~ 206 ~ ISSN Print: 2394-7500 ISSN Online: 2394-5869 Impact Factor: 5.2 IJAR 2016; 2(10): 206-215 www.allresearchjournal.com Received: 02-08-2016 Accepted: 03-09-2016 Chandran Velmurugan Doctoral Candidate, Department of Library and Information Science Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India Dr. Natarajan Radhakrishnan Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India Correspondence Chandran Velmurugan Doctoral Candidate, Department of Library and Information Science Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India A scientometric profile of research productivity on library herald: A single journal study Chandran Velmurugan and Dr. Natarajan Radhakrishnan Abstract This paper aims to know the impact of research trends on the Library Herald for nine years form 2006 to 2014. This paper has analyzed various factors such as authorship pattern, productivity, and collaboration among multi- authors, year-wise distribution of papers, institution and subject wise distribution and many more features. The result shows that the highest number i.e. 137 (54.37%) contributors have published a single author whereas the rest of lowest number i.e. 115 (45.63%) of papers were published by co-authors. The maximum number of 89.68% documents was published from Indian authors and the minimum numbers of 10.32% papers were published by foreign authors. The maximum numbers of (407) citations were in 2007 and the average citation per article was 12.33. The least number of citations was 156 and the average citations per article were 8.67. Keywords: Scientometrics, research trends, authorship pattern, library herald, research productivity, collaboration 1. Introduction The terms Bibliometrics and Scientometrics were equally focussed by Pritchard, Nalimov and Mulchenko in 1969, Glanzel (2003) [1] . Pritchard (1969) [2] explained the term Bibliometrics as “the application of mathematical and statistical methods to books and other media of communication” while Nalimov and Mulchenko defined scientometrics as “the application of quantitative methods which deal with the analysis of science viewed as an information process”. According to these views, Scientometrics is restricted to the measurement of science communication, whereas Bibliometrics is designed to deal with more information processes. Library Herald [3] is a peer reviewed scholarly journal which has been published by Delhi Library Association (DLA) and this association has recently contributed 52 volumes successfully up to 2014. The frequency of publication is quarterly (March, June, September and December) print as well as online formats are also available. This journal publishes original research articles in the filed of Library and Information Science and it also covers users’ studies, bibliometric analysis, Library Automation, Digital Libraries, Profe ssional challenges, Internet, Web Technology and Information Literacy. The electronic version of this journal articles are available in their official website i.e. http://www.indianjournals.com from 2000 onwards. This journal has been indexed and abstracted by Indian Citation Index since 2000. 2. Related Work Dhiman (2000) [4] identified the bibliometric study pattern in the Ethnobotany Journal and discussed about the authorship pattern and productivity, citation analysis during the period of study. Tiew et al (2002) [5] investigated bibliometric study on Malaysian journal of Library and Information Science during 1996 – 2000. This study analyzed various parameters and the results indentified that the majority of authors were affiliated to Malaysia based institutions and highest number of articles were published research oriented and the multi-authored papers were higher than the single authored ones. Aoki (2002) [6] examined on practice guidelines from MEDLINE and analyzed and retrieved 4,487 scientific papers. The study found that 108 papers were published in 1991 and 436 in1992 for 4-fold increase. International Journal of Applied Research 2016; 2(10): 206-215