Trends of Publications in Peshawar Islamicus Research Journal: A Bibliometric Study from 2010- 2020

Authors

Mohammad Hussain, Lecturer, Department of LIS, Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak, PakistanFollow
Ms. Saddiqa, M.Phil Scholar, Department of LIS, Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak, PakistanFollow

Date of this Version

2020

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of “Peshawar Islamicus” a research journal published by the Department of Islamiyat, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. The analysis covers authorship pattern, gender-wise distribution, number of articles, paper length, most prolific authors, number of references and department wise distribution etc. The data was collected from different issues of the journal which was analyzed by using MS Access and MS Excel 2016. The study found that 290 articles were published from 2010 to 2020 and highest numbers of articles (34) were published in 2019. The trend of male and two author was dominant, the volume of 2018 had maximum number of citations and most of papers were published in length 11-15 pages. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa produced maximum number of articles and the university of Peshawar was the most productive institution. Dr. Miraj ul Islam was the most productive author with 14 articles and maximum number of articles 103(46.18%) were published in Urdu language.