Bibliographic control of periodical literature on building materials published in India: a scientometric study

Abstract

The study entitled Bibliographic Control of Periodical Literature on Building Materials Published in India: A Scientometric Study has focused on literature output of building materials by creating a bibliographic database of published research articles in Indian journals. A scientometric study has been done on the basis of created database. The objectives of the study were to create a machine-readable bibliographic database on the subject for highlighting India s research output and developing a proper bibliographical tool; determine scientific productivity in terms of authorship pattern; find out the institution/ organization engaged in research on the subject of the study under there content analysis on the basis of keywords; ascertain the citation pattern, get the measurement of effectiveness and impact of the articles; develop a rank list of journals on the study; and identify potential authors /researchers in building materials. For the purpose of this research, 704 numbers of published articles on building materials have been collected (scanned and recorded) from ten source journals; computerized database has been prepared through WINISIS software; the data for the study have been based on the created database; the data has been analyzed and presented in tabular as well as chart form; classification of the different aspects of building materials has been done on the basis of Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) (Medium English Edition) BS-1000.; different laws of bibliometric/ scientometrics study have been applied for achieving the objectives; American Psychiatric Association (APA) Style Guide (www.lib.usm.edu/research/guides/apa.html) has been used for citation of references and recording of selected bibliography. The complete thesis work has been divided into six chapters viz. introduction, literature review, research methodology adopted, designed and created database, data analysis and discussion and finally finding, conclusions and suggestions.