K. P. Singh ¹, Bebi ¹, K. C. Garg ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, IN
2 14 F Vikrant Apartments, Sector 13, Rohini, Delhi 110 085, IN

Abstract

The study presents an analysis of citation pattern of Ph.D. theses in social sciences awarded by the University of Delhi during 1995-2008. The study identifies how the pattern of submissions has changed during 1995-2008 in different disciplines of social sciences, besides studying distribution of citations by document types, pattern of authorship of cited documents, cited Indian and foreign authors and chronological distribution of citations. The ranked lists of core journals also have been presented. The analysis reveals that 51,889 citations were made to 259 theses in social sciences. The analysis of these citations shows that books are the most preferred source of citations in all disciplines except economics and constitutes about 55.5% of total citations. The authorship pattern reveals that single authored citations constitute about 86 per cent citations. The chronological distribution of citations shows that the period ranging from 1991 to 2000 is the most cited period. The analyses of journals ranking shows that Economic and Political Weekly published from India is the most cited journal.

Keywords

Citation Analysis, Social Science, Ph.D. Theses, University of Delhi, Journal Ranking.

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K. P. Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, IN

Abstract

The paper is an outcome of the research study on demographic characteristics of agricultural scientists working in the ICAR institutions of Delhi and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana'. Data has been collected through a structured questionnaire. The study discusses the various attributes of agricultural scientists such as gender, age, designation, field of specialisation, purpose of research, etc agricultural scientists. The study found that out of 375 respondents more than 89 percent respondents were to male and the while remaining 11 percent were female.

Keywords

Agricultural Scientists, Demographic Characteristics.

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K. P. Singh ¹, Nandi Negi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, North Campus, Delhi - 110007, Delhi, IN
2 Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan and Agriculture Economic Research Centre (AERC), University of Delhi, New Delhi - 110021, Delhi, IN

Abstract

The paper examines the research output of the University of Delhi in the field of Library and Information Science. The data was collected through the official records available in the Department/University. Study finds that 263 doctoral and M. Phil research degrees have been awarded by the Department during 1957-2018.

Keywords

LIS Research, Research Productivity, University of Delhi.

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Sapna Verma ¹, K. P. Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, South Moti Bagh, New Delhi − 110007, Delhi, IN

Abstract

Altmetrics is an article level metrics which measures the online attention on academic and non-academic social media. The present study is based on the altmetric analysis of top 100 articles in Food Technology published during 1989-2018. The top 100 articles were downloaded using Web of Science Core Collection and the Altmetrics Score is collected using Altmetric Bookmarklet. The spearman’s correlation test was performed on the collected data to find out the correlation between citation and the altmetric score.

Keywords

Altmetrics, Citations, Correlation, Food Technology

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