Bibliometric Study of Library and Information Science Journal Articles during 2014 2018

LIS Research Trends in India

  • Ramani Ranjan Sahu All India Istitute of Medical Science, Jodhpur - 342 005, India
  • Lambodara Parabhoi Indian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla - 171 005, India
Keywords: Bibliometrics, Citation analysis, Library and information science, LIS research trends, India

Abstract

Library and information science education (LIS) has been spreading out all over India. Every state, one or more institutes/universities, offers LIS education. The research papers contributed by both academics and working professionally in the libraries. This paper examines the current trends of LIS publications in India from 2014 to 2018. The study reviewed 1357 documents from 2014 to 2018 indexed in the Scopus database. The study found that majority of the 342 (25.2%) papers published in the year 2018. Favorite source for publications was DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. Similarly, LIS Indians professional more likely to published research papers collaboratively. Further noted that most frequently used keywords were scientometric, bibliometrics, India and authorship patterns, etc. The degree of collaboration (DC) for five years was 0.79. The analysis of co-citations of reference sources or cited sources indicated that “Scientometric,” and “Annals of library and information studies” mentioned in their articles.

Published
2020-12-03
How to Cite
Sahu, R., & Parabhoi, L. (2020). Bibliometric Study of Library and Information Science Journal Articles during 2014 2018. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 40(06), 390-395. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.40.06.15631
Section
Research Paper