Metric Analysis of Literature in the Field of Infertility

Authors

  • J. Ramakrishnan S.G. Deputy Librarian, Regional Medical Library, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • G. Ravi Sankar S.G. Deputy Librarian, Regional Medical Library, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • K. Thavamani Assistant Librarian, Regional Medical Library, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss-2022.12.1.3099

Keywords:

Infertility, Metrics, Bradford's Law, Degree of Collaboration

Abstract

This paper offers a metric find out of literature in the field of Infertility. The publications distributed span of the year 2011 to 2020 was considered.  The distributions in the field of Infertility which is shrouded in MEDLINE information included in the PubMed were considered. In general, it is seen that from the year 2011 onward there is a continuous make greater in research on Infertility without few years. A sum of 43229 publications on ‘Infertility’ is concealed in the MEDLINE data. It is observed that the most variety of 5999 publications was once posted throughout 2020. It used to be discovered that 45.95% are journal articles, 22.73% are Research Support, Non-U.S. Govt and 16.23% is Review. A total of 25 core journals grouped in zone-1 posted 6654 journal articles accounting for one third of the complete output. A whole of 237 journals has been recognized as core journals in the subject of Infertility. A complete of 6.46% of the distributions has been via single author distributions. A total of 92.98% of distributions is composed via multi-authors. A small rate (0.55%) represents anonymous initiation and the normal Degree of Collaboration showed up at 0.94 in the field of Infertility literature.

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27-04-2022

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Ramakrishnan, J., Ravi Sankar, G., & Thavamani, K. (2022). Metric Analysis of Literature in the Field of Infertility. Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services, 12(1), 9–20. https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss-2022.12.1.3099

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