Publication Trend in Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) A Scientometric Approach

Main Authors: Gireesh Kumar, T. K., Kunwar, Singh, Abhishek, Ranjan, Somesh, Rai
Format: Journal PeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: University of Nebraska - Lincoln , 2020
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Online Access: http://eprints.rclis.org/40300/1/Publication%20Trend%20in%20Library%20Philosophy%20and%20Practice%20%28e-journal%29%20A%20Scientometric%20Approach.pdf
http://eprints.rclis.org/40300/
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  • Scientometrics is an effective method to quantitatively analyse the productivity and progress of all forms of written communication. This study aims to examine the scientific research productivity on Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) during 1998-2019. Required data was collected from Scopus database. The year wise distribution of articles, relative growth rate, doubling time, collaboration coefficient, country and affiliation wise distribution, citation patterns etc., were analysed. Findings revealed that the highest numbers of articles were published in the year 2019 and lowest in 1998. In 2013, there was no single article. The highest contribution was countrywise Nigeria and institution wise University of Ibadan. Study also revealed the average citation per paper was 1.51. The paper 'Using Google Analytics for improving library website content and design: A case study' by Fang W. received a citation of 67 and ranked as the highly cited paper.