Indian Research Output on Remote Sensing Literature Using Scopus Database

A Bibliometric Study (2015-2022)

Abstract

For the marked time (2015-2022), this article used the Scopus database to analyse the literature output on "Remote Sensing," and it discovered a total of 9418 records in the area of remote sensing and GIS research. The most popular statistical tools to assess and analyse publication patterns in the social and natural sciences are scientometrics and bibliometric. The study examined and observed a number of quantitative factors, including the distribution of publications by year, the annual growth rate (AGR) and compound annual growth rate of publications (CAGR), the relative growth rate (RGR), and the doubling time (Dt), along with the most prolific authors and preferred sources. The study's analysis and observation produced the finding that, out of 9418 publications overall, 3,289 (34.93%) of the research articles were from the years 2021 and 2022. It has been noted that the highest annual growth rate (AGR) was 45.21 and the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) was 0.24 in the year 2016, while the highest relative growth rate (1.65) in the year 2021 and doubling time (1.3(Dt)) was registered in year 2016. With 71 contributions, 33 h-index, and 3984 citations, Dadhwal, V. K. from the "Indian institute of remote sensing Dehradun," India, was identified as the most prolific author.