Citation Behaviour of Researchers At Central Universities in the Western Himalayan Region of India

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of citation behaviour among environmental science, chemistry, and physics researchers at Central Universities in India's Western Himalayan Region.The analysis is based on data extracted from the Scopus database, encompassing 53,180 references cited in research publications between 2012 and 2021 by researchers affiliated with central universities in the Western Himalayan Region.The study utilizes bibliometric techniques, including citation analysis, keyword analysis, and visualization tools using the 'Bibliometrix' and 'Biblioshiny' packages of R Studio.The study's objectives are to categorize cited sources, evaluate top journals and affiliations, explore research themes through keywords, and map interconnected topics via co-word analysis.Key findings include a predominance of journal articles (68.23%) and significant interdisciplinary collaborations.Discipline-specific journals like "Bioresource Technology" and "Physical Review Letters" are prominently cited.