Bibliometrics Analysis of Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences (2000-2004)

Abstract

Bibliometrics is an emerging thrust area of research in the field of Library and Information Science. Journal literature is an important source of information. To disseminate new ideas for recent developments in any area of research and development work, study of the papers published in a particular journal reveals the status and trends of research in the subject in which the journal is published. Bibliometrics studies have been used to identify the pattern of publication, authorship, and citation analysis. This study has been carried out the Bibliometric analysis of the journal “Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences” from 2000-2004. The trend of publication such as authorship productivity, year-wise contribution, category-wise publications and distribution of authorship pattern in category-wise has been studied.