High productivity pharmaceutical organizations in India: A study of their performance during 2008-12

The paper analyses high productivity organizations in pharmaceutical science in India, using the publications data indexed and covered in Scopus database from 2008 to 2012. It identifi ed their overall strength of these pharmaceutical organizations, measured in terms of select quantitative and qualitative indicators. It also provides a comparative evaluation and performance of different types of Indian pharmaceutical organizations. The study concludes that institutes of research institutes, institutes of national importance and universities model of funding for research are comparatively more effective in giving performance in terms of quantity and quality. The paper also lists suggestions for national policy formulation for growth and development of pharmaceutical research in the country.