Indian Citation Index database is a powerful tool to search, track, and measure and collaborate in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. This paper is discussed the published research articles, citations and self-citations in the Psychology journals which are available in Indian Citation Index. There are 3333 articles published from 6 Psychology Journals. Among the journals, Indian Journal of Psychiatry occupies first position with 989 (29.68%) articles and Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine occupies second rank with 644 (19.32%) articles and Psychological Studies is in third 584 (17.52%). Further, in the year 2012, 390 (11.70%) articles are published and it is highest when comparing to other years. It is pointed out that the frequency of the journals is varying and that is one of the reasons for the strength of articles

Senthilkumar, R.

Ulaganathan, G.

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Journal of Advanced Research in Psychology & PsychotherapyVolume 1, Issue 1&2 - 2018, Pg. No. 95-101Peer Reviewed & Open Access JournalResearch ArticleCopyright (c) 2018 Journal of Advanced Research in Psychology & Psychotherapy (E-ISSN: 2581-5822)Corresponding Author: G. Ulaganathan, Kongunadu Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641 029. & Librarian, Dr. SNS. Rajalakshmi College of Arts & Science, (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641 049.E-mail Id: ulaganathanlib@gmail.comHow to cite this article: Ulaganathan G, Senthilkumar R. Scientometric Analysis of Indian Citation Index (2004-2015): Profile of the Domain of Psychology Journals. J Adv Res Psychol Psychother 2018; 1(1&2): 95-101.AbstractIndian Citation Index database is a powerful tool to search, track, and measure and collaborate in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. This paper is discussed the published research articles, citations and self-citations in the Psychology journals which are available in Indian Citation Index. There are 3333 articles published from 6 Psychology Journals. Among the  journals, Indian Journal of Psychiatry occupies first position with 989 (29.68%) articles and Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine occupies second rank with 644 (19.32%) articles  and Psychological Studies is in third 584 (17.52%). Further, in the year 2012, 390 (11.70%) articles are published and it is highest when comparing to other years. It is pointed out that the frequency of the journals is varying and that is one of the reasons for the strength of articles. Keywords: Psychology, Indian Citation Index, Citations, Self   Citations, JCI, RII, Uncited %Scientometric Analysis of Indian Citation Index (2004-2015): Profile of the Domain of Psychology JournalsG. Ulaganathan1, R. Senthilkumar21LIS, Research Scholar Ph.D (PT), Kongunadu Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641 029. & Librarian, Dr. SNS. Rajalakshmi College of Arts & Science, (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641 049.2Librarian (SG) & Head (Research), Department of Library and Information Science, Kongunadu Arts & Science                            College (Autonomous), Coimbatore-641 029.IntroductionThe true barometer of assessing the quality and quantity of a journal is the Citation Index. While discussing citation, one needs to understand what a citation is? Simply, when another refers other works in his/her article, we call the article referred is cited. In other words the citation is called as the previous work which is referred in the present work. The quality of a given work can rightly be adjudged through the number of citations that it gets. Therefore, a certain piece of article or research paper carrying more number of citations get more impact than the work carrying less citations. Therefore, we always refer to some indexing and abstracting databases like Scopus, Web of Science, or even Google Scholars to know the impact of a journal, a particular article or a particular author. Indian Citation Index which was initiated by Diva Enterprises is just an indexing and abstracting database. This study attempts to analyze authors in the field of Psychology during 2004-2015. Further it is to find out the journals which more cited and self cited.Review of LiteratureNicholas and Ritchie (1978) [1] view that, “bibliometric studies provide information about the structure of knowledge and how it is communicated?” Moreover, bibliometric studies are normally employed to evaluate the academic research output, the quality of the journal, impact and influence of articles, authors, and assorted parameters. Though there has been substantial growth of literature on bibliometric studies during the last decade, the authors focus on some of the pertinent literature that relate to the present study. Potter (1981) [2]defines bibliometric study as “the study and measurement of the publication patterns of all forms of written communication and their authorship”. In a most interesting study Mooghali (2011) [3]et al analyzed records of three premiere indexes namely, 96ISSN: 2581-5822Ulaganathan G et al.J. Adv. Res. Psychol. Psychother. 2018; 1(1&2)“Social Science Citation Index”, “Science Citation Index”, and “Arts and Humanities Citation Index”, and projected how the field of “scientometrics” evolved between 1980 to 2009. The pattern of growth of literature in the field of Nanoscience during 1990 to 2009 was reported by Karpagam et al. (2011) [4] In the similar vein, Abramo (2011) [5]exercised bibliometric techniques on some national level research assessment. Lapon-Kandeishein and Prebor (2011) [6] bibliographical research on Hebrew printing also needs mention. In the similar light bibliometric studies by veterans like Krampen, Eye and Schui (2011)[7], Kumar Suchetan(2012)[8] and others also presented findings on different directions. Dhanavandan and Tamizhchelvan (2014)[9] studied research productivity and citations of universities in south Tamil Nadu from 2009 to 2013 based on Indian Citation Index (ICI). In extension to Dhanavandan and Tamizhchelvan’s study, the present study covers in its scope a different time slot of publication ranging from 2009 to 2015.The main aim of the study is to analysis the citations and self citations of Psychology Journals from Indian Citation Index articles for the period of 2004 to 2015.Objectives of the StudyBased on the sources framed the following objectives:• To assess  the strength of articles Psychology journals• To analyses the year wise Citations and Self Citations• To  find out  the journals JCI • To assess the journals RII• To identify the journals Uncited %MethodologyThe Citation analysis is one of the most widely used tools for measuring expertise in the field of study by way of calculating the impact factor, number of citations, etc. It is a control as well as measuring tools for country wise or subject wise. This study is aimed to discuss the analysis of the citation index in the field of Psychology Journals.Analysis and InterpretationThe authors have been selected data from relevant sources from Indian Citation Index and the following discussions made for the period of 2004 to 2015. Remaining year’s publications (Before 2004) will not be considered for this study. In this study denotes .• DPJ: Delhi Psychiatry Journal• IJAP: Indian Journal of Applied Psychology• IJP: Indian Journal of Psychiatry• IJPE: Indian Journal of Psychometry & Education• PS: Psychological Studies• IJPM: Indian Journal of Psychological MedicineS.No. Year DPJ IJAP IJP IJPE PS IJPM Total %1 2004 -- 9 69 32 41 26 177 5.312 2005 -- 7 66 35 55 46 209 6.273 2006 -- 11 68 41 49 27 197 5.914 2007 30 13 69 41 59 13 225 6.755 2008 44 10 69 47 59 17 246 7.386 2009 53 14 98 48 26 22 261 7.837 2010 66 10 151 55 46 32 360 10.808 2011 69 12 85 58 50 50 324 9.729 2012 82 23 96 48 48 93 390 11.7010 2013 87 16 122 -- 51 98 374 11.2311 2014 100 12 96 -- 56 106 370 11.1012 2015 42 -- -- -- 44 114 200 6.00Total 573 137 989 406 584 644 3333 100% 17.19 4.11 29.68 12.18 17.52 19.32 100Table 1.Distribution of Psychology Journals in ICI from 2004-2015 Vs ArticlesDistribution of Psychology Journals in ICI from 2004-2015 Vs ArticlesISSN: 2581-582297Ulaganathan G et al.J. Adv. Res. Psychol. Psychother. 2018; 1(1&2)The data presented in the Table 1 indicates number of articles published in Psychology journals in Indian Citation Index. As per the Indian Citation Index 6 journals are taken for this study for the period of 2004 to 2015. There are 3333 articles published from 6 Psychology Journals. Among the 6, Indian Journal of Psychiatry occupies first position with 989(29.68%) articles and Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine occupies second rank with 644(19.32%) articles Psychological Studies is in third 584(17.52%)It is pointed out that the frequency of the journals is varying and that is one of the reasons for the strength of articles. Further, in the year 2012, 390(11.70%) articles are published and it is highest when comparing to other years. Table 2.Distribution of Psychology Journals based on Citations from 2004-2015S.No. Year DPJ IJAP IJP IJPE PS IJPM Total %1 2004 -- 2 150 4 49 0 205 9.092 2005 -- 2 175 2 30 4 213 9.443 2006 -- 0 204 2 21 2 229 10.154 2007 4 5 251 7 35 1 303 13.435 2008 8 3 227 9 13 22 282 12.506 2009 20 0 193 1 8 21 243 10.777 2010 4 0 249 0 15 25 293 12.998 2011 22 0 95 0 8 38 163 7.239 2012 14 0 80 0 8 27 129 5.7210 2013 8 0 85 -- 8 44 145 6.4311 2014 2 0 31 -- 5 9 47 2.0812 2015 -- 0 -- -- 0 4 4 0.17Total 82 12 1740 25 200 197 2256 2256% 3.63 0.53 77.13 1.11 8.87 8.73 100 100Distribution of Psychology Journals based on Citations from 2004-2015The above Table 2 shows the citations of the Psychology journals in Indian Citation Index for the years from 2004 to 2015. Among the 6 journals, 2256citations were available. Out of 2256, Indian Journal of Psychiatry journal occupy the first position with 1740(77.13%) citations and Psychological Studies is in the second position with 200(8.87%) citations for the 2004 to 2015 period. 98ISSN: 2581-5822Ulaganathan G et al.J. Adv. Res. Psychol. Psychother. 2018; 1(1&2)The above Table represents the self citations of the Psychology journals which are available in Indian Citation Index from the year 2004 to 2015. Among the 6 Psychology journals1174Self citations were identified for the period of 2004 to 2015. Out of 1174, Indian Journal of Psychiatry journal occupy the first position with 943(80.32%) self citations and Psychological Studies is in the second position 113(9.63%) self citations. Further Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine is in third position 53(4.51%) self citations.Distribution of Psychology Journals Based on Self Citations from 2004-2015Table 3.Distribution of Psychology Journals Based on Self Citations from 2004-2015S.No. Year DPJ IJAP IJP IJPE PS IJPM Total %1 2004 -- 0 88 4 24 0 116 9.882 2005 -- 2 122 0 19 1 144 12.273 2006 -- 0 124 1 11 1 137 11.674 2007 3 0 133 4 20 0 160 13.635 2008 7 0 127 5 7 3 149 12.696 2009 16 0 124 1 3 0 144 12.277 2010 2 0 96 0 10 5 113 9.638 2011 10 0 45 0 6 12 73 6.219 2012 5 0 30 0 3 11 49 4.1710 2013 4 0 38 -- 6 15 63 5.3711 2014 1 0 16 -- 4 3 24 2.0412 2015 -- -- -- -- -- 2 2 0.17Total 48 2 943 15 113 53 1174 100% 4.09 0.17 80.32 1.28 9.63 4.51 100ISSN: 2581-582299Ulaganathan G et al.J. Adv. Res. Psychol. Psychother. 2018; 1(1&2)The above Table indicates Journals Citations index of the Psychology journals which are indexed in Indian Citation Index for the period of 2004 to 2015. Among the 6 journals the highest JCI % value   is Indian Journal of Psychiatry 56.98%   followed by Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine with  21.14% other journals JCI % is below  16%.Distribution of Psychology Journals JCITable 4.Distribution of Psychology Journals JCIS.No. Year DPJ IJAP IJP IJPE PS IJPM Total %1 2004 -- 0 0.072 0 0 0 0.072 4.452 2005 -- 0 0 0 0 0.043 0.043 2.663 2006 -- 0 0.059 0 0 0.037 0.096 5.934 2007 0 0 0.029 0 0.153 0 0.182 11.255 2008 0.023 0 0.014 0 0 0.118 0.155 9.586 2009 0.057 0 0 0 0.038 0 0.095 5.877 2010 0 0 0.073 0 0.022 0 0.095 5.878 2011 0.014 0 0.094 0 0 0.040 0.148 9.159 2012 0 0 0.146 0 0 0.011 0.157 9.7010 2013 0.011 0 0.279 0 0 0.020 0.310 19.1611 2014 0 0 0.156 0 0.036 0.038 0.230 14.2212 2015 * * * * 0 0.035 0.035 2.16Total 0.105 0 0.922 0 0.249 0.342 1.618 100% 6.49 0 56.98 0 15.39 21.14 100100ISSN: 2581-5822Ulaganathan G et al.J. Adv. Res. Psychol. Psychother. 2018; 1(1&2)The above Table shows the RII of the Psychology journals which are indexed in Indian Citation Index. Among the 6 journals, Indian Journal of Psychiatry journal have 3.164(59.70%) RII and it is the highest when comparing to other Psychology journals in ICI.Table 5.Distribution of Psychology Journals  Research Impact Indicator(RII)S.No. Year DPJ IJAP IJP IJPE PS IJPM Total %1 2004 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --2 2005 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --3 2006 -- 0.063 0.133 -- 0.094 0.014 0.304 5.744 2007 -- 0.056 0.104 -- 0.125 -- 0.285 5.385 2008 -- 0.042 0.161 0.012 0.056 0.025 0.296 5.586 2009 0.041 0.087 0.326 0.068 0.051 0.067 0.640 12.087 2010 0.113 0.083 1.311 0.021 0.035 0.154 1.717 32.408 2011 0.017 -- 0.237 0.010 0.028 0.130 0.422 7.969 2012 0.052 -- 0.352 -- 0.042 0.122 0.568 10.7110 2013 0.046 -- 0.265 -- 0.051 0.133 0.495 9.3411 2014 0.071 -- 0.275 -- 0.101 0.126 0.573 10.8112 2015 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Total 0.340 0.331 3.164 0.111 0.583 0.771 5.300 100% 6.41 6.25 59.70 2.09 11.00 14.55 100Journals Uncited %Table 6.Journals Uncited % S.No. Journal Title Uncited %1  Delhi Psychiatry Journal 88.832  Indian Journal of Applied Psychology 94.163 Indian Journal of Psychiatry 44.734 Indian Journal of Psychometry & Education 94.075 Psychological Studies 78.946 Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 79.97Distribution of Psychology Journals Research Impact Indicator (RII)ISSN: 2581-5822101Ulaganathan G et al.J. Adv. Res. Psychol. Psychother. 2018; 1(1&2)The above Table shows the uncited % of the Psychology journals during the period of study. Indian Journal of Applied Psychology journal’s uncited% is 94.16% followed by Indian Journal of Psychometry & Education with 94.07%.ConclusionThe quality of research and quantity of research is made available through indexing journals with citations of various articles. There is lacking, for providing citations to other articles which authors cite. For reviewing the previous articles are very much important for supporting your article value added point for publishing. From this study, it shows that very few journals are citing and cited properly and indexed with ICI. It is a good practice to give self citation for their previous works and it is follow up of the previous one and improved one.  During the period of study there are 3333 articles published and Indian Journal of Psychiatry occupies first position with 989(29.68%) articles and Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine occupies second rank with 644(19.32%) articles..During the period 2004 to 2015, 2256 citations were available and Indian Journal of Psychiatry journal occupy the first position with 1740(77.13%) citations followed by Psychological Studies with 200(8.87%) citations. Indian Journal of Psychiatry journal occupy the first position with 943(80.32%) self citations and Psychological Studies is in the second position 113(9.63%) self citations. Among the 6 journals the highest JCI % value   is for Indian Journal of Psychiatry 56.98%   followed by Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine with 21.14% other journals JCI % is below 16%. The present study reveals that Indian Journal of Psychiatry journal have 3.164(59.70%) RII and it is the highest when comparing to other Psychology journals in ICI. 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