Volume 7, Issue 2

Jordan A Comins, Loet Leydesdorff

pp. 79–83 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.13 · 2018

Patents branch out in tree-like structures along trajectories. The historical root or seminal, patent can be followed using sequences of patent citations. The algorithmic method of PCS presented in this study provides a …

B. M. Gupta, S. M. Dhawan

pp. 84–93 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.14 · 2018

The present study examined Indian output of 4402 papers in robotics research, as indexed in Scopus database during 2007-16, with a view to understand India’s growth rate, global share, citation impact, international coll…

Ramiz M Aliguliyev, Narmin A Adigozalova

pp. 94–106 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.15 · 2018

Introduction:The publication of numerous periodicals have led to the rapid growth of scientific information in recent periods. There emerged a need to evaluate the quality of those periodicals and to review their impact …

Swapan Kumar Patra, G. Mahesh

pp. 107–113 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.16 · 2018

This study maps the LIS research in the African continent based on data from Scopus for the period 1996-2016. Finds that LIS research is non-existent in many African countries, is in a formative stage in many others and …

Gouri Ginde, Snehanshu Saha, Archana Mathur, Harsha Vamsi, Sudeepa Roy Dey, Swati Sampatrao Gambhire

pp. 114–119 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.17 · 2018

Visualization of massive data is a challenging endeavour. Extracting data and providing graphical representations can aid in its effective utilization in terms of interpretation and knowledge discovery. Publishing resear…

Sandra Anil, Abu Kurian, Sudeepa Roy Dey, Snehanshu Saha, Ankit Sinha

pp. 120–124 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.18 · 2018

Ancestry and Genealogy tree are proven tools to determine the lineage of any person and establish dependencies among individuals. Genealogy tree can be exploited further to gain information about the researcher and his s…

Anasua Mukherjee Das

pp. 125–126 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.19 · 2018

Professor A.V. Hill (1886-1977) was one of the pioneers who helped in the shaping of modern science in British India. He studied India’s available S&T infrastructure in 1943-44 and suggested strategic frameworks for post…

Ashish Gosain

pp. 127–129 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.20 · 2018

Truth as they say is stranger than fiction. The Report examining innovation using the metaphor of David Landes namely, The Unbound Prometheus (releasing the power of fire to Mankind) comes across as a bit off-kilter, con…

Bidyarthi Dutta

pp. 130–132 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.21 · 2018

An agrarian or agricultural society is one relying for its subsistence on the cultivation of crops through the use of plows and animals. The first agrarian societies arose approximately 5000 to 6,000 years ago in Mesopot…

Anwesha Borthakur

pp. 133–135 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.22 · 2018

The British writer, economist and one of the early proponents of sustainable development, Barbara Ward expressed her concerns for the global environment through the above words long before the earth had observed the kind…

Ashish Gosain

pp. 136–141 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.23 · 2018

This edited book seeks to examine the plethora of narratives around innovation in India, examining its paradoxes and contradictions, identifying problems and constraints to actualising innovation potential in low-resourc…

Raj Kumar Bhardwaj

pp. 142–144 · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.7.2.24 · 2018

Research organization produces a large amount of research data annually e.g., European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva is expected to produce 15 petabytes of data annually.[1] (Proyor, 2012). Therefore…