Dr. Kolman appreciated Indian research articles in Indian Science Congress
CHENNAI: The “Research Strengths of India,” revealed by Elsevier’s bibliometric tool SciVal Spotlight, could come in handy for policy-makers as well as institutional heads, stated by Michiel Kolman, senior vice-president, Global Academic Relations at Elsevier, while presenting the data of the ‘SciVal country map’ of India at the Indian Science Congress at Kattankulathur, near Chennai on Wednesday.
Dr. Kolman said India was strong, based on leadership articles, in chemistry -35 %, engineering-18 %, mathematics and physics -11 % and biology -10 %.
India, which was in the global top 10 in article output, was growing at an impressive 8 per cent. It, however, lagged behind China and Brazil.
It would be very useful for institutions to gather exceptional research teams and retain them. Top scientists in every discipline (based on quality articles) could be identified using the zoom in tool and narrowing subject-wise specialists. It would also help in identifying the strong areas of each university and explore the scope for collaboration between institutes.
Dr. Kolman said, Results revealed that research was very strong in physics, chemistry, engineering, earth science, biology, biotechnology and infectious diseases in India. Some areas in which the nation was not too strong were computer science, social science, health sciences, medicine, and brain research. Almost all institutes had shown a steady growth in publication of research articles, but there was some catching up to do with the best in the world in terms of quality.
The only university among the top 10 was the University of Delhi, Dr. Kolman noted. Also he said India was ranked in the top 20 in quality of articles. The most productive institutions in the country were the IITs, the IISc, and the CSIR institutions.
(News Editor- Naushin Fatima Khan)
