Applicability of Lotka’s Law to Pollution Control Research Publications During 2013-2017 Using Scopus Database

Vol-3 | Issue-11 | November 2018 | Published Online: 10 November 2018    PDF ( 477 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1482439
Author(s)
Dr. K. Sivasamy 1; S. Vivekanandhan 2

1College Librarian, Thiru A. Govindaswamy Government Arts College, Tindivanam, Villupuram District Tamilnadu (India)

2Assistant Librarian, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur Post. Kancheepuram Dist (India)

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the authorship contribution in the field of pollution control research publications during the selected five years from 2013 to 2017 from SCOPUS database. A total of 13825 research publications are identified and analyzed. The year 2017 contributed maximum of 3390 publications, Hao, J. was contributed highest of 53 (20.23%) research publications. During the study period maximum of 10470 (75.73%) research works are done by articles, and Chinese Academy of Sciences contributed 711 (5.14%) research publications with a top ranking institution in the field of pollution control research. China is top contributing countries with 4831 (34.94%) publications. This study identified that the author productivity does not fit in the Lotka‟s law application in the fields of pollution control research publications.

Keywords
Scientometric, Pollution Control, Lotka‟s law, Authorship Pattern
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