Library and Information Science Research; A Scopus-based Bibliometric Analysis from 2014 to 2023

Authors

Khalid Alfouzan, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, & King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Riyadh Saudi ArabiaFollow
Ikram Ul Haq, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, & King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Ministry of National Guard – Health Affairs, Riyadh Saudi ArabiaFollow
Ata Ur Rehman, Islamic International University, Islamabad, Pakistan. & Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan.Follow
Gulnaz Elahi, Dr. Essa Laboratory & Diagnostic Center, Karachi, PakistanFollow
Faisal Shahzad, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan & Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, PakistanFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study is to the highlight research growth in Library and Information Science (LIS) for the last decade (2014-2023) at the global level as indexed in the Scopus database.

Methodology: The retrospective research approach has been used on the dataset retrieved from the Scopus database. We used the “advanced document search” technique, selected the targeted period and typed the “Library and Information Sciences”. We chose only “Article” and “Review” from the document type filter and English from the language filter. The selected bibliometric properties were analyzed and tabular demonstrations of the periodic growth with citation impact, top journals, institutions, countries, authors and keywords, have been presented. VOSviewer software has been used for data visualization.

Results: A total of 32,395 articles on LIS was indexed during the period of 10-year from January 2014 to December 2023 with an average of 3,239 articles per year. An average annual growth was recorded at 12.69 and these articles were cited with an average of 10.90 citations per article. More than one-fifth of the articles were published in the top-20 journals. One-third of the research contributed by the authors of the United States and the University of South Africa emerged as the most productive research producing organization followed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The majority of research was performed on the subject of Higher Education, and Academic Libraries. Abrizah Abdullah of Universiti Malaya, Malaysia emerged as the most prolific researcher.

Conclusion: The current study highlighted the prominent bibliometric indicators of LIS research published during the last decade. The majority of the literature was contributed by the developed countries but Nigeria, Iran and Pakistan also produced promising contributions. The findings will be valuable for LIS practitioners, researchers, and academics, and will serve as a benchmark for the future studies