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RANKING OF PERIODICALS.IN CHEMISTRYFROM THE POINT OF VIE'N OF INDIAN SCIENTISTS
Number of journals in sclentific and technicalHeld. has increased cons tder ably which makes theselection of titles in a library more difficult. Rank-ing of journals could be a useful guide. Citationsappearing in the Iridian Journal of Chemistry,vol 8(1-6), 1970 are analysed. 219 titles clted areranked and a comparison made with the ChemicalAbstracts Source Index.
1 Introduction,
With the increased pa r t ici pa t ion ofGo ve r nrn ent in the development of science andtechnology the impetus of research irit hes efields have gained great momentum during thepresent. century and more particularly after1950's. The number of scientific periodicalsalso increased at a faster rate and stood at60, 000 in 1960. With the present rate ofgrowth, the number is likely to touch 100, 000mark by the endof the present century (Figure I],The rapid expansion of research completelyoutstripped the capacity of Society journals anda s .a consequence a number of commercialperiodicals were started in s pe c ia l ise d fields.The co-st of these periodicals' went up at afaster rate due to various reasons. The priceindex of U. S. periodicals in Physics andChemistry went up from 100 in 1959 to 380 in1971 [1]. Similar rate of increase is alsowitnessed in journals published in other coun-tries.
The ever increasing number of scientificperiodicals, their cost and the space requiredfor storing them, have made it impossible forthe libraries to subscribe to all periodicals oftheir interest. The libraries are required tomake selection, a: purposeful one, of periodicalsto be subscribed. The libraries usually followOne or'more of the following t e c hrrlq ue s inmaking their selections.
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i] Recommendations by experts..i i) Recommendations by librarians and
documentalists.iii) Notes and Reviews.iv) Ranking of the periodicals by their
frequency of citation.
The present study is an attempt in thelast t e chn iq ue , in the field of Chemistry.
2 Scope
The aim of this study is to find out thejournals frequently cited by the Indian scien-tists in the Held of Chemistry. The sourcejournal chosen for this pur po s s is the IndianJournal of Chemistry publ is he d by the Publica-tions &. Information Directorate of CSIR, NewDelhi. This Di r e ctc ra te 'publishes a: number ofperiodicals as noted below and these areamongst the best published in the country.
1. Journal of Scientific &. Industr ialResearch.
*2. Indian Journal of Biochemistry &..Expe r imenta I Medicine.
*3. Indian Journal of Chemistry.
4. Indian Journal of Pure and AppliedPhysics.
5. Indian Journal of Spa c=
*6. Indian Journal of Technology.
7. Re s ea r ch &.. Industry.
From the above list it is evident that thesubject chemistry is covered by three journalsi,e. u) Indian Journal of Chemistry, [i i] Indian
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Journal of Biochemistry & ExperimentalMedicine and (iii) Indian Journal of Technology.By chosing only one title amongst them i, e.Indian, Journal of Chemistry the scope of thesubject has been further narrowed down totheoretical and pure Chemistry only. This hasbeen done for two reasons. The first being thevoluminous data to be handled and the secondto have a closer study of the point of view of aparticular group of scientists doing basicresearch in the field.
The period covered is from January toJune 1970 i. e. Indian Journal of Chemistry:1970, ~ (No. 1-61.
3 Analysis
1.1 Source Journal
The six Issues of Vol. 8, 1970 of thesource journal Indian Journal of Chemistryselected for study contained 137 main articlesand 56 short communications. Thus of the totalarticles', 71 % are main papers and 29% areshort communications. Amongst the mainarticles only 3 are contributed by foreignauthors, two in joint authorship and One by asingle author. One short communication iscontributed by a foreign author in the capacityof a joint author. Rest of the articles are con-
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tributed by Indian scientists. Therefore, thepresent analysis will indicate more or less thepoint of vi ew of Only Indian scientists.
1.2 Source Papers and-Citations
As given in Table 1 the main papers (137)contained 1863 citations averaging, 13. 6 perpaper. The short communications (56) accoun-ted for 393 citations averaging 7. 0] 8 per com-munication. Overall average of citations, thusbecomes II. '689 per paper. It is apparent thatauthors have tried to be more selective in citingreferences in short corn rn un ica t ion s and havecited only about half the number compared tothat of the citations in the main papers.
Out of 2256 citations 1958 are to per io-dical publications and the remaining 298 tonon-periodical publications. This shows thatmain source of references are journals giving86.76"/0 citations in the present study. Citationsfrom non-periodical publications account for13.25"/0 only.
1. 1 Citations to non-periodical PublicalZons
As observed from Table 2 a large numberof references cited from the non-periodicalsare from books, accounting for 81.21 % amongstthe non-periodicals citations. Next Comes
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theses ba v ing 12.42'10 ioUowed by (l) Patents,(2) Symposium and Seminars and (3) Reports at(i) 3.350/0, (ii) 1.680/0 and 1.340/0 respectively.
3.4 Citation to Periodical Publications
Amongst the references cited from perio-dical publications, 63.38% come from thefirst twenty titles and the next: 23 titles accountfor another 16.450/0. Thus 79.830/0 referencesare from only first 43 journals as given inTable 3. 3 citations are to unpublished papersand 3 more references could not be deciphered,The rema ining 19. 87 '70 citations are from theres idua l 176 journals. The tota I number ofjournals cited are 219. The titles of thesejournals along with the number of referencescited from them are given in the Table 4. Thetitles are arranged in the sequence of decreas-ing number of cltatLOns and amongst the samenumber of citations alphabetically.
A study of Table 5 will reveal that U. S. A.,U. K" U. S. S. R., West Germany, IndiaNether lands, Japan, .Sw it ze r la nda nd France,accounting for 49, 38, 22, 21, 18, 12, 9, 8 and8 titles respectively, are the favoured countriesamong .the Indian scientists. This bias may bedue to the number of journals published in acountry, language of the journals anu the avai-lability of these titles to the Indian scientists.
3,5 The first 20 most cited Periodicals
Table 6 gives the first 20 most citedperiodicals which are arranged in the sequenceof decreasing number of citations. Rank ordergiven .in Chemical Abstracts Source Index is'also indicated against each t it l e., It is interest-ing to note that the three Indian journals whichsecure third, seventh and fourteenth ranks inthe. present study, find only 61 st, nil and 148thplaces respectively in the Chemical AbstractsSource Index list. Six journals from among thefirst 20 of So urce Index list find pla ce in thepresent list. The most cited jou r na l s by Indianscientists are the (l) .Jo ur na l tof AmericanChemical Society, (2) Journal of ChemicalSociety, U. K. and (3) Indian Journal of Chemis-try coming in the same sequence. It is evidentthat there is a national bias in citing the re-ferences.
Table 7 gives scattering of referenceschronologically among the first 20 most citedperiodicals. 3.220/0 citations are from earlierthan 1920's, 6.85% citations from 1921 to 1940,
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8.630/0 citations from 1941 to 1950, 25.860/0citations from 1951 to 1960 and 55. 44% cita-tions are from 1961 to 1970. The percentage ofreferences cited goes on decreasing along withtime and the most r'e cerit decade accounts formore than half (55.440/0) of the references.German periodicals which find eleventh andeighteenth places in the present study have adifferent story to tell. The number of referen-ces cited from these periodicals are more fromolder volumes' and the most recent decadeaccounts for only 5.410/. and 13.29% respec-tively for these two journals. This shows thatcomparative importance of German periodicalsis more for older volumes.
4 Conclusion
Due to enormous growth in scien'tificliterature, the scientists are teIl.dinE ..to Eublish.short communications. This e co norn l s e s both' ,in terms of space and time considerably. Thisis evident from short communications account-ing for 30% of the total articles. Short com-munications are more selective in citing re-ferences. The major source of informationare periodicals (86.760/0 citations). The ranksof periodicals obtained ,in the present analysiscould be a guide to select chemical journals,subject to the following limitations.
1. Source jo ur nc.l and period of study beinglimited, it will have its own weakness ingeneralising the above findings.
2. The citations are chosen by scientistswho judge its relevancy, which may notbe free from psychological and sociolo-gical aspects of the individual scientists.
3. Availability of references and its langua-ges may affect the trend of citations.
4. National bias may be a factor in selectingthe references.
5. This is a partial picture as the referen-ces cited may not be exhaustive [2].
No Indian journal is present among thefirst 50 of ·Chemical Abstracts Source IndexList". As reported by Sengupta [3], Brownslist as well as 1944 list did not contain anyIndian journal. This calls for some comment.The list of first 20 periodicals obtained in thepresent study contains three Indian journalshaving ranks 3, 7 and'14. Trend in citing the
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German periodicals is on the decrease overthe passage of time. Thus the older volumes ofGerman periodicals are still in much use. TheTable 7 could be a guide in selecting the backsets to economi~e the space which is a scarcecommodity in all Libraries.
References
[1] TUTTLE, H W: Price indexes for 1971,U. S. periodicals and serial services.Libr. J. 1971, 96, 2271.
[2] BRITTAIN, J M and LINE, M B: Sourcesof citations and references for analysispurposes, a comparative assessment.J. Doc. 1973, 29, 72.
Acknowledgement
I am grateful to the Director, NationalChemical Laboratory, Poona for his kind per-mission to publish this paper.
[3] SENGUPTA, I N: Ranking of periodicalsin the field of medical sciences from theIndian scientist's point of view; analysisof data for 1954-58. La s l ic Bull. 1970,IS, 120.
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SOURCE PAPERS AND CITA TIONS
Mainarticles
Citations inmain articles
Average Short Communi-cations
Citations inshort Com-munications
Average Overallaverage
137 1863 13.6 56 393 7.18 11. 689
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CITATIONS OF NON PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS
Sr. No. Category Citations Percentage Overall percentage
1. Books, monographs, etc. 242 81.21 10.732. Theses 37 12.42 1. 673. Patents 10 3.35 0.444. Symposium and Seminars 5 1.68 0.225. Reports 4 1.34 O. i 8
TOTAL 298 100.00 13.24
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CITATIONS OF PERIODICAL PUBLICA TIONS
Sr. No. No. Percentage among the Overall percentageperiodical citations
i) Citations from fir st 20 1244 63.53 55.14titles
ii) Citations from the next 322 16.45 14.2723 titl es
iii) Citations from the 386 19.72 17.09remaining 176 titles
iv) Citations wrongly quoted 3 0.15 0.13
v) Unpublished ciations 3 0.15 0.13
TOTAL 1958 100.00 86.76
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PERIODICALS CITED
Sr. Title of the JournalNo.
No. ofcitations
I. Journal of the Amer icanChemical Society, WaShington 279
2. Journal of the ChemicalSociety, London 198
3. Indian Journal of Chemistry,New Delhi 123
4. Tetrahedron, London 69
5. JOurnal of Organic Chemistry,WaShington 58
6. Journal of Chemical Physics,London 52
7. Journal of the Indian ChemicalSOciety, Calcutta 52
8. Journal of Physical Chemistry-,Wa sh ing ton 51
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9. Tetrahedron Letters, London 48
10. Journal of Inorganic &. NuclearChem is try, London 41
11. Chemlsche Berlchte (Berichte derDeutschen ChemischenGesellschaft), Heidelberg 40
12. Transactions. of the FaradaySociety, London 39
13. Analytical Chemistry, WaShington 33
14. Current Science, Bangalore
15. Australian Journal of Chemistry,Melbourne 25
16. Bulletin de la Societe Chirnie deFrance, Paris 23
17. Inorganic Chemistry, Washington 23
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18. Justus Liebigs Annalen der Cbe ml e,Weinheim 21
19. Canadian Journal of Chemistry,Ottawa 20
20. Chemistryand Industry, London
21. Journal of Scientific &.Industrial Research, New Delhi
22. Zeitschrift fur Andrganischeund Allgemeine Chern ie , Leipzig
23. Nature, London
24. Acta Chemica Scandina vica,Copenhagen
25. Analytica Ch.irnica Acta,Amsterdam
26. Chemical Reviews, Washington 16
27. Collection of Czechoslovak Chemi-cal Communications, Prague
28. Helvetica Ch im iea Acta, Basel
29. Journal of Chemical Society: 'D',London
30. Physical Review, New York
31. Bulletin of the Chemical Societyof Ja pan, Tokyo
32. Journal of the PharmaceuticalSociety of Japan, Tokyo
33. Proceedings of the Indian Academyof Sciences, Calcutta
34. Journal of the Chemical Societyof Japan, Tokyo
35. Chemical and PharmaceuticalBulletin of Japan, Tokyo
36. Journal of Chemical Society: 'A',London
37. Spectrochimica Acta, London
38. Talanta, London
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14
13
12
11
11
11
11
39. Angewandte Chern ie (DChemien
during 1942-45), Heidelberg
40. Journal of the ElectrochemicalSociety, New York
20 41. Recueil de s Tra vaux Chimiquesdes pays-bas, Belegigue, TheHague, Netherlands
1942. Zeitschrift fur Analytische Chernie ,
Wiesbaden, Germany 1019
1843. Industrial and Engineering.
Anal ytical edition, Washington
1744. Journal of Co lle id and Interface'
Science, New York
1645. Quarterly Review, London
46. Biochemical Journal, London
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47. Corn pte s Rendus hebdomadariesdes Seances de L 'academie desSciences, Paris
16 18. Proceedings of the Royal Society,London
16 49. Industrial and EngineeringChemistry. (A.C.S.), Washington
1550. Journal of the Chemical Society
'C', London
51. Monatschefte fur Ch em ie , Viena 6
52. Russian Journal of InorganicChemistry: Moscow.(TranSlation)
53. Analyst, London
54. Chemist Analyst, Phillipsburg,U.S.A.
55. Gazzetta Chim Ica Italiana, Rome
56. Journal of Applied Phy s ic s ,New York
57. Journal of Chemical and Engineer-ing Data, Was hington
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10
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9
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8
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
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58. Journal of the Chemical Society'B', London'
59. Journal of ElectroanalyticalChemistry, Amsterdam
60. Journal of Pharmacy andPharmacology, London
61. Naturwissenschaften, Berlin
62. Phytochemistry, New York
63. Proceedings of the PhysicalSociety, London
64. Zhur na l Neorganicheskoi khimii,Moscow.
65. Bulletin of National Institute ofScience, India, New Delhi
66. Cereal Chemistry, St. Pa ul , ,U.S.A.
67. Electrochimica Acta, London
68. Inorganica Cb irn ica Acta,Padua, Italy
69. Journal fur Praktische Cb ern ie ,Leipzig
70. Journal of the Society of ChemicalIndustry, London
71. Nippon Kagaku Za s s hi , Tokyo
72. Rasayanam, Poona
73. Zeitschrift fur Phys Ika l lacheC hemie, Frankfurt
74. Zhurnal Anatiticheskoi Kh im ii,Moscow
75. Acta Crystallographica,Copenhagen
76. Applied Physics Letters, New York
77. Canadian Journal of Research,Ottawa
78. Cb im la , Aa ra u, Switzerland
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579. Coordination Chemistry Reviews,
Amsterdam
580. Indian journal Applied Chemistry.
Calcutta
581. Indian Journal of Pure and
Applied Physics, New Delhi
5 82. Journal of Chemical Education,Wa s hi ng tori
583, Journal de Ch irn ie Physique, Paris
5 84. Journal of OrganometallicChemistry, Amsterdam
5 85. KristallograIi va, Moscow
486. Phys ica Status Solidi. Berlin
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87. Proceedings of the ChemicalSociety, London
488. Russian Chemical Reviews,
Moscow (Translation)
489. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische
Chern Ie , Le ip zl g
490. Zeitschrift fur Chem le , Leipzig
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91. Ze it sc hr lft fur Naturforschung.A+B, Taebingen, Germany
492. Zeitschrift fur Phys iologische
Chemie. (Hoppe Seyle •. 's),Strasburg, Germany
93. Zhur na l iizicheskoi khimii,Moscow
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494. Zbur na.l Ob sc hc he l Khimii [J'our-nal
of General Chemistry), Moscow
495. Acta Metallurgica, Lo ndo.r
3 96. Annali di Chlm lca , Rome
3 97. Annales de la Real SociedadEspanola de Fisica of Ou imt ca,Madrid, Span
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398. Bulletin Society Chimique de
Belges, Brussels, Belgium
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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99. Chemistry &r. Physics of Lipids,Amsterdam
100. Discussion of the FaradaySociety, London
101. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR(Proceedings of the Academy ofSciences of USSR), Moscow
102. Doklady Academy nauk SSSR:Physical Chemistry Section,Moscow
103.Inorganic &: Nuclear ChemistryLetters, London
104. Journal of the American OilChemists Society, Chicago
105. Journal of the American Pharma-ceutical Association, WaShington
106. Journal of Biological Chemistry,Baltimore
107. Journal of Catalysis, New York 2
108. Journal of the Chinese ChemicalSociety, Taipei
109. Journal of the Institute of Chemistsof India, Calcutta
110.Journal of less common metals,Amsterdam
Ill. Journal of Polymer Science,New York
112. Journal of South African ChemicalInstitute, Johannesburg
113. Journal of Scientific Research ofBanaras Hindu University, Varanasi
114. Journal of University of Bombay
115. Mikrochimica Acta, Vienna
116. Proceedings of the Indian ScienceCongress, Calcutta.
117.Russian Journal of PhysicalChemistry, Moscow
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118. Separation Science, New York 22
ll9.Starch, New York 2
2 120. Uchenye Zapiski , KazakhskiiGosudarstvennyi Universit et(Scientific Papers Kazakh StateUniversity), Kazan 2
2121. Acta Ch irn ica Academiae Science,
Hungary
2 122.Acta Facultatis Rerum NaturalismUnivers itat is Comeniaae Botanica,C zechoslovakia
2123.Acta Phy s lca , Budapest
2 124. Acta Phyto chlrn ica , Tokyo
2125.American Dyestuffs Reporter,
New York
126.Annals of Applied BioLogy, London2
12.7.Annalen der Physik, Leipzig
128.Annals of Physics, New York
2 129. Annual Review of Nucl ear Science,Palo Alto, U. S. A.
2 130.Archives of Biochemistry andBiophysics, New York
131.Archives of Dermatology,Chicago
2 132. Atomic Energy Review, Vienna
2133. Biochemical and Biophysical
Research Communications,New York
134. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta,Amsterdam
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2135. Bz ltt s h Journal of Pharmacology
and Chemotherapy, London
2136.Canadian Chemistry and Process
Industry, Toronto
2137. Carbohydrate Research,
Amsterdam
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138.Chimie Analytique, Paris
139. C zechslovak Journal of Physics,Prague
140. Dissertations Pharmaceuticae,Warsaw
141. Ener gia Nucleare, Milan
142. Experientia, Basel
143. Farmaco Edizione Scientifica,Pa r ia , Italy
144. Fette Seifen Ans t r ic hmltt elHamburg, Germany
145. Formosan Science, Taipei Taiwan
146. Holzals Roh+und Werkstoff, Berlin
147. Indian Journal of l-'harmacy, Bombay
148. Indian Oil and Soap Journal,Calcutta
149.Izvestia Akademii Nauk SSSR,Moscow
ISO. Izvestia Seklova Plating DrugikhiBelgorodriykh, Metallov Obs hcheli Neorganicheskoi Khimii,Akademiya , Nauk SSSR, Moscow
151. Japan Analyst, Tokyo
152. Journal of Agr Icultu ra l and FoodChemistry, Wa s hlngton
153. Journal of the American leatherChemists Association, Ohio
154. Journal of Applied Physics.Supplement, New York
155. Journal of Chromatography,Amsterdam
156. Journal of General Chemistry ofthe USSR, Moscow
157. Journal of General Physiology,New York
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158. journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry,New Mexico, USA
159. Journal of the Indian Institute ofSciences, Section 'A', Bangalore
160. Journal of the Indian Society ofSoil Science, Delhi
161. Journal of Molecular Spectro scopy,New York
162. Journal of the Optical Society ofAmerica, New York
163. Journal de Phar ma c ie et de Cbirn ie ,Paris
164. Journal of Pharmacology andExperimental The r a peutte s ,Baltimore
165. Journal of PharmaceuticalSCiences, Wa shtngt on
166. Journal of Physics and Chemistryof Solids, London
167. Journal de Physique et la Radium,Paris
168. Journal of Physical Society ofJa pan, Tokyo
169. Journal of the Pola r ograr.htcSociety, London
170. Journal and Proceedings of theRoyal Society of New SouthWales, Sydney, Australia
171. Journal of the Royal SanitaryInst itute, London
172. Journal of the Science of Foodand Agriculture, London
173. Journal of the Society of ChemicalIndustry, Japan
174. Journal of the Society of CosmeticsChemists, London
175. Journal of the Taiwan Pharma-ceutical Association, Taipei
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176. Journal of the Textile Institute,Manchester, U. K.
177. Khimiko FarmatsevticheskiiZhur na l , Moscow
178. Khimiya Industriya, Sofia
179. Kinetikai Kataliz, Moscow
180. KoLLoid Zeit s ch r Ift , Darmstadt
181. KoLLoid Zhur na l , Moscow
182. Lancet, London
183.Magyar Kemiai Folyoirat, Budapest
184.Magyar Kemikusok Lapja, Budapest
185.Makromolekulare Chern ie , Basel
186.Microchemical Journal, New York
187. Notas de fi s ica , Centro, BrasiLeirode pe s qu is a s fi s ica , Riodejaneiro
188. Oil and Soap, Chicago
189. Optics and Spectroscopy,Leningrad, (Translation)
190. Paper Trade Journal, New York
191. Perfumery and Essent ial OilRe co r d, London
192. Pharmaceutica Acta He lvet ia e ,Geneva
193. !'harmaceutisch We e kbla d ,HiLversum, Netherlands
194. Physics and Chemistry of Solids,London
195. Physical Review Letters, New York
196. Presse Medicale, Paris
197. Proceeding of the Iowa Academyof Science, U. S. A.
198. Proceedings of t he NationalAcademy of Sciences of the UnitedStates of America, Washington
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199. Proceedings of the NationalInstitute of Sciences of India,New Delhi
200. Pure and Applied Chemistry,Lo nd o n
201. Revue Internationale des HautesTemperature et des Refractaires,Paris
202. Reviews of Pure and AppliedChemistry, Melbourne
203. Revista de Ch im i.e, Bucharest
204. Ricerca Scientifica, Rome
205. Science and Culture, Bangalore
206. Seifen - Old-Fette Wachse,Ausburg, Germany
207.Soap and Chemical Specialities,New York
208. Surface Science, Amsterdam
209. Svensk Kemisk Tidskrift,Stockholm
210. Technical Asso<.:iation of the Pulpand Paper Industry, New York
211. Technische Mitteilungen Krupp,Essen. Germany
212. Transactions of the Institute ofMetal finishing, London
213. Ukrainskii Khimicheskii Zhu r na l ,Kiew
214. University of Kansas ScienceBulletin, U. S. A.
215. Zeits ch r ift fur Kr istaLLographie,KristaLLogeometrie, Kristallphysik,Kristallchemie, Frankfurt
216. Zeitschrift fur Physik, Berlin
217. Zhur na l Prikladnoi khimii,Lenigrad
218. Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii,Minsk
219. Zh ur-ria l Strukturnoi Kh irn ii,Moscow
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COUNTR YWISE DISTRIBUTION
Country Periodicals with Per.iodical s with Periodicals with Total20 or more 10-12 references below 10 referen-references Ces
Australia X 2 3
Belgium X 2 3
Brazil X X
Bulgaria X X
Canada X 2 3
Czechoslovakia X 2 3·
Denmark X 2
France X 7 8
Germany 2 4 15 21
Hungary X X 4 4
In'dia 3 2 13 18
Italy X X 6 6
Japan X 4 5 9
Netherlands X 11 12
Poland X X
Rumania X X~'
Spain X X 1
South Africa X X
Sweden X X
Switzerland X 1 7 8
Taiwan X X 3 3
U.K. 7 5 26 38
U.S.A. 6 3 40 49
U.S.S.R. X X 22 22
Total 21 23 175 219
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First 20 periodicals and their citations analysed chronologically
-1920 1921-40 1941-50 1951-60 1961-70 Total
1. J; Arne r , Chern. Soc. No. 3 22 52 120 82 279
(V 1- ; 1879- ) 1. (1.08) (7.88) (18.64) (43.01 ) (22.39)
2. J. Chern. Soc. (London). No. 8 28 22 67 73 198
(V 1- ; 1849- ) 1. (4.04) (14.14) (11.11) (33.84) (36.87)
3. Indian J. Chern. No. x x x x 123 123
(V 1- ; 1963- ) 1. x x x x 100
4. Tetrahedron No. x x x 8 61 69
(V 1- ; 1957- ) 1. x x x (11.59) (88.41 )
5. J. Org. Chern. No. x I 4 10 43 58(V 1- ; 1936- ) % x (1. 72) (6.90) (17.24) (74.14)--6. J. Chern. Phy s No. x 3 5 12 32 52 C/l--- •....(V 1- ; 1933- ) 1. x (5.77) (. 61) (23.08) (61.54) Z- o
7. J. Indian Chern. Soc. No. x 3 4 19 26 52 ::r:(V I- . , 1928- ) 1. x (5.77) (7.69) (36.54) (50.00)
8. J. Phys , Chern. No. x 1 2 14 34 51(V 1- ; 1896- ) 1. x (1. 96) (3.92) (27.45) (66.67)
9. Tet r a hedr on Lett. No. x x x 1 47 48
(1959 - ) % x x x (2.08) (97.92)
10. J.Inorg.Nucl.Chern. No. x x x 6 35 41(V 1- ; 1955- ) % x x x (14.63) (85.37)
11. Chern. Ber. (Ber. Deut. No. 20 11 5 3 1 40Chern. Geo)
> (V 1- ; 1868- ) % (50.00) ~50) (12.50) (7.50) (2.50g12. Trans. Faraday Soc. No. x 6 4 12 17 39t"'
0: (V 1- ; 1905- ) 1. x (15.38) (10.27) (30.76 ) (45.59)C/l 13. Anal. Chern. No. x x x 23 10 33~.
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COMPARISON OF THE RANKING OF THEFIRST 20 PERIODICALS WITH THAT OFnSOURCE INDEX· LIST
Sr. The present rankingNo.
Rank or der ofChern ical A bs «
tracts Service:Source Index(1970)
1. J. Arn e r , Chern. Soc. 2
2. J. Chern. Soc. (London)
3. Indian J. Chern.
4. Tetrahedron
5. J. Org. Chern.
6. J. Chern. Phys ,
7. J. Indian Chern. Soc.
8. J. Phys , Chern.
9. Tetrahedron Letter s
10. J. Inorg. Nucl. Chern.
11. Chern. Ber(Ber.Deut.Chern. Ge s , ]
12. Trans. Faraday Soc.
13. Anal. Chern.
14. Curro Sci.
15. Aust , J. Chern.
16. Bull. Soc. Chern. Fr.
17. Ino r g, Chern.
18. Justus L iebigs Ann. Chern.
19. Can. J. Chern.
20. Chern. Ind. (London)
24
61
41
8
3
X
11
5
49
46
59
39
148
69
13
30
137
28
90
67