A Comparison Of Bibliometric Indicators For Evaluating The Top 100 Open Access Journals, Dr. Abu Waris Assistant Professor, Dr. Mirza Muhammad Naseer Assistant Professor, Shakil Ahmad Lecturer, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Md Safiqur Rahaman, Manuelraj Peter

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A comparative study was performed based on scientific metrics for the year 2019 for the top 100 open access journals (OAJ) extracted from the web of science. The considered bibliometric indicators are Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eugene Factor Score (ES), Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), Cite Score (CS), Google Scholar (GS), and H5 index. This study shows that journals have different ranks compared with their metrics of the various scientific indicators. Correlations were explained by applying Pearson's and spearman's statistical correlation using SPSS software 21.0 packages. Spearman's Pearson's (r) statistical correlation was found between JIF …

Scholarly Publications On Ecocriticism: A Study Through The Web Of Science, Puspanjali Hazarika

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Environmental-related studies have been entirely essential in the current range of human civilizations. The relationship between the environment and literature is uniform. Various environmental issues and literature have revealed different aspects. One such significant aspect is ecocriticism. Ecocriticism is the study of representations of nature in literary works and the relationship between literature and the environment. As a separate movement or school of literary criticism, ecocriticism started developing in the 1990s. There is a close relation between ecocriticism and literature. It is an interdisciplinary study of Ecology and Literary Criticism, which is unusual due to natural science and humanistic discipline. …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Literature Published On Information Seeking Behaviour Using Scopus Database, Rajiv M. Patel Mr, Lavji N. Zala Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information Seeking Behaviour refers to understand the way people search for and use information in various contexts. It also includes why people seek information and how they use it. The objective of this article is to analyze and compile the existing literature on Information Seeking Behaviour through its bibliometric study. A total of 576 documents were extracted through Elsevier's Scopus database over the last 20 years i.e. 2001 to 2020. Vosviewer software is used for data analysis. The study reveals that there is an upward and downward slopping has found in the research area in the last few years. The …

Digital Literacy Skills As Correlate Of Electronic Information Resources’ (Eirs) Use By University Undergraduates In South-South, Nigeria, Raphael Ebiefung Cln, Ebere Onah Cln

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Advancement in modern technologies and the consequent proliferation of electronic information resources have made digital literacy skills imperative in the ivory towers. Undergraduates are expected to be effective in their use of electronic information resources during the course of their studies in the university. However, studies have shown that digital literacy skills may influence use of electronic information resources. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of digital literacy skills on electronic information resources’ use by undergraduates in two South-south, Nigerian universities. The population considered was 5,693 from two universities in South-South, Nigeria.- University of Uyo …

Perceived Psychosocial Impacts Of Legalized Same-Sex Marriage: A Scoping Review Of Sexual Minority Adults’ Experiences, Laurie A. Drabble, Angie R. Wootton, Cindy B. Veldhuis, Ellen D.B. Riggle, Sharon S. Rostosky, Pamela J. Lannutti, Kimberly F. Balsam, Tonda L. Hughes

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

A growing body of literature provides important insights into the meaning and impact of the right to marry a same-sex partner among sexual minority people. We conducted a scoping review to 1) identify and describe the psychosocial impacts of equal marriage rights among sexual minority adults, and 2) explore sexual minority women (SMW) perceptions of equal marriage rights and whether psychosocial impacts differ by sex. Using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework we reviewed peer-reviewed English-language publications from 2000 through 2019. We searched six databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, JSTOR, and Sociological Abstracts) to identify English language, peer-reviewed journal articles …

Effects Of Blackboard On The Preparatory Students At Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, Shakil Ahmad, Fazal Hakan Choudhry, Yahia Alhassan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study is aimed at analyzing the effects of blackboard on preparatory students. A blackboard is a learning tool that allows students to use the course whenever they want. Blackboard allows students to access information of the study, the books needed on the course for IAU 101 or 102 books, deadlines for assignments, the assignment framework, quizzes, discussion subjects, voice presentations, and all the marks they have obtained during their session. Furthermore, students can attend live lectures, review material and discussions via a virtual environment from anywhere provided they have a stable internet connection. This research aims to determine the …

Research Visualization On Teaching, Language, Learning Of English And Higher Education Institutions From 2011 To 2020: A Bibliometric Evidences, Dr. Muhammad Shoaib, Mr. Nusrat Ali, Dr. Behzad Anwar, Dr. Shamshad Rasool, Dr. Raza-E Mustafa, Mr. Shi Zici

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Research Output Of Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research Pune (Iiser Pune) During 2006-2020: A Bibliometric Study, Sushanta Kumar Roy, Sukumar Mandal Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study analyses the research outputs of IISER Pune during 2006 to 2020 revealed in Web of Science (WoS) database (06.03.2021). It aims to examine the growth and development of IISER Pune's research activity as reflected in publications output. A total of 3613 records have been obtained and studied in accordance with the goals. This study analyses the features of these research outputs such as year-wise, subject-wise, document types, country-wise collaboration, authorship trends, and types of language. Research outputs 546 in 2018, 1328 records in physics, 3308 in the form of articles, 959 with USA collaboration, 735 by joint authors …

Academic Staff Use Of Electronic Resources (Er) In Nigerian University Libraries During The Covid-19 Lockdown Period, Dim Chibuzor Livina (Dr), Austin Jude Mole (Prof)

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Purpose: This study investigated the Academic staff Use of Electronic Resources (ER) in the Nigerian University of Nigeria Libraries during the Corona Virus (Covid 19) lockdown

Design/ Methodology/Approach: The study adopted a Descriptive survey research design. The total population of study was 3130. A sample size of 313 was selected for the study using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The benchmark score for decision on the analysis was the real limits of numbers

Findings: The finding from the study revealed …

Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses In Science And Social Sciences Submitted To Icfai University, Dehradunduring 2012 – 2020., Tapas Roy, Rounak Biswas, Samaresh Modak

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study is based on the citation analysis of doctoral theses submitted to ICFAI University, Dehradun which was established under ICFAI University Act 2003. The main objective of this study is to determine the use of information sources by the research scholars of the University for completing their doctoral theses. There are a total of 23 numbers of doctoral theses awarded from the year 2012 to 2020.Among those thesesthirteen theses are from social science departments and remaining ten theses belong to science departments. The study is conducted on the 8979 citations appended in these theses. Bibliographical entries illustrated at the …

Research Output On Leprosy During The Year Of 2010-2020: A Scientometric Analysis, Victoria P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study was to measure the number of contributions and highlight the contributions made by the researchers in the field of leprosy and published on the Web of Science database during 2010-2020 using scientometric analysis. Data were interpreted by using software such as Bibexcel, Vosviewer, and tabulated using MS Excel. The results indicated that 4544 papers were published during 2010 - 2020 and the highest number of publications 456 (10.03%) was produced in 2020. The trends in multi-authored papers have tremendously increased (89.28%) compared to (10.72%) single-authored papers. The relative growth rate (3.13) and degree of collaboration …

Evaluation Of Famous Recommender Systems: A Comparative Analysis, Jayanta Kr Nayek, Rajesh Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this era of the internet and with the easy availability of data at a very low cost, searching for information is growing at an exponential rate. So, it is now impossible to find the desired information without proper guidance. Here is the need of the recommendation system. The system will recommend which information relevant to the user according to their searching pattern. It will also explore hidden results with a minimal effect. The goal of this paper is to describe the famous recommendation systems which are used mostly and to explore what is the need of these kinds of …

Exploring Prevalence And Psycho-Social Factors Of Library Anxiety Among The Student Category Of Users Based On University Affiliations, Rajesh Chutia, Sudeshna Nath

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

An outright fear of using library facilities has been observed among students which can hinder academic productivity among students. Library anxiety poses as a psychological barrier in effective use of library resources. Research suggests us to delve deeper in the library perspectives in order to unearth possible causes of anxiety associated with it. The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional design intended to examine library anxiety among the students' category of library users in Assam's state universities; along with investigation of probable psycho-social reasons for such an anxiety. For the study, a sample size of 160 (Gauhati University = 80 …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Nanomedicine Research From 2009-2018, Chinmay Sarma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper is based on the bibliometric analysis of Nanomedicine research published from 2009 to 2018. Total 6415 records were retrieved for analysis from the Web of Science database. The study covers year wise distribution of publications, identification of most prolific authors, identification of most contributing countries, application of Bradford’s law and identification of core journals in the field of nanomedicine. The study reveals that China has contributed highest publications followed by USA and India. The authorship pattern of the publications was studied. The publications are highly collaborative (DC=0.98).

From Preschool To Prison: How School Resource Officers Produce Criminality, Brenda Vargas Tapia

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Police officers were introduced in the American school system to provide White communities with a sense of safety. However, these police officers are not well trained to provide students with support and instead are trained to deal with situations with force. The implicit bias of police officers criminalizes and punishes Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students unfairly. School shootings have continued to enforce the idea that officers are needed. However, this notion is untrue. Policing in schools builds a school-to-prison pipeline that is now, in the online schooling era, translating to the Zoom-to-prison pipeline, which reveals that BIPOC …

The Effects Of Telehealth On Patient Satisfaction And Information Recall For Breast Cancer Survivors During Covid-19, Stacey Teicher

Doctoral Projects

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed how cancer survivorship care is delivered. (Al‐Shamsi, 2020). To protect vulnerable breast cancer patients, health care providers are moving towards telecommunication such as telephone, video, and secure messaging (electronic mail) versus in-person visits to connect with their patients (Segelov et al., 2020) during this pandemic. Breast cancer survivorship visits can be safely deferred from in-person visits to telehealth visits (Dietz et al., 2020). This doctoral project examines the impact of transitioning from in-person to telehealth (telephone or video) visits on patient satisfaction and recall of information for breast cancer survivors reviewing their Survivorship …

Electronic Information Resources: An Overview Of Problems Faced By The Faculty Members, Ms. Saddiqa, Mohammad Hussain

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study is an attempt to investigate the problems faced by respondents while accessing electronic information resources. The study's specific objectives were to examine the demographic information, to probe the problems faced by the faculty members and to examine the difference of opinion between male and female faculty members regarding problems concerned with the electronic information resource.

Research Design and Methodology: The survey research method was used, and data was collected from the respondents through the structured questionnaire. The stratified sampling technique was used, and 340 faculty members were selected from the total population of 661. The collected data …

Cataloguing Education In The Era Of 4ir: The Way Forward, Madireng Monyela

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper seeks to investigate Cataloguing Education (CE) in the era of 4IR and evolving technology with the observation that cataloguing is the core of any library service, without which there could be confusion in the retrieval of library information sources. Therefore, CE should equip students with skills that will enable them to work comfortably during any industrial revolution. Furthermore, 4IR entails transformation of humankind, and industries are now compelled to reconsider their ways of doing business to be in par with the economic world. Moreover, the exponential growth of information resources on the Internet and the World Wide Web …

Mapping The Cash Waqf Literature Based On Web Of Science And Vosviewer: A Bibliometric And Visualization, Sri Yayu Ninglasari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims to systematically explore and cluster by mapping and visualizing the cash waqf research literature to serve basis for future research. A system mapping research (SMS) was employed with bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer based on Web of Science data from 1979 to April 2021. This study visualized patterns of the co-occurrence of keywords, co-citation relationships, and citations of documents. We show the literature's influential aspects, such as the number of publications per year, countries, institutions, journals, authors, and topics. The review of cash waqf research comprises 46 publications by 107 authors affiliated with 32 organizations in 9 countries, …

Bibliometric Analysis On Hand Gesture Controlled Robot, Karthik Bankapur, Himmat Singh, Akshit Gupta, Hritik Mathur, Harikrishnan R, Shivali Amit Wagle

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper discusses about the survey and bibliometric analysis of hand gesture-controlled robot using Scopus database in analyzing the research by area, influential authors, countries, institutions, and funding agencies. The 293 documents are extracted from the year 2016 till 6^th March 2021 from the database. Bibliometric analysis is the statistical analysis of the research published as articles, conference papers, and reviews, which helps in understanding the impact of publication in the research domain globally. The visualization analysis is done with open-source tools namely GPS Visualizer, Gephi, VOS viewer, and ScienceScape. The visualization aids in a quick and clear understanding …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Emerging Technologies In The Field Of Computer Science Helping In Ovarian Cancer Research, Sonali Kothari Dr., Anvita Gupta, Muskaan Agrawal Agrawal, Kajal Jaggi, Adhiraj Dev Goswami, Ketan Kotecha, M. Karthikeyan Dr., Vijayshri Khedkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is carried out to provide an analysis of the literature available at the intersection of ovarian cancer and computing. A comprehensive search was conducted using Scopus database for English-language peer-reviewed articles. The study administers chronological, domain clustering and text analysis of the articles under consideration to provide high-level concept map composed of specific words and the connections between them.

Assessment Of Open-Access Institutional Repositories Of China On Directory Of Open Access Repositories (Opendoar), Satyajit Nayak, Binay Kumar Parhi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Present-day institutional repositories play a vital role in promoting higher education systems and research and development. Individual organisations showcase their intellectual works using the Open access institutional repository platform. The present study focuses on the current status of Chinese Open Access Institutional Repositories. Data were collected from the global Directory of Open Access Institutional Repositories (DOAR) website. And collected data have been analysed and represented in graphical and tabular formats to clearly understand the study results. The Authors also assessed the Chinese’ contribution to various parameters such as Year wise growth pattern, Nature of Institutional Repository, disciplines, Content, software and …

The Baffling Disappearance Of Beall’S Blog (Www.Scholarlyoa.Com):Reasons Revealed, Rosy Jan, Sumeer Gul Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The substandard, low quality or predatory journals are the real threat to the publishing industry. It is a challenge to the quality and ethics of publication. The problem grabs the attention of scholarly community when the publisher of an open access journal Gunther Eysenbach, identified a black sheep among open access publishers and journals, since then many experiments were conducted to identify the black sheep and guidelines were issued to avoid them. However, the most substantial work in the field of predatory publishing was performed by Jeffery Beall who came up with a blacklist of predatory OA publishers and journal. …

A Brief Bibliometric Survey Of Explainable Ai In Medical Field, Nilkanth Mukund Deshpande, Shilpa Shailesh Gite

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

_{^{Background: This study aims to analyze the work done in the field of explainability related to artificial intelligence, especially in the medical field from 2004 onwards using the bibliometric methods.}}

_{^{Methods: different articles based on the topic leukemia detection were retrieved using one of the most popular database- Scopus. The articles are considered from 2004 onwards. Scopus analyzer is used for different types of analysis including documents by year, source, county and so on. There are other different analysis tools such as VOSviewer Version 1.6.15. This is used for the analysis of different units such as co-authorship, co-occurrences, citation analysis …}}

Research Trend And Productivity In Nanomedicine Research: The Indian Perspective, Sarangapani R Dr., Nidhisha P K Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper presents a scientometric analysis of the Nanomedicine research output of India during the year 2010-2019 collected from the Web of Science database. Publication pattern, Degree of Collaboration, Authorship pattern, Collaborative index, International collaboration, Relative Growth Rate, Doubling Time are some of the aspects considered for the study. The number of research publications in nanomedicine gradually increased during the studied period. Articles are the most published form of research output and the multi-author pattern is dominating. India is in third place in terms of the number of publications but almost last in terms of average citation per paper among …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Particle Swarm Optimization Techniques Used To Enhance Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy Protocol For Wireless Sensor Networks, Anupkumar M. Bongale Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a network of tiny wireless sensor nodes. The sensor nodes sense information and transmit the sensed information to a data collection point known as Base Station. WSNs have gained massive popularity due to their incredible benefits, and active research is ongoing for the past two decades. The primary concern with WSN is that the sensor operates on a limited power supply. Due to the nature of applications of WSNs and the hostile environment where the sensors are deployed, providing unlimited power or energy supply is not an option. Hence, the research work mainly focuses on …

A Study Of Reading Habits Among The Senior Secondary Students Of Kendriya Vidyalaya In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh., Rohit Singh, Ashwani Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this paper is to report the finding of the study of reading habits among the senior secondary student of three Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) school of Varanasi district run by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The study adopts the questionnaire tool & 300 questionnaires are distributed to collect the data from the student to examine the choice of reading material, preferred place, language & source of getting reading materials. Collected data indicates that the English language is the most preferred language for reading; textbook, newspaper magazines are the most preferred reading material. School is the most …

Institutional Factors Variable As Determinants Of Lecturers’ Utilization Of Electronic Publications In Library Schools In Universities In Nigeria, Ada Uchenna Tony Okereke Phd

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study focused on the institutional factors variable as determinants of lecturers’ utilization of electronic publications in library schools in universities in Nigeria. The study was guided by one research questions and one null hypotheses. Correlational design was adopted for the study, while rating scale titled ‘Computer Utilization Variables and Lecturers Utilization of Electronic Publications’ (CUVLUEP) was used to elicit data for the study. A sample of 378 library and information science lecturers from the 24 public universities in Nigeria were used for the study. The reliability of the instrument was determined through the Cronbach Alpha statistical method which gave …

Maintaining Publishing Standards And Global Visibility: Essential Tips For Nigerian Library And Information Professionals, Juliana Akidi, Onyinye Alexander Osedo, Chukwuemeka Chukwueke

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examined the essential requirements for maintaining publishing standards as well as global visibility of research scholars, using Nigerian Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals as a focus. The paper x-rayed the basic concepts of the study, extensively looked into the state of publishing and maintaining global visibility by LIS professionals in Nigeria and proffered the key elements for positively changing the scenario, which among others involve using standard numbers in publishing like International Standard Book Number (ISBN), International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and Digital Object Identifier (DOI), among others, being mindful of what is published, where it is …

Social Tags And Controlled Vocabulary: A Comparative Study Of Documents In Chemistry And Literature, Dr Indira B

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The online information retrieval process enables users to assign keywords for easy access of documents. These keywords popularly known as social tags have now become a popular trend in the information organization. Many online library catalogues has provided provision which allows users to add tags to documents. These social tags has many similarities and variations with the controlled vocabularies used in libraries. Moreover the usage of social tags varies in each subject. The present study tries to compare the social tags and controlled vocabularies in literature and chemistry. The analysis have proved that social tags that exactly match with the …