Abstract:
This study attempts to document the Indian publications output on diabetes in the global literature, which is available in the electronic form using mapping technique. The data for this study were retrieved from the „Web of Science‟ database. Using search string in Web of Science, the term „Diabetes‟ in „article title, abstract and keywords‟ published from 1st January 1925 to 2nd February 2015 and all types were analyzed. The result indicates that the large number of publications in Diabetes was reported in the year 2013, with a total of 886 documents. In institution-wise analysis reveals that, All India Institute of Medical and Science (448) top the list followed by Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (233) had contributed high number of literature in Diabetes. The result showed that out of 4 languages, English had 7083 literature in Diabetes and stood first among the all source languages. The analysis reveals that „article‟ has constituted 5570 of total documents of source, followed by „Review‟. Among all authors globally “Mohan” has published 352 items in Diabetes literature and the top contributor in Diabetes with a citation score of 5858. „Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice‟ has published maximum of 184 publications in Diabetes. From this study, it was concluded that more works on Diabetes should be encouraged nationally throughout the country.
Author Name : Dr. R.Kalidasan& G.Vigneshwaran
Keywords: Mapping, Database and Diabetes.
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