Pakistan Research Journal: A Bibliometric Study (2005 – 2018)
Keywords:
Bibliometric Review, Research Productivity, Pakistan Research Journal, Pakistan Study Centre, Pakistan, University of PeshawarAbstract
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of “Pakistan” Research Journal from 2005 to 2018. The analysis covers authorship pattern, gender-wise distribution, number of articles, paper length, most prolific author, number of references and department wise distribution. The data was collected from different issues of the journal which was analyzed by using MS Access and MS Excel 2016. The study identified 137 articles which were published during the study period and the highest numbers of articles were published in 2017.The trend of male and single author was dominant and most of the papers were published in length 11-15 pages. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa produced the maximum number of articles and the University of Peshawar was the most productive institution. Dr. Fakhrul Islam was the most productive author with 15 articles followed by Dr. Abdullah Khan and Dr. Farmanullah with 8 articles each.
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