A Comparative Study: Application of Bradford's Law of Scattering to the Epidemiology Literature of India and Japan

This paper deals with the applicability of Bradford law of scattering of the publications of India and Japan. The data for the study collected from Web of Science database, 359 journals publishing 6436Epidemiology subject publications from India and 895journals published 8770 Japan Epidemiology publications. The ranked list of journals prepared for both the datasets and the applicability of Bradford’s law was tested. The journals distribution pattern of the Epidemiology literature fit Bradford’s distribution pattern. The applicability of Egghe’s model (modification of Leimkuhler’s model) was also tested and found valid for both the datasets.
Keywords: Bradford’s Law, Leimkuhler’s Model, Egghe’s Model, Epidemiology, India, Japan.