Research publication output of thiagarajar college of engineering, madurai: A scientometric study

This study is a scientometric analysis of the research publication output of Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE), Madurai. Data for the study have been collected from the Scopus database from the beginning of 1972 to 2014. Among the 1497 papers published in the span of 43 years, highest number of 259 papers can be traced in 2014. Among the total output, 1231 papers (82.23%) were published during the last seven years ie.from 2008 to 2014. Dr. R. Rajaram and Dr. R. Sukanesh are the most productive authors with 60 papers each. Journal is the most sought form of publication with 977 papers. ‘H ’Index of TCE is 34. This study reveals that TCE has notably contributed to the research in science, engineering and technology and the publications of faculty have increased significantly during the last seven years.