RANKING and PERFORMANCE of UNIVERSITIES in TAMIL NADU BASED on PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS and INDEXES Dr

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RANKING AND PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITIES IN TAMIL NADU BASED ON PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS AND INDEXES Dr. Surulinathi,M. Abstract This study examines the growth of Publications, Citation ranking, and h-index of Universities in Tamilnadu. Web of Science database provides significantly more coverage of University publications and generate the Citations, Self Citations, Average Citation per Article. During 1989-2016 Universities have contributed 39336 Publications and received 3,73,843 Citations including 2,74327 Citing articles. 288 papers are cited more than 100 times and the range of Self Citations is 5% to 20 Percentage. An average citation per Article 9.50 was observed among Universities are involved the research domains. The bibliometric/Scientometric studies are frequently used to assess the research publications and to generate citations referred enlighten the following facts: The analysis of the growth of contributions, Citations and collaborations. Keyword: Scientometrics; Bibliometrics; H-index; Citations; i10 Index Introduction Today, the focus is increasingly shifting from whether a researcher has published a paper in peer reviewed journals and index databases and how the publications are cited by and the impact that piece of research has on the scientific community and the world at large. Researchers are faced with increasing pressure to get published. Clearly, there is a lot at stake in the assessment of research quality for both individuals, Institutions, countries based on Citations, Average citations per Article and H-index. Information scientists are turning more and more to citation analysis for objective parameters of impact assessment. There are databases that rank universities by considering their overall research output through criteria such as citable documents, citations per document, and total citations. These metrics help determine which universities have the most and/or best scientific output. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY • To identify the University wise distribution of Publications • To Know the Citable documents • To know the citation and Self Citations • To find out the H-index of the University • To identify the Average Citation Per article of the Universities • To find the Highly cited papers from University • To find the i10 index and more than 100 citation papers ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION Ranking of Universities based on Publications The rank of top Universities are listed in the below table 1. It gives the most productive university with Citations and H-index. From the table 1, it is seen that Anna University top in the list with the highest number of articles 9376 followed by University of Madras with a share of 7962, Annamalai University with 5720, Madurai Kamaraj University with 3473 and Bharathidasan University occupy the 4th position with 3471 publications and verge of equating MK University just short of 2 publications. Table 1 shows that Ranking of Universit ies based on Publications University Publications Rank Citations H-index Anna University 9376 1 87426 91 University of Madras 7962 2 75621 81 Annamalai University 5720 3 56196 72 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 4 33417 61 Bharathidasan university 3471 5 36621 70 Bharathiar University 3436 6 36078 67 Alagappa University 1768 7 17390 50 Tamilnadu Agriculture University 1717 8 11862 46 Periyar University 943 9 6345 32 M.S. University 799 10 4650 28 Gandhigram Rural University 411 11 6799 40 Thiruvalluvar University 143 12 841 13 Central University Tamil Nadu 90 13 558 14 Mother T erasa University 27 14 39 3

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Universities and Citations

It clearly shows that publications and citations from Anna university is the highest number with 87426 Citations for 9376 Publications followed by University of Madras with 75621 citations for 7962 Publications, Annamalai University with 56196 Citations for 5720 Publications, Bharathidasan University with 36621 Citations for 3471 Publications. Table 2 shows that university wise distribution of Citations University Publications Citations 1 Anna University 9376 87426 2 University of Madras 7962 75621 3 Annamalai University 5720 56196 4 Bharathidasan university 3471 36621 5 Bharathiar University 3436 36078 6 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 33417 7 Alagappa University 1768 17390 8 Tamilnadu Agriculture University 1717 11862 9 Gandhigram Rural University 411 6799 10 Periyar University 943 6345 11 M.S. University 799 4650 12 Thiruvalluvar University 143 841 13 Central University Tamil nadu 90 558 14 Mother T erasa University 27 39 Self Citation of Universities in Tamilnadu Table 3 indicates that the University wise distribution of research output and Self citation during 1989-2016. Universities have contributed 39336 Publications and received 3,73,843 Citations. Annamalai University stood in the first place with the 19.05% (10,703 SC) of self citations out 56, 196 citations followed by Bharathidasan University with 17.82% (6525 SC) of self citations, Periyar University with 17.37% (1102 SC), and Madurai Kamaraj University with 16.93% (5657 SC). The remaining universities are listed in the below table 3. Table 3 shows that Self Citations of Universities in Tamilnadu University Publications Rank Citations Self % of Self Citations Citations Annamalai University 5720 1 56196 10703 19.05 Bharathidasan university 3471 2 36621 6525 17.82 Periyar University 943 3 6345 1102 17.37 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 4 33417 5657 16.93 Thiruvalluvar University 143 5 841 125 14.86 M.S. University 799 6 4650 676 14.54 Bharathiar University 3436 7 36078 5051 14.00 University of Madras 7962 8 75621 9925 13.12 Alagappa University 1768 9 17390 2243 12.90 Anna University 9376 10 87426 9646 11.03 Tamilnadu Agriculture 1717 11 11862 University 982 8.28 Gandhigram Rural University 411 12 6799 563 8.28 Central University Tamilnadu 90 13 558 46 8.24 Mother terasa University 27 14 39 2 5.13 University wise Citing Articles Table 4 depicts ranking of Universities in Tamilnadu by number of Publications and their Citing articles. The first rank goes to Anna University with 65,806 citing articles followed by University of Madras with 57595 citing articles, Annamalai University with 37801 citing documents, Bharathiar University with 25718 and Bharathidasan with 24920 citing articles and remaining universities citing articles are listed in the below table. 408 National Conference on Information for all: Changing Role of Public Libraries in Digital India Innovatives (NCIFA)

Table 4 shows that university wise distribution of Citing Articles Rank University Publications Citing Articles 1 Anna University 9376 65806 2 University of Madras 7962 57595 3 Annamalai University 5720 37801 4 Bharathiar University 3436 25718 5 Bharathidasan university 3471 24920 6 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 24900 7 Alagappa University 1768 13200 8 Tamilnadu Agriculture University 1717 9829 9 Periyar University 943 4776 10 Gandhigram Rural University 411 4693 11 M.S. University 799 3884 12 Thiruvalluvar University 143 703 13 Central University Tamil nadu 90 464 14 Mother Terasa University 27 38 University wise Average Citation per Item It is observed that Gandhi Gram Rural University ranked first with 16.54 Average Citation per item followed by Bharathidasan University with 10.55, Bharathiar University with 10.50 Average Citation per item and Alagappa University with 9.84 Average Citation per item. Table 5 shows that University wise Average Citation Per item Rank University Publications Citations Average Citation per Item 1 Gandhigram Rural University 411 6799 16.54 2 Bharathidasan university 3471 36621 10.55 3 Bharathiar University 3436 36078 10.50 4 Alagappa University 1768 17390 9.84 5 Annamalai University 5720 56196 9.82 6 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 33417 9.62 7 University of Madras 7962 75621 9.50 8 Anna University 9376 87426 9.32 9 Tamilnadu Agriculture University 1717 11862 6.91 10 Periyar University 943 6345 6.73 11 Central University Tamil Nadu 90 558 6.20 12 Thiruvalluvar University 143 841 5.88 13 M.S. University 799 4650 5.82 14 Mother T erasa University 27 39 1.44 University wise H-index Table 6 attempts to measure both productivity and citation impact of the publications of Universities. Anna University is ranked first place with the highest number of h-index with 91 followed by University of madras with 81 h-index, Annamalai university with 72 h-index and Bharathidasan University with 70 h-index. Table 6 shows that university wise distribution of H-index Rank Un iversity Publications Citations H-index 1 Anna University 9376 87426 91 2 University of Madras 7962 75621 81 3 Annamalai University 5720 56196 72 4 Bharathidasan university 3471 36621 70

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University wise Highest Citations Highly Cited paper is identified through paper are arranged in descending order top ranked paper defined as the highest cited paper of the University. Sakthivel from Department of Chemistry, Anna university has received the highest number of citations 671 followed by Namasivayam from department of Environmental Science, Bharathiar University with 643 Citations, Shankar from Department of Crop Physiology, TN Agriculture University with 563 Citations and Vivekanandan from Department of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan university with 463 citations. Table 7 shows that highly cited paper from University Rank University Publications Citations Highest Citation 1 Anna University 9376 87426 671 2 Bharathiar University 3436 36078 643 3 Tamil Nadu Agriculture University 1717 11862 563 4 Bharathidasan university 3471 36621 463 5 University of Madras 7962 75621 375 6 Annamalai University 5720 56196 360 7 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 33417 294 8 Gandhigram Rural University 411 6799 172 9 Thiruvalluvar University 143 841 159 10 Alagappa University 1768 17390 139 11 Periyar University 943 6345 97 12 M.S. University 799 4650 76 13 Central University Tamil Nadu 90 558 62 14 Mother T erasa University 27 39 16 University wise i10 Index The table 8 represents the University wise distribution of i10 index covered by Web of Science Database. It shows that the distribution of 2444 articles are cited more than 10 times and total of 87426 citations followed by University of Madras with 2221 articles are cited more than 10 times and total of 75621 citations, Annamalai University with 1671 articles are cited more than 10 times and Bharathidasan University with 1043 articles are cited more than 10 times. Table 8 shows that ranking of Universities based on i10 Index Rank University Publications Citations i10 Index 1 Anna University 9376 87426 2444 2 University of Madras 7962 75621 2221 3 Annamalai University 5720 56196 1671 4 Bharathidasan university 3471 36621 1043 5 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 33417 1002 6 Bharathiar University 3436 36078 935 7 Alagappa University 1768 17390 547 8 Tamilnadu Agriculture University 1717 11862 310 9 Periyar University 943 6345 216 10 Gandhigram Rural University 411 6799 190 11 M.S. University 799 4650 154 12 Thiruvalluvar University 143 841 22 13 Central University Tamil nadu 90 558 18 14 Mother Terasa University 27 39 2 University wise 100 times cited Papers The below table 9 highlight the most cited papers with more than 100 times cited from Universities. The highest number from Anna University with 75 paper are cited more than 100 times and followed by

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Table 9 shows that more than 100 times cited papers from Universities Rank University Publications Citations 100 above Citations 1 Anna University 9376 87426 75 2 University of Madras 7962 75621 56 3 Bharathiar University 3436 36078 40 4 Bharathidasan university 3471 36621 35 5 Annamalai University 5720 56196 33 6 Madurai Kamaraj University 3473 33417 27 7 Tamilnadu Agriculture University 1717 11862 12 8 Gandhigram Rural University 411 6799 05 9 Alagappa University 1768 17390 04 10 Thiruvalluvar University 143 841 01 11 M.S. University 799 4650 00 12 Periyar University 943 6345 00 13 Mother T erasa University 27 39 00 14 Central University Tamil Nadu 90 558 00

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION This study explores the research trends of Universities in Tamilnadu during 1989-2016 based on the Web of Science database using the Scientometric techniques. 288 papers are cited more than 100 times. An average citation per Article 9.50 was observed among Universities are involved the various research domains. The analysis shows that there have been significant changes in terms of Citations, self citation, H-index among the Universities in Tamil Nadu. The bibliometric / Scientometric studies are frequently used to assess the research publications and to generate citations referred enlighten the following facts: The analysis of the growth of contributions and collaborations. REFERENCES • Ankasetty, K., & Surulinathi, M. (2013). Highly Cited Papers from University of Mysore: A Citation Mapping. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, 2(2), 50-54. • Arunachalam, S., & Singh, U. N. (1984). Publication & citation patterns in the literature of a high metabolism area: the case of superconductivity in 1970.Journal of Information Science, 8(3), 93-102. • Poornima, A., Surulinathi, M. & Vijayaragavan, N. A. a. M. (2011) Mapping the Indian research productivity of food science and technology: A scientometric analysis. Food Biol, 1 (1), 36-41. • Surulinathi, M., Balasubramani, R., & Kalisdha, A. (2013). Continent wise Analysis of Green Computing Research: A Scientometric Study. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, 2(1), 39-44.

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