THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GEOGRAPHICAL AUTHORS: A CASE STUDY FROM NIGERIA

Abstract

The study identifies 621 authors who contributed 1,423 periodical articles and monograph publications to the geographical literature on Nigeria between 1901 and 1970. Publications/author relationship shows a perfect Bradford distribution comprising fifty‐three core authors having each six publications or more and among them contributing 38 per cent of all items. The significance of these results for retrospective bibliographical searches and their methodological implications for documentation studies in general are suggested and briefly discussed.

Citation

AIYEPEKU, W.O. (1976), "THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GEOGRAPHICAL AUTHORS: A CASE STUDY FROM NIGERIA", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026617