SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH TRENDS IN ASIA DURING 2010 – 2017

This study attempts to analyse the growth and development of Parkinson's disease research in Asia based on the publication output as reflected from Scopus database during 2010– 2017. It was found that a total of 14064 papers on Parkinson's disease research during the period understudy. Results of the study reveal the gradual growth of publications on the topic addressed. Articles were found the most used document type with 10384 (73.83%) publications followed by reviews. This results further revealed the collaborative nature of research among authors during the period. It was found that documents with more than three authored papers occupied the 1st rank; the Parkinsonism and Related Disorders gets the maximum number of documents to be published with 411 (2.92%) titles in its share followed by PLoS One with 365 (2.60%) records and Neuroscience Letters with 258 (1.83%) and so on; Hattori, N. becomes the most productive author followed by Tan, E.K. China which is the leading country followed by Japan..