Bibliometric Study of KELPRO Bulletin: A Bi-Annual Journal of Kerala Library Professionals’ Organisation

Authors

  • Manoj Kumar Sinha Professor , Research Supervisor, HoD, Department of Library & Information Science , Dean, SVSLSc, & Acting Librarian (Rabindra Library) , Assam University, Silchar- 788011, Assam India.
  • Sangita Paul Department of Library & Information Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India.
  • Manoj Kumar Verma Associate Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Mizoram University, Mizoram 796004, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Bibliometric study, Year-wise distribution of articles, Authorship pattern, Geographical distribution of articles, Subject coverage of articles, ank list of Authors, Kelpro Bulletin

Abstract

This paper presents a bibliometric study of the articles and citations given in the KELPRO Bulletin: A  Bi-Annual Journal of Kerala Library Professionals’ Organisation published during 1997-2014. This  paper includes year-wise distribution of articles, authorship pattern, geographical distribution of  articles, subject coverage of articles, rank list of authors of KELPRO Bulletin articles of a particular  period, etc. The analysis reveals that the Kelpro Bulletin has published an average of 15 articles per  year, the maximum number of contributions are from single authors with 50.00%, and the analysis  also shows that the majority of the contributions are from India with 98.89%. The majority of  contributions (77= 28.52%) appeared under Computer Applications in library activities and services.  The rank wise distribution of authors reveals that S. Humayoon Kabir occupies the top rank by  contributing the highest number of articles (10) which has been followed by Manoj Kumar Sinha by  contributing seven (7) research papers. The majority of the articles (44.81%) have a length of 6 to 10  pages. Most of the contributors preferred scholarly journals as the main source of information for  writing their research papers/articles contributing to the highest number of citations (59.01%).  Annals of Library and Information Studies is the most cited and top-ranking journal with altogether  106 citations.  

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Published

2019-12-20

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2019): Library Progress (International) (Jul-Dec) 2019

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Bibliometric Study of KELPRO Bulletin: A Bi-Annual Journal of Kerala Library Professionals’ Organisation . (2019). Library Progress (International), 39(2), 346–360. https://doi.org/10.48165/