Glory or Despair? Mapping Fifty Years of Scientific Publications of Dhaka University

Abstract

ABSTRACT For ascertaining the place of scientific publications of Dhaka University (DU) in independent Bangladesh, this study aims to investigate and analyze the research and publication trends listed in the Scopus database during 1971 to 2021. Hence, the fifty years of DU publications from the Scopus database has been retrieved and analyzed. Affiliation ID of DU and country name under the advance research features were used to collect data, and later Excel and VOSviewer software were used to analyze the data. The results found 9351 scientific publications during fifty years which got cited 147,460 times (15.77 times per publication). Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr’b) were the highest collaborative organizations collaborated with Dhaka University researchers. Authors from institutions in 151 countries have published, with most articles from USA, Japan and the UK. Most of the articles were published in Q4 journals. Major scientific publications of Dhaka University fall under five areas and these are Medicine, Engineering, Computer Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences. This finding will help the policy makers of DU to understand the patterns of scientific publications for designing future research directions.