BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY OF RESEARCH PUBLICATION TRENDS AMONG INDIAN FOOD SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS.

This study highlights the collaborative research and authorship trend in the area of food science and technology in India. The present study has revealed that collaborative research was preferred to solo research in the area of food science in India and the degree of collaboration was found to be 0.91. The average number of authors per paper also showed an upward trend from 4.89 in 1994 to 8.2 in 2003. The publication pattern from different institutions has also been studied to determine the pattern of contributions from the different organizations and institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]