Physical Science Research in Haryana: A Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output during

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1 ISSN 222- (P) 22-6 (e) Physical Science Research in Haryana: A Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output during 2- S. M. Dhawan*, B. M. Gupta**, Ashok Kumar*** and Anubha Gupta*** To Cite : Dhawan, S. M. et al. (2). Physical Science Research in Haryana: A scientometric analysis of publications output during International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 6(S), S-. *CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Home Add. :, Dayanand Vihar, Delhi **CSIR-NISTADS New Delhi Home Add. : 3, Sec.-, Panchkula ***M M University, Mullana-Ambala Corresponding Author S. M. Dhawan smdhawan@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This paper analyzes 6 research publications in physical science that Haryana had published during the last ten years (2-). The publications data was sourced from Scopus International database. The findings reveal that Haryana registered.2% growth per year and citation impact of 6. citations per paper. Haryana's research output in physical science accounted for.2% state share and.2% country share in S&T during Nearly 3.% of Haryana's output appeared as International collaborative papers. Chemistry and physics & astronomy accounted for the largest share (.3% and % respectively). The top 2 most productive organizations of Haryana accounted for 3.2% and 6.2% publication and citation share, registered average productivity of 2. papers per organization, averaged 6.2 citations per paper, h-index of 3., and averaged.% share as international collaborative papers of during The top 2 most productive authors from Haryana-based organizations accounted for 22.3% publications share, 3.% citations share, registered average productivity of 6. papers per author, averaged. citations per paper, h-index of.%, and.6% share as international collaborative papers during Nearly % of Haryana's papers in physical science were reported in top 2 journals during Haryana contributed highly cited papers with + citations per paper. Together these papers cumulated 32 citations, with an average of 3.3 citations per paper during In all, 3 authors ( foreign) and 66 organizations (3 foreign) had participated in contributing these highly cited papers. KeyTerms: Physical science; Natural Science; Scientometric; Research; Collaboration INTRODUCTION Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems with the aim to increase our understanding of how natural phenomena of the earth, atmosphere and space works, and to explain and predict nature's phenomena, based on empirical evidence. Physical science builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Physical science encompasses a variety of fields that include astronomy, chemistry, geology, physics, atmospheric science, mathematics and oceanography, each branch referred to as a "physical science", but together called the "physical sciences". Physical science research involves designing and conducting experiments to collect physical evidence of natural phenomena and to analyze this information with the purpose to develop practical applications in the creation of new materials and devices. Theoretical researchers use thought experiments to increase knowledge of their subject. Research funding by S&T agencies in India such as Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Defense Research & Development Organization, Department of Science & Technology etc. is indispensable to the vitality of our nation's research programs. Such investments in academic universities and research laboratories are essential for maintaining economic growth and generating jobs, educating and training the workforce of the future, and contributing to the growth of various other disciplines of science and technology. Such investments are also essential to attract outstanding students and to S produce a world-class workforce and enabling the R&D enterprise it underpins. Physical Science is a very old branch and over the years many streams and disciplines have evolved and many new disciplines have come up with greater benefits2. With this background, the study aims to undertake an assessment of the research work carried out in physical science by agencies and research organizations within Haryana. LITERATURE REVIEW No uantitative study has been undertaken till date that seeks to analyze and assess total publications output in physical science in Haryana. However some studies have indeed been undertaken that had sought to examine the status of physics research3, chemistry research, environment science research and mathematical research6 in India. But none of these studies had examined geographical distribution of physical science research output in India by its states. As a result, we decided to undertake a study aimed at assessing physical science research output of Haryana state. OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study is to analyze publications and citations data of Haryana for determining its performance status in physical science research. The study uses a series of uantitative and ualitative measures to: To measure and analyze annual growth, citation visibility and impact of research

2 To study the distribution of physical science research output by subfields To study the national and international collaborative share of papers in physical science research To study the contribution and citation impact of top most productive organizations and authors To identify top journals in physical science and study the characteristics of highly cited papers. METHODOLOGY The study retrieved and downloaded the publication data of Haryana's research output in physical sciences from the Scopus database ( covering years period 2 to 2. In the first step, the total output of Haryana was searched by using a number of significant keywords (names of all major cities of Haryana together) in affiliation city tag and restricting search output by these words to the period 2- in date range tag. This search statement so formed was termed as the main search string. This string was further restricted to five subareas tags such as phys, chem, envi, eart and math, as shown below in order to obtain the publication data on physical science by Haryana. Further this main search string was restricted to subject area tag, country tag, source title tag, journal title name and affiliation tag, to get publications output data distributed by subject, collaborating countries, organization and author-wise and journal-wise, etc. For citation data collection, open citation window has been used wherein citation data is collected from the date of publication till December 2. For citation impact study, we have used SJR indicator for 2. The classification of papers in Scopus database is based on the classification of journals and as a result, we could identify the duplication of papers under various subject subfields. (AFFILCOUNTRY(India) AND AFFILCITY(Haryana or Hisar or Hissar or Kurukshetra) OR AFFILCITY (Karnal or Rohtak or Gurgaon or Faridabad) OR AFFILCITY (Ambala or Mullana or Sirsa or Bhiwani) OR AFFILCITY (Manesar or Sonipat or Sonepat or Murthal) OR AFFILCITY (Yamunanagar or Jagadhri or Kaithal) OR AFFILCITY (Panchkula or Panipat or Bahadurgarh or Radaur) OR AFFILCITY (Palwal or Jind or Agroha or Rewari) OR AFFILCITY (Barwala or Jhajjar or Khanpur or Narnaul)) AND PUBYEAR > 2 AND PUBYEAR < 2 AND ( LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"PHYS" ) OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"CHEM" ) OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"ENVI") OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA,"EART") ORLIMITTO(SUBJAREA,"MATH") DATA ANALYSIS Publications Analysis Publications output of Haryana in physical science cumulated a total of 6 publications in years, registered.2% annual average growth, up from 22 in 2 to 2 publications in 2. Haryana's publications (6) in physical science accounted for.2% state share and.2% country share in S&T during The citation impact of Haryana in physical science research averaged to 6. citations per paper during Nearly 3.% of Haryana's papers (6) resulted from international collaboration in physical science during 2- (Table ). The USA was the Table : Analysis of Physical Sciences Research Output of Haryana during 2- Year ACPP ICP %ICP =Total Papers; =Total Citations; ACPP=Average Citations Per Paper; ICP=International Collaborative Publications largest collaborator of Haryana accounting for international collaborative papers ( 2.% share), followed by South Korea ( publications,.2% share), Saudi Arabia and Germany ( publications, 6.% share each), Spain ( publications, 6.3% share), U.K (3 publications,.% share), Australia.(32 publications,.% share), Japan (2 publications,.2% share), Italy (2 publications, 3.6% share) and Malaysia (2 publications, 3.3%) during 2- (Table ). Subject Analyses For subject analysis, physical science research output of Haryana was grouped under five major subfields in line with Scopus classification: Chemistry, physics & astronomy, environmental sciences, mathematics and earth & planetary sciences. Chemistry Haryana's physical science research comprised.3% chemistry share. Haryana's output in chemistry research (6) accounted for.26% state share and.% country share in S&T during The citation impact of chemistry papers averaged to.2 citations per paper during in chemistry included: (i) Kurukshetra University ( publications and.3 citations per paper), (ii) M.D. University, Rohtak (3 papers and.63), (iii) G.J. University of Science & Technology, Hisar (22 papers and.), (iv) National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra ( publications and 6.22), (v) M.M. University, Mullana (2 publications and.), (vi) Ranbaxy Research Laboratory, Gurgaon ( publications and.), (vii) CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar ( papers and.), (viii) Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Faridabad ( publications and.3), (ix) National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (36 papers and 3.) and The Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, Bhiwani ( publications and.) during These top organizations together accounted for.% share of Haryana's total output in chemistry and 2.% share of Haryana's total citation output in chemistry during The major authors with Haryana-based affiliations in chemistry research included (I) A. Pal (KUK-Kurukshetra) (63 papers and. citations per paper), (ii) O. Prakash (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and.), (iii) V.K. Sharma (MD University-Rohtak) ( papers and.6), (iv) B. Narasimhan (GJUST-Hisar) ( papers and.), (v) J.K. Makrandi (MD UniversityRohtak) ( papers and 3. ), (vi) P.K. Sharma (KUK-Kurukshetra)(2 papers and.), (vii) R. Aggarwal (KUK-Kurukshetra) (2 papers and.2), (viii) C.S. Pundir (MD University-Rohtak) (3 papers and.23), (ix) C.S. Sharma (NIT-Kurukshetra) (3 papers and.) and (x) D.P. Singh (NIT-Kurukshetra ) ( papers and 2.6) during These authors together accounted for 2.% and 3.6% share of Haryana publication and citation output in chemistry during The major journals which reported Haryana's research papers in chemistry include: (i) Asian Journal of Chemistry (3 papers), (ii) Medicinal Chemistry Research ( papers), (iii) Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry ( papers), (iv) European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (3 papers), (v)journal of Indian Chemical Society (3 papers), (vi) Journal of Molecular Liuids (6 papers), (vii) Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section B ( papers), (viii) Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (3 papers), (ix) Der Pharma Chemica (3 papers) and (x) IPPT Quarterly Journal of Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association (32 papers). These journals together accounted for 2.66% share of Haryana total output in chemistry during Physics & Astronomy Haryana's physical science research comprised % physics & astronomy share. Haryana's output in physics & astronomy () accounted for 6.% state share and.2% country share in S&T during The citation impact of physics & astronomy papers averaged to 3.2 citations per paper during in physics & astronomy included: (i) Kurukshetra University ( papers and.6 citations per paper), (ii) National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (2 papers and 3.), (iii) G J University of S&T-Hisar (2 papers and.), (iv) M.D. University-Rohtak (6 papers and 6.3), (v) CDL University, Sirsa (3 papers and.), (vi) M.M. University, Mullana (2 papers and 2.6), (vii) Institute of Technology & Management, Gurgaon ( papers and 3.), (viii) GVM Girls College, Sonipat (36 papers and 2.3), (ix) Hindu College (3 S

3 papers and.2) and (x) Haryana College of Technology & Management, Kaithal (3 papers and 2.) during These organizations together accounted for.% and.3% share of Haryana publications and citations output in physics & astronomy during The major authors with Haryana-based affiliations in research in physics & astronomy included: (i) R. Kumar (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and 2. citations per paper), (ii) S. K. Chakravarti (NIT-Kurukshetra) (66 papers and 3.6), (iii) A. Agarwal (GJUST-Hisar)( papers and.2), (iv) D. Kumar (MD UNIVERSITY- Rohtak)( papers and.2), (v) A. Sanghi (GJUST-Hisar) ( papers and.), (vi) S. Kumar (KUK-Kurukshetra) (3 papers and.), (vii) N. Singh (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and 6.), (viii) P. Aghankar (GJUSTHisar) (3 papers and 2.), (ix) N. Kishore (GJUST-Hisar) (3 papers and.) and (x) A. Pal (KUK-Kurukshetra) (3 papers and.2) during These authors together accounted for 2.% and.6% share of Haryana publications and citations output in physics & astronomy during The major journals which reported Haryana's research papers in physics & astronomy are: (i) Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics ( papers), (ii) Journal of Molecular Liuids (6 papers), (iii) Indian Journal of Physics ( papers), (iv) Physica B. Condensed Matter ( papers), (v) Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics (3 papers), (vi) Optik ( papers), (vii) Radiation Effects & Defects in Solids (2 papers), (viii) Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (2 papers), (ix) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B (2 papers) and (x) Spectrochimica Acta. Part A (2 papers). These journals together accounted for 2.% share of Haryana's output in physics & astronomy during Environment Science Haryana's physical science research comprised 2.62% environment science share. Haryana's output in environment science () accounted for.2% state share and.26% country share in S&T during The citation impact of environment science papers averaged to 6.32 citations per paper during accounted for.6% state share and.3% country share in S&T during The citation impact of earth & planetary sciences papers averaged to 6. citations per paper during in earth & planetary sciences included: (i) KUK-Kurukshetra (3 papers and. citations per paper), (ii) CSSHAU-Hisar (6 papers and 2.6), (iii) NIT-Kurukshetra (3 papers and.3 ), (iv) GSI-Faridabad (3 papers and.6), (v) CSSRI-Karnal (26 papers and.), (vi) M.M. University-Mullana ( papers and.2), (vii) GJUST-Hisar ( papers and.), (viii) MD University-Rohtak ( papers and.6), (ix) Manav Rachna College of Engineering-Faridabad ( papers and.), (x) Central Ground Water Board-Faridabad ( papers and.63) during. These organizations together accounted for 66.3% and.% share of Haryana publication and citation output in earth & planetary sciences during 2. The major authors with Haryana-based affiliations in research in earth & planetary sciences included: (i) D. Kumar (KUK-Kurukshetra) (2 papers and 6. citations per paper), (ii) D. Singh (CCSHAU-Hisar) (2 papers and.3), (iii) M. Pal (NIT-Kurukshetra) ( papers and 3.6), (iv) S. Singh (CCSHAUHisar) ( papers and.), (v) R B S Yadav (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and 3.), (vi) M. D. Sharma (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and.), (vii) P.K. Srivastava (GSI-Faridabad) ( papers and.6), (viii) N.C. Pant (GSIFaridabad) ( papers and. ), (ix) O. N. Bhargava (Panchkula) (3 papers and 3.2), (x) B. K. Rastogi (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and.) during These authors together accounted for 3.6% and 2.3% share of Haryana publication and citation output in earth & planetary sciences during The major journals which reported Haryana's research papers in earth & planetary sciences included: (i) Journal of Agrometerology (2 papers), (ii) Journal of Geological Survey of India (3 papers), (iii) Research Journal of Chemistry & Environment (2 papers), (iv) Journal of Earth Systems Science ( papers), (v) Journal of Asian Earth Science ( papers), (vi) Agricultural Water Management ( papers), (vii) Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing ( papers), (viii) Astrophysics & Space Science ( papers), (ix) Natural Hazards (3 papers) and (x) Geophysics Journal International ( papers) during These journals together accounted for.% share of Haryana output in earth & planetary sciences during in environmental science included: (i) G J University of S & T-Hisar (3 papers and 2. citations per paper), (ii) CCSHAU-Hisar (26 papers and.6), (iii) Kurukshetra University-Kurukshetra ( papers and.2), (iv) M.D. University-Rohtak ( papers and 6.), (v) NIT-Kurukshetra (6 papers and.), (vi) TITS- Bhiwani ( papers and 2.), (vii) Central Soil Salinity Research Institute-Karnal ( papers and.6), (viii) NDRI-Karnal (32 papers and.6), (ix) M.M. University-Mullana (2 papers and.), and (x) Institute of International Management & Technology-Gurgaon (22 papers and 2.). These organizations together accounted for 6.% and 6.6% share of Haryana publication and citation output in environmental science during Haryana's physical science research comprised 2.% mathematics research share. Haryana's output in mathematics research (62) accounted for 2.% state share and.% country share in S&T during The citation impact of mathematics research papers averaged to.2 citations per paper during The major authors with Haryana-based affiliations in research in environmental science included: (i) V.K. Garg (GJUST-Hisar) (6 papers and 2.62 citations per paper), (ii) A. Kaushik (GJUST-Hisar) (3 papers and.2), (iii) C.P. Kaushik (GJUST-Hisar) (3 papers and.), (iv) B. Kumari (CCSHAUHisar) (26 papers and.), (v) G K Tyagi (TITS-Bhiwani) (26 papers and 2.6), (vi) N.R. Bishnoi (GJUST-Hisar) (2 papers and 22.), (vii) R. Kumar (GJUSTHisar) ( papers and 2.6), (viii) M. Pal (GJUST-Hisar) (3 papers and.), (ix) V. Jauhari (IIMT-Gurgaon) ( 2 papers and.2) and (x) S. Ghosh (MDIGurgaon) ( papers and.) during These authors together accounted for 23.23% and.3% share of Haryana publication and citation output in environmental science during The major Haryana-based organizations that had participated in mathematics research included: (i) KUK-Kurukshetra ( papers and 3. citations per paper), (ii) MD University-Rohtak ( papers and 3.), (iii) NITKurukshetra (3 papers and 2.), (iv) M.M University-Mullana (3 papers and.), (v) GJUST-Hisar (3 papers and 2.3), (vi) ITM-Gurgaon (2 papers and.), (vii) DCRUST-Murthal (3 papers and.), (viii) Haryana College of Technology & Management, Kaithal (2 papers and.), (ix) CDL University-Sirsa ( papers and 3.63) and (x) YMCA Institute of EngineeringFaridabad (6 papers and.) during These organizations together accounted for 2.% and.3% share of Haryana publication and citation output in mathematics during The major journals which reported Haryana's research papers in environmental science are: (i) Indian Journal of Fiber & Textile Research ( papers), (ii) Environmental Monitoring & Assessment (3 papers), (iii) Indian Journal of Environmental Protection (36 papers), (iv) Journal of Hazardous Materials (32 papers), (v) Bio resource Technology (2 papers), (vi) Worldwide Hospitality & Tourism Themes (2 papers), (vii) Research Journal of Chemistry & Environment (2 papers), (viii) Journal of Environmental Biology (26 papers), (ix) Oriental Journal of Chemistry (2 papers) and (x) Water & Energy International (23 papers) during These journals together accounted for 2.2% share of Haryana publication output in environmental science during The major authors with Haryana-based affiliations in research in mathematics included: (i) R. Kumar (KUK-Kurukshetra) (63 papers and 2.2 citations per paper), (ii) R. Chugh (MD University-Rohtak) (2 papers and 3.), (iii) S. Kumar (DCRUST-Murthal) (2 papers and.), (iv) A. Kaushik (KUK-Kurukshetra) ( papers and 3.), (v) V Kumar (MD University-Rohtak) ( papers and 3.), (vi) A.K. Singh (NIT-Kurukshetra) ( papers and.), (vii) J.S. Rautela (Echelon Institute of Technology Faridabad) ( papers and.), (viii) V. Gupta (MM University-Mullana) ( papers and.), (ix) S. Deswal (GJUST-Hisar) ( papers and 2.) and (x) M.D. Sharma (KUKKurukshetra) ( papers and.) during These authors together accounted for 2.3% and 2.3% share of Haryana publication and citation output in mathematics during Earth & Planetary Sciences Haryana's physical science research comprised.% earth & planetary sciences share. Haryana's output in earth & planetary sciences () S2 Mathematics The major journals which reported Haryana's research papers in mathematics included: (i) Applied Mathematics & Mechanics Engineering

4 Edition (23 papers), (ii) Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Mathematics (23 papers), (iii) Advance Science Letters (2 papers), (iv) Applied Mathematics & Computation ( papers), (v) International Journal of Mathematical Analysis ( papers), (vi) International Journal of Agricultural & Statistical Science ( papers), (vii) Applied Mathematical Sciences ( papers), (viii) Journal of Ineualities & Applications ( papers), (ix) Journal of Theoretical & Applied Information Technology ( papers) and (x) Journal of Applied Mathematics ( papers) during These journals together accounted for 23.% share of Haryana output in mathematics during Scientometric Profile of Top 2 Organizations The top 2 most productive Haryana-based organizations in physical science individually contributed to 3 papers, together contributed 2 papers, cumulated 266 citations, and accounted for 3.2% of total papers and 6.2% of total citations of Haryana received during The average productivity of these 2 authors was 2. papers per organization. Five organizations contributed paper above the group average: KUK- Kurukshetra (3 papers), MDUNIV-Rohtak (66 papers), GJUST-Hisar ( papers), NIT-Kurukshetra ( papers) and CCSHAU-Hisar (232 papers) during Their average h-index was 3. and organizations registered h-index above the group average: GJUST-Hisar (), MDUNIV Rohtak and KUK Kurukshetra (2 each), NIT-Kurukshetra (2), IOC-Faridabad and CCSHAU-Hisar ( each) and CSSRI-Karnal () during International collaborative papers (ICP) by these 2 organizations averaged to.% share. Seven organizations registered their ICP above the group average: DCRUST-Murthal (3.%), ITMGurgaon (.%), MDUNIV-Rohtak (.%), CSSRI-Karnal (.%), GSIFaridabad (.%), MMUNIV-Mullana (.%) and MRIU-Faridabad (2.2%) during 2- (Table 2). Table 2: Scientometric Profile of Top 2 Organizations in Physical Science in Haryana, 2- Name of the Organization ACPP HI ICP %ICP Kurukshetra University (KUK), Kurukshetra M.D. University (MDUNIV), Rohtak G.J. University of Science & Technology (GJUST), Hisar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra CCS Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar M.M. University (MMUNIV), Mullana C D L University (CDLUNIV), Sirsa DCR University of Science & Technology (DCRUST), Murthal The Technological Institute of Text iles & Sciences (TITS), Bhiwani Institute of Technology & Management (ITM), Gurgaon Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Faridabad Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal Haryana College of Technology & Management (HCTM), Kaithal Ranbaxy Research Labs (RRL), Gurgaon Hindu College, Sonepat Manav Rachna International University (MRIU), Faridabad GVM Girls College, Sonepat Prabhu Dayal Memorial Relgious & Education Association, Bahadurgarh Geological Survey of India (GSI), Faridabad Total of 2 organizations Total of Haryana in physical sciences Share of 2 organizations in total of Haryana Scientometric Profile of Top 2 Authors The top 2 most productive Haryana based authors individually contributed to 2 papers in physical science, together contributed 3 papers, cumulated 6 citations and accounted for 22.3% of total papers and 3.% of total citations Haryana received during The average productivity of these 2 authors was 6. papers per author. Eight authors contributed paper above the group average: R. Kumar (2 papers), D. Kumar (3 papers), S. K. Chakravarti (3 papers), V. K. Garg (66 papers), A. Pal and A. Agarwal (6 papers each), O. Prakash (6 papers) and V.K. Sharma ( papers) during The average citation per paper (ACPP) was. and authors contributed ACPP above the group average: V. K. Garg (2.2), B. Narasimhan (.3), C. S. Pundir (.), R. Aggarwal (.3), P.K. Sharma (.), O. Prakash (.), S. Sanghi (.) and A. Pal (.) during International collaborative papers (ICP) by these 2 authors averaged to.6% share. Six authors contributed ICP above the group average: K. Sharma (6.%), B. Narasimhan (3.2%), R. Aggarwal (2.3%) and V. K. Sharma (2.2%), D. Kumar (.%) and V. K. Garg (.6%) during Table 3: Scientometric Profile of Top 2 Authors from Haryana in Physical Sciences, 2- Name of the Author Affiliation R. Kumar D. Kumar S. K. Chakravarti V. K. Garg A. Pal A. Agarwal O. Prakash V. K. Sharma C. S. Pundir S. Sanghi B. Narasimhan P. K. Sharma J. K. Makrandi R. P. Chauhan S. Kumar R. Aggarwal N. Kishore N. Singh J. K. Quamara C. Sharma Total of 2 Authors Total of Haryana Share of 2 Authors in Haryana s output KUK -Kurukshetra 2 MDUNIV -Rohtak KUK -Kurukshetra 6 6 KUK -Kurukshetra 6 MDUNIV -Rohtak MDUNIV -Rohtak 2 KUK -Kurukshetra 6 MDUNIV -Rohtak 6 3 KUK -Kuruksh etra 3 KUK -Kurukshetra 2 KUK -Kurukshetra ACPP HI ICP %ICP Medium of Communication Top 2 most productive journals reported.% of Haryana's papers in physical science (). Individually these journals reported 32 to 3 papers but followed a decreasing trend in reporting Haryana's research output; their total share declined from 23.% (during 2-) to.2% (during 2-). Highly Cited Papers Haryana contributed highly cited papers receiving + citations per paper ( papers in the citation range to, 3 in the citation range 22 to 2 and cumulated 3 citations). Together these highly cited papers (3 articles and reviews) cumulated 32 citations, averaging 3.3 citations per paper. Seven of these highly cited papers resulted from single institution participation and from multi-institutional participation ( as national collaborative papers and 3 as international collaborative papers). These highly cited papers involved the participation of 3 authors (including foreign authors) and 66 organizations (including 3 foreign organizations). Amongst Haryana based organizations, GJ University of Science & Technology, Hisar contributed the largest number of highly cited papers (6), followed by Kurukshetra University, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., R and D Centre, Faridabad (2 papers each) and Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Haryana, Escorts R and D Centre, Faridabad, A.I.J.H.M. College, Rohtak, Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Ambala and International Centre for Automotive Technology, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon ( S3

5 Table : Top 2 Journals which Reported Haryana's Research Output in Physical Science, 2- Name of Journal Asian Journal of Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Research Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Journal of the Indian Chemical Society European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Indian Journal of Textile & Fiber Research Journal of Molecular Liuids Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Journal of Agrometerology Indian Journal of Physics Indian Journal of Chemistry. Section B Physica B. Condensed Matter Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data Der Pharma Chemica Journal of the Geological Society of India Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics Optik Journal of Hazards Materials Total of 2 Journals Total of Haryana in Physical Sciences Share of 2 Journals in Haryana total in Physical Sciences Number of Papers because top 2 journals together could account for as low share as (.%). Haryana contributed highly cited papers out of 6 published during 2-, indicating thereby how much low is Haryana's performance in terms of uality of research. These highly cited papers received + citations and together cumulated 32 citations, with an average citation per paper of 3.3 during In these highly cited papers, 3 authors (including foreign authors) and 66 organizations (including 3 foreign organizations) had participated in physical sciences. GJ University of Science & Technology, Hisar contributed the largest number of highly cited papers (6), followed by Kurukshetra University, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., R and D Centre, Faridabad (2 papers each), etc. These highly cited papers were published in 2 journals: Journal of Hazardous Materials (), followed by European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Fuel (2 papers each). CONCLUSION Haryana is still not a highly productive research state in physical science in terms of articles and citations per paper. Haryana's contribution in physical science being still very small, accounting for just.2% country share in S&T output, and 6. citations per paper in years, the state needs to do a lot to improve its performance status both in terms in uality and uantity of physical science research. Academic research is increasingly collaborative across all scientific fields and the nature of scientific research means that much of the work involves spending a significant amount of time on joint projects. Haryana must therefore make concerted efforts to scale up its participation in collaborative research preferably with key collaborating hubs in physical science research at national and international level. Haryana also needs to attract top uality research faculty and research scholars in physical science as well as attract extramural funding on large scale for undertaking major research projects in this discipline. In addition, the state should encourage Haryana based authors to publish much of their research output in select high impact journals. Such measures should help the state improve its citation performance in physical science research as well as improve its potential to contribute highly cited papers in significant numbers. paper each). Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal Punjab were coauthors in 2 papers each, and other in paper each. 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Haryana's output (6) in physical science accounted for.2% state share and.2% country share in S&T during Nearly 3.% Haryana's output in physical science appeared as international collaborative papers during Chemistry and physics & astronomy together accounted for the largest publications share (.3% and % respectively), followed by environment science (2.62%), earth & planetary science (.%) and mathematics (2.%) during The top 2 most productive Haryana-based organizations accounted for (3.2%) publication share, (6.2%) citation share, registered average productivity of 2. papers per organization, averaged 6.2 citations per paper, averaged h-index of 3., and averaged international collaborative papers to (.%) share during The top 2 most productive authors from Haryana based organizations accounted for (22.3%)publications share, (3.%) citations share, registered average productivity of 6. papers per author, averaged. citations per paper, averaged h-index of (.%) and averaged international collaborative papers to (.6%) share during Haryana's research output in journals is scattered widely precisely S