Professor in Department of Library & Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl , Mizoram-796004 Address: Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram (India) -796004,
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2023
Academic library websites are considered an integral tool for disseminating libraries' informatio... more Academic library websites are considered an integral tool for disseminating libraries' information, resources, and services. It also encourages users to interact and use library resources and services remotely. The spread of COVID-19 and the nationwide lockdown shifted the education system to an online mode of teaching and learning. The present study aims to analyse the usability criteria of the Central Universities' library websites, the availability of various facilities & services provided during the pandemic, to know the mode of information dissemination during the pandemic, andthe preventive measures undertaken by the Central University library websites to combat the Corona Virus.The study reveals that Aligarh Muslim University and the Central University of Orissa have adopted all possible means and modes to provide information to its users to combat the struggles during the pandemic through their library websites. However, certain Central University websites like the Central University of South Bihar have provided the least services for their users during the pandemic. The study also highlighted the essential steps initiated by the selected libraries to fulfill the information needs of their users, and those services may be opted by others to meet the post-lockdown needs.
Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2022
Open access publishing has received considerably a greater amount of recognition in the sector of... more Open access publishing has received considerably a greater amount of recognition in the sector of scholarly communication by highlighting the significant advantages of creating impactful literature. The present study aims to identify the availability of open access literature in scientometrics and visualize the adoption of open access publishing by comparing various sectors of bibliographic information between open access and non-open access literature. Performance measurement and network visualization of the Scientometrics mapping method have been used. The study highlights that the OAP ratio is relatively low in the area of scientometrics yet has a higher average citation value than non-open access publications. China is the most productive country to adopt OA publishing however have low collaborative network than the United States and the United Kingdom. Based on the importance of Scientometrics studies, the contributors should adopt open access publishing to enhance the visibility and exposure of the quality of research globally.
Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2022
This study aims to examine the influence of social networking sites on scholarly papers published... more This study aims to examine the influence of social networking sites on scholarly papers published in Library and Information Science journals. Top 100 articles published in two renowned journals International Journal of Information Management and the Journal of Medical Library Association, that received high Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) have been taken for the study. The analysis found that LIS research is most often mentioned on Twitter, followed by news outlets and blogs. Student groups and librarians are among the most frequent readers of the publications. The Pearson correlation coefficient test revealed a very high and significant positive correlation between Scopus citation and Dimensions.ai citation, Mendeley readership and Scopus citation. However, AAS and Dimensions.ai citation is low correlation and statistically not significant. The findings indicate that journals need social media profiles to disseminate information among academia and society to increase online attention to LIS research.
The purpose of the study, discussed in this article, was to evaluate the acceptance and adoption ... more The purpose of the study, discussed in this article, was to evaluate the acceptance and adoption of open access (OA) publications amongst the scholarly community of Mizoram University , northeast , India Central University. The data was retrieved by exporting directly from the Scopus database in comma-separated values (CSV) file format while undergoing certain filters. The extracted files were collaborated and evaluated in Excel file and eventually interpreted in various tables and illustrations; using VOSviewer to display collaboration network. Total 1233 scholarly publications had been extracted from the Scopus database during 2011 to 2020 where only 302 publications were open access. The Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences had the highest number of open access publications from the University. It is worth mentioning that the numbers of open access publications have gradually been increasing in early 2020 as compared to the starting years of the undertaken time period. Besides the impact of the open access publications has stood out through average citations per publication (ACPP) variation but still, there is a large scope for improvement. The study was limited to scholarly publications of the scholars and faculties of Mizoram University and only those publications were considered for this study that had been
The aim of this study is to investigate the research publications on webometrics from 2011 to 202... more The aim of this study is to investigate the research publications on webometrics from 2011 to 2020 indexed in Scopus at global, national, institutional, and author levels. Webometrics is a very trending area of research in the field of library and information science that came into prominence in the beginning of 21 st century with the internet revolution. The bibliographic data of the publications in the time period was retrieved from Scopus using suitable search terms excluding the irrelevant subjects which gave data of 1202 publications. This data is analysed using MS-Excel and visualized with the efficient tool visualization tool VOSViewer. The findings reveal that India is a leading nation in this field following China (1 st ) and USA (2 nd ). University of Wolverhampton is the prolific institution and a faculty of the same institution Professor Mike Thewall is the most cited author. Moreover, the trending areas of research disocovered in recent years are altmetrics, big data, sentiment analysis, social media analysis, learning algorithm, game theory. As no study has been encountered to conduct any form of review using bibliometric or scientometric parameters, this study finds importance, novelty and originality.
In the emerging ICT Era, the websiteis playing a very crucial role in dissemination of informatio... more In the emerging ICT Era, the websiteis playing a very crucial role in dissemination of information especially in academic institutions. In changing context, the libraries have also shifted their role from preservation and conservation of resources to being providers of web-based access to digital information resources through their website. The aim of present study is to find out the features of the libraries websitesof three leading central universities (Tezpur University, NorthEast Hill University and Mizoram University) of North east India and presents a descriptive analysis of knowledge management practices used in these three central libraries. The study also focuses on howlibraries websites of these three universities were used for knowledge discovery tools to provide quality information services. The research data were collected from the selected library websites by check list methods during 22 nd June 2021-25 th June 2021. A web page analyzer tool (Silktide) was used for evaluating the websites on four parameters-Content, Accessibility, User Experience, and Marketing. The study reveals that all three selected universities are using their library website as knowledge management tool and library website page have the direct link on the parent's home page website. It is also recommended that NEHU and MZU the library websites must use web 2.0 tools (Facebook, RSS feed, blog, etc.) to help users for communicating and disseminating information easily.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) , 2022
In this study, we conducted quantitative analysis of 1706 scholarly literature published in Journ... more In this study, we conducted quantitative analysis of 1706 scholarly literature published in Journal of Documentation during the period of 1970 to 2019 (fifty years) using a series of scientometric indicators. Annual scientific production, most local cited sources, the ranking of authors; profiles, contributions, correlation, collaboration and authorship pattern, most contributed countries, most cited articles, frequently used search terms/keywords, and the legend of historiographic mapping were analysed in detail to measure the impact of the source. Design/methodology/approach We used the Scopus database for retrieving the desired sample data. In total, 1,706 numbers of publications records were considered for the literature analysis considering their relevancy. Biblioshiny data visualization tool is used to create the various maps. Findings The present study found that annual scientific production and average citations constantly have had an uptrend. The journal's had tremendous impact with an h-index of 80, with a g-index of 148, total citations of 37,161 within the studied period. Although Bawden D contributed the highest number of research papers (n=78), the work published by Hjørland B received the highest citations. Lotka's Law reveals that about 75.04% of the authors (1319 authors) have one publication, and approximately 12.73% of the authors (225 authors) have two publications. The United Kingdom was the dominant country in terms of number of papers and citation count whereas University of Sheffield topped with 128 publications. The thematic map consists of eleven clusters and 'information retrieval' found to be the largest cluster comprehending 56 subthemes occurring 995 times. Co-citation network identified four clusters with revealing Wilson TD as the most cited authors. The study also indicates the most collaborative authors are from the United Kingdom. Research limitations/implications The study exclusively deals with 1732 published research literature indexed in the Scopus database covering a span of fifty years (from 1970 to 2019). Thus, documents which are not covered in Scopus are excluded from the purview of research. This study is significant in order to measure the impact of Journal of Documentation and useful to identify valuable research patterns from publications and of developments in the field of Information Science.
The present study examines the websites of different IMT Campuses Library and BITS Pilani Campuse... more The present study examines the websites of different IMT Campuses Library and BITS Pilani Campuses Libraries in India and the United Arab Emirates. There are 4 Campus libraries of IMT and BITS Pilani in different States of India and the United Arab Emirates. All the campus libraries in India and abroad are having their websites. The study analyses the web pages, domain authority, equity-links, internal, external links, and web impact factor totaling to rank it. Out of 8 library websites,6 websites have .ac domain extensions. A search engine optimization tool called link explorer (https:// moz.com/link-explorer) developed by Moz.com is used to help to track the links leading to the website. Based on the overall WIF, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Library stands at the first position with 1476417.08 SWIF followed by the BITS Pilani Campus Library website which is in the second place with 1307683.71 SWIF.
Purpose – This study aims to present a scientometric analysis of publications related to “Augment... more Purpose – This study aims to present a scientometric analysis of publications related to “Augmented Reality.” In today’s Information Technology-driven era, augmented reality (A.R.) has evolved as a new immersive data source for developing knowledge combining authentic and digital images. Consequently, extensive research is going on “Augmented Reality” to discover its potential in knowledge development. Methodology – The paper analyses and emphasizes the bibliographic data of Scopus articles with a suitable search query. The study was done concerning the chronological growth of research publications, highly cited publications, productive countries, prominent journals, prolific authors and institutions, author and country co-authorship network analysis and keywords analysis. The analysis was conducted by using open-source tools such as VOSViewer, Biblioshiny andGephi. Findings – The study reveals that a maximum number of publications on research in “Augmented Reality” are in the form of conference proceedings and articles. A.R., Virtual reality and A.R. application are the keywords with a maximum number of occurrences. A significant number of publications are done in the USA, followed by Germany in the year 2020. Originality/value – This study provides a precise idea of work done in different countries, a network of co-authorship between authors and countries, publication and citation impact of authors, journals, institutions and countries, year-wise progression and trending “augmented reality” topics research. This investigation will be advantageous for researchers and stakeholders to obtain rigorous bibliographic knowledge on literature related to the topic and work accordingly for R&D activities.
International Journal of Information Science and Management, 2022
The present study is carried out for analyzing the contents of national libraries' websites in As... more The present study is carried out for analyzing the contents of national libraries' websites in Asia. A checklist was designed, and library webpages were evaluated, such as the site description, TLDs, language used, design factor, statement of responsibility, general information, availability of aids and tools, authority details, currency, number of visitors, file format supported, use of web 2.0 tools, webpage size and download speed and ranking of Asian national library websites globally. It is observed that 39 national libraries have dedicated library websites. Further observed that all the national libraries have used graphics in their website, while few have used animations also. Most library websites have provided statements of responsibilities like postal address, email address, and phone numbers, and few have given fax numbers. Only a few have given the currency of their national library websites like date of update, which is an essential part of the website's visibility. The National Library of Japan secured the top position based on global ranks with 8,662, Azerbaijan with 13,507 ranks, and Taiwan with 17,673 ranks.
Library and Resource Management in Knowledge Society, 2021
The review of literature is an important part of any research study and in form of process and pr... more The review of literature is an important part of any research study and in form of process and product both. It is a descriptive and analytical summary of completed research that helps the researcher to frame the research study on atopic by providing new concepts, ideas, methods, techniques, and approaches. It provides readers with an overview of the research that has been done on a three basic portions: background information or introduction, the body of the review containing the discussion of sources and finally a finding, conclusion and recommendations section. The purpose of the literature review is to provide foundation knowledge on the topic and identify relevant information and to summarize the existing information, to identify the need for additional research (justification for the study undertaken or research gap) by searching the relevant research papers and related documents such as journal articles, conference papers, etc. Sometimes attempts were also made to trace and collect the original articles and relevant books mentioned in research work and the same have been used for the review and publications gathered from different sources have been critically analysed to extract the information.
Desidoc Journal of Library and Information Technology , 2021
This paper provides a quantitative assessment of research output in SAARC countries in the domain... more This paper provides a quantitative assessment of research output in SAARC countries in the domain of Fishery Science. The primary data for this study have been sourced from Scopus database for the period 1994 to 2021. The findings of the study highlight that a total of 1190 publications of different forms are available with 8820 citations with an average citation per year per document of 1.732 and annual growth of 4 articles per year in the 28 years window. The growth rate of publication is found to be highly consistent. A total of 4784 authors contributed their research items in the period of study and the number of multi-authored or collaborated works are found to be maximum (4750) and only 34 publications are found to be single-authored with a degree of collaboration of 0.99. India is the leading nation among the other SAARC nations with 75.97% of the publication (904 publications) and 8164 citations to those publications. Khan, MA is found to be the author with the highest number of publications (35) but Harikrishnan, R is the most influential author (highest g-index = 27) with 1100 total citations in 27 publications. Aquaculture Research is the journal with maximum publications (66). There exists a significant correlation between h-index and g-index in authors and journals.
The paper aims at examining the global trends in digital library research based on data extracted... more The paper aims at examining the global trends in digital library research based on data extracted from the Scopus database at the global, national, institutional and individual levels. Using performance indicators like total citations, the number of publications, h-index, total link strength the study aims to evaluate the prolific authors, organizations, countries, chronological growth of literature, document forms, most prolific journals, application of Lotkas's law to evaluate the author productivity and analysis of keywords to know the trending topics of research in Digital Libraries. The study uses VOSviewer to prepare the network map of organizational and country coauthorship analysis with clustering technique and MS-Excel for graphical and statistical analysis. The core findings are like the most productive year is 2019 and the number of publications increased rapidly from the starting year of data collection 2016. The results reveal that the USA is the most productive country in terms of the number of publications and impact with the University of Illinois the first rank in the list of prolific institutions. B Gipp from the University of Wuppertal is the most productive author.
Desidoc Journal of Library and Information Technology, 2021
This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students o... more This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students of social sciences departments of Mizoram University (MZU) and Tezpur University (TZU). The primary data collected by using survey method and a structured 595 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents in which 522 (87.73 %) of questionnaires were received. The majority of the respondents were female in both the universities in compared to male respondents. Mizoram Universty students have more awareness of using library services in comparison to Tezpur University respondents. It has been also found that there is no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. Mizoram University students preferred 'authorwise' i.e. (59.32 %) search while Tezpur University students preferred 'title-wise' i.e. (39.38 %) search technique for searching the information. It has been also found that a maximum respondents of both universities i.e. (MZU, 55.97 %) and (TZU, 54.75 %) preferred the simple keyword search technique to search the electronic information. The maximum students of both universities were preferred print media for fulfil their needed information. In both of the Universities' respondents were aware with fair use of information and plagiarism with 79.09 per cent of students at MZU and 84.5 per cent of students at TZU. The maximum 39.16 per cent of students were mostly given the references at MZU while in TZU, a large number 57.53 per cent of students were always giving references when they reproduce other work or ideas. Based on a two-sample t-test, as p<0.05, it was found that no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. After testing with Scheffe's test, it has been shown that the mean of the satisfaction level of respondents was significantly different (P <.05) as the absolute value of the calculated t is smaller than the critical value (0.0737<2.201), which shows that there is no significant difference in the satisfaction level of students of both the Universities towards their library orientation program on the use of library resources and services.
Background: Institutions, government departments, and healthcare professionals engage in social m... more Background: Institutions, government departments, and healthcare professionals engage in social media because it facilitates reaching a large number of people simultaneously. YouTube provides a platform whereby anyone can upload videos and gain feedback on their content from other users. Many YouTube videos are related to health and science, and many people search YouTube for health-related information. YouTube has been acknowledged as a key public information source in recent crises caused by Zika, H1N1, swine flu, and most recently, COVID-19. Methods: YouTube videos were collected from the YouTube Application Programming Interface (API) using the search terms COVID-19, coronavirus, COVID19, and corona. The search was conducted on April 4 and 5, 2020. The initial investigation found a total of 1084 videos. The second step involved identifying and verifying the videos for their relationship to COVID-19 information and excluding videos that did not relate to COVID-19 or were in a language other than English and Hindi. Results: An analysis of YouTube videos covering COVID-19, uploaded in early 2020, in English and Hindi. The sample comprised 349 videos (n = 334 English). Videos were characterized by contributor, duration, content, and reception (views/likes/dislikes/comments). The majority contained general information, with only 4.01% focusing on symptoms and 11.17% on treatment and outcomes. Further, the majority (n = 229) were short videos of under 10 min duration. Videos provided by government and health care professionals comprised 6.87% and 5.74% % of the sample, respectively. News channels uploaded 71.63% of videos. Conclusions: YouTube may provide a significant resource for disseminating of information on public health issues like outbreaks of viral infections and should be utilized by healthcare agencies for this purpose. However, there is currently no way to determine whether a video has been produced or verified by authorized healthcare professionals. This limitation needs to be addressed so that the vital distribution services offered by platforms like YouTube can be fully utilized for increasing public understanding of healthcare science, particularly during a crisis such as a pandemic.
The study presents a scientometric analsyis of publications related to 'Artificial Intelligence' ... more The study presents a scientometric analsyis of publications related to 'Artificial Intelligence' research in India during 2009-2018. In today's ICT driven world, artificial intelligence has taken up some tasks of our daily life to make it easier. As a consequence, extensive research is going on "Artificial Intelligence" to find out it's potential in knowledge development. The paper analyses the bibliographic data retrived from Scopus database extracted with a suitable search query. The study was conducted taking the chronological growth of research publications, relative growth rate, doubling time, scientometric profile of authors, document type of publications, source profile, keyword analysis, institution wise distribution of publications, funding agency wise distribution. The analysis was conducted using the MS-Excel. The study reveals that a maximum number of publications are in the form of conference procedings and articles. Artificial Intelligence, Learning system, algorithms, data mining are the keywords with maximum number of occurences. The findings of the study implies India need become more competitive with the world leaders in artificial intelligence research. To get more return from AI applications, the stakeholders are required to play a catalytic role to build and strengthen research capacity in the nation by paving quality research environment, adequate funding, research incentives, and development of IT infrastructure.
This study examines the Biochemistry Research in India applying scientometric parameters from 201... more This study examines the Biochemistry Research in India applying scientometric parameters from 2010 to 2020 as per Scopus database. The paper uses year-wise distribution of the publication, the annual growth rate of publication, relative growth rate, the doubling time of publication, annual growth rate, annual ratio of growth, authorship pattern, Co-Authorship Index (CAI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Rate of Single Authorship, prolific author and affiliation, document-wise distribution of publications and most cited source and countries of collaboration with India. The study reveals that the Annual Growth Rate is maximum in the year 2011 which is 23.353 and number of publications are maximum in the year 2020 which is 2018 during the period of study 2010 to 2020. As per affiliations is considered the Banaras Hindu University has 443 number of publications, Kumar A is the most prolific author with 56 number of articles, most cited journal is Journal of Biochemistry with 1089 number of articles being cited, India has the highest number of collaborations with Korea (1117 publications) in the study period
Desidoc Journal of Library and Information Technology , 2021
This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students o... more This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students of social sciences departments of Mizoram University (MZU) and Tezpur University (TZU). The primary data collected by using survey method and a structured 595 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents in which 522 (87.73 %) of questionnaires were received. The majority of the respondents were female in both the universities in compared to male respondents. Mizoram Universty students have more awareness of using library services in comparison to Tezpur University respondents. It has been also found that there is no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. Mizoram University students preferred 'authorwise' i.e. (59.32 %) search while Tezpur University students preferred 'title-wise' i.e. (39.38 %) search technique for searching the information. It has been also found that a maximum respondents of both universities i.e. (MZU, 55.97 %) and (TZU, 54.75 %) preferred the simple keyword search technique to search the electronic information. The maximum students of both universities were preferred print media for fulfil their needed information. In both of the Universities' respondents were aware with fair use of information and plagiarism with 79.09 per cent of students at MZU and 84.5 per cent of students at TZU. The maximum 39.16 per cent of students were mostly given the references at MZU while in TZU, a large number 57.53 per cent of students were always giving references when they reproduce other work or ideas. Based on a two-sample t-test, as p<0.05, it was found that no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. After testing with Scheffe's test, it has been shown that the mean of the satisfaction level of respondents was significantly different (P <.05) as the absolute value of the calculated t is smaller than the critical value (0.0737<2.201), which shows that there is no significant difference in the satisfaction level of students of both the Universities towards their library orientation program on the use of library resources and services.
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2023
Academic library websites are considered an integral tool for disseminating libraries' informatio... more Academic library websites are considered an integral tool for disseminating libraries' information, resources, and services. It also encourages users to interact and use library resources and services remotely. The spread of COVID-19 and the nationwide lockdown shifted the education system to an online mode of teaching and learning. The present study aims to analyse the usability criteria of the Central Universities' library websites, the availability of various facilities & services provided during the pandemic, to know the mode of information dissemination during the pandemic, andthe preventive measures undertaken by the Central University library websites to combat the Corona Virus.The study reveals that Aligarh Muslim University and the Central University of Orissa have adopted all possible means and modes to provide information to its users to combat the struggles during the pandemic through their library websites. However, certain Central University websites like the Central University of South Bihar have provided the least services for their users during the pandemic. The study also highlighted the essential steps initiated by the selected libraries to fulfill the information needs of their users, and those services may be opted by others to meet the post-lockdown needs.
Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2022
Open access publishing has received considerably a greater amount of recognition in the sector of... more Open access publishing has received considerably a greater amount of recognition in the sector of scholarly communication by highlighting the significant advantages of creating impactful literature. The present study aims to identify the availability of open access literature in scientometrics and visualize the adoption of open access publishing by comparing various sectors of bibliographic information between open access and non-open access literature. Performance measurement and network visualization of the Scientometrics mapping method have been used. The study highlights that the OAP ratio is relatively low in the area of scientometrics yet has a higher average citation value than non-open access publications. China is the most productive country to adopt OA publishing however have low collaborative network than the United States and the United Kingdom. Based on the importance of Scientometrics studies, the contributors should adopt open access publishing to enhance the visibility and exposure of the quality of research globally.
Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2022
This study aims to examine the influence of social networking sites on scholarly papers published... more This study aims to examine the influence of social networking sites on scholarly papers published in Library and Information Science journals. Top 100 articles published in two renowned journals International Journal of Information Management and the Journal of Medical Library Association, that received high Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) have been taken for the study. The analysis found that LIS research is most often mentioned on Twitter, followed by news outlets and blogs. Student groups and librarians are among the most frequent readers of the publications. The Pearson correlation coefficient test revealed a very high and significant positive correlation between Scopus citation and Dimensions.ai citation, Mendeley readership and Scopus citation. However, AAS and Dimensions.ai citation is low correlation and statistically not significant. The findings indicate that journals need social media profiles to disseminate information among academia and society to increase online attention to LIS research.
The purpose of the study, discussed in this article, was to evaluate the acceptance and adoption ... more The purpose of the study, discussed in this article, was to evaluate the acceptance and adoption of open access (OA) publications amongst the scholarly community of Mizoram University , northeast , India Central University. The data was retrieved by exporting directly from the Scopus database in comma-separated values (CSV) file format while undergoing certain filters. The extracted files were collaborated and evaluated in Excel file and eventually interpreted in various tables and illustrations; using VOSviewer to display collaboration network. Total 1233 scholarly publications had been extracted from the Scopus database during 2011 to 2020 where only 302 publications were open access. The Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences had the highest number of open access publications from the University. It is worth mentioning that the numbers of open access publications have gradually been increasing in early 2020 as compared to the starting years of the undertaken time period. Besides the impact of the open access publications has stood out through average citations per publication (ACPP) variation but still, there is a large scope for improvement. The study was limited to scholarly publications of the scholars and faculties of Mizoram University and only those publications were considered for this study that had been
The aim of this study is to investigate the research publications on webometrics from 2011 to 202... more The aim of this study is to investigate the research publications on webometrics from 2011 to 2020 indexed in Scopus at global, national, institutional, and author levels. Webometrics is a very trending area of research in the field of library and information science that came into prominence in the beginning of 21 st century with the internet revolution. The bibliographic data of the publications in the time period was retrieved from Scopus using suitable search terms excluding the irrelevant subjects which gave data of 1202 publications. This data is analysed using MS-Excel and visualized with the efficient tool visualization tool VOSViewer. The findings reveal that India is a leading nation in this field following China (1 st ) and USA (2 nd ). University of Wolverhampton is the prolific institution and a faculty of the same institution Professor Mike Thewall is the most cited author. Moreover, the trending areas of research disocovered in recent years are altmetrics, big data, sentiment analysis, social media analysis, learning algorithm, game theory. As no study has been encountered to conduct any form of review using bibliometric or scientometric parameters, this study finds importance, novelty and originality.
In the emerging ICT Era, the websiteis playing a very crucial role in dissemination of informatio... more In the emerging ICT Era, the websiteis playing a very crucial role in dissemination of information especially in academic institutions. In changing context, the libraries have also shifted their role from preservation and conservation of resources to being providers of web-based access to digital information resources through their website. The aim of present study is to find out the features of the libraries websitesof three leading central universities (Tezpur University, NorthEast Hill University and Mizoram University) of North east India and presents a descriptive analysis of knowledge management practices used in these three central libraries. The study also focuses on howlibraries websites of these three universities were used for knowledge discovery tools to provide quality information services. The research data were collected from the selected library websites by check list methods during 22 nd June 2021-25 th June 2021. A web page analyzer tool (Silktide) was used for evaluating the websites on four parameters-Content, Accessibility, User Experience, and Marketing. The study reveals that all three selected universities are using their library website as knowledge management tool and library website page have the direct link on the parent's home page website. It is also recommended that NEHU and MZU the library websites must use web 2.0 tools (Facebook, RSS feed, blog, etc.) to help users for communicating and disseminating information easily.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) , 2022
In this study, we conducted quantitative analysis of 1706 scholarly literature published in Journ... more In this study, we conducted quantitative analysis of 1706 scholarly literature published in Journal of Documentation during the period of 1970 to 2019 (fifty years) using a series of scientometric indicators. Annual scientific production, most local cited sources, the ranking of authors; profiles, contributions, correlation, collaboration and authorship pattern, most contributed countries, most cited articles, frequently used search terms/keywords, and the legend of historiographic mapping were analysed in detail to measure the impact of the source. Design/methodology/approach We used the Scopus database for retrieving the desired sample data. In total, 1,706 numbers of publications records were considered for the literature analysis considering their relevancy. Biblioshiny data visualization tool is used to create the various maps. Findings The present study found that annual scientific production and average citations constantly have had an uptrend. The journal's had tremendous impact with an h-index of 80, with a g-index of 148, total citations of 37,161 within the studied period. Although Bawden D contributed the highest number of research papers (n=78), the work published by Hjørland B received the highest citations. Lotka's Law reveals that about 75.04% of the authors (1319 authors) have one publication, and approximately 12.73% of the authors (225 authors) have two publications. The United Kingdom was the dominant country in terms of number of papers and citation count whereas University of Sheffield topped with 128 publications. The thematic map consists of eleven clusters and 'information retrieval' found to be the largest cluster comprehending 56 subthemes occurring 995 times. Co-citation network identified four clusters with revealing Wilson TD as the most cited authors. The study also indicates the most collaborative authors are from the United Kingdom. Research limitations/implications The study exclusively deals with 1732 published research literature indexed in the Scopus database covering a span of fifty years (from 1970 to 2019). Thus, documents which are not covered in Scopus are excluded from the purview of research. This study is significant in order to measure the impact of Journal of Documentation and useful to identify valuable research patterns from publications and of developments in the field of Information Science.
The present study examines the websites of different IMT Campuses Library and BITS Pilani Campuse... more The present study examines the websites of different IMT Campuses Library and BITS Pilani Campuses Libraries in India and the United Arab Emirates. There are 4 Campus libraries of IMT and BITS Pilani in different States of India and the United Arab Emirates. All the campus libraries in India and abroad are having their websites. The study analyses the web pages, domain authority, equity-links, internal, external links, and web impact factor totaling to rank it. Out of 8 library websites,6 websites have .ac domain extensions. A search engine optimization tool called link explorer (https:// moz.com/link-explorer) developed by Moz.com is used to help to track the links leading to the website. Based on the overall WIF, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Library stands at the first position with 1476417.08 SWIF followed by the BITS Pilani Campus Library website which is in the second place with 1307683.71 SWIF.
Purpose – This study aims to present a scientometric analysis of publications related to “Augment... more Purpose – This study aims to present a scientometric analysis of publications related to “Augmented Reality.” In today’s Information Technology-driven era, augmented reality (A.R.) has evolved as a new immersive data source for developing knowledge combining authentic and digital images. Consequently, extensive research is going on “Augmented Reality” to discover its potential in knowledge development. Methodology – The paper analyses and emphasizes the bibliographic data of Scopus articles with a suitable search query. The study was done concerning the chronological growth of research publications, highly cited publications, productive countries, prominent journals, prolific authors and institutions, author and country co-authorship network analysis and keywords analysis. The analysis was conducted by using open-source tools such as VOSViewer, Biblioshiny andGephi. Findings – The study reveals that a maximum number of publications on research in “Augmented Reality” are in the form of conference proceedings and articles. A.R., Virtual reality and A.R. application are the keywords with a maximum number of occurrences. A significant number of publications are done in the USA, followed by Germany in the year 2020. Originality/value – This study provides a precise idea of work done in different countries, a network of co-authorship between authors and countries, publication and citation impact of authors, journals, institutions and countries, year-wise progression and trending “augmented reality” topics research. This investigation will be advantageous for researchers and stakeholders to obtain rigorous bibliographic knowledge on literature related to the topic and work accordingly for R&D activities.
International Journal of Information Science and Management, 2022
The present study is carried out for analyzing the contents of national libraries' websites in As... more The present study is carried out for analyzing the contents of national libraries' websites in Asia. A checklist was designed, and library webpages were evaluated, such as the site description, TLDs, language used, design factor, statement of responsibility, general information, availability of aids and tools, authority details, currency, number of visitors, file format supported, use of web 2.0 tools, webpage size and download speed and ranking of Asian national library websites globally. It is observed that 39 national libraries have dedicated library websites. Further observed that all the national libraries have used graphics in their website, while few have used animations also. Most library websites have provided statements of responsibilities like postal address, email address, and phone numbers, and few have given fax numbers. Only a few have given the currency of their national library websites like date of update, which is an essential part of the website's visibility. The National Library of Japan secured the top position based on global ranks with 8,662, Azerbaijan with 13,507 ranks, and Taiwan with 17,673 ranks.
Library and Resource Management in Knowledge Society, 2021
The review of literature is an important part of any research study and in form of process and pr... more The review of literature is an important part of any research study and in form of process and product both. It is a descriptive and analytical summary of completed research that helps the researcher to frame the research study on atopic by providing new concepts, ideas, methods, techniques, and approaches. It provides readers with an overview of the research that has been done on a three basic portions: background information or introduction, the body of the review containing the discussion of sources and finally a finding, conclusion and recommendations section. The purpose of the literature review is to provide foundation knowledge on the topic and identify relevant information and to summarize the existing information, to identify the need for additional research (justification for the study undertaken or research gap) by searching the relevant research papers and related documents such as journal articles, conference papers, etc. Sometimes attempts were also made to trace and collect the original articles and relevant books mentioned in research work and the same have been used for the review and publications gathered from different sources have been critically analysed to extract the information.
Desidoc Journal of Library and Information Technology , 2021
This paper provides a quantitative assessment of research output in SAARC countries in the domain... more This paper provides a quantitative assessment of research output in SAARC countries in the domain of Fishery Science. The primary data for this study have been sourced from Scopus database for the period 1994 to 2021. The findings of the study highlight that a total of 1190 publications of different forms are available with 8820 citations with an average citation per year per document of 1.732 and annual growth of 4 articles per year in the 28 years window. The growth rate of publication is found to be highly consistent. A total of 4784 authors contributed their research items in the period of study and the number of multi-authored or collaborated works are found to be maximum (4750) and only 34 publications are found to be single-authored with a degree of collaboration of 0.99. India is the leading nation among the other SAARC nations with 75.97% of the publication (904 publications) and 8164 citations to those publications. Khan, MA is found to be the author with the highest number of publications (35) but Harikrishnan, R is the most influential author (highest g-index = 27) with 1100 total citations in 27 publications. Aquaculture Research is the journal with maximum publications (66). There exists a significant correlation between h-index and g-index in authors and journals.
The paper aims at examining the global trends in digital library research based on data extracted... more The paper aims at examining the global trends in digital library research based on data extracted from the Scopus database at the global, national, institutional and individual levels. Using performance indicators like total citations, the number of publications, h-index, total link strength the study aims to evaluate the prolific authors, organizations, countries, chronological growth of literature, document forms, most prolific journals, application of Lotkas's law to evaluate the author productivity and analysis of keywords to know the trending topics of research in Digital Libraries. The study uses VOSviewer to prepare the network map of organizational and country coauthorship analysis with clustering technique and MS-Excel for graphical and statistical analysis. The core findings are like the most productive year is 2019 and the number of publications increased rapidly from the starting year of data collection 2016. The results reveal that the USA is the most productive country in terms of the number of publications and impact with the University of Illinois the first rank in the list of prolific institutions. B Gipp from the University of Wuppertal is the most productive author.
Desidoc Journal of Library and Information Technology, 2021
This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students o... more This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students of social sciences departments of Mizoram University (MZU) and Tezpur University (TZU). The primary data collected by using survey method and a structured 595 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents in which 522 (87.73 %) of questionnaires were received. The majority of the respondents were female in both the universities in compared to male respondents. Mizoram Universty students have more awareness of using library services in comparison to Tezpur University respondents. It has been also found that there is no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. Mizoram University students preferred 'authorwise' i.e. (59.32 %) search while Tezpur University students preferred 'title-wise' i.e. (39.38 %) search technique for searching the information. It has been also found that a maximum respondents of both universities i.e. (MZU, 55.97 %) and (TZU, 54.75 %) preferred the simple keyword search technique to search the electronic information. The maximum students of both universities were preferred print media for fulfil their needed information. In both of the Universities' respondents were aware with fair use of information and plagiarism with 79.09 per cent of students at MZU and 84.5 per cent of students at TZU. The maximum 39.16 per cent of students were mostly given the references at MZU while in TZU, a large number 57.53 per cent of students were always giving references when they reproduce other work or ideas. Based on a two-sample t-test, as p<0.05, it was found that no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. After testing with Scheffe's test, it has been shown that the mean of the satisfaction level of respondents was significantly different (P <.05) as the absolute value of the calculated t is smaller than the critical value (0.0737<2.201), which shows that there is no significant difference in the satisfaction level of students of both the Universities towards their library orientation program on the use of library resources and services.
Background: Institutions, government departments, and healthcare professionals engage in social m... more Background: Institutions, government departments, and healthcare professionals engage in social media because it facilitates reaching a large number of people simultaneously. YouTube provides a platform whereby anyone can upload videos and gain feedback on their content from other users. Many YouTube videos are related to health and science, and many people search YouTube for health-related information. YouTube has been acknowledged as a key public information source in recent crises caused by Zika, H1N1, swine flu, and most recently, COVID-19. Methods: YouTube videos were collected from the YouTube Application Programming Interface (API) using the search terms COVID-19, coronavirus, COVID19, and corona. The search was conducted on April 4 and 5, 2020. The initial investigation found a total of 1084 videos. The second step involved identifying and verifying the videos for their relationship to COVID-19 information and excluding videos that did not relate to COVID-19 or were in a language other than English and Hindi. Results: An analysis of YouTube videos covering COVID-19, uploaded in early 2020, in English and Hindi. The sample comprised 349 videos (n = 334 English). Videos were characterized by contributor, duration, content, and reception (views/likes/dislikes/comments). The majority contained general information, with only 4.01% focusing on symptoms and 11.17% on treatment and outcomes. Further, the majority (n = 229) were short videos of under 10 min duration. Videos provided by government and health care professionals comprised 6.87% and 5.74% % of the sample, respectively. News channels uploaded 71.63% of videos. Conclusions: YouTube may provide a significant resource for disseminating of information on public health issues like outbreaks of viral infections and should be utilized by healthcare agencies for this purpose. However, there is currently no way to determine whether a video has been produced or verified by authorized healthcare professionals. This limitation needs to be addressed so that the vital distribution services offered by platforms like YouTube can be fully utilized for increasing public understanding of healthcare science, particularly during a crisis such as a pandemic.
The study presents a scientometric analsyis of publications related to 'Artificial Intelligence' ... more The study presents a scientometric analsyis of publications related to 'Artificial Intelligence' research in India during 2009-2018. In today's ICT driven world, artificial intelligence has taken up some tasks of our daily life to make it easier. As a consequence, extensive research is going on "Artificial Intelligence" to find out it's potential in knowledge development. The paper analyses the bibliographic data retrived from Scopus database extracted with a suitable search query. The study was conducted taking the chronological growth of research publications, relative growth rate, doubling time, scientometric profile of authors, document type of publications, source profile, keyword analysis, institution wise distribution of publications, funding agency wise distribution. The analysis was conducted using the MS-Excel. The study reveals that a maximum number of publications are in the form of conference procedings and articles. Artificial Intelligence, Learning system, algorithms, data mining are the keywords with maximum number of occurences. The findings of the study implies India need become more competitive with the world leaders in artificial intelligence research. To get more return from AI applications, the stakeholders are required to play a catalytic role to build and strengthen research capacity in the nation by paving quality research environment, adequate funding, research incentives, and development of IT infrastructure.
This study examines the Biochemistry Research in India applying scientometric parameters from 201... more This study examines the Biochemistry Research in India applying scientometric parameters from 2010 to 2020 as per Scopus database. The paper uses year-wise distribution of the publication, the annual growth rate of publication, relative growth rate, the doubling time of publication, annual growth rate, annual ratio of growth, authorship pattern, Co-Authorship Index (CAI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Rate of Single Authorship, prolific author and affiliation, document-wise distribution of publications and most cited source and countries of collaboration with India. The study reveals that the Annual Growth Rate is maximum in the year 2011 which is 23.353 and number of publications are maximum in the year 2020 which is 2018 during the period of study 2010 to 2020. As per affiliations is considered the Banaras Hindu University has 443 number of publications, Kumar A is the most prolific author with 56 number of articles, most cited journal is Journal of Biochemistry with 1089 number of articles being cited, India has the highest number of collaborations with Korea (1117 publications) in the study period
Desidoc Journal of Library and Information Technology , 2021
This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students o... more This paper highlights the comparison of information literacy skills among the master's students of social sciences departments of Mizoram University (MZU) and Tezpur University (TZU). The primary data collected by using survey method and a structured 595 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents in which 522 (87.73 %) of questionnaires were received. The majority of the respondents were female in both the universities in compared to male respondents. Mizoram Universty students have more awareness of using library services in comparison to Tezpur University respondents. It has been also found that there is no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. Mizoram University students preferred 'authorwise' i.e. (59.32 %) search while Tezpur University students preferred 'title-wise' i.e. (39.38 %) search technique for searching the information. It has been also found that a maximum respondents of both universities i.e. (MZU, 55.97 %) and (TZU, 54.75 %) preferred the simple keyword search technique to search the electronic information. The maximum students of both universities were preferred print media for fulfil their needed information. In both of the Universities' respondents were aware with fair use of information and plagiarism with 79.09 per cent of students at MZU and 84.5 per cent of students at TZU. The maximum 39.16 per cent of students were mostly given the references at MZU while in TZU, a large number 57.53 per cent of students were always giving references when they reproduce other work or ideas. Based on a two-sample t-test, as p<0.05, it was found that no significant difference in the information literacy skills of the students of both the Universities. After testing with Scheffe's test, it has been shown that the mean of the satisfaction level of respondents was significantly different (P <.05) as the absolute value of the calculated t is smaller than the critical value (0.0737<2.201), which shows that there is no significant difference in the satisfaction level of students of both the Universities towards their library orientation program on the use of library resources and services.
The study present is an investigation on information literacy skills among law students of Govt. ... more The study present is an investigation on information literacy skills among law students of Govt. Mizoram Law College, Aizawl, Mizora. A survey was conducted to assess the information literacy skill of law students. A structured questionnaire was designed and randomly distributed among 118 law students, out of which 70 (82%) filled questionnaire was received for analysis. In general it was found that students had adequate skills in handling information for their basics needs. Most of the students were familiar with e-resources but lack of knowledge in handling the information for their specific requirement. Majority of the students were aware with copy right and fair, but still 30% percent of the respondents still practicing the habits of copying the whole text from original author. This study urges the inclusion of an information literacy program in the course curriculum and more awareness is required among students that will make the students more information literate.
Journal of Scientometric Res. 2018; 7(3):173-180, 2018
The present study is carried out for analyzing the selected universities library websites ranked ... more The present study is carried out for analyzing the selected universities library websites ranked by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the year 2017. The paper investigates domain authority, a number of webpages, links and calculates the Web Impact Factor of 23 universities’ library websites. Though top 25 universities were selected for the study out of which 1 university library website found an error while fetching data and 1 more university was not having library website. The study revealed that the Internal Web Impact Factor and Simple Web Impact Factor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Rajasthan occupies at the top with 3309.52. Whereas, Jamia Millia Islamia occupies second place with 1250 IWIF and 1250.05 SWIF and the third place was occupied by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research with 230.26 IWIF and 230.31 SWIF. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore recorded highest EWIF with 11.67.
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Methodology – The paper analyses and emphasizes the bibliographic data of Scopus articles with a suitable search query. The study was done concerning the chronological growth of research publications, highly cited publications, productive countries, prominent journals, prolific authors and institutions, author and country co-authorship network analysis and keywords analysis. The analysis was conducted by using open-source tools such as VOSViewer, Biblioshiny andGephi.
Findings – The study reveals that a maximum number of publications on research in “Augmented Reality” are in the form of conference
proceedings and articles. A.R., Virtual reality and A.R. application are the keywords with a maximum number of occurrences. A significant number of publications are done in the USA, followed by Germany in the year 2020.
Originality/value – This study provides a precise idea of work done in different countries, a network of co-authorship between authors and
countries, publication and citation impact of authors, journals, institutions and countries, year-wise progression and trending “augmented reality” topics research. This investigation will be advantageous for researchers and stakeholders to obtain rigorous bibliographic knowledge on literature related to the topic and work accordingly for R&D activities.
authorship pattern, Co-Authorship Index (CAI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Rate of Single Authorship, prolific author and affiliation, document-wise distribution of publications and most cited source and countries of collaboration with India. The study reveals that the Annual Growth Rate is maximum in the year 2011 which is 23.353 and number of publications are maximum in the year 2020 which is 2018 during the period of study 2010 to 2020. As per affiliations is considered the Banaras Hindu University has 443 number of publications, Kumar
A is the most prolific author with 56 number of articles, most cited journal is Journal of Biochemistry with 1089 number of articles being cited, India has the highest number of collaborations with Korea (1117 publications) in the study
period
Methodology – The paper analyses and emphasizes the bibliographic data of Scopus articles with a suitable search query. The study was done concerning the chronological growth of research publications, highly cited publications, productive countries, prominent journals, prolific authors and institutions, author and country co-authorship network analysis and keywords analysis. The analysis was conducted by using open-source tools such as VOSViewer, Biblioshiny andGephi.
Findings – The study reveals that a maximum number of publications on research in “Augmented Reality” are in the form of conference
proceedings and articles. A.R., Virtual reality and A.R. application are the keywords with a maximum number of occurrences. A significant number of publications are done in the USA, followed by Germany in the year 2020.
Originality/value – This study provides a precise idea of work done in different countries, a network of co-authorship between authors and
countries, publication and citation impact of authors, journals, institutions and countries, year-wise progression and trending “augmented reality” topics research. This investigation will be advantageous for researchers and stakeholders to obtain rigorous bibliographic knowledge on literature related to the topic and work accordingly for R&D activities.
authorship pattern, Co-Authorship Index (CAI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Rate of Single Authorship, prolific author and affiliation, document-wise distribution of publications and most cited source and countries of collaboration with India. The study reveals that the Annual Growth Rate is maximum in the year 2011 which is 23.353 and number of publications are maximum in the year 2020 which is 2018 during the period of study 2010 to 2020. As per affiliations is considered the Banaras Hindu University has 443 number of publications, Kumar
A is the most prolific author with 56 number of articles, most cited journal is Journal of Biochemistry with 1089 number of articles being cited, India has the highest number of collaborations with Korea (1117 publications) in the study
period
while fetching data and 1 more university was not having library website. The study revealed that the Internal Web Impact Factor and Simple Web Impact Factor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Rajasthan occupies at the top with 3309.52. Whereas, Jamia Millia Islamia occupies second place with 1250 IWIF and 1250.05 SWIF and the third place was occupied by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research with 230.26 IWIF and 230.31 SWIF. Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore recorded highest EWIF with 11.67.