Bibliometric analysis of Institute for Medical Research (IMR) publications for the year 2000 to 2019

Abstract

Bibliometric analysis of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) measures the growth rate and impact of science research of the IMR. This is the first bibliometric analysis for IMR. This study analyzes the bibliometric characteristics of publications affiliated with the IMR. The focus is on publications from 2000 to 2019, to understand the growth rate and impact of scientific research conducted at the IMR. The data were sourced from the Scopus database. The relative growth rate, doubling time, collaborative index, and collaborate coefficient were conducted with Microsoft Excel, while the clustering analyses were conducted using VOSviewer software. From the year 2000 to 2019, IMR published a total of 1,244 articles with a total citation of 22,336. The increasing trend of publications, from 22 articles (the year 2000) to 128 articles (the year 2019) showed a steadily growing rate of 14 articles in the recent five years (the year 2015 to 2019). The collaboration coefficient of the authorship was 0.79, with Dr Lee Han Lim as the most prolific author (h-index of 27). The top keywords included clinical study, virus, Aedes, and plant leaf. The high collaboration coefficient of IMR indicated that 79% of the publications were contributed by multiple co-authorships, which is also a good sign of a collaboration network with other institutes, and universities from locally and internationally. The findings and publications of IMR will be the source of knowledge for future generations.