INDIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL OF EXTENSION EDUCATION: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

The Indian Research Journal of Extension Education has been recognized as one of the most important Indian journals in Agriculture discipline. The present paper reveals the results of a bibliometric study of 301 articles published in the Indian Research Journal of Extension Education from 2011 to 2014. The study presents various aspects of the journal, such as its distribution of articles, authorship patterns, author productivity, most prolific authors, state wise distribution of Indian authors, length, reference and subject wise distribution of the articles. The trend of authorship pattern of articles is towards collaboration. Maximum authors are from New Delhi (76) and highest numbers of articles (184) have the page length of 4-6 pages. Furthermore, topics like ‘Women Empowerment' and ‘Knowledge Management' are the preferred subjects for publishing papers in the journal.