Ranking and Scattering of Journals in Physics: A Quantitative Study

The present study is based on 30691 citations, appended in the 163 theses in physics submitted to Andhra University, Visakhapatnam for the aware of doctoral degree during the period 1942–2002. It has been carried out bibliographic form-wise distribution of citations, ranked list of Journals, Productivity of journals, Obsolescence and half-life period of journals etc. All the studies point towards the merits and weakness of the study which will be helpful for its further development. Result of this analysis find out the physics researchers referred mostly journal source rather than other sources. Journals are considered to be the most primary and authentic channels of communication for scientific information, Distribution of cited journals in Physics clearly indicates that a very small number of journals are contributing to maximum number of citations.