N K, SheejaCherukodan, SurendranT K, Muhamed Sageer2015-03-112015-03-112015-03-12978-93-81232-05-7http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1860The 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.en-USScientometriBibliometricsResearch ProductivityPublication TrendsAuthorship PatternKerala - UniversitiesArticle