A Bibliometric Study on the Journal Library Philosophy and Practice: From 2005-2014

Vibha Gupta

ISBN 10: 3659969303 / ISBN 13: 9783659969300

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

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128 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.29 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Bibliometric Study on the Journal Library Philosophy and Practice: From 2005-2014
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659969303
• ISBN 13: 9783659969300
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.24 kilograms

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Synopsis

Scholarly journals are one of the important sources to communicate current studies, research and innovation to the fellow scholars and the fraternity. But, accessibility to scholarly journals is one issue. Libraries have to maintain balance between the soaring prices of journals and serve the user with their required relevant scholarly journal. Open access publishing platform has proved to a boon for libraries, but again it has to bear the blemish of suspicious quality content and reliable authority. Bibliometric studies on open access journal provides staunch facts on different aspects of journal such as the content subject, publication pattern, cited sources and many more in a single view. This information is helpful for institutions, libraries, and individual researchers for selecting useful open access journal to read and publish. The current study discusses different aspects of bibliometrics and gives insight into open access. The study involves ten year bibliometric analysis of the open access e-journal Library Philosophy and Practice an internationally established peer reviewed open access journal.

About the Author

I,Vibha Gupta is a Junior Research Fellow(JRF)pursuing Ph.D.in Library and Information Science associated with the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh, India.My Research area is Research Support Services in Academic Libraries.Other research interests are Bibliometrics,ICT in Libraries,Library services.