Research Output on Food and Nutrition Literature in India and China: A Scientometric Study

By : R. Jeyshankar

Page No: 392-400

Abstract
This study attempts to quantify the growth and development of food and nutrition research in India and China in terms of publication output as reflected from SCOPUS database. This study covered in India has 1,321 records and China has 1,045 records during the period of 1983 – 2012. It also analyzed the Relative Growth Rate, Doubling Time, Authorship Pattern, degree of Collaboration, Co-Authorship Index, Length of Papers, Mostly Cited Journals and Active Institutions in India and China. The study displayed the ranking list of most cited journals in India-Journal of Nutrition had 599 (10.48 percent)– followed by China-Nutrition Journal had 699 (12.83 percent)– and China had contributed more number of multi authored papers when compared to India (86.79 percent vs. 60.71 percent), followed by two authored papers which were mostly presented in India as compared to China (23.62 percent vs. 9.19 percent). This study also examined the active research institutions in this field in both the countries. This study used various scientometric indicators and related statistical tools.

Authors :
R. Jeyshankar : Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.