Ranganathan's Influence Examined Bibliometrically

A bibliometric analysis of the citations to Ranganathan's writings over the period 1956-1990, using Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index, indicates that this influence has not diminished over the years. His books are more frequently cited than his articles. Citations to the Prolegomena to library Classification, (95), Colon Classification (69) Classified Catalogue Code (32) and Five laws of library Science (28) account for more than a third of the total citations (630). Ranganathan has been cited in a wide range of diverse contexts

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