The Global Perspective of Open Source Software Research: A Scientometric Study

Abstract

The objective of this work was to analyse the growth and development of Open Source Software (OSS) research productivity in the global. Investigators have compared the author productivity and citations by various institutions at global. It could clearly see that during the period 1999-2012, a total of 3143 publications were published at Global level, including 1780 Proceedings Papers, 1224 articles, 43 reviews, 34 editorial material, 21 Meeting Abstract, 10 Software Review, 8 Book Chapter , 7 letters, 6 News Item and 1 Correction, from 2103 institutions and the data has reflected in Web of science database. This paper finds trend towards collaborative research is gaining momentum. As every work of researchers depends mainly on the library since it provides more scholarly information and hence these kinds of studies are more relevant in identifying thrust areas of research.