Examination of Bradford’s Law in the Field of Zoology Literature: A Citation Study From 2005–2014

Abstract

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine the materials cited in zoology literature during the year 2005–2014. Data were extracted from Web of Science (on-line version database) database. The study reveals that distribution of citations for document type, language wise distribution of citations and country wise distribution of citations. Further the study also lists out the most productivity journals in the area of zoology literature. The analysis of the results shows that out of 5332 citations, research articles (74.81%) contribute the highest number of citations and it is the most preferred sources of information used by researchers in the area of zoology. The USA (33.75%) is the most cited country in the world and the English language (98.59%) is the most preferred language in the world. Bradford’s law well fitted into the given data set for the present study. Finally, it can be concluded that, The Significant research activity is being taking place in the field of zoology and it is one of the emerging research field in the biological sciences.

Keywords: Zoology literature, citation analysis, journal ranking, Bradford’s law of scattering, half-life, KS-test

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Neelamma G, Gavisiddappa Anandhalli. Examination of Bradford’s Law in the Field of Zoology Literature: A Citation Study From 2005–2014. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2016; 3(3): 32–46p.