Bibliometric Analysis of Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science during 2011-2016

Jagjit Singh

doi:10.51983/ajist-2017.7.2.158

Authors

Jagjit Singh Librarian, Doaba College, Tanda Road, Jalandhar City, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2017.7.2.158

Keywords:

Bibliometric analysis, Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science, Authors, Authorship pattern, Author Productivity, Degree of collaboration

Abstract

The study investigate the publication trends in Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science that is recognised one of the important Journals in the field of Library and Information Science. The study covers 223 research papers in Pearl during 2011-2016 that were published in 24 issues of 6 volumes. Maximum 43 (19.29%) papers were published in the volume number 5 papers in 2011. 97 (43.50%) papers were two-authored and 87 (39.02%) were single authored, average author productivity per author was 0.55 during 2011-2016, A great number of 81 (19.95%) authors from Karnataka State had contributed their papers in Pearl. 367 (90.40%) Indian and 39 (9.61%) foreign authors also contributed their papers in the journal.

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