...Muammer Maral Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of scientific knowledge in educational research over the past decade. The analysis aims to identify contributions to the field of education and trends in the literature. Design/methodology/approach...

...Williams E. Nwagwu; Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha Purpose This paper aims to examine the global pattern of growth and development of eHealth research based on publication headcount, and analysis of the characteristics, of the keywords used by authors and indexers to represent their research content...

... of literature on the knowledge of traditional and indigenous peoples under the three main labels has huge implications on the accessibility and use the literature by stakeholders including researchers, students, information and knowledge managers and information service providers. Originality/value...

...Sangita Gupta; Sumeer Gul Purpose The study aims to present an insight into the research landscape of Library and Information Science (LIS) by India using a bibliometric visualization tool. The study analyses the research growth and trends, highly cited articles, productive publication titles...

...Ramesh Pandita; Shivendra Singh Purpose This study aims to find out the average journal packing density (JPD) of Library and Information Science (LIS) research journals published across the world. The concept, JPD, means the average number of research articles published by a research journal...

...-bullying cases inevitably occur on Facebook because it is the most preferred social media platform. However, little is known about cyber-bullying research in Kenya. This paper aims to analyse the quantity, quality, visibility and authorship trends of scholarly publications on cyber-bullying from...

... Williamson; Martin Wolf; Matthew Zawadzki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the usefulness of the concept to thinking about Research Data Management (RDM). The concept of “wicked problems” seeks to differentiate very complex, intractable challenges from tamer issues where approaches...

.... Design/methodology/approach – The methods discussed are those that were considered – and often actually used – by the author when assembling his own submission. Frequent references are made in the paper to pertinent literature on research and to British universities’ regulations on higher doctorates...

...Eva Hornung Edited by Maria J. Grant, Barbara Sen and Hannah Spring Research, Evaluation and Audit: Key Steps in Demonstrating Your Value London, UK Facet Publishing 2013 236 pp. (paperback) 9781856047418 £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014...

...Alireza Isfandyari‐Moghaddam Therefore, since information search and access are at the heart of digital library research and development activities (p. 5), the present collected book aims to cover research and development in different areas related to information access in digital libraries...

...David Bawden In doing so, it very well illustrates one of the aspects of information behaviour research which has received negative comments: the lack of any agreement as to the right way of approaching such research, still less any generally accepted body of theory guiding research and enabling...

...Fadekemi Omobola Oyewusi Purpose The purpose of this article is to analyse the content of the Nigerian School Library Journal (NSLJ) from 1979‐2010. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a descriptive research approach by means of bibliometric analysis...

...Bulu Maharana; Sabitri Majhi; Bipin Bihari Sethi Purpose The main purpose of this study is to determine India's position in publishing top research papers in chemistry as reflected in Science Direct. It also aims to find out authorship pattern, countries with major contributions, journals...

...David Bawden Ibironke O.   Lawal . Library and Information Science Research in the Twenty‐first Century: A Guide for Practising Librarians and Students . Oxford, UK : Chandos   2009 . 228 pp.   £47.00 , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐372‐1 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011...

...Jane Secker; Rowena Macrae‐Gibson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of a six‐week information literacy course for research students that was redesigned following the librarians undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education. Design/methodology...

...Stuart Hannabuss That said, what we have here is a quick read and a useful introduction to some recent research into truth and trust online. It will sell well for student courses and is likely to be bought in multiple copies by academic libraries, though don't buy too many because such material...

... academics using journal impact factors, despite its limitations, particularly to African scholars. Findings Revelations from available literature point to the fact that the use of journal impact factors is not an objective method of research evaluation, particularly in developing country like Nigeria...

...Khalid Mahmood; Farzana Shafique Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the changing scenario of research in Pakistan and the status of demand and supply of library and information science (LIS) professionals with research qualifications to fill the leadership positions in Pakistan...

... of Persian, and e‐journals instead of print journals. His rationale for such proposition was that English is the lingua franca and if any discovery or new method was developed, it should be written and published in English to be useful for all researchers around the world. He states that the new millennium...

...Nicholas Joint Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of larger developments in the international research information environment, and to outline their impact on the open access movement within libraries. Design/methodology/approach A narrative account of recent historical...