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Scholarly Publishing Patterns Of Medical Academics : A Case Study Of Researchgate Profile Of King George’S Medical University, Lucknow, Vinit Kumar Dr., Jaya Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ResearchGate, an academic social networking site, emerged as an alternative platform among the researchers to connect and disseminate their research findings to the global research community and build chances of collaborations with researchers in overlapping areas. The present study examined the ResearchGate profiles of King George’s Medical University, Lucknow in an altmetric perspective to evaluate the scholarly publishing patterns of medical academics. The data collected by manually visiting the ResearchGate profiles of the faculty members of various departments of KGMU. The study revealed that 32 departments of KGMU having profiles on ResearchGate contributed a total of 1196 publications. The ‘BMJ …

Spartan Daily, May 13, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 43

Research Productivity Of First Ten Nirf Ranking Academic Institutes In India During 2015-19: A Scientometric Analysis, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Bhaskar Mukherjee

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This scientometric study analyses the research productivity of the first ten NIRF ranking academic institutes in India using Web of Science (WoS) data. In particular, this study focused on research output in terms of the total number of publications as indexed in the Web of Science database, citations received, and research area. We examined 42300 publications downloaded from the Web of Science. The results show that the publications output of each institute is in increasing trend but yearly citations per publication are uniform. On the other hand, articles per journal statistics show that publications are scattered distributed in various journals, …

Evaluating The Research Funding Opportunities For Library & Information Science Professionals: An Evaluative Study, Parvin S L Kureshi Miss, Navin Upadhyay Dr, Kanu Chakraborty Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research paper highlights the top twenty research funding agencies of the world in the discipline of Information Science and Library Information Science. The citation analysis method has been adopted for the present study and used the database Web of Science and InCites. The aim of this research paper is to make aware research scholars, faculty members, LIS professional and Practitioners, and policymakers about the various National and International top-level funding agencies available to fund their research proposals. The research and academic fraternity and particularly the library professionals who always face problems to get funds to work on any project …

Spartan Daily, May 12, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 42

Libraries And Mental Health Initiatives: A Literature Review, Megan Smith

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic has increased the mental health needs of communities across America. Public libraries have responded by utilizing the existing resources they developed such as training staff in Mental Health First Aid and employing social workers and nurses. In addition, libraries have created new targeted programs to address mental health during the covid-19 pandemic. This literature review discusses how these various factors relate and further directions for research.

Analysis Of Bibliometrics Research In Library Philosophy And Practice From 1998-2021, Nove E. Variant Anna, Novita Dwi Anawati, Nurul Aida Noor Azizi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aimed to analyse the trend of bibliometrics research articles on Library Philosophy and Practice (LPP) journal from the year 1998 to 2021. There are 651 bibliometrics articles in the LPP journal. Bibliometrics articles were first published in the LPP in 2000 and the number of bibliometrics research\ has been increasing over the last 10 years, particularly in 2019-2020, and this year is expected to increase further. The bibliometric article received the most contributions from India, followed by Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Iran. The topics covered in bibliometric studies include library and information science, coronavirus, artificial intelligence, machine …

Digital Literacy For Covid 19 Information In Indonesian Society, Dessy Harisanty, Dyah Puspita Srirahayu, Nove E. Variant Anna, Endang Fitriyah Fitriyah Mannan, Esti Putri Anugrah, Nasa Zata Dina

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic situation, hoax news emerged that made people panic and make wrong decisions. The emergence of this hoax is because many people are not literate with information, so they trust all the information entered. People also do not have the social awareness to filter the information they get. This study aims to describe the level of literacy of the digital community towards COVID19 information measured on the internet. The research method used is a descriptive type with a survey method. The research location was in East Java, with a total of 500 respondents consisting …

Spartan Daily, May 11, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 41

The Dangerous Divide: How A Pandemic Exposed The Problem Of Older Adults And Equal Access And How Libraries Are Helping, Rene Ostberg

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: Since the digital divide was identified as a pressing equity of access issue in the mid-1990s, several demographic groups have consistently fallen on the negative side of the divide. One of these is older adults, or adults age 65 and over. Surveys by various organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to the Pew Research Center have identified systemic disparities such as income, geography, and education level as leading factors in the digital divide. These disparities further compound with age, race, ethnicity, language, and ability to keep some groups at a disadvantage when …

A Bibliometric Analysis On Recent Classification Techniques For Alzheimer’S Disease, Sumit Dhananjay Salunkhe, Mrinal Rahul Bachute Ph.D Guide And Associate Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been studied extensively to better understand the complexities of this disease and to address the numerous unanswered questions about prognosis and diagnosis. To be able to determine and allocate the resources appropriate to the research area, a detailed understanding of the research topic is much needed. Along with the tremendous expansion in the scope of neurodegenerative disease treatment research, the diversity of technologies to help the research continues to expand. Many studies have investigated into how AD affects different brain structures as the disease progresses, using various image processing methods to derive a variety of brain …

Iso 14000 Publication: A Bibliometric Analysis (2011-2020), Ilham M.Said

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explain about ISO 14000 itself is an international standard that discusses environmental management systems in general. This study aims to visually map publications in the field of ISO 14000 at the global level indexed by Scopus using Bibliometric analysis. This research utilizes the analysis features on the Scopus website and visualizes the bibliometric network using VOSviewer. The research data used is to use indicators in the form of keywords related to ISO 14000 in the Scopus database with the results obtained as many as 136 academic documents that have been published from 2011 to 2020 at the global …

Influence Of Social Media On Agricultural Advisory Service: Analytical Study On The Agricultural Extension Specialists Of Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, West Bengal, Santanu Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Since the introduction of social media, communication is becoming more and more dynamic every day. Communication has become more virtual than physical. More and more people – young and old alike – are fascinated by social media and it is a trend that is not going down very soon. For a long period in the future, social media will shape the way people interact, share information, form opinions, and lead individual and collective actions. India has been experiencing major changes in the agricultural extension system since the beginning of the 21^st century. Social media can play a vital role …

Assessment Of Research Productivity On Cyanobacteria: A Scientometric Study, Prasanna Kumari N, Srinivasaragavan S, Gayathri S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper attempts to highlight the growth trends on Cyanobacteria literature and make the quantitative and qualitative assessment by analyzing various features of research output and Citations impact based on the Scopus database. A total of 5686 publications were published on Cynobacteria during 2000-2020. Year 2001 has 74.72 mean time cited per article with 137 publications. USA has the highest share 2792 of publications and received 38809 Citations followed by the Peoples Republic of China with 9201 Citations for 1486 publications, Germany with 12482 Citations for 871 publications. The study found that India has recorded 5442 Citations for 632 …

Mapping Of The Global Productivity On Covid-19 Since The Origin Of The Pandemic, Dr.R. Santhakumar, Dr.K. Kaliyaperumal, Dr.P. Balasubramanian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) is one of the most infectious diseases that primarily affect the lungs, which inflicted huge losses to the human beings of the globe. As its spread savagely, the literature of is also proliferated within a few months. It is the prime duty of this study to map the different aspects of this scientific literature by applying scientometrics techniques. The data related to this study are recorded in the Web of Science core collection, since the origin of the dreadful virus to January 2, 2021. Thus, 55049 articles have been published on COVID-19 in 22518 …

Breast Cancer Detection From Histopathology Images Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Bibliometric Analysis, Shubhangi A. Joshi, Anupkumar M. Bongale Dr., Arunkumar M. Bongale Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Computer aided diagnosis has become upcoming area of research over past few years. With the advent of machine learning and especially deep learning techniques, the scenario of work flow management in healthcare sector is changing drastically. Artificial intelligence has shown potential in the field of breast cancer care. With datasets for machine learning frameworks getting eventually richer with time, we can definitely get newer insights in the field of breast cancer care. This will help in narrowing down the treatment range for patients and increasing patient survivability. The purpose of this study was to perform bibliometric analysis of the literature …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Nutrition And Dietetics Research Activities In India Using Web Of Science Database: A Trend Across Forty Years, Srujana Medithi Dr, Arti Muley Dr, Preeti Mulay Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present bibliometric analysis studies the nutrition research activity in India. Research articles published during the years 1980-2020, under the “nutrition and dietetics” domain were retrieved from ISI Web of Science database. Entirely, 2,704 articles by 12,514 authors were identified. Karnataka published maximum papers, while USA emerged as the prominent collaborating country. An increasing trend for the number of publications and International collaborations was observed over the years. Currently, as an outcome of these nutrition research activities and with the advent of technology, IT systems along with popular mobile apps are used. Continuous innovative research will boost up IT systems …

Stress, Alcohol Use, And Punitive Parenting During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jennifer Price Wolf, Bridget Freisthler, Caileigh Chadwick

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Background
Emerging research suggests that parents are experiencing heightened stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parental stress is a risk factor for harsh or punitive parenting, and this association may be exacerbated by the use of alcohol.
Objective
We examine whether parental stress is associated with use of punitive parenting, as well as whether this association is modified by drinking pattern.
Participants & setting
We used advertisements and word-of-mouth to recruit 342 parents living in Central Ohio during the initial stay-at-home order for COVID-19.
Methods
We used geographic ecological momentary assessment (gEMA) to measure parental stress and punitive parenting during three …

Analysis Of Citizen Science Scientific Publications: A Scientometric Study, Ajay Kumar Chaubey Dr., Ankit Singh Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to assess the citizen science publications in journals indexed in the Web of Science database from 1993 to 2020.Major areas of research related to CS are environmental science, ecology, biodiversity & conservation, education & educational research, public environmental & occupational science and computer science. The USA, England, Australia, Canada and Germany were the most productive countries. This study describes some silent characteristics trends of CS research like most prolific authors, institutions and countries. 82% of publications on CS received the citation while 18% of publications did not receive any citation. Although 47% of publications …

Impact Of Coronavirus On The Performance Of Library And Information Science Professionals: A Comparative Survey, Subhajit Panda, Noble .

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The spread of the deadly disease Coronavirus has had a negative impact on every aspect of human life, including the education sector with no exception. As a preventive measure, Governments worldwide announced lockdown & closure of the educational institutions, promote a drastic change in the education environment, from conventional classroom-based to online interaction-based. As the second wave of the pandemic strikes India with a tsunami of cases, LIS professionals serve as front-line workers to keep the educational system functioning without interruption. The present study tried to analyze the performance of LIS professionals during this nightmare with thousands of barriers, like …

Intensification Of Coronavirus Scientific Literature During The First Four Months Of 2021, Rekha A. J, Doctor M. Jayaprakash Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

For this research, the Web of Science database is being considered. This survey uncovered the contributions of various countries, research authors, and research areas, as well as the publication trend, country-specific research production, and top-cited papers in coronavirus literature.

The data set included papers on coronavirus that were downloaded between January 1, 2021, and April 30, 2021 from the Web of Science Core Collection (WOS CC). During the first four months of 2021, a total of 9905 documents were released. According to the report, the pandemic was covered by 158 nations, 60708 authors, and 13232 institutes. Overall, the United States, …

Scientometric Analysis Of Spice Research Publications In India From Scopus Database During 2010- 2019, Vivekanandhan S, Govindasamy M Mr, Sivasamy K Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents the scientometric analysis of Spice research publications in India from SCOPUS database during 2010 - 2019 with 3120 research publications. During the Study period, maximum of 400(12.82%) research publications are contributed in the year 2018 and 2019, average research publication per year is 312 and CAGR is 8.62. Relative growth rate is 0.92 in the year 2011 and 0.14 in the year 2019, at the same time doubling time is 0.75 in the year 2011 and 5.05 in the year 2019. Out of 3120 research publications, 179(5.74%) publications are contributed by single author’s publications and remaining 2941(94.26%) …

Analysis Of Students’ Multi-Representation Ability In Augmented Reality-Assisted Learning, Sri Jumini, Edy Cahyono, Muhamad Miftakhul Falah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Not all learning sources can directly and cheaply be presented, so augmented reality media is needed to be applied to students with various talents and intelligence. This study aims to analyze students’ multi-representation ability through the use of augmented reality media. The research method was carried out through pre-experiment with one group posttest only design. Test question items were given to see the students’ multi-representation ability. Data analysis was carried out through the percentage of the number of students achieving test scores of more than or equal to 80 on a scale of 100. The results showed that 88% (28 …

Mapping Out The Scientific Literature On Cerebral Palsy: A Web Of Science-Based Analysis (1990-2020), Akhtar Hussain, Shakil Ahmad, Diwan Israr Khan, Mohammad Shakir Azad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study’s main purpose was to map Cerebral Palsy (CP), a bibliometric analysis of the highly cited research output, 1990-2020. The web of science database was used to retrieve all records related to CP. The Impact Factor of the reviews has been taken from the 2019 issue of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Report (JCR), named IF2019. The Hirsch Index (h-Index) has been compiled from the most active writers and organizations database. The co-citation networks between efficient authors of highly cited papers were used by Biblioshiny, ScientoPy, and VOS viewer. The study’s main findings were that the USA was the most …

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 …

Growth Of Open Access Literature On Library And Information Science During 2011-2020: A Scientometrics Analysis, Rudra Narayan, Pritam Kumar Pati, Sidhartha Sahoo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study, we attempted to analyse the quantitative growth of open access publications on library and information science education research. The literature data obtained from Scopus database and scientometrics methods were deployed to analyse the publications originated during 2011-2020. The study shows that open access papers on Library and information science education (LIS) has grown expontially and significant amount of research papers published by both academics and working professionals. Scientometric study of the research on Scopus indexed open access Library and information science (LIS) journals is essential to investigate the existing literature to identify a suitable theory for new …

Teacher Perception Towards The Use Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In Secondary Schools In Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Chinwe Enyi, Mkpoikanke Otu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined the teacher perception towards the use of (ICT) in teaching Biology in secondary schools in Okposi education zone of Ebonyi state. Ten schools and all 15 Biology teachers in the schools were used for the study which adopted descriptive survey design. Two instruments were used. The first one was a checklist on availability of (ICT) facilities in schools while the second was a questionnaire for Biology teachers on their perception on the use of ICT and the problems militating against the integration of ICT in their work. Simple percentages and mean were used in answering the research …

Spartan Daily, May 6, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 40

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 …

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 …