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A Scientometric Analysis for the Research on Aerodynamics: Quantity and Quality Assessment during 2012-2021

. Dr. R. Santhakumar and Dr. S. Mahalakshmi


Abstract

This study measuring the research productivity of Aerodynamics research in world as per the number of publications appeared in the Web of Science database. During the period (2012-2021) a total of 6643 publications were published by the global researchers in the field of Aerodynamics. The average number of publications published was 1263.9 and the highest numbers of publications (1741) were published in the year 2021. In recent years, the number of publications in this field has gradually increased, and there is a large space for research and development. The publication data was analysed with respect to the type of publications where 95.81% are journal articles. The United States, China, England are the countries that have contributed the most in this field. The number of research results in this field supported by the Beihang University of China is in a leading position in the world; Authorship and collaboration trend towards multi-authored publications. The degree of collaboration among author is 0.90. 

 

Keywords: Aerodynamics, annual growth rate, trend analysis and degree of collaboration

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