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Bibliometrics of Bibliometrics


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A bibliometric study of Bibliometrics literature is reported, based on the entries noticed in LISA from the year 1964 to 1990. Solo research predominates, with 65% of the total with single authors and the proportion with multi-authored is 2.2:1. Degree of collaboration ranged from 0.20 to 0.35. Bibliometrics literature is doubling every ten years. English (76.28%), Journals (91.41%) and articles on Library Science Studies (39.97%) dominate language, format and subject respectively. The most important journals identified were Scientometrics, Journal of American Society of Information Science and Nauchno Technicheskaya Informatsiya Seriya.

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Bibliometrics, Library Collection Development, Literature Review, Authorship Pattern, Citation Analysis, Research, Bibliometric Study.
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S. Humayoon Kabir
University Library, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi 682 022
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S. Humayoon Kabir
University Library, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi 682 022, India

Abstract


A bibliometric study of Bibliometrics literature is reported, based on the entries noticed in LISA from the year 1964 to 1990. Solo research predominates, with 65% of the total with single authors and the proportion with multi-authored is 2.2:1. Degree of collaboration ranged from 0.20 to 0.35. Bibliometrics literature is doubling every ten years. English (76.28%), Journals (91.41%) and articles on Library Science Studies (39.97%) dominate language, format and subject respectively. The most important journals identified were Scientometrics, Journal of American Society of Information Science and Nauchno Technicheskaya Informatsiya Seriya.

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Bibliometrics, Library Collection Development, Literature Review, Authorship Pattern, Citation Analysis, Research, Bibliometric Study.