Indian Contribution to Drugs Discovery: A Scientometric Mapping of Publication

Abstract

Drug discovery (DD) is the process by which a novel drug is discovered for human well being. According to nature.com, drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. Researchers wanted to carry out a Scientometric study on drug discovery with special reference to India and a total of 4850 records were downloaded from Web of Science database. Top 10 Institutions shared 1167 publications, 20 Institution shares of 1957 Publications and 50 Institution shares of 2944 out of 3573 Institutions. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has the maximum output of 216 (4.5%) publications and recorded 3374 Global Citations Scores and stood at the first position in the table. Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) has produced 168 (3%) research publications followed by University of Delhi with 118 (2.4%) records. One of premier academic institute in India, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc) has produced 100 (2.1%) records in the drug discovery research. India has geographically collaborated with 91 countries and the highest number of publications with USA (486), Saudi Arabia (154), UK (107) and South Korea (103).