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REPORTING OF INDIAN MATHEMATICS LITERATURE IN THE

MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS AND THE BULLETIN SIGNALETIQUE

Studies the extent of coverage andspeed of reporting of Indian mathematicsliterature in the Mathematical Reviews andthe BullEtin Sigr,aletique using the Biblio-graphy of Scientific Publications of Southand South East Asia as the basis. Coverageof journals ae a whole and problems relatingto seepage and scatter of Indian mathematicsI!terature are thA C~~Er Repects dealt with.

INTRODUCTION

India has a creditable record ofresea rch in the field of Mathematics. Thestudy of "Mathematics which was pursuedintensively till the end of the twelfthcentury received a set-back subsequentlyand this situation almost prevailed over along period of about eight hundred years.The twentieth century, however broughtabout the reniassance of rn atb em at ic a.lresearch in our country. In 1907 theIndian Mathematical Society, in 1908 theCalc utt a Mathematical Society and in 1919the Banaras Mathematical Society werefounded. These societies started publica-tion of three periodicals i ,e. Journal ofthe Indian Mathematical Society (1909),Bulletin of the Calcutta MathematicalSociety (1909) and-proceedings ofB~narasMathematical Society ~ 1919). TheJournal of the Indian Mathematical Societyis n0W published in two parts i. e. theJournal of the Indian Mathematical Societyand the Math~~c--;St~de;t.- The title -ofthe periodical the" Proceedings of the~~~aras ""Mathe!!la_tic~!_~io~~~tj" hasbeenchanged to "Qil.!lltil." and the name of theSociety has al so been changed to BharatGanita Parishad. The subject of Mathema-tics now receives great attention in almostall the Universities. In addition the follow-ing institutions and societies are engagedin the study of Mathematics [1. 7-9].

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All India Astrological and AstronomicalSociety, Calcutta.

2 Allahabad Mathematical Society:3 Allahabad University Mathematical

As sociation.4 Bharat Ganita Parishad, Lucknow.5 Bombay Mathematical Co l loqui urn .6 Calcutta Mathematical Society.7 Calcutta Statistical As sociation.8 Indian Institute of Technology,

Kharagpur.9 Indian Inter -planetary Society, Calcutta.

10 Indian Mathematical Society, Delhi.11 Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics,

New Delhi.12 Indian Society of Theoretical and

Applied Mechanics, Kharagpur.13 Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.14 Institute of Mathematical Science,

Madras.15 Rarnanujam Institute of Mathematics,

Madras.16 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Bombay.

The following Observatories areconducting research in Astronomy:

1 Astrophysical Observatory, Kodaikanal.2 Ionospheric Research Station. Haringha-

ta.3 KodaikanalObservatory.4 UPState Observatory.

There are at present 12 periodicalsexclusively de vo te d to Mathematics. Theyare:

Bulleti •• of the Allahabad UniversityMathematical Associaticn (1942).

2 Bulletin of the Calcutta MathematicalSociety (1909).

3 Bulletin of the Central ResearchInstitute. University of Ke r al a SeriesB Statistics (1950).

4 Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin(l951).

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5 Ganita (1950).6 Indian Journal of Mathematics (1958).7 Journal of the Indian Mathematical

Society (1947).8 Journal of the Indian Society of Agricul-

tural Statistics (1949).9 Mathematics Seminar (1960).

10 Mathematics Student (1932).11 Matscience Report12 Sankhya. Series A&< B (1933).

In addition the following periodicalscarry a good number of articles ofmathematics interest:

1 Applied Physics Quarterly (1954).2 Bulletin of the Central Research Insti-

tute. University of Kerala. Series A(1950) .

3 Bulletin of the National GeophysicalResearch Institute. Hyde rabad (1963).

4 Current Science (1932).5 Defence Science Journal (1949).6 Indian Journal of Physics (1927).7 Indian Journal of Pure and Applied

Physics (1963).8 Indian Journal of Theoreticai Physics

(1953).9 Journal of the Aeronautical Society of

India (!949).10 Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

(1918).11 Journal of the Indian Medical Profess-

ion (1954).12 Journal of the Institute of Armament

Studies (1962).13 Journal of the Karnatak University.

Science (1956).14 Journal of the Madras University. Sec B

(1940) .15 Journal of Science and Engineering

Research (1957).16 Journal of Scientific Research. Bana r as

Hindu University (1950).17 Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletin (1904).18 Madhya Bharati Pt 2 Sec A (1952).19 Proceedings of the Indian Academy of

Sciences Sec A (1934).20 Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences India Sec A (1931).21 Proceedings of the National Institute of

Sciences India Pt A (1935).22 Proceedings of the Rajasthan Academy

of Sciences (1951).23 University of Roorkee Research Journal

(1958).

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24 Vijnan Parishad Anusandhan Patrika(1958).

25 Vikram Science (1957.1.

The growth of Indian literature inMathematics including Mechanics andAstronomy in the last few years may beseen in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 gives thenumber of periodical articles on Mathema-tics as reported in the Bibliographv ofScientific Publications of South and SouthEast Asia (hereafter referred to as theBibliography) .

TABLE 1

INDIAN PERIODICAL ARTICLES ONMATHEMA TICS

Year of theBibliography

1955195619571958195919601961196219631964

No. of articles reportedin the Bibliogra~

209175182172235202299322333278

In Table 2 the number of books publishedin India in the fields of Mathematics.Astronomy and Mechanics as reported bythe Indian National Bibliogra~ is given.Not all of them are. however. scholarlypublications as school and college text-books have also been included in this data.

TABLE 2

INDIAN BOOKS ON MATHEMATICS

Year of the IndianNational Bibliography

No. of Books

195819591960196119621963

198153196230198234

Scope of the Stu~

The present study on the reporting ofIndian mathematics literature in the

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REPORTING OF INDIAN MATHEMATICS LITERATURE

Mathematical Reviews and the BulletinSiinal~tigu~ Sec I. II and III is yet ano th e r;in the series of studies being made by us onthe reporting of Indian scientific literaturein major international ab s t r ac tin g andindexing services. The studies alreadyreported are on the coverage of Indianliterature in Physics. Chemistry andChemical Technology. Biological sciences.and Agriculture. [6. 2. 4. 5]. They havebeen made in relation to abstractingservices published in English. whereas thepresent study analyses the coverage ofIndian mathematics literature in anabstracting service published in French1. e Bulletin Signa1etigue in addition toMathematical Reviews, published in

English. Exhaustiveness of reporting.speed of reporting. coverage of journalsas a whole. seepage and scatter ofmathematics literature are the aspectsdealt with in this paper.

Source for the Study

The Bibliography has been taken asthe base for this study. All the entriesof 1961 and 1962 under Mathematics (=B)with the omission of reports and theses

have been taken into consideration. It maybe pointed out here that main class B ofColon Classification is constituted of Pureand Applied Mathematics. Mechanics.Physico-Mathematics and Astronomy.All the entries of the Bibliography havebeen checked in the Mathematical Reviewsas well as in the respective sections of~he Bulletin ~ign.al~ti~~e. For checkingm the Bulletin Slgnaletique the entrieshave been further divided subject-wise.because entries under Arithmetic toGeometry (=B 1 to B6). Mechanics andPhysico-mathematics (=B7 and B8) andAstronomy (=B9) in the Bibliographyrelate to Bulletin Signalltique Sec I Pureand Applied Mathematics. Sec III Physics I(Mechanics. Physico-Mathematics etc)and Sec II Astronomy and Astrophysicsrespectively. It has. however. beennoticed that some entries under Bl to B6and B9 have been noticed in Sec III andSec II Pt 2 respectively. Similar is thecase with entries of B7. In order to be sureas to not to miss any possible entry. allthe untraced entries relating to a particular


section have been checked in the r erna mrngtwo sections of the Bulletin Signale'tique .Quite a few entries have been located inthis manner: Even then a few entries outof the periodicals actually covered in theBulletin Signaletique could not be traced.There is a possibility of their beingreported in sections other than See I.ll andIII.

For the 1961 and 1962 entries of theBibliography. the ~~thematical. ~~vie~has been checked up to 1963 and 1964respectively. As it has been noticed thatarticles are covered rapidly in the Bulletin?ignaleti~. the checking has been - .... --confined here upto June issue of 1963 and1964 respectively for 1961 and 1962entries of the !?ibliQ&!JiR.hy. In somecases where it has been found that thearticles of a particular periodical havebeen partly covered. the search has beenextended up to June 1965 issue of therespective abstracting services (latestavailable issue at the time of this study).It may be worth mentioning here that twoentries reported in the Bibliography of1961 have been located as late as in June1965 issue of the Mathemati.cal ~e_v)_e~-,'l.

2 EXTENT OF REPORTING

In Table 3 (Page 143), journal-wise distri-bution of articles reported in the Bibliographyof the years 1961 and 1962 and their c ov er a gein the two abstracting services are given.

It may be seen that the MathematicalReviews has reported 55.2 per cent and50.6 per cent and the Bulletin Signal~tique40.5 per eent and 36.0 per cent of theIndian mathematics literature of the years1961 and 1962 respectively. The coveragesof Indian literature in both the abstractingservices offer scope for improvement.

3 QUICK,'\IESS IN REPORTING

The quickness in reporting Indian mathe-matje s literature in the two abstracting s er--'vices has also been studied and the datagiven in Table 4{Page 144). The time-lag isdetermined by calculating the time elapsedbetween the indexing of the article in the

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Bibliography and the appearance of itsabstract in the respective abstractingservices. However, comparison of speedof reporting of literature between an index-ing periodical such as the Bib) ineraphy andan abstracting periodical such as theMathematical Reviews is not equitable.But, the Bibliography has been taken asthe base in this study because it has beenthe only secondary publication coveringIndian scientific literature exhaustivelyand expeditiously up to December 1964.All the important Indian scientific contri-butions get reported in the Bibliography.It may be reasonably expected that all thearticles reported in the Bibliography areworth coverage by international abstractingservices. Normally the Bibliography hasbeen indexing the Indian scientific literaturewithin 1-2 months after publication.

It may be seen that the maximum time-lag in reporting in the ~hematicalRev;~\Vs and the ~lllietin Signaletiq~~ is48 and 15 months respectively. TheBul!..e.!!..nSignaletique is published in Frenchand the Indian articles which appear inEnglish have to be translated first intoFrench before abstracting. It may be.therefore,' expected that the Bulletin Siena-1~ti9ue would take more time in reportingthe Indian literature than the MathematicalReviews. which is published in English.But the data given in Table 4 present adifferent trend. Articles are abstractedmore rapidly in the Bulletin Signaletiquethan in the Mathematical Reviews. Thismay be due to the following reasons:

1 That the abs tracts in the BulletinSienalltique are indicative only; whereasthe abstracts in the Mathematical Reviewsare quite detailed.

2 That the Bulletin Signale'tique usuallyabstracts all the articles of a particularissue of a journal at a time, whereas the~rn-,!,tic&Re",i~ws sometime noticesthe articles in different is sues. This pointis illustrated further from the data presen-ted in Tables 5 and 6(Page 145).

The coverage of articles appearing inthe Indian Journal of Mathematics Vol 3No 1 in the two abstracting services isgiven as an example.

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It is obvious from the data given inTables 5-6 that the Mathematical Reviewsfollow the subject-wise abstracting proce-dure, where the journals for abstractingmove from one abstractor to another onthe basis of subject s pe c ia Ii s a t io n. Furtherthey seem to rely mostly on panel systemfor abstracting. The abstracting workmight have been entrusted to panel abstrac-tors more according to subject specialitiesthan by journals. This procedure is likely tobring about certain irregularity in coverageif a particular issue of a journal as such istaken into consideration.

4 DISTRIBUTION ANDCONCENTRATION

The distribution and concentration ofIndian mathematics literature in threemajor fields i. e Pure and Applied Mathe-matics, Mechanics and Physico-Mathema-tics and Astronomy have also been studiedin these two services and the data given inTables 7, 9 and 11(Pages 146-141l).

Tables 8,10 and 12 (Pages 145,147, 14f\)present data on the time-lag in reportingthe literature of the above three subjectgroups in the two se rvice s .

5 DEPTH OF COVERAGE OFJOURNALS

From Table 3, where the data on thecoverage of both the abstracting servicesare analysed, it may be seen that thepercentage of coverage of the MathmaticalReviews is slightly higher than that ofthe Bulletin Signaletique. This may bedue to the fact that the Mathematical Reviewshas covered more periodicals than theBulletin Signaletique. If the coverage isconsidered from the point of view of artic-les appearing in il' particular issue ofa periodical, the coverage of the BulletinSignaletique is found to be better than thatof the Mathematical Reviews. This will beevident from the data given in Table l3(Page 148).

The difference in performance of thetwo abstracting services with regard tocoverage of articles appearing in particularissues of periodicals may be due to thefact that the Mathematical Reviews has

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been adopting a stricter criterion than theBulletin Signalohique in the selection ofarticles for inclusion. During 1962 theBibliography has noticed as many as24 articles from the Journal of the IndianMathematical Society, of which IS articlesrelate to Vol 24 and the remaining 9 toVol 25. The Bulletin Signal~tigue, however,appears to have covered this journal fromVol 25 onwards o nl y and this explains thecomparatively lower percentage of coveragein 1962 than 'in 1961.

It may be also seen that the Mathemati-cal Reviews has omitted three periodicalsin 1962 whereas the Bulletin ~~ale'tig.\l'::has added two more periodicals. Thesmaller number of periodicals covered in1962 does not reflect any significant trendbecause a few journals of broader c la s si. e General Science and Physical Sciencespublished a few articles on Mathemat icsin 1961 whereas they did not publish anyin 1962. The journal-wise coverage doesnot therefore substantially change betweenthese two years in this respect.

The data on volume-wise analysis of thearticles given in Table 14 (Page 149) as wellas the journal index of the MathematicalReviews have shown that the MathematicalReviews has covered no articles of the AgraUniversity Journal of Research (Science), fromVol 10- and of the Applied Physics Quarter-!.:i. from Vol 7-. On the other hand articlesof the Mathematics Seminar, Delhi fromVol 2- No. 2- and of the Vijnan ParishadAnusandhan Patrika from Vol 5- are foundto have been covered.

The journal index of the Mathematical~evi.ews clearly indicates that the ~ndian,I.~~f Physi£_s, the !~~~~~of Theoretical Physics, the Journal of the~IMtit~t~-()Tsciei.ce, the Jom:naloTthe Indian Society of A~ricultural Statistic.s,and the Journal of Scientific Research,Banaras HindJ.Lllniye rsi1¥. have beenregularly covered during the years 1961 to1964. However, no articles of Vol 34 and35 of the Indian Journal of Physics; of Vol 9of the Indian Journal of Theoretical Pr.ysics;of Vol 42 and 44 of the Journal of theIndian Institute of Science; of Vol 13 of theJournal of the Indian Society of AgriculturalStatistics and of Valli of the Journal ofScientific Research, Banaras Hindu Univer-~ seem to have been covered.


As regards journal coverage by theBulletin Signaletique the volume-wiseanalysis of articles covered could alorrebe attempted in the abs ence of any list ofperiodicals covered by the BulletinSignalltique. The ~ulletin Signale'tiquehas started covering the Journal of IndianMathematical Society from Vol 25 (1962).

6 PROBLEMS OF SEEP AGE ANDSCATTER

The periodicals Antiseptic, CocOnutBulletin, Indian Forest Record - New~ (Statistical), Indian Journ~l~iMedical Science, Journal of the IndianMedical Prgfess;Ql) have not been coveredby any of the two abstracting services,because of the fact that they belong toseepage regions i. e to subjects which aretotally alien to the scope of the twos e rvi c es ,

The periodicals ~urrent Engineerina:!:ractic~, Current Science, Defence ScienceJournal, Electro-technology, Indian &~astern Engineer, Indian Journal ofMeteorology and Geophysics, Journal ofthe Aeronautical Society of India, Journalof the Institution of Engineers India -General Engineering Division, Journal ofthe Scientific & Industrial Research Sec A,Journal of the University of Poona -Science & Technology, Journal of theUniversity of Saugar Pt III Sec A.> M.~9hyaBharati. Proceedings of the Rajasth.an!-cademy of Sciences, Science and Cul_ture,Vikram Science and Viswakarma have alsonot been covered by any of the two abstract-ing services. All these journals belong tobroad or peripheral subjects and theypublish only a few articles on Mathematics.It would indeed be difficult for Internationalabstracting services like the MathematicalReviews and the Bulletin Sia:nalJtigue tonotice and report them.

The data given in Table 15(Page 150) showthat the articles from core periodicals accountfor only about half; from periodicals belongingto broad subjects about aIle third; andfrom periodicals belonging to border-linesubjects about one-sixth. The remainderaccounts for articles appearing in periodi-cals whose subject is totally alien.

The coverage of mathematics literaturein the two services by periodicals as a

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whole has been further studied with refer-ence to - 1) Core Subjects; 2) Broad subjects;3) Border-line subjects; ;and 4) Aliensubjects. The data have beep presented ir:Table 15.

From Table 16(Page 150) it may be seenthat from among the periodicals cover e d by theBibl!o-R1"...aJlhyabout 25 per cent are core,about 45 per cent belong to broad subjects,about 24 per cent belong to border-linesubjects and the remaining belong to aliensubjects.

The coverage of the M1!Jbemati<::alReviews has corne nearly cent per cent inthe case of core periodicals. It covers o nly50 per cent of periodicals pertaining tobroad subjects and still very much lessin the case of perodicals belonging toborder-line subjects. Its coverage ofperiodicals belonging to alien subjects isalmost nil.

The Bulletin SignalEftique has coveredabout half of the core periodicals and aboutone-third of the periodicals belonging tothe broad subjects. Its coverage is 9 percent and 22 per cent for the years 1961 and1962 respectively in respect of periodicalsbelonging to the border subjects. In thecase of periodicals of alien subjects, itscoverage is nil.

It is evident from above that it is rathe rdifficult for an international abstractingservice devoted to a particular subjectdiscipline to ensure exhaustive coverageof literature for the reason that articlesappear in periodicals ,belonging to broad,border-line and alien subjects and theyare liable to escape notice. A nationalabstracting service, can however ensuregood coverage and can act as a feederservice to the international abstractingservices. The problems of scatter andseepage of literature would also be solved.

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As'for the Indian scientific literature, theIndian~fi~nce Abstracts, a nationalab s t r ac t ing service being published by theIl'<SDOC s inc e January 1965 fulfils thisneed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Di recto ry of Indian Scientific Periodicals.Delhi, INSDOC, 1964.

2 KRISHNAN (A ) and SURINDER tvlOHAN.Indian documents in Chemistry andTechnology: A study of the coverageand quickness of reporting in interna-tional documentation tools. (Paperpresented at the DRTC Seminar on'Documentation Periodicals'Bangalore May 1963).

3 Mathematics in Indian Universities. New Delhi.University Grants Commission. 1964.

4 RAJAGOPALAN (T S), DEO (M S),MUKHERJI (Soma) and TRIPATHY (G N ).

Coverage of Indian Documents onAgriculture in three Bibliographicalperiodicals. (Paper presented at theDRTC Seminar on 'DocumentationPeriodicals'. Bangalore. May 1963).

5 RAJAGOPALAN (T S), SEN (B K),ROY (S) and UPADHYAYA (p D).

Reporting of Indian AgriculturalLiterature in some CAB Abstractingservices. (~n Lib Sci Doc. 12; 1965;87 -99).

6 RAJAGOPALAN (T S) and SEN (B K).Reporting of Indian Physics Literaturein the E.hysics Abstracts (~n Lib SciDoc_. 11; 1964; 87-95).

7 Science in India. New Delhi, Council ofScientific and Industrial Research, 1965.

8 Scientific Societies in India. New Delhi,Council of Scientific and IndustrialResearch, 1965.

9 World of Learning 1964-65. London. Europa, 1965.

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TABLE 3

EXTENT OF REPORTING

S. No. Title of Indian Periodical No. of entries inthe Bibliography

1961 1962

No. of articlescovered in theMathematicalReviews1961/63

Extent ofReporting

No. of articles coveredin the ~n Si&:.nal~-tigue.

1962/64 1961 1962 1961/63 1962/!-4

Extent of Reporting

B A

1961 1962

1 Agra Univ J Res Sci 42 Antiseptic 13 Appl Phye Quart 10 154 Bull Calcutta math Soc 11 105 Calcutta math Soc golden 20

Jubilee Vol6 Calcutta Stat A•• Bull 4 87 Cocon Bull I8 Curr Engng Pract I9 Curr Sci 2 I

10 Defence Sci J 10 1411 Electro-technology 112 Ganita II13 Indian east Engr 1 I14 Indian For Res N S Stat 115 Indian J Math 5 2016 Indian J Met Geophys I17 Indian J med Sci 118 Indian J Phy. 8 419 Indian J theo r Phys 5 620 J M S Univ Baroda 2 521 J aero Soc India I 822 J Indian Inst Sci 4 523 .J Indian math Soc 25 2424 J Indian med Prof 17 825 J Indian 'See agric Stat 9 726 J Instn Engrs lndia-gen

Engng Div 127 J Madra. Univ 5 328 J Sci Engng Res 14 529 J sci iridue t r Res. See All30 J sei Iridue t r Res. See B 1 431 J lIei induatr Res. See D 1 432 J ac i Res Banaras Hindu Univ 2. 233 J Techno1 I34 J Univ Poona Sei Tech 2.35 J Univ Saugar Sec A 336 Madhya Bharati 537 Math Seminar Delhi 2 438 Math Stud 19 4639 Proc Indian Acad Sci Sec A II 440 Proe nat Acad Sei India

Sec A 15 841 Proe nat Inst Sei India

Pt A 24 3942 Proe Rajasthan Acad Sei 2. 343 Res Bull Punjab Univ Sci 144 Sankhya 2145 Sankhya Se r A 19 2846 SankhyaSerB I 1547 Sci & Cult I 148 Vijn Parishad Anusand Patr 3 349 Vikram Sci I50 Viswakarma

Total: 299

Percentage 100.0

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TABLE 4

TIME-l.AG IN REPORTING

MATHEMATICAL REVIEWSBULLETIN SIGNALETIQUE

Difference in ttrne- 1961 1962 1961 1962lag from thelU!ili.!w'.!l!hY •(in months)

23 1 1 44 1 3 75 2 1 12 96 4 1 11 167 11 3 6 208 18 7 17 149 13 27 19 ZZ10 7 Z2 23 1111 4 18 4 1312 5 13 413 10 7

14 5 7 215 19 4 1916 12 817 9 518 2 819 4 220 3 421 3 822 3 x23 424 325 226 227 228 330 23. 235 536 337 238 139 240 142 143 145 148 2

121 116Total 165 163

Percentage22.3 30.41 - 6 month. 5.45 5.5

60.3 69.67 - 12 months 35.15 35.2

!7.4 x13 - 19 month 8 34.55 34.6

x x19 months onwards 24.85 24.9

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Z TIME-LAG IN REPORTINGTABLE 5

0Difference in 19f.l 1962

\.-I COVERAGE OF ARTICLES FROM THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS time-lag (rom Mathematical BulletinMathematical BulletinUl the Bibliography Reviews. Signale- Reviews. Signale-~'t:l Pages relating to Montha in which Months in which Months in which

(in months) tique. tique.r+

>-' the articles appear- noticed in the abstracted in abetracted in 3 - - I 4-o ing in Indian J Math Bibliograph'y the Mathematical the Bulletin 4 - Z I 7 "0- -_ ...._-- --r;---

Vol 3 No I ~~. Signaletique 5 - 7 I .. M\.1l6 Z 4 - 13 ."

- 5 April 1962 April 1963 Nov-Dec 1962 7 If - Z 13 0

"7 -26 u April 1964 · 8 9 14 6 9 t-i27 -37 · · 9 9 19 ZZ ZI ~39 -45 · March 1963 • 10 4 18 18 11 z63 -72 · January 1964 · 11 1 - 14 lZ 073 -76 · April 1963 · IZ 3 Z 10 - 077 -83 · · 13 .. - 5 - ..,85 -90 · January 1964 · 14 5 Z 7 - ~

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2 t'"Indian Periodical details of the the Mathematical Reviewa , 30 - ~--- -- 34 2 - t-iarticle! .

35 4 - M36 3 - "Vol 26 (1962) Jan 65 (Ser No 77) 37 Z - >1 Indian Math Sac Thea ry of numbe rs t-i

(N S) pp 115-24 39 Z - CVol 25 (1961) 40 I - "pp 109-19 • Jan 65 (Ser No 79) 4Z I - MVol 27 (1963) 43 I

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TABLE 7

PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS (=Bl to B6)

EXTENT OF COVERAGE

S.No. Title of Indian Periodical No. o! entries in No. of entries Extent of Reporting No. of entries covered Extent of Report-the Bibliography covered in the in the Bulletin Signal~- ing.

Mathematical tique.Reviews.

1961 1962 1961/63 1962/64 1961 1962 1961/63 1962764 1961 1962

I. Agra Univ J Res Sci 3 x D x 2 C A2. Antiseptic I x x x x3. Bull Calcutta math Sac 4 0; 4 0; A A 4 0; A A4. Calcutta math Sac golden

Jubilee Vol 17 17 A 17 .A5. Calcutta Stat Ass Bull 4 8 3 4 B C x x6. Cocon Bull I x x x x7. Curr Sel I " x x x x x x x8. Defence Sei J 9 x x x x9. Ganita 10 10 A 10 A

10. Indian For Res N S Stat I x x x x11. Indian J Math 5 16 5 15 A B 5 16 B A12. Indian J med Sci I " x x13. Indian J Phys I 2 x 2 x A x x x14. J M S Univ Baroda 2 5 2 4 A B x x x x15. J Indian Inst Sci I x x x x16. J: Indian math Soc 23 20 18 20 B A x 9 x D17. J Indian m.-:! Prof 17 8 x x x x x x x18. J Indian Soc a.gric Stat 9 7 7 x B x x x x x19. J Madras Univ 4 3 2 2 C C 4 x A x20. J Sci Engng Res 4 3 B x x x x21. J s c i industr Rea See B I 1 x x x x x 1 x A22. J s ct Res Banaras Hindu Univ Z 2 x x C Z 2 A A23. J Univ Poona Sei Tech 2 I x x x x x x x24. J Univ Saugar See A 3 x x x x25. Madhya Bharati 5 x x x x26. Math Seminar Delhi 2 I x 1 x A x x x x27. Math Stud 12 42 8 32 C B x x x x28. Proe Indian Acad Sci See A 3 2 2 2 C A 2 A A29. Proe nat Acad Sei India

Sec A 10 6 D B 10 6 A A30. Pr-oc nat In et Set India

Pt A 14 9 14 6 A C x x x x31. Froe Rajasthan Acad Sc i ~ x x x x32. Res Bull Punjab Univ Sci 1 I A x33. Sankhya. Ser A 40 28 27 15 C C 39 27 B B34. Sankhya Ser B 1 15 x 10 x C I 15 A A35. Sci & Cult I x x x x36. Vijn Parishad Anuead Patr 3 x x A x x x x

37. Vlkram Sci 1 x x x x

Total 198 209 1!7 137 87 94

Percentage 100.0 100.0 59.1 65.S 41. 1 45.0

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TABLE 9

MECHANICS AND PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS (=B7 •• B8) - EXTENT OF COVERAGE

S.N". Title of Indian Periodical No. oC entries in No. of entries Extent of Reporting No. of entries covered Extent of R"portingthe Bibllo!!r~h'y covered in th-e in the ~~11e!in_Si£na,.Ie'-

~ta_t!!.e_IJ1~i~~1 ~i~~B..eri.c.lla,

1961 1962 191>1/631962/64 1961 1962 1961/63 1962764 1961 1962

1. Agr •. Univ J Reo Sci I " x I A2. Appl Phys Quart 10 15 4 x D x x " x x3. Bull Calcutta math Soc 7 5 I 2 E D 7 ~ A A4. Calcutta math Soc golden

.Lub il ee Vol 3 A 2 CS. Curr Engng Pr act I " x x X

6. Defence Sci J 10 5 x x x x " " x x7. Electro-technoloRY I x x x x8. Ganita x x x A9. India.n east Engr I " x x x

10. Indian J Phys Z 1 I x C x Z A AII. Indian J theor Phy e 4 6 3 x B x x x x x12. J aero Soc India I 8 x x x x x x x xJ 3. J Indian Ine t Sci 3 3 Z x C x Z 1 C D14. J Indian math See Z " Z A B x x x x15. J Madras Univ I I A I AI h. J Sci Engng Res 10 5 8 7- B D x x x x17. J s c i industr Res See B Z x x C18. J a c i industr Res See D I x x x x x " x x19. J T'ec hnol 1 A x xZO. Math Semir.ar Delhi 3 A x xZ I. Math Stud 6 4 6 A D " xZZ. Pe oe Lnd ian Acad Sci See A 7 2 6 x B x 7 2 A A23. Peoc nat Acad Sc i India See A 4 x x x x x 4 x A x24. Proc nat Inst Sei India Pt A 9 22 12 B C x x x x25. Proc Rajasthan Acad Sci I x x x "26. Viswakarma I x x x

Total 115 9Z 46 24 26 14

Percentage 100.0 100.0 54. 1 26.1 30.6 16.5

TABLE 10--'"---MECHAr-;ICS AND PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS (=87 & B8)-TIME.LAG IN REPORTING

Di Ife r en ce in time-lagfrom the Btbl iogr aphy

(in monrhs ]

235(,

789

10111213151617182023243538411

MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS,

BULLETIN SlCNALETIQUI:

5343zI

1961 1962

I3 37 32 33 3

I442

1961

122129433Z652I

1962

Total 46 26

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TABLE II

ASTRONOMY (=B9)- EXTENT OF COVERAGE

S.No. Title of Indian Periodical No. o! entries in No. of entries Extent of Reporting No. a! entries cover ed Extent of Report-the Bibliogr_a£hy covered in the in the !Lu)J.~~inSignale- ing

~<!:~h~I1.1aticat tiq~_~gevie.y!s.

1961 1962 1961/63 1962/64 1961 1962 1961/63 1962/64 1961 1962

1. Curr Sei x x x2. India.n ea.st Engr x x x3. Indian J Math A A4. Indian J Met Geophys I x x5. Indian J Phys 5 x x 5 x A x6. Indian J theor Phys I A x7. J Indian Ine t Sci I x x x x l\. A8. J Instn Engrs India gen Engng

Div x x x9. J s ci industr Res See A x x x x x10. J sc i industr Res See B x x ! AII. J sci industr Res See DA12. Math Stud

x x13. Proe Indian Acad Sei See: A x x A14. Proe nat Acad Set India See A 2 x x x A A15. Proc nat In. t Sci India Pt A 8 A E x16. Proe Rajasthan Acad Sci x x x Yo17. Sci & Cult x x

Total 16 21 2 8

Percentage 100.0 100.0 12.5 9.5 50.0 38. I

TABLE 12

ASTRONOMY (=B9) - TIME-LAG IN REPORTING

MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS IBULLETIN SIGNALETIQUE

Difference in time-lagfrom the Bibljoe:raphv.

(in months) 1961 1962 1961 1962

45678

10II20

I2

4 42

Total 2 2 8 8

TABLE 13

DEPTH OF COVERAGE OF JOURNALS

Year of the'Bibliography

No. of journalscove red by theMathema~~~lR~vi_~)Y_s_.

No. of articlesof these journalsreported in the!3J.i?!iography

No. of articlesof these journalscove red by theMathematicalReviews ----

Percentage ofcoverage.

No. of journals ~~tlc1~s Nu. of-Prnentagecovered by the of these articles of cover-Bull~ti!1_Signa- journals of these age..l~tique d journals

reporte coveredin the 5ibby theI~ Bul~tiD

~i..£!la!e'.~!.que.

21 237 165 69.6 12 126 121 96.019b1

239 163 68.2 14 140 116 82.91962 18

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TABLE 14

VOLUME-WISE ANALYSIS OF COVERAGE

Title of Indian Periodical Coverage of the Bibliography Coverage of the Mathematical Review~ Coverage of the BulletinSign&lltique

Agra Univ J Rea Sc i 9(1) 10(3) 11(1) 9(1) 10(0) 11(0) 9(0) 10(3) 11(1)Antiseptic 58( I) 58(0) 58(0)Appl Phy s Quart 6( 5) 7(14) 8(6) 6(4) 7(0) 8(0) 6(0) 7(0) 8(0)Bull Calcutta ma.th Sac 52(1 I) 53( 10) - 52(5) 53(7) 52(11) 53(10)Calcutta math Soc Golden

Jubilee Vol (20) (20) (19)Calcutta Stat A•• Bull 9(4) 10(8) 9(3) 10(4) 9(0) 10(0)Cocon Bull 16(1) 16(0) 16(9)Current Engng Pract 4(1) 4(0) 4(0)Cc r r Sci 29( I) 30(l) 29(0) 30(0) 29(0) 30(0)Defe nee Sc i J 10(6) 11(4) 12(14) 10(0) 11(0) Il(O) 10(0) 11(0) 12(0)~lectro-technology 5(1 ) 5(0) 5(0)Ganita I ~(11) 12(10) Il(ll)Indian east Engr 103(2) 103(0) 103(0)Indian For Rec N S Stat 1(1) 1(0) 1(0)Indian J Math 2(5) 3(8) 4(12) 2(5) 3(6) 4(11) 2(5) 3(8) 4(ll)Indian J med Sci 15(1 ) 15(0) 15(0)Indian J met Geopbve 1;(1 i 11(0) 11(0)Indian J Fhys 34(2) 35(6) 36(4) 34(0) 35(0) 36(2) 34(2) 35(5) 36(1)Indjan J th e o r Phy 5 7(2) 8(6) 9(3) 7(2) 8(2) 9(0) 7(0) 8(0) 9(0)J M. S Univ B'll oda 9(2) 10(5) 9(2) 10(4) 9(0) 10(0)J aero Sac India 12(1 ) 13(3) 14(5) 12(0) 13(0) 14(0) 12(0) 13(0) 14(0)J Indian lust Sc i 42(1) 43(3) 44(5) 42(0) 43(2) 44(0) 42(0) 43(3) 44(2)J Indian math Sac 23(8) 24(32) l5(9) 23(6) 24(28) 25(9) 23(0) 24(0) 25(9)J Indian rn ed Prof 7(15) 8(9) 9(1) 7(0) 8(0) 9(0) 7(0) 8(0) 9(0)J Indian Sac agri c Stat 12(0) 13(7) 12(8) 13(0) 12(0) 13(0)J In s tn Engra Ia di a c g en

Engng Div 42(1) 42(0) 42(0)J Madras Univ 30(5) 31(3) 30(3) 31(2) 30(5) 31(0)J Sci Engng Res 4(4) 5( 15) 4(3) 5( 10) 4(0) 5(0)J Sc i in du s t r Res See A ZO(I) 21(1 ) 20(0) ll(O) 20(0) ZI(O).T s c i i.ndu s t r Res See B 20(3) ZI(2) 20(0) 21(0) 20(Z) ZI(I)J e ci industr Res See D 20(1) 21(4) ZO(O) 21(0) 20(0) ZI(3)J 5''':'':. Res Bana r a s Hindu

1,;,llV 11(2) IZ(2) 11(0) 12(1) 11(2) IZ(Z)J rechnol .stn 5(1) 5(0)J Univ Poona Sc i Tech NZO(Z) N 22(1) NZO(O) N2Z(0) N20(0) NZZ(O)J Univ Saugar See A 7.1 (3) 7.7(0) 7_ 7(0)Madhya Bharati 8(5) 8(0) 8(0)Math Seminar Delhi 2. 1(2) Z.2(4) 2. 1(0) Z. Z(4) Z.I(O) Z. Z(O)Math Stud 27( 19) 28(19) Z9(27) Z7(14) Z8( 16) Z9(17) 27(0) Z8(0) 29(0)Proc Indian Ac ad Set Sec A 52( I) 53( 6) 54(5) 5Z(0) 53(6) 54(3) 52(1 ) 53(6) 54(5)

55( 1) 5f(l) 55(0) 56(1) 55(1) 56(2)Proe nat. Acad Sc i India

Sec A 29(12) 30(3) 32(8) 19(3) 30(0) 32(5) 29(12) 30(3) 3Z(8)Proe nat In s t Sc i India

See A 26(8) 265(10) 27(25) 26(8) 26S(9) 27(18) 26(0) 265(0) 27(0)28( 19) 28(7) 28(0)

Proc Rajasthan Ac ad Sc i 7(2) B( 3) 7(0) 8(0) 7(0) 8(0)Res Bull P'un j ab Uri iv Sci 12( I} IZ(I) 12(0)5ankhya n(21} ZZ(14) 22(20)Sa nkh ya SeT A 23(31 ) 24(16) 2l(14) 24(14) B(31) 24(15)Sa nkh ya Se r B 23( III 24(4) 23(9) 14(1) 23(12) 24(4)Sci & Cull 17( l) 28(1 ) n(O) Z3(0) 27(0) 28(0)Vijn Parishad Anusand Patr 3(2} 4(1 ) 5(3) 3(0) 4(0) 5(3) 3(0) 4(0) 5(0)Vikram Sci 4. 1(l) 4. 1(0) 4.1(0)Vishwakarma 11. 9( 1) II. 9(0) II. 9(0)

Explanation: _ Simple number, unless otherwise specified. indicates volume number of a periodical.The number, preceded by a point, indicates the issue number of a periodical.The number. within round brackets, indicates number of article. covered.N = Number; S = Supplement.

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TABLE 15

SEEPAGE AND SCATTER: ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES

Cover.,e or T.ear No. of arti- No. of artl- No. of arti- PERCENTAGEarticle. in cleo In the clea in the cl e e in the

Col3 Col4different Bibliography Mathematical Bulletin Sig- Col5 Col. Co15

categoriea of Review •. nal';Uque. Total entri- Toul entri- Total entri-=Coi3 ~

periodical. ea covered ea covered e e coveredin the Bib- in the~- in the Ilil!-liography liagraphv. lioiraphy.

2 4 5 6 8 9 10

Core Pee icdt- 1961 136 101 75 45.5 33.8 25. 74.3 55.2cal •.

1962 173 123 92 53.7 38.2 28. 6 71.·5 53.5

Periodical. 1961 103 54 39 34.4 18. 13. I 53.4 37. 9on Broad.eubject •. 1962 86 38 20 26.7 11. 8 6.2 44.2 23.

Periodical. 1961 40 10 7 13.4 3.3 2.3 25.0 17. 5OD Border-line lubjecta 1962 54 2 4 16.8 0.6 1.2 3.7 7.4

Periodical. 1961 20 6.7on Alieneubj ecte . 1962 9 2.8

Note: The Bibliography has covered a total number of 299 articles in 1961 and 322 articlesin 1962.

TABLE 16

SEEPAGE AND SCATTER: ANALYSIS OF PERIODICALS

Different categorie. Year No. of peria- No. of peria- No. of pe r io s Percentageof Periodic ale . dicala covered dicala covered diea.!. covered Col 3 Co14 Col5

by the Biblio- by the Mathe- by the Bulletin Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of

~' matjcal Sisnaletigue Periodic:a~e pe riodicale Periodical.Revjew,. covered in covered in covered in

the Jlilll.isI- the BibUQ- th e !illill.2.-g!~J2~'f' &~J>hy. ~'

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Core Periodical. 1961 10 8 5 22.2 17.8 11. I

1962 10 9 6 27.0 24.3 16.2

Periodical. of 1961 20 9 6 44.5 20.0 13.4Broad .ubject.

1962 16 8 6 43.3 21. 6 16.2

Periodical. of 1961 11 4 24.4 8.9 2.2Border-lineo.ubjecte. 1962 9 2 l4.3 2.7 5.4

Periodical. of 1961 4 8.9Alien lubjecte

1962 2 5.4

Note: The Bibliography hu covered a toW number of 45 periodicals in 1961 and37 periodicalo in 1962.

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