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A 2003-2007 citation analysis of Library Herald
By: Riahinia, Nosrat.
Subject(s): Library science | Citation analysis-Library Herald | Journal citation In: Library Herald 47(1)Summary: Citation analysis of papers published in Library Herald in a five-year span is presented here. Citation analysis is discussed particularly as a means of assiting researchers in clarifying formal communications papers of Liberary Herald, a quarterly journal of Delhi Library Association. As a means of studying formal communication process, Library & Information Science researchers have used journal citation analysis in a number of ways to discover new knowledge related to the intellectual structure of the field. The study represents a new method, the researcher seeks to find scientific & intra-discipline communication relations among the papers of Library Herald, being published during a five-year period. For such a goal, the author extracted required data to answer questions like, what was the most interesting topic during the studied period?, who has received the most citations & for which topic & what is the journal's current dominant scope? Is the Journal welcomed by international contributors, or it has just dealt with local interests? The finding shows that among 130 examimed materials we had a mean of 26 materials for each year. The journal has published 120 original papers during five years. 88% of contributors were from India. The journal had only 16 international contributions during the course of five years. As a scientific journal, the author thinks, Library Herald is a prestigious journal in the field of LIS which is worth to be subscribed by university libraries. Few numbers of international contributors have provided an opportunity to young researchers to submit their manuscripts.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Journal | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya | Available |
Citation analysis of papers published in Library Herald in a five-year span is presented here. Citation analysis is discussed particularly as a means of assiting researchers in clarifying formal communications papers of Liberary Herald, a quarterly journal of Delhi Library Association. As a means of studying formal communication process, Library & Information Science researchers have used journal citation analysis in a number of ways to discover new knowledge related to the intellectual structure of the field. The study represents a new method, the researcher seeks to find scientific & intra-discipline communication relations among the papers of Library Herald, being published during a five-year period. For such a goal, the author extracted required data to answer questions like, what was the most interesting topic during the studied period?, who has received the most citations & for which topic & what is the journal's current dominant scope? Is the Journal welcomed by international contributors, or it has just dealt with local interests? The finding shows that among 130 examimed materials we had a mean of 26 materials for each year. The journal has published 120 original papers during five years. 88% of contributors were from India. The journal had only 16 international contributions during the course of five years. As a scientific journal, the author thinks, Library Herald is a prestigious journal in the field of LIS which is worth to be subscribed by university libraries. Few numbers of international contributors have provided an opportunity to young researchers to submit their manuscripts.