Purpose

The present investigation aims to present the status of planetary science research in India using different scientometric indicators, as reflected in the Web of Science Core Collection database.

Design/methodology/approach

The researcher adopted systematic approaches to retrieve the data from the Web of Science Core Collection database for 20 years by using AAS Astronomical subject keywords. A total of 1,504 Indian publications and 55,572 World's publications were considered for analysis. The data were analyzed using the biblioshiny application of bibliometrix to investigate the most productive countries/territories, institutions, authors, research fields, journals, keywords, and h, g-index. The VOSviewer program is used to construct and visualize scientometric networks and analyze the co-occurrence of terms. “Webometric Analyst 2.0” is used to retrieve the Altmetric attention scores for the articles.

Findings

The results revealed that the publications on planetary science research has increased over time, with an annual growth rate of 9.66%. The study also revealed the prolific authors and institutions, productive journals and most frequently cited journals. The USA was the major collaborating partner of India. The results also provided valuable information on the citations made to these papers on planetary science, including a total number of citations, average citations per item, cited rate and h-index. There were 28,086 citations to 1,504 papers. The top 67 citation papers were the h-core papers on planetary science in India. Altmetric score for planetary science articles ranged from 1 to 2,418. Twitter (69%), news outlets (16%), blogs (6%), and Facebook (6%) were the most popular Altmetric data resources.

Originality/value

This investigation is the first attempt to employ scientometrics and visualization techniques to planetary science research in India.

中文翻译：

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印度参与行星科学研究的增长趋势

目的

本调查旨在利用 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中反映的不同科学计量指标来展示印度行星科学研究的现状。

设计/方法/方法

研究人员采用系统化的方法，利用 AAS 天文学科关键词从 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中检索了 20 年的数据。共有 1,504 份印度出版物和 55,572 份世界出版物被考虑用于分析。使用 bibliometrix 的 biblioshiny 应用程序对数据进行分析，以调查生产力最高的国家/地区、机构、作者、研究领域、期刊、关键字和h、g指数。VOSviewer 程序用于构建和可视化科学计量网络并分析术语的共现。“Webometric Analyst 2.0”用于检索文章的 Altmetric 注意力分数。

发现

结果显示，行星科学研究的出版物随着时间的推移而增加，年增长率为9.66%。该研究还揭示了多产的作者和机构、多产的期刊和最常被引用的期刊。美国是印度的主要合作伙伴。结果还提供了有关这些行星科学论文的引用的宝贵信息，包括总引用次数、每项平均引用次数、引用率和h指数。1,504 篇论文被引用 28,086 次。前 67 篇被引论文是印度行星科学的 h 核心论文。行星科学文章的 Altmetric 分数从 1 到 2,418 不等。Twitter (69%)、新闻媒体 (16%)、博客 (6%) 和 Facebook (6%) 是最受欢迎的 Altmetric 数据资源。

原创性/价值

这项调查是在印度将科学计量学和可视化技术应用于行星科学研究的首次尝试。