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- 1. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 24 AKCE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GRAPHS AND COMBINATORY: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY Mr. V.Senthur velmurugan Librarian (n- CARDMATH) in Department of Library & Information Science in Kalasalingam University of Krishnankovil, Tamilnadu ABSTRACT This study aims at analyzing the research output performance of AKCE International journal of Graph theory and combinatorics. The analysis cover mainly the number of articles, year wise authorship pattern, geographical distribution of articles, forms of documents cited, year wise reference, subject wise distribution of articles etc. Keywords: Bibliometics, Scientometics, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, etc. INTRODUCTION The terms bibliometrics and scientometrics were almost simultaneously introduced by Pritchard and by Nalimov and Mulchenko in 1969. While Pritchard explained the term bibliometrics as “the application of mathematical and statistical methods to books and other media of communication”, Nalimov and Mulchenko defined scientometrics as “the application Of those quantitative methods which are dealing with the analysis of science viewed as an Information process”. According to these interpretations the speciality scientometrics is Restricted to the measurement of science communication, whereas bibliometrics is designed to Deal with more general information processes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (IJLISRD) ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print) ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June (2013), pp. 24-36 © PRJ: www.prjpublication.com/ijlisrd.asp IJLISRD © PRJ PUBLICATION
- 2. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 25 DEFINITION AND MEANINGS Bibliometrics divided into two words Biblio Latin/Greek Word ‘Books’ Metrics Latin/Greek Words ‘Measurement’. Bibliometrics to denote application of mathematical and statistical methods to book. This is called as a quantitative analysis.According to Hawkins (1977) defined bibliometrics as “ the application of quantitative analysis in the bibliographic references of the body of literature” The British Standard Institution (1976) described the same bibliometrics as the “application of mathematical and statistical methods in the study of the use of documents and statistical methods in the study of the use of documents and publication patterns”. LIMITATION OF BIBLIOMETRICS 1. More formula oriented. 2.Bibliometric study does not include the informal publications and communications. Therefore, the scientific development cannot be predicted properly 3. The bibliometrical references, which are taken for citation analysis study, are not always standardized. This causes problem while ranking the authors on the basis of the frequency of their getting citations. 4. For example, the author S.R. Ranganathan has been cited variously as Siyali Ramamrita Ranganathan , S. Ranganathan and S. R. Ranganathan. This may cause scattering of citations of same person-works. 5. At the same time it may also happen that there may be more than one author under the same name and it may be difficult to distinguish them. THE THREE “COMPONENTS” OF PRESENT-DAY BIBLIOMETRICS Present-day bibliometric research is aimed at the following three main target-groups that clearly determine topics and sub-areas of “contemporary bibliometrics”. (i) Bibliometrics for bibliometricians (Methodology) This is the domain of basic bibliometric research and is traditionallyfunded by the usual grants. Methodological research is conducted mainly in this domain. (ii) Bibliometrics for scientific disciplines (Scientific information) The researchers in scientific disciplines form the bigger, but also themost diverse interest-group in bibliometrics. Due to their primaryscientific orientation, their interests are strongly related to theirspeciality. This domain may be considered an extension of scienc information by metric means. Here we also find joint borderlandwith quantitative research in information retrieval.
- 3. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 26 (iii) Bibliometrics for science policy and management (science policy) This is the domain of research evaluation, at present the mostimportant topic in the field. Here the national, regional, andinstitutional structures of science and their comparative presentationare in the foreground. Bibliometrics is a type of research method used in library and information science.It is a quantitative study of various aspects of literature on a topic and is used to identify the pattern of publications authorship and secondary journal coverage with the objective of getting an insight into the dynamics of growth of knowledge in the areas under consideration. The adoption of bibliometrics techniques in various disciplines stimulate stunning growth of literature on bibliometrics and its related areas. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY The objective of the present study were: 1.yearwise distribution of the articles 2.authorship pattern of the articles 3.average number of references per articles 4.to study the subject coverage of articles 5.geographical distribution of the articles. AKCE JOURNAL AKCE International journal of graphs and combinatorics is devoted to publication of standard original research papers in combinatorial mathematics and related areas. The fields covered to the journal include graphs and hyper graphs, networks theory, combinatorial optimization, coding theory, block design, combinatorial geometry, matroid theory, logic, computing, neural networks, etc. each volume will consists of two issues to be published in the months of June and December every year. METHODOLOGY The issues of the AKCE International journal of graphs and combinatorics from the year 2004 to 2010 have been taken into consideration for the study. ANALYSIS The total number of 111 contributions during the period 2004 – 2010 has been recorded for the present study.
- 4. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 27 TABLE :1YEAR WISE DISTRIBUTION OF ARTICLES: Table 1 shows the details of the articles in the issues from the year 2004 -2010. The number of articles published in 2008 was the maximum 22 articles. The minimum number of articles were published in 2005 and 2007only 13 articles. The journal publishes on an average of 16 articles per year. year wise distribution of articles Year Total no of Articles Percentage 2004 15 13.51 2005 13 11.71 2006 14 12.61 2007 13 11.71 2008 22 19.82 2009 14 12.61 2010 20 18.02 Total 111 100 0 5 10 15 20 25 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Noofarticles YEAR Total no of Articles
- 5. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 28 TABLE: 2 AUTHORSHIP PATTERN Table 2 shows reveals the authorship pattern of the articles published during the period of study. Maximum number of articles were contributed by two author and marathon two authors with 87 articles (78.38%) of the total articles. year Number of Authors Total One Two More than Two 2004 7 7 1 15 2005 3 6 4 13 2006 3 6 5 14 2007 2 8 3 13 2008 4 12 6 22 2009 3 8 3 14 2010 2 10 8 20 Total 24 57 30 111 Percentage 21.62 51.35 27.03 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total One Two More than Two
- 6. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 29 TABLE:3 YEAR WISE AUTHORSHIP PATTERN: Table 3 shows that out of 111 articles single author contributed 24 ( 21.62 % ) while the rest of 87 ( 78.38 % ) articles were contributed by two, and more than two authors. Table :3 Year wise Authorship pattern Authorship 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total Percentage Single 7 3 3 2 4 3 2 24 21.62 Two 7 6 6 8 12 8 10 57 51.35 More than Two 1 4 5 3 6 3 8 30 27.03 Total 15 13 14 13 22 14 20 111 100 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Single Two More than Two
- 7. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 30 TABLE :4 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ARTICLES: Table 4 showed that most of the contributions are from foreign sources with 84.68n % and the rest 15.32 % only from India. Table :4 Geographical Distribution of Articles Area Number of articles Percentage India 17 15.32 Foreign 94 84.68 Total 111 100 TABLE :5 FORMS OF DOCUMENTS CITED: Distribution of various forms of cited documents are given in the table 5. They include journals, books, conference proceedings, dissertat ions etc. table 5 showed that majority of the contributors preferred journals as the source if information which occupied the top position with the highest number of citations 849 ( 66.70 % ) of the total 1273 citations. The second highest position is occupied by books with 329 (25.80 % ) citations. It is followed by conference proceedings with 32 ( 2.51 % ) , dissertations with 17 ( 1.34 % ) and others with 46 ( 3.60 % ) citations. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 India Foreign Number of articles
- 8. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 31 Table :5 Forms of Documents cited Forms of Document Total no of citizens Percentage Journals 849 66.69 Books 329 25.84 Conference Proceedings 32 2.51 Dissertations 17 1.34 others 46 3.61 Total 1273 100 TABLE: 6YEARWISE REFERENCE: Table 6 shows the details of references included in the articles published from 2004 to 2010. The number of references in 2009 was the maximum reference 207. The minimum number of reference in 2007 in 125 reference. The year wise reference on an average of 182 reference per year. Journals Books Conference Proceedings Dissertations others
- 9. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 32 Table :6 Year wise Reference Forms of Reference 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total Percentage Journals 116 102 115 80 132 166 138 849 61.84 Books 56 35 64 38 55 33 48 329 23.96 Others (Conference proceedings, dissertation etc) 24 10 17 7 17 108 12 195 14.2 Total 196 147 196 125 204 307 198 1373 100 TABLE :7 SUBJECT WISE DISTRIBUTION OF ARTICLES: Table 7 shows that majority of the contributions appeared under graphs,hypergraphs 74 ( 66.67 % ) the next position is taken by networks theory 12 ( 10.81 %). This is followed by combinatorial optimization 7 (6.33 % ) and combinatorial geometry with 5 ( 4.50 % ). 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Journals Books Others( conference proceedings ,disseration etc)
- 10. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 33 Table : 7 Subject wise Distribution of articles Subjects Total no of Articles Percentage Graphs, Hyper Graphs 74 66.67 Network Theory 12 10.81 Combinatorial optimization 7 6.31 Coding Theory 2 1.8 Block designs 1 0.9 Combinatorial Geometry 5 4.5 Matriod Theory 2 1.8 Logic 1 0.9 Computing 3 2.7 Neural Networks etc 4 3.6 Total 111 100 Graphs, Hyper Graphs Network Theory Combinatorial optimization Coding Theory Block designs Combinatorial Geometry Matriod Theory Logic Computing Newral Networks etc
- 11. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 34 TABLE :8 CONTRIBUTION ( INSTITUTION – WISE ) Depicts the geographical distribution of contributions institution – wise at the national , international level, followed by university and college. It is referred from the above table that institution wise contributions were the maximum. TABLE :9 COUNTRY-WISE DISTRIBUTION Volume Year University Institution College Total 1 2004 6 14 2 22 2 2005 4 15 2 21 3 2006 1 11 3 15 4 2007 4 12 2 18 5 2008 3 8 1 12 6 2009 2 7 2 11 7 2010 1 9 2 12 total 21 76 14 111 Country Authors Percentage India 17 15.32 Japan 16 14.41 Usa 15 13.51 Algeria 7 6.31 Mexico 7 6.31 France 4 3.60 Czech republic 3 2.70 Canada 3 2.70 Iran 3 2.70 Malaysia 3 2.70 China 3 2.70 South carolia 3 2.70 Bulgaria 2 1.80 Germany 2 1.80 Australia 2 1.80 Singapore 2 1.80 Spain 2 1.80 Uk 2 1.80 Poland 2 1.80 Serbia 1 0.90 Others 12 10.81 Total 111 100
- 12. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 35 Table 9 reveals that the articles have emanated from above 20 countries. The geographical distribution of articles has been decided basing the address of the first authors. From the analysis it is observed that the highest number of publications are from INDIA (ie) 17 ( 15.32% ). Net comes JAPAN with 16 articles ( 14.41 % ) followed by USA with 15 articles ( 13.51%) and OTHER COUNTRIES with 12 articles ( 10.81%). TABLE : 10 LENGTH OF PAPER Pages Articles percentage 1-5 19 17.12 6-10 18 16.22 11-15 38 34.23 Morethan15 36 32.43 Total 111 100 Length of the papers 19 ( 17.12% ) ranged from one to five pages. Length of the majority of the papers 38 ( 34.23% ) ranged from 11 to 15 pages. Thirty six ( 32.43% ) papers had length from more than 15 pages. SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE AKCE JOURNAL The special features of the articles of the AKCE journal articles are as follows: 1.all the articles include references that follow a standard pattern. 2.almost all the articles include an abstract and keywords in English. 3.the contributors biodata with address and affiliation are also given. 4. the details like date, month and year of receipt of the article are also provide in each article. CONCLUSION The journal has published 111 articles during the period of study 2004 to 2010.The present study reveals the highest number of articles have appeared in the area of graphs ,hypergraphs.The journal publishes on an average of 16 articles per yearmaximum number of articles were contributed by two author and more than two authors of the total articles.Almost all articles included a brief abstract and keywords.Most of the articles have emanated from academic institutions . Inclusion of charts, diagrams, photos and tables in each articles indicates the articles are highly technical in nature.The number of articles in the journal is not consistent and various from volume to volume.The journal references on an average of 182 reference per year.length of the majority of the papers 38 ( 34.23% ) ranged from 11 to 15 pages.The geographical distribution of articles has been decided basing the address of the first authors. From the analysis it is observed that the highest number of publications are from india (ie) 17 ( 15.32% ).
- 13. International Journal of Library and Information Science Research and Development (IJLISRD), ISSN: 2277 – 3541 (Print), ISSN: 2277 – 3673 (Online) Volume 2, Issue 1, January- June 2013, © PRJ Publication 36 REFERENCE 1.Wolfgang Glanzel, overview: development of bibliometrics, ju leuven, ecoom & dept of msi, leuven ( Belgium ) berlin, june 2010. 2. http://www.slideshare.net/anitharajan/bibliometrics-6888291 3. Bidhan Ch. Biswas, Amit Roy and B.K.Sen, ECONOMIC BOTANY: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY, Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol.12, no.1, July 2007:23-33 4. S. Thanuskodi, Journal of Social Sciences: A Bibliometric Study, J Soc Sci, 24(2): 77-80 (2010) 5.www.akcejournal.org. ABOUT AUTHORS Mr. V.Senthur velmurugan is a Librarian (n- CARDMATH) in Department of Library & Information Science in Kalasalingam University of Krishnankovil, Tamilnadu. He has vast experience of College and Research Libraries. He has published several number of papers in national, international conferences, seminars, & library journals.