Bibliometric Analysis of Ophthalmology Literature

Bibliometric analysis for 7451 references/citations appended to the 322 articles published in the 'Americanlournal of Ophthalmology' Vol. 117 to 120 during the year 1994-95 has been carried out to determine the average number of citations per article, types of literature cited, authorship pattern, obsolescence of literature and ranked list of cited periodicals. Results indicate that major the type of document is periodical 682 (91.63%); authorship pattern shows, highest contribution is made by three authors 72; in this field research goes back to 25 years, it accounts 6192 (90.71 %) and Ophthalmalogy Journal score the highest number of citutions 998 (14.62%).