Academic visibility 

Doctoral Degree

Title: Citations of PhD Theses in Physics at the University of Kerala and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore: An Informetric Study.                  

Guide: Dr. C. V. Rajan Pillai [Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Kochi]

University: University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Significant Academic Achievements and Honors

• Google Scholar Profile: h- Index is 14; the Total number of citations is 767 and i-10 Index is 15.

• Scopus: h- Index- 06; Total citations 107; Web of Science: h- Index- 04; Total citations 55. 

• Listed among the most prolific Indian authors in Indian Library & Information Science Research indexed by the Indian Citation Index (ICI) during 2004-15 (among 2247 Indian authors contributed 2428 papers) [Garg & Sharma, DESIDOC-JLIT, 37 (3), 2017]

• Identified as one of the most prolific and highly cited Indian authors in the area of Bibliometrics and Scientometrics during 1995-2014 (Total no. of citations 58, Citation per Paper 5.8 & Relative Citation Impact 0.6). [Garg & Tripathi, ALIS-NISCAIR, 64 (01 &03), 2017]

• Ranked as one of the top authors in the Indian Information Science and scientometrics research output during 2011-2015 based on Indian Science Abstracts (CSIR-NISCAIR) [Soumya Rani & Sudhier, IASLIC Bull., 63 (3), 2018]

• Ranked as 5th prolific Indian author during 2001-2010in India’s research performance in LIS [Pattanaik & Yanthan, IJLIN (www.slp.org), 4 (2), 2019].

• Awarded the President Scout by the Hon. President of India.

• Best Teacher Award 2021, Madras Library Association, Chennai.

• Vice President, IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres), Kolkatta.

• Best Library Professional Award- 2024 instituted by the Alumni Association of the Department of Library & Information Science (AADLIS), University of Kerala.