A comparative study of citation patterns among eight scholarly journals published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources

Bidyarthi Dutta     (University of Calcutta)   Anup Kumar Das     (Digital Information Consultants)   B.K. Sen

Annals of Library and Information Studies ( web site) 2002 49 (4)127-134
(ReLIS:igi:annals:v:49:y:2002:i:4:p:127-134)

Abstract:

The study covers 2800 citations appended to 152 articles published in 2001 in eight scholarly journals published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. In all 7426 authors are figuring in the citations. On average, there are 18 citations per article and 3 authors per citation. The high percentage of multi-authored citations clearly indicates the dominance of team research in the concerned fields. On average, journal articles account for about 79 percent of the citations. Monographs rank second with a tally about 12 percent. Indian Journal of Marine Science receives high percentage of journal self-citation compared to others whereas Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B receives high percentage of author self-citation compared to others. Indian citations received by all journals figure only 10% on average.

Pages: 127-134
Volume: 49
Month: December
Year: 2002
Issue: 4

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