1. Indian Journal of Physics: A Scientometric Analysis
Dr. Swapan Deoghuria
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Kolkata – , India
And
Dr. Gayatri Paul

2. Plan of the talk Background The Journal : Indian Journal of Physics
Objective
Methodology
Findings
Future Scope
Conclusion
Acknowledgement

3. Background
Paradigm shift in the field of journal publication : merger, acuisition, monopoly business
Increasing number of journals : 28,100 active scholarly peer-reviewed journals in August 2012
Journal – pride of an academic organization
Journal performance : Credibility, circulation, accessibility, impact factor etc.

4. The publishing cycle

5. Indian Journal of Physics - Some facts
Popular and oldest Physics Journal in India
Sir C. V. Raman was the founder and first editor
Official publication of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)
Published in Print form (since 1926) and Online from 2009
Present Impact Factor is in 2012
The journal is devoted to the publication of original scientific research results in the form of full papers and short notes

6. Indian Journal of Physics - Branches of physics covered
Astrophysics
Atmospheric and Space physics
Atomic & Molecular Physics
Biophysics
Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
General & Interdisciplinary Physics
Nonlinear dynamics & Complex Systems
Nuclear Physics
Optics and Spectroscopy
Particle Physics
Plasma Physics
Relativity & Cosmology
Statistical Physics

7. Objectives
To study the Indian Journal of Physics in terms of quality of Physics Information sources through:
Publishing trend
Authorship pattern
Analysis of citations
Affiliated institutes of citing authors
Countries of collaborating authors and the collaboration
Subject analysis
Analysis of the pattern of citing journals

8. Methodology
Research articles published during the period and cited subsequently (up to March, 2014) were considered. This 10 year period is arbitrary. The idea behind that a scientific paper got maximum citation within 5 years.
Citation information collected from online citation database of Scopus of Elsevier and Web of Science of ISI Web of Knowledge.
Primary data recorded, tabulated and analysed as per citation year, cited journals, affiliation of the authors and subject area of citation.

9. Findings and Discussion: Impact Factor

10. Findings and Discussion: Publishing Trend - Quality

11. Correlation Between Article Published and Its Citation
Coefficient of Correlation (r) =
Based on Karl Pearson’s Formula, Coefficient of Correlation (r) =
n∑dxdy– (∑dx)(∑dy)
—————————————
√n∑dx2- (∑dx)2 x √n∑dy2 - (∑dy)2
Where,
x= Article Published
y= Articles Cited
It clearly shows that correlation between article published and Its citation is positive

12. Calculation for Coefficient of correlationX Y
dx =
X-174
dy=
Y-88
dx2
dy2
dxdy
245
115 71 27
5041
729
1917
207 81 33 -7
1089 49
-231
140
-34
-39
1156
1521
1326
106 37
-68
-51
4624
2601
3468
129 34
-45
-54
2025
2916
2430
161 96
-13 8
169 64
-104
185
146 11 58
121
3364
638
204
123 30 35
900
1225
1050
170
113 -4 25 16
625
-100
189 86 15 -2
225 4
-30
∑X=
1736
∑Y=
880
∑dx=
∑dy =0
∑dx2
=15366
∑dy2
=13098
∑dxdy
=10364
Coefficient of Correlation (r) =

13. Findings and Discussion:Degree of Collaboration
C= Nm/( Nm+ Ns )where, C= Degree of Collaboration Nm= Number of multi authored contributions Ns= Number of single authored contributions In the present study the value of C is: 1512/ =0.87. This brings out clearly the prevalence of team research in Physics field.

14. Findings and Discussion: Citation Analysis

15. Findings and Discussion: Organisation wise Citation of Articles

16. Findings and Discussion: Subject Analysis

17. Findings and Discussion: Countries of Collaborating Authors

18. Findings and Discussion: Analysis of Citing Journals

19. Future scope Archiving of back volumes (1926 – 2008)
Keeping the archive in institutional repository for free and open access
Language editing support for contributors of non English speaking countries like China and middle east
Exchange program with other journals published by learned societies

20. Conclusion
This paper attempts to judge the publication’s quality rather than the individual articles.
In Indian context it is one of the best physics journal but still lagging behind other leading Physics journals published from USA/European country.
Over the last five years Impact factor is steadily increasing which is a positive aspect of the journal.
After a co-publishing agreement with a reputed commercial publisher (Springer) in 2009, it is now easily accessible both in online and offline which will increase citation in the coming years.

21. Acknowledgement
I would like to thank our Director who gives full support to make this paper.

22. Thank You
Questions & answers

23. Impact Factor Impact Factor (IF) of a journal in the year 2013:
IF(2013) = C / (S(1) + S(2)) = 665 / = 1.778
665 = ( )
C: number of citations in the year 2013 which were published in the years 2011 and 2012
S(1), S(2): number of articles in the journal published in the years 2011and 2012

24. Analysis of Citations