Research in the University of Calicut, India

Authors

Surendran Cherukodan Dr., Cochin University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Mumthas A P, Majlis College, ValancheriFollow

Date of this Version

2019

Document Type

Article

Citation

Cherukodan, S and Mumthas A P, Research in the University of Calicut, India,

Abstract

This paper examines the growth of scholarly articles produced by the University of Calicut over a period of fifty one years to identify the growth and trend of research. Data was collected from Scopus database. As of 30^th September 2018, a total number of 2158 scholarly articles have been published by the university. The study found that more papers were published on Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%) followed by Chemistry (23%) and Physics and Astronomy combination (21%). The publications of scholarly articles in Social Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Economics, Econometrics and Finance were found to be very less (3.7%). The majority of articles (58%) were published during the last ten years (58%).