Scrutinising uncitedness and few h-type indicators of selected Indian physics and astronomy journals

IF 0.4 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Annals of Library and Information Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI:10.56042/alis.v69i1.53801

Amita Dasa, B. Duttab

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Abstract

The uncitedness of twelve Indian physics and astronomy journals over twelve years (2009-2020) time span is analysed here. Besides Uncitedness Factor (UF), three other indicators are discussed, viz., Time-normalized Citation per paper (CY), H-core Density (HD) and Time-normalised H-index (TH). The journal-wise variational patterns of these four indicators, i.e., UF, CY, HD and TH and the relationships of UF with the other three indicators are analysed. The calculated numerical values of these indicators are observed to formulate seven hypotheses, which are tested by the F-Test method. The average annual rate of change of uncited paper is found to be 67% of the total number of papers. The indicator CY is found temporally constant. The indicator HD is found to be nearly constant journal-wise over the entire time span, while the indicator TH is found to be nearly constant for all the journals. The UF inversely varies with CY and TH for the journals and directly varies with TH over the years. Except for a few Indian journals in physics and astronomy, the majority of the other journals face the situation of uncitedness. The uncitedness of Indian journals in this field is higher by 12% as compared to foreign journals in the same field, which indicates a possible poor circulation of the journals. India; Scientometrics of Physics: India

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对选定的印度物理学和天文学期刊的不熟练和很少的h型指标进行审查

本文分析了十二年（2009-2020）时间跨度内十二本印度物理学和天文学期刊的不连贯性。除无限制因子（UF）外，还讨论了其他三个指标，即时间归一化的每篇引文（CY）、H核密度（HD）和时间归一化的H指数（TH）。分析了UF、CY、HD和TH四个指标的日变化模式，以及UF与其他三个指标的关系。观察这些指标的计算数值，形成七个假设，并通过F-Test方法进行检验。未发论文的年平均变化率为论文总数的67%。发现指示符CY在时间上是恒定的。发现指示符HD在整个时间跨度上在轴颈方向上几乎恒定，而发现指示符TH对于所有轴颈几乎恒定。期刊的UF与CY和TH成反比，与TH成正比。除了少数印度物理学和天文学期刊外，其他大多数期刊都面临着不成熟的局面。与同一领域的外国期刊相比，印度期刊在这一领域的不熟练程度高出12%，这表明这些期刊的发行量可能很低。印度物理科学计量学：印度

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Annals of Library and Information Studies INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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1.60

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16.70%

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20 weeks

期刊介绍： Annals of Library and Information Studies is a leading quarterly journal in library and information studies publishing original papers, survey reports, reviews, short communications, and letters pertaining to library science, information science and computer applications in these fields.