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Citation Analysis Of Ph.D. Theses Submitted To Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) During 2002-2012, Anil Kumar, Preeti Mahajan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

University libraries are playing an important role to collect and organize the records of knowledge to support teaching and research programmes. Citation analysis is very helpful for Librarian to know researchers literature usage patterns, and helps to analyse the most useful journals to subscribe. In this paper, citation analysis is engaged in studying Ph.D. theses submitted to the Department of Economics, Panjab University Chandigarh, during the period (2002 – 2012) with a view to find out citation practice in the thesis. Citation analysis is a important component of bibliometric studies. The bibliometric studies help to assess research publications and help …

Research Trends Of Sub-Subjects On Economics: A Bibliometric Study, Sanjukta Mondal, Bijan Kumar Roy

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper is basically a bibliometric study based on 4993 citations from 53 PhD theses under four sub-subjects of Economics viz. Indian Economics, Rural Economics, Economic Developing and International Economics). The purpose of the study is to analyze the citation pattern of references appended to the theses of all four subjects submitted to The University of Burdwan during the period 2006-2015. To fulfill the purpose, all the relevant information has been collected from the research section of The University of Burdwan and Shodhganga (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/) and finally has been analyzed against pre-defined parameters such as bibliographic forms, journal ranking, authorship pattern, …

Citation Analysis Of Most Prolific Authors In The Field Of Library And Information Science In Nigeria, Clement Okeji, Ejiobi Gabriel Bosah Mr, Eberechukwu Monica Eze Ph.D

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of the study is to carry out a citation analysis of ten most prolific academic scholars in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) in Nigeria and also determine their authorship pattern. Google scholar database was used in searching for articles published from 2000 to May, 2018. Ten academic researchers in the field of LIS in Nigeria were studied.

Results from the analysis show that, Tella, Adeyinka with 72 articles had a total of 1,740 citations and is the most cited author among the ten most prolific authors in the field of Library and Information Science in …

Bibliometric Mapping Of Research Productivity Of Tifr Mumbai As Seen Through The Mirror Of Web Of Science, Satish Kumar

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The paper reveals the research productivity of the scientist of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India during the year 2001-2015. The study is an analysis of total productivity of TIFR with comparing its Astronomical research productivity during the year 2001-2015. Web of Science (WoS) database was used for the bibliographic data retrieval. Bibliographic data were analyzed by using bibliometric tools and techniques. The research is conducted with a purpose to know the total research productivity of TIFR as well as Astronomical productivity over the period of 15 years (2001-2015), the literature growth, document types, the citations received, source …

Information Use Pattern On Sub-Subjects Of Political Science Research: A Citation Analysis, Sanjukta Mondal, Bijan Kumar Roy

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper presents citation analysis of PhD theses awarded during the period 1986-2015 in five sub- subjects of Political Science under the University of Burdwan. The study is based on the 7711 citations collected from 56 PhD theses of five specific subjects’ viz. Administration, Indian Politics, Political Sociology, International Relation and Political Thought under Political Science. This paper carefully analyses the bibliographic details of all 56 doctoral theses against different predefined criteria such as bibliographic forms, journal ranking, authorship pattern, authorship collaboration and degree of collaboration. After carefully analyzing all the theses against said criteria mentioned above, results have been …

Indian Journal Of Agricultural Library And Information Services: A Bibliometric Study (2008-2016), Bhanu Partap

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is based on the bibliometric analysis of 161 articles published in 09 volumes (24-32) of 18 issues of Indian Journal of Agricultural Library and Information Services (IJALIS) for the period of nine years (2008-2016). This article brings out the results of a bibliometric study carried on all the issues of the source journal (IJALIS) on various parameters such as authorship pattern, gender wise distribution of papers, length of papers, average number of references, volume & issue wise average papers, geographical distribution of articles, range of reference cited and most prolific authors of the journal. The study finds …