This study explores to identify prominent institutes contributing to cancer research in India, major publication channels used and impact of highly cited papers on social media. Scopus citation database was used to extract the bibliographic data for the period 2003 to 2012. ‘Research articles’ and ‘Review papers’ were filtered out for analysis. Citations appeared in Scopus, Google Scholar and scores appeared on Altmetric Explorer (Altmetrics) are extracted for comparison. The impact of highly cited Indian cancer research papers on Altmetric Explorer is negligible. The Indian cancer research is widely spread and published in multidisciplinary channels. Major cancer research is produced by few premier research institutes and reflection of highly cited papers in social media is negligible. Results of the study give an insight of Indian cancer research scenario to researchers, clinicians, policy makers to identify prolific institutes for collaborations and devise better cancer controlling policies.

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基于Scopus数据库的印度癌症研究的科学计量学研究

本研究旨在确定对印度癌症研究有贡献的著名机构、使用的主要出版渠道以及高被引论文在社交媒体上的影响。使用 Scopus 引文数据库提取 2003 年至 2012 年期间的书目数据。过滤掉“研究文章”和“评论论文”进行分析。提取出现在 Scopus、Google Scholar 中的引文和出现在 Altmetric Explorer (Altmetrics) 上的分数进行比较。被高引用的印度癌症研究论文对 Altmetric Explorer 的影响可以忽略不计。印度癌症研究在多学科渠道中广泛传播和发表。主要的癌症研究由少数顶级研究机构进行，社交媒体上高被引论文的反映可以忽略不计。