Scientometric Analysis of Scholarly Communications in Cloud Computing Literature

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to examine scholarly literature in cloud computing published before January 2014 as viewed through Scopus database. Utilizing the Scopus database, 4,108 scholarly communications on cloud computing research was used for the study. The SCImago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) and Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) values of the journals were identified to determine the impact of journals in the field. Transformative Activity Index (TAI) is used to identify relative research efforts among leading countries. RCI (Relative Citation Impact) and CPP (Citations Per Publication) have been used to calculate the quality and impact of research output. The study revealed that 4108 papers were published on cloud computing until December 31, 2013. 95 countries contributed to CC literature. Top fifteen countries jointly produced 4005 (97.5%) papers. China with 1208 papers (29.4%) is ranked first in publishing papers on cloud computing while papers published from the United States have received highest citations 12019 (31.3%). The majority of papers have been published in English 3598 (87.6%) and Chinese 416 (10.1%) language. The literature on the subject was published in 157 journals, and 160 institutes around the world contributed to cloud computing literature. The study provides an analytical approach to the researchers’ to understand the progress in the field of cloud computing literature.