1Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, University in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, University in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, University in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
4Guest Faculty DLISc, BUB, Department of Library and Information Science, University in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding author: alluraviram@gmail.com
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Online published on 19 May, 2025.
Citation analysis is a bibliometric technique used to examine the frequency, patterns, and graphs of citations in publications to identify their features.
To conduct a citation analysis of the Journal of Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy to identify the distribution of research publications, the average number of articles per volume, types of papers referenced, top-ranked journals, impact factor, and country-wise distribution of citations.
The study analyzed 90 articles and 3,319 citations from the journal's archives from 2018 to 2022. Data was collected from the Taylor and Francis online page and analyzed using MS Excel.
The study found that the highest number of citations was from journals (92.08%), followed by websites, reports, conference proceedings, and textbooks. The top-ranked journal was the Journal of Clinical Oncology, with an impact factor of 45.3. The country-wise distribution of citations showed that the US had the highest number of citations (34.99%), followed by the UK, Netherlands, India, and Germany.
Citation analysis, Bibliometrics, Journal of breast cancer: Targets and therapy breast cancer research, Oncology
