Research publication trend among the scientists of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Thiruvananthapuram: A Scientometric Study

Abstract

Bibliographic details of 1076 research articles obtained from the annual reports of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) were studied and it was found that the highest number of 169 papers was published in the year 2006 and the average number of publications per year was 97.82. Most of the contributions were multi authored (87.68%). The degree of collaboration of scientists of CTCRI was 0.87 and most of the articles published by the scientists were in the foreign journals (51.89%). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Journal of Root Crop</i> spublished by Indian Society of Root Crops tops the list with the highest number of articles 125 (39.30%). Applicability of Bradford’s Law in the journal distribution pattern of the CTCRI scientists does not fit the Bradford’s distribution pattern.