JoALS (2014) 18-27 © STM Journals 2014. All Rights Reserved Page 18 Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences ISSN: 2349-4352 (online) Volume 1, Issue 3 www.stmjournals.com Scientometric Assessment of State Universities of Uttar Pradesh: A Study Based on Scopus Database Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India Abstract To assess the research performance of state universities of Uttar Pradesh in science and technology field, the present study analyzed all the 23 state universities of the state in Scopus database from 2006 to 2010. All the universities were searched in the database using the “affiliation search” and it was found that only 11 universities were indexed by the database. It was revealed that the University of Lucknow is the top ranked university in the state, followed by Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University. It was also found that out of the eleven universities, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology was the least productive university in science and technology in the selected period of study. The study further analyzed the various research patterns of the publications like the yearly distribution, subjects areas covered, document types used, languages used for communication, etc. Besides, it gives the top 50 ranked list of journals and the most prolific authors of these universities as well. Keywords: Science and technology, scopus, scientometric, research output, Uttar Pradesh, research assessment *Author for Correspondence E-mail: naikoomuzamil@gmail.com INTRODUCTION Science and technology is used as an effective instrument for growth and change. It is being brought into the mainstream of economic planning in the sectors of agriculture, industry and services. The strength and level of national development is reflected in the processes and procedures of science and technology. Policy makers, administrators and politicians as well as the general public view science and technology as an essential instrument of societal transformation. They are affected by the values and choices of individuals and governments and in turn have a significant impact on society. The world as we know it today has been affected in many important ways by science and technology like our understanding of earth and space, of the workings of the human body and of the ways in which living things interact. The technology has revolutionized the way we communicate and made vast changes in our lives through the discovery of new drugs and materials [1]. As science and technology is the backbone of any country, research activities in this field are thus paramount and imperative for each and every nation including India. The volume of scientific literature produced by researchers in a country can be used as an index of the level of research activity in that country and the whole research circle is framed by the participation of large number of research institutions/organizations. One of the major players of research in India in this field, are the Universities which are supposed to have proper infrastructure to undertake exhaustive research activities within their campuses. They produce their research output in the form of various publications and the impact of these publications determines the quality performances of the universities. It is in this context that the present study was undertaken in the state universities of Uttar Pradesh and their research productivity in the field of science and technology analyzed.