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Curcuma Longa (Medicinal Plant) Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output with Reference to Web of Science

The present study explores the characteristics of publication records for a total duration of twenty years, from 2000 to 2019, in the field of Curcuma longa research. This study has been carried out based on the multidisciplinary bibliographic database available with the Web of Science in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications, using the means of scientometrics research techniques. In order to make this analysis a holistic and comprehensive survey of the research trends in the chosen field, the following variables are taken into account: growth rate; global citation scores; distribution of publications by journals, conferences and institutions; favored media of communication; Hirsch index and citation profile of top institutions, countries and authors; contribution of funding agencies; high number of cited papers and characteristics of their bibliographic details. The total number of publication records has been found out to be 6087 during the study period. These 6087 publications have received 171 h-index, 1, 84,715 global citations score and 30.34 average citations. On the whole, 6087 records were published during the study period (2000-2019) in 18 types of documents from 107 countries with 2005 journals, contributed by as many as 20855 authors affiliated to 4879 institutions. These publications were brought out in 18 languages, and they received 1, 56,986 cited references. Majority of the records were in the form of journal articles, reviews, papers in conference proceedings and meeting abstracts, accounting for 97 percent of the total publications. Naturally enough, English happens to be the leading language of 98.8 percent to have accounted for the most number of publications. The four largest contributing countries in the total literature on Curcuma longa during the entire study period are India (24.68 percent), USA (17.7 percent), China (12.2 percent) and Iran (6.09 percent) respectively. The largest institutional contributor of publication records happens to be the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran with 1.8 percent of the papers to its credit. The most prolific authors to have published more number of research documents during the study period were Sahebkar A (73 papers), Aggarwal BB (67 papers), Nayak S (35 papers) and Kumar A (33 papers). The journal of “Food chemistry” Elsevier ltd tops the list of journals with maximum number of publication records in the field for the given study period with 70 publications, followed by “Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry” American Chemical Society (69 papers), “Phytotherapy Research” John Wiley and sons Ltd (63 papers) and “PLOS One” Public Library of Science (59 papers). While the Third World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - WOCMAP III held in February 2003 at Thailand resulted in the publication of 6 papers, the following three major funding agencies contributed immensely to the research activities in the field: ‘National Natural Science Foundation of China’ with 318papers, United States Department of Health & Human Services, USA with 304 papers and Council of Scientific Industrial Research, India with 99 papers.

Celastrus paniculatus: A Bibliometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2001-18

A bibliometric analysis of global research output on the Celastrus paniculatus plant is presented based on selected quantitative and qualitative indicators, using Scopus international database during 2001-18. The study analyzed publication and citations data on a series of bibliometric measures, like growth rate, citations impact, international collaborative papers, most productive countries, organizations, authors, journals and highly cited papers. The Celastrus paniculatus global publications registered an annual average growth rate of 16.55% and its citation impact averaged to 14.43 citations per paper. India alone accounting for the highest publication share (73.33%), whiles all other 9 countries from 1.67% to 7.14% during 2001-18. 99.77% global publication share and more than 100.0% citation share has been contributed by only top 10 countries during 2001-18. Brazil (8.25), Italy (2.51), USA (1.75) and Iran (1.42) registered comparatively the higher relative citation index among top 10 countries during 2001-18. Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (4 papers each) were the two the most productive organizations and F. Borrelli and A.A. Izzo (4 papers each) were the two most productive authors. Journal of Ethnopharmacology (9 papers) and Phyomedicine (5 papers) were the two leading journals contributing research on this plant.

Covid-19 and Neurosciences: A Scientometric assessment of Global publications output during 2020–2021

Covid-19 and Neurosciences: A Scientometric assessment of Global publications output during 2020–2021

Semantic web and libraries: A scientometric assessment of global publications output during 1998–2019

Semantic web and libraries: A scientometric assessment of global publications output during 1998–2019

A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications in E Learning Research during 2003 to 18

The paper provides quantitative and qualitative assessment of global publications output in the domain of e-learning research (1809 publications). The data was sourced from Scopus database during 2003-18. The study finds that global e-learning research registered 18.92 per cent annual average growth, averaged 6.90 citations per paper in a 16-year window. The distribution of global research in the subject is highly skewed as 10 out of 94 participating countries account for 62.58 per cent global publications share. A total of 449 authors from 387 organisations contributed to global e-learning research. The top 15 organisations collectively contributed 14.81 per cent global publication share and 24.52 per cent global citation share respectively. The top 15 authors contributed 7.89 per cent global publication share and and 33.45 per cent global citation share respectively during the period. Carnegie Mellon University, USA (49 papers) is the most productive organisations in the world, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (23.29 and 3.37) is the most cited organisation. M. Vivou (24 papers) is most prolific author in the world and C.M. Chen (103.0 and 14.93) the most cited author in the subject. Computers and Education and Computers in Human Behavior (20 papers) were the leading journals publishing on this theme.

E-Cigarettes: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2001-18

: The paper makes assessment of global e-cigarette publications (3885 publications) trends over the past 18 years (2001-8) via a bibliometric analysis, using Scopus database. The paper further provides an insight into qualitative performance of e-cigarettes research in terms of qualitative indicators, such as relative citation index, citations per paper, highly cited papers, top 15 global organizations and authors in the field, most favored subjects in the field. E-cigarettes annual and nine-year cumulative global publication output registered 113.60% and 7570.0% growth during the last 18 years and its citation impact averaged to 18.71 citations per paper. 89.63% share of the global research output and more than 100% share of global citation output in the field emanates from top 10 (among 37 participating countries) during 2001-18. Seven (out of top 10) countries registered relative citation index above their global average of 1.29: Canada and Italy (2.32 each), Greece (1.75), Australia (1.54), U.K. and Switzerland (1.42 each) and France (1.30) during 2001-18. Medicine is the most preferred subject on e-cigarettes research with 81.75% global publications share, followed distantly by pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics (13.15%), social sciences (9.146%), environment science (7.26%), etc. during this period. Among 525 organizations and 729 authors participating in e-cigarettes research, the top 15 organizations and the authors collectively contributed 26.64% and 13.64% global publication share and 47.78% and 33.25% global citation share, respectively during 2001-18. USA and U.K. were the leading global organizations with global publications share of 52.15% and 12.54%. University of California, San Francisco, USA and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills, USA were the leading organizations with 135 and 87 papers. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA (53.79 and 2.88) and Food and Drug Administration, MD, USA (42.33 and 2.26) were the two leading organizations in terms of citation impact per paper and relative citation index. R. Polosa (61 papers) and K.E. Farsalinos (45 papers) were the two most productive authors on the subject. M.L. Goniewicz (77.02 and 4.12) and S.A. Glantz (69.50 and 3.71) were the two leading authors in terms of citation impact per paper and relative citation index. Nicotine and Tobacco Research (184 papers) and Tobacco Control (168 papers) were the leading journals (among 305 participating journals) publishing on this theme. 141 papers (among 3885 total papers) registered 100 to 2902 citations per paper, cumulating to a total 31459 citations, averaging to 223.11 citations per paper.Key words: E-Cigarettes, Global publications, Scientometrics, Bibliometrics.

Linked data: A scientometrics assessment of global publications output during 1996–2019

Linked data: A scientometrics assessment of global publications output during 1996–2019

Bibliometric-enhanced information retrieval (bir): A scientometrics assessment of global publications output during 1989-2020

The study examines quantitative and qualitative features of global research output (557) in the domain of Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval (BIR), an upcoming field of research in the discipline of library and information science. The data for the study was sourced from the Scopus database for the period 1989-2020. The BIR research at the global level registered (22.17%) annual average growth and averaged research impact of (21.69%) citations per paper since publication. Although a total of 60 countries had participated in the subject, the distribution of research by country of publication is highly skewed. The top 10 most productive countries in the world alone account for the largest (92.64%) global publications share and (93.16%) global citations share in the subject. At the institutional level, the distribution of research in the subject is scattered across a total of 290 global organizations. The top 10 most productive organizations alone account for (22.62%) global publication share and a (15.55%) global citation share. The top 10 authors contributed (21.36%) global publication share and (6.57%) global citation share respectively during the period. The most productive institute in the subject is the Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences, Germany (30 papers). The Indiana University Bloomington, USA (74.25% and 3.42%) is the most cited institute in the world. P. Mayr (30 papers) is the most prolific author in the world and Y. Ding (126% and 1.71%) the most cited author in the subject. The Journal of the Medical Library Association (24 papers) and Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (18 papers) are the most productive journals on this theme.

Research on Withania somnifera (Ashwaganda): A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1995-2018

The present study examined 2008 global publications on Withania somnifera, as indexed and covered in international Scopus database during 1995-18, with a view to understand their publications growth rate, global publication share, citation impact, share of their international collaborative publications, distribution of publications by broad subjects, productivity and citation profile of top organizations and authors, preferred media of communication and bibliographic characteristics of high cited publications. The global publications registered 18.31% annual average growth rate and its citation impact averaged to 18.55 citations per publication. The global share of top 10 countries ranged from 1.34% to 70.42%, with the largest share (70.42%) from India, followed by USA (11.35%) and other 8 countries from 1.34% to 4.03%. More than 100% of the cumulative global publication and citation share comes from top 10 countries during 1995-18. Only four countries among top 10 registered relative citation index above the world average of 1.0: U.K. (2.48), USA (1.80), Germany (1.69) and South Korea (1.08) during 1995-18. Pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics contributed the largest global publications share of 42.33%, followed biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (32.42%), medicine (30.73%), agricultural & biological sciences (25.45%), etc. during 1995-18. 377 global organizations and 422 global authors participated in global Withania somnifera research, of which the 15 most productive global organizations and authors together contributed 25.65% and 14.59% global publication share and 32.31% and 23.82% global citation share respectively during 1995-18. Amongst 1964 journal publications (in 313 journals) in global Withania somnifera research, the top 15 most productive journals together contributed 21.49% global share of total journal publication output during 1995-18. Sixty Eight (68) publications were found to be high cited, as they registered citations from 100 to 601 during 1995-18 and they together received 11582 citations, averaging to 170.32 citations per publication.

Rhodiola rosea: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2003-18

A quantitative and qualitative assessment of global research output (2016) on the “Rhodiola rosea” plant based on select bibliometric indicators, using Scopus database covering period 1993-2018, is presented here. Analyzed data on a series of bibliometric measures, like average annual growth, citations per paper, international collaborative papers, relative citation index, activity index, top productive countries, organizations, authors, journals and highly cited papers. The global publications registered an annual average growth rate of 12.97% and its citation impact averaged to 17.59 citations per paper. China and USA together account for more than 36% share of global output on Rhodiola rosea, whereas other 8 top ranking countries accounted each for global share between 4.06% and 7.60% during 2003-18. 83.04% global publication share and 89.95% global citation share has been contributed by top 10 countries during 2003-18. Sweden (2.78), Canada (1.17) and USA (1.11) registered the highest relative citation index among top 10 countries during 2003-81. Swedish Herbal Institute, Askloster, Sweden (21 papers), Medical University of Warsaw, Poland (14 papers), Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary were the three the most productive organizations and Z. Gyorgy and A. Panossian (18 papers each) and G. Wikman (14 papers) were the three top most productive authors. Phytomedicine (25 papers), Phytotherapy Research (21 papers) and Evidence-based Complementary and Alternate Medicine (15 papers) were the three leading journals contributing research in this area.

Deep Learning Research: Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2004 -17

The paper provides a quantitative and qualitative description of deep learning research using bibliometric indicators covering global research publications published during 14-year period 2004-17. Global deep learning research registered 106.76% high growth per annum, and averaged 7.99 citations per paper. Top 10 countries world- over dominate the research field with their 99.74% global publications share and more than 100% global citations share. China ranks the top with the highest (29.25%) global publications share, followed by USA (26.46%), U.K. (6.40%), etc. during the period. Canada tops in relative citation index (5.30). International collaboration has been a major driver of research in the subject with 14.96% to 53.76% of national-level share of top 10 countries output appeared as international collaborative publications. Computer Science is one of the most popular areas of research in deep learning research (76.85% share). The study identifies top 50 most productive organizations and 50 most productive authors and top 20 most productive journals reporting deep learning research and 118 highly cited papers with 100+ citations per paper.

Machine Translation Research A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2007 16


 
 
 The present study provides a quantitative and qualitative description of global machine translation research published during 2007-16 and as indexed in Scopus database. The study profiles research in the field on a series of measures, such as publications growth rate, global share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers and distribution of publications by sub-areas. The study also profiles top contributing countries, organisations and authors in machine translation research on a series of bibliometric indicators. The study further reports characteristics of highly cited papers in the field.
 
 

Mobile Edge Computing: A Scientometrics Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2001–18

The present study has examined mobile edge computing global research output, as indexed in Scopus database during 2001-18 on a series of Bibliometrics measures, such as publications growth rate, global publications share, citation impact, the share of international collaborative papers, distribution of publications by broad subjects. In addition, the study discusses the citation profile of top organizations and authors in fog computing, and the preferred media for research communication and characteristics of highly cited papers. The global research output (2716 papers) registered 42.48% annual growth rate and averaged to 6.77 citations impact per paper in the subject during the period. 80 countries participated in mobile edge computing research, of which the top 10 countries accounted for 89.51% global publication share and more than 100% of global citation share during 2001-18. China and USA tops the list of top 10 most productive countries in mobile edge computing research with 26.69% and 20.840% global publication share, followed by U.K. (7.29% share), Italy and Canada (6.44% and 6.11%), France (5.01%) and other 4 countries (from 3.94% to 4.86%) during 2001-18. USA tops the list (15.0 and 2.22), followed by Italy (10.73 and 1.59), Canada (9.59 and 1.42), Germany (8.89 and 1.31), U.K. (7.86 and 1.16), etc. in terms of citation impact per paper and relative citation index. 519 organizations and 561 authors participated in global mobile edge computing research, of which the top 15 organizations and authors contributed 21.80% and 8.21% global publication share and 22.54% and 9.71% global citations share during 2001-18. The world contributed 49.47% share of output in mobile edge computing research in top 15 most productive journals, and 28 of its papers have been rated as highly cited papers each with 101 to 844 citations per paper, averaging 222.61 citations per paper.

Research on Azadrachta Indica: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1997-16

Research on Azadrachta Indica: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1997-16

Fog Computing Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output During 2012–18

The present study has examined fog computing global research output, as indexed in Scopus database during 2012-18 on a series of bibliometric measures, such as publications growth rate, global publications share, citation impact, the share of international collaborative papers, distribution of publications by broad subjects. In addition, the study discusses the citation profile of top organizations and authors in fog computing, and the preferred media for research communication and characteristics of highly cited papers. The study finds 1711 global research output registered (68.09%) annual growth rate. 81 countries participated in fog computing research, of which the top 10 countries accounted for 91.23% global publication share and more than 100% of global citation share during 2012-18. China and USA tops the list of top 10 most productive countries in fog computing research with 22.38% and 19.40% global publication share, followed by India (9.70%), Italy (7.36%), Australia (6.14%), etc. USA top the list (17.02% and 2.25%), followed by Australia (15.54% and 2.06%), UK (12.09% and 1.59%), Canada (11.03% and 1.46%), Spain (9.95% and 1.32%), etc. in terms of citation impact per paper and relative citation index. 401 organizations and 457 authors participated in global fog computing research, of which the top 10 organizations and authors contributed (15.02% and 7.48%) global publication share and (42.17% and 12.81%) global citations share during 2012-18. The world contributed (59.75%) share of output in fog computing research in top 20 most productive journals, and 19 of its papers have been rated as highly cited papers each with 100 to 1657 citations per paper, averaging 209.79 citations per paper.

Glycyrrhiza glabra (Medicinal Plant) Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1997-2016

The present study examined 3428 global publications in Glycyrrhiza glabra, as covered in multidisciplinary Scopus bibliographical database during 1997-2016, with a view to understand their growth rate, global share, citation impact, international collaborative papers share, distribution of publications by broad subjects, productivity and citation profile of top organizations and authors, preferred media of communication and bibliographic characteristics of high cited papers. The global publications registered an annual average growth rate of 10.87% and its citation impact averaged to 19.09 citations per paper. Among the top 12 most productive countries, the global share ranged from 1.87% to 19.81%, with China contributing the largest share of 19.81%, followed by India (13.71%), USA (11.84%), etc. More than 79.0% of the cumulative global publication share comes from top 12 countries during 1997-2016, showing decrease from 100.0% to 77.80% from 1997-2006 to 2007-16. Seven countries registered relative citation index above the world average of 1.10: U.K. (2.39), USA (1.87), Canada (1.71), Italy (1.51), Japan (1.49), Turkey (1.24) and Taiwan (1.18) during 1997-2016. Medicine, among seven broad subjects, contributed the largest publications share of 44.41%, followed by pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics (35.04%), biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (26.84%), agricultural and biological sciences (16.89%), chemistry (14.59%), etc. during 1997-16. Among various organizations and authors contributing to global Glycyrrhiza glabra research, the 20 most productive global organizations and authors together contributed 15.08% and 9.16% global publication share respectively and 14.57% and 16.62% global citation share respectively during 1997-16. Amongst 3322 journal papers (in 1153 journals) in global Glycyrrhiza glabra research, the top 20 most productive journals contributed 16.80% share of total journal publication output during 1997-2016. One hundred thirteen (113) publications were found to be high cited, as they registered citations from 100 to 852 during 1997-2016 and they together received 22234 citations, which averaged to 196.76 citations per paper.

Nipah Virus Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1999-2018

International Journal of Medicine and Public Health,2018,8,2,48-55.DOI:10.5530/ijmedph.2018.2.11Published:August 2018Type:Invited ArticleNipah Virus Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1999-2018B. M. Gupta, K K Mueen Ahmed, and Ritu Gupta B. M. Gupta1, K K Mueen Ahmed2, Ritu Gupta3* 11173 Sector 15, Panchkula 134 113, Haryana, INDIA. 2Phcog.Net and SciBiolMed.Org, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA. 31K/A Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi 110029, INDIA.Abstract:The present study examined 1181 global publications in Nipah virus, as covered in multidisciplinary and bibliographic Scopus database during 1999-2018, with a view to understand their growth rate, global share, citation impact, international collaborative papers share, distribution of publications by broad subjects, productivity and citation profile of top organizations and authors, preferred media of communication and bibliographic characteristics of high cited papers. The global publications in Nipah virus registered an annual average growth rate of 16.23% and its citation impact averaged to 28.05 citations per paper. Among the 62 countries participating in global Nipah virus research, the top 10 more productive countries account together for more than 100% of its global research output and citation share. The individual global publication share of top 10 most productive countries varied widely 4.23% to 45.98% during 1999-2018, with USA accounting for the highest publication share (45.98%), followed by Australia (16.77%), Malaysia (11.09% share), and other 7 countries (from 4.23% to 7.96%) during 1999-2018. Four of top 10 countries scored relative citation index above the world average of 1.28: Malaysia (1.67), Australia (1.47), Bangladesh (1.41) and USA (1.37) during 1999-2018. The international collaborative papers share of top 10 most productive countries in Nipah virus research varied widely from 24.56% (India) to 88.46% (Bangladesh). Medicine, among various broad subjects, contributed the largest publications share of 59.97% to global Nipah virus research, followed by immunology and microbiology (42.51%), biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (21.25%), agricultural and biological sciences (11.85%), and other 3 sub-fields contribution varying from 4.57% to 6.10% during 1999-2018. Among various organizations and authors contributing to global Nipah virus research, the 15 most productive global organizations and authors together contributed 65.11% and 48.69% global publication share and 99.15% and 89.29% global citation share respectively during 1999-2018. Amongst 1077 journal papers (in 410 journals) in global Nipah virus research, the top 20 most productive journals contributed 40.39% share of total journal publication output during 1999-2018. Seventy nine (79) publications were found to be high cited, as they registered citations from 101-793 during 1999-2018 and they together received 114880 citations, which averaged to 188.359 citations per paper. Keywords:Bibliometrics, Global publications, Infectious diseases, Nipah virus, scientometrics, VirologyView:PDF (229.84 KB)

Curcuma longa (Medicinal Plant) Research: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 1997-2016

The present study examined 5351 global publications in Curcuma longa as covered in international Scopus database during 1997-2016, with a view to understand their growth rate, global publication share, citation impact, international collaborative papers share, distribution of publications by broad subjects, productivity and citation profile of top organizations and authors, preferred media of communication and bibliographic characteristics of high cited papers. The global publications registered an annual average growth rate of 13.40% and its citation impact averaged to 29.04 citations per paper. Among the top 15 countries, the global share ranged from 1.91% to 31.04%, with India contributing the largest share of 31.04%, followed by USA (13.96%), China (11.55%), etc. 92.66% and 96.84% of the cumulative global publication and citation share comes from top 15 countries during 1997-2016, showing increase in publication share from 89.25% to 93.62% from 1997-2006 to 2007-17. Five countries registered relative citation index above the world average of 1.05: USA (2.29), U.K. (2.08), Taiwan (1.81), Italy (1.23) and South Korea (1.10) during 1997-2016. Medicine, among seven broad subjects, contributed the largest publications share of 37.38%, followed by pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics (32.07%), biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (31.68%), agricultural and biological sciences (25.53%), chemistry (12.78%), etc. during 1997-16 Among various organizations and authors contributing to global Curcuma longa research, the 20 most productive global organizations and authors together contributed 13.89% and 5.59% global publication share and 20.75% and 14.25% global citation share respectively during 1997-2016. Amongst 5157 journal papers (in 2216 journals) in global Curcuma longa research, the top 20 most productive journals contributed 15.92% share of total journal publication output during 1997-2016. Three hundred forty (340) publications were found to be high cited, as they registered citations from 100 to 3869 during 1997-2016 and they together received 81274 citations, which averaged to 239.04 citations per paper. It is suggested that developing countries need to increase their efforts in investment in R & D to increase their output and also to perform better in terms of quality of research.

Supercomputing: A scientometric assessment of global publications output during 2007–16

The paper examines global publications output (8647) on supercomputing research on various publication and citation indicators with a view to map status of supercomputing research covering publications as indexed in Scopus database during 10 – year period 2007 – 16. Supercomputing research registered 8.45% growth per annum and averaged 6.62 citations per paper during the period. 98.23% of global supercomputing research has been contributed by just 12 countries, with USA accounting for the highest 40% share. The UK tops in relative citation index in this field with its citation performance rated well above the world average of 1.32. International collaboration has been as one of the major drivers of supercomputing research as 21.88% to 69.95% of output by top 12 countries appeared as international collaborative publications. Computer Science has come up as the most popular sub – fields in supercomputing research with 71.63% highest publications share. The study further identifies top 15 most productive organizations and authors, top 49 papers with 100+ citations, and top 16 journals in supercomputing research. The study concludes that ongoing government funding and support is critical to catalyze growth and expansion of applications, capacities, and capabilities in supercomputing research and also to improve and expand its performance in quantitative and qualitative terms.

3D Printing: A Scientometric Assessment of Global Publications Output during 2007-16

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The papers provides quantitative and qualitative description of three dimensional (3D) printing research based </span><span>on global publications output (7309 publications) in the field as indexed in Scopus database covering the 10-year </span><span>period 2007-2016. 3D printing research registered 54.61 per cent growth per annum and averaged 10.59 citations per </span><span>papers in 10 years, and bulk of global output (93.79 %) in the field emanates from just top 16 countries. The papers further provides an insight into qualitative performance of 3D printing research in terms of relative citation index, citations per papers, highly cited papers, top 25 global organisations and authors in the field, most favoured subjects in the field, and most favoured materials, technologies, and applications used in the field. The study concludes that 3D printing is the next revolution in industrial manufacturing led by USA and China. Asian and Pacific countries </span><span>should take initiatives to support 3D printing research through appropriate policy and funding mechanisms as well as encourage research teams to collaborate with leading international hubs in 3D printing research. </span></p></div></div></div>