Onyancha, OB (Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire) Growth, productivity, and scientific impact of sources of HIV/AIDS research information, with a focus on eastern and southern Africa AJAR-AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AIDS RESEARCH, 7 (1): 55-70 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: b_onyancha at yahoo.com 

Author(s): Onyancha, OB (Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire) 

Title: Growth, productivity, and scientific impact of sources of HIV/AIDS 
research information, with a focus on eastern and southern Africa 

Source: AJAR-AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AIDS RESEARCH, 7 (1): 55-70 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Proceedings Paper 

Conference Title: 9th Annual Conference of the Library-and-Information-
Association-of-South-Africa (LIASA) 

Conference Date: SEP 25-29, 2006 

Conference Location: Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA 

Conference Sponsors: Lib & Informat Assoc S Africa. 

Author Keywords: content analysis; databases; data mining; infometrics; 
information science; informetrics; library science; scholarly publishing 

Keywords Plus: IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME AIDS; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS 

Abstract: As channels of communicating HIV/AIDS research information, 
serial publications and particularly journals are increasingly used in 
response to the pandemic. The last few decades have witnessed a 
proliferation of sources of HIV/AIDS-related information, bringing many 
challenges to collection-development librarians as well as to researchers. 
This study uses an informetric approach to examine the growth, 
productivity and scientific impact of these sources, during the period 
1980 to 2005, and especially to measure performance in the publication and 
dissemination of HIV/AIDS research about or from eastern or southern 
Africa. Data were collected from MEDLINE, Science Citation Index (SCI), 
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Ulrich's Periodical Directory. 
The analysis used Sitkis version 1.5, Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft 
Office Excel, Bibexcel, and Citespace version 2.0.1. The specific 
objectives were to identify the number of sources of HIV/AIDS-related 
information that have been published in the region, the coverage of these 
in key bibliographic databases, the most commonly used publication type 
for HIV/AIDS research, the countries in which the sources are published, 
the sources' productivity in terms of numbers of papers and citations, the 
most influential sources, the subject coverage of the sources, and the 
core sources of HIV/AIDS-information. 

Addresses: Univ S Africa, Dept Informat Sci, ZA-0003 Pretoria, South 
Africa 

Reprint Address: Onyancha, OB, Univ S Africa, Dept Informat Sci, POB 392, 
ZA-0003 Pretoria, South Africa. 

E-mail Address: b_onyancha at yahoo.com 

Cited Reference Count: 36 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: NATL INQUIRY SERVICES CENTRE PTY LTD 

Publisher Address: 19 WORCESTER STREET, PO BOX 377, GRAHAMSTOWN 6140, 
SOUTH AFRICA 

ISSN: 1608-5906 

DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2008.7.1.7.435 

29-char Source Abbrev.: AJAR-AFR J AIDS RES 

ISO Source Abbrev.: AJAR-Afr. J. Aids Res. 

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