Title: Zirconium research in nuclear science and technology: a scientometric perspective

Authors: B.S. Kademani; Ganesh Surwase; K. Bhanumurthy

Addresses: Scientific Information Resource Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India. ' Scientific Information Resource Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India. ' Scientific Information Resource Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India

Abstract: The present study is aimed at analysing the growth of publications on zirconium in nuclear science and technology. International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database is used as a tool to analyse the focused areas of this field for the period 1970-2008. The database contained a total of 65,592 publications on zirconium. The study analysed the broad features of zirconium in nuclear science and technology focusing on its publication growth characteristics such as year-wise distribution of publications, country-wise distribution of publications, country-wise activity index, domain-wise distribution of publications, highly productive institutions, language-wise distribution of publications, distribution of publications by document types and journals preferred for publication by the scientists.

Keywords: zirconium research; zirconium alloys; nuclear science; scientometrics; publication productivity; activity index; nuclear technology; literature review; nuclear energy; nuclear power; nuclear knowledge management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2011.045715

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2011 Vol.5 No.4, pp.386 - 401

Published online: 18 Feb 2015 *

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