Table of Contents

Sujit Bhattacharya

pp. 83-84 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128987 · 2013

I welcome you all to the third issue of the “Journal of Scientometric Research” (www.jscires.org). I hope you will find this issue useful and interesting. The issue covers eleven articles; brief highlights of each articl…

Murat Çokgezen

pp. 85-91 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128988 · 2013

This study explores the impact of some individual and environmental determinants on the publication performance of Turkish economics academicians using cross-sectional data. The present study results show that only two o…

Dirk Tunger, Julia Wilhelm

pp. 92-101 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128990 · 2013

The field of bibliometrics is currently enjoying a growth in popularity. At least, this is the impression we get if we estimate the number of bibliometrics-related publications, conference papers and studies that appear …

Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, Shri Ram, Shikha Kaushik

pp. 102-109 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128992 · 2013

The study aimed to evaluates vitiligo research carried out in different countries of the world during 2001-2012 using bibliometric indicators. Data of the present study has been obtained from Scopus (http://www.scopus) d…

Vipan Kumar, Rashmi Srivastava

pp. 110-115 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128994 · 2013

In recent years, efforts have been made to quantify and measure various aspects of performance of a country by measuring both the quantity and quality of research. Recently, a new science indicator has been introduced of…

Suresh Kumar

pp. 116-125 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128996 · 2013

The research output of India in human computer interaction (HCI) research during 1987-2011 is analyzed in this paper on several parameters including total research output, its growth, rank and global publication share, c…

Shri Ram

pp. 126-131 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128997 · 2013

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease and epidemiology shows its occurrences more in western countries than Africans or Asians. Different literature reviews have highlighted the prevalence of this disease world wide. The r…

K. V. S. Hari Kumar, K. Aravinda, Sanjay Kalra

pp. 132-136 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.128998 · 2013

Background:Endocrinology research in India is rapidly growing without formal assessment. Our study analyzes the characteristics of all articles published by endocrinologists from India in PubMed indexed journals during t…

Thed van Leeuwen, Leo Kriegsman, Jan van Tol, Joost Schokkenbroek

pp. 137-145 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.129000 · 2013

This paper presents the results of a combined study to the research performance of the Dutch Leiden-based National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, in the context of the global changing position of museums in the ope…

N. Kheradparvar, N. Shokrpour, A. Mirzaee

pp. 146-151 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.129001 · 2013

The small number of Institute of Science Index (ISI)-indexed articles published by some Iranian professors call for a solution. Therefore, this study focuses on local and transnational academic research networks of four …

Thorakkal Shamim

pp. 152-156 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.129003 · 2013

Background and Objectives: Forensic odontology is an emerging specialty of dentistry and there is a paucity of information about publication trends about forensic odontology specialty in India. Journal of forensic dental…

Satish S. Munnolli, Shamprasad M. Pujar

pp. 157-158 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.129004 · 2013

In this century, the volume of scholarly research output has increased and has become enormous and more complex than ever before because of its multi-dimensional features. Over the past few decades, there have been drama…