Pedological Literature Analysis

Authors

  • Y. M. Patil
     National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (ICAR), Amravati Road Nagpur 440 010
  • P. S. G. Kumar
     National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (ICAR), Amravati Road Nagpur 440 010

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/1998/v35i2/48732

Keywords:

Pedology-Soil Science, Citation Analysis, Productivity of Journals, Bradford's Law of Sattering.

Abstract

The study deals with citation analysis of Pedological literature from the Journal of Indian Society of Soil Science 1988-1992, which reveals nature of communication, authorship distribution, geographic distribution, time gap, pattern and contribution from foreign countries. The citation study reveals that serials constitutes 73%; books 14%; conference proceedings 4% and almost 10% grey literature. Productivity of cited journals reveals 55% of citations are from the first 5 journal of ranked list thus signifying their high degree of productivity. Pedology literature and distribution of literature in journals confirm closely to Bradfords' Law of Scattering signifying developed nature of the subject.

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Published

1998-01-02

How to Cite

Patil, Y. M., & Kumar, P. S. G. (1998). Pedological Literature Analysis. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 35(2), 125–132. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/1998/v35i2/48732

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Volume 35, Issue 2, June 1998

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Received 2014-05-17
Accepted 2014-05-17
Published 1998-01-02