A Comparative Study of Citation Patterns among Eight Scholarly Journals Published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources

Dutta, Bidyarthi, Das, Anup Kumar and Sen, B.K. A Comparative Study of Citation Patterns among Eight Scholarly Journals Published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. Annals of Library and Information Studies, 2002, vol. 49, n. 4, pp. 127-134. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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The study covers 2800 citations appended to 152 articles published in 2001 in eight scholarly journals published by National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources. In all , 7426 authors are figuring in the citations. On average, there are 18 citations per article and 3 authors per citation. The high percentage multi-authored citations clearly indicates dominance of team research in the concerned fields. On average, journal articles account about 79 percent of the citations. Monographs rank second with a tally of about 12 per cent. Indian Journal of Marine Science receives high percentage of journal self-citation compare to others whereas Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B receives high percentage of author self-citation compared to others. Indian citation received by all journals figure only 10% on average.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	NISCAIR, INSDOC, India, South Asia, Indian Science
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods E. Publishing and legal issues. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals. I. Information treatment for information services > IB. Content analysis (A and I, class.)
Depositing user:	Dr Anup Kumar Das
Date deposited:	25 Apr 2014 05:31
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:31
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/22920

References

Das, Anup Kumar & Sen, B.K. (2001). Indian Journal of Medical Research: An Analysis of Citation Pattern. ILA Bulletin, 37(1), 9-12.

CSIR (2002). CSIR: A Profile. New Delhi: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

PID (2002). India 2002: A Reference Manual. New Delhi: Publication and Information Division.

Dutta, Bidyarthi & Sen, B.K. (2001). Indian Journal of Chemistry Section A: An Analysis of Citation Pattern. ILA Bulletin, 37(1), 9-12.

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