Published October 10, 2018
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Research Output Analysis on Solar Power Generation: A Scientometric Study
Authors/Creators
- 1. Research Scholar, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (India)
- 2. Librarian, Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (India)
- 3. Librarian, Arumugam Pillai Seethaiammal College, Tirupathur, Tamil Nadu (India)
Description
The aim of this article is a scientometric analysis of solar power generation covers 20,119 records from scopus database during the study period 2008 - 2017. These articles find out year wise growth of literature, author productivity, bibliographic distribution, country wise contribution. Further authorship pattern, the degree of collaboration are analyzed. Country-wise distribution reveals that 4,153 (16.41%) records are published the United States with highest in the year 2015 at 732 records, followed by China 3,737 (14.78%), Indian rank in 3rd with 1,904 (7.52%) records and highest in the year 2017 at 614 records. The average degree of the collaborations is 0.94.