Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.51.2.11

Bibliometric Analysis of Rural Sociology / Sociology and Space from 1963 - 2012

Maja Jokić orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-0904 ; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Zauder ; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

A scientific journal is a mediator of research results and theoretical insights in the
relevant scientific community. Continued publishing of a journal for over 50 years
shows both the status of the scientific community and the importance of the journal’s
subject matter. The bibliometric analysis done in this research shows the specificities
in scholarly communication by observing the development of the journal Rural
Sociology / Sociology and Space (n= 1,168) through its different characteristics such
as journal organisation and classification, types of published items, authorship,
authors’ addresses and cited publications (n= 9,563) gathered from a subset of
676 papers. The median references age was approximately seven years for journal
papers and ten years for books. Median number of references per paper grew from
6 in the period 1963-1997 to 22 in the period 1998-2012. Citation analysis has shown
that books have become less important (35, 5% of the citations ), in comparison with
earlier research (Nederhof, 2006). The communicability of authors towards relevant
international communities is shown in their international references. The citation
data gained from WoS citation indices demonstrate the international visibility of this
journal.

Keywords

scholarly journal; Rural Sociology; Sociology and Space; citation analysis; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

109627

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/109627

Publication date:

14.10.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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