1Sr. Scientific Assistant, Library & Documentation Division, Indian Space Research Organization, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala, Email: s_aswathy@gmail.com
2Librarian, French Institute of Pondicherry, #11, Saint Louis Street, Pondicherry-605 001, India, Email: saravanan.g@ifpindia.org
Spacecraft research is a significant research field in Science and Technology development and "Green Propulsion" has its importance as a sub domain which directs the Spacecraft Propulsion field to non-hazardous and tries to keep the environment clean The data were downloaded from Web of Science from 2000 to 2014 (15 years). Through bibliometric techniques attempt has been made to analyse the characteristics of the research output in Green Propulsion. This study investigates the growth pattern, year-wise, institution-wise, country-wise distribution of articles. The prolific authors along with the H-index and the obtained citations have been tabulated. The fitness of Lotka ‘s law has been tested using K-S test.
Bibliometrics; Scientometrics; Green Propulsion; Authorship pattern; H-Index; Lotka's Law
