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A BIBLIOMETRIC PROFILE OF COMMERCE &

MANAGEMENT FACULTIES OF SRTM

UNIVERSITY, NANDED

Smita S. Patil Assistant Librarian, S.R.T.M.Uiversity, Nanded‘s Sub-Centre, Latur.

E-mail:[email protected]

Dr. (Mrs.) Vaishali S. Khaparde Professor & Head, Deptt. Of LISc,

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.

E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

This article analyzed the various Bibliometric aspects of the 220 research

publications of faculty members of the School of Commerce & Management

Sciences of SRTM University, Nanded during 2009 to 2014. It covers the

gender wise, year wise, journal wise analysis, authorship pattern and degree of

collaboration of authors, Relative Growth Rate & Doubling Time of

publications, most prolific authors having largest no. of publications.

Keywords: SRTM University Nanded, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Degree of

collaboration, Authorship pattern, Research publications, Relative growth rate, Doubling

time

1. Introduction

Higher education is a very important part for the growth and development of human

resource which can take responsibility for social, economic and scientific development of

the country. Research productivity in higher education is gaining importance for the past

one decade in India. Research is an art of scientific investigations and an intellectual act

of an endeavor for systematic and scientific search for pertinent information on a specific

topic. Much of human knowledge is produced in the world‘s university departments,

being centres of research, universities and other equivalent institutes are considered as

vital ports for scientific studies and progress of a nation. The research activities of an

institution are reflected through its publications. Advancement in knowledge takes place

through research publications in the form of journal articles, conference papers and

communications among others.

2. Definitional analysis

2.1 Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics is quantitative analysis and statistics to describe patters of publications

within a given field or body of literature. Alan Pritchard in 1969 had coined the term





Bibliometrics. However, the term librametry was coined by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan in

1948 during a discussion at Aslib conference held in Lamington Spa (ASlib Proc. 1949,

p. 102)1.

Pritchard (1969) defines Bibliometrics as the application of mathematical and statistical

methods to books and other media of communication.

2.2 SRTM University Nanded

The Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University was established at Nanded by bi-

furcating the Marathwada University, Aurangabad on 17th September 1994. The

University has been named after Swami Ramanand Teerth the Doyen of the Hyderabad

Liberation Struggle and also a renowned educationalist and social activist. The SRTM

University has made a land mark achievement by securing ‗A‘ grade through evaluation

by National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) located at Bangalore,

Karnataka in 2015.

2.3 School of Commerce & Management Sciences

School of Commerce & Management Sciences started in year 2007, presently this

particular School offered M.B.A., M.Com, MBA (5 yrs. Integrated BBA+MBA), M.Phil

in (Commerce & Management), and Ph.D in (Commerce & Management) Courses. The

School organizes seminars, workshops and conferences to promote research activities.

The team of highly qualified faculties with huge experiences provides valuable insights

into the dynamic and challenging world of business studies. The faculty is involved in

continuous, relevant and innovative research programmes for betterment of their teaching

techniques. The faculty of this particular school has recognized M.Phil & Ph. D.

Supervisors and has Major & Minor Research Projects to their credits.

3. Review of Literature

Chikate & Waddhwana (2014) analyzed the scientrometric study of 71 research

publications of LIS Professionas of SNDT Women‘s Universit, Mumbai from 2003 to

2012. It covered yearwise, subject wise, gender wise, language wise productivity of

publications, authorship pattern and channels of communication has been studied.

Kandalkar (2014) studied Research performance of Social science faculty members

working in affiliated colleges and department of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University,

Amravati during 2008-2010. Nagarkar S. (2014) studied the bibliometric analysis of 811

published papers in 258 journals with 8948 citations of 30 faculty members of the

Department of Chemistry at University of Pune during 1999-2012. Kar (Ghosh) and

Mondal (2014) undertook the bibliometric study of 265 research publications of UGC-

DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre for the period of 2006-2010.

There were 145 journal publications and the remaining 120 was published proceedings of

Conferences and seminars. Khaparde V S (2011) she studied the pattern of information

use by researcher in the field of library and information science. It is based on the

references appended to International Journal of ―Library Hi Tech‖ during 2005-2009. The

present study is based on 3876 references appended to 247 articles contributed by the

authors in Library Hi Tech. In Authorship pattern it was found that Solo Research is





Predominant than Collaborative Research. The degree of research collaboration was

calculated and it was found that the single authorship trend increased gradually in Library

Hi Tech. Khaparde V S and Pawar (2013) studied the authorship pattern and author‘s

collaborative research in Information Technology with a sample of 17917 articles collect

from LISA during 2000-2009.The average number of authors per article is 1.80. In the

study the degree of collaboration (C) during the overall 10 years (2000-2009) is 0.71, but

the year wise degree of collaboration is almost same in all the years of mean value 0.49.

According to 10 years of period, the multi- authorship articles are higher and predominant

on single authorship. The study found that the researches in Information Technology are

keep toward team research / group research rather than solo research.

Khaparde V S (2013) her paper conducted the Bibliometric Analysis of Research

Publication of

Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, from 1975

to 2012. 774research publications were analysed from 144 journals. The study examines

year-wise distribution of papers, authorship pattern, journal in which author publish.

Results revealed that the number of publications was increasing consistently from 1975 to

2012. Out of 774, there are 25% of publications made in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The

majority of the publications are made with 4 authors. And also the majority of the

research paper published in journal of heterocyclic chemistry. Kumar and Dora (2012)

identified the research output during the period 1999-2010 that includes types of

publications, most preferred journals, most prolific authors from IIMA, authorship

pattern, and the journals most cited by the researchers from IIMA. Kumar; Dora and

Desai (2015) undertook the bibliometric analysis of the total 760 research publications

attributed by the authors affiliated to Gujarat University during the year 2004-2013,

similarly Kumbar et.al. (2008) analyzed the growth and impact of research output of

University of Mysore during 1996-2006. Siwach and Kumar (2015) studied the total no.

of 1247 research contributions of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak during 2000-

2013. Only the journal articles, reviews and articles in press were considered for the

study.

4. Scope and Limitations of the study

The scope of the study is limited to the Bibliometric analysis of total no. of 220 research

publications of the core faculty members of the School of Commerce & Management

Sciences of SRTM University, Nanded during 2009 to 2014.

5. Objectives of the study:

The study focuses on the following objectives-

To find out Gender wise analysis of faculty

To analyze Growth of Literature (year wise distribution of publication)

To find out Journal wise distribution of publications

To know Authorship pattern of Publications

To analyze the Degree of collaboration of publications





To find out Relative Growth Rate [R(P)] And Doubling Time [Dt(p)]

To identify the most prolific author having largest number of publications

6. Research methodology

The study analyses the various Bibliometric aspects of the Research publications of the

School of Commerce & Management Sciences (SCMS) faculties during the year of 2009

to 2014. A total of 220 publications during the stated period were collected through

questionnaire and Curriculum Vitae (CVs) of the faculties. MS Excel 2007 was used to

organize, tabulate, and help analyze the data for the study.

7. Data analysis

Table No. 1: Gender wise analysis of faculty

Gender No. of faculties Percentage Research

publications

Percentage

Male 9 81.82% 167 75.91%

Female 2 18.18% 53 24.09%

Total 11 100% 220 100%

Table 1 and Figure 1 shows that out of 11 faculty members majority professionals are

male i.e. 9 (81.82%) and their research contribution is 167 (75.91%) and as contrast to

only 2 (18.18%) professionals are female and their research output is 53 (24.09%).

Figure 1: Gender wise analysis of faculty





Table No. 2: Growth of Literature (year wise distribution of publication)

YEAR Journal

articles

Conference

proceedings

Workshop Books

(Book

Chapters)

Total Percentage

2009 4 3 3 0 10 4.54%

2010 10 11 5 1 27 12.27%

2011 17 9 3 2 31 14.09%

2012 23 19 14 4 60 27.27%

2013 21 13 8 4 46 20.90%

2014 19 18 6 3 46 20.90%

TOTAL 94

(42.72%)

73

(33.18%)

39

(17.72%)

14

(6.36%)

220

100%

Table 2 and Figure 2 shows a total of 220 articles published in the period under study.

The highest number of research publications in the year 2012 with 60 (27.27%), followed

by 2013 and 2014 with 46 (20.90%) and 2011 with 31 (14.09%). The minimum number

of articles was published in the year 2009 with 10 (4.54%). It shows a tendency of steady

increase in the number of publications per year.

Figure 2: Growth of Literature (year wise distribution of publication)

Table No. 3: Journal wise distribution of publications

Rank Name of the Journal No. of

Articles

Percentage

I Asian journal of management sciences 9 9.57%

II International jrl. Of Management &

Economics

7 7.44%

III Indian economic Panorama: A Quarterly jrl.

Of Agriculture industry, trade and Commerce

3 3.19%

III International jrl. Of Business management & 3 3.19%





Social science

III International jrl. Of commerce & Business

management

3 3.19%

III JM International jrl. of Management 3 3.19%

IV International research jrl. Of Commerce,

management & social science

2 2.12%

IV International Jrl. Of Advances in

management, technology and engineering

sciences

2 2.12%

IV Proficient International Refereed jrl. Of

management

2 2.12%

IV J V Publication house Management journal 2 2.12%

IV Intensifying inclination towards IT &

Management

2 2.12%

IV International Jrl. Of Advances in

Management, Technology & engineering

sciences

2 2.12%

V 54 publication have 1 article each 54

(1article each)

57.44%

Total 94 100%

Table 2 and Figure 2 depicts that out of 94 journals, Asian journal of management

sciences is the most preferred journal with 9 (9.57%) articles in Ist position, followed by

International jrl. Of Management & Economics with 7 (7.44%) articles in IInd position,

Indian economic Panorama: A Quarterly jrl. Of Agriculture industry, trade and

Commerce, International jrl. Of Business management & Social science, International jrl.

Of commerce & Business management, JM International jrl. of Management with 3

(3.19%) articles each and so on. It may be revealed that the authors are more likely to

publish their work in different journals with their respective subject areas/disciplines.

Figure 3: Journal wise distribution of publications





Table No. 4: Authorship pattern of Publications

Authorship

pattern

No. of

Publications

Cumulative No.

of Publications

Percentage Cumulative

Percentage

Single 135 135 74.59% 20.06%

Two 41 176 22.65% 26.16%

Three 5 181 2.76% 26.89%

More than three 0 181 0% 26.89%

Total 181 673 100% 100%

Table 4 and Figure 4 shows the authorship pattern of the research publications during the

period of study. Of the 181 publications, the largest number of articles had been published

by single authors i.e. 135 (74.59%). This is followed by two authors i.e. 41 (22.65%),

only 5 (2.76%) contributions by three authors and 0 contributions made by more than

three authors. This analysis reveals that more number of authors desires to write

separately, as solo research trend is increasing than collaborative research among the

faculties.

Figure 4: Authorship pattern of Publications

Table No. 5: Degree of collaboration of publications

YEAR NS =No. of

Single

Authored

publications

NM= No. of

Multi

Authored

publications

TOTAL Degree of

Collaboration

C=NM/(NM+NS)

Mean

Value

2009 6 1 7 0.14%

0.223

2010 18 4 22 0.18%

2011 23 5 28 0.17%

2012 30 16 46 0.34%

2013 26 12 38 0.31%

2014 32 8 40 0.2%

Total 135 46 181 1.34%





The Degree of collaboration among authors is the ratio of the number of papers published

in a discipline during certain period of time. It is measured mathematically as:

C = NM / (NM + NS)

Where,

C = Degree of collaboration

NM = Number of multi-authored publications

NS = Number of single-authored publications

Here,

C = 46 / 181 = 0.25%

It is found that the degree of author collaboration of publications is calculated and it

varies from 0.14 to 0.34 during the period under study. The Degree of collaboration is

0.25% and the mean value is found to be 0.223. Therefore, the Solo research is quite

remarkably observed by the faculties of Commerce and management sciences. In other

words, multiple authors were dominating.

Figure 5: Degree of collaboration of publications

Table No. 6: Relative Growth Rate [R(P)] And Doubling Time [Dt(p)]





Year No. of

Public

ations

Cumulative

No. of

Publications

Loge

1p

Loge

2p

[R(P)]

Mean

[R(P)]

[Dt(P)]

Mean

[(Dt(P)]

2009 10 10 - 2.3 -

0.62

-

1.59

2010 27 37 2.3 3.61 1.31 0.529

2011 31 68 3.61 4.219 0.609 1.137

2012 60 128 4.219 4.852 0.633 1.094

2013 46 174 4.852 5.159 0.307 2.257

2014 46

220 5.159 5.393 0.234 2.961

Table 6 and Figure 6 indicates The Relative Growth Rate [R(P)] and Doubling Time [Dt

(P)] of publications. It has been observed that Relative Growth Rate of publication [R (P)]

decreased from the rate 1.31 in 2009 to 0.234 in 2014. The mean Relative Growth for the

six years (i.e. 2010 to 2015 showed a growth rate of 0.62. The data reveals that Doubling

Time [Dt (P)] gradually increased from 0.529 in 2009 to 2.961 in 2014. The mean

Doubling Time was increased i.e. 1.59. Thus, as the rate of growth of publication was

decreased, the corresponding Doubling Time was increased.

Figure 6: Relative Growth Rate [R(P)] And Doubling Time [Dt(p)]

Table No. 7: Most prolific author having largest number of publications

Rank

Name of the Author Experience

in Years

No. of

publications Percentage

I Dr. (Mrs.) V. N. Laturkar 20 32 14.54%

II Dr. J. V. Joshi 34 28 12.72%

III Dr. B. S. Mudholkar 07 24 10.90%

IV Dr. D.M. Khandare 26 23 10.45%





V Dr. R. D. Biradar 31 21 9.54%

V Dr. (Mrs.) M.S. Deshpande 18 21 9.54%

VI Dr. N. C. Dhande 05 18 8.18%

VI Dr. V. R. Uttarwar 06 18 8.18%

VII Dr. B. R. Suryawanshi 06 16 7.27%

VIII Dr. R.V. Tehra 05 11 5%

IX Dr. G. P. Mudholkar 05 8 3.63%

TOTAL 220 100%

Table 5 and Figure 4 shows that Dr. (Mrs.)V.N. Laturkar having 20 years experience is

the most prolific author among the faculties of School of Commerce & Management

Sciences with largest publications i.e. 32 (14.54%) during 2009 to 2014. Dr. J. V. Joshi is

IInd position having 28 (12.72%) publications followed by Dr. B. S. Mudholkar and Dr.

D.M. Khandare having 24 (10.90%) and 23 (10.45%) publications respectively. The

study reveals that now days female faculty members are also more likely to involved

research activities and faculties having Doctoral degrees and long experiences were large

no. of research publications on their credits.

Figure 7: Most prolific author having largest number of publications

Finding and conclusions:

This study has explored the research publications faculties of School of commerce and

management sciences of SRTM University, Nanded during 2009-2014. The study

examined the total number of 220 publications and revealed that faculties preferred

journal articles with 94 (42.72%) more frequently for publish their research work rather

than conference proceedings and books/book chapters. The study also depicts that

research trend gaining more importance after 6th pay commission to API scores.





Majority professionals are male i.e. 9 (81.82%) and their research contribution is

167 (75.91%) , while 2 (18.18%) professionals are female with 53 (24.09%).

Whereas the female author Dr. (Mrs.) V. N. Laturkar has obtained first rank and

she has contributed 32 publications.

Majority of the research publications during 2012 with 60 (27.27%) when

compared to the years with 2013 and 2014.

Majority of the faculties are conducting research and publishing their articles in

Asian journal of management sciences and faculties are likely to publish their

works in various journals with their respective disciplines.

Single authorship trend predominates in writing of articles in the field of

Commerce and management sciences, while multiple authorship or collaborative

research is lowest.

The degree of author collaboration of publications is ranged from 0.14 to 0.34

during 2009-2014 and C= 0.25% while, mean value is 0.223.

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