Research output on Coronavirus: The Indian Perspective

Abstract

This paper examines the publications on Coronavirus from India indexed in web of science online database. The search term “Coronavirus” or “COVID 19” with topic field has been used as keyword and limited to India. A total of 281 unique records over the year 1975–2020 have been downloaded and analyzed under various categories considered for this study. The highest number of articles are published in the year 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Year 2015 has highest number of Citations with 531 for 17 (6.2 %) Publications. The study found that 1369 authors concentrated the research in this field and 281 papers published in indexed journals. International Centre for Genet Engineering & Biotechnology stood in the first with the highest number of publications with 20 (7.3 %) and received 549 Citations followed by All India Institute of Medical Science with 12 (4.4 %) Publications and received 67 Citations, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya with 10 (3.7%) Publications and received 482 Citations, Indian Institute of Technology with 10 (3.7 %) Publications and received 86 Citations, University of Delhi with 8(2.9 %) Publications and received 128 Citations, Indian Institute of Science with 6 (2.2%) and received 61Citations. India has collaborated with 38 countries. CSIR, DBT India, UGC, USDHHS, DST India and ICMR are most funded agencies in the field of Coronavirus. Furthermore, this study also identified that document wise distribution, Journal wise, institution with subdivision wise, and geographical collaboration of the literature and citation analysis is also distinguished.