Mapping the International Representation of the Botanical Survey of India
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2015-03-12
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is the pioneer in the field of Indian Plant Taxonomy. Its core activity is the
exploration and identification of national plant resources.The basics of all biotechnology related fields rely
on the proper exploration and identification of the natural resources. In this concern, it is necessary to assess
the research contribution of this highly privileged national institute in terms of undergoing a comparison
between the two international citation databases. The Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) were the citation
databases used in determining the international coverage of the research output of BSI. The results retrieved
from those databases were studied in different aspects of scientometric variables such as total population
count, citations count, prolific journals and articles. Also, prolific authors based on number of publications,
citations received and h-index were taken into account. Additionally, a divergence prevailed in the coverage
of citation databases with the institutional repository were also analyzed. After analyzing the databases in
various aspects the findings have been registered. Suggestions have been given from the findings for the
future improvements of coverage of research contribution in the international citation database from
Botanical Survey of India.
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Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Institutional Repositories, National Knowledge Infrastructure, Citation Analysis, Citation Databases, Research Evaluation, Botanical Survey of India