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Exploring 120 years of Indian physics and astronomy journals

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Title Statement Exploring 120 years of Indian physics and astronomy journals
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Das, Gopinath ; Department of Library, Santal Bidroha Sardha Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya, Goaltore, Paschim Medinipur-721 128, West Bengal
Das, Amit Kumar; Department of Library, Bhatter College, Dantan, Paschim Medinipur - 721 426, West Bengal
Dutta, Bidyarthi ; Vidyasagar University West Bengal
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Physics Communication; Astronomy Communication; Scientometrics; Bibliometrics; Library and information science
Indian Physics Journal; Indian Astronomy Journal; Physics Journal- India; Astronomy Journal- India; Physics and Astronomy Journal; Growth of Literature- Physics; Growth of Literature- Astronomy
 
Summary, etc. This paper traces one hundred and twenty years journey of Indian physics and astronomy journals. Of the 122 journals that have been published since 1902, 36 journals have ceased publication. The oldest physics related article was published in 1788 in <em><span lang="EN-GB">Asiatick Researches</span></em><span lang="EN-GB">, the first Indian research periodical. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The oldest Indian astronomy journal </span><em><span lang="EN-GB">Publications of the Maharaja Takhtasingji Observatory </span></em><span lang="EN-GB">came into being in 1902 from Pune and ceased in 1912</span><span lang="EN-GB">. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The oldest Indian physics journal </span><em><span lang="EN-GB">Bhoutika Kalanidhi</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> or <em>The Treasury of the Physical Sciences</em> started in the year 1911 from Madras (present-day Chennai) and ceased in 1919. </span><span lang="EN-US">In all, 53% of journals belong to broad science discipline but publish articles on physics and astronomy regularly along with other major science disciplines followed by 35% and 12% journals strictly belong to the subject areas, physics, and astronomy respectively. It is observed that </span><span lang="EN-GB">nearly 50% of journals are indexed by the Indian Citation Index, while 20% of journals are indexed by the Indian Citation Index, Scopus, and Web of Science. Also, 30% of journals are not indexed by any citation database. In the 120 year period, the highest number of seven journals came into being in the year 2012.</span>
 
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2021-08-30 13:11:29
 
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