Scientometric Analysis of the Scientometrics Journal: From 2000 to 2019 using the Scopus Database

This scientometric study analyses 4347 papers of published in the Scientometrics during the year 2000 to 2019 with a focus on various aspects such as document type, published year, distribution of papers, contributors and their productivity, geographical distribution and citation pattern. The study found that out of 4347 papers, the highest number 397 (9.13%) of papers -were published in 2018 and the lowest number 82 (1.89%) of research articles published in the year 2000. The maximum number of citations counted as 8828 (9.43%) in the year 2010 whereas, the minimum number of citations were 797 (0.85%) in the year 2019. The majority of 11.74% contributions from China -which is the first position, followed by 10.57% were contributed by United States is the second rank