Purpose

This study aims to find out the India’s research contribution to world Library and Information Science (LIS) literature from 2011 to 2020. Attempt has been made to reflect both the number of research articles published by the Indian LIS researchers during the past decade and the percentage share of Indian LIS researchers to the world LIS literature. Attempt has also been made to reflect the 20 leading LIS researchers from India, 20 leading LIS journals in which Indian LIS researchers mostly prefer to publish their research results and leading LIS research institutions and more.

Design/methodology/approach

The scope of the study is limited to library and information research undertaken across the world in general and India in particular during the past decade, viz., 2011–20. To undertake the present study, data were retrieved from SCOPUS data source. The data were retrieved keeping in view the objectives of the study; accordingly, key words were framed and used to search the relevant data.

Findings

Overall 77,659 research articles were published in the subject discipline of LIS across the world during the past decade, viz., 2011 through 2020. During the period of study, LIS researchers from India contributed 3,562 research articles constituting 4.59% of the total global LIS research output. The USA emerged the leading LIS research country with 33.03% research contribution, while India emerged as the fifth largest LIS research country in the world. A total of 12.85% research articles from India were contributed by 20 leading researchers. Only two LIS research journals from India were found indexed in the SCOPUS, in which 18.10% research articles were published by Indian LIS researchers during the period of study. More than 80% research results produced by Indian LIS researchers were published in foreign LIS research journals, mostly published from the USA and the UK. A good lot of Indian LIS researchers prefer to publish their research results in open access research journals. Library professionals, teachers and scholars from University of Delhi and University of Kashmir were found more active in LIS research in India.

Research limitations/implications

India is one of the world’s popular LIS academic, research and practicing country and has more responsibility toward world LIS research, whereby India, apart from fulfilling its own LIS research requirements, has to meet out the global LIS research demand. Thereon, if it lacks on research front, which otherwise acts as a backbone in the survival of a subject discipline, the survival of subject discipline may become difficult.

Social implications

India is one of the most progressive LIS research countries in the world and is about to play a far greater role in propagating newer and modern library practices and services in the years to come.

Originality/value

Quantification of research output at regional level or country level is very common among LIS professionals; accordingly, the existing study adds to existing world LIS literature about the India’s contribution to world LIS research during the past decade.

中文翻译：

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印度对世界 LIS 文献的研究贡献：一项研究 2011-20

目的

本研究旨在了解 2011 年至 2020 年印度对世界图书馆和信息科学 (LIS) 文献的研究贡献。已尝试反映过去十年印度 LIS 研究人员发表的研究文章数量和百分比印度 LIS 研究人员在世界 LIS 文献中的份额。还尝试反映来自印度的 20 位领先的 LIS 研究人员、20 种印度 LIS 研究人员最喜欢发表其研究成果的主要 LIS 期刊和领先的 LIS 研究机构等。

设计/方法/方法

该研究的范围仅限于过去十年（即 2011-20 年）在世界范围内，特别是印度进行的图书馆和信息研究。为了进行本研究，从 SCOPUS 数据源检索数据。根据研究目标检索数据；因此，关键词被框定并用于搜索相关数据。

发现

2011年至2020年间，全球LIS学科共发表研究论文77,659篇。研究期间，来自印度的LIS研究人员贡献了3,562篇研究论文，占全球LIS研究总量的4.59%输出。美国以 33.03% 的研究贡献成为 LIS 研究领先国家，而印度成为全球第五大 LIS 研究国。来自印度的 12.85% 的研究文章由 20 位主要研究人员贡献。SCOPUS中仅发现2种来自印度的LIS研究期刊，其中18.10%的研究文章由印度LIS研究人员在研究期间发表。印度LIS研究人员80%以上的研究成果发表在国外LIS研究期刊上，主要从美国和英国出版。许多印度 LIS 研究人员更喜欢在开放获取研究期刊上发表他们的研究成果。来自德里大学和克什米尔大学的图书馆专业人员、教师和学者在印度的 LIS 研究中更加活跃。

研究限制/影响

印度是世界上最受欢迎的LIS学术、研究和实践国之一，对世界LIS研究负有更多责任，印度除了满足自己的LIS研究需求外，还必须满足全球LIS研究需求。因此，如果缺乏作为学科生存支柱的研究前沿，学科学科的生存可能会变得困难。

社会影响

印度是世界上最先进的 LIS 研究国家之一，并将在未来几年在传播更新和现代图书馆实践和服务方面发挥更大的作用。

原创性/价值

在 LIS 专业人士中，区域或国家层面的研究成果量化非常普遍；因此，现有的研究增加了关于印度在过去十年中对世界 LIS 研究的贡献的现有世界 LIS 文献。