Webology is an international peer-reviewed journal in English devoted to the field of the World Wide Web and serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. It serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general, and in the context of the World Wide Web in particular. This paper presents a Scientometric analysis of the Webology Journal. The paper analyses the pattern of growth of the research output published in the journal, pattern of authorship, author productivity, and subjects covered to the papers over the period (2013-2017). It is found that 62 papers were published during the period of study (2013-2017). The maximum numbers of articles were collaborative in nature. The subject concentration of the journal noted was Social Networking/Web 2.0/Library 2.0 and Scientometrics or Bibliometrics. Iranian researchers contributed the maximum number of articles (37.10%). The study applied standard formula and statistical tools to bring out the factual result.
翻译:《网络学》是一本国际同行评审的英文期刊,专注于万维网领域,并作为讨论与实验的平台。该期刊为信息传播与交流过程的新研究提供论坛,尤其侧重于万维网背景下的探讨。本文对《网络学》期刊进行了科学计量学分析。文章分析了该期刊在研究产出增长模式、作者模式、作者生产力以及论文涵盖主题方面的表现(2013-2017年)。研究发现,在研究期间(2013-2017年)共发表了62篇论文。大多数文章具有合作性质。期刊的主题集中领域包括社交网络/Web 2.0/图书馆2.0以及科学计量学或文献计量学。伊朗研究人员贡献了最多数量的文章(37.10%)。本研究应用标准公式和统计工具以得出客观结果。