British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 33 Bibliometric Study of Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship Dr Vaishali Khaparde Head and Associate Professor Department of Library & Information Science, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra) India Abstract Bibliometric Analysis is a branch of Bibliometrics which deals with the study of complex relationship between cited of citing documents the present study analyzed list citations appended to 84 articles publish at 5 volumes during 2005-2009 in the Electronic journal of Academic of special librarianship. The methodology is based on Bibliometric techniques of bibliometirc Analysis. The study shows than an average number of citations are round 14, 19, 16, 13, 22 pert year the. The journals are cit - ed more than other information sources more than other half of the citations are single authored Geographical distribution of citations indicates that India, New York, London & USA. Occupied the top four positions covering 76.74% of citations. This study made an attempt to examine the year wise distribution of citations, type of information sources used, authorship pattern, Geographical distribution & core journals in the field of Electronic Journal of Academic & special librarianship. Key words Bibliometrics, Bibliometric Analysis E- Journal, Academic Library, Special Library. Introduction Bibliometrics is an emerging trust area of research in the field of library Information science. It values the quantitative evaluation of publication of all micro and macro- communications though mathematical and statistical calculation. Bibliometrics Analysis is now considered as an active area of bibliometric research. Etymologically the word bibliometrics is derived from two Greek words Biblio means books metrics means scale or measure Alan Princhard (1967), was first coined the term bibliometrics and defined it as the application of mathematical and Statistical methods to books and other media of communication. Bibliometrics The idea of using bibliometric method in connection with construction and maintences of knowledge organization system is not new but only few actual construction attempts have been made (Patter & Garfield, 1970). Bibliometrics Analysis Scientific research is a cumulative and continuous process, a new research is always based on the earlier works. A reference is the acknowledgement that one document give to another, citations are the List of references appended to each articles painting to prior publications that were used in writing a paper. Bibliometric Analysis is that area of bibliometrics which deals with the study of relationship between the cited and citing document ( Malin,1968). Eugene Garfied, (1983), define the bibliometric analysis as the examination of the frequency patterns and graphs of citations in articles and books.
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 34 Bibliometrics analysis is a branch of bibliometrics where the unit of anlaysis is a document that is being cited as a bibliographic references. It is the study of distribution of scattering of references these studies help in the selection of documents saving large amounts to the organizations. It helps in planning and organization of resources sharing, networking and consortia. E- Journal A journal is Academic in nature which is published using the world, wide, web, such a journal usually uses internet technology, refereeing of papers. Many e-journals pride themselves on rapid refereeing and consequent repaid publication ( Gupta,1998). E- Journals defined as the grouping of information that is sent out in electronic with some equality. It covers and serial or serial like publication available in electronic format, which is produced published and distributed electronically (Remesh, Yeramagula, 2003). Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship is an independent professional, referred electronic journal dedicated first and foremost to advancing knowledge and research in the areas of academic and special librarianship without regard to region or country, it is also committed to principles of open access for academic and special librarianship it is quarterly published journal. Methodology Bibliometric approach is used for the present study. The data relating to all the bibliographical references appended to the articles published in Electronic Journal of Academic and Special librarianship from 2005-2009 were collected analyzed and tabulated the scope of the study is restricted to five years only. Objective of the study The study has been carried out with the following objectives. To study the year wise distribution of articles. To study the year wise distribution of citations To know the different types of Information sources used by the authors. To study the authorship pattern of citations. To identified the core journals in Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship. To study the obsolescence of the Journal To study the country wise distribution of citations. Scope and limitation The present study limited to 1151 citations appended to 84 articles in 5 Volumes and 15 issues.from 2005-2009 in Electronic journal of academic and special librarianship.
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 35 Data collection The relevant data was collected from the Electronic Journals of Academic and special librarianship published from time to time which was treated as a basis for the study. Data can be numerically expressed that is quantifiable on objectives (Fasibis off and Dely 1990). The data was collected from 5 volumes, 15 issues of Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship during 2005-2009. In all 1151 citations appended to 84 articles were further analyzed. Data Analysis Analyzed of information or data is one of the important part of any study. Data analyzed is done for the purpose of reducing hug volume of data into meaningful case report. Analysis of total 1151 citations appended 84 articles was done of the journal during 2005-2009. The study was done by using varies parameters like to identify the core journal, rank list of cited journal, rank list of the cited author of cited to find out geographical distribution of citations to find out the types of cited documents. The data of information was presented in the form of table and graphs to show the result prominently. Year wise distribution of article The year wise distribution of 84 article published from 2005 to 2009 in 5 volume is containing 15 issues of the Journal is presented in the table No.1 the table 1 shows that highest number of articles were in the year 2009 with 22 articles. The range of article published per year during the period is between 19 and 16. It is noted that the average number of articles published per volume is 26.19. Table No. 1 Year Wise Distribution of Articles Sr.No. Year Volume No. No.of Articles Cumulative Published 1 2005 6 14 14 2 2006 7 19 33 3 2007 8 16 49 4 2008 9 13 62 5 2009 10 22 84 Total 5 84 Year Wise distribution of citations: The year wise distribution of citations is present in table 2. It shows that the highest number of citations were used were in the year 2009 with 311 (27.01%) citations. The range of citations found under the study is between. 255(12.15%) and 220(19.11%) in five years. The average citations per volume are 18.51 the average number of citations per articles is 13.44 approximately. Table No.2 Year Wise distribution of citations Sr.No. Year No. of. Cumulative total Percent Cumulative Percentage 1 2005 169 169 14.68 14.68 2 2006 220 381 19.11 33.77
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 36 3 2007 196 585 17.02 50.81 4 2008 255 840 22.15 72.96 5 2009 311 1151 27.01 99.97 Total 1151 99.97 Distribution of citations in different types of Information sources : Distribution of citations in different types of Information sources is presented in table No.2 citations are grouped in eight broad categories of information sources. The table 3 revealed that the number of citations from books and periodicals are higher than other documents. The study observed that journals accounted highest number of journals citation with 390 (33.88%). Followed by books with 290 (25.19%) and web resources with 200(17.37%) citations seminar / conferences / workshop / symposium had 74 (6.42%) citations news paper had 32(2.78%) citations it was seen that the social scientist use mostly journal articles for their research. Table No. 3 Distribution of citations in different types of Information sources Sr. No. Type of Information sources No. of. Cumulative total Percent Cumulative Percentage 1 Books 290 290 25.19 25.19 2 Journal article 390 680 33.88 39.07 3 Report (Research Govt. 58 738 5.03 64.1 Annual etc.) 4 Proceeding / workshop 74 812 6.42 70.50 conference / seminars etc 5 Thesis / Dissertation s 94 10+6 8.16 78.68 6 News Paper 32 938 2.78 81.46 7 Web resources 200 1138 17.37 98.83 8 Others 13 1151 1.12 99.95 Total 1151 99.95 Books 2.78 17.37 1.12 25.19 Journal articles Report ( Research Govt. annual etc.) 8.16 6.42 5.03 33.88 Proceeding / workshop conference / seminars etc Thesis / Dissertation s News Paper Web resources
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 37 Fig 1: Distribution of Citation in different types of information sources Authorship Pattern of Table No.4 shows the distribution of citations according to number of authors, from the table 41 it is evident that 552 (47.95%) of citations are contributed by the single author followed by two authors with 230 (19.98%) three authors 98(8.51%) citations and more than three authors with 49 (4.25%) of citations are contributed by the corporate authors 210 (18.24%) citations 12(1.04%) citations have not mentioned the author. Table No. 4. : Authorship Pattern of Sr. No. No. of Author No. of. Cumulative total Percent Cumulative Percentage 1 Single Author 535 552 47.95 47.95 2 Two Author 230 782 19.98 67.93 3 Three Author 98 880 8.51 96.44 4 More than Three 49 929 4.25 80.49 author 5 Corporate Author 210 1139 18.24 98.93 6 Author not 12 1151 1.04 99.97 Mentioned Total 1151 99.97 18.24 1.04 4.25 47.95 8.51 19.98 Single Author Two Author Three authros More than three author corporate author Author not mentioned Country wise distribution of citations Fig 2: Authorship Pattern of Table No. 5 Provides the information about the country wise distribution of citations. It is observed that India, New York, London occurred the top positions followed by Nigeria, London, UK, Thailand, Australia, America, Africa, Canada, Chicago, California etc. Indian alone published 33.01 % of total citations and occupied first position followed by New York 13.03% and London with 12.09%. It is very interesting to note here that only countries, namely. India, New York, London together produce 76.74% of total citations and the remaining 23.26% citations were produce by other countries.
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 38 Table No.5: Country wise distribution of citation Sr. Country No. Of Percentage No. 1. India 380 33.01 2. New 150 13.01 York 3. London 105 9.12 4. USA 99 8.60 5. UK 95 8.25 6. America 89 7.73 7. Thailand 60 5.21 8. 40 3.47 Australia 9. Africa 20 1.73 10. Canada 25 2.17 11. Chicago 30 2.60 12. Alifornia 20 2.73 13. Nigeria 18 2.60 14. China 20 1.73 Total 1151 100.00 Ranked list of most cited journals The table 6 shows ranked list of cited journals. It can be ascertained the college and research libraries (India)a multi-disciplinary journal occupies the first rank as the most preferred journal having been cited 20 times. Occupies the second rank with 18 citations in Library Tread (Chinese) Occupies the third rank with 17 citations and Journal of American Society for Librarianship (America) ranked fourth with 16 citatios and Library -Hi-Tech (Africa)and Library Review(USA)occupies the fifth ranks. Chronological, distribution of citations All the 1151 citations referred by the contributors in there publications are arranged in chronological order in table 7. All these citations fall into five year sequences. The citations of 1950 and before were kept in first sequence and the next sequence was for every five years citations and the last sequence was 2006-2009. The table clearly indicates that 2001-2008. The sequence has highest number of 225 (19.54%) citations followed by 115 (9.99%) citations in the year 1986-90.
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 39 Sr. No. Rank No Table No.6: Ranked List of most Cited Journals Name of the Journal No. of Percentag Citati e on Country 1. 1 College and research, libraries 20 5.12 India 2. 1 Library News 20 5.12 USA 3. 2 Journal of Education for Lib and 18 4.61 India Information Science 4. 2 Library trend 18 4.61 New York 5. 3 Journals of American Society for 17 4.35 America Information Science Research 6. 3 Library and Information Science research 17 4.35 London 7. 3 Journal of Academic Librarianship 17 4.35 London 8. 3 Journal of Library and Information Science 17 4.35 Africa 9. 3 CODEJRIA Bulletin 17 4.35 Chaina 10. 4 Library Hi. Tech. 16 4.10 Africa 11. 4 International Journal of Information 16 4.10 Nigeria Management 12. 5 Library Review 15 3.84 USA 13. 5 Library collection acquisition and 15 3.84 India Technical Service 14. 5 Indian, Institute of Management 15 3.84 New York 15. 5 Reference Libraries 15 3.84 India 16. 6 DESIDOC Bulletin of Information 14 3.58 UK Technology 17. 6 Library Journal 14 3.58 India 18. 6 African Journal of Archives and 14 3.58 Africa Information Science 19. 7 Collection development 13 3.33 USA 20. 8 Journal of Knowledge management 12 3.07 London 21. 8 Library and Information Research 12 3.07 London 22. 8 The journal of Academic Librarian ship 12 3.07 USA 23. 9 Educational technology Research and 10 2.56 India Development 24. 9 The serial libraries 10 2.56 India 25. 10 Journal of Documentation 9 2.30 India 26. 10 College, Undergraduate Library 9 2.30 California 27. 11 Contraception 4 1.02 Canada 28. 11 Bulletin Medical Library Association 4 1.02 Chicago Total 390 100.00
British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 40 Table No. 7 Chronological distribution of citation Period No. of cumulative Citation cumulative Percentage of per citations 1950 to Before 52 52 4.51 4.51 1951 55 49 101 4.25 8.76 1956-60 95 196 8.26 17.02 1961-65 36 132 3.12 20.14 1966-1970 48 280 4.18 24.32 1971-75 20 300 1.74 26.06 1976-80 35 335 3.04 29.01 1981-85 65 400 5.65 34.75 1986-90 115 515 9.99 44.74 1991-95 102 617 8.87 53.61 19996-2000 131 748 11.38 64.99 2001-05 225 973 19.54 84.53 2006-09 98 1071 8.52 93.05 Unidentified 80 1151 6.95 100 Total 1151 100 Table N0.8- Obsolescence of Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship Age in Year Cumulative citations Percentage Cumulative Percentage 0-05 107 107 9.29 9.29 6-10 95 202 8.25 17.54 11-15 215 417 18.68 36.22 16-20 125 342 10.88 47.1 21-25 90 632 7.82 54.92 26-30 115 747 7.99 64.91 31-35 82 829 7.72 72.03 36-40 59 887 3.03 77.06 41-45 72 959 6.25 83.31 46-50 60 19 3.22 88.53 51- Above 45 71 4.52 93.5 Unidentified 80 1151 6.95 100 Total 1151 100.00
18.68 9.99 10.88 7.72 7.82 8.25 9.29 4.52 5.22 6.25 5.03 British Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 41 Figure no 3. Obsolescence of Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 above Obsolescence of Electronic Journal of Academic and Special librarianship The obsolescence rate of literature can be assessed by citation analysis which can give an indication of how far a research er must go back to obtain a reprwsentative sample of the publish literature in a given field All these citations fall into five year sequences. The table clearly indicates that 11-15 ages in year sequence has highest number of 215 (18.68%)citations followed by 125 (10.88%) citations in the age in years 16-20 and 115 (9.99%)third rank with 26-30 years and 107(9.29%)ranked fourth in number of citations in years. Obsolescence has been defined as the decline over time in validity or usability of information. It is found to vary from one subject to another and from one country to another and characteristics of subjects etc. It has been found that a large number of obsolescence studies have been reported in the field of science and technology than in library and information science. Conclusion Bibliometric studies do provide some guide lines for the librarians and Information scientist in the decision making process in their acquisition policy. These finding are much. helpful for librarians and information scientists while taking decision regarding collection development removing out dated documents from the shelves and also in maintaining need based collection in librarians. The following conclusions are drawn - In the year wise distribution of articles. 84 articles published from 2005-2009 in 5 volumes containing 15 issues of the journal is presented in the table no. 1. It was seen that the number of articles published in higest in the year. - Distribution of citations in different types of information sources inpresented. It is revealed that number of citations from journal articles. 390 (33.88%) are higest than other documents. - The authorship pattern shows that 535(47.95%) of the citations are contributed by single authors and followed by two authors with 230 (19.98%) and corporate authors with 210(18.24%). - Geographical distribution of citations indicated that India done publish 28.41% followed by New York with 8.45%. - Regarding core journal in the study the first six journal titles account for 28.16% of citations.
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