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What Botanists Tend to Cite?

Anil Kumar Dhiman, Hafeezur Rehman

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Indian Journal of Library and Information Sciences 16(3):p 173-183, September-December 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.16322.2

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Anil Kumar Dhiman, Hafeezur Rehman/What Botanists tend to Cite?/Indian J Lib Inf Sci 2022;16(3):173–183.

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Received : March 29, 2022         Accepted : April 30, 2022          Published : December 25, 2022

Abstract

Citations are the documents which are referred in writing any research paper, article or the scholarly publication. They show interlinking with the articles which is being written by an author (s) and they are considered as the formal source to any research paper or the articles. Citation studies are used to ascertain various objectives, such as the most cited author, books, edited books and the journals etc. They also help in developing the collection of any library in any particular discipline. The present study is carried out to ascertain that what are the major sources of information in Botany discipline and what the Botanists tend to cite. This study further will be useful in developing library collection in Botany subject.


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Anil Kumar Dhiman, Hafeezur Rehman/What Botanists tend to Cite?/Indian J Lib Inf Sci 2022;16(3):173–183.


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Received Accepted Published
March 29, 2022 April 30, 2022 December 25, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.16322.2

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Citations; Citation Study; Botany; Ranked Lists.CitationsCitation StudyBotanyRanked Lists

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