Bibliometric Profile of Information World Since the Beginning

Abstract

It is known that Information World is one of the major periodicals which is published by Association of University and Research Librarians for improvement of Library and Information Science literature in Turkey. Published two times in a year Information World Journal aims at publishing papers that present specific problem solutions and investigate developments and problems in the field of Library and Information Science. With this scope in mind, 104 research papers and 60 opinions letters were analyzed It is seen that the number of research papers that were published in the last three years was greater than the number of research papers that were published in other years. According to subject distribution, analysis results show that most of the research papers are about information centers. In conclusion part of the study, among others, it is recommended by authors of the study that detailed citation analysis and citation maps of Library and Information Science in Turkey should be studied thoroughly.