A Bibliometric analysis of Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT): a glimpse of Indian journals

Shipra Awasthi, Shiva Kanaujia Sukula, Jasbir Singh

Abstract


Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) are among the most prominent journals published in Library and Information Science research and case studies in India from decades. Both have achieved a reputed status worldwide in the field; therefore, the same are selected for the bibliometric comparison. The paper was carried out to determine the authorship patterns, publishing trends, and keyword analysis of articles published in the two journals ALIS and DJLIT from 2012 to 2016, extending to two more years until 2018 through bibliometric analysis. Several essential aspects, such as types of publications, length of papers, author productivity, degree of collaboration, and the concepts covered in the published articles, have also been discussed. The major findings of the study revealed that Pujar & Bansode and Gopikuttan & Aswathy were the most cited authors in ALIS and DJLIT respectively during the years while the Open Source Software, Scientometrics, India, DSpace, and Digital Library were the top five keywords appeared in the journals. The result also revealed that the research articles with less than ten pages were the most published, preferred by the authors for these journals.


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