Abstract:
Characterization of Scientific journals based on citations, references, bibliometric
indicators has a long history. Evaluating a journal may be used to represent the extent of
use to identify the scientific eminence of research publications. This paper provided a
citation network analysis of publications from the SJSS. The analysis covered
publications in the journal from 2015–2019. The Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences
(SJSS) is published twice a year, in June and December, by the National Science
Foundation of Sri Lanka. The journal publishes articles in Sinhala, Tamil and English
languages, covering the entire range of social sciences focusing on Sri Lanka and/or other
South Asian countries. The Journal is indexed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation
Index. The paper analysed the most published authors, most cited articles, uncited
articles, most prolific authors, top institutions, collaboration profile of authors, and the
nationalities of authors, that are most represented in the journal. 67 articles were taken
from the primary data source, the Google Scholar using Publish or
Perish (POP) software. An analysis of 114 citations was carried out using the POP online
analytics tool and Excel. Results indicated that 47% of SJSS research publications have
received a minimum of single citations. 101 authors have been contributed to 67 articles
published during the study period in SJSS. In terms of collaboration profile, the SJSS’s
authors showed a preference for “Single– authored” papers. Only 29 (43%) papers were
two authored or Mega authored. The most cited article is “Impact of microfinance on
women's empowerment: a case study on two microfinance institutions in Sri Lanka”
authored by Herath, H and Guneratne, LHP published in 2015.
Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Citation analysis, Collaborative research, Journal
Evaluation
