Mapping the Literature of Siddha Medicine from 1972-2024: Scientometrics Analysis
Author(s): Kiran Ranavagol S, Somanagouda Shankargouda Patil, Laxmi Yallappa Kamble & Nijaguna
Abstract - Siddha Medicine is an older traditional medicine system that originated in south India and boasts various treatments for various ailments. To learn about its recent developments, researchers conducted a study analysing Siddha medicine literature from 1972 to 2024 and the data obtained from the PubMed database. The study examined factors such as year of publication, prominent author contribution, communication channels, and country-wise production. Findings revealed that India is the leading contributor in this field and the period from 2022 to 2024 had the largest growth rate in Siddha literature, followed by 2012–2016. The average growth rate of Siddha literature per year is 16.67%. The maximum number of publications (16.41%) are triple-authored followed by 15.63% and 14.06% of publications that are four-authored and single-authored respectively.....
Keywords Mapping, Literature, Siddha Medicine, Scientometrics, and Bibliometrics
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.10.4.2024.1788
Cite This Article As: Kiran Ranavagol S, Patil, S.S., Kamble, L.Y. & Nijaguna (2024) Mapping the Literature of Siddha Medicine from 1972-2024: Scientometrics Analysis. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 10(4) 8-24. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1788 Page: 8-24 Publication Date: 19 October 2024