Keywords
NIRF Universities
Bibliometric Analysis
Research Evaluation
Institutional Productivity
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Abstract
United Nations Sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to achieve socially equitable, financially successful and nature friendly world. Being the hub of knowledge creation and dissemination, academic institutes play a crucial role in promoting SDGs through research. Hence the present study analysed the productivity and impact of UN SDG research output of top ten NIRF-ranked universities. Bibliometric data of 51455 SDG publications produced by the top ten NIRF ranked universities for the period 2016-2024 was exported using the pre-defined SDG queries from the Scopus database. The study revealed a steady growth of institutional contribution on SDG research indicating the researcher’s meticulous involvement in implementing SDG. Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) produced highest number of SDG publications (8559) while Banaras Hindu University (BHU) accrued highest citations (200240). The non open access publications (32787) outnumbered their open access counterparts (18668) on the contrary, citation analysis highlighted that open access SDG publications received higher citations than non-open access publications, emphasizing the role of OA publishing in enhancing research visibility and impact. All the ten universities preferred articles as the major channel for disseminating their scholarly outputs. We recommend universities should encourage researchers to contribute more SDG publications through open access channels to achieve the goals within the stipulated time.
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