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Appendix: 1

Datasheet used for data collection

VSSC Library

No. L1B/RCM/3/2002 Date: May 15, 2002

Sub: Request for data regarding list of publications

I have undertaken a study, with the permission of authorities"Publication patterns of Space Technologists of VSSC: abibliometric study". This study aims to analyse the publications ofspace technologists in VSSC to find out publication~ patterns.

For the above said study I request you to provide full detailsof publications published in journals, books, chapter of books,papers presented in conference, symposium, workshop, patentsthesis, etc.

I request you to provide details of all the publications up toDec 2002 in proforma given overleaf and also to mail at least onespecimen copy of the publication.

Thank you

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P. RajendranLibrary, VSSC

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PROFORMA(L1B/RCM/3/2002 DT 15/05/2002)

1. Title of the paper

2. Author(s)

3. Address of author(s)

4. Source(Name of the Journal/Conference/Book, etc)

5. Place of publications,Ed, Pages, etc

6. Date of publication

Note

1. Please use separate sheet for each publication

2. Please sent one specimen copy of each publication

3. If you have any query regarding how to fill the proforma,please call me at 5174

4. Completed sheets may be sent to the following address orcall me to collect the data in person

P. RajendranLibrary, VSSC Phone: 5174

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Appendix: 2

CDS/ISIS Software: Database structure designed for this study

CDS/ISIS (Computerised Documentation Service/Integrated Set of

Information Systems) is a generalized information storage and retrieval system

for the management of structured textural databases. The software is developed

by UNESCO.

Creating database using CDS/ISIS

In order to create a database the following four functions are to be carried

out in one work session. These components together act as the data dictionary

for any database created using CDS/ISIS.

i) Field Definition Table (FDT)

In the FDT the data elements that go in the database are named and

given user chosen tags upto a maximum of three digits i.e 999. The field

length of the each data element can have maximum of 1650 characters.

ii.) Data Entry Worksheets

The worksheet is user designed and can run into number of pages

depending on the number of data elements and the length of each data

elements. For same database there can be more than one worksheet.

CDS/ISIS provides a specially designed editor to create these worksheets.

iii.) Field Select Table (FST)

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The FST gives the data elements that are to be indexed using any of the

following indexing techniques. 0, 1, 2, and 4. The indexing techniques give

wide scope to create index or inverted file for any field or sub field.

iv). Display Formats

CDS/ISIS provides a powerful and comprehensive formatting language,

which allows you to display the contents of a record in any desired way.

The database structure created for publication database which is used in

this study is given below.

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Field Definition Table (FDT) Data Base: Field Definition Table (FDT) Data Base:PUBS PUBS---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------? I Tag I Name ILen ITyplRepl ? I Tag I Name ILen ITyplRepjDelimiters/Pattern Delimiters/Pattern---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------

100 Title 200 X 216 Place 50 X-110 Author(1) 250 X R ab - 217 Date 100 X111 Author(2) 250 X R ab - 218 Year 5 X112 Author(3) 50 X R ab _ 219 Country 25 X113 Author(4) 50 X R ab _ 220 Tech.Report. Title 10 X114 Author(5) 50 X R ab _ 221 Main Report Number 50 X119 Author(6) 50 X R ab - 222 Year 5 X211 Author(7) 50 X R ab - 223 Book Title 10 X212 Author(8) 50 X R ab - 224 Place 50 X213 Auhtor(9) 50 X R ab - 225 Publisher 50 X115 No. of Authors 1 X - 226 Year 5 X116 Author Affiliation 50 X _ 227 Subject Descriptor(s) 200 X117 Month 100 X _ 228 Subject Category 10 X R200 Journal Title 250 X - 118 Role 100 X201 Volume 10 X - 229 Host Document 100 X R202 Number 10 X - 230 Author I Affiliation 50 X203 Year 4 X 231 Author II Affiliation 50 X-204 Part 10 X 232 Author III Affiliation 50 X-205 Page 10 X 233 Auhtor IV Affiliation 100 X-206 Conference Proc 100 X 234 Author V Affiliation 100 X-207 Name of the Conf 250 X 242 Author VI Affiliation 50 X-208 Sponsor(s) 100 X 243 Author VII Affiliation 100 X-

209 Number 10 X 244 Auhtor IX Affiliation 50 X------ 1 ----- 2

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Field Definition Table (FDT) Data Base: Field Definition Table (FDT) Data Base:PUBS PUBS---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------? I Tag I Name ILen ITyplRepl ? I Tag I Name ILen ITyplReplDelimiters/Pattern Del imiters/Pattern---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

245 Auhtor X Affiliation 50 X _ 267 Page 100 X235 Author( 10)Affiliation 100 X 268 Year 100 X-236 Patents 100 X _ 269 Citing Documents 100 X237 Application Number 100 X 270 Books 100 X-238 Patent Number 100 X _ 271 Technical Reports 100 X239 Originating Unit 100 X 272 Conference Proc 100 X-240 Document Type 100 X R 273 Journal Article 100 X-241 Centre 100 X 274 Patents 100 X-252 Author/Editor 100 X 275 Electronic Source 100 X-253 Availability 100 X 276 Thesis 100 X-254 Collaboration with 100 X R 277 Standards 100 X R-255 No. of Reference 100 X _ 307 Unpublished Doc. 100 X256 Self Citation 100 X 278 Private Comm. 100 X-257 No. of Pages 100 X 280 Cited Documents 100 X-258 Subject Classification 100 X 281 Journal Title 100 X R-259 Journal 100 X - 282 International 100 X260 Conference 100 X - 283 National 100 X261 Book 100 X - 284 Conference 100 X262 Technical Report 100 X 285 International 100 X-263 Country of Pub 100 X 286 National 100 X-264 Country of Pub 100 X _ 287 Technical Report 100 X265 Conference Status 100 X 288 Internal 100 X-266 Page 100 X 289 National 100 X-

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Field Definition Table (FDT) Data Base: Field Definition Table (FDT) Data Base:PUBS PUBS---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------? I Tag I Name ILen ITyplRepl ? I Tag I Name ILen ITyplReplDelimiters/Pattern Del imiters/Pattern---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

290 NASA 100 X 314 Self Citation - Thes 100 X-334 ESA 100 X 315 Self Citation-Per.Com 100 X-291 Other Foriegn 100 X 316 Self Citation-Conf. N 100 X-292 Standards 100 X R 317 Self Citation-Cant. I 100 X-293 Internal Standards 100 X _ 333 Self Citation - Unpub 100 X294 Foreign Standards 100 X 318 R&D 100 X-295 Collaborative Pattern 100 X 319 VSSC Author's Pas. 100 X-296 Inst.Name(National) 100 X R 320 Theses 100 X-297 Country 100 X R _ 321 University 100 X298 Inst. Name(Foreign) 100 X R 322 Year 100 X-299 Country 100 X R _ 323 Monograph 100 X300 ISRO Centres Name 100 X R _ 324 Self Cit. Journals(lnt) 100 X301 Type of the Institution 100 X R 325 Indian Standards 100 X-302 R&D 100 X R _ 326 Completion Status 100 X303 Academic Institutions 100 X R _ 327 Other Foriegn Reports 100 X304 Industries 100 X R _ 328 National Rreports 100 X305 Country 100 X - 329 Patents 100 X R306 Journal Availability 100 X - 330 Patent Countries 100 X309 Self Cit. Journals(Nat) 100 X 3311SSN 100 X-310 Self Citation - Books 100 X 332 Covered in 100 X R-311 Self Citation - Rep 100 X 339 Government 100 X-312 Self Citation - Pat 100 X _ 340 News Papers 100 X313 Self Citation - Stan 100 X

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Data Entry Sheet - 1

Title - 100Author(1 )-110Affiliation-230Author(2)-111Affiliation-231Author(3)-112Affiliation-232Author(4)-113Affiliation-233Author(5)-114Affiliation-234Author(6)-115Affiliation-235Author(7)-116Affiliation-236Author(8)-117Affiliation-237Author(9)-118Affiliation-238Author(5)-119Affiliation-239

Date Entry Sheet-2

ISSN - 331 _Journal Title-11 0 _Volume-201 Number - 202 Month - 117Part -201 Year -203 Page - 205Country -305 _Journal Availability-306 _

Name of the Conference-207 _Sponsors -208 _Number -209 Place - 216 _Date -217 Year -218---Country -219 _Page -266 _Conference Status -265--------------

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Year - 322 University - 321 _Book Title -223------------------Author/Editor -252------------------Publisher -225-----------------Place -224-----------------Role -118------------------

Patent Application Number-237 _Patent Number -238 _Originating Unit -239 _Year -217--------------

Data Entry Sheet-4

Bibliometric Data

Subject Category -228 _Document Type -240 Centre - 241No. of References -255 Availability - 253 _Self Citation -256----------------No. of Authors -115 No. of pages - 257 _Country of Origin -263 _Country of Publication-264 _Covered in -332 _


Citation Data

Books -228 Technical Reports - 271 _Conference Proceedings-272 Journal Article - 273----Patents -274 Electronic Sources -275---Theses -276 Standards - 277---Private communications-278 Unpublishd Documents-307 _Monographs -323 News Papers - 340 _

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Journal Title -281International - 282National - 283

Conference -284International -285National -286

Technical Report -287Internal -288 National - 289-NASA -290 Foreign -291_ESA -334

Standards -292Internal -293Foreign -294

Patents -329Patent Countreius-330


Self Citation DataSelf Citation Journal (Nat)-309 Self Citation Journal (Int)-324 _Self Citation Patents -312 Self Citation Standards -313Self Citation Thesis -314 Self Citation Per Commun-315Self Citation Conference (Nat)-316_Self Citation Conference (Int)-317 _Self Citation Journal (Nat)-309 Self Citation Journal (Int)-324 __Self Citation Books -310 _Self Citation Internal Report-311__Self Citation.Foreign Report-327_Self Citation National Report-328 Self Citation Unpublished-333 _


Author Collaboration DataCollaboration with -254-------------Institutional Name (National) -296 _Country -297 _Institutional Name (International) -296 _Country -297 _Other ISRO Centres name -300------------Type of the InstitutionR&D -318 Academic -303-----Industries -304 Government -339----VSSC Author's Position - 319 ...--__Completion Status -326

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Field Select Table (FST)

Data Base Name: PUBS-FST for Inverted File- FST name: PUBS

: 10 liT :Data extraction format-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

200 0 ("OJN-"v200)115 0 ("ONA-"v115)240 0 ("ODT-"v240/)239 0 ("OOU-"v239)203 0 ("OYE-"v203)218 0 ("OYE-"v218)222 0 ("OYE-"v222)229 1 ("OAN-"v229/)241 0 ("OCN-"v241 )110 0 if s(v230):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v11 OAa,\, \v11 OAb) fi111 0 if s(v231 ):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v111 Aa,\, Iv111 Ab) fi112 0 if s(v232):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v112Aa,\' \v112Ab) fi113 0 if s(v233):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v113Aa, \, \v113Ab) fi114 0 if s(v234):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v114Aa, \, \v114Ab) fi119 0 if s(v235):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v119Aa, \, Iv119Ab)fi211 0 if s(v242):'vssc' then'("OAU-"v211 Aa,\, \v211 Ab) fi212 0 if s(v243):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v212Aa,\' Iv212Ab) fi213 0 if s(v244):'vssc' then ("OAU-"v213Aa,\' IV213Ab) fi100 0 ("OTI-"v100)253 0 ("OAVA-"v253)207 0 ("OCP-"v207)265 0 ("OConf-"v265/)228 0 ("OSub-"v228/)260 .0 ("OCit-Bo-"v270/)281 0 ("OJLCIT-"v281/)326 0 ("Ocs-"v326)331 0 ("0ISSN-"v331)332 0 ("OCOV-"v332/)264 0 ("OCOP-"v264)

Display Format

Data Base Name: PUBS Format name: PUBS

f(mfn,1 ,O)/if v326:'x' then 'Duplicate' else v1 00/mhl,v11 OAa,", "v11 OAb";"v111 Aa " "v111 Ab "'''v112Aa'' "v112Ab "'''v113Aa'' "v113Ab II. "v114Aa ", , , , , , , , , , , ,"v114Ab"; "v119Aa,","v119Ab/v200", ""VoI."v201 ", ""No."v202","v117","v203", ""Part"v204" ,""p"v205/v207","v209","v208","v216","v219","v217","v218/v223","v225","v224 fi/# if v326:'c' then 'Record Completed' fi","if p(v332) then "-"v332 fi##EDIT: Replace

Displaying of Records

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37Synthesis and Characterization of Glycidyl Azide Polymer: A High EnergyPropellant BinderFrancis, A U; Venkatachalam, SInternational Symposium on Macromolecules,Trivnadrum,lndia,11-13Jan,1995

38Rheological studies of PSLV Igniter PropellantPandureng, L P; John David;Somasundaran, U I;Thanki John, ; SomeswaraRao, S;Indian Chemical Engineer, Vol.36, No.3, July-Sept,1994, p107-109

39Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Polybutadiene BindersNinan, K N; Krishnan, KJournal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol.19, No.1, Jan-Feb,1982, p92-94

More...

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Appendix: 3

The International Abstracting/Indexing Databases

1. DIALOG's Aerospace Database

Aerospace database is a bibliographic and abstract reference of two

print publications; International Aerospace Abstracts (1M) and Scientific and

Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) produced by AIAA and NASNSTIB. It

is a comprehensive engineering and technology information resources

providing worldwide bibliographic coverage of published and unpublished

scientific and technical literature. It concentrates on all aspects of aerospace

research and development. Over 1,600 periodicals from worldwide sources

are scanned, with over 50 percent originating outside the USA coverage

includes journal articles, conference papers, books, published and

unpublished report literature, theses and patents. The coverage of literature

approximately 65,000 records per year.

2. lEE's INSPEC

INSPEC is the leading English language abstracting and indexing

service covering the world's published literature on all aspects of Physics,

Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Control Technology

and Information Technology. This definitive source from The Institution of

Electrical Engineers, UK and combined with Proquest software for easy

access to this comprehensive database. INSPEC scans papers from

approximately 4,200 journals, over 2,000 conference proceedings, books,

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reports and dissertations, adding over 300,000 bibliographic records in each

year to the database.

3. DIALOG's Engineering Compendex

Engineering Compendex Plus provides coverages of the world's

significant Engineering and Technical literature. Compendex Plus is

produced by Engineering Information (Ei) Inc. and corresponds to the print

publication "Engineering Index", and additional conference records.

Compendex Plus contains references and abstracts from journal, technical

reports, books, proceedings and conference papers, and more. Publications

from around the world are indexed, including approximately 4,500 journals,

2,000 conference proceedings per year.

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Appendix: 4

Bradford's Law of Scattering

Bradford's Law of Scattering : Bradford's Law serves as a general

gUideline to librarians in determining the number of core journals in any given

field. It states that journals in a single field can be divided into three parts,

each containing approximately, the same number of articles: 1) a core of

journals on the subject, relatively few in number, that produces approximately

one-third of all the articles, 2) a second zone, containing the same number of

articles as the first, but a greater number of journals, and 3) a third zone,

containing the same number of articles as the second, but a still greater

number of journals.

The mathematical relationship of the number of journals in the core to

the first zone is a constant n and to the second zone the relationship is n2•

Bradford expressed this relationship as 1 : n : n2• Bradford formulated his law

after studying a bibliography of Geophysics, covering 326 journals in the field.

He discovered that 9 journ'als contained 429 articles, 59 contained 499

articles, and 258 contained 404 articles. So it took 9 journals to contribute

one-third of the articles, 5 times 9, or 45, to produce the next third, and 5

times 5 times 9, or 225, to produce the last third. According to the Law of

Scattering, if Tx represents the number of journals having x references, ; T2x

the total number of journals having 2x references and T3x the total number of

journals having 3x references, ... etc. then Tx : T2x : T3x = 1 : n : n2 where n

may be any number depending on the value chosen for x.

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Appendix: 5

Latka's Inverse Square Law of Scientific Productivity

The first empirical analysis of a collection of publications for the

purpose of studying scientific output was carried out by Alfred I. Lotka in 1926.

According to this law, there exists a correlation between the authors of

scientific papers and their number of contributions. Lotka's Law describes the

frequency of publication by authors in a given field. It states that the number

(of authors) making n contributions is about 1/n2 of those making one; and the

proportion of all contributors, that make a single contribution, is about 60

percent. This means that out of all the authors in a given field, 60 percent will

have just one publication, and 15 percent will have two publications (1/22

times 60). 7 percent of authors will have three publications (1/32 times 60),

and so on. According to Lotka's Law of scientific productivity, only six percent

of the authors in a field will produce more than 10 articles. Lotka's Law, when

applied to large bodies of literature over a fairly long period of time, can be

accurate in general, but not statistically exact.

Lotka counted the number of scientists who were listed as authors of

one, two, three... papers in Chemical Abstracts for the period 1907-1916.

After smoothing out the statistical data, he obtained the following

dependence. Mathematically it stands as

ni =n1/i2, i =1,2,3..... imax

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Where n1 is the number of scientists who wrote one paper (single

paper authors) and imax is the maximum productivity of a scientist.

or Yn =kina

. where k and a are the constants for a set of data n (number of

contributions) = 1,2,3, mmax Yn = number of authors contributing n

papers each. It has been observed that certain subject disciplines do not

strictly adhere to Lotka's Law i.e. the a value will not be 2. Therefore to what

extent author productivity confirms to his law has to be tested. So, the values

of a are altered so as to fit or come closer to the ideal Lotka values.

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Appendix: 6

List of libraries visited for data collection

1. Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), 8th Mile, MysoreRoad, Bangalore.

2. ISRO Satellite Centre, Vimanapura, Bangalore

3. Satish Dawan Space Centre, Sriharikota Range, Andra Pradesh

4. Liquid Propulsion System Centre (LPSC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu

5. Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Pappanamcode, Trivandrum

6. University of Kerala Library, Trivandrum

7. Liquid Propulsion System Centre (LPSC), Valiamala, Trivandrum

8. ISRO Inertial System Unit (IISU), Vattiyurkavu, Trivandrum

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