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Permalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on October 12, 2011 at 19:56

Dear Dr. Sharma,

Thanks for providing this information. However, I have tried search (with one of my own publication in Current Science) but observed No record found result!! I don't know whether I have made any mistake in searching the database (which I feel is unlikely though) but if it works, it will be an important breakthrough. However, I have a few questions Does this database provides search result especially relating to Citing articles published in Indian Journals only? Because many Indian Journals are not included in the SCI database but articles in those journals might have been cited in several foreign journals here since the host document is not covered by the SCI database, citation count of papers (published in other journals) to such articles are not available. Like wise, if some of the citing articles are published in journals which are not Indian and hence discarded, the impact of the original article or host document will be diminished.

 

Regarding your questions, I have observed that you have basically addressed issues which warrants Scientometric studies but I could not clearly understand what you actually wanted  to highlight like

Research Strength of institutes/organizations Do you mean the focii of research or Quantitative AND Qualitative aspects of articles in journals or number of patents or appropriate Technological applications etc. Because you know well that outcome of Scientific Research by and large, have these three aspects. Besides, your question may also be analysed in terms of frontiers of State of the Art Technology like Nano Technology, Astro Physics or AIDS or Cancer Vaccine Development etc.   [like, to what extent NARI (National Aids Research Institute, Bhosari, Maharastra) is comparable to CDC (Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia) etc]

 

To study Key Competitors you must identify the field, Is it Physical Science, Life Science, Agriculture or Engineering?

In case you ask on say, Life Sciences, what is the issue, Drug or Vaccine development or other. Here you need to know the priority areas of our research and Their (Competitors') Research. You need to understand the Sociological and cultural background  as well as demographic profiles of both OUR & THEIR etc.

 

Regarding Collaborations several sticky issues are involved We have our own research agenda and several screening methods especially on issues relating to Nuclear energy, Health and Agricultural Sciences, to name a few. It does not always easy to chech out with citation studies that we can or THEY CAN easily collaborate with us. You are possible aware about the BT Brinjals and BT Cotton cultivation in India.

 

I hope I could provide you some inputs as per my capabilities.

 

Regards.

 

Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Calcutta

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