Research Productivity of Central Universities in Northeast India with Special Reference to Web of Science

Abstract

The current study attempts to evaluate the research productivity of central universities in Northeastern states of India on the basis of research publications indexed by Web of Science database during the period from 2010 to 2020. The retrieved data has been analyzed on the following parameters such as year wise distribution of research publications, citations, h-indexes, funding sources, research areas and preferred sources for research publication. The result of the study shows that Tezpur University have published the highest number of research publications and gaining highest number of citations that helped to gain highest number of h-index values during the selected time period. Nine central universities of Northeast states have tried to improve their research publications. Here, it is seen that Tezpur University is the most dynamic university in the entire northeastern region. Again, the study investigate that, majority of central universities in Northeast India have published highest research papers in the most prolific journals “Current Science”. The current study recommends that National Sports University and Central Agriculture University should improve their research publications to get more visibility among the scientific community. Both of the universities should publish their research publications in reputed and high impact journals.