Web Citation of Research Articles on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Published in Thai Journals: A Bibliometric Analysis

Authors

  • Narathip Pitithanabodee Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University

Keywords:

Web citation, Citation analysis, Research articles, Coronavirus disease, COVID-19

Abstract

The objective of this research paper was to study the citations of web resources in research articles about COVID-19 that appear in the Thai Journals Online (ThaiJO) database in the terms of researchers, affiliation of the authors, list of journals, and web resources citation. The tool used to collect the data is the research article record form. Data was analyzed by calculating the frequency, percentage and mean. The results of the research were as follows: most of the research articles are Thai-language articles written by more than 3 researchers, most of them are staff working at universities and colleges. It is the most research articles published in the Thai Journal of Anesthesiology. From the web resources that the researcher referred to in the research article, it was found that most of the web resources are in English published in 2020, with domains on .org, .or and .int, which are the most commonly owned by the World Health Organization website.

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Published

2021-06-29

How to Cite

Pitithanabodee, N. (2021). Web Citation of Research Articles on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Published in Thai Journals: A Bibliometric Analysis. TLA Bulletin (Thai Library Association), 65(1), 1–14. retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tla_bulletin/article/view/247875

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