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On Size, Growth and Impact of Life Science Journals


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1 Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kirumambakkam, Pondicherry 607402, India
     

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Measuring the growth of fields and subfields has been carried out using publication output in different fields. However, not all published literature contribute to the growth of a discipline and thus the publications with impact alone are being used in many recent studies. In measuring subfield growth, general impact is not considered as a suitable parameter. Scientometricians have resorted for subfield impact to study the subfields for observing growth, impact etc. In this study, both general impact of journals in a field (impact factor) and subfield impact (subfield corrected impact factor) are used to measure the growth, size and impact of subfields in life sciences.

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Measuring Growth, Fields and Subfields, Life Science Journals
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A. Kaliammal
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu
India

S. Sarasvady
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kirumambakkam, Pondicherry 607402
India


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Authors

A. Kaliammal
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Sarasvady
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kirumambakkam, Pondicherry 607402, India

Abstract


Measuring the growth of fields and subfields has been carried out using publication output in different fields. However, not all published literature contribute to the growth of a discipline and thus the publications with impact alone are being used in many recent studies. In measuring subfield growth, general impact is not considered as a suitable parameter. Scientometricians have resorted for subfield impact to study the subfields for observing growth, impact etc. In this study, both general impact of journals in a field (impact factor) and subfield impact (subfield corrected impact factor) are used to measure the growth, size and impact of subfields in life sciences.

Keywords


Measuring Growth, Fields and Subfields, Life Science Journals

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