Study of variations of citation-based parameters for selected Indian science journals

Abstract

The ratio of the total number of citations to the total number of cited papers was predicted as a constant by Garfield. But, later he observed the changing nature of this constant over time. Scientometricians thus preferred to call it Garfield Ratio rather than Garfield Constant. The Garfield Ratio is a very well-known citation-based parameter, which actually indicates the average citation per cited article. However, Garfield still pointed out that behind this ratio some deeper regularity may be found. In this paper, an analysis of this indicator, the Garfield Ratio is attempted for twelve distinguished Indian science journals over twelve years time span ranging from 2009 to 2020.