*Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilandu, India
**Assistant Librarian, AU-CB Public Library, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilandu, India
Online published on 23 December, 2013.
The comparative study was to perform a scientometric analysis of all tropical medicine research publications by Indian and Srilankan scientists. A total of 889 (India – 699, Srilanka -190) publications were published by the Indian and Srilankan scientists in Tropical medicine during 2001–2010 which received 14478 citations (India-11322, Srilanka-3156). The parameters studied include growth of publications and citations, relative growth rate and doubling time, national and international collaboration, highly productive institutions, highly productive authors, highly preferred journals and highly cited publications.
Scientometric study, Tropical medicine, India, Srilanka, Citation analysis
