Celebrating More Than Three Decades of Scholarly Publishing: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Science and Technology (JUST)

Edward Mensah Borteye; Akwoyire Yaw Aviamu; Setsoafia Afetsi  Yao Humphrey-Ackumey; Rita  Akotey

doi:10.4314/just.v41i2.1558

Mr. Edward Mensah Borteye Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9925-9893
Mr. Akwoyire Yaw Aviamu Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prempeh II Library https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8265-3942
Mr. Setsoafia Afetsi Yao Humphrey-Ackumey Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prempeh II Library https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-2585
Ms. Rita Akotey Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6630-7726

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v41i2.1558

Keywords: Bibliometrics, bibliometric study, scholarly communication, publishing, JUST, KNUST

Abstract

This study seeks to showcase the scholarly contribution of the Journal of Science and Technology (JUST). Bibliometrics is a quantitative approach used in library and information sciences to describe publication patterns within a given field or body of literature. Data for this study were extracted manually from the JUST homepage and African Journal Online (AJOL) platforms. The study results revealed that more multiple authors have contributed to the Journal than single authors. Collaboration in the Journal is more at the institutional than national and international levels. There were fluctuations in the number of publications in the Journal. This was due to inconsistencies in the number of issues per volume and articles per issue in a year. It also revealed that authors from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and researchers from Ghana, in general, dominated the total number of articles published by the Journal. Some recommendations, such as aggressive marketing of the Journal on social media, indexation, and abstraction in reputable databases, were made to improve the outlook of the Journal to encourage more contributions to the Journal.

Author Biographies

Mr. Edward Mensah Borteye , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Edward Mensah Borteye is a Senior Assistant Librarian and Acting College Librarian at the College of Engineering, KNUST. His research interests include open-access publishing, information literacy, scholarly communication, bibliometrics, and user studies.

Mr. Akwoyire Yaw Aviamu, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prempeh II Library

Akwoyire Yaw Aviamu is a Junior Assistant Librarian at the Prempeh II Library, KNUST. He is a librarian with experience in varied practice and development roles, mainly within the modern library and information management techniques. His research interests include Information Literacy, Academic Librarianship, Bibliometrics, and RDM.

Mr. Setsoafia Afetsi Yao Humphrey-Ackumey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prempeh II Library

Setsoafia Afetsi Yao Humphrey-Ackumey is a Junior Assistant Librarian at the Prempeh II Library, KNUST. His specialization includes Library Management, Digital Libraries, Communication, Information Literacy Skills, Open Access, Research Data Analysis, and Management, Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research.

Ms. Rita Akotey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Rita Akotey is a Junior Assistant Librarian at the Faculty of Law, KNUST. Her research interest includes information science and information literacy