Book review published in journal of scientific and industrial research during 2002–2007: a quantitative study

Sixty seven book reviews published in Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research during 2002–2007 are quantitatively analysed in this study. The scrutiny of data revealed that 70% of the books reviewed were original works. Nearly 50% of the works were single authored. Documents reviewed comprised monographs (94%), yearbook, reviews and special issue of journal. About 60% of the books were published from New Delhi. 19 publishers were responsible for publishing 67 books. Response Books, a division of Sage publications alone had published 29 books coming to the top position. Price range of 44% Indian books were within Rs.251–500. Thirty one scientists belonging to 14 institutions were responsible for the review works. Pagination of books ranges from 100 to mote than 1000 pages. Books containing 201–300 pages accounted for 39%. Broad classification showed that books on applied sciences accounted for about 50%.