Application of Bradford’s Law and Leimkuhler Model: A Bibliometric Analysis of Bharathidasan University Research Publications (1989-2021)

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study examines the application of Bradford’s Law of Scattering and the Leimkuhler model to the research publications of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, spanning the years 1989-2021. Bibliographic data for the analysis was sourced from the Web of Science database. A total of 5,658 research documents published across 1,171 journals were analyzed. The findings reveal an average annual growth rate of 400.53 publications. Core journals contributing significantly to the university's research output were identified, with Acta Crystallographica Section E-Crystallographic Communications ranked first, followed by Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. Additionally, Bradford’s Law of Scattering and the Leimkuhler model were employed to validate the dataset and assess its consistency with bibliometric distributions.