Research Productivity of the Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu: A Scientometric Study

S. Rajeswari; M.  Nagarajan; V. S. Rakhi

doi:10.51983/ajist-2012.2.1.38

Authors

S. Rajeswari Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar - 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Nagarajan Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar - 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
V. S. Rakhi Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar - 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2012.2.1.38

Keywords:

Annamalai University, Research Productivity of Faculty of Science, Scientometric Study

Abstract

The paper presents the contribution of Science faculty of Annamalai University. It describes the year-wise growth and form-wise distribution of the research output. It studies the impact of research under different Science Departments of the Annamalai University and analyses the strong and weak areas of University research, collaborative nature of research in terms of the authorship pattern. The results show that there is a significant growth of research productivity in the Faculty of Science during the period of study with more multi authored papers.

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