Scholarly communication of The Electronic Library from 2003-2009: a bibliometric study

Purpose - The study aims to divulge the patterns of scholarly communication of The Electronic Library from 2003 to 2009 and to measure the coverage and quality of contributions of this journal towards LIS literature.Design methodology approach - Seven volumes of The Electronic Library (TEL) publishe...

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Published in:	Electronic library Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 103 - 119
Main Authors:	Lochan Jena, Kamal, Swain, Dillip K, Bihari Sahu, Sada
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01-01-2012 Emerald
Subjects:	Academic Libraries Analysis Authoring Authors Authorship Beryl Bibliographical citations Bibliographies Bibliometrics Bibliometrics. Scientometrics Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation Bradford's Law of Scatter Categories Citation analysis Communication Design engineering Digital libraries Doctoral Degrees Doctoral Dissertations Educational Psychology Electronic Libraries Electronics Evaluation Exact sciences and technology Geographical distribution Information and communication sciences Information science Information science literature Information science. Documentation Internet resources Law Enforcement Libraries Library and information science Library and information science publications Library and information science. General aspects Library collections Library science Library science literature Literature Reviews Numbers Periodicals Qualitative Research R&D Research & development Resistance (Psychology) Scattering Scholarly communication School Psychology Sciences and techniques of general use Scientific papers Studies Textile research Library studies Bibliometrics Citation analysis Bradford's Law Citation counts Journals Periodical Bradford law Scientific communication Citation Bibliometric analysis Electronic library
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Summary:	Purpose - The study aims to divulge the patterns of scholarly communication of The Electronic Library from 2003 to 2009 and to measure the coverage and quality of contributions of this journal towards LIS literature.Design methodology approach - Seven volumes of The Electronic Library (TEL) published during the years 2003-2009 collected from Emerald Management Xtra, that constituted 42 issues and a total number of 417 articles carrying 7,442 citations, have been taken up for the analysis. The study analyzes bibliographical forms, types of articles, authorship pattern, geographical distribution of contributors, chronological distribution of citations, length of articles, and ranking of journals. The study employs Bradford's Law of Scattering.Findings - The majority of articles published in TEL fall under the category of research papers, followed by case studies, and general reviews. Regarding the bibliographical distribution of citations, it is found that the majority of citations are from journals, followed by web resources and books. The study further reveals that the average length of articles is 13.017 pages and the scattering of contributors is limited within a few countries.Originality value - The paper is relevant and useful to those who are interested in bibliometrics and it provides a comprehensive study of scholarly communication of The Electronic Library from 2003-2009 for comprehending essential publishing traits of this journal during the stated period.
Bibliography:	Includes illustrations, references, tables ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:	0264-0473 1758-616X
DOI:	10.1108/02640471211204097