1Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
3Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
*Corresponding author email id: akhandanandshukla@gmail.com
Online published on 17 August, 2019.
The study deals with the scientometric assessment of scientific research of Middle East countries and contribution of LIS research in scientific research during 1996–2015 based on Scopus database. The study carried out in terms of total documents, citable documents, citations, self-citations, citations per document, self-citations per document, Relative Citation Impact, h-index and dh-index performance of Middle East countries. Israel, Turkey, and Iran have been found as leading countries in all terms amongst Middle East countries whereas situation of Iraq is the worst.
Research output, Research contribution, LIS research, Scientific research, Middle-East
