A Bibliometric Analysis of Webology (2004–2012): An International Online Journal

This paper presents the findings of a bibliometric study of Webology online journals. A total of 102 articles carrying 2, 665 journal citations during the period of 2004–2012 were analyzed. The data were downloaded from the journal's website. The analysis covers mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, ranking of authors, geographical distributions of authors, average number of citation per articles, forms of documents cited, etc. The result showed that 165 authors contributed articles during the nine years and single authors contributed maximum articles 53.92%. The average citation per article is 26.13. Study also reveals that the periodical citations are predominant 43.34% and the half life period of periodical citations is 10 years.