Acknowledgement Behavior of Authors in the Literature of Computer Science: A Bibliometrics Analysis

Bibliometrics analysis was conducted on the acknowledgements made by authors in their journal articles that appeared in the printed version of the International Journal of Computer Vision . The study considered the range of six years for the analysis; 2001-2006.Frequency of appearance of the acknowledgement citation was thoroughly assessed and discussed. The results of the study indicate that, 68% of the journal articles contain acknowledgements; and averagely the literature has 2.3 acknowledgements per journal article. The most common category of acknowledgement during the period of the study was the financial support category. The study further reveals that acknowledgement activity is seriously practiced by the scientists in the literature. Keywords: acknowledgement: authors: computer science: bibliometrics