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Indian contribution to breast cancer research: a bibliometric analysis

2017-07-17T10:32:22Z

Title: Indian contribution to breast cancer research: a bibliometric analysis Authors: Ram, Shri Abstract: Based on breast cancer research data obtained from Scopus multidisciplinary database, it is seen that with 6696 (1.82% global share) articles from India on breast cancer during 1975-2014, India ranks 12^th in the world in terms of research paper output. About 80% of the Indian publications appeared during the period 2004-14. Hospitals are more productive with Tata Memorial Hospital publishing the highest number of papers during the period. About 30.35% Indian publications are a result of international collaboration with 94 countries. Page(s): 99-105

Analysis of physics research output of SP Pune University during the period 1990-2014

2017-07-17T10:26:29Z

Title: Analysis of physics research output of SP Pune University during the period 1990-2014 Authors: Nagarkar, Shubhada; Kengar, Manisha Abstract: The paper analyzes the research contributions by the faculty members of the Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune, Maharashtra, India for the period 1990-2014. Bibliographic and citation data were retrieved from Scopus database. Query statements covering all variations in the name of SPPU were used to search the database. Scopus indexed 1629 publications with 22618 citations for the period. Author keywords in Scopus database indicate that faculty members are working in core areas of physics as well as interdisciplinary subjects like chemistry, instrumentation sciences, engineering, etc. The year-wise analysis shows that research productivity of faculty member increased over the period. Faculty members published their research in core physics journals among which Journal of Applied Physics (72 papers) is the most preferred journal. The faculty members of the University have collaborated with scientists from USA, UK, Germany and Japan. At the national level, the University physicists have collaborated most with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Page(s): 106-112

Empirical investigation on impact of Koha on library services in selected academic libraries in Nigeria

2017-07-17T10:19:13Z

Title: Empirical investigation on impact of Koha on library services in selected academic libraries in Nigeria Authors: Tella, Adeyinka; Oladeji, Titilayo Ifeoluwa Abstract: This study examined the impact of Koha on library services in some selected universities in Nigeria. A total of 50 library staff was purposively selected from five universities belonging to south-western and north-central regions of the country. A self-designed questionnaire was administered to both professional and para-professional staff of the libraries. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistical method. The results of the analysis of the data showed that Koha has favorably impacted their libraries. Some difficulties encountered in implementing Koha were inadequate infrastructure and financial constraints. Page(s): 113-115

A webometric analysis of National Libraries’ websites in South Asia

2017-07-17T10:12:50Z

Title: A webometric analysis of National Libraries’ websites in South Asia Authors: Verma, Manoj Kumar; Brahma, Krishna Abstract: The study analyses the number of web pages, link pages and calculates the Web Impact Factor i.e., Simple Web Impact Factor, Internal Link Web Impact Factor and External Link Web Impact Factor of National Libraries in South Asian countries and ranks the websites as per the WIF. The study used Open Site Explorer optimization tool and search engine for links. The result visualized that National Library of India leads with highest Domain Authority (15.27%) and Page Authority (14.48%), the National Library of Sri Lanka (88.65%) got the highest Internal Equity-Passing Links, National Library of India (84.96%) has the highest External Equity-Passing Links and Total Equity-Passing Links with 83.69%. The National Library of Sri Lanka has the highest (88.65%) Total Internal Links and National Library, India has the highest Total External Links (84.04%) and Total Links (82.80%). The Web Impact Factor of National Library of India is the highest followed by National Library of Sri Lanka and National Library of Bhutan among the other national libraries websites. Page(s): 116-124