anomaly Detection: Methods, Systems and Tools” by
Bhuyan M. H., Bhattacharya D. K., Kalita J.K. with 601 citations. It is also found that Tezpur University has
contributed the highest number of papers i.e. 3847 and Bodoland University has contributed least number of
papers i.e. 157. It is also revealed that majority of authors preferred to publish their articles in RSC
Advances. Furthermore, keyword analysis revealed that words such as “Assam”, “India”, “Antioxidant”
were mostly used in research publications. The study found that though the scholarly publications of the
universities are gradually increasing, but it is not satisfactory yet to pace the ever-increasing publications of
other universities. These universities need to work hard on enhancing the research profiles of their research
community.
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