Title of article :
Nutrition Literature of Bangladesh: A Bibliometric Study
Author/Authors :
Zabed Ahmed, S. M. University of Dhaka - Department of Information Science and Library Management, Bangladesh , Rahman, Md. Anisur Darul Ihsan University - Department of Library and Information Science, Bangladesh
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of a bibliometric analysis of nutrition literature of Bangladesh. A list of periodical articles on various aspects of nutrition research of Bangladesh published during 1972 - 2006 was compiled for analysis. A total of 636 articles by 998 authors were identified. The articles were published in 100 local and foreign journals. The five-yearly distribution of nutrition literature shows that there is a rapid growth of nutrition literature from 1987 onwards. Lotka’s law is found to be applicable to nutrition literature of Bangladesh. Bradford-Zipf distribution also appears to be applicable to the literature
Keywords :
Nutrition literature , Bibliometrics , Bangladesh , Lotka’s law , Bradford , Zipf distribution
Journal title :
Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science
Journal title :
Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science
