Papers by Sanjay Kumar Singh
Journal of Indian Library Association, 2021
The study is carried out to find out the different authorship pattern followed in the field of Ch... more The study is carried out to find out the different authorship pattern followed in the field of Chemistry by analysing citations from the doctoral theses. The theses submitted to the central library, Tripura University in the area of Chemistry were considered for the study. Theses submitted during 2007-2016 constitute the sample. For this time period, a total of 20 Chemistry theses were found in the library with 6214 citations. 311 citations per thesis were observed from the study. Journals were found to be the most cited type of documents followed by books. It is clearly evident that multi-authorship is dominant in the field of Chemistry with 5423 citations having a share of 87.27 %. Very high collaborative research activities were noticed in Chemistry literature from the study. It was revealed that 2 to 5 authors groups and 6 to 10 groups are more productive group of researchers compared to other research groups. It was shown from the dataset that the researchers in the field of Chemistry use more of recent studies than that of old ones.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2019
The proposed study tries to investigate citation pattern of Chemistry theses submitted to Central... more The proposed study tries to investigate citation pattern of Chemistry theses submitted to Central library Tripura University. The study considered only those theses submitted to Shodhganga, the Indian ETD initiative. Hence data were collected from 20 theses constituting 6214 citations during 2007 to 2016. Bardford’s law is used to find out the core journals in the field of Chemistry. The rank list of journals showed “Phytochemistry” is the most cited journal. The dataset of the study did not follow the Bradford’s law. However, the dataset follow the Leimkuhler’s model. Half life of Chemistry journals is found to be 12.6 years. The results revealed from the study will assist the researchers in the area of Chemistry in improved understanding the characteristics of the field; it will aid librarians in selection of documents and collection development of the library; it will help the policy makers in decision making.
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Papers by Sanjay Kumar Singh