Journal of Science and Technology Metrics

Library and Information Science Research in India: A Scientometric Assessment of Publications Output during 2014-18

Sharad Kumar Sonkar, Mahender Pratap Singh
Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University & Lucknow -226025, India

Abstract: The paper explored the productivity of Indian authors output in the field of library and information science research; a total 1275 publications have been downloaded from the web of science from the period of 2014-18. The research output were assessed in the year wise, author wise, gender wise, document wise, state wise and international collaborative publications. The paper also examines the highly cited articles. Most productive journals, most productive authors, most productive organizations in library and information science research in India during 2014-18.

Keywords: Library and Information Science, Productivity of Indian Authors, International Collaboration, Network Visualization, Vos Viewer, Scientometric Assessment Library and Information Science Research in India: A Scientometric Assessment of Publications Output during 2014-18

DOI:https://doi.org/10.6025/jstm/2020/1/3/91-98

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