Measuring the growth and trends of neurology research output during 2012-2021

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Author Details : R Santhakumar*

Volume : 10, Issue : 3, Year : 2024

Article Page : 130-136

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijn.2024.029

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Abstract

This paper describes scientometric study of the Neurology research in global as per the number of publications indexed in the Web of Science database. During the study period (2012-2021) a total of 12639 publications were published in the field of Neurology. The average number of publications published was 1263.9 and the highest numbers of publications (1741) were published in the year 2021. Neurology research researchers have contributed more in the form of journal articles. Anonymous is the most productive author with 155 (1.23%) publications followed by Matsumoto N with 63 (0.50%) publications. The average productivity per author for the period 2012 to 2021 is 0.26 and the degree of collaboration is C = 0.85. USA topped the list with highest share 4232 (33.48%) of publications. England ranked second with 1345 (10.64%) share of publications followed by Germany 1088 (8.61%) share of publications. 12,423 global institutions involved in the Neurology research. Among these top 12 institutions 9 are from USA, 2 are from UK and one from Canada. The scientific literature on neurology is spread over 1664 different web of science indexed journals.
 

Keywords: Neurology, Relative growth rate, Doubling time and degree of collaboration, Author productivity

How to cite : Santhakumar R, Measuring the growth and trends of neurology research output during 2012-2021. IP Indian J Neurosci 2024;10(3):130-136

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