Abstract

Author(s): Bijayananda Pradhan, R. K. Mahapatra

The present study is a bibliometric analysis of the research output indexed in Scopus database during the period 2006-2015 of the three state Universities of Odisha such as Utkal University situated at Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur University situated in Burla and Berhampur University situated at Berhampur. A total number of 5597 articles has been studied and analysed the yearly contribution, most preferred subject area, most productive authors, most productive journals, most productive institutions and most cited papers of the three state Universities of Odisha. This study gives an idea about the core areas of research taking place in the three state Universities of Odisha and it might also be useful for various policy makers of Odisha to assess their funding and decide upon the future core areas of research in the years to come