An Altmetric Analysis of Top Journals in Library and Information Science

Buddayya, Rangaswamy and H, Rajendra Babu An Altmetric Analysis of Top Journals in Library and Information Science., 2019 . In International Conference on Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries [DigiTTAL-2019], Surathkal, 2019. [Conference paper]

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The paper examines the citations as well as altmetrics attention score of five Library and Information Science journals indexed by Google Scholar Metrics 2019. The study results revealed that JAIS&T journal got 1st position with h5-Index. it was also found that mostly used altmetrics source in LIS research was Mendeley (1998), followed by Twitter (113) and Blog (6) respectively. The highest altmetrics presence was seen in this study “Bibliometrix: An R-tool for Comprehensive Science Mapping Analysis” article with (50) Altmetrics Attention Score.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Altmetrics, Google Scholar Metrics, LIS
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AA. Library and information science as a field.
Depositing user: Mr. Rangaswamy Buddayya
Date deposited: 11 Apr 2021 13:19
Last modified: 11 Apr 2021 13:19
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/41911

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