Web Citation Trends in Indian LIS Journals: A Citation Analysis

被引:1
作者
Prithviraj, K. R. [1 ]
Kumar, B. T. Sampath [2 ]
机构
[1] Kuvempu Univ, Directorate Distance Edun, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Shivamogga 577451, Karnataka, India
[2] Tumkur Univ, Dept Studies & Res Lib & Informat Sc, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India
关键词
Web citations; LIS journals; India;
D O I
10.1080/09737766.2015.1069968
中图分类号
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要
The aim of this study is to know the use of web citations in Indian LIS journals published during 2001 to 2010. The findings of study shows that the average number of web citations per article ranged from a low of 1.02 in 2001, to a high of 4.58 in 2010. There was a constant and continuous increase in the number of articles with web citations over the years during 2001-2010. The average number of web citations for every article is 2.60. The most widely cited top level domains were organizational (.org) and commercial (.com) with 30.91% and 22.08% respectively. The highest percentage of web citations belonged to HTML file formats (67.30%) followed by PDF file formats (11.39%).
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页数:16
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