Bibliometric Assessment of Scholarly Communications of Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)

Abstract

Paper studies bibliometric analysis of Indian open access LIS journal “ALIS” for five years from 2011 to 2015. Total 173 published articles were examined and analyzed for distribution of articles, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, and geographical distribution of articles. Inferences have been drawn from the analysis that journal prevalent two authorship patterns with 0.61 degree of collaboration, India as top most contributor of the articles for the journal and amongst foreign countries Nigeria is the highest contributor. New Delhi is the highest contributor amongst Indian States and Union Territories. Journal Articles were found most prevalent source of information for writing research papers and used as citation. Calculated half-life of the journal citations found to be more than 10 years.