...Dinesh K. Gupta; Veerbala Sharma Purpose This paper aims to study the extent of grey literature (GL) cited in PhD theses submitted to two state universities of Haryana, India, during 2011-2018. Design/methodology/approach This paper is the result of citations analysis of 14,547 citations...

...R.K. Bhatt; Monika Singh; Jyoti Rana; Jatin Kumar Purpose This paper aims to study the organisation and management of grey literature (GL) to select social science libraries. Further, the study is an attempt to make known the types of GL; extent of demand and the frequency of use of GL; GL...

...Avijit Mahala; Gayatri Dwivedi; Manorama Tripathi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to spotlight the research output in the field of grey literature (GL) during the 13-year period between 2007 and 2019 as reflected in the Scopus database. Design/methodology/approach This study has used...

...Rishabh Shrivastava; Preeti Mahajan Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold. First, the study shall evaluate the extent of usage of grey literature and its different types of addiction research. The second purpose of the research is to analyze the extent of usage of reports such as research...

...Joachim Schöpfel; Hélène Prost Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical insight into the use of the term and concept of grey literature in recent scientific papers. Design/methodology/approach The author conducted a scientometric analysis with Scopus data on 1,606 papers...

...Abdul Moid; M. Masoom Raza; Keshwar Jahan Purpose This paper aims to examine the grey literature (GL) in National Digital Library of India (NDLI) with particular reference to synopsis, thesis, report and patent. Design/methodology/approach The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) was used...

...Sumeer Gul; Tariq Ahmad Shah; Suhail Ahmad; Farzana Gulzar; Taseen Shabir Purpose The study aims to showcase the developmental perspective of “grey literature” and its importance to different sectors of the society. Furthermore, issues, challenges and possibilities concerned with the existence...

... field. Design/methodology/approach – A convenience sample of gerontology faculty was surveyed to identify important materials, including preferred journals, databases, reference books, and sources of grey literature for gerontology research and teaching. Gerontology faculty information seeking...

...Marta L. Magnuson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how electronic grey literature is being incorporated into Women's Studies collections at academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach The electronic grey literature holdings of four American academic libraries...

...Kay Ann Cassell Purpose To report on the 6th International Conference on Grey Literature held December 6 and 7, 2004, at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. Design/methodology/approach A summary of the main points of the conference. Findings Grey literature has been affected...

...Julia Gelfand Grey literature takes on new meanings as publishers and individuals create new products and release information in different ways. With several choices of access and delivery usually available in different formats, the difficulty once associated with publishing grey literature...