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Understanding Characteristics Of The 100 Most Influential Studies On Covid-19 (Sars-Cov-2): A Bibliometric Analysis, Sidhartha Sahoo, Shriram Pandey, R. K. Mahapatra

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Abstract

Background

In present study, we aimed to identify and evaluate the trends of the 100 most-cited research articles on Covid-19 using bibliometric techniques.

Methods

Scopus online database hosted by Elsevier was used to extract relevant articles for this study. We have identified the top 100 research papers on Covid-19 published across the globe based on their citations data. Further analysis was made to find the countries of origin, journal wise distribution, author cluster network, keyword analysis and inter-citation map to understand and to establish the links among them.

Results

The T100 most cited articles were published between January-August, 2020 …

Mapping Of Research Output In Food Economics:A Scientometric Ananlysis, Sebastiyan R, Rameshbabu V, Surulinathi T.M

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A tiny attempt is taken to investigate the research performances in the area of Food Economics based on the Scientifics measure as called Scientometrics. As per web of science data collection, a total of 3213 data has been gathered through key word searching from 1975 to 2020 (August). A remarkable finding was retrieved under the analysis of Publication Impact and Citation Impact from the following categories such as Year wise, Country wise and Institutional wise. In the year 2019, the highest research contribution of 286 was recorded, but it was purely opposite in the citation impact by 2329 as in …

Research Performance Of National Institute Of Technology Rourkela: A Scientometric Analysis, Bijayananda Pradhan, Ramesh Kuri, Kunwar Singh, Gireesh Kumar T. K, Pritam Kumar Pati

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This paper's main objective is to perform a scientometric study on the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, research publications, as reflected in the Scopus Database. The study evaluated the quantitative growth, author and Institute collaborations, using different scientometric dimensions. Appropriate keywords were used to cover the entire spectrum of research publications that yield 9233 results from the database. To make the analysis concise to get better outcomes, authors have limited the study period to the publications produced from 2000 to 2019. This study analyzed different aspects of research productivity, such as year-wise growth of publications, most preferred sources for the …

India’S Research Contribution In Physical Sciences During 2000-2019: A Bibliometric Study, Miteshkumar Pandya, J P Singh Joorel

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This study provides an overview of the research productivity of scientists/researchers/faculty from across India, in terms of the number of research publications contributed in the Physical Science discipline. The study attempted to analyze bibliometric indicators of published research that have been indexed in Scopus database. There are 1116847 documents published during the period of twenty years i.e. 2000-2019. The study revealed that there is a consistent growth in number of documents published. It has been observed that there are 543728 documents published during 2015-2019 which is higher than the total publication during 2000-2014. The subject discipline, ‘Engineering’ has been emerged …

Scientometric Analysis Of Research Publications In Astronomy And Astrophysics Research In India: A Study Based On Wos, Satish Kumar

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This paper describes about the research productivity of Astronomy and Astrophysics research in India. The study is an investigation of total research productivity of India’s Astronomy and Astrophysics research for the period of thirty years during 1988-2017. Total 20,311 research publication’s bibliographic data were harvested from Web of Science (WoS) bibliographic database and analyzed using scientometric tools and techniques. The research is conducted with a purpose to know the Astronomical literature growth, document types, open access publications, prolific source journals, collaborating countries, research funding agencies as well as prolific institutions and authors of India. Findings also indicate the publication pattern, …

Use Of E-Shodhsindhu Consortium By Research Scholars: A Comparative Study Of Kurukshetra University And Maharshi Dayanand University, Sukhbir Singh, Neha Garg, Dr. Chetan Sharma

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E-ShodhSindhu consortium is backbone of research in higher education system in India. E-ShodhSindhu consortium provides full text and bibliographical journal databases to higher education institutions at subscription cost. The current study is an effort to find out the use of E-ShodhSindhu consortium by the Research Scholars of Kurukshetra University and Maharshi Dayanand University. Study indicates that more than 55% Research Scholars including both the universities are aware about E-ShodhSindhu consortium and they use it mainly for research work.

Effect Of Social Media Addiction On Reading Culture: A Study Of Nigerian Students, Isaac E. Anyira, Obiora Kingsley Udem

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The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social media addiction on reading culture of Nigerian students in higher institutions of learning. An online survey was sent to 1500 students of higher institutions in Nigeria during the Lockdown necessitated by the outbreak of the dreaded Corona Virus (Covid-19) Pandemic. A total of 1300 questionnaires were completed and returned. This implies 86.7% return rate. Data was analyzed using graphical charts. The findings of the study showed that social media mostly used by student include Facebook, followed by WhatsApp, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, Snapchat, Reddit, respectively; while, …

Performance Management Approaches For Effective Service Delivery In Federal University Libraries In South East, Nigeria., Wisdom Okereke Anyim

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This study investigated performance management approaches for effective service delivery in university libraries. The main purpose of this study was to assess the performance management approaches used in federal university libraries in South East, Nigeria. The research design adopted was descriptive survey. The population of the study was 103 librarians in federal university libraries in South-East, Nigeria. No sampling was used as the number was considered manageable. The instrument used in gathering data for the study was 38-item questionnaire which was validated by three experts. Data collected from the questionnaire on the research questions were analyzed using mean and standard …

Internal Control And Risk Management System In University Libraries: Applications, Techniques And Limitations., Wisdom Okereke Anyim

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Internal control and risk management system play an essential role in ensuring objective achievement of organizations and mitigating possible risks that hinder an organization from achieving its objective. Therefore, the aim of this paper centered on internal control system and risks management in university libraries with respect to application, techniques and limitations to effective internal control and risk management. The paper discovered and analyzed applicable risks to university libraries including: financial risks, research risks, academic affairs risks, information technologies risk, human resources risks and risks and safety matters. The paper concluded that effective internal control and risk management system can …

Research Publications Of Physics At The Indian Institute Of Science, Bengaluru: A Scientometrics Study, Lohrii Kaini Mahemei, R K. Bhatt Dr

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The study attempts to analyse research publications of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru in physics during the period 2010 - 2019. The bibliographic data for this study was extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database. The study analyses the year-wise research publications, types of document, preferred journals for publication, prolific author, h-index, most collaborating institutions and countries, etc. This paper analyses 2593 research papers published by scientists of the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru during the period under the study. The findings indicate that the growth of literature pattern is linear, and journals …

Gender Disparity Among Indian Library And Information Science Professionals: A 20-Year Sample Of Publications From 1999-2018, Lambodara Parabhoi, Ramani Ranjan Sahu, Dr. Rebecca Susan Dewey, Damodar Parabhoi

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Gender disparity is present in many research fields including in Library and Information Science (LIS). This paper studied gender disparity among Indian LIS professionals and measure the intellectual output 20 years. The study reviewed 1,195 publications in the LIS field from 1999 to 2018, determining the gender of the first author. An analysis of the publication list determined the yearly contributions of male and female authors, together with the average distributions, yearly citation rates and other metrics, by gender. Across the whole study period, publications first-authored by men outnumbered those by women. Similarly, overall contributions by men were higher than …

Analysis Of The Altmetric Top 100 Altmetric Attention Score Coronavirus Publications, Lambodara Parabhoi

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The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the publication of many scientific papers. The goal of the present research was to analyze these papers using the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS). Statistics for 100 publications with high AAS scores were selected and exported from the Dimension database on May 22^nd 2020. The major findings were that these publications were published in 34 different journals or preprint repositories. More than one-third of the total of 657, 350 social media posts were collected from the Twitter platform. The top contributing countries were China, followed by the USA. The paper “The …

The Use Of Computers By Students To Access Information Literacy: Case Of Okuapeman Senior High School (S.H.S.), Ghana, Kwesi Gyesi

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The use of computers by students to access information literacy is very important and integral because it forms the basis for lifelong learning. The study seeks to investigate how students recognize their information needs, the strategies used by them to locate and access information needed, how they evaluate search results and the challenges to the effective use of information by the students at the Okuapeman Senior High school. The study employed survey methodology and adopted the proportionate sampling procedure through the use of a structured questionnaire to sample 84 students out of the population of 670. The findings revealed that …

Big Data And Openness: A Big Issue With Librarians, Oluwaseyi Wusu

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Big data refers to the explosion of available information and knowing how to handle it is a big challenge to librarians in this age. The massive sample size and high dimensionality of big data introduce unique challenges to librarians, including scalability, sharing, intellectual properties and storage bottleneck. This paper overviews the opportunities and challenges brought by big data to librarians and presents ways of making data available for everyone to use without limitations, with emphasis on the distinguished roles librarians need to play in the era of Big Data and Openness to scholarly communications and, also presents the precision and …

Job Recruitment Variables And Employment Of Library Staff In Federal University Of Technology (Futo) And Imo State University (Imsu), Owerri, Libraries, Nigeria., Adaora Udo-Anyanwu, Pauline C. Ewulonu

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Abstract

This study investigated job recruitment variables and employment of library staff in Federal University of Technology and Imo State University, Owerri libraries. The study was guided by four research questions and three hypotheses. The survey design was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprised of 133 staff of the institutions. The rating scale was used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising of mean and standard deviation. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test. The major findings were that qualification, experience, age, salary and …

Information Seeking Behaviour Of Graduate Students Of The University Of Professional Studies, Accra (Upsa), Kwesi Gyesi

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A study of the information seeking behaviour of students is an important pre-requisite for a library to provide efficient information resources and services to meet their information needs. The aim of the study is to investigate the information needs, information sources, information seeking behaviours, library use, and challenges to information seeking behaviour of graduate students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). The study employed the survey methodology to select 121 graduate students using stratified random sampling. The main data collection instrument was the questionnaire. The main information needs of students identified in the study include career information, self-development, …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Yam Production Literature On Sub-Saharan Africa Listed In Agora And Teeal Databases Between 2003 And 2017, Blessed Oluwadamilola Agbaje, Wole Michael Olatokun Prof.

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ABSTRACT

Objective - This paper reports the findings from a study designed to investigate the following traits on white guinea yam publications for fifteen years: information outlets, trend of scientific productivity, degree of author’s collaboration, prolific authors and their institutional affiliations, journal bibliographic coupling and co-citation analysis. The main aim of the paper is to examine patterns in yam research literature with a view to enhancing the development of yam production research by collating indexed information.

Methods - Scholarly citation data of yam production literature on Sub-Saharan Africa from AGORA and TEEAL databases between 2003 and 2017 were collected. Network …

Evaluating Medical Students' Satisfaction Towards Library Resources And Services Offered At Saudi Universities Using Six Sigma Approach, Ahmed Al Kuwaiti Phd

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Higher education institutions (HEIs) are utilizing a user satisfaction survey to assess user satisfaction and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of their libraries. This feedback aids their policymakers to improve the quality of library resources and services offered. However, no studies have been conducted using a Six Sigma approach to assess the medical students’ satisfaction towards the library resources and services offered in the Saudi Arabian context. As an attempt, this study evaluated the medical students’ satisfaction towards the library resources and services offered at the selected Saudi universities using a Six Sigma approach. A total of 1000 medical students …

The Applicability Of Library Five Laws Over Library Automation Principles: A Study, Dr Kavitha R, Dr Aravind S

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Dr. S.R.Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science are applicable to all fields of library activities. Now we have entered the digital era. Information Technology is the only solution to manage all types of information which are growing rapidly. Information professionals, as well as users, are handling information technology through library automation. Despite multidimensional development in a different area of library work and service and their enrichment with the application of modern technology Five Laws of Library Science are equally applicable to library automation. The researcher has personally visited four arts and science colleges in Dindigul district, Tamilnadu, India. The College …

Measuring Information Literacy Core Competency Of Social Science Researchers In National Capital Region, India, Rajesh Singh, Shailendra Kumar Prof.

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This study aims to empirically measure the Information Literacy Core Competency (ILCC) levels of social science researchers on ACRL’s Standards. The core concepts identified from standard I to V are: ‘Information Need’, ‘Information Access’, ‘Information Evaluation’, ‘Information Use’ and ‘Information Use Ethics’. The study was conducted on a sample of 520 researchers enrolled for Ph.D. in select central universities in National Capital Region, India. These researchers hail from different parts of the country and provide a pan India representation. The questionnaire schedule was developed translating each identified concept into a set of ten questions and 2 marks were allotted to …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Indian Optics Research: Identifying Knowledge Domain, Mallikarjun Kappi, B S Biradar Dr.

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Optics is a significant research area both for its scientific importance and industrial solicitations. This study examines the optics research activities of India during 2015– 2019, based on the total publication output, its growth rate, quality of papers published and growth rate of India in the international perspective. Patterns of international collaborative research output and the major partner institutions of India are also deliberated. This study also evaluates the research performance of different types of Indian research institutions and the features of published literature in Indian and overseas journals. The data has been retrieved by using SCOPUS database. Total number …

Experiences Of Online Reading, Hira Ashfaq Librarian, Dr Munira Nasreen Ansari Associate Professor

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This study investigates the online behavior of professionals and students. This research applied the qualitative method to get the objectives. The sample consists of 50 respondents of Karachi. These are selected from various professions such as doctors, teachers, researchers, bankers, businessmen, journalists, librarians and regular students of the University of Karachi. The data was collected through face to face interviews that recorded on the smartphone. The recorded interviews were transcribed and then analyzed. The findings indicated that internet increases the reading habit. Availability and accessibility of material improve the reading amount whereas cross-references, hyperlinks, and link to link movement developed …

Information Selection And Literacy Competencies: The Visually Impaired Perspective On Loan Offers For Entrepreneurship, Priyo Subekti, Yanti Setianti, Syauqy Lukman, Hanny Hafiar

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Often, we receive a tempting loan or financial offers from SMS e-mails. The offers would be more tempting and the messages are well-equipped with persuasive messages, when people need financial help. Such messages are also received by people with visual impairment and would require a certain information literacy capability for them to choose and filter these offers. This study attempts to dig information on how the visually impaired people would perceive loan/financial offers received from SMS and e-mails. We use a descriptive method with qualitative data extracted from in-depth interviews of the respondents. The respondents are visually impaired people that …

Information Retrieval Tools And Library Physical Environment As Correlate Of Library Utilization By Medical Students In University Of Jos, Jos, Nigeria, Victor Chuks Nwokedi Dr.

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ABSTRACT

This study investigates information retrieval tools and library physical environment as correlates of library utilization by medical students in University of Jos. The research was guided by four objectives, and four research questions. Two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted a co-relational design. The population of the study consisted of 506 registered under-graduate medical students out of which a sample of 217 was drawn using krejcie and Morgan, 1970 Statistical table. The instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire. The data collected for the research questions were analyze using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and …

Investigating The Influential Factors On Mobile Learning To Public Libraries Of Iran Based On Frame Model, Afsaneh Sarvi Mrs, Hassan Behzadi Dr, Azam Sanatjoo Dr

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The main purpose of this research is to determine the views of referred individuals to public libraries of Iran about mobile learning on the basis of FRAME model. This study is an applied research conducted in the form of survey method. The population of study was 180 individuals specified based on the method of determining the size of samples from unknown populations using clustersampling method from referred individuals to 21 public libraries of Mashhad city.Data were collected using researcher made questionnaire of mobile learning based on FRAME model. The validity of questionnaire was approved using expert ideas and the stability …

Access And Use Of Open Access Resources By Undergraduate Students In Federal Universities In South East Nigeria, Scholastica Ukwoma Dr, Colette O. Onyebinama

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This study surveyed the challenges and opportunities of access and use of open access resources by undergraduate students in selected federal universities in south-east, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey method and quantitative research technique, using questionnaire as instrument for data collection. A total of 369 students selected from four federal universities in South East, Nigeria was used as the population of the study. The study found that the students’ respondents are aware of open access resources and use them daily because these resources saves time and provides literature for their research work. Despite the associated benefits students derive from …

Public Library Scenario In Karimpur Block, Nadia,Wb: A Case Study, Jayanta Kr Nayek, Susmita Mondal, Student

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The main aim of the study is to analyze the present scenario of public libraries in West Bengal. This study is focused on the public libraries under Karimpur area, a city under Nadia district, WB. According to public library network, Govt. of West Bengal there are total 110 government sponsored public library in Nadia district, out of which 100 are rural libraries and 10 are town libraries. There are 9 libraries in Karimpur block. Out of which 7 libraries are open till date. Two libraries (Bagdanga Public Library and Dhoradaha Sadharan Pathagar) are closed due to shortage of staff and …

The Most-Cited Articles In Data In Brief Journal: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Scopus Data, Lusiana Wulansari, Ansari Saleh Ahmar, Agus Rochmat, Nurmawati, Akbar Iskandar

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Bibliometric analysis is one of the research approaches that utilizes quantitative and mathematical data to address problems posed in the context of visualization to see patterns in the field of science. In fact, bibliometric analysis may also include a wider overview of the names of the most influential writers in the area of science. This data analysis would discuss the most-cited articles in Data in Brief Journal including the countries, authors. The data was collected on 31st May 2020 of Scopus database. The literature review was conducted using the keyword: ISSN (2352-3409). The bibliometric analysis is visualized utilizing the VosViewer …

Information Availability And The Effectiveness Of Indigenous Practices To Combat Lactation Challenge Among Female Farmers In South Western Nigeria, Olalekan Odefadehan Dr., Opeyemi Oluwasola Abiodun, Oluwaseun Olubunmi Odefadehan, Olubukola Olatundun Daniel

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The study was conducted to assess information availability on indigenous practices in order to combat lactation challenge among nursing mothers who are farmers in South West Nigeria. It assessed the perceived effectiveness of the identified indigenous practices to combat lactation challenge. The study also determined the attitude of the respondents towards the use of available indigenous practices to combat lactation challenges. A total of 480 nursing mothers were selected across 30 communities in three South Western Nigeria states based on the number of Local Government Areas in each of the State. Structured interview schedule and questionnaire were used to collect …

Information Literacy Skills And Media Resource Utilisation Among Secondary School Students In Lagos State, Nigeria Information Literacy Skills And Media Resource Utilization Among Secondary School Students In Lagos State, Nigeria., Blessing Amusan, Olayide Wasiu Lawal Phd

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This study assessed the information literacy level and media resource utilization among the secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria. Using a survey research design, questionnaire was used as the main instrument for data collection. Data was collected from 1,119 SSS2 students across 17 secondary schools from 3 educational districts in Lagos State, Nigeria. Findings showed that highest number of the respondents (25.8%) were from 10 -11 years, while the least (17.4%) were from age 14-15 years, while 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. The finding revealed that secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria have moderate information …