Mapping of Western Europe Countries Library and Information Science Publications: A Study Based on Scimago Journal and Country Rank Database

R. Senthilkumar; G. Ulaganathan

doi:10.51983/ajist-2018.8.1.161

Authors

R. Senthilkumar Librarian (SG) and Head (Research), Department of Library and Information Science, Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
G. Ulaganathan LIS, Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2018.8.1.161

Keywords:

Western Europe Countries, Library and Information Science, Scimago Journal and Country Rank, Citations, Self Citations, Citable Documents, H- Index

Abstract

This paper discusses about the Western Europe countries Library and Information Science publications during the period of 1996-2016 and its citation available in the Scimago Journal and Country Rank data base by the authors from top 15 countries (based on publications). The relevant data are collected from Scimago Journal and Country Rank data base and it was analyzed. It shows among the Western Europe countries Library and Information Science publications totally 38394 articles were published which are indexed in Scimago database. Among the publications, maximum of 12664(32.98%) articles published by United Kingdom and followed by Germany with 5282(13.75%) publications and Spain is in 3rd place with 3947(10.28%) publications during the study period.

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