Aligning research trends of NIPERs, India (2010–2021)

Abstract

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.

Unveiling research productivity of premier IIMs of India (2010–2021)

“…The following equation is used for computing the AGR (Tyagi, 2022a, b);Where, r = Publication growth in percentage P0 = Number of publications in the base year P1 = Number of publications in the present year …”

“…The following equation suggested by Pandya et al. (2021) (as cited in Tyagi, 2022a, b) has been used for computing the CAGR;Where,CAGR = Compound average growth rate V begin = Beginning value V final = Final value t = Time in years …”

“…RGR is a metric used to measure the increase in the number of publications per unit of time over a given time span. The RGR value was calculated using the following equation (Tyagi, 2022a, b):Where, Log N 1 = Natural log of the initial number of publication Log N 2 = Natural log of the final number of publication t 2 −t 1 = Unit difference between the initial and final time …”

“…On the other side, DT demonstrates the time required for publications to double the quantity. The DT value was calculated using the formula given below (Tyagi, 2022a, b):…”

“…MCC is a measure for quantifying the degree of research collaboration. The majority of studies, including Tyagi (2022a, b), Borgohain et al. (2022), Khan et al.…”