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An informetric analysis of the scientific production of Bangladesh

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An informetric analysis of the scientific production of Bangladesh

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Dilruba Mahbuba

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R. D. P. Rousseau

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Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)

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2012

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209

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Ph.D.

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Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)

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2012

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The aim of this dissertation is to collect information about the current position of scientific research in Bangladesh. We begin with a short description of Bangladesh as a country on the Indian subcontinent, continuing with budgetary aspects and in particular the place of human resources (education, science and technology) within this budget. We take a look at the place of Bangladesh in rankings according to the Global Innovation Index and the Human Development Index. The number of international Bangladeshi publications and their growth is discussed. We further determine the country's centre of publication. Attention is given to BanglaJOL, a recent initiative aiming at providing online access to journals published in Bangladesh. A comparison of the number of international Bangladeshi publications is made with those of neighbouring countries India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Special attention is given to collaboration data and to the evolution of country h- indices. After this general study on country level we focus on two renowned health and population research organizations in the Indian subcontinent, i.e. ICDDR,B (Bangladesh) and NICED (India). We study these two institutes because they conduct similar research and because of their collaboration ties. Special attention is given to research impact through time series of the institutional h- and R-indices, as well as to the trend in yearly citations received. It is observed that female scientists play a minor role in these institutes. This observation leads us to a digression on the Matthew effect for which a new interpretation in the framework of concept symbols and default values is given. Finally, we propose new variations on the standard and the interpolated h- index. More precisely, we propose two different types. For the first type, sources are years, and items are either publications, or citations received or average number of citations received. The second type makes use of the speed by which citations are received: it is a diffusion speed index. In this way we combine two basic types of informetric investigations, namely indicator studies and the study of diffusion. In the concluding chapter we identify limitations of our study and make policy related suggestions.

Bangladesh

Bibliometrics

Citation analysis

Communication and the arts

Indicators

Informetrics

Dilruba Mahbuba

R. D. P. Rousseau

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