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EJUM Home Browse Journal  Search Basic Search Advanced Search  Author Index Browse Index  Member Sign In Now! User Registration Enterprise Registration Article Information Article Information Title Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 1996-2000: A bibliometric Study Author(s) Tiew Wai Sin , Abrizah Abdullah , Kiran Kaur Journal Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (ISSN 1394-6234) Volume 6, No 1 Year 2001 Keywords Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science; MJLIS; Library and information science periodical; Bibliometrics; Malaysia. Abstract A bibliometric examination of all the journal articles published in the Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science from 1996-2000 was carried out. The range of articles published per volume is between 14 and 17; average number of references per article is 22.5; the average length per article is 41.2 pages; 53 (69.74%) of the articles are research oriented; the percentage of multi-authored papers is slightly higher at 52.6% or 40 papers out of a total of 76; the most prolific author contributed 12 articles; 36 (45%) of the authors are geographically affiliated to Malaysia; authors affiliated to library schools were well represented (55.2%); the most productive institution is Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya with 26 out of 80 author's affiliation; the most popular subject is Scientific and Professional Publishing; 30 (39.5%) articles contained author's self-citation, while the rate of journal self-citation is found to be 27.6% and most of the articles (67.1%) contained no formal acknowledgement. Article File Download Download1

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