Bibliometric Analysis Of Webology Journal From 2004- 2020: A Study

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The present study analyses the papers published in Webology journal from 2004 to 2020. 342 papers were published in the journal 'Webology' The data was taken from the archives of the journal through online. parameters used in the study were: journal such as growth of papers in issue wise, year-wise, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, annual growth rate of publications, document types, subject wise, geographical wise. Affiliations of universities, distribution of papers, ranking of contributors have also been analyzed. The study also analysed that Webology is the most preferred 4 issues were published from the year 2005 to 2008, highest articles published from issue no-2 (n=168) vol no 17, CF is (n=342), 86.26% (n=295) are the Articles, 2020 has the highest contributors with 278(36.53%,) degree of collaboration in Webology journal is 0.83 an average annual growth rate of 4.81%. Collaboration index is 1.75. Iran contributed with one hundred seventy articles (31.48%) with secured first, Alireza Noruzi contributed 30 articles. India contributed eighty six articles (15.93%) with secured second of the contributions were Indians.

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Bibliometric Analysis Of Webology Journal From 2004-
2020: A Study
Dr. Chikkamanju1 , Dr. G. Kiran Kumar2
1Assistant Librarian, University Library, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dhrawad,
Karnataka State, India.
2Assistant Librarian, College of Agriculture, Vijayapur, University of Agricultural Sciences,
Dhrawad, Karnataka State, India.
ABSTRACT
The present study analyses the papers published in Webology journal from 2004 to 2020.
342 papers were published in the journal ‘Webology’ The data was taken from the archives
of the journal through online. parameters used in the study were: journal such as growth of
papers in issue wise, year-wise, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, annual growth
rate of publications, document types, subject wise, geographical wise. Affiliations of
universities, distribution of papers, ranking of contributors have also been analyzed. The
study also analysed that Webology is the most preferred 4 issues were published from the
year 2005 to 2008, highest articles published from issue no-2 (n=168 ) vol no 17, CF is
(n=342), 86.26% (n=295) are the Articles, 2020 has the highest contributors with
278(36.53%,) degree of collaboration in Webology journal is 0.83 an average annual growth
rate of 4.81%. Collaboration index is 1.75. Iran contributed with one hundred seventy
articles (31.48%) with secured first, Alireza Noruzi contributed 30 articles. India contributed
eighty six articles (15.93%) with secured second of the contributions were Indians.
Keywords: Authors Productivity, Collaboration Index, Degree of Collaborations,
Bibliometrics, Research Publications, Webology
1. INTRODUCTION
Bibliometrics is one of the popular techniques or metric studies that help to evaluate the
characteristics of subjects and the nature of citations in various forms and branches of
knowledge. The term ‘bibliometrics’ is derived from two distinct words, biblio and metrics
The meaning of Bibliometrics is simply considered to be “the measurement of the book”,
(Manoj Kumar Verma , Maya Deori & Gururaj S. Hadagali , 2020) The terms bibliometrics
and scientometrics were almost simultaneous. Although the term “Bibliometrics” is a recent
origin but the techniques and the studies of Bibliometrics were performed much earlier from

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the beginning of the 20th century. The ‘term statistical bibliography was first coined the term
by E.W. Hulme in 1932 in his study entitled Statistical analysis of the History of Science’.
Alan Pritchard introduced the term “Bibliometrics” in 1969 replacing the earlier term
“Statistical bibliography” in his paper published in the Journal of Documentation. According
to him, the term “Statistical Bibliography” used by E. W. Hulme during 1923 is not at all
satisfactory as he considered the term is “very clumsy, not very descriptive and can be
confused with statistics itself or bibliographies on statistics”. Expressed about Periodicals are
the most important sources of current information for education and research activities
(Kumbar, Hadagali and Seema, 2007).
Webology is an international peer –reviewed open access journal in the English
language published from webology centre, Iran. Moreover, it serves as a forum for discussion
and interpretation of new ideas and research areas particularly for communication of
information within the World Wide Web platform. Webology mainly focus on incorporation
of generation, collection, distribution, transmission, and dissemination of information. The
Journal covers all areas of research in Web information retrieval; Web crawling and
indexing; Web cataloging; Web searching; Search engines and directories; Search behavior;
Metadata; Link analysis; Semantic Web; Web ontology; Web Thesaurus; Webometrics;
Cybermetrics; Information retrieval systems; Information policy; Information seeking
behavior; Social and cultural impacts of information; Information marketing; Management
information systems (MIS); Presently is published twice in a year. Since Webology is
particularly based on the World Wide Web, in particular. Besides, The Webology journal is
indexed by 24 major databases namely Scopus, ProQuest, EBSCO, LISA, LISTA, DOAJ,
Open Jgate, Google Scholar, etc. webology is a publication from Regional Information
Center for Science and Technology, Iran. Webology mainly encourages the authors to share
their research articles, to cite other's work, and provides an appropriate repository to archive
those works of literature. It also helps the authors on the retainment of copyright to their
work; free access to all the worldwide users which in turn increases the visibility of the
authors and acquires recognition with rapid publication. The present bibliometric analysis
includes the year 2004 to 2020. It was interesting to analysis such a leading open access
online journals in the field of World Wide Web related studies.
2. Review of Literature
Bibliometrics is a main research field with a long history. After being coined, bibliomerics
changed in a topic of interest and many researchers used bibiometric techniques. These
studies are in four main categories: bibliometric analyses of research fields, scientific
journals, publishing countries and regions, and universities and research institutes.
The earlier study on Webology was conducted by Chandran Velmurugan and Radhakrishnan
Natarajan(2015) They have studied (2007 - 2013). Chaman Sab, M., P. Dharani Kumar and
B. S. Biradar (2016) they have studied from (2006-2015). Muneer Ahmad., M. Sadik Batcha.,
Basharat Ahmad Wani, Mohammad Idrees Khan, S. Roselin Jahina (2018) they have
conducted Research Output of Webology Journal A Scientometric Analysis(2013-2017).
Nagasundara., Manjunatha J., Dhruva kumar (2016) they have studied Publication Pattern of

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the Journal “Webology”: A Bibliometric Analysis. A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization
of the Scientific Publications of Universities: A Study of Hamadan University of Medical
Sciences during 1992-2018 (Heidar Mokhtari et al.,). A scientometric study of webology
journal they study conducted by S.Maheshwari and Murugesa Pandian, 2015. This study
analyses the number of articles, form of documents cited, etc During 2004-2013 a total
number of 114 papers were published in this journal. The average number of publications
published per year was 11.4. The highest numbering of papers 16 was published in the year
2008. 58 articles were contributed by Single Authors and the remaining 56 articles were
contributed by Multi Authors. Research Trends in The Electronic Library Journal During the
Period 2010-2018: A Bibliometric Study was conducted by (Mamta Rani, 2019). Mondal, D.
(2014).A Bibliometric analysis of Webology (2004-2012): An International Online journal.
International journal of Information Dissemination and Technology. Bibliometric Analysis of
the Journal Webology, from 2004-2013 (A. Vellaichamy & R. Jeyshankar, 2021) (Shushan
Rana, 2012) was conducted study Bibliometric analysis of output and visibility of science and
technology in Singapore during 2000-2009. This study covers year-wise scientific output
where Singapore produced an average of more than 8,000 scientific papers per year. Alone in
2008, Singapore produced 10,870 papers, the largest year-wise output during the period
reviewed. Along with the discipline-specific publication and citation behaviors of Singapore,
some prolific research partners and the dominance of multi authorship over single-authorship
have also been analyzed.
3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objectives of the study are:
1. To study the issue and year wise distribution of publications
2. To study the bibliographical forms of documents
3. To study the subject wise distribution of the publications
4. To study the authorship pattern and Degree of Collaboration
5. To study the Institutional wise of the publications
6. To study the most prolific contributed authors
7. To study the geographical distribution of the publications
4. METHODOLOGY
The present study has been done on at “Webology” Journal during the period from (2004 -
2020) Vol 1-17 , 40 issues and 342 articles were published. the journal comprising research
papers, book reviews, editorial papers, specified years, the authorship patterns, the subject
areas covered, The bibliographic parameters of the articles were analysed to meet
objectivities of the study. All the necessary data are collected from
http://www.webology.org/. The Microsoft Excel and dimensions database was employed for
analysis, interpretation and tabulation of the recorded data. All the data are stored and
examined, analysed and tabulated for this study.
5. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

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Table-1: Year Wise Published Issues
Year
Vol.
Issues
Total
1
2
3
4
2004
1
1
2
-
-
2
2005
2
1
2
3
4
4
2006
3
1
2
3
4
4
2007
4
1
2
3
4
4
2008
5
1
2
3
4
4
2009
6
1
2
-
-
2
2010
7
1
2
-
-
2
2011
8
1
2
-
-
2
2012
9
1
2
-
-
2
2013
10
1
2
-
-
2
2015
12
1
2
-
-
2
2016
13
1
2
-
-
2
2017
14
1
2
-
-
2
2018
15
1
2
-
-
2
2019
16
1
2
-
-
2
2020
17
1
2
-
-
2
Table-1 depicts that during the year 2004 to 2020, 17 Vol. Published from the webology
journal. Out of which 17 Volume the numbers differ there is 4 issues were published from the
year 2005 to 2008, Volume number 2 to 5, followed by during year 2009-2019 are
contributing 2 issues in the year, Volume number 6 to 17. And 2004, 2 issues and 2014 there
is no issues has been published from webology journal.
Table -2: Year-wise distribution of publications
Year
Vol.
No. of publications Issue-
wise
TP
%
CF
1
2
3
4
2004
1
4
7
-
-
11
3.22
11
2005
2
4
5
4
5
18
5.26
29
2006
3
5
4
5
7
21
6.14
50
2007
4
6
5
5
8
24
7.02
74
2008
5
7
8
5
9
29
8.48
103
2009
6
5
5
-
-
10
2.92
113
2010
7
5
4
-
-
9
2.63
122
2011
8
6
5
-
-
11
3.22
133
2012
9
5
7
-
-
12
3.51
145
2013
10
7
6
-
-
13
3.80
158
2015
12
7
6
-
-
13
3.80
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2016
13
9
6
-
-
15
4.39
186
2017
14
5
6
-
-
11
3.22
197
2018
15
10
9
-
-
19
5.56
216
2019
16
14
15
-
-
29
8.48
245
2020
17
27
70
-
-
97
28.36
342
Total
126
168
19
29
342
100.00
TP, Total number of Publications; CF, Cumulative Frequency
Table-2 exhibit the number of articles published in 17 volumes in Webology journal
for the period from 2004 to 2020 (342). The number of publications in 4 issues i.e. highest
articles published from issue number-2 (n=168 ) followed by 126 articles published from
issue number-1, about 29 articles published from issue 4, then 19 articles published from
issue no 3. year 2020, n=97(28.36%) articles were published from Volume number 17, CF is
(n=342), and 29(8.48%) articles were published from 2008 & 2019 and there is no single
articles has been published from 2014.
Table- 3: Distribution of Document Types in Year-Wise
Year
Type of documents
Total
Articles
Editorials
Book Reviews
2004
8
2
1
11
2005
13
4
1
18
2006
14
4
3
21
2007
14
4
6
24
2008
16
4
9
29
2009
7
3
-
10
2010
9
-
-
9
2011
11
-
-
11
2012
10
-
2
12
2013
12
-
1
13
2015
13
-
-
13
2016
13
-
2
15
2017
11
-
-
11
2018
18
-
1
19
2019
29
-
-
29
2020
97
-
-
97
Total
295
21
26
342
%
86.26
6.14
7.60
100
Table-3 shows that the forms of publication during the period of sixteen years. It is
evident that journal is the most preferred medium of all the forms. The largest number of the
journal indicates a continued trend of relying primarily on this form of publications. It is
shown in the table 86.26% (n=295) are the Articles were published from 2004 to 2020

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followed by second highest form of book reviews 7.60% (n= 26) and editorials 6.14% (n=21)
respectively.

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Table- 4 A: Year-wise Authorship Pattern
Authors
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Total
%
One
Author
9
9
12
19
22
6
3
4
7
4
3
5
3
5
3
19
133
17.48
Two
Authors
4
12
12
6
12
8
10
6
10
12
8
12
6
12
16
48
194
25.49
Three
Authors
-
6
9
9
3
-
3
9
3
6
9
6
9
15
21
60
168
22.08
Four
Authors
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
8
4
4
16
92
140
18.40
Five
Authors
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
-
25
40
75
9.86
Six
Authors
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
12
12
30
3.94
Seven
Authors
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
7
21
2.76
Total
13
27
33
45
37
14
16
24
20
28
32
31
27
43
93
278
761
100
%
1.71
3.55
4.34
5.91
4.86
1.84
2.10
3.15
2.63
3.68
4.20
4.07
3.55
5.65
12.22
36.53
The tables-4A and table-4B present the authorship pattern of the research articles published in Webology journal during period from 2004-
2020. It is clear from the table 4A, 761 total authors, 2020 has the highest contributors with 278 (36.53%,) followed by during the year 2019, 93
(12.22%), authors year 2007, 45 (5.91%) and 2018, 43 (5.65%) authors, year 2008, 37(4.86%), year 2015, 32(4.20%) year 2004 13(1.71%) have
lest number of contributors. It can be concluded from table 3A and 3B that 25.49% of two authors, followed by 168(22.08%) three authors, about
140 (18.40%) four authors 133(17.48%) single authors respectively.

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Table -4 B: Degree of Collaboration
Year
Single
Authored
(NS
Multiple
Authored
(NM)
Total
(NS+NM)
Degree of
Collaboration
2004
9
4
13
0.31
2005
9
18
27
0.67
2006
12
21
33
0.64
2007
19
26
45
0.58
2008
22
15
37
0.41
2009
6
8
14
0.57
2010
3
13
16
0.81
2011
4
20
24
0.83
2012
7
13
20
0.65
2013
4
24
28
0.86
2014
-
-
-
-
2015
3
29
32
0.91
2016
5
26
31
0.84
2017
3
24
27
0.89
2018
5
38
43
0.88
2019
3
90
93
0.97
2020
19
259
278
0.93
Total
133
628
761
0.83
Mean Value
Table-4B shows the degree of author collaboration analyzed in the study undertaken. To determine the
extent of research productivity based on the formula given by (K. Subramanyam, 1983) is used. The
formula is:
Nm
C= -------------- Where
Nm + Ns
C= degree of collaboration
Nm= number of multiple- authored research papers in the
discipline published during a year,
Ns= number of single- authored research papers in the discipline
published during same year,
It is found that the degree of author collaboration in the Webology ranged from 0.31 to 0.97
during the period 2004 to 2020 under the study. Hence, C= 628 / (628 + 133) and the average value of C
is = 0.83 . Therefore, as per the formula the degree of collaboration in Webology journal is 0.83.

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Table -5: Annual growth rate of publications
Year
No of
Publications
Annual growth
rate(AGR)
2004
11
0
2005
18
0.64
2006
21
0.17
2007
24
0.14
2008
29
0.21
2009
10
-0.66
2010
9
-0.10
2011
11
0.22
2012
12
0.09
2013
13
0.08
2014
-
-
2015
13
0.00
2016
15
0.15
2017
11
0.27
2018
19
0.73
2019
29
0.53
2020
97
2.34
Total
342
4.81
Figure-1: Annual growth rate of publications
Table-5 and figure 1 display the growth rate of the publications during 2004-2020 of the journal
Webology. The journal has published a total number of 342 articles with an average annual growth rate
of 4.81%. Table 5 shows a positive growth rate for the periods i.e. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 respectively. Whereas, 2009 and 2010 have a negative rate
shows a different view with a neutral rate. The year 2018 (0.73%) shows the highest growth rate,
followed by 2005 (0.64%), whereas, 2009 (-0.66%) has the highest negative growth rate among all. The
annual growth rate is calculated by using the formula (Santha and Kaliyaperumal,2015), as:

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𝑟=(𝑃1−𝑃0)/P0×100
Where,
r = Publication growth in percentage
P1= Number of publications in the present year
P0 = Number of publications in the base year
Table - 6: Collaboration index
Year
Multi authored
publications
Total authors of multi
authored publications
CI
2004
4
13
3.25
2005
18
27
1.50
2006
21
33
1.57
2007
26
45
1.73
2008
15
37
2.47
2009
8
14
1.75
2010
13
16
1.23
2011
20
24
1.20
2012
13
20
1.54
2013
24
28
1.17
2014
-
-
-
2015
29
32
1.10
2016
26
31
1.19
2017
24
27
1.13
2018
38
43
1.13
2019
90
93
1.03
2020
259
278
1.07
Total
628
761
1.10
It is seen from that Table-6 shows that the collaboration index ranges from 2004 Collaboration
index is 3.25 followed by year from 2008 Collaboration index is 2.47 about year from 2009
Collaboration index is 1.75 respectively. With an average of 1.10 per joint authored paper which implies
the research publication of journal of Webology. Collaboration index is calculated by using the formula
(Santha & Kaliyaperumal, 2015), as:
Collaboration index = Total authors
total joint papers

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Table -7: Affiliations Contributions of Publications
Affiliations
Nos
Affiliations
Nos
University of Paul Cezanne, Marseille,
France
24
Bahonar University, Iran
3
University of Tehran, Iran
23
Heinrich-Heine-University, Germany
3
Golestan University of Medical Sciences,
Iran.
17
Karnatak University, Dharwad, India
3
KIIT University, Bhubaneswr, India
13
Kuvempu University, India
3
Lviv Polytechnic National University,
Ukraine
12
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology,
India
3
University of Isfahan, Iran
12
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
3
Kharazmi University, Iran
10
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
3
Alzahra University, Iran
9
University of Al Qadisiyah, Iraq.
3
Delhi Technological University, India
9
University of East London, UK
3
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences,
Iran
9
University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
3
Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Iran.
8
University of Kufa, Iraq.
3
University of Tasmanaia, Australia
8
University of Nigeria, Nigeria
3
Islamic Azad University, Iran
7
University of Pretoria, South Africa
3
Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran
7
University of Queensland, Australia,
3
University of Kashmir, India
7
University of Sheffield, UK
3
San Jose State University, United States
6
University of Tampere, Finland.
3
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz,
Iran
6
39 Universities
2
each
Allameh Tabataba’i University, Iran
5
131 Universities
1
Each
Belgorod State University, Russia
5
CIBER Research, UK
5
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences,
Iran.
5
Orissa University , India
5
The Islamia University, Pakistan
5
Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
5
University of Delhi, India
5
Dalhousie University, Canada
4
Damascus University, Syria
4
Indian Institute of Science, India
4
Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences,
Iran
4
Manav Rachna University, not found
4
National University, Bandery, Ukraine
4

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Panjab University, India
4
Plekhanov Russian University of
Economics, Moscow,
4
Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia
4
Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
4
University Duesseldorf, Germany
4
Table-7 shows the affiliation of universities during 2004-2020. It is clear that University of Paul
Cezanne, Marseille, France contributed 24 articles, with secured first, followed by University of Tehran,
Iran contributed with 23 articles, with secured second, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
contributed with 17 articles with secured third, KIIT University, Bhubaneswr, India contributed with 13
articles, Lviv Polytechnic National University, University of Isfahan, Iran & Ukraine contributed with 12
articles each, Kharazmi University, Iran contributed with 10 articles, Alzahra University, Iran, Delhi
Technological University, India and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran contributed with 9
articles Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran and University of Tasmanaia, Australia contributed
with 8 articles, Islamic Azad University, Iran, Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran, University of Kashmir,
India with contributed with 7 articles and San Jose State University, United States, Shahid Chamran
University of Ahvaz, Iran with contributed with 6 articles respectively.
Table -8: Subject Wise Contributions of Publications
Subject
No. of
Contributions
Rank
Library and Information Science
166
1st
Humanities and Social Sciences
62
2nd
Computer Science & Engineering
46
3rd
Library
29
4th
Computer Science & Information
Technology
25
5th
Medical Sciences
18
6th
Information Systems and
Network
15
7th
Management Studies
15
7th
Information Technology and
Engineering
11
8th
Table-8 shows the subject wise contribution of publications during 2004 to 2020. It is clear that
166 Library and Information Science contributed with one hundred sixty six articles with secured first
rank followed by Humanities and Social Sciences contributed with sixty two articles with secured
second rank, about Computer Science & Engineering contributed with forty six articles with third rank,
whereas it gradually increases the rank Library contributed with twenty nine articles secured with fourth
rank, Computer Science & Information Technology contributed with twenty five articles secured with
fifth rank, Medical Sciences contributed with eighteen articles secured with sixth rank, Information

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Systems and Network & Management Studies contributed fifteen articles secured with seventh rank each
and Information Technology and Engineering contributed eleven articles with secured eight rank
Figure-2: Author Network of Co citations cited references
Minimums number of citations of a cited reference 04 of the 25054 cited references, 764 meet the
threshold. For each of the 764 cited references, the total strength of the co citations link with other cited
references will be calculated. The cited references with the greatest total link strength will be selected.
data retrieval from Dimensions databases using Vo S viewer software.
Table- 9: Geographical Affiliation of Authors
Country
No. of
contributions
%
Rank
Country
No. of
contributions
%
Rank
Iran
170
31.48
1
Peru
2
0.37
18
India
86
15.93
2
Pittsburgh
2
0.37
18
USA
33
6.11
3
Portugal
2
0.37
18
France
26
4.81
4
Serbia
2
0.37
18
UK
24
4.44
5
Bahrain
1
0.19
19
Australia
19
3.52
6
Brazil.
1
0.19
19
Ukraine
17
3.15
7
Bulgaria
1
0.19
19
Nigeria
14
2.59
8
England
1
0.19
19
Moscow
13
2.41
9
Estonia
1
0.19
19
Iraq
12
2.22
10
Hayden,
1
0.19
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Germany
10
1.85
11
Hungary
1
0.19
19
Russia
10
1.85
12
Kazakhstan
1
0.19
19
Finland
9
1.67
13
Kingdom
of Bahrain
1
0.19
19
Canada
8
1.48
14
Norway
1
0.19
19
Pakistan
8
1.48
14
Taiwan
1
0.19
19
Indonesia
5
0.93
15
Tehran
1
0.19
19
Saudi
Arabia
5
0.93
15
Thailand
1
0.19
19
London
5
0.93
15
Turkey
1
0.19
19
Netherlands
5
0.93
15
Malaysia
4
0.74
16
South
Africa
4
0.74
16
Syria
4
0.74
16
Italy
3
0.56
17
Oman
3
0.56
17
Singapore
3
0.56
17
Bangladesh
2
0.37
18
China
2
0.37
18
New York
2
0.37
18
Oklahoma
2
0.37
18
Table-9 shows the geographical affiliation of authors during 2004-2020. It is clear that out of 530
contributors, Iran contributed with one hundred seventy articles (31.48%) with secured first, followed
by India contributed eighty six articles (15.93%) with secured second .The USA secured third rank with
thirty three papers (6.11%) followed by France with twenty six papers (4.81%), UK with twenty four
papers (4.44%), Australia with nineteen papers(3.52%), Ukraine with seventeen papers (3.15%), Nigeria
with fourteen papers(2.59%), Moscow with thirteen papers (2.41%), and Iraq with twelve papers
(2.22%) respectively.
Table -10: Most Productive Authors
Name of the
Authors
No. of
contributions
Name of the
Authors
No. of
contributions
Alireza Noruzi
30
Mojtaba Azghandi
Shahri
2
Hamid R. Jamali
7
Mohsen Mansouri
2
Yazdan Mansourian
6
Mohmmadhiwa
Abdekhoda
2
Masoud Mohammadi
6
Mehdi Safari
2
Elaheh Hossseini
6
Maryam Banisafar
2
Xingan Li
5
Mansoor Al-A'ali
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Mohammadamin
Erfanmanesh
5
Mahmood
Khosrowjerdi
2
Vladimir M.
Moskovkin
4
M.P.S. Bhatia
2
Akshi Kumar
4
Kirsty Young
2
Victoria Vysotska
3
Katrin Weller
2
Vasyl Lytvyn
3
Iman Raeesi Vanani
2
Pozdeeva Svetlana
Nikolaevna
3
Hussien Ahmad
2
Paul L. Hover
3
Helen Nneka Eke
2
Mozafar
CheshmehSohrabi
3
Hamad Karem
Hadrawi
2
Mohammad Karim
Saberi
3
Haidar Moukdad
2
Ina Fourie
3
Greg Chester
2
Heidar Mokhtari
3
Fayaz Ahmad Loan
2
Asefeh Asemi
3
Fatemeh
Sheikhshoaei
2
A. Neelameghan
3
Dinda Ayunindia
Putri
2
Yevhen Burov
2
David Nicholas
2
Yeni Budi Rachman
2
Dariush
Alimohammadi
2
William W. Bostock
2
Babak Sohrabi
2
Veronica F.
McGowan
2
Auwal Abdullahi
Abubakar
2
Shakeel Ahmad Khan
2
Arun Kumar Singh
2
Saeid Asadi
2
Andrey A. Pechnikov
2
Rohit Beniwal
2
Ahmad Shabani
2
Reza Basirian
Jahromi
2
381 Authors
1 article each
Rajendra Babu H
2
Rahman Marefat
2
MPS Bhatia
2
Table-10 depicts the prolific authors of the articles during the period from 2004-2020 under
study. It is observed from the table that Alireza Noruzi contributed 30 articles followed by Hamid R
Jamali with 07, Yazdan Mansourian , Masoud Mohammadi and Elaheh Hossseini with each. 6 articles
were contributed Xingan Li and Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh each 5 articles were contributed,
Vladimir M. Moskovkin and Akshi Kumar each 4 articles were contributed about Victoria Vysotska,
Vasyl Lytvyn, Pozdeeva Svetlana Nikolaevna, Paul L. Hover, Mozafar Cheshmeh Sohrabi, Mohammad
Karim Saberi, Ina Fourie, Heidar Mokhtari, Asefeh Asemi and A. Neelameghan each 3 articles were
contributed . Yevhen Burov, Yeni Budi Rachman, William W. Bostock, Veronica F. McGowan , Shakeel

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Ahmad Khan, Saeid Asadi, Rohit Beniwal, Reza Basirian Jahromi, Rajendra Babu H, Rahman Marefat,
MPS Bhatia, each 2 articles were contributed respectively, and 381 authors 1 articles each were
contributed.
Conclusion
Webology is an international peer –reviewed open access journal in the English language published from
webology centre, Iran. electronic journal in the field of Library and Information Science. A total of 342
papers are published in the period of sixteen years. The study also indicates the highest number of
publications (28.36%) in the year of 2020. n=295 (86.26%) papers are the topmost publications in the
form of Articles published from 2004 to 2020. the highest contributors with 278(36.53%,)authors
published papers, degree of collaboration in Webology journal is 0.83 an average annual growth rate of
4.81%, Collaboration index is 3.25, University of Paul Cezanne, Marseille, France contributed 24
articles, with secured first, followed by University of Tehran, Iran contributed with 23 articles, with
secured second, 166 Library and Information Science contributed with one hundred sixty six articles
with secured first rank, Iran contributed with one hundred seventy articles (31.48%) with secured first,
AlirezaNoruzi contributed 30 articles followed by Hamid R Jamali with 07, The Iran has contributed
more number of articles compared to any other countries, such as India, United States, Australia and
United Kingdom.
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