This paper aims to measure the extent to which Bangladesh-based Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers have published in leading LIS journals indexed by Web of Science (WoS) and SCOPUS. To answer this question, bibliographic information from LIS publications published in leading bibliographic databases from 1971 to 2020 were examined. Data from 266 LIS publication were collected, compiled and cleaned. VOSviewer software was used to carry out the science mapping of bibliometric networks. From the data it was evidenced that joint authorship and international collaboration have been increasing during this time frame. Authors from 20 countries have published in collaboration with Bangladeshi LIS researchers. Faculty members and the Department of Information Science and Library Management (ISLM) of Dhaka University became the most prolific authors and LIS Department in Bangladesh. The data compiled and findings will benefit current Bangladeshi LIS researchers and practitioners to assess areas of focus by highlighting, what they have, what they lack, and how they could grow to get direction for future research.
The objective of this study is to examine and analyze the use of Google Scholar metrics by a cohort of Bangladeshi library and information science (LIS) researchers. This study is a follow‐up to Islam and Roy (2021)’s study, which identified publications published by Bangladeshi LIS researchers in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. We collected data purposively from the GS Profiles of LIS researchers working in different public and private universities. Only 32 LIS researchers in Bangladesh have a GS profile, with a total of 646 publications and 5,752 citations listed in their GS profiles. All LIS researchers have an h‐index, and our study identified strong correlations between the GS Citation metrics (publications, citations, h‐index). However, the overall scholarship visibility is low. This is the first time an attempt has been made to examine publication metrics of GS in the context of Bangladeshi LIS researchers. These findings would help policymakers and researchers integrate GS Profile into the university website to display their scholarship activities.
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