Research Ccollaboration between India and Turkey: a Scientometric Study

The paper attempts to evaluate the research collaboration between India and Turkey on the basis of research articles published with author address from these countries during 2009-2013 and indexed in Web of Science-Science Citation Index Expanded online database. Out of a total of 330,071 records of both the countries for the period; 966 records were found to be in joint collaborative authorship from the researchers from both the counties. A scientometric assessment of the collaboration of research articles has been presented in the study by analyzing; annual output of research articles in collaboration from Turkey and India, leading partners in research from Turkey, India and other countries, preferred areas of research, prolific institutions, top ranked journals preferred and language of the publications. The study may be useful to subject specialists, analysts, researchers, students, policy makers, administrators and faculty of both the countries to look into effective collaborations in the research.