Citation Analysis of the Journal IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking during 1998-2017

V. Swarnamugi; J. Santhi; R. Loganayaki

doi:10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.237

Authors

V. Swarnamugi Research Scholar, Research and Development Centre, DLIS, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
J. Santhi Librarian, Arumugam Pillai Seethai Ammal College, Thiruppathur, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Loganayaki Librarian, Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College (Autonomous), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.237

Keywords:

Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Authorship pattern, Citation analysis, Journal IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Abstract

This paper presents a citation analysis of articles published in the Journal of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking from 1998-2017 is carried out. For the analysis of the study 20 volumes containing 120 issues have been taken up for evaluation. In total 78062 citations have been appended to 2535 articles during the period 1998-2017. Seminar/conference proceeding 41.19 per cent are the major source of information used and continued to follow by Journal 35.39 per cent. Results show that an average number of citations per paper are 32.16. The overall Journal self-citation is calculated as 66.04%. This indicates that the journal commands great repute in its own field and attracts articles pertaining to the high profile areas of research.

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