Digital Library Research in India during 1989-2018: A Scientometric Analysis Based on Scopus Database
Ravi Shukla, Manoj Kumar Verma
Journal of Information & Systems Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6025/jism/2019/9/2/62-73
Link: http://www.dline.info/jism/fulltext/v9n2/jismv9n2_4.pdf
Abstract:
The present study aims to analyse the growth of digital library publication in India. Scientometrics is one of the
most important measures for the assessment of scientific productions. The study covers a total of 1068 research papers indexed
by Scopus database from the marked period of study and studies examined and analysed on the basis of the distribution of
publication, identify the authorship pattern, annual growth rate, the degree of collaborations and the most productive
authors. The highest 108 (10.11%) of research papers were published in the year 2016 and out of 1068 publications, the
maximum 398 of research papers were published by two authors. The maximum (300) annual growth rate was recorded in the
year 1997 and overall degree of collaboration is 0.81. The most prolific author on the digital library was Urs, S.R. with 13
publications.