Citations Analysis on Library and Information Science Research: The Quantitative Approach from Web of Science

This study examines the quantitative analysis of the productivity and characteristics of citations of Library and Information Science (LIS) publications during 2003-2012. A Total of 1942 contributions published and 12502 citations received in the LIS journals indexed in SSCI. 21.36% of citations were received in 2012. The top ranked authors, Bawden, B and Hjorland, B contributed 0.72% of papers out of which Hjorland, B cited 1.93% of articles. USA contributed 4.38% of papers and also received 24.85% of citations. It is followed by UK which contributed 9.99% of LIS research papers out of 9.68% of citations were received. Year-wise authors' productivity, Institution-wise position and ranking of journals with citations references are listed to indicate their productivity and degree of involvement in their publications of Library and Information Science research.