Publication Growth of Library and Information Science Research in India (2008-2016): A Bibliometric Analysis
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 8
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Abstract:Research active status of Library and Information Science (LIS) in India has been studied using publications indexed in the Scopus database. “Library and Information Science” as a search term in the All field tag fetched 387 records and the period of coverage from 2008 to 2016. The downloaded data were analyzed using MS Excel and VOS Viewer software applications. The analysis revealed that there are 160 authors from among 35 countries; 112 journals; 7 types of documents; 160 institutions; 1931 times cited by local and global references. 65.37% of publications are scholarly articles. The highest productive year is 2015 (Citation -183) and lowest is 2008 and 2009 (Citation-106 and 185). Of the 35 countries, India stands first, United State and Canada in the second and third places respectively. “Annals of Library and Information Studies”, “DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology”, “Library Philosophy and Practice” are the most productive journals involved in this study. Among the 160 authors, “Mukherjee, B.” has earned the highest h- index value. “University of Delhi” dominates other institutions in terms of a number of records. Keywords: Library, Information Science, Bibliometrics, India, Social Science.
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R. Maheswaran, V. Krishnan
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