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Industrial research in India as viewed throughResearch & Industry

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The paper examines the bibliometric characteristics of industrial research activity of India. The study reveals that public-funded R&D is the major contributor of research papers, inResearch & Industry while the contribution of in-house R&D centres is lacking. Among the two industrial sectors (Chemical and Engineering), much of the R&D activity, as reflected by published papers, has been in chemical and allied industries. However, there appears to be a significant change in emphasis during the decade studied, namely a decrease in R&D activity in engineering industries with a corresponding increase in ‘miscellaneous’ industries. There is a significant increase in exploratory research. R&D and industry interface is found inadequate. Multiplicity of authorship is gradually increasing. Indian Industrial research is heavily dependent on foreign and non-patent literature.

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  1. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, 110 012, New Delhi, India

    M. M. S. Karki

  2. National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, 110 012, New Delhi, India

    K. C. Garg

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Karki, M.M.S., Garg, K.C. Industrial research in India as viewed throughResearch & Industry . Scientometrics 33, 315–328 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017334

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