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Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

2017

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Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses In The Field Of Sociology Submitted To Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) During 2002-2012, Preeti Mahajan, Anil Kumar Nov 2017

Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses In The Field Of Sociology Submitted To Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) During 2002-2012, Preeti Mahajan, Anil Kumar

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This paper determines the materials cited in Ph.D. theses of Sociology, submitted to the Panjab University, Chandigarh during the years 2002-2012 to improve the existing collection development policy of University library. The study reveals that Books are the most preferred sources of information used by the researchers in the field of Sociology, accounting for 57.65% of the total citations, although citations from journals, proceedings, internet resources and reports are also found. It is also observed those researchers are not taking much advantage of internet resources. Bradford's law of scattering was applied. More cited materials were contributed by single authors and …


Research Productivity In The Departments Of Chemistry And Physics Of The University Of Burdwan During 1960 – 2000: A Comparative Study., Amitava Nandi, Sanjukta Mondal Jun 2017

Research Productivity In The Departments Of Chemistry And Physics Of The University Of Burdwan During 1960 – 2000: A Comparative Study., Amitava Nandi, Sanjukta Mondal

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During 1960-2000, Chemistry and Physics department of the University of Burdwan, produced 141 awarded Chemistry theses, 979 published Chemistry thesis articles and 67 awarded Physics theses, 610 published Physics thesis articles. To compare the year wise productivity, authorship pattern and collaboration, Co-authorship pattern, Impact of authors, the citation scenario of the outstanding authors and ranked list of journals they have been analysed. The highest number of thesis (30) during 1986-1990 & 1991-1995 and the highest number of thesis articles (283) during 1991-1995 was submitted by the Chemistry Department whereas Physics department submitted highest number of theses (19) and highest number …


Quantitative Analysis Of International Journal Of Library And Information Studies, Dr. Zafrunnisha N. Zafrunnisha, Sunil B Jan 2017

Quantitative Analysis Of International Journal Of Library And Information Studies, Dr. Zafrunnisha N. Zafrunnisha, Sunil B

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The study consist of 371 citations which have been appeared in two volumes i.e., 8 issues of International Journal of Library and Information Studies during the years 2014 and 2015. The distribution pattern of citation by type of documents i.e. journals are heavily cited (43.54%). It was observed that books fell in the next order (11.74%) followed by conference proceedings, reports, symposia papers representing 28.42 percent of the total which occupy an important place in usage. The average number of citations per thesis was 125.18.