  Papers from India are cited 14.68 times on average compared to cites per
paper of 45.34 for Singapore, 30.47 for USA, 23.12 for China, 26.51 for the UK,
21.77 for South Korea and 24.77 for Germany. Less than 39% of papers from India
are found in quartile 1 (high impact factor) journals, compared to 53.6% for
China and 53.8% for South Korea. Percent share of papers in quartile 1 journals
from India is lower than that for the world for all of chemistry and for each
one of the eight categories, viz. analytical, applied, inorganic & nuclear,
medicinal, multidisciplinary, organic, physical and electrochemistry whether
one considers data for the entire five-year period or for 2015 alone. About 20%
of Indian chemistry papers are in collaboration with international coauthors.
Researchers from only 160 Indian institutions have published at least 100
papers (compared to 362 in USA and 399 in China) and these include 67 state, 14
central and 11 private universities, 27 institutions under the Ministry of
Human Resource Development, 20 CSIR laboratories, seven Department of Atomic
Energy institutions, and seven Department of Science & Technology institutions.
About 40% of all Indian chemistry papers have come from public universities.
Only three Indian institutions, viz Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Indian
Institute of Science and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, have
published more than 2,000 papers. None of the Indian universities has performed
as well as leading Asian universities. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a small
institution with less than 200 papers, has performed reasonably well.
