RESEARCH PERFORMANCE ON ALOE VERA: A SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS

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1 International Journal of Library & Information Science (IJLIS) Volume 6, Issue 6, November December 2017, pp , Article ID: IJLIS_06_06_008 Available online at Journal Impact Factor (2016): (Calculated by GISI) ISSN Print: and ISSN Online: IAEME Publication RESEARCH PERFORMANCE ON ALOE VERA: A SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS K. Sivasami Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu, India ABSTRACT This paper discuss on research performance on Aloe Vera publications during 2002 to 2016, The study found that totally 1187 paper have published in this research during the period; among fifteen years in the year 2016 has occupies first position with per cent papers, moreover from the year 2002 to 2011 have published lees than 100 papers in this research. It reveals that, the Doubling Time and Relative Growth values indicate, Doubling Time mean value is In 2002, the Aloe Vera research publication was 18; gradually the research publications were rise to 179 in the year The relative growth rate mean is The source wise papers published in Aloe Vera research, Journal of Food Science and Technology has occupies first position with 14 papers. It reveals that, India has contributes 370 papers in this research. The author s contribution in Aloe Vera research, Martanez- Romero, D, Serrano, M. Valero, D. has occupies first, second and third position with 13 contributions in this research during the study. Authorship pattern found that, single author papers were less compare with multi author papers. Totally 126 countries contributes in this, among those countries India has contributes 370 papers in this research, Indian has occupies first position. Key words: Aloe Vera, Medicinal plants, Herbal medicine, Scientometric analysis. Cite this Article: K. Sivasami, Research Performance on Aloe Vera: A Scientometric Analysis. International Journal of Library & Information Science, 6(6), 2017, pp INTRODUCTION There are many plants with interesting pharmaceutical activities but Aloe Vera is probably the most applied medicinal plant worldwide. Since biblical times, aloe has been used for its purgative effect, skin disorders healing and beauty treatments. Aloe possesses numerous activities including, anticancer, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, hepatoprotective, antiulcer and antidiabetic (Sanchez-Machado, Dalia I. et al., 2017). Aloe Vera has found wide applications in the cosmetics and nutraceutical industry. The plant material is used as fundamental ingredient in food and cosmetics products after processing in the form of gel and juice. Aloe gel contains mannose polymers with 60 editor@iaeme.com

2 Research Performance on Aloe Vera: A Scientometric Analysis various sugars including glucose; acemannan is the most active ingredient (ShabnamJaved, Atta-ur-Rahman 2014). Aloe Vera is well known for its considerable medicinal properties. This plant is one of the richest natural sources of health for human beings coming (Maharjan H.RadhaNampoothiri P.Laxmipriya 2015). Aloe Vera treatment of wounds in diabetic rats may enhance the process of wound healing by influencing phases such as inflammation, fibroplasia, collagen synthesis and maturation, and wound contraction. These effects may be due to the reported hypoglycemic effects of the aloe gel (Chithra, P. Sajithlal, G.B. Gowri Chandrakasan, 1998). 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data have been collected from the Scopus database; the study period is during ( ). The search string was used Aloe Vera in the Title search box, field were used, the time span field were select from 2002 to A total of 1187 records were retrieved, the data downloaded and analyzed using MS office -Excel as per objectives of the present study. This study helps to find in Aloe Vera research publications. 3. RELATIVE GROWTH RATE (RGT) AND DOUBLING TIME The Relative Growth Rate is the number of publications/pages per unit of time. Hence, one year is taken as the unit of time. The mean relative growth rate R (1-2) over a specified period of interval can be calculated from the following equation suggested by Mahapatra (1985). Where, R = Mean relative growth rate over the specify period of interval W1 = log W1 (Natural log of initial number of publications/ pages) W2 = log W2 (Natural log of initial number of publications/ pages) T2-T1 = Unit difference between the initial time and final time. Therefore, R (a) = relative growth rate per unit per of publication per unit of time (year) R (p) = relative growth rate per unit per of pages per unit of time (year The corresponding Doubling time for publications and pages can be calculated by using the following formula: Therefore, 61 editor@iaeme.com

3 K. Sivasami 4. OBJECTIVES The following objectives of the present study are: To find Aloe Vera research publications during To find authorship pattern in Aloe Vera research publications To identify the top fifteen countries contributed in Aloe Vera publications To find out top fifteen affiliations contributed in Aloe Vera research To find out top fifteen authors contributed in Aloe Vera research 5. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION Table 1 Year wise research performance in Aloe Vera Sl. No Year Records Percentages Total Table 1 shows that, year wise research publications in Aloe Vera, totally 1187 paper have published in this research during the period; among fifteen years in the year 2016 has occupies first position with per cent, followed by 2014 has second place with 137 records, 2015 has third place with 137 records, moreover 2013 has 132 records with fourth place, 2012 has 115 records, 2011 has 88 records, 2010 has 77 records, 2007 has 63 records, 2009 has 61 records, 2009 has 61 records, 2008 has 49 records, 2005 has 37 records, 2004 and 2006 each has 35 records respectively, 2003 has 19 records, and 2002 has fifteenth place with 18 papers published in Aloe Vera research. Table 2 Relative Growth Rate and Doubling Time of Aloe Vera research publications Sl. No Year Records Cumulate W1 W2 R(a) Mean (a) 1-2 Doubling Time Mean Dt (a) editor@iaeme.com

4 Research Performance on Aloe Vera: A Scientometric Analysis Total Table 2 shows that, Relative Growth Rate and Doubling Time, during the study period publications Doubling Time mean value is In 2002, the Aloe Vera research publication was 18; gradually the research publications were rise to 179 in the year The relative growth rate mean is Table 3 Document type in Aloe Vera research Sl. No Document Type Records Percentages 1 Article Review Conference Paper Note Letter Book Chapter Erratum Short Survey Total Table 3 indicates that, document type in Aloe Vera research, totally eight document types were published 1187 records during the study period, among the eight document types articles has occupies first position with per cent of papers, review has second position with 4.63 records, Conference Paper has third place with 4.30, followed by note has fourth place with 1.35 per cent, letter has fifth place with 0.93 per cent, Book Chapter has sixth place with 0.67 per cent, Erratum has seventh place with 0.42 per cent, and Short Survey has eight place with 0.34 per cent of paper in Aloe Vera research. Table 4 Source type wise Aloe Vera research publications Sl. No Source type Records Percentages 1 Journals Conference Proceedings Book Series Trade Publications Books Total Table 4 shows that source type wise Aloe Vera research publications, among the 1187 research papers per cent of papers were published in journals, 1.77 per cent of papers have published in Conference Proceedings, 1.43 papers were published in Book Series, Trade publications were published 0.84 per cent of papers, and books were published 0.67 per cent of Papers in Aloe Vera research during the study period. Among the five Sources types, Books were Published very least number of papers editor@iaeme.com

5 K. Sivasami Table 5 Language wise Aloe Vera research publications Sl. No Language Records Percentages 1 English Spanish Persian Portuguese Chinese German Korean Turkish Italian Slovak Swedish Total Table 5 indicates that Language wise Aloe Vera research publications during the study period, among the 1187 Aloe Vera research papers have published in different eleven languages, in English language have published per cent papers, followed by Spanish has second place with 3.62 per cent, Persian and Portuguese has third and fourth place respectively with 1.43 per cent, Chinese has fifth place with 1.35 per cent of papers in this research, German has sixth place with 0.93 per cent of records, Korean language has seventh place with 0.67 per cent of records, Turkish has eight place with 0.25 per cent of papers, Italian and Slovak has ninth and tenth place with 0.17 records respectively, Swedish has only 0.08 per cent of records with occupies last position. Table 6 Authorship pattern in Aloe Vera research publications Sl. No. Authorship pattern Records Percentages 1 Single Double Three Four Five Six and Above Table 6 shows that authorship pattern in Aloe Vera research publications during the study period. Among the 1187 papers, 352 papers are six and above authors collaboration, 235 papers are three authors collaborations, 202 papers are four authors collaborations, 176 papers is double authors collaboration, 156 papers were five authors collaborations, 66 papers are single author s contribution. Among the 1187 papers, majority of papers are collaborative contributions in this research during the study period. Table 7 Top fifteen countries contributed in Aloe Vera research Sl. No Country Records % of India Iran United States China Brazil South Korea Spain editor@iaeme.com

6 Research Performance on Aloe Vera: A Scientometric Analysis 8 Thailand Nigeria Pakistan Turkey United Kingdom Japan Egypt Mexico Table 7 shows that top fifteen countries contributed in Aloe Vera research, totally 126 countries contributes in this, among those countries India has contributes 370 papers in this research, Iran has occupies Second place with 126 papers, United States has occupies third place with 82 papers, followed by China has fourth place with 58 papers, Brazil has fifth place with 51 papers, South Korea has sixth place with 41 papers, Spain has seventh place with 40 papers, Thailand has eight place with 36 papers, Nigeria has ninth place with 35 papers, Pakistan has tenth place with 30 papers, Turkey has eleventh place with 29 papers, United Kingdom has twelfth place with 28 papers, Japan has thirteenth place with 27 papers, Egypt and Mexico fourteenth and fifteenth place with 25 papers respectively. Table 8 Top fifteen Affiliations contributed in Aloe Vera research performance Sl. No Affiliation name Records % of Islamic Azad University Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Tehran University of Medical Sciences Chulalongkorn University Khon Kaen University Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd Universidad de La Serena Nanjing Agricultural University University of Tehran Istanbul Universitesi UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista University of Madras National Center for Toxicological Research University of Rajasthan Table 8 indicates that, top fifteen Affiliations contributed in Aloe Vera research performance, among those institutions top fifteen institutions were listed in this table. Among the those fifteen institutions, Islamic Azad University has occupies first place with 23 papers, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has second place with 21 records, Tehran University of Medical Sciences has third place with 15 records, followed by Chulalongkorn University has fourth place with 15 records, Khon Kaen University has fifth place with 14 records, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche has sixth place, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Has seventh place, Universidad de La Serena has eighth place, Nanjing Agricultural University has ninth place, University of Tehran has tenth place, Istanbul Universitesi has eleventh place, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista has twelfth place, University of Madras thirteenth place, National Center for Toxicological Research fourteenth place, University of Rajasthan fifteenth place editor@iaeme.com

7 K. Sivasami Table 9 Top fifteen sources published in Aloe Vera research papers Sl. No Source title Records % of Phytotherapy Research Journal of Food Science and Technology Industrial Crops and Products International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences Acta Horticulturae International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Pharmacologyonline Planta Medica Carbohydrate Polymers Lwt Food Science and Technology Research Journal Of Pharmaceutical Biological And Chemical Sciences African Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Postharvest Biology and Technology Journal of Medicinal Plants Table 9 indicated that top fifteen sources published in Aloe Vera research papers, among the top fifteen sources Phytotherapy Research has occupies first position with 15 papers, Journal of Food Science and Technology has second place with 14 papers, Industrial Crops and Products and International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences has third and fourth place with 13 papers, followed by Acta Horticulturae and International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research has fifth place and sixth place, Pharmacologyonline, Planta Medica has seventh and eighth place respectively, Carbohydrate Polymers, Lwt Food Science and Technology, and Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Biological and Chemical Sciences has ninth, tenth and eleventh place respectively, African Journal of Biotechnology, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Postharvest Biology and Technology has twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth place respectively, Journal of Medicinal Plants has fifteenth place with 7 papers in this research. Table 10 Top fifteen authors contributed in Aloe Vera research during the period Sl. No Records % of 1187 Author Name Martanez-Romero, D Serrano, M Valero, D Castillo, S Guillacn, F Tanaka, M Vega-Gajlvez, A Miranda, M Akev, N Misawa, E Zapata, P.J Boudreau, M.D Maensiri, S Yamada, M Can, A editor@iaeme.com

8 Research Performance on Aloe Vera: A Scientometric Analysis Table 10 shows that top fifteen authors contributed in Aloe Vera research during the period, among the fifteen authors Martanez-Romero, D. has first place, Serrano, M. has second place, Valero, D. has third place with 13 contributions respectively, followed by Castillo, S., Guillacn, F. and Tanaka, M. has fourth and fifth and sixth place with 12 contributions respectively, Vega-Gajlvez, A. has seventh place with 11 contributions, Miranda, M. has eight place with 10 contributions, Akev, N., Misawa, E., and Zapata, P.J. has ninth, tenth and eleventh place with 9 contributions respectively, Boudreau, M.D, Maensiri, S. and Yamada, M. has twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth places with 8 contributions respectively, Can, A. has fifteenth place with 7 contributions in this research. 6. CONCLUSIONS Conclude for this study, Aloe Vera research publications increasing trend during the study period, among the document types articles has occupies first position, remaining document has least percentages, journals sources has more than ninety five percentages among the other sources, majority of papers are collaborative contributions in this research during the study period. totally 126 countries contributes in this, among those countries India has contributes 370 papers in this research, institution wise research performance shows that, Islamic Azad University has occupies first place with 23 papers, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has second place with 21 records, remaining institutions were contributed less than20 papers contributed. The ssources wise publications shown that, Phytotherapy Research has occupies first position with 15 papers, top most authors contributions in this research Martanez- Romero, D. has first place, Serrano, M. has second place, Valero, D. has third place with 13 contributions respectively. REFERENCES [1] P. Chithra, G.B. Sajithlal, Gowri Chandrakasan, Influence of Aloe Vera on the Healing of Dermal Wounds in Diabetic Rat, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 59(3), 1998, [2] Dalia I. Sanchez-Machado, et al., Aloe Vera: Ancient Knowledge with New Frontiers, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 61, 2017, [3] ShabnamJaved, Atta-ur-Rahman, Aloe Vera Gel in Food, Health Products, and Cosmetics Industr, Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, 41, 2014, [4] H. Maharjan, P. RadhaNampoothiri. Laxmipriya, Evaluation of Biological Properties and Clinical Effectiveness of Aloe Vera: A Systematic Review, Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 5(1), 2015, [5] M. Mahapatra, On the Validity of the theory of Exponential Growth of Scientific Literature, Proceeding of the 15 th IASLIC Conference, Bangalore, 1985, [6] Dr. E.S. Kavitha, Authorship Pattern and Collaboration of Physics During the Year : A Scientometric Study. International Journal of Library & Information Science, 6 ( 5), 2017, pp [7] M.Manikandan and Dr. N. Amsaveni Management Information System Research Output: A Scientometric Study. International Journal of Library & Information Science, 5 ( 1 ), 201 6, pp [8] Dr. Padmamma. S and Dr. R.H.Walmiki, Scientometric Analysis of Articles Contributions To Web of Science on Uterus Cancer. International Journal of Library & Information Science, 5 (2), 2016, pp editor@iaeme.com

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