Research Contribution and Impact of Indian Library and Information Science (LIS) Academia in Scopus

a study of central universities of India

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore the research contributions and impact of LIS faculties from Central Universities of India using the Scopus database.The required data were obtained from the Scopus database using Author Search. The study covered data from 1987-2019 i.e. 33 years. A total of 81 LIS faculties were found working in LIS departments and data were retrieved for 53 LIS faculties from the Scopus. The study observed 68.83% indexing of LIS faculties in the Scopus from Central Universities of India. A total of 274 research contributions and 1091 citations to these publications have been observed. The University of Delhi was observed as the top research contributing Central University in terms of publications and citations. Study dealt with implications of Lotka's Law and Bradford's Law which has been found deemed to fit in the data. “Library Philosophy and Practice” and “DESIDOC Journal of Library
and Information Technology”were found as the core LIS journals. Madhusudhan M was found as the top-cited faculty and "India" appeared as the top-ranked keyword. Findings of the study would benefit the LIS faculties in understanding their research contributions and impact, and to take corrective measures to improve upon weak areas in LIS research.