Scientometric Analysis and Collaboration Trends of Published Literature by State Universities from West Bengal

Abstract

The study examines the analysis of research output by the Universities of West Bengal from 2002 to 2021. Journal articles are the most preferred form of publication type of documents by the Universities of West Bengal. It shows the highest RGR value among seven universities is obtained by Vidyasagar University in the year 2021 and the lowest value is obtained by the University of Calcutta in the year 2021. The study used Domestic Collaboration and International Collaboration and it shows the highest paper 11529 (38.38%) was published at the domestic level and international level 3140 (43.87%) by Jadavpur University. It found that 16.82 % of the total publications are open access research articles with 6255. It is quite interesting to know that Jadavpur University has a significant lead towards encouraging the researcher to publish in open access journals with 33.78%. The most productive author is Subhadeep Das, Department of Life Sci. & Biotechnology, Jadavpur University with 908 articles ranked in first place among the universities studied.