Highly Cited Publications Output by IISERs in Chemistry during 2008–15: A Scientometric Assessment

This study analyzes highly cited papers that IISERs contributed in Chemistry (62 papers) during 2008 to 2015. The data on highly cited papers was sourced from Scopus database covering only those papers that cumulate at least 40 citations in 8 years since their publication till 25 December 2015. These highly cited papers (constituting 4% share of 1551 articles in chemistry by IISERs during 2008–15) received 3963 citations, with an average of 63.9 citations per paper. IISERs contributed highest share of their highly cited papers in organic chemistry followed by inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry but registered their highest citation impact per paper in inorganic Chemistry (85.43), followed by crystal Engineering (75) and organic chemistry (66.7). IISERs collaborated with key hubs in collaborative research such as USA (7 papers), Israel (5 papers), Germany (2 papers), etc. Leading institutions in terms of MCI were: USER Pune (0.75), followed by USER Bhopal (0.60), USER Mohali and USER Thiruvananthapuram (0.50 each) and USER Kolkata (0.44) during 2008–15. Leading USER authors in terms of MCI were: S.K. Ghosh (7 papers, Rank 1), MJeganmohan (5 papers, Rank 5), D. Chopra (4 papers, Rank 8), S.K. Mandal (3 paper, Rank 10) and R.K. Chinnagolla (3 papers, Rank 11). MCI is a proxy for the contributions that individuals or institutions have made in collaborative research. High MCI value > 1 reflects ability and leadership of an institution or author to conduct research independently.