1Librarian, Ananda Mohan College, 102/1, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700 009, W.B
2Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta, W.B. E-mail: maityarabindacu@gmail.com
*Corresponding Author: Dhiman Mondal, Librarian, Ananda Mohan College, 102/1, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700 009, W.B. E-mail: dhiman.bon@gmail.com
Online published on 27 December, 2017.
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.
Publication productivity, LIS Journals, Bibliometrics, Indian Citation, Index, West Bengal authors, India
