International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics: A Scientometrics Analysis

  • Author:
  • N. Krishnaswamy
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 727 to 736

Librarian, Central Library, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore-641 021

Online published on 10 March, 2016.

Abstract

Scientometric analysis of 640 analysis articles published in the Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics has been dispensed. 5 Volumes of the journal containing 60 problems from 2010–2014 are considered for the current study. The quantity of contributions, authorship pattern and author's productivity, average citations, average length of articles, average keywords and cooperative papers have been analyzed. Out of 640 contributions, only 55 are single authored and rest are multi authored with degree of collaboration is 0.92 and week collaboration among the authors. Pattern of co-authorship exhibited the rising trend of co-authored papers. The study discovered that author productivity is 71.87 and dominated by the Indian authors.

Keywords

Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, Publication, Author Productivity, Collaborationpattern