Journal Tekstil in the Course of Fifty Years from 1952 to 2000 - some Bibliometrical Indicators

Abstract

The development of Tekstil journal is presented for the 50-year period from 1952 to 2000. Dynamics of publication is analysed, as well as the influence of editorial board on the development of the journal through paper categorisation, the number of authors per paper published, communication between the authors through the institutions they are employed in, languages of the papers published, and also the status of the journal among Croatian professional journals and globally. Quotations of the journal are presented as a separate indicator. The results obtained show that the journal meets the most stringent formal criteria through its presence in the most renowned world secondary sources of information and data bases. The importance of the journal and its impact on the trade can be seen through its continuous monthly publication in the fifty years analysed. Editors of the journal will have to take responsibility and decide upon the future of Tekstil and its development.