1PGIMER Library, Chandigarh
2Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
3Panjab University, Deptt of Mathematics, Chandigarh
*Corresponding Author Madhu Bansal madhu@pu.ac.in
Online published on 3 April, 2017.
The present study examines 1383 Indian publications on "Hernia" as covered in Scopus database during 2006–15, experiencing an annual average growth rate of 6.75% and citation impact per pa per of 3.12. The global publications on "Hernia" came from more than 100 countries, of which the top 10 accounted for 67.57% share of the global publication output. 214 organizations and 329 authors participated in Indian research on "Hernia" during 2006–15, of which the top 20 organizations and 20 authors contributed 38.97% and 19.45% publications share and 3.57% and 55.43%citation share respectively of the Indian output and citations. Medicine among subjects, contributed the largest publications share of 93.56%, followed biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology (7.66%), neurosciences (4.92%), pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutics (4.63%) and veterinary science (3.330%) during 2006–15. Of the total global publications, 1378 appeared in 233 journals, of which the top 15 journals contributed 38.03% of the journal output. The top 11 highly cited papers registered 40 to 210 citations, and together contributed 917 citations, leading to the average citation per paper of 83.36.
Hernia, Disease, Bibliometric, Citation Impact, Research Publication
