Scientometric Analysis of Indian Citation Index (2004-2015): Profile of the Domain of Psychology Journals

G. Ulaganathan, R. Senthilkumar

Abstract


Indian Citation Index database is a powerful tool to search, track, and measure and collaborate in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. This paper is discussed the published research articles, citations and self-citations in the Psychology journals which are available in Indian Citation Index. There are 3333 articles published from 6 Psychology Journals. Among the journals, Indian Journal of Psychiatry occupies first position with 989 (29.68%) articles and Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine occupies second rank with 644 (19.32%) articles and Psychological Studies is in third 584 (17.52%). Further, in the year 2012, 390 (11.70%) articles are published and it is highest when comparing to other years. It is pointed out that the frequency of the journals is varying and that is one of the reasons for the strength of articles.


Keywords


Psychology, Indian Citation Index, Citations, Self Citations, JCI, RII, Uncited %

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