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

Abstract

Introduction: The current study employs ‘Bio-Bibliometrics’ to analyze the scientific achievements of Dr. Gautam Radhakrishna 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 downloaded from one of the novel data ‘Scopus’ indexing and abstracting databases, a product of Elsevier. Results/Discussion: The analysis found that most of his documents came in the form of 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 a high value of collaboration coefficient (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 at 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. The present study was intended to study the Bio-bibliometric profile of Dr. G R Desiraju one of the renowned scientists and former professor IISc, Bangalore. The data was downloaded from one of the novel data ‘Scopus’ indexing and abstracting databases, a product of Elsevier.

Keywords: Bio-Bibliometrics; Prof. Gautam Radhakrisha Desiraju; Chemist; India