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Scientometric study of books authored by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen

2017-04-28T10:02:50Z

Title: Scientometric study of books authored by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Authors: Sinha, Atanu Kumar Abstract: The paper presents the scientometric portrait of Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen, also a Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, based on the books published by him. During the period 1960-2015, Sen produced 43 books either singly or collaboratively. Jean Dreze is Sen’s most prominent collaborator. The highest number of books (27.92%) was published during 2000-2009. Although most of his books were published in English, a number of his books have been translated into several Indian and foreign languages. Most of his books (20.94%) are on social problems, followed by politics and government (13.95%) and financial economics (11.63%). Page(s): 9-15

Developmental features of biomedical bibliographic databases

2017-04-28T09:58:47Z

Title: Developmental features of biomedical bibliographic databases Authors: Subramanyam, N.; Krishnamurthy, M.; Asundi, A.Y. Abstract: The genesis of bibliographic databases can be traced to the abstracting and indexing (A&I) periodicals. The Journal Des Scavans published in 1665 did contain abstracts of articles, but the formal abstracting journal began in 1820 (English) and in 1830 (German). The growth of primary periodicals required libraries to subscribe to A&I services to search for papers scattered in different journals as it was not possible to acquire all the primary periodical titles. The electronic versions of A&I periodicals started appearing in 1960s with emergence of database concept. The Chemical Titles and the MEDLARS are considered to be the earliest bibliographic databases. The Silver Platter is believed publish first biomedical CD-ROM database the MEDLINE with search facility – SPIRS. The growth and development of bibliographic databases has continued since then and enters the digital era to serve the users. The present paper theoretically examines EMBASE, PubMed and IndMed databases. Page(s): 16-20

Usage of electronic resources by librarians of Sri Lankan universities

2017-04-28T09:55:55Z

Title: Usage of electronic resources by librarians of Sri Lankan universities Authors: Wijetunge, Pradeepa Abstract: The study investigates the usage of the e-resources available through CONSAL (Consortium of Sri Lankan Academic Libraries) and other means for the LIS professionals of the Sri Lankan public universities. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 99 librarians working in the Sri Lankan public universities. Findings revealed that 65% frequently use open access material for their research, and the majority (33%) use them for their research, 60% believed that the available e-resources fulfilled their needs. Inability to access the databases from home, absence of some full text articles, lack of relevant material and lack of access to archival material were identified as common barriers to use the e-resources. The study recommends improving access from homes, adding more LIS material and increase training to cover as many LIS professionals to increase the usage. The study is limited to the usage of the e-resources by the Librarians during 2014 and 2015 after the formulation CONSAL. Page(s): 21-27

Bibliometrics and scientometrics in India: An overview of studies during 1995-2014 Part I: Indian publication output and its citation impact

2017-04-28T09:53:52Z

Title: Bibliometrics and scientometrics in India: An overview of studies during 1995-2014 Part I: Indian publication output and its citation impact Authors: Garg, K. C.; Tripathi, H. K. Abstract: An analysis of 801 papers published in the area of bibliometrics and scientometrics during 1995-2014 indicates a steep increase in the number of papers published by Indian researchers as compared to the number of papers published during 1970-1994. This indicates a growing interest of Indian scholars in scientometrics and bibliometrics. The paper provides several reasons for this steep increase. The main focus of research is on bibliometric assessment of India and other countries followed by cross national assessment and bibliometric analysis of individual journals. CSIR-NISTADS is the top producing institute contributing about one-third (31.4%) of the total output followed by the output of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and CSIR-NISCAIR. The distribution of citation data indicates that about one-fifth (21.7%) papers remained uncited. The paper identifies journals in which these uncited papers were published. Only 15% papers were cited more than 20 times. Most of the prolific authors as well as highly cited authors were from the institutions belonging to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Among all authors B.M. Gupta (CSIR-NISTADS) produced the highest number of papers, but the impact as seen in terms of citation per paper and relative citation impact, S. Arunachalam (MSSRF) topped the list. Page(s): 28-36