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An analysis of 2428 papers indexed by Indian citation Index during 2004-2015 indicate that the pattern of growth of Indian library and information science literature has been highly inconsistent with highest number of papers published in 2010. Academic institutions contributed about 86% of papers. Prolific institutions contributed about 44% of the output, with Mysore University topping the list closely followed by University of Delhi. However, highest impact as reflected by citation per paper was made by CSIR-NISTADS and CSIR-NISCAIR. B.M. Gupta of CSIR-NISTADS topped the list, but highest CPP was for K.C.Garg of the same institute. SRELS Journal of Information Management published the highest number of papers and the area of bibliometrics and scientometrics was the area of priority of LIS professionals in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses 605 papers published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights during 1996-2012, which indicates that the inflow of papers has increased during the period of study. The increasing inflow of articles show the popularity of journal among the scientific community as well as policy makers. The study shows that number of references per paper is increasing and the average reference per paper is 23. The proportion of single authored papers is decreasing, while the share of multi-authored papers is on the rise. About one-fourth of the papers published in the journal are from abroad and the rest from India. Among foreign countries US is the largest contributor. Among the performing sectors, academic institutions are the largest contributors to the journal followed by research institutions. As an agency, CSIR has contributed the highest number of papers and several of the prolific institutions and authors are also from CSIR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]