Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Abstract

Abstract: The paper deals with the publication pattern of faculty members of Rajarambapu Institute of Technology (RIT), Islampur, (Maharashtra), India based on the research output as reflected in the Scopus database during the period from 2010 to 2020. The study examined research performance based on their publication output, using different bibliometric indicators, such as the growth of publications, authorship pattern, collaborative index, highly productive author and journal, citation pattern etc. Bibliometric techniques were applied to a total number of 402 publications for eleven years. The extracted bibliographical and citation data was analysed and evaluated using MS Excel and Bibexcel applications and the visualisation was done using VOSviewer software. Major findings of the study revealed that the number of research publications and citations at the RIT has increased over the last eleven years. Most 246 (61.19%) of the publications were published in the form of conference papers, Dr. Thorat A.R. is the most productive author having 24 publications, and 'The Journal of Engineering Education Transformations' is a prominent journal for research publication at the RIT.

Keywords: Research Productivity, Bibliometric, Authorship Pattern, Collaborative Index, Citation Analysis, RIT, Scopus.