NepJOL Newsletter
No.2 June 2008
New journals on NepJOL
Visitors to NepJOL
7 journals have joined NepJOL since January giving a total
of 25 journals. The new journals are:
Google Analytics shows that from 1 January—30 June 2008,
there have been 46,422 visits. The graph below shows visits
on a daily basis and indicates that there has been an overall
increase in the number of visits each day during the period.
The graph also shows the weekly trend when there is a drop
in users during the weekends. There is however, a definite
and sustained increase of visitors.
Administration and Management Review
Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment
Journal of Agriculture and Environment
Journal of Natural History Museum
Nepal Journal of Forestry
Occasional Papers on Sociology and Anthropology
Socio-Economic Development Panorama
Don’t forget to let us know if you have any recommendations
for new journals to be added to the site.
Visitors to NepJOL came from 183 countries: the top three
sources for visitors were: India (9458), USA (7817) and
Nepal (5141).
Visitors to NepJOL between 1 January and 30 June 2008
weekend
46,422 visits from 183 countries
Location of visitors from India—
9458 from 87 cities
Global distribution visitors to NepJOL 1 Jan—June 30 2008
Visitors
1
1,110
Visitors
1
9,458
46,422 visits came from 183 countries/territories
Location of visitors from Nepal—5141
from 4 cities
Location of visitors from the USA—7817 from 2018 cities
Visitors
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Visitors
1
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4,834
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New links to NepJOL
eIFL: www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/negotiations/free-eresources/other/nepjol
Academic Dispatch: http://
eacademics.blogspot.com/2008/02/academic-journalsrelated-to-nepal.html
PKP: http://pkp.sfu.ca/inasp_jols
WorldWideScience http://worldwidescience.org/wws/
Top ten downloaded articles
The following articles are the top ten most downloaded
articles from NepJOL.
1. P. Acharya (2005) Socio-economic Impacts of Tourism in
Lumbini, Nepal: A Case Study. Dhauligiri www.nepjol.info/
index.php/DSAJ/article/viewFile/290/281
2. Md. Sayaduzzaman (2006) Working Capital Management: A
Study on British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Ltd.
Journal of Nepal Business Studies www.nepjol.info/index.php/
JNBS/article/view/484
3. RP Pandit (2004) Factors affecting learning disabilities in
mathematics: a study of central region of Nepal. Tribhuvan
University Journal www.nepjol.info/index.php/TUJ/article/
view/247
4. AR Bala (2005) Sociological Analysis of Divorce: A Case Study
from Pokhara, Nepal. Dhauligiri www.nepjol.info/index.php/
DSAJ/article/view/284
5. JB Gurung (2004) Growth and Performance of Securities
Market in Nepal. Journal of Nepal Business Studies
www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNBS/article/view/43
6. KJ Baral (2004) Determinants of Capital Structure: A Case
Study of Listed Companies of Nepal. Journal of Nepal Business
Studies www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNBS/article/view/34
7. A Sharma, BR Subba (2005) General Biology of Freshwater
Prawn, Macrobrachium lamarrei (H. Milne-Edwards) of
Biratnagar, Nepal. Our Nature www.nepjol.info/index.php/ON/
article/view/332
8. NP Balami (2004) Ethnomedicinal uses of plants among the
Newar community of Pharping village of Kathmandu District,
Nepal. Tribhuvan University Journal www.nepjol.info/index.php/
TUJ/article/view/251
9. TR Gautam (2005) Causes and Impact of Migration: A
Sociological Study of Emigration from Kandebash, Baglung,
Nepal. Dhauligiri www.nepjol.info/index.php/DSAJ/article/
view/285/276
10. YS Gaudel (2006) Remittance Income in Nepal: Need for
Economic Development. Journal of Nepal Business Studies
www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNBS/article/view/491
Number of downloads
At the end of June 2008, there were 67 issues and 999
articles of which 623 were full text .
The chart below shows the number of downloads of full text
articles for the NepJOL journals from January to June 2008.
42,240 articles have been downloaded during this period. A
total of 76,342 articles have been downloaded since the
opening of the site. Journal of Nepalese Business Studies
has the highest (7680). The graph also shows the average
number of downloads per article for each journal and Banko
Janakari has the highest with 235.
NepJOL workshop news
Materials from previous training events can be found at
www.inasp.info/file/273/journals-online-jol-usersworkshop.html
Other JOL news
Downloads Jan-June 2008:
BanglaJOL (www.banglajol.info) has had 25,197 downloads
PhilJOL (www.philjol.info) has had 7,351 downloads after
just one month, and already has 24 journals on the site
VJOL (www.vjol.info) has had 35,230 downloads
INASP Contact
Sioux Cumming
scumming@inasp.info
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