Bibliometric Analysis Of The Literature On Ethiopian Studies

A bibliometric study has been done on a bibliographicrnpopulation to examine the characteristic features ofrnEthiopian Studies literature. For this purpose, arnbibliographic database on the subject, containing morernthan 5500 records has been developed based on Ethiopian rnHistory and Society. A bibliography of Ethiopian Studiesrn1957-1990 (1 99 1 ) by J. Abbink and a few citationsrncollected from journal s on Ethiopian Studies. rnDistribution ofrnexponentiality.rn(Bradford's andrnthe data is proved for negativernThe classical b ibl i ometric lawsrnLotka's Law) are applied to examinernjournal productivity and author productivity patterns.rnApplicability of Bradford's Law to the literature withrnany number of Bradford's group has been tested. lotka'srnLaw in its generalized form fits the distribution patternrno f author productivity in Ethiopian Studies. The 80/20 -rnrule using the formula given by Egghe did not apply tornthe data . It applies only as 80/31 in journalrnproductivity and 80 / 48 in author productivity .

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