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Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services (IJISS)

Editor Dr.K.S. Shivraj
Print ISSN : 2231-6094
Frequency : Quarterly

Mapping of Earth Science Research in West Bengal: A Bibliometric Study

Author : Moutusi Basak Roy and Subarna Kumar Das
Volume 8 No.2 July-September 2018 pp 57-64

Abstract

The present study is based on 393 PhD theses of Earth sciences submitted to the various universities of West Bengal for the award of doctoral degree during the period 1960-2012. Besides, a citation analysis has also been done through the study of 8910 citations appended to the theses for the period of 2008-2012. The main purpose of this study is to investigate chronological distribution of theses, gender-wise distribution, supervisor-ship pattern, subject-wise distribution. The findings of the study revealed that an average of 7.43 theses was published during the whole period under study; the relative growth rate and doubling time for theses under study work out to 0.631 and 0.966 respectively; the grand average number of citations per theses was 146 citations and journals is the most prolific bibliographic forms used by the researchers. This study also examines the conformity to Lotka’s law with the distribution of data.

Keywords

Earth Sciences, Relative Growth Rate, Doubling time, Journals Ranking, Bradford’s law, Lotka’s law, Ph.D. Theses, West Bengal

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Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services (IJISS) a Multidisciplinary Library and Information Science Journal is a refereed Journal and publishes from India. This Journal encompasses all branches of Library and Information Sciences and its sub – disciplines like Library Management; Information Systems & Services, Information Processing & Retrieval; Information Sources & Services; Community Information System, Scientometrics & Informetrics, IR Theory, Knowledge Organization; Information processing & retrieval, Classification, Preservation & Conservation, Information Management,Library classification, Information sources, Systems and Services,Computer Application in Library; Digital Library; Information Systems; Bibliographic Control, etc.

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The present study is based on 393 PhD theses of Earth sciences submitted to the various universities of West Bengal for the award of doctoral degree during the period 1960-2012. Besides, a citation analysis has also been done through the study of 8910 citations appended to the theses for the period of 2008-2012. The main purpose of this study is to investigate chronological distribution of theses, gender-wise distribution, supervisor-ship pattern, subject-wise distribution. The findings of the study revealed that an average of 7.43 theses was published during the whole period under study; the relative growth rate and doubling time for theses under study work out to 0.631 and 0.966 respectively; the grand average number of citations per theses was 146 citations and journals is the most prolific bibliographic forms used by the researchers. This study also examines the conformity to Lotka’s law with the distribution of data.

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    DLIS, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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    Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India
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    Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan
    [email protected]
    Prof. R N Mishra
    DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl
    [email protected]
    Dr. Mahammad Gulam Ghouse Pasha
    Department of Library, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, United Arab Emirates
    [email protected]
    Dr. Munira Nasreen Ansari
    Department of Library and Information Science, University of Karachi, Karachi
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    Dr. Niran Adetoro
    Department of library and Information Science, Tai Solarin University, Nigeria
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    Dr. Boguslawa Lewandowska-Gruszka
    Department of Library, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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    University Librarian, Open University of Srilanka, Srilanka
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