Global Research Trends in Tribology: A Scientometric Study
Ravi Sangam, S.L. Sangam
Journal of Science and Technology Metrics, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2023.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6025/stm/2023/4/2/45-56
Link: https://www.dline.info/jstm/fulltext/v4n2/jstmv4n2_1.pdf
Abstract:
The present study demonstrates the growth of tribology literature for the period 2000-2019. A total of 1208852publications were extracted from the Web of Science Database for ten years. The Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (Dt.) of tribology literature have been calculated, supplementing with different growth patterns to check whether tribology literature fits polynomial, linear, or logistic models. The results of the study indicate that the growth of literature in tribology does not follow the linear or logistic growth model. However, it follows closely the polynomial growth model.Identified the global research trends. The study concludes that there has been a consistent trend towards increased growth of literature in the field of tribology.