Visibility and impact of the Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section B during 2005-2009 using scientometric techniques

269-284Organic chemistry has always been one of the strongest areas of research in the chemical sciences in India. The Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section B is the leading journal from India covering important contributions in the area of organic and medicinal chemistry. This is the first attempt to carry out a scientometric assessment of the visibility and impact of this journal towards serving the needs of researchers, mainly from India, in these areas. All papers published in this journal during 2005 to 2009 have been analysed using various scientometric parameters like geographical distribution, citations received each year, authorship patterns, etc. The papers are grouped under four main fields: (i) Heterocyclic Chemistry, (ii) Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (iii) Natural Products Chemistry and (iv) Theoretical Chemistry and assessment and performance of these and the forty five specialized sub-fields in organic chemistry have been studied