International Journal of
Library and Information Science

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Lib. Inf. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2537
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJLIS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 246

Full Length Research Paper

Research productivity of Indian Institute of Technology

Zahid Ashraf Wani*, Mohd Tahir Pandit and Nighat Majeed
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 10 June 2013
  •  Published: 31 August 2013

Abstract

This paper made an attempt to gauge the research output of IIT Delhi, one of prime intuitions of engineering and technology India. The research output for the period of 1964-2010 as indexed by “Scopus” was collected and analyzed for set objectives. It was found that a total of 15476 research papers from the institute were published in journals and conference proceedings for the study period. The average citations count of institution is 4.09. “Engineering” is the dominant discipline with 6,267 papers, whereas “Chemistry” is highly cited subject field with total of 14,264 citations. The institution has collaborated in 3057 and 1209 papers at national & international level respectively.

Key words: IIT, Delhi, research output, Engineering and Technology, research output.