Digital Library Output in Scopus during 1995-2016: A Bibliometric Analysis

Authors(2) :-Dr. D. K. Veer, Gajanan P. Khiste

Scopus is a premier research platform, helping to find, analyze, and share information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. The present study discusses the “Digital Library” as reflected in Scopus for the period from 1995–2016. The present paper investigates the highly productive authors, document Types, Present study is also aims to find out the top contributing Indian institutions, most prolific authors, the preferred sources for publications by Geographical distribution by country, Subject area, Source Type, Affiliation, and Language etc. The results indicates that there were total 18854 documents on digital library during 1995 to 2016. The main institutes contributing on Digital Library are Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Fox, E.A. is the most productive author in terms of publications. At the international front, India’s contribu¬tion to Digital Library is 578 documents during 1995 to 2016 which is rank on Seventh.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. D. K. Veer
Director, Knowledge Resource Center, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Gajanan P. Khiste
Information Scientist, Knowledge Resource Center, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 5 | September-October 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-10-31
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 779-784
Manuscript Number : CSEIT1725174
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2456-3307

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Dr. D. K. Veer, Gajanan P. Khiste, "Digital Library Output in Scopus during 1995-2016: A Bibliometric Analysis", International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.779-784, September-October-2017. |          | BibTeX | RIS | CSV

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