Collaboration and Authorship Pattern of Research Outputs Published by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology from 2005 to 2020: A Scientometric Analysis.

The present study focuses on the different attributes of authorship pattern in the literature published by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET). For this purpose data is collected from Scopus database for the period from 2005 to 29.02.2020. A sum total of 591 papers were published during the period considered which is indexed in the Scopus database. The study aims to find out the pattern of publication, growth rate of publication, authorship pattern, collaborative index, collaborative coefficient, modified collaborative coefficient and co-authorship index etc. From the study it is found that the year 2019 was the most productive year with 86 publications followed by 2017 and 2015 with 68 and 67 publications respectively. The analysis indicates multiple authorship pattern is dominating in the publication of CIPET. Three authored publication is the highest number of publication which is 235 articles. The annual growth rate is maximum 450% in the year 2006. Highest collaborative index 3.84 is recorded in the year 2017. The DC is highest 1 in the years 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011-13, 2016-17 and 2020. Highest CC 0.57 is observed in the year 2007. Highest CAI is observed in single authorship i.e. 1196.36 in the year 2007. A total of 6945 citations were shared by 591 articles during the period 2005 to 29.02.2020. Highest number of citation 1101 is recorded in the year 2015