An analysis of papers published in the Ghana Library Journa : a bibliometric study

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an analysis of articles published in the Ghana Library Journal over a seven-year period from 2000 to 2006. The majority of the items cited were journals (44.5%), followed by books (32.5%), and reports (9.4%). Current sources of information were about 62.9% of the journals and 48.8% of the books appearing in the reference lists were published in 1990 or later. Only four of the top twenty-two journals cited frequently were of African origin, the rest were European or US-based. The subject area most researched was academic libraries. Majority of the authors were from universities. The journal did not attract many authors from outside Ghana. Recommendations are made on how to the journal could attract authors from outside Ghana.

African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science Vol. 18 (1) 2008 pp. 55-62