Citation Analysis of Annals of Library and Information Studies (2007–2010)

Abstract

This paper deals with the analysis of the 140 contributions of the journal entitled 'Annals of Library & Information Studies’ published during 2007-2010. It examines year wise, institutions wise, state wise distribution of contributions, authorship pattern, citation analysis, length of the contributions etc. The study shows that most of the contributions of this journal are contributed by single author and state wise distribution shows that most of the contributions are contributed from New Delhi. Citation analysis of 2562 citations includes find out average number of citations per contribution, types of publications cited and preparing of ranked list of cited journals in contributions of this journal. The study reveals that journals are the most cited publication among the library and information scientists and the source journal i.e. Annals of Library and Information Studies is the most cited journal in the contributions of this journal.

Keywords: Citation analysis; Journals; Bibliometrics; Print-citations; Electronic citations