Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date of this Version
Winter 1-29-2020
Abstract
The study investigated the research publications of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) during the period 2009-2018 as reflected in Web of Science database. The results show that 1694 papers were published and gained 20158 citations. The average number of citations per paper identified is 11.89%. Neuroscience Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery are the most preferred domains to publish the articles. The global collaboration of NIMHANS is mostly with the USA, England, and Australia. The degree of collaboration is 0.99. The researchers of NIMHANS prefer to publish their papers in Indian journals. Lotka's law was tested to measure the scientific productivity of authors. Further, the study analyzed the author's productivity, predominant authors, institutional collaboration, impact factor and highly cited papers.