Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of literature. 3. Research methodology. 4. Analysis of data and findings. 5. Conclusion and recommendations. Bibliography. Index.

"Bibliometrics is the study and measurement of the publication pattern of all forms of written communication and their authors. The purpose of bibliometrics is to shed light on the processes of written communication and of the nature and course of development of a discipline, by means of counting and analysing the various facts of written communication. It also aims at assembling and interpretation of statistics relating to books and periodicals to determine the national or universal research of books and journals and to ascertain in many local situations the general use of books and journals.

Bibliometrics is an emerging thrust area of research in the field of library and information science and has practical applications in measuring the coverage and quality of journals. It is also applied for developing and measuring information and knowledge transfer in traditional, that is print based, as well as proprietary electronic information environments that is databases and data banks. It can also be used in the case where huge amount of documents available through networks give great possibilities to apply bibliometrics within the framework of libraries work. This book covers both theoretical and practical aspects of bibliometrics." (jacket)