Dr. Abed Chaudhury, Bangladeshi-Australian Gene Scientist: A Scientometric Portrait

A Scientometric Portrait

Abstract

Dr. Abdul M (Abed) Chaudhury allies Abed Chaudhury is a scientist of international reputation. He is an Australia-Bangladesh based gene scientist with a sound knowledge in genetics, crop breeding, molecular biology, human nutrition and biotech. Recent past, he is the pioneer of ‘Panchabrihi, -yields five times, a new rice cultivation method, a revolutionary innovation to agricultural research. This study is based on his 68 publications brought out during 1984-2023, throughout 40 years of his research career. It shows various aspects of his career. It tries to draw a scientific portrait of the scientist analyzing several bibliometric indicators. From the collected data of his biography and bibliography of research publications, this study quantitatively assesses the contributions of the scientist highlighting year wise growth of research products, authorship patterns, author productivity, research spectrum and co-authors, leading collaborative authors, scattering of publications in various communication channels, his most preferred journals, and relationships with degree of collaboration. It counts Citation Growth Rate according to citation received, uncited indexes and Relative citation impact in different Abstracting and Indexing Journals. Annual Growth rate, Relative Growth rate, and doubling time are also enumerated in this study. It also examines whether the data set follows Lotka’s Law and Badford’s Law or not.