Assessing Research Quality through Scopus and WoS Insights: Case Study of MSIT

Abstract

Research productivity encapsulates the transformative ideas and theoretical explorations that find practical applications, culminating in research publications showcased in esteemed journals or documented through patent registrations. The importance of scientometric assessments in evaluating the research capabilities and impact of academic institutions cannot be emphasized enough. This research endeavor presents a comparative scientometric scrutiny of MSIT's research output, utilizing Clarivate's Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier's Scopus databases. Investigation delves into the attributes, constraints and coverage of WoS and Scopus, dissecting their efficacy in assessing the scholarly contributions of MSIT. A meticulous analysis ensues, encompassing MSIT's comprehensive repository of 1179 publications across both Scopus and Web of Science Database. The exploration unfolds across various dimensions like the distribution of publications by year and citation count, ACPP & RCI, yearly publication growth, research publications by type of documents, relative growth rate and doubling time, top 10 countries in relation with number of publications, the relative distribution of journals by research area, rank authors based on number of publications, the top ten source that are preferred for publications, the Overlap in Journals in WoS and Scopus. The findings underscore merit of MSIT's faculty members channeling their efforts towards publishing research papers with heightened Impact Factors, particularly within ESCI, SCI, and journals indexed in WoS and Scopus. This study serves as a guidepost for augmenting the institution's scholarly footprint and encourages a strategic focus on high-impact research avenues.