Authorship Pattern and Collaboration of Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science (JALIS) : A Bibliometric Analysis

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1 Authorship Pattern and Collaboration of Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science (JALIS) : A Bibliometric Analysis Dr. Santu Ram Kashyap Sr. Assistant Professor SOS in Library & information Science PT. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur (C.G.) 9, India E- mail: sr_kashyap97@rediffmail.com Abstract - The objective of the study is to find out Authorship pattern and degree of collaboration. in this study found that thehighest numbers of the articles 9 (.%) Published with 7(9.%) Authors in the year 7. and lowest numbers of the articles published 8 (.%) Published with 7 (.%) Authors in the year. the highest numbers 8 (.%) Articles contributed by single numbers and lowest.authors (.%) contributed out of.by four authors contributors8 (. %) contributors contributed with single thors andau 7 (8.8 %) contributors contributed with joint authors. the highest numbers of the contributions are from Tamilnadu 9 (7.%) and Nigeria 8 (%) and Lowest numbers of the contribution are from Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Goa, J& k, and Odisha (.%) and Dubai (.%). the degree of author collaborations which clearly indicates %.88the dominance o f multiple author contribution. KeywordsAuthorship pattern, Degree of Collaboration & Journal of Advances in Library and information Science (JALIS). INTRODUCTION Bibliometric is a statistical Analysis of written Publication such as Books & Journals. It analyze the different aspect of the books and journal with Statistics such as year wise calculation of article, Author productivity, Authorship Pattern, Page length and Degree of collaboration etc. in this context Authorship pattern and degree of collaboration are the very impotent and useful aspect. Because it measures the Author contributions field in the research. The Journal of Advances in Library and information science (JALIS) is a International online peer reviewed quarterly journal. It publishes four issues every year from Tamilnadu, India. The honorary editor of this journal is Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan, Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University, Gandhigram and Dr. S. Dhanavandan, central University of Tanilnadu, Thiruvarur. the purpose of this journal is to published original. Information science &research papers field in the Library REVIEW OF LITERATURE Lijina P. (8) in their study A Bibliometric study of International journal of Library and Information science found that the highest numbers of the Articles 7 (.%) published on issues No in the year and lowest No of the Articles (.8%) published on issues No & in the year & 7. highest numbers of the contribution are from Tamilnadu 9 (7.9%) and lowest numbers of the contribution are from Assam (.%) whereas highest numbers of contribution are from India 8 (8.9%) and lowest from shri lanka, U. K., Saudi Arabia, morocco & Ethiopia. and the degree of the collaboration is.7. 8 P a g e

2 Verma, Neha. & Kunwar singh (7) in their study Authors productivity and Degree of Collaboration in journal of Librarianship and information science (JOLIS) -. Found that the out of Articles. The highest Articles were contributed with total 9 authors in the year and lowest Articles were contributed with total 7 authors in the year. and also found that the average degree of collaboration is.7 during the study period. Prabahar, ponniah., Bidarahalli, Shivaramu mohan., Neelamegan Senthil Kumar & Natarajan Radhakrishnan (7). in their study Research productivity of Indian institute of Astrophysics (IIAP) during : A Scientrometric study found that the highest (.%) Articles published year in the and lowest 77 (7.%) Articles published year in the. The highest citation (.8%) was received in the year and lowest 8 (.8%). was received in the year. The Degree of the collaboration during the study period was.88. also further found that regarding most prolific authors R. K. Chaudhuri was most prolific authors contributed (.9%) papers with first rank followed by G. C. Anupama 9 (.8%) papers with second rank and B.P. Das (.8%) papers with third rank. Indian institute of Astrophysics authors most preferred to published papers in the journal Astrophysical journal (.%) with first rank. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical society 9 (.8%) with the second rank and Astronomy and Astrophysics (.%) with the third rank Sa, Manoj kumar, Nilarajan Barik & Mamata panda (). In their study Bibliometric scenario Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow during.found that highest (.7%) articles published were in the year and lowest 8 (.9%) articles published were in the year.b.s.bhadauria (Mathematics) was most productive author with (.%) publications. Followed by R.P. Singh (Environmental science) nd rank with the 8 (.9%) and B.C. Yadav (Applied physics), R.B. Ram (applies plant science) & S.A. Saraf (Pharmaceutical Sciences) rd rank with the (.%) respectively. METHODOLOGY The present study based on Bibliometric methods. It is a very popular methods field in the Library and information.science. for this study Articles downloaded from (JALIS) during study period. Then data were collected, calculated, Tabulated and Analysis with MS - Excel. OBJECTIVES The major objective of this Study are following - To know theyear wise Distribution of Articles and Authors To know Authorship Pattern To Study Authorship Pattern of single and joint contributions find out ToState wise distribution of Indian Authors the To know Year wise single and multi Authored Articles To Study Degree of Collaboration To know Country wise distribution of Authors 9 P a g e

3 International Journal of Library and Information Studies Vol.8() Apr-Jun, 8 ISSN: -9 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION Table year wise Distribution of Article & Authors S. NO. Year Volume Article Author 8 (.%) 7 (.%) (.9%) 9 (.%) 9 (7.%) (7.%) (8.%) (8.98%) (8.7%) (8.7%) 7 9 (.%) 7 (9.%) % % Total Table - Show the year wise distribution of articles and Authors period. The highest numbers of the articles 9 (.%) Published with 7(9.%) Authors in the year 7 followed by (8.7%) Published with (8.7%) Authors in the year. (8.%) Published with (8.98%) Authors in the year. 9 (7.%) Published with (7.%) Authors in the year. (.9%) Published with 9(.%) Authors in the year. 8 (.%) Published with 7 (.%) Authors in the year. As a results found that The highest numbers of the articles 9 (.%) Published with 7(9.%) Authors in the year 7. and lowest numbers of the articles published 8 (.%) Published with 7 (.%) Authors in the year. Table Authorship Pattern No of Authors S. NO. Year Volume Total One Two Three Four Total (.%) (.%) (7.%) (.%) 8 One Two Three Four 7 Fig: Authorship Pattern Show th figure & -it is Observed from the Tableat the out of.contributors 8 (.%) Articles were contributed by single,authors 7 (.%) by two contributions P a g e

4 , authors77 (7.%) contributions and,by three authors (.%) butions by four contri as results found that the highest numbers.authors8 (.%) Articles contributed by single numbers and lowest.authors (.%) contribute. four authors auth Table Authorship Pattern of single and joint contributions S. NO. Year Volume Single Author joint Author Total Total 8 (. %) 7 (8.8 %) A perusal of Table Analysis the Authorship Pattern of single and joint contributions. It shows that out of contributors8 (. %) contributors contributed with single authors and7 (8.8 %) contributors contributed with joint authors. Table- State wise distribution of Indian Authors Rank Name of State Years & Authors Total % 7 Tamilnadu % Karnataka 7.% harashtra Ma.8% Utter Pradesh 7 8.8% kerala 8.% Andhra Pradesh 8.% Mizoram.9% 7 Punjab.% 7 Gujarat.% 7 New Delhi.% 8 Haryana.7% 9 West Bengol.% 9 Pondicherry.% 9 Himachal Pradesh.% 9 Telangana.% 9 Uttarakhand.% Rajsthan.% Chhattisgarh.% Goa.% J & K.% Odisha.% Total % The Data Analysis of Table show the State wise Distribution of Indian Authors. the highest numbers of the contributions are from Tamilnadu 9 (7.%) with first rank followed by Karnataka7 (.%), Maharashtra (.8%),Utter Pradesh 8 (.8%), Kerala ).(%, 8 Andhara pradesh (.(%, Mijoram ).9(%, Punjab, t Gujra& New Delhi P a g e

5 ).,(% Harayana (.7%), West Bengal, Pondicherry, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, & Utterakhand (.%), Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Goa, J& k, and Odisha (.%). Table- Degree of collaboration Degree of Year Single (N s ) Multiple (N m ) N s + N m Collaboration 7.88% % %.89%.87% 7 7.8% Total % The data analysis of Table indicates the Dof Journal of Advances in egree of Collaboration Inffiormation science and Libraryduring. 7 - to determine D segree of author Collaboration in quantitative term the formula given by K. Subramanyam(98) was used. where- D= C Degree of Collaboration NM= Number of multi authored papers NS= Number of single authored papers DC=NM/NM+ NS DC =7/7+8 =7/ =.88% as a result, Journal of Advances in Library collaboration in the sthe degree of author ienceinformation sc andduring is 7.88% which clearly indicates the dominanceof contributions smultiple author. Table- Year wise single and multi Authored Articles S. No. Years Single Authored Articles Multi Authored Articles Total Percentage % 8 8.%.9% % 9 8.% 8 8.7% % Total 8 (.9%) (7.%) The data analysis of Table Indicates the Year wise Single Authored Articles and multi Authored Articles published during the - 7. Out of articles, 8 (.9%) Single authored Articles and (7.%) Multi authored Articles. P a g e

6 Table - 7 Country wise distribution of Authors Rank Name of country Years and Authors Total % 7 Nigeria 8 8 % Espana 8.7% United Arab.% Emirates Bangladesh.% Dubai.% Total % The Above Table - 7 show the Country wise distribution of Authors. The highest numbers of the contributions are from Nigeria 8 (%) with st rank followed by Espana (8.7%), United Arab Emirates & Bangladesh (.%) and Dubai (.%). FINDINGS The highest numbers of the articles 9 (.%) Published with 7(9.%) Authors in the year 7. and lowest numbers of the articles published 8 (.%) Published with 7 (.%) Authors in the year. The highest numbesr8 (.%) Articles contributed by single authors. lowest and numbers (.%) contributed by four authors. out of contributors8 (. %) contributors contributed with single authors and 7 (8.8 %) contributors contributed with joint authors. The highest numbers of the contributions are from Tamilnadu 9 (7.%), followed by Karnataka7 (.%), Maharashtra (.8%),Utter Pradesh 8 (.8%), Kerala ).(%, Andhara pradesh8 ).(%, Mijoram ).9(%, Punjab, Gujrat& New Delhi ).(%, Harayana ).7(%, West Bengal, Pondichery, Himachal pradesh, Telangana, & Utterakhand (.%), Rajsthan, Chhattisgarh, Goa, J& k, and Odisha (.%). and the degree of author collaboration in the Journal of Advances in Library Information scienceduring is %which clearly indicates the dominanceof multiple author contributions. Out of articles, 8 (.9%) Single authored Articles and (7.%) Multi authored Articles. The highest numbers of the contributions are from Nigeria 8 (%) with st rank followed by Espana (8.7%), United Arab Emirates & Bangladesh (.%) and Dubai (.%). CONCLUSION On the basis of the findings as a results found that the The highest numbers of the articles 9 (.%) Published with 7(9.%) Authors in the year 7. and lowest numbers of the articles published 8 (.%) Published with 7 (.%) Authors in the year. the highest numbesr 8 (.%) Articles contributed by single authors. and lowest numbesr (.%) contributed by four authors. out of contributors 8 (. %) contributors contributed with single authors and 7 (8.8 %) contributors contributed with joint authors. P a g e

7 the highest numbers of the contributions are from Tamilnadu 9 (7.%) and Nigeria 8 (%) and Lowest numbers of the contribution are from Rajsthan, Chhattisgarh, Goa, J& k, and Odisha (.%) and Dubai (.%). the degree of author collaborationis.88% which clearly indicates the dominance of multiple author contributions. REFERENCE. Lijina, p. (8). A Bibliometric study of international journal of Library and information science. International journal of the Library and Information studies, 8 () Verma, Neha. & Kunwar singh (7). Authors productivity and Degree of Collaboration in journal of Librarianship and information science (JOLIS), International journal of the Library and Information studies, 7(). -.. Prabahar, ponniah., Bidarahalli, Shivaramu mohan., Neelamegan Senthil Kumar & Natarajan Radhakrishnan (7). Research productivity of Indian institute of Astrophysics (IIAP) during : A Scientrometric study. International journal of the Library and Information studies, 7() Sa, Manoj kumar, Nilarajan Barik & Mamata pnda (). In their study Bibliometric scenario Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow during. International journal of the Library and Information studies, (). -.. Viswanathan V.(). A Scientrometric portait of F.A. Garner as Reflected in Scopus Database. International journal of the Library and Information studies, () Kashyap, Santu Ram (7). International journal of Digital Library Service period : A Bibliometric study. Journal of Advances in Library and Information science, () Wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Bibliometric P a g e