Bradford Distribution and Rank List of Journals on Malaria Research Literature
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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2025.v10.n7.019Keywords:
Bradford law of scattering, Ranking journals for Bradford distribution, Malaria research literature, IndiaAbstract
An attempt has been made to test whether malaria research literature those published from India follows Bradford law. The dataset comprise 8896 articles indexed in Scopus and Indian Citation Index (ICI) during the period 2004-2020. A table has been prepared to check the dataset either fit into the distribution of journals proposed by S.C. Bradford or not. This paper also shows the correct way of ranking journals in the present study. It was found that the present dataset partially fit into the Bradford’s law of scattering.
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