Research endeavour of SAARC nations: A reflection from InCites

Author

Gul, Sumeer ; Shah, Tariq Ahmad ; Mahajan, Iram ; Tramboo, Shahkar Riyaz ; Nahida-Tun-Nisa

Author_Institution

Univ. of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

fYear

2015

fDate

6-8 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

233

Abstract

This study is an attempt to comparatively assess the research productivity, performance and impact of SAARC nations with the aid of InCites, an innovative research analytical tool developed by Thomson Reuter. For the period of 32 years (1981 through 2013), India has outnumbered other SAARC nations in terms of research productivity and count of citations received. However, Nepal has the highest no. of average citations per document and has best score of aggregate performance. Sri Lank leads in the proportion of cited documents while Maldives scores high at global relative impact.

Keywords

citation analysis; research and development; InCites; India; Maldives; Nepal; SAARC nations; Sri Lank; aggregate performance score; citation; research impact; research performance; research productivity; Citation analysis; Educational institutions; Libraries; Market research; Productivity; Bibliometrics; InCites; Research indicators; Research output; Research performance; SAARC countries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS), 2015 4th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Noida

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7999-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETTLIS.2015.7048203

Filename

7048203