Research Trend of Journal of Information Science: A Bibliometric Analysis through Web of Science Database

Authors

Nusrat Ali, Quaid-e-Azam Library, University of Gujrat, PakistanFollow
Muhammad Naveed, Department of Library and Information Science, Minhaj University Lahore, PakistanFollow
Sanila Aslam, LRC, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of Management and Technology Lahore, PakistanFollow
Muhammad Waris Bhatti, Quaid-e-Azam Library, University of Gujrat, PakistanFollow

Date of this Version

9-22-2021

Abstract

The main objective of this bibliometric study is to examine the publications globally from the Journal of Information Science in the specific period of forty two years (1979-2020). It provides insights into research-based activities. The data was extracted from the Science Citation Index database, Web of Science. This analysis provides information about the document types, yearly published documents within 42 years, top productive authors, top productive institutions and countries, frequently used keywords, and greatly cited articles. These aspects also meet the objectives of the study and provide the major findings such as the majority of the publications are "articles" belong to the Department of Information Science from the UK. That is also a top productive country. The author "Oppenheim C." is on the first position with highest total publications (TP). The highly used keyword is "Information" and the article "Usage patterns of collaborative tagging systems" has the highest ranking in the citation. This bibliometric research will update the researchers about the writing trends, institutions, and the countries involved in research activities.