Research Productivity by PhD Researchers in LIS Discipline Across USA, UK and India: A Bibliometric Study
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Bibliometric, research profile, LIS research, Authorship, Collaboration, Citation MapAbstract
Bibliometric study on researchers’ profile is important for gettings insights to research trends in Library and Information Science (LIS) or any other disciplines. Moreover, a study on a topic like this will enable library and information services to innovate better information support system to its users, especially the researchers for building stronger knowledge-based society. Hence, the present study aims to review the profile of researchers of the discipline of library and information science (LIS) across the USA, UK, and India, and study their research productions. The study will focus on PhD degree awarded in LIS between the year 2001 to 2010. The study aims to achieve some of the following objectives: evaluate their knowledge production which are based on their PhD research works, quantifying the research pattern, trends of publication, identify the most prolific authors and authorship pattern, and identify the degree of collaboration of researcher. This paper is a bibliometric study which can be used to conduct such analysis for interdisciplinary research.
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