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Introduction: Research journals form the core of the field of knowledge of a scientific discipline. In the case of profession-oriented disciplines, some "not-as-scientific- as-others" journals also define this core. Objectives: To Describe thematic profiles by journal and country from the analysis of articles of Latin American Librarianship and Information Science (LIS) journals in Spanish language (2008-2016), and to detect local trends and identify areas of vacancy. Methodology: Through a basic quantitative analysis, Latin American LIS Journals are characterized for the period indicated. A database with the articles of the publications identified is made. Results: A total of 28 journal titles and 2388 articles have been collected. Disparity between countries is identified in the quantities of titles and articles. No significant thematic trends are identified by subregion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Foreign authorship pattern to three leading Indian library and information science (LIS) journals during 2008 to 2017 has been examined to identify the acceptability and popularity of Indian LIS journals among foreign authors. The present study investigates the authorship pattern in terms of different aspects like journals, years, collaborations, prolific authors, countries, research areas, cited papers and citations. It is found that in last 10 year the three LIS journals publish total 186 foreign authored article having total 1267 citation and two-authored papers are predominant. Besides, the authors from Nigeria share maximum articles followed by USA. It is recommended that the Indian LIS authors need to emphasis more on international collaboration to output more foreign authored contributions in national level journals to enrich journals literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how Chinese library and information science (LIS) journal articles cite works from outside the discipline (WOD) to identify the impact of knowledge import from outside the discipline on LIS development.Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the Chinese LIS’ preferences in citing WOD by employing bibliometrics and machine learning techniques.Findings Chinese LIS citations to WOD account for 29.69 percent of all citations, and they rise over time. Computer science, education and communication are the most frequently cited disciplines. Under the categorization of Biglan model, Chinese LIS prefers to cite WOD from soft science, applied science or nonlife science. In terms of community affiliation, the cited authors are mostly from the academic community, but rarely from the practice community. Mass media has always been a citation source that is hard to ignore. There is a strong interest of Chinese LIS in citing emerging topics.Practical implications This paper can be implemented in the reformulation of Chinese LIS knowledge system, the promotion of interdisciplinary collaboration, the development of LIS library collection and faculty advancement. It may also be used as a reference to develop strategies for the global LIS.Originality/value This paper fills the research gap in analyzing citations to WOD from Chinese LIS articles and their impacts on LIS, and recommends that Chinese LIS should emphasize on knowledge both on technology and people as well as knowledge from the practice community, cooperate with partners from other fields, thus to produce knowledge meeting the demands from library and information practice as well as users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) has been considered one of the most important journal in the field of Library and Information Science. The present study covers year-wise published papers, special issue, authorship pattern, degree of author collaboration, author productivity, state-wise distribution of authors, country-wise distribution of authors, major contributors, length of papers, cited references, subject-wise published papers in DJLIT during the period of 2011-2015. The study reveals that 310 papers were published in 30 issues of 5 volumes during 2011-2015. 70 (22.58%) papers in great numbers are published in volume no. 32 in 2012, 193 (62.26%) papers are published in special issues, 132 (42.58%) contributed their papers as two-authored and 119 (38.39%) contributed as single author, average author productivity per author is 0.54 during 2011-2015, Delhi state 107 (18.54%) authors are great in number out of 577 authors, 502 (87%) Indian and 75 (13%) foreign authors contributed their papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper assesses the contribution of West Bengal authors in Indian LIS journals during 2006-2015 based on Indian Citation Index (ICI). The bibliometric study examined the publication productivity and trend according to year, authorship pattern, collaborative coefficient, prolific authors, prolific institutions, preferred journals, reference wise etc. During the study period, a total number of 193 articles have been contributed in 13 Indian LIS journals by the West Bengal authors. Jadavpur University has been found as the leading productive institutions and IASLIC Bulletin has been considered as the most preferred journals for scholarly communication. Further, 'Bibliometrics/ Scientometrics Study' has emerged as the most preferred research area of publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose A major problem in today’s scholarly publishing process is the long tails for the assignment of volume and issue numbers for approved articles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which information science journals offer early view features and the effects of these features.Design/methodology/approach The study addresses three basic questions: Do the articles approved for publication in information science journals appear in the online platforms of these journals before the assignment of volume and issue numbers? How long do the articles wait in the online platforms before they get the volume and issue numbers? Is there a statistically significant relationship between the online accessing numbers of the articles before they are published and bibliometric indicators?Findings More than half of the information science journals complete the editorial process in reasonable durations and share new articles with their readers before publishing them. In some journals, there are articles that wait for more than a year to be assigned volume and issue numbers after the completion of the editorial process. There are statistically significant differences, in terms of both their impact factor and immediacy index values, between the journals that offer early view features and those that do not. Both the impact factor and the immediacy index values of the journals that provide early view are higher than the others.Practical implications Adopting the early view policy may significantly help increase the impact factor and immediacy index values of the journals, as well as the visibility of their contentsOriginality/value The answers to this study’s research questions offer a new perspective to overcome the challenges in the processes through which scientific products meet with their users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study is to evaluate a Nigerian Library and Information Science journal in order to assess its performance viz-a viz importance index, influence weight and popularity index. Citation analysis was carried out on "Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management" ISSN: 2141-4297. The study examined articles and authors published in Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (IIJIKM) over a four year period of 20110-2013. The study revealed that journal is the most preferred source of citation in LIS research. Library Philosophy and Practice, an e-journal topped the list of journals most cited in IIJIKM. A significant revelation of this study is the use of Internet resources, which is fast gaining ground amongst scholars and academics in Nigeria. Findings also revealed that information technology was the most researched subject. There was clear absence of international collaboration among authors published in the journal. Majority of the authors prefer multiple authorship as against single authorship and are mainly from academic institutions especially the University. The paper concludes that the journal influence and popularity index is high in the South, where it is based and Northern part of the country. It is therefore recommended, amongst others that publishers of journals in Nigeria should explore the opportunities and infrastructure provided by international bodies such as INASP to publish their journals online, in order to increase their global visibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – This study seeks to analyse the policies of library and information science (LIS) journals regarding the publication of supplementary materials, the number of journals and articles that include this feature, the kind of supplementary materials published with regard to their function in the article, the formats employed and the access provided to readers. Design/methodology/approach – The study analysed the instructions for authors of LIS journals indexed in the ISI Journal Citation Reports, as well as the supplementary materials attached to the articles published in their 2011 online volumes. Findings – Large publishers are more likely to have a policy regarding the publication of supplementary materials, and policies are usually homogeneous across all the journals of a given publisher. Most policies state the acceptance of supplementary materials, and even journals without a policy also publish supplementary materials. The majority of supplementary materials provided in LIS articles are extended methodological explanations and additional results in the form of textual information in PDF or Word files. Some toll-access journals provide open access to any reader to these files. Originality/value – This study provides new insights into the characteristics of supplementary materials in LIS journals. The results may be used by journal publishers to establish a policy on the publication of supplementary materials and, more broadly, to develop data sharing initiatives in academic settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The open access SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) service -built from data in the subscription-based Elsevier's Scopus database- offers bibliographic information and bibliometric indicators for nearly 20,000 journals and other serial publications for 1996-2011. Journals are assigned to 300+ pre-defined subject categories and 26 broad subject areas to produce league lists. The set of 134 journals assigned to the Library and Information Sciences (LIS) subject category and a sample set of 50 other LIS journals, scattered across several other categories, were analyzed in the latest edition (SJR- 2011). Recommendations are made on how SJR could be enhanced by its developers to include simple customization options in the interface to facilitate a more efficient look-up and more valid comparison of the standing of journals and other serials and to reflect the prevailing preferences at the institutions where the rank positions in journal league lists are used to inform career advancement and funding decisions. It is argued that extending the current three-year citation window to five years would be more appropriate for all disciplines, and would also make SJR comparable to metricsbased journal league lists produced from the open access Microsoft Academic Search (MAS), Google Scholar Metrics for Publications (GSMP), and Eigenfactor.org (EF) data and the subscription-based Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which pioneered the idea of a metrics-based journal league list. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study is based on 1808 citations appended to 101 research articles published in 7 volumes of 14 issues appeared in the International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM) during 2003 to 2009. Earlier, this journal was known (before 2008) as the Iranian Journal of Information Science and Technology (IJIST). Here, the author is considering the latest title (IJISM) for the study. The study reveals that totally 190 authors have contributed 101 articles during 2003 to 2009. The majority of the articles were published in 2007, and more numbers of 32 (16.84%) authors had contributed 14 articles in 2006. The greatest number of (49.47) authors contributed with two-authored papers and authors' collaboration was found to be 0.80. The average number of authors per volume was 27.14. IJISM contained 1808 references out of which 1573 are print-citations and 235 are electronic-citations in 101 articles. This means that every issue published approximately 14.43 articles and each article had an average of 12.43 percent of print references and 1.86 percent of electronic citations. It was noted that authors had preferred print information for citations and journals were the most preferred sources among the print and electronic references compared to books, proceedings, theses and other sources. The country wise distributions of articles were 17 countries. Out of total 190 contributions, the highest numbers i.e., 157 have been contributed from Iran, which stands in the first rank among the contributors. UK and Germany stand in the second and third place respectively, followed by India, Nigeria, China, Bangladesh and Malaysia which are in the fourth place with a contribution of 2 articles each. Similarly, 9 countries are together in the fifth rank with a contribution of one article each. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evaluating the scientific communication certified in publications means validating and socializing new knowledge generated in any disciplinary area. This piece of research is aimed at establishing a standardizing and evaluating methodology for scientific publications, said methodology takes into account not only qualitative aspects to legitimize the results of scientific research but also quantitative techniques such as bibliometry. A comparative study was made between different national and international models in order to determine the indicators needed to evaluate the formal parameters of structure, contents and Web editorial design of a printed and/or electronic publication. The Quality indicator for scientific journals (ICR) is proposed and implemented, through a case study applied to the Cuban journal Ciencias de la Information (Information Sciences) in 2008. The methodology proposed by Scientific Journals on Science and Technological Innovation (RECCIT) is composed of the following modules: editorial structure, presentation, editorial design, contents, dissemination and repercussion. The study verified that the main problems were identified out of analyzing the contents module. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using 17 fully open-access journals published uninterruptedly during 2000 to 2004 in the field of library and information science, the present study investigates the impact of these open-access journals in terms of quantity of articles published, subject distribution of the articles, synchronous and diachronous impact factor, immediacy index, and journals' and authors' self-citation. The results indicate that during this 5-year publication period, there are as many as 1,636 articles published by these journals. At the same time, the articles have received a total of 8,591 Web citations during a 7-year citation period. Eight of 17 journals have received more than 100 citations. First Monday received the highest number of citations; however, the average number of citations per article was the highest in D-Lib Magazine. The value of the synchronous impact factor varies from 0.6989 to 1.0014 during 2002 to 2005, and the diachronous impact factor varies from 1.472 to 2.487 during 2000 to 2004. The range of the immediacy index varies between 0.0714 and 1.395. D-Lib Magazine has an immediacy index value above 0.5 in all the years whereas the immediacy index value varies from year to year for the other journals. When the citations of sample articles were analyzed according to source, it was found that 40.32% of the citations came from full-text articles, followed by 33.35% from journal articles. The percentage of journals' self-citation was only 6.04%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]