Scenario from the Scopus
The academics of the University of Dhaka have contributed to 1592 scientific documents (data taken on 30 January 2025) in 2024 in journals, conference proceedings, and books indexed in the Scopus database. Social Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Sciences are the top three research areas. Heliyon, Scientific Reports, and Plos One are the top three journals. The United States, Saudi Arabia and Australia are the top three collaborative countries.
Different aspects of publication scenario of DU in 2024 based on Scopus database are presented below:
- Top Ten Productive Researchers
- Top Ten journals
3. Top ten collaborative Institutes
A) National and International
B. International- Top three are from Middle Eastern countries.
4. Top Collaborative countries
A) Top Ten Global Collaborative Countries
B) Top Ten Muslim majority collaborative countries
5. Top Funding Agencies – Out of 1592 publications, only 162 publications ( 7.035 %) got funding from University of Dhaka.
A) Top Ten National and International Funding Agencies
B) Top Ten National Funding Agencies
6. Document Types
7. Subject Areas- Social Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Science are the top three subject areas.
Concluding remarks
1592 publications from 2000+ faculties in a year. How is the productivity? Social sciences and Engineering are among the top subject areas. How is this to be interpreted? Only 7 % publications got funding from the university. How should we look at this status of university funding?
Scenario from the Web of Sciences
The academics of University of Dhaka have contributed to 1084 scientific documents in the journals, conferences and books indexed in all the databases of the Web of Sciences. Among those, there are
- Top 25 Authors
- Top 25 Researchers profiles.
3. A) Top 25 Journals/Conferences
B) Top 25 Publishers
4. Top 25 Institutes
5. Top 25 departments (Affiliation with departments)
6. Document Types
7. Book Series Tittles
8. Conference titles
9. Research Areas
10. Web of Sciences categories
11. Web of Science Index
12. Top 24 collaborative countries
13.Top 25 Funding Agencies
14. Sustainable Development Goals in the publications
Concluding Remarks
There 500 less publications in Web of Sciences than in Scopus. How should this be interpreted ? 14 highly cited papers and 7 Hot papers. Should the university acknowledge those researchers who contributed in those highly cited and hot papers?
