Abstract

Author(s): Shashidhara K L

The study analyzed publication output of renowned Scientist Prof. Asokan Kandasami from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. The study used standard bibliometric indicators to assess publication output and citation counts, collaboration networks, and coauthorship patterns. The data was extracted from Scopus citation and abstracting database with author key search and the data analyzed using Microsoft excel and Biblioshiny software. Major highlight was that Prof. Asokan Kandasami published majority of his publications in the form (83.21%) research articles. His top productive of papers came in the year 2018 with 60 articles and highest authorship appearance came in both in five and six authored papers in 98 (17.66%) publications. Asokan Kandasami collaborative work was more dominant were his degree of Collaboration (DC) was 1.00. Kanjilal D was the top collaborative author with 84 articles and “AIP Conference Proceedings” was preferred top communication channel. This study will be helpful in identifying of potential researchers and collaborative scientific communities.