Volume 8, No 1, 2011
Bibliometric analysis of the 'Electronic Library' journal (2000-2010)
Akhtar Hussain, Nishat Fatima and Devendra Kumar
Abstract
This study aims to present a bibliometric analysis of the Electronic Library journal, the aim being to offer a summary of research activity in library and information science and characterize its most important aspects. The paper analyzes a bibliometric study of 578 articles were published during the period January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2010 in the Electronic Library journal. The paper covers the bibliometric analyses of year-wise distribution of articles, category-wise classification of papers, subject-wise distribution of articles, authorship patterns, and institutions-wise distribution of contributions. Special issues of the Electronic Library brought out during 2000-2010, and prolific authors during 2000 to 2010 have been analyzed.
Pages: 1-8
Keywords: Electronic Library; Bibliometrics; Content analysis; Scientific journal