Scientometrics is a method used to analyze and quantify the bibliographic data, offering a powerful set of methods and measures for studying the structure and process of scholarly communication. Cardiovascular disease amounts to about 24.8% deaths in the SAARC nations. It is surprising that the literatures on Cardiovascular Diseases published by SAARC nations may seem to be an important chain of knowledge to the world. Many fatal diseases have been exterminated with invention of powerful vaccinations and treatment courses. However, the SAARC countries are still challenged by some killer diseases among them Cardiovascular Diseases is reported to be top first. The present study examins the research trend, authorship, collaborative pattern and activity index of five SAARC countries. The results of the study reveal that India is a leading country among SAARC nations with major research output followed by Pakistan in cardiovascular disease research. The international collaboration results that USA, England and Australia are the top collaboration countries for SAARC nations. India supports other SAARC countries in the cases of cardiovascular disease research output and proves collaborative within the SAARC domicile. India is competing with other developed countries and shows higher activity within the context of their individual productivity.
Research Trend, Authorship Pattern, Collaboration Study, Activity Index, Collaboration Coefficient, Modified Collaboration Coefficient, Degree of Collaboration, SAARC Countries, Cardiovascular Disease Research
