Bibliometric Analysis of International Journal of Research in Education, 2004 – 2012

Abstract

This study is a bibliometric analysis of the International Journal of Research in Education for the period between 2004 and 2012. The authors have tried to analyse the number of articles, authorship pattern, bibliographical forms of citations, geographical distribution of authors, authors’ institutional affiliations, citation pattern, subject coverage, etc. The study reveals that 347 articles were published during the period. 226(65.1%) articles were contributed by single authors while the rest 121 (34.9%) were by joint authors. The study also revealed that 94.2% of the contributions are from Nigeria. Majority (40.9%) of the contributors preferred books as source of information. Universities topped ranking of institutional affiliations of contributors with 41.8%. Finally, curriculum and teaching is the most researched subject.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Authorship pattern, Citation pattern, Geographical distribution