A scientometric assessment of global publication output on RFID with reference to India during 2006-15

Abstract

The present paper attempts to study the performance of India in RFID research using a series of bibliometric indicators. As seen from SCOPUS database, India’s research output cumulated to 632 publications in 10 years during 2006-15. Indiais ranked13thtop country in the world in RFID research; it accounted for 2.58% global publication. India showed faster growth rate of 20.69% CAGR compared to -0.42% by the world in RFID research during 2006-15. India’s citation impact was low, 1.32 citations per paper; its output in terms of international collaborative publications was also low, accounting for just 9.81% during 2006-15.The top 15 most productive Indian organisations in RFID research together contributed 35.60% publications share and 38.18% citation share during 2006-15. The top 15 most productive journals together accounted for 47.44% share of total country output in RFID research during 2006-15. Computer science accounted for the largest publication share (57.44%) in RFID research output, followed by engineering (49.21%), social sciences (7.28%), mathematics (6.01%), materials science (5.85%), business, management & accounting (5.54%) and physics & astronomy (4.75%) during 2006-15.