Climate change and global warming : A scientometric study

Abstract

This paper presents methodological approach study emphasis on, Scientometric approach on climate change and global warming literature during 2001-2016 from the Web of science database. The study analysed the various parameters such as, growth trend, authorship pattern, collaborative index, collaborative co-efficient, and degree of collaboration, division of forms, most preferred authors, country-wise distribution and other parameters. The number of publications constantly increasing year-wise and single authored contribution decreased whereas multiple authored contributions increasing. Both degree of collaborations of multi authors and collaborative co-efficiency has increased. The relative growth rate of Climate change publications output increases gradually from 2001 to 2016, the doubling time for the Climate change during 2001-2016 is 0.98 and 4.36 respectively