Scholarly Research Output of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore: Scientometric Analysis

Authors

Arumugam J, PSG College of TechnologyFollow
Balasubramani R, Bharathidasan UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

Summer 5-2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

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Abstract

Scientometrics analysis the quantitative as well as the qualitative aspects of scientific parameters for better understanding of the mechanism of research activities. The paper attempts to present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the publication output of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. Data have been collected from the Scopus database for the period 1997 to 2020. Among the 2110 papers published in the span of 24 years, the highest numbers of 404 papers were published in 2018 and 2019. 1792 papers (85.3%) were published during the last ten years from 2011 to 2020. Journal is the most preferred channel of publication with 1665 papers. This study reveals that Kumaraguru College of Technology has largely contributed to research in Science, Engineering and Technology and the publication output of faculty has increased considerably during the recent years.