DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology (DJLIT) formerly known as DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology is a peer-reviewed, open access, bimonthly journal. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the journal to assess the pattern of growth of the research output published in the  journal, pattern of authorship and geographic distribution of output, subjects covered and citation analysis of the references attached to the papers and change in them over two different periods (2001-2006) and (2007-2012). It is found that 391 papers were published during the period of study (2001-2012). The maximum number of articles (65) was published in 2012. The maximum number of contributions is joint collaborations with 61.4 %. Most of the contributions (88 %) are from India and 12 % are foreign contributions. The study revealed that majority of the authors preferred journals as the source of information providing the highest number of citations. Dr BM Gupta has published maximum number of articles (26) in the Journal during the period under study. The maximum number of articles (65 %) has the length of 6-10 pages. Maximum number of special issues (5) was published in 2012.

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2014, 33(5), pp. 412-417.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5108