Indian Doctoral Research in the Field of Library and Information Science: An Empirical Analysis

Q2 Social Sciences

International Information and Library Review Pub Date : 2020-12-02 DOI:10.1080/10572317.2020.1849914

Santosini Mundhial, J. Sahoo, N. K. Dash, B. Mohanty

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Abstract In this paper, we analyzed systematically the doctoral research works produced by Indian Universities in the discipline of Library and Information Science (LIS). This study aims to find out the developmental pattern, current trends, popular focused areas, most productivity universities, and supervisors, as well as language and gender-wise productivity of LIS theses. Based on two Indian data sources a database was developed on LIS doctoral research and inferences were drawn as per the research questions formulated. It was observed that altogether 957 doctoral theses have been guided by 382 supervisors from 105 universities in India. Lotka’s law of scientific productivity was applied for the first of it’s kind to the ‘guide-ship pattern of doctoral works’ and found validated. Five broad areas of research are found to be the most focused themes of Indian LIS research. This paper highlights the evolution and pattern of LIS research to identify the areas that have influenced the scholars most and to know the direction of research.

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印度图书馆情报学领域的博士研究:一个实证分析

摘要:本文系统分析了印度大学图书馆与情报学(LIS)学科的博士研究成果。本研究旨在了解美国大学学位论文的发展模式、现状趋势、热门重点领域、生产率最高的大学和导师，以及语言和性别方面的生产率。根据两个印度数据源，开发了一个关于美国博士研究的数据库，并根据所制定的研究问题得出了推论。据观察，共有957篇博士论文由来自印度105所大学的382名导师指导。洛特卡的科学生产力定律首次应用于“博士工作的指导模式”，并被证明是有效的。五个广泛的研究领域被发现是印度LIS研究最关注的主题。本文通过梳理LIS研究的演变和格局，找出对学者影响最大的领域，了解研究方向。

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