Research Visibility of Indian Academics as reflected in Web of Science: A Study

Abstract

This paper analyses the research visibility of faculty members working at Tumkur University, India. A total of 665 articles published by the faculty members of Tumkur University during the last ten years (2013-2022) are downloaded from the Web of Science. It is observed that the number of articles published by the faculty members have been slightly increased during the last 10 years. Even though there is a positive correlation between the number of articles found in the Web of Science and the year, the correlation is not significant (r =.028,p=.940). Further, it is also observed that the citation counts have increased during the last ten years in the Web of Science database. Among the top 10 faculty members, Nagabhushana H., from Physics, has the highest number of publications (354) and secured 1 st rank, followed by Girish (76) and Suresh (25),who secured 2 nd and 3 rd rank, respectively. The notable finding of the study is that there is a negative correlation between the number of articles published by the faculty members and the year. Hence, we advocate that the faculty members keep posting good number of articles in various national and international journals to have more visibility in the Web of Science.