Bibliometric analysis of literature on industry and trade

The study identifies some bibliometrics indicators of 2253 articles published on industry and trade during 2002–2006. The online database of the Indian science abstracts website (http://isa.niscair.res.in/) is the main source for this study. The collected data were recorded on to a spread sheet with pre-designed columns. The average number of publications per year is 451, more number of articles were published during 2004 to 2006 i.e., 1690. Authorship trend shows that, maximum numbers of 968 (42.96%) papers were contributed by corporate bodies. The degree of collaboration in industrial and trade literature was 0.61. In the country wise contribution of documents, India contributed 69.86% of the total publication. In the state-wise contribution of documents Maharashtra stands first with 323 (14.34%). Among journals Indian Journal of Fiber and Textile Research is ranked first with 327 (27.88%) articles and among corporate bodies Procter & Gamble Company stands first with 172 (17.77%) documents.