Highly cited authors, journals and books in Indian library and information science literature

Citation analysis of authors and jounals in Indian library and information science literature showed that the India authors and journals occupied the highest rank, whereas books published from USA ranked as the top core books. The comparative analysis of core authors, core jounals and core books indicates that out of the 10 highly cited authors, journals and books, 50% of the authors and books are of Indian origin. Amongst journals only 30% are published in India. The Annals of Library Science and Documentation continues to top the list of core journals both according to the present and earlier ranking. It is concluded that Bradford's bibliograph is more suited to the developing subjects like library and information science than his mathematical derivation of scattering of journals