The University of Dhaka has obtained the 1st Position among Bangladeshi Universities, and Research Organizations in terms of the number of publications in 2021 in Scopus indexed journals, conference proceedings, and book series.
The researchers from the University of Dhaka have contributed in only 1255 documents (Data analyzed on 15.01.2021) in Scopus indexed journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, editorial, Notes, and books. These include 581 open access documents.
Taking the faculty number from the UGC report 2019, the average article per faculty in 2021 is 0.52. n any consideration, this is much lower than expected.
On the other hand,
Out of these 1255 Documents, only 330 have the corresponding author with the official email address of the University of Dhaka, and 835 have Bangladesh as the corresponding address. This information speaks volumes about the overall research at the University of Dhaka. This means faculties and researchers of the University of Dhaka have made major contributions in only 1/4 of the publications. This also means that only one-third of the researches behind the publications originated at the University of Dhaka. In other 925 publications, they are a minor contributor and major contributors are researchers from outside of the University of Dhaka
Most of the publications are in English (1254). There is one publication in Spanish. Out of 1255 publications, 1110 are finally published, and 145 articles are still in Press. The top 6 subject areas of publications are:
| Subject area | Documents |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 241 |
| Environmental Science | 197 |
| Social Sciences | 187 |
| Engineering | 178 |
| Computer Science | 170 |
| Physics and Astronomy | 141 |
Environmental Sciences has jumped up from 5 positions to second position this year.
Below is presented the info-graphic of the publications.
1. Top 15 Researchers
2. Top Ten Journals and Proceedings
University authorities should review where the faculties are publishing their research. The Citescore of the top ten journals is shown in the following graph.
3. Top 15 Institute of collaborative publications
a) Top 15 collaborative institutes for Researcher of University of Dhaka
University hardly has collaborated with universities from scientifically advanced countries. How should this be seen?
b) International
4. Top 15 Countries collaborated with
How many collaborative agreements do universities have with universities in these countries? Publication coming from faculties who are doing PhD and Postdoc in these countries?
5. Top 15 Funding Sponsors
a) National
Only 45 publications were funded by the University of Dhaka, though it is four times higher than last year. How should it be interpreted? M er of concern?
Foreign bodies than local bodies fund more publications. How does the country benefit from such foreign-funded publications?
6. Document type
Only2 books were published in 2021, which is double the year 2020. How is this number of books when the number of faculties is around 2300? How is the matter?
7. Subject areas/ Research areas
Medicine is the top subject area of publication, after that environmental Sciences and Social Sciences.
9. Concluding Remarks
How many of these publications are aligned to strategic planning of research of the University and a national priority? How many are coming from faculties doing PhD and Postdoc abroad?
University should have its listing of publications and its analysis of the publications.
Does it have any such system? Does the authority ever count the total publications in local journals, Scopus indexed journals, the web of science indexed journals? Does the authority review its total publication and research performance?
