Mossbauer effect studies-Some deductions from a bibliometric analysis

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Bibliometric analysis of papers in 'Mossbauer Effect' as covered in the Physics Abstracts has been carried out over a period of more than two decades since its discovery. The analysis leads to the following significant deductions: - (i) The growth curve of application in this field tend towards saturation as the Silver Jubilee of the 'Mossbauer Effect' approaches. (ii) The growth curves papers published in the branches of physics, chemistry, metallurgy and instrumentation tend to saturation level. But activity in the new branches of biology and archeology is expected to pick up. (iii) USA followed by USSR tops the countries publishing in this field; India occupies the 7th rank. (iv) Major portions of the contributions from India are from the universities and the academic institutions. Research in this field was not initiated for nearly a decade after its discovery in the national laboratories of India and the contributions from the defence research establishments is almost nil (v) English language is found to be the best lingua franca for quick and wide dissemination of scientific information.</span>