A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION IN PEARL: A JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, 2012–2016

In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the PEARL: A Journal of Library and Information Science during the period of 2012 to 2016. This study analyses the authorship pattern, distribution of research contributions, and countrywise distribution of research contributions. For the analysis of the study five volumes containing 20 issues have been taken up. The study has found that the contributions of articles to PEARL were not only from in India but also from foreign countries. Two authored articles are found to the highest followed by single and three authored articles. The average degree of collaboration is 0.616.