1st ICLIM - 2016

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Research on “Western Ghats”: A Scientometric Analysis
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Selvamani, J.; Kumari, N.P.
Older than the Himalaya mountains, the mountain chain of the Western Ghats represents geomorphic features of immense importance with unique biophysical and ecological processes. The site’s high mountain forest ecosystems influence the Indian monsoon weather pattern. This mountain chain is recognized as one of the world’s eight ‘hottest hotspots’ of biological diversity along with Sri Lanka. The forests of the Western Ghats include some of the best representatives of non-equatorial tropical evergreen forests in the world. At least 325 globally threatened (IUCN Red Data List) species occur in the Western Ghats. The globally threatened flora and fauna in the Western Ghats are represented by 229 plant species, 31 mammal species, 15 bird species, 43 amphibian species and many reptile species. Of the total 325 globally threatened species in the Western Ghats, 129 are classified as Vulnerable, 145 as endangered and 51 as critically endangered (UNESCO). It is always good to integrate the significant concepts and subjects into Library and Information Science practices. Hence, the applications of LIS principles contribute further for the growth of the subject domain. In this relevance, the present study aimed at identifies and analysis the quality research output on “Western Ghats” and its Geographical, Social, Geological, Political, and Natural importance. Internationally recognized indexing, analytical and citation database of research publications known as Web of Science chosen as source of this study to measure the research in terms of quantity and quality. The study reveals that there 2,204 publications on Western Ghats are indexed for the study period that is 28 years. There are 609 journals published the research on “Western Ghats” written by 4294 authors affiliated to 1492 research institutions and organization from 66 countries. It is found that more number of research articles are sponsored by the funding agencies across the globe, of which the research organization form India contributed major stake, which is followed by National Science Foundation (NSF) (0.54 %), Royal Society of England (0.36 %). India as top most country contributed 86 % of the total research output which is followed by USA (12.16 %) and England (5.7 %). The publication on “Western Ghats” research scored 20,088 times cited with a h-index 57 for the time span. With regard to research areas Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (7.1 %), and Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) (5.7 %) are the top major areas in which the “Western Ghats” research outcome is documented.
Research on Himalayas: A Scientometric Analysis
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Kambaraman, B.; Srinivasaragavan, S.
Himalayas is one of the largest mountain ranges which spread across many countries in South and South East Asia having highest peaks in the world. It is aimed at identifying the range of research activities taking place on the Zoological, Botanical, Social, Natural and Geological aspects of the Himalayas, particularly documented in high impact journals and reputed publications across the world. To ensure the assessment of qualitative research documented on Himalayas, the researcher chosen the prominent and highly acclaimed indexing source of scientific research that is Web of Science, which is indexing 13,975 journals globally. The data downloaded for the years 1989-2016, a period of 28 years would reveal that there is a gradual growth with slight variations on the research output for the study period, particularly the current decade registered exponential growth in a consistent manner and the year 2015 recorded highest amount of research output. It is also found that citation trend correlated with the growth of the literature. As there is a gradual growth on the citations received by the publications on Himalayas research output, the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 registered large number of citations. There are 4,696 publications as the outcome; they received 81,994 Global Citation Score which include 48,478 citing articles with a high h-index of 116. The analysis shows that the research on Himalayas carried out in 115 areas by 10,229 researchers affiliated to 2845 research institutions spread across 94 countries. Of the total of 4696 publciations; 2151 articles are as the outcome of research funding from various agencies across the world. It is revealed from the study that the top countries alone contributed more than 50 % of the research, while India (40.2 %), USA (17.2 %) and People R China (14.9 %) were in top three positions. With regard to funding on Himalayas research, China (17.76 %) contributed a major stake which followed by USA (5.67 %), next holds India (2.70 %). With regard to research areas Geology (20.87 %), Environmental Sciences Ecology (14.16 %), Plant Science (9.73 %) are the top major areas in which the Himalayas research outcome is documented.