Research Performance of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad: A Scientometric View

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This paper deals with the scientometric analysis of the research performance of two Indian Institute of Technology viz. IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad. The bibliographic data of both the IITs during 2017-2022 was extracted from the Scopus database and used for further analysis. Various scientometric indicators have been computed to get an in-depth insight of the research performance of these IITs. The results of research performance showed a promising trend at both the IITs. Moreover, both the IITs showed collaborative trends in publications. Subudhi S. and Prasanna S.R.M were the most productive authors at IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad respectively. Journal articles is the most favoured bibliographic form of the authors at both the IITs.

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Research Performance of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad: A Scientometric View
Kush Sibbu
Department of Library & Information Science,
Rani Channamma University, Vidyasangama, NH-04,
Belagavi, Karnataka.
Email: kush@iitgoa.ac.in
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2614-4072
Dr Ramesh Kuri
Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science,
Rani Channamma University, Vidyasangama, NH-04,
Belagavi, Karnataka.
Email: rameshkuri.rcu@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-5995
ABSTRACT
This paper deals with the scientometric analysis of the research performance of two Indian Institute of
Technology viz. IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad. The bibliographic data of both the IITs during 2017-2022 was
extracted from the Scopus database and used for further analysis. Various scientometric indicators have been
computed to get an in-depth insight of the research performance of these IITs. The results of research
performance showed a promising trend at both the IITs. Moreover, both the IITs showed collaborative trends
in publications. Subudhi S. and Prasanna S.R.M were the most productive authors at IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad
respectively. Journal articles is the most favoured bibliographic form of the authors at both the IITs.
Keywords: Scientometric analysis, Publications, Research performance, Scopus, IIT Goa, IIT Dharwad
1. INTRODUCTION
The Indian Institutes of Technology are one of the most prestigious brand of engineering institutes in
India. They are one of the most sought after institutes by every aspiring engineer. IITs came into existence by
an Act of Parliament known as the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 and hence all the IITs are governed by
this Act. All IITs are under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, however, each IIT is an
autonomous body i.e. they can develop their own curriculum and adapt to the rapidly changing educational

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scenario free from any bureaucratic hurdles. Currently there are 23 IITs across India and all of them are listed
as “Institutes of National Importance” in the IIT Act, 1961. Out of these 23 IITs, 7 are most recently established
IITs during 2015 and 2016. The main objective of starting these new IITs was to provide a boost to the quality
of technical education in India. IIT Palakkad and IIT Tirupati were established in 2015 while, IIT Bhilai, IIT
Jammu, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad came into existence in 2016. (About IITs | Council of
Indian Institute of Technology, 2022).
In the current study, IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad which are situated in the western part of India and in
close proximity to each other have been selected. They are in their initial phase of development both in terms
of physical and research infrastructure. Both these institutes are currently offering undergraduate, postgraduate
and doctoral programmes in various disciplines. This study will be useful for all the stakeholders namely
research scholars, funding agencies and prospective faculty members to take a note of the research output of
both the institutes in terms of publications (quantity) and its research impact (quality) in terms of citations.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Review of the related literature forms an essential part of the research publications. It actually empowers
the researcher to understand the past research interests, research trends and the importance of the research
performance in a particular discipline. It also assists the investigator to identify the research gap and accordingly
formulate the research problem. There are ample number of research papers on assessing the research
performance of the premier institutes like IITs, NITs, IISERs, etc.
For instance, (Gangan Prathap, 2013) has analysed the research performance of the IITs and compared
them with other world renowned engineering and technology institutes by using various bibliometric techniques.
Similarly, (Banshal et al., 2019) has compared the research performance of private universities in India with
other premier institutes like IITs, NITs, Central Universities during 2010-2016 to determine the quality of
research, disciplinary variations, research trends, etc. This study also came out with significant conclusions that
private universities may surpass the Central Universities in terms of research output in near future as well as
they also seem to perform well on international collaboration front. (Banalata Pradhan & Ramesh, 2017)
conducted a scientometric study wherein they have analysed the research performance of two renowned IITs
viz. IIT Bombay and IIT Madras during 2006-2015. The study was concluded with very interesting results such

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as the productivity of both the IITs grew consistently throughout the study period, while, the IITB authors were
highly cited as compared to IITM. In another scientometric study conducted by (Shettar, Iranna M. & Angadi,
2018) showed the research performance and technological development of NITK, Surathkal, wherein, the
annual growth of productivity, author collaboration pattern and individual performance of the researchers were
showcased. (Bijayananda Pradhan, Kuri, et al., 2020) carried out a Scientometric analysis of NIT Rourkela to
examine its research productivity. This study concluded with very rapid, strong and optimistic growth in
research performance along with maintaining high quality of research at NIT Rourkela. In yet another study
carried out by (Bijayananda Pradhan, Kumar, et al., 2020) explored the research performance of Sambalpur
University during 1990-2019. This study evaluated the research output of two decades indexed in Scopus
database. The major findings of this study was the annual growth rate of publications, authorship patterns, most
prolific author, most preferred journal and collaborative countries. (Parida et al., 2020) also analysed the
research performance of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar during 2012-2019. It
was found in this study that 2019 witnessed the highest number of publications by AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
Further, the study also identified the most prolific author, most preferred journal, most participating countries
among international collaboration with the institute. (Kuri et al., 2020) has also attempted to identify the
research trends at Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad during 2002-2020. It was observed that 2015
and 2018 were the most productive years, while, 2002 was the least productive. Further, collaborative
authorship pattern was mostly witnessed, United States followed by United Kingdom were the most
participating countries among international collaboration and National Science Foundation was the top funding
agency. (Patel et al., 2021) carried out the bibliometric analysis of the research articles published in the
Webology Journal during 2006-2020. It was observed that there was a significant increase in the annual growth
rate of publications, while, the highest productivity per author was witnessed in 2007.
3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are as under:
1) To examine the chronological growth rate of the publications and citations.
2) To identify the type of bibliographic form used for communicating research results.
3) To identify top ten most prolific authors and top ten highly cited publications.

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4) To find out the most trending research areas for publications.
5) To investigate the authorship and collaboration pattern of the publications.
6) Keyword Co-occurrence Analysis for both the institutes.
4. METHODOLOGY
In the current study, the data was collected using the Scopus database for the period during 2017-2022.
The records were retrieved using a search strategy as AF-ID ("Indian Institute of Technology Goa"
60114558) for IIT Goa and in the similar manner for IIT Dharwad. A total of 348 and 327 bibliographic records
of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad were retrieved respectively from Scopus database in CSV (Comma-Separated
Values) format and further analysed using MS Excel. The required dataset was finally organized for further
analysis in the form of tables and graphs for interpretation and deliberations to reach meaningful conclusions.
5. DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION
5.1 Chronological Growth rate of Publications and Citations:
Total number of publications published during 2017-2022 affiliated to IIT Goa were 348 that received
1122 citations, whereas, during the same period IIT Dharwad published 327 publications that received 1794
citations. The highest number of publications (125) affiliated to IIT Goa were in 2021 that received 141
citations, whereas, during the same year IIT Dharwad also had highest number of publications (108) that
received 172 citations. On further analysing the data, the average number of publications per year (58) and the
average number of citations per year (187) for IIT Goa was derived, whereas, the average number of publications
per year (54.5) and the average number of citations per year (299) for IIT Dharwad was derived. Similarly, the
data was further analysed to derive the average number of citations per publication for IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad
that is (3.22) and (5.49) respectively. Figure 1 as shown below represents the year-wise growth rate of
publications and citations of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad. The highest growth rate of publications (2200%) and
citations (3280%) for IIT Goa was observed in 2018, whereas, the highest growth rate of publications (950%)
and citations (517.65%) for IIT Dharwad was also observed in 2018. As shown in the Table 1 below, the highest
average citation per publication is (7.35) in 2018 for IIT Goa, whereas, (16.95) in 2019 for IIT Dharwad.

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Table 1: Chronological Growth Rate (in %) of Publications and Citations
IIT Goa
IIT Dharwad
Year
TNP
% of
TP
GRP
TNC
% of
TC
Growth
rate of
citations
ACPP
TNP
% of
TP
GRP
TNC
% of
TC
Growth
rate of
citations
ACPP
2017
1
0.29
-
5
0.45
-
5
4
1.22
-
51
2.84
-
12.75
2018
23
6.61
2200%
169
15.06
3280%
7.35
42
12.84
950%
315
17.56
517.65%
7.5
2019
65
18.68
182.61%
380
33.87
124.85%
5.85
61
18.65
45.24%
1034
57.64
228.25%
16.95
2020
89
25.57
36.92%
419
37.34
10.26%
4.71
71
21.71
16.39%
214
11.93
-79.30%
3.01
2021
125
35.92
40.45%
141
12.57
-66.35%
1.128
108
33.03
52.11%
172
9.59
-19.63%
1.59
2022
45
12.93
-64%
8
0.71
-94.33%
0.18
41
12.54
-
62.04%
8
0.44
-95.35%
0.20
Total
348
100
1122
100
3.22
327
100
1794
100
5.49
*TNP: Total number of Publications
*TNC: Total number of Citations
*ACPP: Average Citation Per Publication
*GRP: Growth Rate of Publications
Figure 1: Chronological Growth rate of Publications and Citations of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad
5.2 Distribution of the publications in various bibliographic forms:
Distribution of the publications in various bibliographic forms are shown in the Table 2 below. IIT Goa
and IIT Dharwad publications are distributed in various bibliographic forms like Journal Articles, Book
Chapters, Conference papers, Editorials, Letters, Reviews, etc. It is evident from the Figure 2 given below that
majority of the publications of IIT Goa were published as Journal Articles and Conference papers that received
880 and 152 citations respectively, similarly, in the case of IIT Dharwad majority of the publications were also
published as Journal Articles and Conference Papers that received 1384 and 262 citations respectively.
5
169
380
419
141
8
1
23
65
89
125
45
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
No. of Publications
No. of Citations
IIT Goa
TNC TNP
51
315
1034
214 172
8
4
42
61
71
108
41
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
No. of Publications
No. of Citations
IIT Dharwad
TNC TNP

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Table 2: Distribution of the publications in various bibliographic forms
Figure 2: Distribution of the publications by bibliographic forms of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad
5.3 Most Prolific Authors of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad:
The top 10 most prolific authors on the basis of number of publications of both the institutes are shown
in Table 3 below. The authors who were most prolific at IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad were Subudhi, B. and
Prasanna S.R.M with (72) publications; (209) citations and (51) publications; (126) citations respectively. This
was followed by Sinha, S. with (26) publications; (67) citations at IIT Goa and Mahadeva Prasanna, S.R. with
(21) publications; (64) citations at IIT Dharwad. Similarly, Das, S.K. with (24) publications and (195) citations
at IIT Goa, whereas, Seshu, P. with (17) publications and (35) citations at IIT Dharwad. In the same way the
list of authors (Top 10) of both the institutes are arranged in descending order of their number of publications
in the Table 3 given below.
880
02
152
0 0 34 54 0
210
05
123
1 1 1 610
50
100
150
200
250
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
TNP
No. of Times Cited
Bibliographic forms
IIT Goa
No. of Times Cited TNP
1384
05
262
10 0 139 0
179
18
123
42010 00
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
TNP
No. of Times Cited
Bibliographic forms
IIT Dharwad
No. of Times Cited TNP
IIT Goa
IIT Dharwad
Bibliographic forms
TNP
Percentage (%)
No. of
Times
Cited
TNP
Percentage (%)
No. of
Times
Cited
Article
210
60.34
880
179
54.74
1384
Book
0
0
0
1
0.31
0
Book Chapter
5
1.44
2
8
2.45
5
Conference Paper
123
35.34
152
123
37.61
262
Editorial
1
0.29
0
4
1.22
1
Erratum
1
0.29
0
2
0.61
0
Letter
1
0.29
34
0
0
0
Review
6
1.72
54
10
3.06
139
Short Survey
1
0.29
0
0
0
0
Total
348
100
327
100
*TNP: Total number of Publications

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Table 3: Top 10 Most Prolific Authors on the basis of number of publications of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad
5.4 Highly Cited Publications of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad:
The highly cited publications of both the institutes during 2017-2022 are shown below in Table 4. The
paper titled “Toward the determination of heavy-quark transport coefficients in quark-gluon plasma” that
appeared in Physical Review C in 2019 received highest number of citations (59) at IIT Goa, whereas, at IIT
Dharwad the paper titled “The Landscape of Circular RNA in Cancer” that appeared in Cell in 2019 received
the highest number of citations (624). This was followed by the paper titled “Transmission of airborne virus
through sneezed and coughed droplets” published in Physics of Fluids in 2020 with (48) citations at IIT Goa,
similarly, at IIT Dharwad the paper titled “Analysis of the androgen receptor-regulated IncRNA landscape
identifies a role for ARLNC1 in prostate cancer progression” published in Nature Genetics in 2018 with (121)
citations. Similarly, the list of top 10 highly cited publications of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad are arranged in the
descending order of the citations received by them as shown in Table 4 below:
IIT Goa
IIT Dharwad
Author Name
No. of
Authorships
No. of
Times Cited
h-Index
Author Name
No. of
Authorships
No. of
Times
Cited
h-Index
Subudhi B
72
209
8
Prasanna S.R.M.
51
126
5
Sinha S
26
67
5
Mahadeva
Prasanna S.R.
21
64
4
Das S.K.
24
195
7
Seshu P
17
35
4
Deka K
19
88
5
Guha A
15
33
4
Kore S.D.
19
55
5
Sarmah P
14
31
4
Sharma S
16
76
5
Sen S
13
5
1
Nandy A
13
40
4
Bhat R.V.
12
28
3
Ray P.K.
13
18
2
Desai R
12
33
4
Zhang W
13
52
4
Basavarajappa S
11
34
3
Sashidhar S /
Sampathirao S
12
12
2
Kalita S
11
46
3

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Table 4: Top 10 Highly Cited Publications of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad
IIT Goa
IIT Dharwad
Title
Source title
Year
Cited
by
Title
Source title
Year
Cited
by
Toward the determination of
heavy-quark transport
coefficients in quark-gluon
plasma
Physical Review C
2019
59
The Landscape of Circular
RNA in Cancer
Cell
2019
624
Transmission of airborne
virus through sneezed and
coughed droplets
Physics of Fluids
2020
48
Analysis of the androgen
receptor-regulated lncRNA
landscape identifies a role
for ARLNC1 in prostate
cancer progression
Nature
Genetics
2018
121
A Comprehensive Review
of Path Planning Algorithms
for Autonomous
Underwater Vehicles
International
Journal of
Automation and
Computing
2020
47
Functional π-Conjugated
Two-Dimensional Covalent
Organic Frameworks
ACS Applied
Materials and
Interfaces
2019
72
Single-shot large field of
view imaging with scattering
media by spatial
demultiplexing
Applied Optics
2018
35
Biosynthesis and Chemical
Applications of Thioamides
ACS Chemical
Biology
2019
55
Coulomb blockade in an
atomically thin quantum dot
coupled to a tunable Fermi
reservoir
Nature
Nanotechnology
2019
34
Direct observation of
glucose fingerprint using in
vivo Raman spectroscopy
Science
Advances
2020
45
Joint Power-Domain and
SCMA-Based NOMA
System for Downlink in 5G
and beyond
IEEE
Communications
Letters
2019
30
Air Pollution Monitoring
Using Near Room
Temperature Resistive Gas
Sensors: A Review
IEEE
Transactions
on Electron
Devices
2019
35
Position control of a flexible
manipulator using a new
nonlinear self-Tuning PID
controller
IEEE/CAA Journal
of Automatica
Sinica
2020
23
Coupled Inductor-Based
Zero Current Switching
Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker
Topologies
IEEE
Transactions
on Industry
Applications
2019
26
Transfer of mass and
momentum at rough and
porous surfaces
Journal of Fluid
Mechanics
2019
23
Immune associated
LncRNAs identify novel
prognostic subtypes of renal
clear cell carcinoma
Molecular
Carcinogenesi
s
2019
26
Determination of the two-
dimensional distributions of
gold nanorods by
multiwavelength analytical
ultracentrifugation
Nature
Communications
2018
22
Epigenetic reprogramming
with antisense
oligonucleotides enhances
the effectiveness of
androgen receptor inhibition
in castration-resistant
prostate cancer
Cancer
Research
2018
26
Evaluation of flocculation
characteristics of kaolinite
dispersion system using
guar gum: A green
flocculant
International
Journal of Mining
Science and
Technology
2019
21
Dry sliding Wear Behavior
of Hybrid aluminum Metal
Matrix composite reinforced
with Boron carbide and
graphite particles
Materials
Today:
Proceedings
2017
25
5.5 Discipline-wise distribution of Research Output of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad:
The total research output of both the institutes was classified into 13 sub-disciplines. Table 5 given
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by each discipline along with the values of citation per paper (CPP). The average value of CPP for entire
research output of IIT Goa is 3.36, whereas for IIT Dharwad is 4.00. This specifies that the publications by
IIT Dharwad had a higher impact value than IIT Goa in terms of CPP. The highest value of CPP (5.71) was
for Chemical Engineering at IIT Goa, while, (44.24) was for Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology
at IIT Dharwad. As shown below in Table 6 the lowest value of CPP (1.50) was for Decision Sciences at IIT
Goa, whereas, at IIT Dharwad it was (1.14) for the same discipline. From the Figure 3 below it is clearly
evident that the highest number of publications at IIT Goa were published in Engineering discipline, whereas,
Computer Science discipline was at the top at IIT Dharwad.
Table 5: Most Trending Research Areas for Publications
IIT Goa
IIT Dharwad
Disciplines
TNP
Percentage
(%)
TNC
CPP
TNP
Percentage
(%)
TNC
CPP
Engineering
198
28.29
658
3.32
134
20.43
393
2.93
Computer Science
131
18.71
320
2.44
153
23.32
338
2.21
Physics & Astronomy
82
11.71
457
5.57
62
9.45
108
1.74
Mathematics
81
11.57
157
1.94
104
15.85
199
1.91
Materials Science
55
7.86
209
3.80
36
5.49
218
6.06
Arts & Humanities
-
-
-
-
36
5.49
115
3.19
Energy
32
4.57
106
3.31
-
-
-
-
Chemical Engineering
28
4.00
160
5.71
23
3.51
40
1.74
Chemistry
17
2.43
87
5.12
-
-
-
-
Decision Sciences
16
2.29
24
1.50
21
3.20
24
1.14
Biochemistry, Genetics &
Molecular Biology
14
2.00
65
4.64
21
3.20
929
44.24
Medicine
-
-
-
-
15
2.29
50
3.33
Others
46
6.57
112
2.43
51
7.77
212
4.16
Total
700
100.00
2355
3.36
656
100.00
2626
4.00
*TNP: Total number of Publications
*TNC: Total number of Citations
*CPP: Citation Per Paper

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Figure 3: Discipline-wise distribution of Research Output of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad
5.6 Year-wise Authorship and Collaboration Pattern of Publications of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad:
Table 6 and Figure 4 given below shows the year-wise authorship (single author & multi-authored) and
collaboration pattern of publications at both the institutes. From the Table 6 given below it is evident that
95.40% of publications at IIT Goa and 96.02% of publications at IIT Dharwad were multi-authored. This
indicates that the authorship trend at both the institutes is towards collaborative publications. The highest
number of multi-authored publications at IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad were found in 2021 viz. 123 and 104
publications respectively. The Collaboration Co-efficient as per (Ajiferuke et al., 1988) will always vary
between 0 and 1, where 0 signifies single author publications and value closer to 1 depicts publications in
collaboration. In the current study, the Collaboration Co-efficient (CC) ranges between 0 and 1, while overall
CC of the current study is 0.95 and 0.96 for IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad respectively. The highest CC for both
the institutes were found in the year 2017.
198
131
82 81 55
032 28 17 16 14 046
658
320
457
157
209
0
106
160
87
24 65
0
112
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Disciplines
IIT Goa
TNP TNC
134 153
62 104 36 36 023 021 21 15 51
393 338
108
199 218
115
040 024
929
50
212
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Disciplines
IIT Dharwad
TNP TNC

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Table 6: Year-wise Authorship and Collaboration Pattern of Publications
IIT Goa
IIT Dharwad
Year
Single
Authored
Papers
Multi-
Authored
Papers
Total
Collaboration
Co-efficient
Single
Authored
Papers
Multi-
Authored
Papers
Total
Collaboration
Co-efficient
2017
-
1
1
1
-
4
4
1
2018
3
20
23
0.87
2
40
42
0.95
2019
5
60
65
0.92
3
58
61
0.95
2020
3
86
89
0.97
3
68
71
0.96
2021
2
123
125
0.98
4
104
108
0.96
2022
3
42
45
0.93
1
40
41
0.98
Total
16
332
348
0.95
13
314
327
0.96
Figure 4: Growth Pattern of Authorship & Collaboration Pattern of Publications of IIT Goa & IIT Dharwad
5.7 Keyword Co-occurrence Analysis:
The keyword co-occurrence mapping (Figure 5 & 6) was done using VOSviewer visualization software
by uploading the bibliographic details of both the institutes extracted from Scopus database. This visualization
network was chosen to identify the important keywords used and mapping of those keywords to provide a clear
understanding of the content of the articles selected. The below map clearly reveals the relationship of research
themes of the publications under current study through the keywords. In the visualization map given below the
size of the nodes represents the frequency of the keywords. If the frequency of the keyword is higher, the size
of the node will be larger. It may also be observed in the map given below that the thickness of line represents
035323
1
20
60
86
123
42
1
0.87
0.92
0.97
0.98
0.93
0.8
0.85
0.9
0.95
1
1.05
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Collaboration Co-efficient
Total Publications
Axis Title
IIT Goa
Single Authored Papers
Multi-Authored Papers
Collaboration Co-efficient
023 3 41
4
40
58
68
104
40
1
0.95 0.95
0.96
0.96
0.98
0.92
0.93
0.94
0.95
0.96
0.97
0.98
0.99
1
1.01
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Collaboration Co-efficient
Total Publications
Axis Title
IIT Dharwad
Single Authored Papers
Multi-Authored Papers
Collaboration Co-efficient

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the closeness of relationship between the two keywords. Thicker the line between two keywords, closer is the
relationship.
As shown in the Figure 5, the Controllers node has the biggest size which represents that the Controllers
has the highest frequency of keywords. This is closely followed by keywords such as Modulation and Field
Programmable Gate Arrays. Conversely, it is very easy to find out from the map below that some of the
keywords such as External Disturbances and Chemistry has lower frequency as their nodes are smaller in size.
The thicker lines between the keywords such as Modulation, Spatial Modulations and Compressive Sensing
represents closer relationship between these keywords.
Figure 5: Mapping of Keyword Co-occurrence of IIT Goa
As shown in the Figure 6, the Speech Recognition node has the biggest size which represents that the
Speech Recognition has the highest frequency of keywords. This is closely followed by keywords such as
Human and Article. Conversely, it is very easy to find out from the map below that some of the keywords such
as Animal and Machine Learning has lower frequency as their nodes are smaller in size. The thicker lines
between the keywords such as Speech Recognition, Speech and Linguistics represents closer relationship
between these keywords.

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Figure 6: Mapping of Keyword Co-occurrence of IIT Dharwad
6. FINDINGS & CONCLUSION
After analysing and evaluating the research output of both the IITs as shown above, it has now been
concluded that IIT Goa has published more publications (quantity) than IIT Dharwad during 2017-2022,
however, IIT Dharwad is leading in terms of citations (quality) received on these publications during the same
period. From the analysis it is clearly evident that the research output of both the IITs looks promising
considering that these are new IITs, which are still in their infancy stage. On further evaluating the research
output, it can be seen that the authors of both the IITs are publishing in various bibliographic forms such as
journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, editorials, letters, reviews, etc. However, the leading
bibliographic form where authors at both the IITs like to publish is Journal Articles. It is also evident from the
analysis that most trending research areas of IIT Goa and IIT Dharwad are Engineering and Computer Science
respectively. On analysing the authorship and collaboration pattern, it can be seen that the authorship trend at
both the IITs is towards multi-authored publications.
Therefore, conducting a scientometric analysis of the research output of any academic/ research
institution will help all the stakeholders to know the scientific and technological developments and progress
made by that institute and make informed choices. The competent authorities of the institute would be able to
determine the direction of the research activities of the institute and take corrective measures accordingly.

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Moreover, it also reflects the contribution of the individual scientist engaged in research on a particular subject.
Thus, the present study would facilitate the authorities at both the institutes to strive and develop a culture of
research and innovation from the beginning that will eventually help the researchers of these institutes to
enhance the research output.
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