Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) Journal: A Bibliometric Study (2002-2012)

Abstract

The present bibliometric study has been undertaken with the view to understand the latest publication distribution pattern of the articles published in Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) journal during the last decade. Present analysis covers the areas like article distribution pattern, authorship pattern, reference, and geographical distribution of authors, etc. At the time of data mining of said journal, 310 articles were published during the period 2002-2012. India since being the host country, as such proved to be one of the major contributors of the journal in every respect. Individual contribution of authors to the journal has been tabulated as per articles contributed, highlighted in their standing order. On average 7.04 articles have been published in each issue of each volume. After analysing 5307 references, on average 17.11 references have been assigned to each article. Researchers from 16 different countries across the world have contributed research articles to the journal during the period of study. 65.81 % articles contributed to the journal during the period of study are based on co-authorship pattern, unveiling the fact that most of the research undertaken these days is on joint authorship pattern.

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2014, 33(6), pp. 493-497.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5481