Indian journal of plant physiology: A citation analysis
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: The present paper is aimed to find out the authorship pattern and citation pattern of articles that appeared in Indian Journal of Plant Physiology The study covers issue nos. 1 to 4 of volume 7 published between January to December 2002, covering 61 articles published in these issues. Overall 1149 citations featuring 2770 authors have been made during the year. The results indicate that 39% articles published (citing articles) in these issues are three-authored. However it is found that two-authored citations (cited articles) are more common which is followed by single-authored papers. The results reveal that journal articles are predominant with 81% of total citations. The ratio of author self citation to total citations is 1:16.65. The ratio of Journal Self Citation to total citation is 1:31.91. The results also highlight that 398 citations are below 10 years old, whereas 358 citations are below 20 years but more than 10 years old. It is clear that a majority of documents cited in these issues were published not more than twenty years ago.
Authors: Ashu Shokeen, Sanjay K. Kaushik
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2289494228