Bibliometric Analysis of Digital Literacy Research Output: A Global Perspective

The study aimed to assess the Digital Literacy research output during the period of 1992-2011. The web of science database has used to retrieve records related to digital literacy research. The bibliographic citation retrieved data are analyzed using the Histcite Software application. Based on the retrieved data, digital literacy research publication is analyzed and interpreted. The performance of the most productivity countries, authors, journals, language-wise, Institution-wise, keyword wise and citation reference is analyzed. Relative Growth rate and doubling time have assessed. The performance of the most productivity countries and the highest number of articles are published in the form of total articles that covers 512 records. The maximum number of papers 126 is published in the year 2011. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy journal placed in the first position with 18 records. Keywords: Bibliometrics, Digital Literacy, Authorship Pattern, Degree of Collaboration, Research Productivity, Web of Science.
1. Introduction Bibliometrics is that part of information theory that analyze quantitatively the properties and behavior of recorded knowledge. Through this technique, we can study only the recorded, not the [...]