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Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata
Get PDFThe priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes
INSPEC database analysis for Knowledge Management records
No full textThe study deals with the Knowledge Management papers covered in the INSPEC, an international database on Information Science, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Computer Sciences. The papers have been analysed in terms of their content and other scientometric parameters
Indian Science & Technology Research: A scientometric Mapping Based on Science Citation Index
Get PDFThis paper attempts to analyse quantitatively the growth and development of Science and Technology research in India in terms of publication output as reflected in Science Citation Index (SCI) (1990-2004). Total of 182111 papers were published by the Indian scientists and engineers to various domains: Chemical Sciences (62856) (34.52%), Physical Sciences (53844) (29.57%), Medical Sciences (30143) (16.55%), Biological Sciences (18239) (10.02%), Multidisciplinary Sciences (8616) (4.73%), Agricultural Sciences (5461) (3.00%) and Geological Sciences (2952) (1.62%). The study also focused on the visualization of Indian contribution to various micro-domains: Chemistry-Multidisciplinary (10800), Organic Chemistry (10362), Materials Science-Multidisciplinary (8107), Multidisciplinary Sciences (7771), Physics-multidisciplinary (7112), Condensed Matter Physics (6938), Physical Chemistry (5931), and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (5307). A total of 168 micro-domains were identified in which the scientific research in India is concentrated. A steady growth of publications was observed. The average number of publications per year were 12140.73. The highest number of publications (15414) were published in 2003. Single authored papers were 18224 (10%) and Multi-authored papers were 163887 (90%). Authorship and collaboration trend was towards multi-authored papers. Five hundred fifty nine papers had more than 100 authors each. There were 371 papers with 255 authors each and 51 papers with 225 authors each. Intensive international collaboration was found during the period and bilateral collaboration accounted for 13.67 percent of the total 31186 collaborative papers followed by trilateral collaboration with 2.27 percent. India had collaboration with 167 countries. The highest number of papers collaborated were 11869 with USA followed by 4640 papers with Germany, 3202 papers with England and 2988 papers with Japan. A comparative publication productivity between India and Peoples-R-China has been carried out. India was ahead of Peoples-R-China till 1996. Peoples-R-China out paced India in 1997. The highly productive Indian Institutes were: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore with 10247 publications, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai with 6782 publications, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai with 5132 publications and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi with 4487 publications. The most preferred journals by the scientists were: Current Science (6848), Indian Journal Chemistry-B (3566), Indian Journal Chemistry-A (3272) and Pramana (1904)
Mapping of literature on Bose – Einstein condensation
Get PDFThis paper attempts to highlight quantitatively the growth and development of research work in this field on Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) in terms of publication output as per Science Citation Index (1982-2005). During 1982–2005 a total of 5258 papers were published by the scientists in this field. The average number of publications published per year were 219. The highest number of papers 814 were published in 2004. There were 77 countries involved in the research in this field. USA is the top producing country with 1632 publications (31%) followed by Germany with 620 publications (11.79%). Authorship and collaboration trend was towards multiauthored papers. Intensive collaboration was found during 1996-2005. One paper “Astrophysical Journal 543 (1), (2000), L39-L42” had 56 collaborators. There were 1635 international collaborative papers. Bilateral collaboration accounted for 24 percent of total collaborative papers. National Institute of Standards & Technology (USA) topped the list with 179 publications followed by University of Colorado (USA) with 160 publications. The most prolific authors were: W. Ketterle (USA) with 93 publications, K. Burnett (England) and M. Lewenstein (England) with 68 publications each and S. Stringari with 57 publications. The most preferred journals by the scientists were : Physical Review- A with 1504 papers, Physical Review Letters with 824 papers, Journal of Physics-B with 205 papers, Physical Review- B with 178 papers, Physics Letters-A with157 papers, Physical Review –E with 122 papers and Journal of Low Temperature Physics with 102 papers. The high frequency keywords were : Bose-Einstein Condensation (2012), Gases (1928), Atoms (860), and Dynamics (493)
Recent advances in drug delivery technology/ Raj K. Keservani, Anil K. Sharma, and Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani [editors].
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."[This book] is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the application of pharmaceutical technology to optimize techniques for drug delivery in patients"--Provided by publisher.Personalized approach in nanomedicine: understanding adverse effects and their risk assessment / Maria Vlasova, Boris V. Smirin -- Drug delivery strategies for tolerogenic therapy for autoimmune diseases in an antigen-specific manner / Kevin J. Peine [and 3 others] -- Cancer drug delivery: pharmacogenetics, biomarkers, and targeted therapies / Jai N. Patel, Jeryl Villadolid -- Genomics and proteomic approach in the treatment of various human diseases: applications of genomics and proteomics / Urmila Jarouliya, Raj K. Keservani -- Bioinformatics and its therapeutic applications / Sarvesh Kumar Gupta, Kamal Kumar Chaudhary, Nidhi Mishra -- An overview and therapeutic applications of nutraceutical and functional foods / Raj K. Keservani, Anil K. Sharma, Rajesh K. Kesharwani -- Phytoparmaceuticals and its applications in therapy / Alejandra Hernández-Ceruelos, Sergio Muñoz-Juarez, Patricia Vázquez-Alvarado -- A perspective on the phytopharmaceuticals responsible for the therapeutic applications / Rajesh K. Joshi -- Phytopharmaceutical applications of nutraceutical and functional foods / Dhan Prakash, Charu Gupta -- Cosmeceuticals: safety, efficacy and potential benefits / Long Chiau Ming [and 5 others] -- Cosmeceuticals: camel and other milk -- natural skin maintenance / Reuven Yagil -- Resealed erythrocytes as drug carriers and its therapeutic applications / Prabhakar Singh, Sudhakar Singh, Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani -- New herbal approaches for the treatment of diabetic kidney diseases and its therapeutic implications / Durgavati Yadav [and 3 others].1 online resource (509 pages)
Scientometric dimensions of thorium research in India
Get PDFThis paper attempts to provide detailed quantitative analysis of Indian contributions on thorium in terms of publications output as per International Nuclear information System database during 1970-2004. A total of 2399 papers were published by the Indian scientists in the field of thorium. There were only nine publications in
1970. Thereafter, a steady growth was observed except for the period 1983-1985. The highest papers (188) were! published in the year 2000. USA with 8049 (28.05 per cent) and India with 2399 (8.30 per cent) publications were the top two countries who published work on thorium. Authorship and collaboration trend was towards multi-authored papers as 85.70 per cent of the papers were collaborative. There
were 79 international collaborative papers. Bilateral collaboration accounted for 90.14 per cent of total collaborative papers. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
topped the list with 1251 authorships followed by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam with 168, Atomic Minerals Division, Hyderabad with 71, Utkal
University, Bhubaneswar with 43 and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata with 31 authorships, respectively. The journals most preferred by the scientists for
publication of papers were: Journal of the Indian Chemical Society with 78 papers, followed by the Indian Journal of Chemistry A with 60 papers, Bulletin of Radiation
Protection with 56 papers, Journal of Radio Analytical and Nuclear Chemistry with 54 papers, Radiation Protection and Environment with 37 papers, Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals and Journal of Geological Society of India with 35 papers each. English was the most predominant language used by the scientists for communication. The high frequency keywords were: thorium (559), uranium (316),
thorium oxides (269), India (257), solvent extraction (236), quantitative chemical analysis (221) and thorium 232 (202)
Scientometric Portrait of Homi Jehangir Bhabha: The Father of Indian Nuclear Research Programme
Get PDFQuantitative and qualitative analysis with graphic representation of the publication productivity of a scientist facilitates easy and clear perception about the work of a scientist. Bhabha’s scientific work spanned over more than three decades (1933-1967) during which he published 104 publications, which could be classified into nine fields: Interaction of Radiation with Matter (4), Quantum Electrodynamics (5), Mathematical Physics (2), Cosmic Ray Physics (18), Elementary Particle Physics (14), Field Theory (15), General Physics (2), Nuclear Physics (4) and General (40). The highest number of publications (6) were published in 1941, 1945 and 1964 respectively. The average number of publications published per year was 3.05. His productivity coefficient was 0.05 which is a clear indicates that his publication productivity was quite consistent throughout his scientific career. He was single author in 79 of his publications and the main author in 24 publications indicates that he always preferred to work himself and lead the team as ‘mentor’. Bhabha had 22 collaborators during the period. Team of research collaborators working with a successful scientist documents the sociological aspect of history of science while generating knowledge by a leader in a domain.
Bhabha became a citable author in 1937. Bhabha received 1211 citations to his 30 publications out of 104 publications. Out of 104, 74 publications did not receive any citations. Out of 74 publications, 40 publications dealt subjects mainly of general interest. Bhabha’s 86.66 percent of cited publications received their first citations within four years of their publication indicates that his publications were noticed immediately and had direct impact among the fellow researchers working all over the world. His overall citation rate was 11.64 per cited publication. The highest citations 389 were received to the domain ‘Cosmic ray physics’. The highest number of citations received were 45 in 1938. His self-citations were only 24 (1.98%) and citations by others were 1187 (98.02%). The highest self citations were six in 1946. Bhabha’s mean diachronous self-citation rate was 1.98. The highest citation rate 28.4 was to the domain ‘Quantum electrodynamics. His single authored publications have received the highest number 863 (71.26%) of citations. Bhabha’s five publications have been cited more than 100 times each. His publications have been cited by the authors working in various diverse fields like nuclear physics, mathematical physics, instrumentation, optics, geophysics and geochemistry, condensed matter physics, applied physics, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering etc., indicating a very diverse influence and impact of Bhabha’s publications. Bhabha’s publications have also been cited by the Nobel laureates like V. L. Ginzberg, Wolfgang Pauli, H. A. Bethe, M. Born, W. Bothe, E. P. Wigner, H. Yukawa, P. M. S. Blackett and C. N. Yang which is an indication of his originality of ideas and high quality of publications
Allmania multiflora V. S. A. Kumar, V. Suresh, S. Arya, & Iamonico 2022, sp. nov.
No full textAllmania multiflora V.S.A.Kumar, V.Suresh, S.Arya, & Iamonico sp. nov. (Figs. 7–8). Type:— INDIA. Kerala, Palakkad district, way to Kollengode, ± 160 m, 10°35’34.2”N 76°42’48.1”E, 18 May 2019, Suresh & Anil Kumar 2850 (holotype UCBD; isotype CALI!, KFRI!, RO!). Diagnosis (Table 7):— Allmania multiflora differs from A. nodiflora in having shorter tepals (2.2–2.5 mm and ovatelanceolate vs. 3.3–3.6 mm long and linear-lanceolate), wider gynoecium [(0.3–) 0.4–0.5 mm vs. 0.2–0.3(–0.4) mm long], the diameter of the seeds (1.5–1.9 mm vs. 2.9–3.7 mm), shorter bracts (1.0– 1.2 mm vs. 2.0– 2.4 mm long), shorter and pubescent peduncle (1.0– 1.3 cm long, pubescent with pointed hairs vs. 2.0– 2.7 cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent), a higher number of flowers per inflorescence [(15–)30–44 vs. 3–10), stigma pinkish or violet, protruding beyond the anthers (vs. green, not protruding), hairiness of the seeds (highly pubescent vs. glabrous), aril with protruding setae (vs. without setae). Description (Figs. 7–9):—Annual herb, erect or ascending with branches arising from the base, up to 60 cm long. Stem red to violet at the base, green in the rest, pubescent. Stipules hard and deciduous. Leaves ovate-elliptic or lanceolate (1.0–2.5 × 0.5–1.5 mm), apex obtuse or acute, base attenuate, pubescent at the margin and adaxial surface, veined (5–7 pairs of lateral arcuate veins), petioled (0.5–1.0 cm long). Inflorescence in cymose heads, leaf opposed, peduncled, peduncle 1.0– 1.3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers (15–)30–44 per inflorescence; bracts ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1.0– 1.2 mm long, pubescent, with membranous border, abruptly interrupted at about the half (bracts awned), eglandular; bracteoles lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.9–3.6 × 0.5–0.8 mm, awned, pubescent outside at the distal part, glabrous at margins. Tepals 5 lanceolate 5.7–7.3 × 0.5–0.7 mm. Stamens 5, 0.6–2.0 cm long, glabrous, creamy white; filaments basally connate, forming a rim around the gynoecium. Pollen polypantoporate, 15–18 µm in size, pores 2–3, pollen surface spinulose. Ovary ovoid, 4.3–5.8 × (0.3–) 0.4–0.5 mm, usually white (sometimes greenish), glabrous; style 0.1–0.2 cm long, extending beyond the filaments, glabrous; stigma capitate, pinkish-violet. Fruits utricle, light green to white, 1.4–2.0 × 0.6–0.8 mm. Seeds ovate, 1.5–1.9 × 1.7–2.1 mm in size, brownish-black, with aril at the base having protruding setae, surface densely pubescent. Etymology:— The new species name refers to the characteristic occurrence of many flowers in a single glomerule. Distribution (fig. 10), habitat, and phenology:— Allmania multiflora is known from few locations in SW-India (Kerala State), at 1000–1250 m of elevation. The distribution area of the new species partially overlaps that of A. nodiflora in Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram districts. It grows in open areas of the granite hillocks with 25–30 scattered individuals per population. Each population spreads over an area of nearly 1–2 m 2. Flowering and fruiting times are May to September. Conservation status:— The plant propagates mainly through seeds (rarely by rooting at stem nodes). The number of individuals is very few and prone to severe grazing and repeated fire. The exploitation of taxon as a vegetable is another threat, especially by local people along with amaranths. Following the IUCN Red List Guidelines and Criteria (IUCN 2019), Allmania multiflora is assessed as Critically Endangered (ER) in the category [B2a,b(iii,v)] since AOO is about 30 m 2, locations are 4, and decline observed in the quality of the habitat (iii). Selected specimen examined(paratypes):— INDIA. Kerala. Palakkad district, Kaliyampara, 110m, 10°35’01.8”N 76°43’54.0”E, 11 June 2019, Suresh, Anil Kumar & Arya 2098 (TBGT!, RO!); Kerala. Palakkad district, Idachira 110 m, 10°35’38.4”N 76°43’40.4”E, 10 June 2019, Suresh, Anil Kumar & Arya 2089 (CALI!); Kerala. Palakkad district, Nemmeni 110 m, 10°35’26.8”N 76°42’47.6”E, 11 July 2019, Anil Kumar & Arya 3433 (TBGT!); Kerala. Palakkad district, Chuttichira 110 m, 10°36’01.6”N 76°43’06.5”E, 14 July 2019, Suresh 510 (CALI!).Published as part of Sindhu, Arya, Iamonico, Duilio, Suresh, Veerankutty & Kumar, Venugopalan Nair Saradhamma Anil, 2022, First molecular and morphometric data for the genus Allmania (Amaranthaceae), with the description of a new species from India, pp. 221-237 in Phytotaxa 559 (3) on pages 230-234, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.559.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/702167
Miliusa agasthyamalana V. S. A. Kumar & Sindhu Arya 2022, sp. nov.
No full textMiliusa agasthyamalana V.S.A. Kumar & Sindhu Arya, sp. nov. (Figs. 1,2) Type:— INDIA. Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram district, Athirumala, 8.970 N 77.30 E, 1200 m, 08 May 2020 (with flowers), Govind & VSA Kumar 590 (holotype UCBD; isotypes UCBD, KFRI). Diagnosis: — Miliusa agasthyamalana resembles M. wightiana Hooker & Thomson (1855: 285) with respect to solitary flowers, leaves with acuminate apex and ovate shape of the inner petal but is distinct with respect to the size of tree (small tree reaching a height of 9 m in M. agasthyamalana vs. medium sized tree reaching a height of 15 m in M. wightiana), shape of leaves (ovate to ovate lanceolate vs. elliptic-lanceolate), hairiness on secondary veins (glabrous vs. pubescent), length of pedicel (3.0– 5.5 mm vs. 1.5 –2.5 mm), sepals (Ovate or obovate with hair along margin vs. oblong and pubescent throughout.)inner petals (1.5–2.2cm fleshy, yellow with pink stripes or spots vs. 10–15 × 6–8 mm non-fleshy, greenish), staminal connectives (included vs. apiculate), number of carpels per flower (17–22 vs. 10–15) and shape of monocarps (dumbbell-shaped with round apex vs. pisiform with acute apex). The new species also shows resemblance to M. paithalmalayana Josekutty (2016: 287) reported from the Paithalamala range of Western Ghats with respect to the solitary flowers, included staminal connectives and linear carpels but is very distinct with respect to the inner petals (ovate, fleshy, yellow with pink stripes in M. agasthyamalana vs. elliptic to lanceolate, nonfleshy with purple color in M. paithalmalayana), sepals (ovate or obovate with hairs along margin vs. lanceolate, glabrous) number of carpels per flower (18–22 vs. 10–15), shape of monocarp (dumbbell shaped with round apex, green with purple spots vs. oblong, crimson red) Description: —Evergreen trees, 6–9 m high; bark brown, rough, branches terete, drooping, often spreading, young parts gloss, glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, 5.0–16.0 × 1.5–5.0 cm, ovate or ovate lanceolate, unequally rounded at base, wavy and slightly folded along margins, caudate-acuminate at apex, glabrous, subsessile or petiole to 1 mm long, terete, glabrous, black; lateral nerves 6–8 pairs, intramarginal nerves looping; tertiary nerves inconspicuous, nervules obscure, Flowers solitary, pseudo-terminal (slightly above and opposite the terminal leaf) yellowish-pink; pedicels 3.5–5.5 cm long, glabrous, glossy, yellowish to light green; bracts 2, ovate-triangular, acute, ca 0.5 mm long, hairy outside; sepals 3, ca 1.0 × 1.2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, adaxial side glabrous in the middle, pubescent along margin; outer petals 3, ovate or obovate, apex acute, hairy along margins, slightly curved inwards, ca 3.0 × 3.5 mm; inner petals 3, ovate or obovate, 1–1.4 × 0.8–1.0 cm, thick ca 1mm long, fleshy, glabrous, thickly hooded on the lower half, cohering when young along margins, yellow with pink streaks inside and pink spots outside; torus ovoid, long with white hairs; stamens 15–20, anthers ca 0.5 mm long, connective included; carpels 17–22, linear in outline, slightly curved, ca 1 mm long, glabrous; stigma obovate-acute, about half the height of the ovary, ovules 1 or 2. Fruiting stalk terete, glabrous, dark brown, 7–9 cm long; monocarps usually 8–15, each 1–1.2 × 1–1.5 cm across, more or less dumbbell-shaped, green with purple stripes. Seeds 1–2. Phenology:— Flowering and fruiting occur during April to July. Etymology:— The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Agasthyamala Biosphere reserve in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala, south India. Distribution and ecology:— Miliusa agasthyamalana is known only from the type locality, between 1000–1250 m elevations. It grows in the interior of the evergreen forest range of Athirumala, with a total of two individual only. Each individual is separated by a distance range of 1.5 km. The associated species include Garcinia imberti Bourdillion (1899: 349) (Clusiaceae) and Myristica beddomei King (1891: 327) (Myristicaceae).The type locality Athirumala forms the base station of Agasthyamala biosphere reserve that is rich with moist deciduous forest, semi evergreen forest, grassland, evergreen forest and at the end, large rock formations. It has a unique biodiversity and is noted for the presence of many endemic medicinal herbs. The high conservation value of the area relies on its rich biodiversity, geography and hydrology and hence protected as a biosphere reserve. Taxonomic notes:—The new species is similar to Miliusa campanulate Pierre (1881: 41) group (Chaowasku & Kessler 2013), based on the tightly appressed nature of the inner petals (Chaowasku & Kessler 2013) and Indian species to the Miliusa nilagirica group (Van Heusden 1992) in having recurved inner petals. Miliusa agasthyamalana shows similarity to Miliusa tirunelvelica Murugan, Manickam, Sundaresan & Jothi (2004: 102) with respect to 6–8 pairs of secondary veins in leaf and included connectives but is distinct with respect to many characters summarized in Table 1. Conservation status:— There is only a single population, with about 2 mature individuals, occupying an area of less than 2 km 2. The estimated Extent of Occurrence (EOO) is 25 km 2 and the Area of Occupancy (AOO) is less than 2 km 2. The number of mature individuals is estimated to be two, when considering all the localities. Since these locations are inside a protected area, the likelihood of a decline due to anthropogenic activity is small. Nevertheless, we recommend that the species be categorized as Critically Endangered (CR) in the category [B2a, b(v)] (IUCN 2020). The area is well protected but chances of forest fires pose a high threat to this area. Selected specimen examined (paratypes):— INDIA. Kerala Thiruvananthapuram district, Athirumala 1110 m, 8.970 N 77.30 E, 25 May 2020 Govind 778 (UCBD), 30 June 2020, S . Arya & V. S. A. Kumar 790 (UCBD), 24 June 2021 S . Arya & V. S. A. Kumar 1226 (UCBD).Published as part of Arya, Sindhu & Kumar, Venugopalan Nair Saradamma Anil, 2022, Miliusa agasthyamalana (Annonaceae), a new species from southern Western Ghats, India, pp. 252-258 in Phytotaxa 552 (4) on pages 253-257, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.552.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/678581
Minimum impact and immediacy of citations to physics open archives of arXiv.org: Science Citation Index based reports
No full textThe present work has calculated the minimum Open Archive Impact Factors and Open Archive Immediacy Index for the Physics Classes of arXiv.org as calculated for traditional journals in Journal Citation Reports of Institute of Scientific Information using Science Citation Index without the citation by the classes itself. The calculated Impact Factors reveal that High-Energy Physics classes of arXiv.org (‘hep-th’, ‘hep-lat’, ‘hep-ex’, and ‘hep-ph’) have made more impact on scientific community than any other classes except for the class ‘nucl-ex’. The Impact Factors for the year 2003 are: ‘hep-th’ (0.999), ‘nucl-ex’ (0.806), ‘hep-lat’ (0.766), ‘hep-ex’ (0.73), ‘hep-ph’ (0.719), ‘nucl-th’ (0.338), ‘quant-ph’ (0.334), ‘cond-mat’ (0.313), ‘astro-ph’ (0.195), ‘math-ph’ (0.162), ‘physics’ (0.061), and ‘gr-qc’ (0.002). It has been found that if the period for getting the citations to the open archive classes is considered one year as against two years for journal articles the rank of the classes are same. The immediacy of citing the Open Archives is also high for the High-Energy Physics classes. The Immediacy Indexes for the year 2003 are: ‘hep-ex’ (0.619), ‘hep-th’ (0.454), ‘hep-ph’ (0.44), ‘hep-lat’ (0.263), ‘nucl-ex’ (0.238), ‘quant-ph’ (0.202), ‘nucl-th’ (0.185), ‘cond-mat’ (0.168), ‘astro-ph’ (0.094), ‘math-ph’ (0.075), ‘physics’ (0.03), and ‘gr-qc’ (0.002). Definitely, the impact is much more than what is concluded from the calculated factors as the self-citations are not taken into the study. The above arguments may be strengthened if the study could use the web-tools like ‘Citebase’, ‘Citeseer’ etc
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