BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NIGERBIBLIOS JOURNAL (2005-2010)

Abstract

The Nigerbiblios is a house journal of the National Library of Nigeria. (NLN) It was established in 1976 and ceased production in 1989 but was revived in 2004. Since then, it has attracted articles from LIS scholars and has kept to its publishing schedule. This study uses bibliometric analysis to ascertain the bibliographic features of articles published in the Nigerbiblios from 2005 to 2010, This study also determines the number of articles published, authorship patterns', authors' affiliated institutions, sources of citation, LIS journals cited and subject distributions in the Nigerbiblios. The analysis of Nigerbiblios revealed that a total of 64 articles were published from 2005-2010 with single authors contributing the highest number of articles. The subject mostly treated by the journal was in information management and information services. A total of 64 LIS journals were cited, with the African Journal of Library, Archive and Information Science been the mostly cited LIS journal. Majority of the contributors were from academic institutions.