Kunjan Prasad Gupta, S. P. Singh |
Department of Library and Information Science, Govt. TRS College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Abstract
The study aimed to analyse the growth rate of publications, author collaboration, research productivity, domain, keyword network, thematic and cluster analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. Data was gathered from the Scopus database, focusing on the subject area of Social Science/Library and Information Science and the journal DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. A total of 639 articles published between 2012 and 2022 were downloaded, along with their bibliographic information. The analysis revealed that 2012 was the most productive year, accounting for 10.80% of the total publications, while 2022 saw the least productivity at 7.36%. Citation analysis showed the highest number of citations in 2015 (14%) and the lowest in 2022 (1.14%), with an average of 4.54 citations per article annually. Multi-authored articles were predominant (70.57%) compared to single-authored ones (29.43%). B. M. Gupta, C. K. Ramaiah and S. M. Dhawan were noted as the highest contributors to the journal. C. Baskaran’s article “Research Productivity of Alagappa University During 1999 to 2001: A Bibliometric Study,” published in 2013, receiving the highest number of citations. Bibliometric coupling analysis highlighted the terms “Scientometrics,” “Bibliometrics” and “Research Productivity,” along with authors like R. K. Singh, A. K. Siwach, K. C. Garg, S. Parmar, S. Dwivedi and R. Kumbhar as the most impactful group during the study period. Thematic analysis identified emerging areas in LIS research such as Information Literacy, Plagiarism, Citations, Academic Integrity and Intellectual Property Rights, while subjects like Open Access, E-books, Institutional Repositories and Collection Development showed declining research interest. India emerged as the primary contributor in both publications (83.10%) and citations (83.03%), followed by Nigeria (2.66% publications, 2.72% citations), indicating the journal’s need to expand its international presence. Institute analysis revealed that research institutes contributed more to publications compared to central universities with library science departments.
Keywords: DESIDOC, Bibliometric, Scientometric, Conceptual Analysis, Thematic Map, Intellectual Analysis
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