Sahoo BB, Rao IKR "A distribution of impact factors of journals in the area of software: An empirical study " INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 42 (6): 1465-1470 DEC 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: bibhuti at isibang.ac.in, ikrrao at hotmail.com, 
bibhuti at isibang.ac.in, ikrrao at hotmail.com 


Title: A distribution of impact factors of journals in the area of 
software: An empirical study 

Author(s): Sahoo BB, Rao IKR 

Source: INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 42 (6): 1465-1470 DEC 2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 3      Times Cited: 0     

Abstract: Data from two bibliographic databases i.e. COMPENDEX and INSPEC 
have been collected on the broad subject software and related topics. The 
titles of the journals were extracted from the database. The impact 
factors of the titles were also collected in order to study the 
distribution of impact factors. An attempt has been made to identify a 
suitable model to describe a distribution of impact factors. It has been 
observed that a Gamma distribution fits the observed data very well with 
one of the parameters as mean of the distribution and other parameter as 
I. Further it has been observed that the researchers are now publishing 
their articles in high impact factor journals. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All 
rights reserved. 

Author Keywords: distribution of impact factors; gamma distribution; 
informetric modeling 
KeyWords Plus: LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH; INDIA 

Addresses: Sahoo BB (reprint author), Indian Stat Inst, Documentat Res & 
Training Ctr, 8th Mile,Mysore Rd, Bangalore, Karnataka 560059 India
Indian Stat Inst, Documentat Res & Training Ctr, Bangalore, Karnataka 
560059 India 

E-mail Addresses: bibhuti at isibang.ac.in, ikrrao at hotmail.com, 
bibhuti at isibang.ac.in, ikrrao at hotmail.com 

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, 
KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND 

Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION 
SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE 
IDS Number: 062TI 
ISSN: 0306-4573 


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