%0 Journal Article
%T VISIBILITY OF AFRICAN SCHOLARS IN THE LITERATURE OF BIBLIOMETRICS
%A Yahya Ibrahim Harande
%J Brazilian Journal of Information Science
%D 2011
%I Universidade Estadual Paulista
%X This paper discusses the visibility of African scholars in the literature of Bibliometrics, as it appears in the Library and Information Science Abstract (LISA) from 1982-2010. Analysis was conducted on a list of 75 papers generated from the Abstract. The yearwise growth of the literature shows that single authorship dominates the literature, scoring 52% and the average number of publication per year was found to be 2.7. On the productivity of authors, Lotka¡¯s formulation of inverse square law of scientific productivity was applied and found to be in harmony with the literature. Bradford-zipf Law for distribution of papers was also applied and found to be in conformity with the literature of Bibliometrics. Prolific authors were found to be 6 in number and their contributions falls between 3-16 papers within the 28 years period of the study. English language was found to be the dominant language with 91.3% score, and then followed by French with 8.7% score.
%K Bibliometrics Studies
%K Lotka¡¯s Law
%K Bradford¡¯s Law
%K Information Science
%K African Scholars
%K LISA.
%U http://www2.marilia.unesp.br/revistas/index.php/bjis/article/viewFile/782/2168