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Ranking Of Indian Institutions In Global And Indian Ranking System: A Comparative Study, Muthuraj Anbalagan, Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Times Higher Education publishes university rankings to assess university performance on the global stage every year. The data were retrieved from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) website. The author has taken only the top 25 ranked Indian institutions from Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 for the study. It is compared to with National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). The objectives of the study are to analyse both THE and NIRF ranking of top 25 Indian institutions. Further, it compares the Teaching and Research parameters, Research Performance explicitly and also …

Bibliometric Survey On Reuse Of Treated Wastewater For Agriculture, Sagar Kolekar Prof., Rahul Raghvendra Joshi Prof., Kalyani Dhananjay Kadam Prof., Kanchan Khare Dr., Pennan Chinnasamy Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The water is important for life after air but there is water shortage problem worldwide. The untreated wastewater pollutes fresh water resources. The reuse of treated wastewater for crop irrigation will reduce stress on freshwater and also provides nutrients. Wastewater had been reused for many generations, it was first discovered in 1973 and in continuation there onwards till today. The treated-wastewater reuse for irrigation of crops will reduce stress on freshwater and also provides nutrients. The main objective of this bibliometric study is analyze the research work done in the past in relation to wastewater treatment and its reuse. This …

Institutional Digital Repositories: A Selective Study Of Review Of Literature, Bijan Kumar Roy

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Conducting literature review on open access (OA) institutional digital repositories (IDRs) is a challenging task as it is a new concept and started to develop rapidly throughout the world. The paper aims to place the current investigation within the existing scholarly research literature regarding some key policy issues. There are so many barriers in developing IDR specially developing different policies such as preservation policy, interoperability policy, and metadata policy as all are related to technical matter. All these issues need to to be properly formulated for smooth functioning of any IDR system. Here, the following three policy issues viz. a …

Trustworthiness Of Institutional Repositories In Academic Libraries In South Africa, Tlou Maggie Masenya

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The open access movement in scholarly communication has grown considerably over the past two decades and it has driven an increase in the number of Institutional Repositories (IRs). Academic libraries in South Africa have so far made great advancement towards developing IRs to preserve, manage and to provide open access to digital scholarship of the universities. Open access’s fundamental principle is to make the intellectual output more visible, accessible, searchable and useable by any potential user, and that is indispensable in the quest for long-term access and delivery of authentic digital information. Although many researchers believe that open access has …

Mapping The Research Output Of Select Research Institutes In India: A Scientometric Approach, Prabahar Ponniah Mr., Radhakrishnan Natarajan Prof.

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The study identified the research performance of different government institutes namely, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore, Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, and Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (ICAR-NIANP), Bangalore. The study covers the period 2006-2019 to retrieve the data from Web of Science database. All three institutes produced 898 records. AIISH published 151 articles and got 810 citations, CPRI published 365 articles and received 3049 citations and ICAR-NIANP published 382 articles and gained 2827 citations during the period. AIISH and ICAR-NIANP have published maximum number of papers …

Underground Construction And Space Utilization: A Bibliometric Analysis, Mugdha Praveen Kshirsagar Mrs, Sanjay Kantrao Kulkarni Dr, Nilesh Vedprakash Arora Mr, Devesh Dinesh Maheshwari Mr, Ankush Kumar Meena Mr

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Land use optimization is a major concern as the world's population grows at an exponential rate. Surface land is already being depleted at an alarming pace. As a result, buildings can be constructed safely underground, allowing for more productive land use. The primary goal of this paper is to perform a bibliometric review of the literature related to Underground Construction in order to determine the growth of Underground Construction as a method of energy or land optimization in recent years. Between 1975 and 2020 is the time span considered for this survey. The results of the Scopus database are the …

Job Satisfaction Among Library And Information Science Professionals In Delhi University Library: A Case Study, Sunil Tyagi, Abhinav Paliwal, Jasbir Singh

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Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to find out the major factors affecting career choices, level of job satisfaction, and perceptions of the general image of library and information science professionals in Delhi university library system. This article explores, how much satisfaction of these library professionals, derive from their chosen career and examine the degree of dissatisfaction or areas of discontent among then.

Methodology: A survey method was used to investigate the level of the job satisfaction of LIS professionals working in Delhi university library system. The questionnaire was randomly distributed to 65 LIS professionals and a total …

Library Use And Knowledge Sharing Amongst Undergraduates In Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria, Adetola A. Akanbiemu, Oluwaseun Oluropo Ajibare, Taiwo A. Ogunwemimo

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Abstract

Academic libraries have evolved over the years; they have become an important nerve centre for the delivery of academic services in higher institutions of learning. Higher institution library has the primary function of supporting the vision of the university through the provision of adequate and accessible information resources. However, a decline in library usage by students may bring about less effective use of resources provided by the university library. Students should find the library to be a place to source information and thereby act on the knowledge gained. Despite this, the state of knowledge sharing is perceived to be …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Researchers’ Competencies Through Web Of Science, Muhammad Abbas Ganaee, Shamshad Ahmed, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Ayesha Gulzar

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Universities and institutes of higher education produce researchers and scholars who can find the solutions to the problems in their fields of studies. Researchers belonging to any academic discipline should have certain competencies and skills to conduct a valuable research. This study uses the Bibliometric method to investigate the literature published on researchers’ competencies, not limited to any specific subject. The query to search literature on research competencies was run on Web of Science and 5,716 results were analyzed. A comparison of pattern of publications and citations year wise was presented from 1905 to 2020. The study reveals that most …

Forecasting Of The Covid-19 Epidemic: A Scientometric Analysis, Pandri Ferdias, Ansari Saleh Ahmar

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This study presented a scientometric analysis of scientific publications with discussions of forecasting and COVID-19. The data of this study were obtained from the Scopus database using the keywords: ( TITLE-ABS-KEY (forecast) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (covid)) and the data were taken on March 26, 2021. This study was a scientometric study. The data were subsequently analyzed using the VosViewer and Bibliometrix R Package. The results showed that “COVID-19” was the keyword most frequently used by researchers, followed by “forecasting” and “human”. Authors who discussed the topic of forecasting COVID-19 come from 83 different countries/regions, with the most articles sent by authors …

Advanced Concrete Composites For Improved Performance: A Bibliometric Survey, Dhruv Patel, Aryan Tiwari, Nishnat Nikhare, Rohit Shinde, Ashutosh Dubey, Manan Shah, Shalaka Hire, Sayali Sandbhor

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Concrete is the core component of any civil engineering construction. Conventional concrete can be modified depending upon the needs and requirements of the construction. Such concrete is called advanced concrete and this report aims to study advanced concrete and its composites. The main objective of this report is to perform a bibliographic survey on the latest research literature available under the domain of advanced concrete composites for improved performance. Timespan considered for the survey is from the year 2015 to 2020. The bibliographic survey consists of literature from online platforms such as the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus database. …

Use And Awareness Of Online Library Services Among Faculty Members Of Kfupm, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Saleh A Al-Baridi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: The library is an integral part of every academic institution because it provides users with information, resources, and services to help them with their studies and research. This paper aims to investigate the use and awareness of online library services among faculty members of KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Research methodology: A survey method employed to perform the research, Google form generated and distributed through official emails targeted faculty members. The sample includes all eight academic colleges and 33 departments of KFUPM and received 101 responses.

Findings: The study reveals that most of the faculties used library online services for …

Indonesian Research Output On Online Learning/E-Learning Publication Using The Scopus Database: A Scientometric Analysis, Akbar Iskandar, Badrun Kartowagiran, Mansyur Mansyur, Nurmawati Nurmawati, Lusiana Wulansari

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e-Learning is considered to be one of the most relevant topics to discuss in this study because the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the implementation of teaching and learning to be carried out from home. This study was conducted by using Scientometrics analysis method, which is also known as bibliometric analysis. This analysis was carried out to determine how the development of scientific publications in the e-Learning field in Indonesia. The data in this study were collected by searching through the Scopus database with keywords: (TITLE-ABS-KEY(elearning) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(e-learning) AND AFFILCOUNTRY(indonesia)) and the data were taken on March 20, 2021. The …

Trends Of Research Visualization Of Digital Collections And Resources In Academic Libraries From 2001 To 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis, Mr. Nusrat Ali, Dr. Muhammad Shoaib, Mr. Farooq Abdullah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper was intended to evaluate electronic collections, digital collections, digital resources, e-books, e-resources using bibliometric exploration from 2001 to 2020. The main purpose is to associate the available scholarship on the electronic and digital collections in the Web of Science indexed documents. There was a lack of computable quantities on the electronic collections. We used the bibliometric analysis and 2002 published documents were found. The results indicated that the top topic of published documents as electronic books or e-books and library, article as a type, English as the top language, top publications in 2016, and Huang YM was the …

Delivering Literacy Programmes For The Academic Excellence Of The Under Graduate Students., Bala Mandrekar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The expertise in providing library services and resources play an important role in students’ academic success. The three factors library place, library resources and library services play an important role in students' outcomes. The libraries must focus on students' learning-centric. The orientation programme conducted by the librarians increases the usage of library resources. The smart and latest technologies should be used by the librarians for students learning process. The librarian needs to study the student’s capabilities and with the help of the latest technologies to serve the user needs and must create a conducive environment for studies. The present paper …

Electronic Resources Of Libraries Of First-Generation Indian Institute Of Management (Iim): An Evaluative Analysis, Sandeep Kumar Verma, Gireesh Kumar T. K. Dr., Aditya Tripathi Prof.

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As an essential component and one of the quality assessment measures, the availability of electronic resources is gaining significance in libraries, hence increasingly becoming part of the acquisition and collection-building activities. Libraries and information centres play a pivotal role in selecting, acquiring and providing effective access to electronic resources to its users under various categories to meet their academic and scholarly requirements. This paper analyses the availability and distribution of electronic resources among the selected libraries of the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) in India. Researchers have chosen six IIMs identified as first-generation libraries for analysing the holding of e-resources …

A Research Visualization Of Academic Learning Skills Among Students In Higher Education Institutions: A Bibliometric Evidence From 1981 To 2020, Dr. Muhammad Shoaib, Mr. Farooq Abdullah, Mr. Nusrat Ali

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This article provides an insight into the academic learning skills acquired by students in higher education institutions across the globe. A bibliometric study was designed to consolidate the published scholarship of the academic learning skills in the Web of Science indexed documents from 1981 to 2020. The data were extracted on March 18, 2021, at 06:54 AM, PST. A total of 964 publications were found using Biblioshiny, ScientoPy, VOSviewer, and MS Excel to extract data and preparation of figures. The study findings asserted that knowledge skill was the top topic, article as a type of documents, and the English language …

Application Of The Cluster Classification Data Mining Method To Child Illiteracy In Indonesia, Muhammad Arifin, Gita Widi Bhawika, M.A. Muazar Habibi, Winci Firdaus, Danu Eko Agustinova, Robbi Rahim

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The objective of this study is to cluster and classify data using a combination of the k-means and C4.5 methods. The process involves clustering and subsequent classification. The classification process uses k-folds = 10 and samples = stratified sampling. In this study, analphabets in Indonesia of a minimum age of 15 years (15+) were evaluated. The data are the percentage of analogs between 2017 and 2019. The dataset was obtained from https://www.bps.go.id and is accessible at https://osf.io/crwug. In this study, the Davies Bouldin index (DBI) was used to determine the number of clusters with an optimal DBI value of k …

Research Productivity Of Journal Of Librarianship And Information Science From 1999-2019: A Bibliometric Study, Sanila Aslam, Nusrat Ali, Muhammad Naveed, Dr. Muhammad Ijaz Mairaj

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Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JoLIS) is a peer-reviewed journal that deals with the fields of Library and Information Science and serving since 1969. The journal publishes various forms of data including articles, book reviews, letters, reviews and editorial material, etc. The study aims at highlighting the research productivity of JoLIS. Bibliometric data of JoLIS have been collected through Core Collection and Web of Science. VOSviewer, Biblishiny, and MS Excel spreadsheet were used to analyze the data. This bibliometric study explores the exact figures of publications, types of documents, year-wise distribution of published documents, frequency distribution of specific productivity, …

Revealing The Research Landscape Of Master’S Degrees Via Bibliometric Analyses, Nathalia Chaparro, Sergio Rojas-Galeano

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The evolution of a Master’s programme, like many other human institutions, can be viewed as a self-organising system whose underlying structures and dynamics arise primarily from the interaction of its faculty and students. Identifying these hidden properties may not be a trivial task, due to the complex behaviour implicit in such evolution. Nonetheless, we argue that the programme’s body of research production (represented mainly by dissertations) can serve this purpose. Bibliometric analyses of such data can reveal insights about production growth, collaborative networks, and visual mapping of established, niche, and emerging research topics, among other facets. Thus, we propose a …

Global Trend In Career Satisfaction, Self-Perception, And Gender Differences Among Library Personnel In The University: An Important Parameters For An Organizational Success, Moyosore Adegboye, Hajarat Oyiza Abubakar, Oladotun Ayowumi Osunkentan

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It is known that low levels of job satisfaction can have a negative effect on morale, employee relations, employee performance, organizational functioning, organizational efficiency, and productivity. Low job satisfaction or outright dissatisfaction with a job is likely to evoke an array of negative and potentially damaging personal and professional consequences such as frustration, deterioration of mental and physical health, withdrawal, absence, lateness, sickness, accidents, intra–organizational conflict, thinking about quitting and retirement, examining the costs and benefits associated with leaving a job, and labour turnover. Intentions to quit can be very costly to an organization. It is against this background that …

Digital Literacy Competence Of Indonesian Lecturers On Analysis Hoax In Social Media, Yanti Dwi Astuti

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Hoax in social media is increasingly flooding all types of social media. The ease with which people consume and produce information on social media provides freedom for citizens to express themselves and their attitudes regardless of whether the information is true or a hoax. ironically, this phenomenon is also affecting academics who are highly educated and work as lecturers. This article attempts to explore the digital literacy competencies of lecturers in Indonesia by taking samples of lecturers in two big cities, namely Medan and Bandung. The research was conducted using a digital ethnographic method that allows the author to be …

Electronic Resources Collection Development Practices In University Libraries: A Conceptual Framework Perspective, Flora Ifeoma Okogwu

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The study looked at the development of electronic resources collections in university libraries from a conceptual standpoint. It makes use of schema to show how the principles of electronic resources collection development practices in university libraries are related. In order to gain a clearer understanding of the relationships between the concepts in electronic resources collection creation practices in university libraries, an author-designed conceptual diagram was used. The study concluded that the activities were enunciated in the conceptual context and schema created for the study, and that in order to achieve a balanced set of electronic tools, one must grasp all …

Bibliometric Survey For Stock Market Prediction Using Sentimental Analysis And Lstm, Pooja Bagane, Nimit Mehta Mr, Parth Kakde Mr, Nisarg Bramhbhatt Mr, Ishansh Sahni Mr, Sirbi Kotrappa Dr

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Creating an overview of the flow fundamentals of the global market trading and sublimation of equities into a superimposed system of economic agendas. Furthermore this leads to dynamic overlapping with the current technological advancements to create a platform for information exchange and inculcations. This created a new field of access points where we could enhance and analyse the data available and create an interface to predict the rise and fall trends involved with the stock market. These help create a sense of control and format over the public personification over the economic impacts and use social media and involve discrete …

Scientometric Analysis Of Public Health Literature: A Study Based On Scopus Database, Dr. Md. Nazmul Islam, Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Dr. Partha Biplob Roy

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Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the progress and development of the global literature on public health and review several components of scientometric study including the patterns of growth of literature, authorship, author collaboration, and productivity.

Design/methodology/approach – The current study is exploratory research in nature reviewing secondary literature extracted from a Scopus database and analytical with the application of suitable statistical and scientometric tools to strengthen the empirical validity. Public health literature was assessed quantitatively using scientometric indicators from 2000 to 2015.

Findings – The year 2003 was the most productive and 2015 was …

Use Of Electronic Information Resources In Government Engineering College Libraries In Telangana State: A Study, Arun Kumar

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Abstract: Present study is a base on the use of electronic information resources by the faculty of Government engineering college libraries in Telangana State. This survey was particularly conducted to know the use of electronic information resources like E-Journals, E-Books, OPAC, E-Databases and Internet etc. in Government Engineering college libraries of Telangana State. The data were collected with the help of a questionnaire. The results show that maximum 89 (49.44%) of respondents visited to the library in daily. It was also noticed that maximum 165 (24.22%) of respondents were using E-Journals. Maximum 107 (59.44%) of respondents had good knowledge of …

Research Productivity Of Indian Institute Of Science (I I Sc), Bangalore During 2000-2019: A Scientometric Study., Hamdiya Sherin P. P., Vasudevan T. M. Dr., Prasanth M

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The excellence of science and technology has been instrumental in making today's world disparate. Science and Technology are generally recognized as important strategic factors determining the future development and welfare of nations. Research organizations/Universities play a vital role in the generation of new knowledge which may have an impact on the prosperity of the nation. Universities and Research Institutes must assess the research performance of the researcher and scientist for promotion, allocation of research grants, awards, planning of human resources, to know the strengths and weaknesses of the institutions and individuals and to use it in policy decisions. The scientometric …

Co-Authorship Pattern And Collaboration In Colorectal Cancer Research, Dr Murugan Chinnaraj, Narzary Richa

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The study focused on authorship pattern and collaboration in colorectal cancer research output as reflected in the web of science database for the period 2010-2017. Using various scientometrics approaches, the study presents co-authorship and collaborative patterns for different countries, institutions, and authors. We find multi and mega-author contributions which are increasing and dominate the CRC research. In the case of collaborative patterns, we found domestic collaboration which dominates the CRC research compared to international collaborations. Institution wise we find mostly domestic inter-institutional collaboration. Country pair-wise collaboration pattern shows that the US is the most preferred country for collaborations and the …

Research Output Performance Of Dyscalculia (2011–2020): A Bibliometric Analysis, Dr Murugan Chinnaraj, A Kavitha

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This research paper presents a Bibliometric analysis on Dyscalculia research publications published during 2011-2020 in Web of Science. The result has pointed out the merits and weaknesses of the journal which can be helpful for its further development. Total publications during the study period (2011-2020) were 560 articles on dyscalculia, distributed in 12 document types and eight languages, published by 1406 authors with 14768 cited references 591 organizations, and 51 countries. The 560 articles are scattered in 226 journals in which Journal of Frontiers in Psychology (49), was the most published and ranked first (IF₂₀₂₀ =2.067). This study determines …

Households Electricity Consumption Analysis: A Bibliometric Approach, Gaikwad Sachin Ramnath, Harikrishnan R

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The household electricity consumption ranks in the second position after the industrial electricity consumption, across the globe. This is because of the factors, which include, higher consumer income, electrification, digitalization and advancement in technologies. Moreover, the electricity demand is also depending on household characteristics, non-household characteristics and occupant’s behavior. The aim behind this study is to provide insights to researchers on household electricity consumption areas with different aspects, which includes factors affecting them, need of data collection, its approaches and techniques. To know about the research dedicated to the above-mentioned aspects, it is crucial to explore the Scopus database, refer …