Library Progress (International)

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue: 1

The Scientometric Assessment of Publications During 2008–2018 by Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu: Study Based on Web of Science Database

1Librarian, The SFR College for Women, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, 626123, India

2Research scholar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625021, India

*Corresponding Author: M. Yasmin, Librarian, the SFR College for Women, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, 626123, India E-mail: myasminmin@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper is a study about research performance of Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India during the period of 2008–2018. The data were collected from Web of Science database during the said period. 2301 publications were published by the University and the highest number of research papers, 2,158 (93.785%) were published in the form of articles. This study clearly shows the majority of the research areas were Chemistry 939 (40.806%) publications. This article tries to give clear picture of research performance of Madurai Kamaraj University based on the publications which are indexed at Web of Science database.

Keywords

Web of Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Citation, Institute Analysis, Biblimetric