Comparison with other countries
India ranks at 12th place in terms of citation rank during the period 2010 to 2019. However, India's citation rank
has improved from 14th in 2010 to
9th in 2019 (a jump of 5 places). Among the countries with highest citation share and rank, United States is
at rank 1, with global share of 34.84% during 2010 to 2019, followed by China with 14.74% in 2010 to 2019. Other
major countries are United Kingdom with 10.52% global share in citations, Germany with 8.51% of global citations and
Canada with 5.51% of global share during 2010 to 2019 period.
The figure below presents the global share of citations, in 2010 and 2019, of the 20 selected countries.
Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) of India in different subject areas
The Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) indicates relative citation performance of a publication when comparing it's citation rate to
that of other publications in it's area of research. A value of more than 1 shows a citation rate above average.
India's research output during 2010 to 2019, when divided into 22 major subject areas is as shown below.
It can be observed that subject areas - Environmental Science, Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, Engineering, Earth Sciences
and Biological Sciences etc. have citation rate higher than the world average, whereas subject areas - Law & Legal Studies,
Philosophy & Religious Studies, Education, Built Environment & Design and Psychology & Cognitive Sciences etc.
has a citation rate lower than the world average.
India's contribution to highly cited papers
Highly cited papers of a country are often measured by the number of publications that it contributes in the top 1%
or top 10% most cited papers of the world. In case of India, it is observed that India's contribution to top 1%
highly cited papers has grown from 1.85% in 2010 to 4.3% in 2019. Similarly, India's contribution in
top 10% highly cited papers of the world has grown from 2.28% in 2010 to 4.52% in 2019.
The figure below shows the year-wise percentage contribution of India to the top 1% and top 10% highly cited papers of the world.
When compared with contribution to top 1% highly cited papers of other major countries, it is observed
that China has gained significantly with an increase from 7.78% share in 2010 to 33.2% share in 2019. United States on the other hand
shows a decline from 50.1% share in 2010 to 36.96% share in 2019. Other countries to gain are Japan, India, Italy, Australia, Spain, etc.
The countries to lose in their share of top 1% highly cited papers are Germany, France, Canada, etc. The figure below shows
the share of top 1% highly cited papers of the major countries during 2010 and 2019.
Note: The above analysis/outputs are generated by the use of data obtained from Dimensions and Altmetric (a part of Digital Science).