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ABSTRACT
The study attempts to identify the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) literature indexed in the World’s most preferable database, i.e. Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics. We retrieved 443 records during the period 2003–2019 and analyzed. Among the 443 records, the primary document type was “Proceedings Paper” with 324 (73.13%) followed by “Article” with 107 (24.153%). Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory topped and stood in first rank with 179 (40.40%) papers, California Institute of Technology was second rank with 91 (20.54%) and third rank was Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics with 57 (12.86%). T.G. Herrio published 54 (12.190%) papers got first position followed by B. Ellerbroek with 50 (11.287%) papers received second position and J.P. Veran with 44 (9.932%) articles placed in third position. The study also analyzed authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, highly preferred journal to publish their research works, most productive country, funding agencies, highly cited articles and H-index.
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