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Indian Journal of Physics: A Scientometric Analysis

Indian Journal of Physics: A Scientometric Analysis. Dr. Swapan Deoghuria Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata – 700032, India And Dr. Gayatri Paul Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata – 700032, India. Plan of the talk. Background

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Indian Journal of Physics: A Scientometric Analysis

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  1. Indian Journal of Physics: A Scientometric Analysis Dr. Swapan Deoghuria Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata – 700032, India And Dr. Gayatri Paul Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata – 700032, India

  2. Plan of the talk • Background • The Journal : Indian Journal of Physics • Objective • Methodology • Findings • Future Scope • Conclusion • Acknowledgement

  3. Background • Paradigm shift in the field of journal publication : merger, acuisition, monopoly business • Increasing number of journals : 28,100 active scholarly peer-reviewed journals in August 2012 • Journal – pride of an academic organization • Journal performance : Credibility, circulation, accessibility, impact factor etc.

  4. The publishing cycle

  5. Indian Journal of Physics- Some facts • Popular and oldest Physics Journal in India • Sir C. V. Raman was the founder and first editor • Official publication of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) • Published in Print form (since 1926) and Online from 2009 • Present Impact Factor is 1.785 in 2012 • The journal is devoted to the publication of original scientific research results in the form of full papers and short notes

  6. Indian Journal of Physics- Branches of physics covered • Astrophysics • Atmospheric and Space physics • Atomic & Molecular Physics • Biophysics • Condensed Matter & Materials Physics • General & Interdisciplinary Physics • Nonlinear dynamics & Complex Systems • Nuclear Physics • Optics and Spectroscopy • Particle Physics • Plasma Physics • Relativity & Cosmology • Statistical Physics

  7. Objectives To study the Indian Journal of Physics in terms of quality of Physics Information sources through: • Publishing trend • Authorship pattern • Analysis of citations • Affiliated institutes of citing authors • Countries of collaborating authors and the collaboration • Subject analysis • Analysis of the pattern of citing journals

  8. Methodology • Research articles published during the period 2004-2013 and cited subsequently (up to March, 2014) were considered. This 10 year period is arbitrary. The idea behind that a scientific paper got maximum citation within 5 years. • Citation information collected from online citation database of Scopus of Elsevier and Web of Science of ISI Web of Knowledge. • Primary data recorded, tabulated and analysed as per citation year, cited journals, affiliation of the authors and subject area of citation.

  9. Findings and Discussion: Impact Factor

  10. Findings and Discussion: Publishing Trend - Quality

  11. Correlation Between Article Published and Its Citation Coefficient of Correlation (r) = +0.7306 Based on Karl Pearson’s Formula, Coefficient of Correlation (r) = n∑dxdy– (∑dx)(∑dy) ————————————— √n∑dx2- (∑dx)2 x √n∑dy2 - (∑dy)2 Where, x= Article Published y= Articles Cited It clearly shows that correlation between article published and Its citation is positive

  12. Calculation for Coefficient of correlation

  13. Findings and Discussion:Degree of Collaboration C= Nm/( Nm+ Ns )where, C= Degree of Collaboration Nm= Number of multi authored contributions Ns= Number of single authored contributions In the present study the value of C is: 1512/224+1512=0.87. This brings out clearly the prevalence of team research in Physics field.

  14. Findings and Discussion: Citation Analysis

  15. Findings and Discussion: Organisation wise Citation of Articles

  16. Findings and Discussion: Subject Analysis

  17. Findings and Discussion: Countries of Collaborating Authors

  18. Findings and Discussion: Analysis of Citing Journals

  19. Future scope • Archiving of back volumes (1926 – 2008) • Keeping the archive in institutional repository for free and open access • Language editing support for contributors of non English speaking countries like China and middle east • Exchange program with other journals published by learned societies

  20. Conclusion • This paper attempts to judge the publication’s quality rather than the individual articles. • In Indian context it is one of the best physics journal but still lagging behind other leading Physics journals published from USA/European country. • Over the last five years Impact factor is steadily increasing which is a positive aspect of the journal. • After a co-publishing agreement with a reputed commercial publisher (Springer) in 2009, it is now easily accessible both in online and offline which will increase citation in the coming years.

  21. Acknowledgement • I would like to thank our Director who gives full support to make this paper.

  22. Thank You • Questions & answers

  23. Impact Factor Impact Factor (IF) of a journal in the year 2013: IF(2013) = C / (S(1) + S(2)) = 665 / 204+170 = 1.778 665 = (317+348) C: number of citations in the year 2013 which were published in the years 2011 and 2012 S(1), S(2): number of articles in the journal published in the years 2011and 2012

  24. Analysis of Citations

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