A Bibliometric Analysis of Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research (IJFTR)

A quantitative analysis of 1454 scholarly articles published in the Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research between 2000 and 2022 was performed involving various scientometric indicators to examine aspects such as annual scientific production, top cited sources, author rankings, profiles and contributions, collaboration patterns, highly contributed countries, most cited articles, frequently used search keywords and global collaboration mapping. Scopus database was used to retrieve the data and the study focuses on data included in Scopus database alone and biblioshiny was used for analysis. The journal showed a considerable impact, boasting an h-index of 48, a g-index of 71 and a total citation count of 15141 during the examined period. Among the authors, Kothari VK stood out with the highest number of research papers (n = 58), with their work receiving the most citations (732). Approximately 74.32% of the authors (1746 authors) had only one publication, while around 13.02% of the authors (306 authors) had two publications. Interestingly, a small number of authors surpassed this trend, having produced more than nine publications. India emerged as the dominant country in terms of both paper count and citation count, with the Indian Institute of Technology leading with 454 publications. Through the co-citation network analysis, we identified four clusters, with Tyagi GK emerging as the most cited author. Furthermore, our study highlighted that the most collaborative authors hailed from India. Overall, this investigation holds significance in assessing the impact of the Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research and serves as a valuable resource for identifying notable research trends and advancements within the field of fibre and textile research.