Research Output of National Institutes of Technology in India (2010-2019): A Scientometric Analysis

Abstract

The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the premier higher educational institutes dedicated to the education and research in the field of Engineering and Technology in India. The present study analyses the research productivity of 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in India. A total of 69,771 records were extracted from the Scopus database for ten years, from 2010 to 2019. The Degree of Collaboration, Collaborative Coefficient, Collaboration Index, authorship pattern, collaborative institutes within India and overseas institutes, collaborative countries, journals preferred etc., were some of the scientometric indicators and parameters used in the study. The study results show that the NIT Rourkela ranked first in publications (8218) and citations (72685); the mean value of Degree of Collaboration for all NITs was 0.9756; Durbadal Mandal from NIT, Durgapur has published the highest number of publications. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was the most preferred collaborated institute among the authors of NITs; the United States of America has emerged as the most preferred country for collaboration with 1772 publications and D.J. Klionsky, and others received the highest number of citations for their paper (2376).