A Scientometric Analysis of Global Animation Research by Web of Science Data
Author(s): Dr. S. Baskaran
Abstract – The research paper is analyzing the global publication trends on animation research output based on the Web of Science database. During 2011-2020, the database contained 6,295 publications were published in the field. The average number of publications per year was 629.5 and the highest number of publications 744 was published in 2019. Lee, J is the most productive author with 44 (0.70%) followed by Zhang, J J with 27 (0.43%) publications and Jin, X G with 26 (0.41%) publications. RGR is decreased from 0.75 in 2011 to 0.20 in 2018 and the Doubling time of the publications gradually increased from 0.92 in 2011 to 3.47 in 2018. Major source of publications on animation research is journal articles with 5,310 publications (84.35%). Authors from China have contributed maximum number of publications compared to the other countries and India stood 7th rank in terms of productivity in this period. Publications on animation are spread over 17 languages.
Keywords - Animation, Scientometrics, Annual growth rate, Relative growth rate and Doubling time.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.7.4.2021.1455
Cite This Article As: Baskaran, S. (2021). A Scientometric Analysis of Global Animation Research by Web of Science Data. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 7(4) 57-66. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1455 Page: 57-66 Publication Date: 25 October 2021