GENESIS, GROWTH AND OBSOLESCENCE STUDY OF DIFFERENT FACETS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: AN ANALYTICAL MODEL
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2023
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Vidyasagar University
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This research entitled “Genesis, Growth and Obsolescence Study of Different Facets of Biological Science: an Analytical Model” focused on the growth and obsolescence study. The study found that in 1990, physiology contributed the maximum number of publications, 28%. Furthermore, in 2019, genetics contributed the maximum number of publications, 33.03 %. The RGR of all investigated subjects decreased gradually, and DT for all the subjects increased gradually. The proportion of papers published over the last five years compared to the whole literature corpus (1990-2019) was highest for virology (50.45%). Also, in this case, the lowest proportion was observed for cell biology. The research shows that among the 15 facets, 11 facets followed Price’s law of exponential growth in global publication. In the Indian publication context, all the facets are followed Price’s empirical theory of exponential growth. In botany, biotechnology and proteomics research Indian contribution is more than the global. The lowest AAF is found in botany (0.977), and the highest AAF is found in histology. The half-life varies from one subject, to another subject and it ranges between 7 to 18 years. The lowest half life value is found in botany and the highest in ecology. The lowest utility factor is observed in botany. The study found that there is no positive correlation between growth of literature and obsolescence of literature. The DT was not influenced by HL.