Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date of this Version
10-1-2020
Abstract
The present article is a bibliometric analysis of 2340 documents published in The Electronic Library retrieved from Scoups during 1983 to 2020. However, the primary focus has been on the prominent authors, thematic map and multiple collaboration ratio. The average citation for these documents is 4.74 citations per paper. Articles and review papers have been the important ingredients of the source journal. Overall 9787 citations were calculated for 2340 documents. The collaborative index is calculated as 1.99%. USA, United Kingdom and South Korea have been the leading countries in case of country-wise output. USA is equally ahead in terms of total citation received. The multiple country ratio is high (0.2381) for Spain. By and large, the fifteen highly cited papers constituted 11.54 percent citations in total citation received for the source journal.