Bibliometric Insights into the Journal of Indian Library Association (JILA): An Analytical Perspective

Abstract

Introduction: The Journal of Indian Library Association (JILA) is an official organ of Indian Library Association (ILA), started since 1965 and published quarterly. This journal covers all aspects of Library & Information Science. It is a peer reviewed journal that publishes the high-quality research articles on the subject.

Objectives of the Study: To study year wise distribution of the articles, to study issue wise distribution of the articles, to find out the volume wise length of the articles, to find out the volume wise authorship pattern, to identify the degree of collaboration, to study the author's productivity, to find out the most prolific authors, to identify the year-wise growth of contributions, to study the subject coverage of articles.

Purpose: The study aims to analyze bibliometric parameters such as the distribution of research articles over the years, authorship patterns, productivity of authors, growth of contributions, collaboration among authors, article lengths, and subject distribution from 2016 to 2022.

Methodology: The researchers analyzed JILA data using statistical techniques to assess authorship patterns, article distribution, publication growth, collaboration, citations, and productivity, distribution of articles by subject, focusing on 2016-2022 publications. The research only considers journal articles; book reviews are excluded.

Findings: The JILA published 243 articles from 2016 to 2022, with the highest number (25.10%) in 2021 and the lowest (7%) in 2016. Most of articles, 120 (49.38%), are 11-15 pages in length. Out of 240 contributors 71 (29.58%) were single authors and 169 (70.42%) joint authors, with a degree of author's collaboration (DC) of 0.70. The highest author productivity was 60 (1.02) in the year 2021, while the lowest productivity was 17 (1.00) in the year 2016. The journal covers various subjects in Library and Information Science field, with the majority of articles (60) is related to Metric studies.