Scientometric Portrait of India’s Renowned Chemist from Indian Institute of Science: Dr. Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju

Abstract

Objectives: The current study employs ‘Bio-Bibliometrics’ to analyze the scientific achievements of Dr. Gautam Radhakrishan Desiraju (GRD), a distinguished researcher and chemist, affiliated with Indian Institute of Science (IISC) one of top research institute of India. Design/Methodology/Approach The data was download from one of novel data ‘Scopus’ indexing and abstracting database a product of Elsevier. Results/Discussion: The analysis found that most of his documents came in form research articles 343 (80.33%). Majority of this publication came with collaborative work with other scientists and had worked with over 1039 authors throughout his research career, which indicated with high value of collaboration co-efficient (0.68) and degree of collaboration (0.93) over the years. Conclusion: Dr. GRD is an exceptionally talented expert in his field and has made significant contributions to the knowledge domain. He was peak productivity between the ages of 61-70 years. “Crystal Growth and Design” (35 papers) was the most used communication channel to publish his work.