Scholarly Publication in Library and Information Science in India: A Citation Analysis of International LIS Journals
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2015-03-12
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
The main purpose of the study is to determine the trend of library and information science (LIS) scholarly
publication in international LIS journals by Indian authors and also intends to find out the authorship
pattern, collaborative nature, research distribution, etc. as no such scholarly paper has been studied the
evaluation of India’s LIS literature in international LIS journals. Citation analysis was done to study the 353
literatures in library and information science contributed by the Indian authors. The citations were taken
from SCOPUS, Current Awareness Abstract-Library and Information Management and Emerald Management
Review databases during the period 2001 to 2010. The bibliographic data were tabulated and classified
with the help of Microsoft Excel for necessary analysis. This paper highlights the pattern and orientation of
LIS literatures authored by Indian authors. The findings show how and in which manner the Indian
authors are contributed to the international LIS literature and also compare the national level consequences.
This paper senses the importance of Indian LIS research, as well as researcher involved in citation analysis.
The study is an original research work with citation analysis of scholarly publication of LIS literatures by
Indian authors in international LIS journals. The finding will have practical implication for researcher,
different agencies in different areas of library information science.
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Library and Information Science, Citation Analysis, Research, Bibliometrics, India