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Mapping of Astronomy and Astrophysics Publications: A Scientometric Study G Ulaganathan1, R Senthilkumar2
Abstract This paper discusses about the Astronomy and Astrophysics publications and its citation available in the Scimago Journal and Country Rank data base by the authors from top 15 countries (based on publications). The relevant data are collected from Scimago Journal and Country Rank data base and it was analyzed. It shows among the Astronomy and Astrophysics publications totally 379440 articles were published maximum of 105940 (27.92%) articles published by United States and followed by Germany with 41152 (10.85%) publications during the study period.
Keywords: Astronomy,
Astrophysics, Scientometric, Scimago Journal and Country Rank, Citations, Citable Documents, Self Citations, H-Index
Introduction The true barometer of assessing the quality and quantity of a journal is the Citation Index. While discussing citation, one needs to understand the citation. Simply, when another refers other works in his/her article, we call the article referred is cited. In other words the citation is called as the previous work which is referred in the present work. The quality of a given work can rightly be adjudged through the number of citations that it gets. Therefore, a certain piece of article or research paper is carrying more number of citations get more impact than the work carrying less citation. Therefore, we always refer to some indexing and abstracting databases like Scopus, Web of Science, or even Google Scholars to know the impact of a journal, a particular article or a particular author. Scimago Journal and Country Rank database developed by Scimago Lab and powered by Scopus
Review of literature Nicholas and Ritchie (1978) [1] view that, “study of bibliometrics concept provides information, knowledge and how it is communicated”. Moreover, bibliometric studies are normally employed to evaluate the academic research output, the quality of the journal, impact and influence of articles, authors, and assorted parameters. Though there has been substantial growth of literature on bibliometric studies during the last decade, the authors focus on some of the pertinent literature that relate to the present study.
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LIS, Research Scholar Ph.D. (PT), Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641029, India; Librarian, Dr. SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science, (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641049, Tamil Nadu, India. 2 Librarian (SG) and Head (Research), Department of Library and Information Science, Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641029, Tamil Nadu, India. Correspondence: Mr. G. Ulaganathan, Kongunadu Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641029, India; Librarian, Dr. SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science, (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641049, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail Id: ulaganathan200619711@gmail.com Orcid Id: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5938-1387 How to cite this article: Ulaganathan G, Senthilkumar R. Mapping of Astronomy and Astrophysics Publications: A Scientometric Study. J Adv Res Aero SpaceSci 2017; 4(1&2): 10-17.
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