Abstract

This article dealing with the bibliometric analysis of 861 articles published between the years 1995-2007 of Turkish Journal of Chemistry which has been indexed by the Social Science Citation Index and Chemical Abstract since 1995. The following research questions have been discussed: Who are the most productive author? What is the relationship between the authors? What is the trend towards multiple authorships in TJC? What are the institutional affiliations of authors? Does the distribution of authors fit Bradford’s, Lotka’s and Price’s Law and 80/20 Rule? Which types of sources get cited more often in articles? Which journals are the most cited? According to cited journals what are the core journals in chemistry? With regard to impact factor, what is the place of TJC in JCR and SCI?

The most productive authors are Sakıp Ali and İhsan Çalış. Distribution of authors does not fit Bradford’s, Lotka’s and Price’s Law and 80/20 Rule, but distirbution of citations fit Bradford and 80/20 Rule. Contributors affiliated with Hacettepe University, Ankara University, and Ataturk University. Journals received %82 of all citations in the TJC. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Phytochemistry and Journal of Organic Chemistry were the most frequently cited journals. Number of references made to TJC has been growing consistently since 1996.

Keywords: Turkish Journal of Chemistry, Bibliometrics, Network analysis

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How to Cite

Birinci, H. G. (2008). Bibliometric Analysis of Turkish Journal of Chemistry. Information World, 9(2), 348-369. https://doi.org/10.15612/BD.2008.310