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Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

2019

Tanzania

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A Bibliometric Analysis Of The Tanzania Journal Of Agricultural Science (1998-2017), Ester Mnzava, Mussa Ndambile Chirwa May 2019

A Bibliometric Analysis Of The Tanzania Journal Of Agricultural Science (1998-2017), Ester Mnzava, Mussa Ndambile Chirwa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of this study was to examine the publication characteristics and development of the Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Science for 20 years. Bibliometrics analysis was used to establish total number of publications, authorship contribution and the countries contributed to TAJAS for the period of study. The data was collected from the website African Journal Online (AJOL) in order to establish publication characteristics and development of the Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Science for 20 years. Based on the objectives of this study, the bibliometric method was used to examine the articles published in the TAJAS from 1998-2017.The findings show that …


Influence Of Attitude, Subjective Norms And Personal Innovativeness On Intention To Use Open Access Journals: A Case Of Agricultural Research Institutes, Zainabu Zuberi Massoro, Nafisat Toyin Adewale Mar 2019

Influence Of Attitude, Subjective Norms And Personal Innovativeness On Intention To Use Open Access Journals: A Case Of Agricultural Research Institutes, Zainabu Zuberi Massoro, Nafisat Toyin Adewale

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the influence of attitude and subjective norm (injunctive and descriptive) on the intention to use open access journals (OAJ); and how personal innovativeness in information technology affects intention to use open access journals among researchers in Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institutes. This study employed the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) by Fishbein and Ajzen (1975), and the data was collected from 121 researchers through a cross-section survey questionnaire. The findings from the study revealed that subjective norm is the strongest predictor of the intention to use OAJ, followed by personal innovativeness. Nonetheless, further analysis showed that attitude has …