1. Research Productivity of Prof. S.C. Sharma as Seen Through the
Web of Science (WoS)
Vasantha Raju N. N.S. Harinarayana Sunil M. V.
Librarian Associate Professor
Govt. First Grade College Department o f Library and Librarian
Periyapatna Information Science SDM-IMD
vasanthrz@gmail.com University of Mysore Mysore
Mysore sunilmysore@gmail.com
ns.harinarayana@gmail.com
Paper Presented at the National Conference on Scientometrics,
September 7th 2012, Tumkur University, Tumkur

2. Presentation Outline
o Why research assessment studies have become important?
o Objectives of the Study
o Methodology
o Results
o Suggestions for enhancing the digital presence of researchers/universities

3. Why research assessment studies have became important?
• For tenure promotions, grants, fellowships,
• Economic potential of research
• National policy development
• Researcher/institutions visibility
• Reflect researcher/institutions intellectual caliber
• Major parameter for ranking universities (The Times Higher Education World
University Ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU, Shanghai
Ranking)
• Availability of citation databases (WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar)
• Globalization

4. Objectives of the Study
o To analyse the research productivity of Prof. S.C. Sharma in terms of his
publications’ output.
o To examine the impact of Prof. S.C. Sharma’s research publications
through citations, h-index and highly cited papers.

5. About Prof. S.C. Sharma
• Educational Qualification
B.E., Ph. D., D. Eng., D. Sc., D. Litt., LL. D.
• Research Interest / Consulting Area
Material Science, Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
o Centre for Manufacturing Research and Technology Utilization (CMRTU)
o R V Center for Social Service & Skills Promotion
o RV Center for Sustainable Development
• Positions Held / Associated With
o Vice Chancellor –Tumkur University
o Vice-Chairman of Karnataka State Council for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka
o Principal –RV College of Engineering

6. Methodology
Data Source
 Web of Science (SCI, SSCI, A&HCI)
 Consistent and Comprehensive
 Large back files (1900 to present)
 Good coverage of STM subjects
 Multi-disciplinary
Data gathering
Search formulation:
Author= (Sharma SC OR SHARMA SC)
Refined by: Organizations = (RV COLL ENGN OR Tumkur UNIV OR RV COLL MECH ENGN or
RVCE)
103 unique records were found.

7. Results of the Study
1. Distributions of Research Papers
84
90
Number of Publications
80
70
60
50
40 25
30
20 1
10
0
Articles Meeting /Conference Note
Proceedings
Document Type

8. 2. Year-Wise Contributions

9. 3. Top 10 Journals
Source Titles Record Count % of 103 Journal
Impact Factor*
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 12 11.65% 0.855
Materials & Design 12 11.65% 2.200
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 09 8.73 % 0.727
Wear 07 6.79% 1.872
Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular 06 5.82% 2.098
Spectroscopy
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 04 3.88% 0.658
Part L Journal Of Materials Design and Applications
Corrosion Science 04 3.88%
3.734
Journal of Materials Science & Technology 04 3.88% -
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 03 2.91%
2.289
Journal of Luminescence 03 2.91% 2.102
* Impact Factor is based on the Journal Citation Reports 2011 of Thomson Reuters

10. 4. Tag Cloud of Major Research Areas
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Mechanics, Transportation
Materials Science, Telecommunications,
Spectroscopy , Polymer Science
Computer Science, Science Technology other Topics
Education & Educational Research
Mining & Mineral Processing, Engineering
Physics , Optics, Chemistry,
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology,

11. 5. Collaborative Authorship Pattern

12. 6. Institutional Collaboration
Institutes Record Institutes Record Institutes Record
Count Count Count
RV COLL ENGN 90 ACHARYA INST TECHNOL 2 KUVEMPU UNIV 1
SHANKARAGHATTA
NATL UNIV SINGAPORE 30 ADHIYAMAAN COLL ENGN 2 MS RAMAIH INST TECHNOL 1
TUMKUR UNIV 14 ELECT RADAR DEV ESTAB 2 NATL AEROSP LAB CSIR 1
MS RAMAIAH INST TECHNOL 12 GLOBAL ACAD TECHNOL 2 NMKRV COLL WOMEN 1
INDIAN INST SCI 10 PVP POLYTECH2 2 RV COLL MECH ENGN 1
NATL AEROSP LABS CSIR 6 SRI VENKATESWARA UNIV 2 RVCE 1
BMS INST TECHNOL 5 SV UNIV 2 SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIV 1
BANGALORE UNIV 4 UNIV MYSORE 2 SSIT 1
CSIR 4 UNIV VISVESVARAYA 2 UNIV WOLLONGONG 1
INTER UNIV ACCELERATOR 4 CHIBA UNIV 1 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOL UNIV 1
CTR
SIDDAGANGA INST TECHNOL 4 CSIR NATL AEROSP LABS 1 1
W VIRGINIA UNIV
SJCE 3 CTR CERAM 1 W VIRGINIA UNIV INST 1
UNIV AUCKLAND 3 INDIRA GANDHI CTR ATOM RES 1

13. 7. International Collaboration
30
30
25
Number of Documents
20
15
10
5 3
2
1 1 1
0
Singapore New zealand USA Australia Italy Japan
Country of Collaborations

14. Research Impact of Prof. S.C. Sharma’s
Publications

15. 8. Published items and Citations Received in Each Year

16. 9. Citation pattern and h-Index

17. 10. Top 5 highly cited articles
Title of the Article Author (s) Journal Title/ Times Avg. Publication Journal
Conference Cited Citations Year Impact
Factor
(IF)*
Evaluation of sliding wear behaviour of S.C. Sharma, B. Wear 43 3.31 2000 1.872
feldspar particle-reinforced magnesium Anand & M.
alloy composites Krishna
Effect of SiC particle reinforcement on Sharma, SC, Wear 25 1.56 1997 1.872
the unlubricated sliding wear behaviour Girish, BM,
of ZA-27 alloy composites Kamath, R &
Satish, BM
The sliding wear behavior of Al6061- S.C. Sharma Wear 23 1.92 2001 1.872
garnet particulate composites
Effect of albite particles on the S.C. Sharma Metallurgical and 23 1.77 2000 1.545
coefficient of thermal expansion Materials
behavior of the Al6061 alloy composites Transactions A
Wear characteristics of sub-zero chilled Seah, KHW, Wear 23 1.35 1996 1.872
cast iron Hemanth, J &
Sharma, SC
* Impact Factor is based on the Journal Citation Reports 2011 of Thomson Reuters

18. Suggestions for enhancing the digital footprints of Indian
Researchers and Universities
• Developing institutional repositories (example : ePrints@IISc)
• Depositing pre-print/post-print versions in central open access repositories such as arXiv,
CogPrints, E-LIS, etc.,
• Publishing research papers in Open Access Journals
• Publish research results in journals indexed by major citation databases (WoS, Scopus, and
Google Scholar, etc.,)
• Publishing articles in journals which have both print and online versions.
• Upload classroom teaching materials online (Slideshare/YouTube)
• Maintaining individual websites.
• Sharing research results in social media (Blogs/Facebook/Twitter, etc.,).
• Maintaining researchers “impact file” along with CV (example: Google Scholar My
Citations/WoS ResearcherID).

19. Thank You
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