The rapid spread of Covid-19 pandemic globally has thrust drugs safety into the spotlight and the public is now more aware of the role of healthcare professionals and health regulators. The present study aimed to measure the global research landscape on pharmacovigilance (PV) indexed in Scopus database for eleven years period spanning from 2010-2020. The study has sought to use quantitative and visualization technologies for data analysis and interpretation. The search strategy accumulated a total of 2052 global publications data on PV. The findings disclose that the global research productivity on PV registered 8.74% average growth rate (AGR) and 7.38% compound average growth rate (CAGR). The mean relative growth rate (RGR) and doubling time (DT) of PV global publications for the 11 years is 0.27 and 3.03, respectively. The average number of authors per paper (AAPP) is 1.52 and average productivity per author (PPA) is 0.68. The authorship patterns in PV research shows collaborative trend as the most of the publications have been published by multiple authors (80.75%). The mean values of degree of collaboration (DC), collaboration index (CI), collaboration coefficient (CC) and modified collaboration coefficient (MCC) during the selected period of study are 0.79, 2.74, 0.72, and 0.73, respectively which highly significant and indicates the better authorship collaborations. France is the bellwether in PV related scientific research as produced the highest number of publications.

The seeds of two soybean cultivars viz., Pusa-16 and PK-1042 were treated with 15, 30, and 45 kR of gamma rays, three concentrations of ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) (0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.3%), and their combinations. Various morphological mutants were recorded in M 2 and M 3 generations. These morphological mutants were named on the basis of the part of the plant body affected. Eight different morphological mutants, i.e., tall, dwarf, gigas, black pod, smooth pod, black spotted seed, bold seeded, and early maturing were isolated. Among them, early maturing and bold seeded mutants had the potential to be incorporated into breeding programs.

The phenotypic response of two soybean cultivars to a chemical mutagen (ethyl methane sulphonate, EMS), physical mutagen (gamma rays) and their combinations were studied in M 1 and M 2 generations and the frequency and spectrum of chlorophyll mutations were worked out. Combined treatment was found to be more effective in inducing chlorophyll mutations compared to individual treatments of gamma rays and EMS in both the cultivars. As far as the spectrum of chlorophyll mutations is concerned, a wider spectrum in both the cultivars was observed in 45 kR + 0.2% EMS combined treatment.

PurposeThis study aims to measure the global research landscape of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) of India on a set of quantitative and qualitative metrics in terms of research output toward exploring research trends and give an overview of collaborative practices by researchers of NIPERs.Design/methodology/approachThe present study has selected the Scopus database as a tool to retrieve potential publications of studied NIPERs during the last 12 years (2010–2021). NIPER-Mohali, NIPER-Hyderabad, NIPER-Ahmedabad, NIPER-Guwahati and NIPER-Kolkata have been selected for the study. The study has adopted a comprehensive search strategy to extract 3,926 publications data. VOS viewer 1.6.17, BibExcel and Microsoft Excel were used for data analysis and visualization.FindingsThe global scientific research output of NIPERs accrued 3,926 publications with an average of 327 publications per year. The retrieved publications fetched a total of 67,772 citations with an average citation impact of 17.26. There observed a steady growth of publications from 168 to 509 registered with an average growth rate of 18.44%. The mean relative growth rate and doubling time of research output are 0.26 and 2.94. The authorship patterns explore collaborative trends as most of the publications were published by multiple authors (99.39%). NIPERs have expanded their outreach to collaborate with the USA, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Australia and the UK to collaborate on research and regulatory reforms exhibits in the USA as a major contributor.Originality/valueThe present study is the first effort to evaluate the global research productivity of NIPERs and assess the current research trends on a set of quantitative and qualitative metrics to provide some insights into the complex dynamics of research productivity. The study’s outcome may help to identify the current research progress of NIPERs at the global level.

This paper reports on the awareness and usage analysis of Web 2.0 technologies by library professionals in library and in their personal life at their workplaces. The methodology for the proposed study is 'Survey Method' with the help of structured questionnaire. The sample respondents chosen for the study consists of librarians, deputy librarians, assistant librarians, and library assistants. Total 100 questionnaires were distributed (randomly) to the selected sample for the current year; 92 valid samples were collected and analyzed. Web 2.0 is especially useful and creative when knowledge is digitized made modular and allowed to be used and distributed in a flexible way. Study was carried out to know the awareness regarding Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikipedia, RSS Feed, social networks, podcasting, and others (SNS, mashup). It is observed from the study that significant portion of the respondents have good knowledge about the Web 2.0. Web 2.0 provided innovative and interesting resources for librarians to serve their users as quickly and effectively as possible with new ways. The respondents having excellent skills of internet usage were more inclined towards adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in their personal life. In the geographical distribution, the libraries are far away from Web 2.0 technologies. To explore the factors affecting toward adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the libraries, a comprehensive study should be conducted on the country level.