A Bibliometric Analysis of Authorship Productivity and Collaborative Research in Blogosphere

S. Kanagasundari; G. T. Kohila; N. Prasannakumari

doi:10.51983/ajist-2019.9.S1.214

Authors

S. Kanagasundari Alumnus, Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
G. T. Kohila Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
N. Prasannakumari DST PURSE Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.S1.214

Keywords:

Blogosphere, Sphere, Blogs, Bibliometrics

Abstract

An analysis of 718 publications published by social area on Blogosphere during 2002-2018 and indexed by web of science online Database indicates that the publication output in the Global Research Publications. The highest numbers of papers were published during the year 2010 and 2013 with 76 records, the followed by 72 papers in 2009, 69 papers in 2015 and 67 records of the publication in the year 2011. The least number of publication in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 with only one record of the publications due to the initial stage of web developments. Overall, 1368 authors contributed 520 publications in the journal and institutions with 668 records of the articles. Contribution of journals, ranking of authors, preference of publication and frequency of keywords were also analysed in this paper.

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