SCIENTOMETRIC DIMENSIONS OF RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF THE BOTANY DEPARTMENT, DURING

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1 University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer SCIENTOMETRIC DIMENSIONS OF RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF THE BOTANY DEPARTMENT, DURING 9-2. Amitava Nandi The University of Burdwan, India, anzoology@gmail.com AMIT KUMAR BANDYOPADHYAY The University of Burdwan, India, amitkrb@yahoo.com Follow this and additional works at: Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Nandi, Amitava and BANDYOPADHYAY, AMIT KUMAR, "SCIENTOMETRIC DIMENSIONS OF RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF THE BOTANY DEPARTMENT, DURING 9-2." (23). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

2 Newsletter Title Page Library Philosophy and Practice ISSN Dr. Amitava Nandi Assistant Librarian. Gr. - The University of Burdwan Central Library Golapbag Burdwan 34 Amit833@gmail.com Dr. Amit Kumar Bandyopadhyay Professor. The University of Burdwan Dept. of Lib. and Inf. Sc. Golapbag, Burdwan amitkrb@yahoo.com Scientometric Dimensions of Research Productivity of the Botany Department from 9-2 Abstract Bibliometric analysis for theses and 39 thesis articles collected from the Botany Department at The University of Burdwan in eight subdivisions of Botany during 9-2 has been carried out to determine year wise productivity, authorship pattern and collaboration. The study has identified that the highest number of thesis submission was 4 during and the highest number of article submission was 89 during The highest 22 number of theses were guided by Balen Nandi. Authorship trend is towards multiauthored papers. The Degree of Collaboration is.. The most prolific author was M.A Choudhuri who topped the list with 54 papers during the period 9-2 followed by A Mukherjee with 48 publications, P.S Basu with 3 publications, K Gupta with 3 publications and B Nandi, with 2 publications. Among the top ranking journals publishing the papers are from India with 33 (5.4 %) publications followed by Germany with (8.29 %) publications, China with 53 (. %) publications and Netherlands with 45(.9 %) publications.

3 Newsletter Title Page 2 Introduction To know the research and development activity of an Institution evaluation plays a very vital role. Generally the numbers of publication produced by scientists, institutions, or research groups indicate the productivity indicator. This productivity indicator will highlight the contribution of the Institution or department as well as the contribution of all the individual scientists engaged in research activity. India invests a huge amount of money and time for the production of doctorates to meet its R&D needs. Very few studies have been made to compare and evaluate the research output of the universities and R&D organizations of West Bengal. Evaluation of research institutions is very important for their ranking, proper funding, grant releasing etc. In recent past NAAC started evaluation of overall activities of the universities of our country. In a 5 to star ranking by NAAC, The University of Burdwan received 4 star status, which is later revised to B+. Although there are thirteen state universities, one deemed university and one central university in West Bengal at present, there are only six state universities in West Bengal imparting advanced studies in Pure Sciences at P.G. and research level for more than two decades. The University of Burdwan was established in 9s as a rural base university. Since then it has made a considerable contribution in the field of Pure Sciences research among the six universities. However, no specific effort has earlier been made to evaluate the research contributions in Botany of the university. In the present work an attempt will be made to study the contribution of The University of Burdwan in Botanical science research in West Bengal. This study will also provide some insights into the complex dynamics of research activity and enable the science policy makers and science administrators to provide adequate facilities and direct the research activities in a proper direction. Literature review In a study of the literature Use Pattern by the Researchers in the Field of Botany: A Citation Study of Doctoral Theses, Maheswarappa and Prakash (982) analysed 22 references from fifteen doctoral theses in Botany accepted by Mysore University during They found out the bibliographic forms used, ranked list of core journals, self citation pattern, obsolesences and applicability of Bradford s Law. The average self citation rate was 3.22%. 2

4 Newsletter Title Page 3 Mahapatra (983) in his thesis prepared a rank list of Botany journals analyzing 82 journal articles. Maheswarappa and Nagappa (984) studied the Indian phytopathology literature. After analysing 2 dissertations of plant pathology of Rajendra Agricultural University. Lal and Panda (99) created a ranked list of the most frequently cited core periodicals. Thomas (99) reports on a preliminary citation analysis of the literature of systematic Botany (plant taxonomy) based on 98 issues of 3 periodicals: Brittonia; Systematic Botany and Taxon. Lal (993) reported the results of a bibliometric analysis of 43 citations of articles published in the 5 volumes of the Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding for the period 985 to 989. He prepared a rank list of the most cited primary periodicals representing.8 per cent of the total citations prepared. He has also illustrated the contribution of Indian and foreign theses and the authorship pattern revealing that multi authored papers were more in practice. Objectives The main aim of this study is to map and evaluate the contributions of The University of Burdwan in Botanical Science research in West Bengal by investigating the characteristic features of the research and analyzing the contributions of researchers. In order to achieve this, the following objectives are set:. To analyse the trend of doctoral research in Botany in the University of Burdwan during 9-2, 2. To find out year wise publication productivity, 3. To study the pattern of authorship collaboration in the papers of Botany in the university, 4. To identify the most prolific authors of the Botany department and their Impact, 5. To identify the citation scenario of the outstanding authors of Botany,. To identify the journal preference of the researchers in which they have communicated their research findings,. To find out the country wise distribution of journals. Methodology In order to create the bibliographic database of the research contribution of the University of Burdwan in Botanical Science, doctoral dissertations submitted to this University from 9 to 2, the published articles appended 3

5 Newsletter Title Page 4 in these theses and the articles reported in the Annual Reports were taken as the input for the study. All the bibliographic details of those theses and related articles were noted on separate 8 X 5 inches slips. A computerized database is then created for indepth analysis. Analysis Year wise distribution of Botany Theses. Table, give year wise thesis productivity of the Botany Department of this University. During the time span the highest 4 number theses were submitted. Table and Fig. indicates the year wise thesis submission over a five year grouping. Table Year Wise Distribution of Botany Theses: Year No. of Theses Total 4

6 NO. OF THESES Newsletter Title Page 5 Fig. Year Wise Distribution of Botany Theses: Year Wise Distribution of Botany Theses Year Year wise distribution of Botany theses guided by different supervisors over different time period. Year wise distribution of Botany theses guided by different supervisors over different time period is given in Table : 2. The highest 22 number of theses were guided by Balen Nandi. Table 2. Year wise distribution of Botany theses guided by different supervisors over different time period. Sl Supervisor Total Span of Teaching No Balen Nandi (3yrs) 2 Ajit Kumar Banerjee (29yrs) 3 Salil Kumar Chatterjee (4yrs) 4 Manojit Acharyya Chaudhuri (3yrs) 5 Param Nath Bhaduri (yrs) Siba Prasad Chatterjee (2yrs) Kajal Gupta (2yrs) 8 Saurendra Kumar Roy (9yrs) 9 Priti Sadhan Basu (25yrs) Pushpendu Bairagi (2yrs) Pranjit Sarma (3yrs) 2 Debiprasad Kushari (25yrs) 3 Paragranjan Dasgupta (9yrs) 4 Anjali Ray (yrs) 5 Arun Kumar Biswas 2 2 College Teacher Radhanath Mukherjee (9yrs) Pankaj Kumar Pal (5yrs) 8 Prodyot Bhanja (23yrs) 9 Prasanta Kr. Mukheee 98 2 (9yrs) 2 Narayan Ch. Chatterjee 99 2 (9yrs) 5

7 Newsletter Title Page 2 Madhuri Some 9 2 (29yrs) 22 Sakuntala Nandi (2yrs) 23 Ambarish Mukherjee (yrs) 24 Samir Ch. Rakshit (3yrs) 25 Prasanta Kr. Bhattacharjee 98 2 (9yrs) 2 U. Sen 9 99 (2yrs) 2 Independently Total 5..2 Sub Division wise distribution of Botany theses over different time periods. During 9 to 2 the Botany Department at The University of Burdwan contributed significantly to the following main Sub Divisions of Botany.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2. MICROBIOLOGY 3. CYTOGENETICS 4. PALEOBOTANY 5. ECOLOGY. PHYCOLOGY. PTERIDOLOGY 8. TAXONOMY The Sub Division wise distribution of Botany theses over different time periods is shown in Table 3. The highest number of theses (58) was submitted in Plant Physiology followed by Microbiology (55), Cytogenetics (22), Paleobotany (8) and Ecology (), respectively. Table 3 Sub Division wise distribution of Botany theses over different time periods. Subject Total Plant Physiology 4 58 Microbiology Cytogenetics Paleobotany Ecology Phycology 2 4 Pteridology 3 Taxonomy 3 Total

8 No. of Articles Newsletter Title Page 5.2 Year wise distribution of Botany articles over different time period. Year wise distribution of Botany articles over different time period is presented in Table - 4 and Fig. - 2 respectively. The growth of publication is reached highest in 9-8 with 89 articles followed by with 5 articles, 98-9 with 49 and 99-2 with 4 articles. Table - 4 Year wise distribution of Botany articles over different time period. Year No. of Articles Total 39 Fig. - 2 Year wise distribution of Botany articles over different time period. Year wise distribution of Botany articles over different time period Year 5.3 Authorship characteristics of thesis articles in Botany.

9 Newsletter Title Page 8 Authorship pattern and No. of publication is presented in Table 5 & Fig. 3. Authorship trend is towards multi-authored papers. Two authored papers account for 5.42 % followed by three authored papers. % and four authored papers.95 %. There are as many as six authored papers which indicate the multidisciplinary nature of research activity. Degree of collaboration among co-authors:- The degree of collaboration among authors is measured by the following formula given by Subramanyam (983). Nm C = Nm + Ns Where C = Degree of Collaboration. Nm = Number of multi authored article. Ns = Number of single authored article. In present study The Degree of Collaboration C =. Table - 5. Authorship characteristics of thesis articles in Botany No. of Authors Per Articles No. of Articles Total No. of Articles Percentage Cumulative Percentage Fig. 3 Authorship characteristics of thesis articles in Botany 8

10 No. of Articles Newsletter Title Page Authorship characteristics of thesis articles in Botany No. of Authors Per Articles 5.4 Most Prolific Authors (according to st author). The most prolific author was M.A Choudhuri who topped the list with 54 papers during the period 9-2 followed by A Mukherjee with 48 publications, P.S Basu with 3 publications, K Gupta with 3 publications and B Nandi with 2 publications. Table provides a ranked list of 33 authors with 39 publications. Out of 33 authors only 45 authors have at least 5 publications. Fig. 4 present the publications of top ten highly prolific authors. Table - Author ranking of Botany articles (according to st author only). Sl.No Rank No Author Name No. of articles Cumu lno Per cent Cumul percent Choudhuri, M.A Mukherjee, A Basu, P.S Gupta, K Nandi, B Kushari, D.P

11 Newsletter Title Page 8 Biswas, A.K Chottopadhyay, N.C Basu, S Mukherjee, A.K Mallick, E.H Chatterjee, S.P Khan, R.I Mukhopadhyay, R Ghosh, M.L Pal, P.K Roy, S.K Mukherjee, S.P Banerjee, A.K Jana, S Bhattacharya, A Ghosh, S Ghosh, A.K De, P.S Kar, C Taheruzzaman, Q Begam, H.H

12 Newsletter Title Page 28 2 Barua, B Banja, P Roy, S Sharma, P Acharya, S Bhandari, J.B Kole, S Pal, J Bairagi, P Mondal, W.A Chattopadhyay, K.K Chatterjee, M Chakraborty, N Kar, R.K Sinha, B.K Roychoudhuri, S Mitra, S Das, T.K authors with articles each authors with articles each -8 8 authors with

13 No. of Articles Newsletter Title Page 2 articles each authors with 39.3 article each Fig. 4. Most Prolific Authors (according to st author only). 5 Most Prolific Authors (according to st author only) Authors Co authorship and credit study for the individual author s in Botany The co authorship of an author is calculated by taking the number of papers published by the author as first, second, third or more authors. The credit is given to the second author onwards is.5 while the first author is given. The ranked list of authors according to their credit is shown in Table -. The most credited author was M.A Choudhuri who topped the list with 9.25 points, B Nandi with 5 points, K Gupta with 4.4 points, P.S Basu with 4 points and. The authors get minimum 5 credit points are only taken into consideration for preparing the ranked list. Fig 5 represents the top 5 credited authors. Table. Authorship and credit study for the individual author s in Botany. Serial No. Rank No. Author s Name Total Credit Choudhuri, M.A Nandi, B Gupta, K Basu, P.S Mukherjee, A Kushari, D.P 2.5 Chatterjee, S.P Basu, S 8. 2

14 Credit points Newsletter Title Page Banerjee, A.K.5 Chatterjee, N.C 5.5 Biswas, A.K Mukherjee, A.K Roy, S.K Mukhopadhyay, R Chatterjee, S.K.5 Mallick, E.H. Bairagi, P Pal, P.K Khan, R.I. 2 2 Ghosh Hazra, N Ghosh, M.L Taheruzzaman, Q Ghosh, A.K Banja, P Ghosh, A 5.25 Fig. 5. The Top 5 credited authors in Botany The Top 5 credited authors in Botany Authors Author s impact in Botany (according to st authors). The Impact of an author with reference to a journal is calculated by taking the number of papers published by the author in the journal multiplied by the average Impact Factor of the journal. The total impact of an author is calculated by summing all such values with reference to that author. The ranked list of 3

15 Newsletter Title Page 4 authors according to their impact is given in Table 8 and Fig. -. The Impact Factors of the journals are as per "SCIENCE JOURNAL RANKING BY AVERAGE IMPACT FACTORS, Version 22" Created by Acad. Prof. Dr. Ioan- Iovitz Popescu Based on ISI annual datasets of SCI-JCR(94-2). Popescu Ioan-Iovitz (22). Table 8. Author s impact in Botany (according to st authors). Total Impact of the author Sl. No. Author s Name Sl No. Author s Name Choudhuri, M.A De, P.S.89 2 Basu, P.S Chowdhuri, K.82 3 Gupta, K Ghosh, A.8 4 Jana, S Roy, D.K.8 5 Basu, S Roy, M.8 Banerjee, A.K Dey, B.B.9 Kushari, D.P Medya, R. 8 Biswas, A.K Middya, R.N. 9 Roy, S Begam, H.H.5 Nandi, B Mallick, E.H. Khan, R.I Santra, S. 2 Mukherjee, A.K Banerjee, S. 3 Mukherjee, A Singh, S. 4 Kar, C Bose, A.54 5 Sarkar, B.L 2.5 De, A.B.52 Sinha, B.K 2.48 Banja, P.49 Chottopadhyay, S.P Sarma, P.49 8 Dangar, T.K Mitra, S.48 9 Roy, S.K Biswas, D.4 2 Mukherjee, S.P.89 5 Hati, T.K.4 2 Banerjee, A.85 Mukhopadhyay, R.3 22 Chattopadhyay, K.K.84 Bandyopadhyay, A Barua, B.4 8 Basu, P Ghosh, M.L.55 9 Sadhu, B.P Bhowmik, P.K.53 Ghosh, A.K.34 2 Chottopadhyay, N.C.45 Sharma, P.34 2 Bhattacharya, A.39 2 Bhattacharya, B.32 Total Impact of the author 4

16 Newsletter Title Page 5 28 Acharya, S.3 3 Chottopadhyay, S.K Kundu, P.K.3 4 Dasgupta, P.K.28 3 Ghosh, S.28 5 Chakraborty, N.2 3 Nandi, D.K.2 Chatterjee, S Mondal, R.2 Mukherjee, P.S Mondal, W.A.8 8 Bairagi, P.2 34 Mondal, W.2 9 Pal, P.2 35 Das, T.K. 8 Pal, R.2 3 Choudhuri, R. 8 Mukhopadhyay, S.2 3 Mondal, G.C.2 82 Roy, M.B.9 38 Sarkar, P.K.9 83 Bhandari, J.B.8 39 Konar, J.9 84 Mukherjee, R.8 4 Taheruzzaman, Q.9 85 Pathak, S. 4 RoyChoudhuri, S.94 8 Saha, K. 42 Kole, S.92 8 Keshri, J.P.4 43 Bhattacharya, R.N.9 88 Ghosh Hazra, N.3 44 Kalam, A.9 89 Mallick, N.H.3 45 Kar, K.9 Fig.. The top Author s impact in Botany(according to st authors). I M P A C T The top Author s impact in Botany AUTHORS 5

17 Newsletter Title Page Author s impact in Botany (considering all author positions). The total credit given for a paper is one. For a single authored article the author is given a credit point of one. For a double authored article each author is given a credit point of.5. For a multi authored paper the first author is given a credit point of.5 and.5 credit point is distributed dividing equally among the other authors. The Impact of an author (Table 9, Fig. ) with reference to a journal is calculated by taking such credit point of an author earned for papers published in that journal multiplied with the average Impact Factor of the journal. The total impact of an author is calculated by summing all such values with reference to that author. The average Impact Factors of the journals are taken as per Popescu Ioan Iovitz (22). The ranked list of authors according to their credit is shown in Table 9. The most credited author was M A Choudhuri who topped the list with points, followed by P S Basu with.85 points, K Gupta with.33 points and B Nandi with 9.5 points. The authors get minimum.5 points are only taken into consideration for preparing the ranked list. Fig. represents the top credited authors. Table 9. Author s impact in Botany (Considering all author positions). Serial No. Rank No. Author s Name Total Impact of the author Choudhuri, M A Basu, P S Gupta, K Nandi, B Basu, S 8.33 Banerjee, A K 8.35 Kushari, D P Jana, S Mukherjee, A K 3.34 Biswas, A K Chatterjee, S P Roy, S Mukherjee, A Khan, R I 2.28

18 Newsletter Title Page 5 5 Roy, S K 2.2 Chatterjee, S K.8425 Anderson, J D Kar, C Sinha, B K Sarkar, B L Mondal, S K Taheruzzaman, Q Banerjee, A Dangar, T K Das, S Mukherjee, S P Bhattachrya, S Barua, B Ghosh, A Ghosh, A C Chottopadhyay, N C Ghosh, S Ghosh, M L Bhowmik, P K Mishra, A. 3 3 Bhattacharya, A Bhattacharya, R N Begam, H H Dey, B B Banerjee, S Sharma, P Acharya, S Kundu, P K Bhanja, P Das, T K Nandi, D K Mondal, R Mondal, W A Chottopadhyay, K K Chowdhuri, K Mondal, W Chatterjee, K K.54

19 Impact Newsletter Title Page Mukhopadhyay, R Choudhuri, R RoyChoudhuri, S Mondal, G C.5 Fig.. Author s impact in Botany (Considering all author positions). Author s impact in Botany (Considering all author positions) Authors The citation scenario of the outstanding authors of Botany. The citations of the published articles of Botany researchers are collected from Scopus TM. It has wider scope than Science Citation Index. Research papers from non-sci journals also indexed in it makes an important point. As for example 2 CD/print edition of SCI has covered Indian journals and its web version called Expanded version (via Web of Science through Internet) has 5 journals where as Scopus TM covered 8 Indian journal. Jain, N.C (25). From Table, Fig. - 8 it is evident that M.A. Choudhuri received highest number of citations (233), with only 4 numbers of self citations whereas P.S Basu received 5 citations, with 4 self citations during this time period. The other authors, B. Nandi received 4 (with numbers of self citations), T.K Dangar received (with 2 numbers of self citations) and K. Gupta received (with 3 numbers of self citations). 8

20 Newsletter Title Page 9 Table. Citation received by the authors of published articles of Botany. Sl. No Ran k No Author Name Total no of articles publishe d Total Citatio n Receive d No of Citation from other authors Self citation Choudhuri, M.A Basu, P.S Nandi, B Dangar, T.K Gupta, K 3 3 De, P.S Mukherjee, R Banerjee, A.K Kundu, P.K 5 2 De, A.B Kushari, D.P Roy, M Banerjee, A Chottopadhyay, N.C 5 5 Kar, R.K Khan, R.I 4 2 Chattopadhyay, 5 K.K 8 Mondal, W.A 9 Mukherjee, S.P 9 2 Pal, D.K 2 Saha, K 22 Chatterjee, S 9

21 Newsletter Title Page 2 Fig. 8. The citation scenario of the top outstanding authors of Botany. C I T A T I O N S R E C E I V E D The citation scenario of the top outstanding authors of Botany Authors Communication Channel Preference by the Researchers of Botany Department The leading journals preferred by the researchers of Botany department are Indian Journal of Exp Biol with 2 papers, Sci Cult with 39 papers, Ind Jl Plant Physiol with 3 papers, Geobios with 33 papers and Fol Microbiol with 23 papers. Table provides journal preference by the researchers of Botany Department. Table. Ranked list of Botany journals preferred for publishing articles by the researchers of Botany department. Sl. No Rank No Journal Name No. of papers Cum. No Per Cent Cum. percent Ind Jl Exp Biol Sci Cult Ind Jl Plant Physiol Geobios Fol Microbiol Seed Sci Tech Biochem Phy Pflanz 8 Biol Plant Ind Fern Jl Env Ecol Curr Sci

22 Newsletter Title Page Acta Biotech Ind Jl Myco Res Jl Mycopath Res Physiol Planterum Ind Jl Pure Appl Bio BU Sci Jl Ind Jl Bot Hydrobiol Bull Geophytology Plant Soil Aqua Bot Ind Jl Forestry Ind Jl Agri Sci Ind Jl Microbiol Plant Physiol Bioche 2 24 Ind Biol Plant Physiol Phytomorphology Ind Perfume Microbiol Res Jl Nat Bot Soc Jl Swamy Bot Flora Fauna Proc Ind Sci Cong Bull Bot Soc Beng SABRAO Jl Bio Physiol Der Pfla Mycologia Hind Anti Bull Jl Basic Microbiol Bang Jl Bot Int Jl Plant Physiol Trans Br Mycol Soc Cytologia Bot Conf Egypt Jl Microbiol Mush Jl Jl Exp Biol Ind Jl Ecol

23 Newsletter Title Page Genet Polon New Phytol Experientia JOURNALS IRRN Ind Jl Biochem Bioph. 44 JOURNALS Zeit fur Allg Mikrob Country wise distribution of Botany journals Country wise distribution of Botany journals preferred for publishing articles by the researchers of Botany department is presented in Table 2. The Impact Factors of the journals are as per "SCIENCE JOURNAL RANKING BY AVERAGE IMPACT FACTORS, Version 22" Created by Acad. Prof. Dr. Ioan- Iovitz Popescu Based on ISI annual datasets of SCI-JCR(94-2). Popescu Ioan-Iovitz (22). Table 2. Country wise origin and average IF of the journals preferred for publishing articles by the researchers of Botany department. Sl. N o Ran k No Journal Name No. of papers Cu m. No Per Cen t Cum. per Cent Country Averag e IF of the journal Ind Jl Exp Biol India Sci Cult China 3 3 Ind Jl Plant India. Physiol 4 4 Geobios France Fol Microbiol U.K.4 2 Seed Sci Tech Switzerlan.9 d Biochem Phy Germany. Pflanz 8 Biol Plant Netherland.32 22

24 Newsletter Title Page 23 s 9 9 Ind Fern Jl India 9 Env Ecol India.48 Curr Sci India Acta Biotech Germany Ind Jl Myco Res India Jl Mycopath Res India Physiol Denmark.4 Planterum 8 Ind Jl Pure Appl India Bio 3 BU Sci Jl India 8 8 Ind Jl Bot India Hydrobiol Bull Netherland s 2 9 Geophytology India Plant Soil India Aqua Bot Netherland.9 s 23 2 Ind Jl Forestry India Ind Jl Agri Sci India Ind Jl Microbiol India Plant Physiol India.2 Bioche Ind Biol India Plant Physiol U.S.A Phytomorpholog India.8 23

25 Newsletter Title Page 24 y 3 28 Ind Perfume India 3 28 Microbiol Res Germany Jl Nat Bot Soc India Jl Swamy Bot India Flora Fauna Denmark Proc Ind Sci Cong India 3 32 Bull Bot Soc Beng India 3 32 SABRAO Jl U.S.A Bio Physiol Der Germany Pfla Mycologia U.S.A Hind Anti Bull India 4 4 Jl Basic Microbiol Germany Bang Jl Bot Banglades.4 h 43 4 Int Jl Plant Germany Physiol 44 4 Trans Br Mycol U.S.A Soc 45 4 Cytologia U.K Bot Conf India 4 4 Egypt Jl Microbiol Egypt 48 4 Mush Jl U.K 49 4 Jl Exp Biol U.K Ind Jl Ecol India 24

26 Newsletter Title Page Genet Polon Poland New Phytol U.K Experientia Switzerlan.2 d 29 JOURNALS IRRN U.S.A Ind Jl Biochem Bioph India JOURNALS Zeit fur Allg Mikrob Germany Figure 9 and Table 3 gives the country of origin and IF of the journals where the papers have been published. Among the top ranking journals publishing the papers are from India with 33 (5.4 %) publications followed by Germany with (8.29 %) publications, China with 53(. %) publications, Netherlands with 45(.9 %) publications, France with 42 (5.8 %) publications and U.K with 4 (5.4 %) publications. Table 3. Country wise distribution of Botany journals preferred for publishing articles by the researchers of Botany department. Sl.No Rank No. Country Total No. of Percent articles INDIA GERMANY CHINA NETHERLAND.9 S FRANCE U.K SWITZERLAN 4.2 D U.S.A DENMARK POLAND.48 AUSTRALIA.3 25

27 No. of Journals Newsletter Title Page BANGLADESH SINGAPORE EGYPT ITALY 3.4 TOTAL 39. Fig. 9. Country wise distribution of Botany journals preferred for publishing articles by the researchers of Botany department Country wise distribution of Botany journals Country Conclusion This paper has highlighted quantitatively as well as qualitatively the contributions made by the researchers of Botany Department of the University of Burdwan during 9-2. The Department has produced theses during this period with majority of theses produced during in diverse areas of research such as Plant Physiology (58) followed by Microbiology (55), Cytogenetics (22) and Paleobotany (8) respectively. During this period the department has produced 39 articles with majority of these produced during The collaboration trend among the Botanists towards multi-authored papers is indicative of the highly specialized areas of scientific work that they were engaged in. The most prolific authors identified in the study shows that publication productivity is one of the important indicators to identify the scientists. The publication behaviors indicates that the Botanists were highly selective in publishing their research results in highly specialized and high impact factor journals. It would be quite interesting to study other qualitative indicators based on citations and impact factors, participation in international seminars, academic qualifications and awards received by these scientists. 2

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