Research Productivity of Universities in Kerala: Growth andTrends
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2015-03-12
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
The study aims to understand the growth of scholarly literature produced by the Universities in Kerala. The
study has attempted to understand the top ranking university, major research area, prolific authors, top
publications,most productive year etc. The data for the study was collected from the SCOPUS database of
Elsevier. Though there are 15 universities in Kerala, the study is limited to six state universities. The
findings of the study revealed a total number of 11764 documents. CUSAT is the top ranking university in
Kerala followed by University of Kerala and MG University.More documents were produced on Science and
Engineering subjects. Growth of literature in social science is low. Compared to major universities, the
growth of scholarly literature from the Universities in Kerala found to be low.
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Scientometri, Bibliometrics, Research Productivity, Publication Trends, Authorship Pattern, Kerala - Universities