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Bibliometric Analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

Bibliometric Analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

S. Thanuskodi
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781613503355|ISBN10: 1613503350|EISBN13: 9781613503362
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch022
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Thanuskodi, S. "Bibliometric Analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology." Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues, edited by A. Tella and A.O. Issa, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 303-312. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch022

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Thanuskodi, S. (2012). Bibliometric Analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. In A. Tella & A. Issa (Eds.), Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues (pp. 303-312). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch022

Chicago

Thanuskodi, S. "Bibliometric Analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology." In Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues, edited by A. Tella and A.O. Issa, 303-312. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch022

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Abstract

This chapter presents a bibliometric analysis of the journal, DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, for the period between 2006 and 2010. The data were downloaded from the journal’s website. The analysis covers mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, subject, distribution of articles, average number of references per articles, forms of documents cited, year distribution of cited journals, et cetera. Findings of the studies point towards the merits and weakness of the journal which are helpful for its further development. The result showed that out of 199 articles, 116 (58.29%) articles were contributed by joint authors while the rest 83 (41.71%) articles were contributed by single author. The study reveals that most of the contributions are from India with 93.97%, and the remaining 6.03% were from foreign authors.

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