Research Productivity of Library & Information Science Faculty: A Bibliometric Study of select Universities of Punjab and Chandigarh

Jyoti Sharma

doi:10.37591/joals.v5i2.682

Abstract

The present study aims to bring out the research productivity of Library and Information Science faculty members working in the select universities of Punjab and Chandigarh. The study covers faculty members working on permanent basis in the department of Library and Information Science in Panjab University, Chandigarh (PU), Punjabi University, Patiala (PUP) and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (GNDU). The publication details of faculty members were obtained by visiting personally to universities. It is found that 514 publications are published till 31st, December 2014 and were analyzed in MS-excel by SPSS. It examines the research productivity by different ways like document type, authorship pattern and degree of collaboration. The study also examines the relative growth rate of publications and doubling time of publications. Keywords: Authorship Pattern, Bibliometric/Scientometric Analysis, Degree of Collaboration, Doubling Time, Library and Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala And Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Relative Growth RateCite this ArticleJyoti Sharma. Research Productivity of Library and Information Science Faculty: A Bibliometric Study of select Universities of Punjab and Chandigarh. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2018; 5(2): 80–86p