Characteristics of Highly Cited Publications of Gauhati University (1989-2018): Curious Cases

Tilak Hazarika, Banani Das, Dipen Deka, Banasri Deka Gauhati University, Guwahati Assam, India

Abstract: Citation received by a research publication is regarded as the primary credit to the author(s) as well as the organization of the author(s) affiliated to. A good number of metrics are there to measure the impact and prestige of a given set of research publications as well as the productivity of the researchers. This study is carried out on a sample data of 312 highest cited research publications credited to Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India for a publication window of 30 years (i.e. 1989-2018). The sample drawn for the study is 10 percent of total of 3115 publications available in the Scopus citation database. Test of significance of correlation of the number of citations with the corresponding Field Weighted Citation Impact is carried out on 17 highly cited authors and found to be not significant in seven cases. Except in three cases, where the number of publications is significantly high, the significance of the correlation of the two mentioned variables is not predictable based on the number citations. Consistency of the author’s citation impact measured by z index reveals a high consistency in the citation window of the authors, but cases are obverted where authors credited with relatively fewer publications recorded very high consistency and ranked high as per z-index. The ANOVA test to see if there is any kind of association in the type of research collaboration and the citation received by the publications returned insignificantly. Correlation of the citation across three databases viz. Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science have been studied and observed to be significant in all cases. Keyword occurrences of high frequency along with their link strength have been studied and portrayed using VOSviewer application, while the subjects with citation peak have been ranked as per Citation Per Paper.

Keywords: Research Productivity, Gauhati University, Significance Of Correlation, Field Weighted Citation Impact, Z-index, Author Productivity Characteristics of Highly Cited Publications of Gauhati University (1989-2018): Curious Cases

DOI:https://doi.org/10.6025/jstm/2020/1/1/31-40

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