Bibliometrics Visualization of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology and SRELS Journal of Information Management During 2016 - 2020: A Comparative Study

The present study analyses the articles published in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) and SRELS Journal of Information Management, the leading UGC-CARE enlisted Indian journals in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) during the year 2016-2020 which explores the volume wise, issue wise pattern of distribution of articles, authorship pattern of articles, geographical distribution of major contributions and contributors, state wise distribution of articles from India, reference distribution pattern and its authorship pattern. The study reveals that DJLIT (277) has more publications than SRELS Journal (248) during the mentioned period. DJLIT has got maximum contribution under two authorship pattern of articles 132 (47.65%) than SRELS Journal with 121 (48.79%) during the study period. DJLT has got more contributions from India (82.07%) than SRELS (89.24%). DJLIT has got more numbers of foreign countries (15) than SRELS Journal (8). New Delhi emerged at top position with 74 (32.56%) contributions and 156 contributors in DJLIT. B. M. Gupta contributed the highest number of articles publication (12) in DJLIT during the period of study. Maximum references are cited in DJLIT (5906) than SRELS (3974) and authors are likely to cite joint authored articles in their references than singled authored

Webometric Analysis of Bengali Language Newspaper Websites in India: An Evaluative Study Using Alexa Internet

The main concern of this study is to conduct an evaluation of Bengali newspaper websites from West Bengal, Tripura and Assam in India based on the eight Alexa indexes from Alexa Internet. A total of 30 Bengali newspaper websites are selected from web directory of world newspapers, magazines, news sites, and newspaper publishers (w3newslive.com) for evaluation in the present study. Each newspaper websites were searched in Alexa databank and relevant data using Alexa indices including traffic rank (India and Global), pages viewed, links, bounce percentage, time on site, search percentage, and percentage of Indian/foreign users were collected. The collection of data were tabulated and analysed to disclose findings in accordance with the desired objectives of this study. Based on data obtained from Alexa Internet tools, the results of this study show that Ei Samay Sangbadpatra and Anandabazar Patrika have the highest traffic rank. Rashtriyo Khobor Bangla Dainik has the highest number of average pages viewed per day and estimated daily time spent on site by the visitors. Ei Samay Sangbadpatra has the maximum number of links. Aajkal has the highest reach amongst the global internet users; whereas Puber Kalom has the lowest bounce percentage. The highest percentage of visits that came from search engines is for Gati Dainik. The highest number of foreign users is for Aajkal Patrika. Most of the foreign users to Indian newspapers come from the Bangladesh