Journal of Taibah University of Science: A Bibliometric Study
Published: 2015
Author(s) Name: Sheikh Shueb, Samina Mushtaq |
Author(s) Affiliation: Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir, J&K, India
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Abstract
The study presents the bibliometric analysis of Journal of Taibah University of Science. The analysis scrutinizes mainly distribution of articles, length of articles, collaboration pattern, distribution of citations, and self-citations etc. A total number of 111 articles were analyzed which were retrieved from the journal website for a period of 2008 to 2014. Collaborative approach is more preferable (79%) than solo approach as it constitutes only 21%. Most of the contributions are from foreign sources (60%) with 40% of the contributions local in nature. The average number of citations for articles cited in Google Scholar is 2.07, but as a whole for all cited and not cited articles is .50 per article.
Keywords: Bibliometrics, Journal of Taibah University of Science, Author Collaboration Patterns, Geographical Distributions, Citation Analysis
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