Significance of Google Scholar on Indian poultry science research

Abstract

Google Scholar’s contribution towards the progress of scientific research in Poultry Science of India was studied using the scientific journal, “The Indian Journal of Poultry Science” (IJPS). A Scientometric study of IJPS for 25 Years between 1995 to 2019 using the Publish or Perish (PoP) software platform was conducted. Raw data from Google Scholar was subjected to 19 citation indicators. Source, Papers, Citations, Years, Citations¬¬_year, Citations_paper, Citations_author, Papers_author, Author’s_Paper, h_index, g_index, hc_index, hi_index, hi_norm, AWCR, AW_index, AWCRpA, e_index, hm_index, Query Date, Cites_Author_Year, Zipf’s Law examined annual contributions, authorship patterns and author productivity trends in scholarly publications. IJPS relative growth and doubling time were also examined in this study. The year that saw the most articles is 2009, next was the year 2012 followed by 2000 and 2001.