Affiliations: [a] Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110 007. (E): [email protected] | [b] Information Analyst, TERI, New Delhi 110 003. (E): [email protected]
Abstract: This article studies certain bibliometric facets of World Digital Libraries – an International Journal, a journal published by TERI. First published in 2008, now in its eleventh year, the journal examines bibliometric parameters, such as research output, authorship, collaborative measures, networking, authors’ and institutions’ productivity, contribution from foreign countries, and geographical distribution. So far, the journal has published 110 papers, contributed by 204 authors from 105 different institutions. The study found that the research output in 10 years has decreased by 0.95 per cent. However, on an annual account, some years registered a positive growth. Single authorship (52 papers) was seen as more prevalent in the authorship pattern. Among joint-author papers, two-author (29 papers) and three-author (24 papers) papers are more common. The least is five-author paper (1 paper). Single authorship remained constant while joint authorship decreased by 1.81 per cent. Overall, collaborative measures for the decade, namely, degree of collaboration, collaborative index, and collaboration coefficient was found to be 0.53, 1.89, and 0.31, respectively. Margam Madhusudhan was found to be the top contributor (6.5 papers); while University of Delhi, India, as the most productive institution (11.5 papers). Among the foreign authors, Heather Brown of the University of South Australia is the top contributor. Amongst the foreign institutions, University of Malaya, Malaysia and University of South Australia (3 papers each) contributed the most. Out of the 110 papers, 49 papers are contributed by 23 foreign-based institutions, in the true spirit internationality.
Keywords: Bibliometrics, Bibliometric Mapping, World Digital Libraries, Annual Growth Rate (AGR), Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), Authorship, Collaboration, Degree of Collaboration, Collaborative Index, Collaboration Co-efficient, Networking, Productivity, Geographical Distribution
