Scientometric Study of Wild Mammal Research in India : Authorship, Distribution and Research Trend

ISBN-13: 9783838332475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 172 str.

Madan Singh Rana

Opis

Scientometric Study of Wild Mammal Research in India, exhibits the thorough research on existence, endangered and sustenance of wild mammals of Asian region in general and Indian diaspora in particular. Employing the powerful and nascent technique, the scientometric study, the work explores the popularity and urgency to safeguard the world environment along with wildlife. The study propagates more and more number of researchers come forward for wildlife research. Debunking the popular myth the further and further endangered, it thoroughly epitomizes the gradual growth of wild mammal research and human efforts can save the endangered wild mammals of this region of the world. It further highlights high sounding initiatives of governmental and NGOs to uphold this growth graph. The study has well justified its statistical calculation to seek and observe the desired wild mammal research. As the study in its concluding remarks draw the results that research from a wide array of disciplines had shown their interests in issues related to the environment, the wildlife and the wild mammals, it further suggests that in future the research and the similar studies can save the wild-World.

O autorze

Recipient of Fulbright and IFLA-ALP fellowships, ILA and IASLIC awards, Madan S Rana (msrana_2007@yahoo.co.in) is having seventeen years experience in wildlife librarianship and documentation work. Half a dozen PhD scholars are pursuing research with him. Presently he is holding a position of university librarian at Banasthali University, India.