Volume 18, No. 2, 2021
Webology: An Analysis of Citation Pattern
Dr. Santosh Dnyanobarao Kadam and Shankar Chandrakant Bhusawar
Abstract
Efforts were made to analyze 5807 citations of Webology published during 2004 to 2019. The citations were classified on the basis of type of material which clearly indicates that periodicals and web resources were the most popular type of resources used by the authors for writing research papers. The study found that out of 5807 citations 2580 citations were authored by the single author and single authorship pattern was found as the most popular authorship pattern among the authors. The study founds the two oldest citations were from the books which were published before 1900. The findings of the study show the notable change in the use of type of resources being used for writing the research papers. The results of the study shoes that use the of periodicals and web resources for writing research papers was increased from 1951 and onward. The study also presented the list of the twenty five highly cited journals, ten highly cited authors, fifteen highly cited web links and five highly cited books.
Pages: 308-316
DOI: 10.14704/WEB/V18I2/WEB18323
Keywords: SoMa, Pla, Sch.