Nirmal Singh

Bio: Nirmal Singh is an academic researcher from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scientific literature & Impact factor. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 15 publications receiving 57 citations.

Mapping of Breast Cancer Research in India:A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract: This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the scholastic output on breast cancer in India. The purpose is to provide an overview of the research activities in the country on the subject during the last ten years, exploring different aspects of scientific literature. Data on 3529 items, including 2945 articles and 584 reviews published during 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2014 were collected using Scopus. An advanced search was conducted in the database. The search results were filtered for English language, journals, India and the period under study. Lotka's law was applied to assess the author productivity and Bradford's law of scattering was used to ascertain the distribution pattern of articles in journals. Most (about 96%) contributions were found to be an outcome of collaborative authorship. Around 19.05% of the papers had collaboration of four authors and 16.53% appeared due to collective efforts of three authors each. Trend of an increasing number of articles published over the period has been observed. Author productivity did not fit the Lotka's law with a value of n = 2. The distribution of articles in journals was found acceptable to the Bradford's law of scattering.

Scientometric analysis of research on Zika virus

Abstract: The research productivity on Zika virus (ZV) had been evaluated applying scientometrics. The different aspects of scientific literature on the subject under study accessible through ‘Scopus’ were explored. An advanced search was conducted in the database for ‘Zika’ and ‘Virus’ as main operators for analytical purposes. Search terms were connected using Boolean Operator ‘AND’ to retrieve relevant records. The search results were further filtered for journals articles. A total of 573 ZV associated records were retrieved including 6 duplicate items, after deleting which the relevant results remained 567. Lotka’s law was applied for assessing the author productivity and Bradford’s law of scattering was used to ascertain the distribution pattern of articles in journals. The results revealed a high degree of research/authorship collaborative on ZV. The authorship pattern did not fit to the Lotka’s law with a value of n = 2. The distribution of articles in journals was found nearly acceptable to the Bradford’s law of scattering, advocating the existence of a few core journals contributing significantly on ZV.

Information needs and seeking behaviour of dairy farmers of Punjab

Abstract: The present study is an attempt to ascertain the information needs and seeking behaviour of dairy farmers of Punjab State (India). This is based on the data collected from 102 farmers at Pashu Palan Mela (Livestock Fair) held at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana during September 2014 via structured Interview Schedule. The study revealed that age of farmers, experience in dairy farming, herd size owned and membership of dairy farming related organisations have a significant relation with their information needs. In view of advancements in Information and Communication Technology and its growing adaptability among farmers, the cyber extension is expected to play a crucial role in dissemination of animal husbandry information in near future. The mobile based information services grounded on the partnership between milk co-operatives, telecommunication companies and veterinary university could be an imperious venture for delivering information to the palms of dairy farmers. Title: Information Empowerment of Dairy Farmers of Punjab: A Study of their Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour

Research Dynamics in Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture:A Scientometric Analysis

Abstract: CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 117, NO. 3, 10 AUGUST 2019 382 Nirmal Singh is in the University Library, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141 004, India, Surjya Narayan Datta is in the Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141 004, India and Singh Handa is in the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar 140 001, India. *For correspondence. (e-mail: surjya30740@gmail.com) Research dynamics in Indian fisheries and aquaculture: a scientometric analysis

Exploration of Level of Computer Anxiety among Veterinary Students

Abstract: The present study was executed to have an insight to the computer anxiety of veterinary science students (n=143) pursuing bachelor and masters’ degree programmes, respectively, at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Punjab (India) using a pretested and validated Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS). Analysis of the data so collected revealed that irrespective of the gender, possession of personal computer and internet connection, veterinary students were well versed with computer as majority were having low level of computer anxiety. Further computer anxiety was negatively correlated with student’s grade point, experience in using computer and time spent on computer and internet. The findings of present study further strengthen the pivotal role of computer in veterinary education and experience as well as in academic excellence.

Mapping the situation of research on coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): a preliminary bibliometric analysis during the early stage of the outbreak.

Abstract: The novel coronavirus, named as 2019-nCoV or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has recently appeared in China and has spread worldwide, presenting a health threat to the global community. Therefore, it is important to understand the global scientific output of COVID-19 research during the early stage of the outbreak. Thus, to track the current hotspots, and highlight future directions, we performed a bibliometric analysis to obtain an approximate scenario of COVID-19 to date. Relevant studies to COVID-19 were obtained from the Scopus database during the early stage of the outbreak. We then analysed the data by using well-established bibliometric indices: document type, country, collaboration patterns, affiliation, journal name, and citation patterns. VOSviewer was applied to map and determine hot topics in this field. The bibliometric analysis indicated that there were 19,044 publications on Scopus published on COVID-19 during the early stage of the outbreak (December 2019 up until June 19, 2020). Of all these publications, 9140 (48.0%) were articles; 4192 (22.0%) were letters; 1797 (9.4%) were reviews; 1754 (9.2%) were editorials; 1728 (9.1%) were notes; and 433 (2.3%) were others. The USA published the largest number of publications on COVID-19 (4479; 23.4%), followed by China (3310; 17.4%), Italy, (2314; 12.2%), and the UK (1981; 10.4%). British Medical Journal was the most productive. The Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical, and Harvard Medical School were the institutions that published the largest number of COVID-19 research. The most prevalent topics of research in COVID-19 include “clinical features studies”, “pathological findings and therapeutic design”, “care facilities preparation and infection control”, and “maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes”. This bibliometric study may reflect rapidly emerging topics on COVID-19 research, where substantial research activity has already begun extensively during the early stage of the outbreak. The findings reported here shed new light on the major progress in the near future for hot topics on COVID-19 research including clinical features studies, pathological findings and therapeutic design, care facilities preparation and infection control, and maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes.

Coronavirus: Scientometrics of 50 Years of Global Scientific Productions

Abstract: Background: Scientometrics studies are one of the most efficient methods of quantitative evaluation of the scientific outputs of valuable information and citation databases for understanding and observing the status of scientific publications in different subject areas The main aim of this article was to study the 50 years of Coronavirus scientific publications in the world Materials & Methods: This applied research was carried out using scientometrics methods and an analytical approach The statistical population of this article includes 5128 Coronavirus subject area documents indexed on the WoS from 1970 to 2019 The keywords were extracted from MeSH and analyzed using Excel 2016 Results: Data analysis showed that the highest science production was in 2005, and the highest citation number was in 2019 “Enjuanes L ” is the most proliferated author, the United States, the most productive country, and the University of Hong Kong, the top organization in Coronavirus in the last half-century Conclusion: The results showed, there is a direct relationship between the Coronavirus outbreaks and the amount of Scientific Publications in this area in the World The quality of the researchers' productions in this area can be deliberated by scientific methods and researchers' self-citation has affected their h-index For health care researchers, policymakers, and planners, it is necessary to be aware of the results of scientific studies of strategic and vital research areas, such as Coronavirus, to identify more appropriate therapeutic goals, make better decisions, and provide more effective solutions in the shortest time [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology is the property of Iranian Society of Microbiology and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )

Production Trends, Collaboration, and Main Topics of the Integrative and Complementary Oncology Research Area: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Abstract: Background: The prevalence of cancer has increased over time worldwide. Nevertheless, the number of deaths has been reduced during the past 2 decades. Thus, one-third of the cancer patients are use...

Analysis of retractions in Indian science

Abstract: An increasing problem throughout the world, plagiarism and related dishonest behaviors have been affecting Indian science for quite some time. To curb this problem, the Indian government has initiated a number of measures, such as providing plagiarism detecting software to all the universities for free. Still, however, many unfair or incorrect papers are published. For some time, publishers have used an efficient tool to deal with such situations: retractions. A published paper that is later discovered to not deserve publication—which can be for a number of reasons—can be withdrawn (and often removed from the online contents of the journal) by the publisher. This study aims (1) to identify retracted publications authored or co-authored by researchers affiliated to Indian institutions and (2) to analyze the reasons for the retractions. To meet these aims, we searched the SCOPUS database to identify retraction notices for articles authored or coauthored by Indian authors. The first retraction notice was issued back in 1996, an exceptionally early retraction, as the next one was published in 2005. Thus, we analyzed 239 retractions (195 from journals and 44 from conference proceedings) published between 2005 and 3 August 2018 (but most were published after 2010), in terms of the following qualitative retraction-wise parameters: the main reason for retraction, authorship, a collaboration level, collaborating countries, sources of retraction (a journal or conference proceedings), and funding sources of the research. We also detected journals with high retraction frequencies. Mainly two phrases—“Retraction notice to” and “Retracted Article”—were used to retract publications. The most frequent reason for retractions was plagiarism.

Arab world’s growing contribution to global leishmaniasis research (1998–2017): a bibliometric study

Abstract: Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by a protozoan of the Leishmania genus, and is considered a neglected tropical disease. It still remains a main public health concern at global level and in Arab world mainly in low-income countries. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the Arab world’s growing contribution to global leishmaniasis research. This study describes a bibliometric review of all leishmaniasis research publications published between January 1998 and December 2017 indexed on the Scopus database. The total number of publications published at global level was 17,570 papers, which achieves an average annual productivity of 878.50 papers publications. Brazil was responsible for the greatest output with the total number of publications of 3865 followed by the Unites States (n = 2729), India (n = 2119), the United Kingdom (n = 1363), and Spain (n = 1274). By limiting the analysis to the publications that have been published by Arab world, the research productivity was 993 papers, which represents 5.65% of total research output at global level in research regarding leishmaniasis. Tunisia was responsible for the greatest output from Arab world with the total number of publications of 297 followed by Sudan (n = 192), Saudi Arabia (n = 131), Morocco (n = 119) and Egypt (n = 67). Since 1998, the growth of publications on leishmaniasis fluctuates, overall showing a rising trend in both global and Arab world. There is a highly significant correlation between publication productivity related to leishmaniasis at global level and the Arab world (r = 0.936; p-value< 0.001). Leishmaniasis treatment, intracellular mechanism of infection, and lifecycle of leishmania are the major current hot topics for the research in this subject at global level and the Arab world. The current study presents a novel review of the current Arab leishmaniasis-related research, and how these results are related to worldwide output. In comparison to the global research output, the Arab world produced less leishmaniasis research. The data presented in the current study by this innovative approach may serve relevant researchers to direct the global leishmaniasis research to Arab counties in which leishmaniasis is endemic.