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The RBU Journal of Library & Information science is a scholarly communication for education, research and development of the Library & Information science field. It is published annually. The first volume was published in 1997. It received ISSN (0972-2750) in the 5th volume in the year 2001. From 17th Volume published in the year 2015, the journal becomes peer-reviewed by eminent experts across the country. This journal WAS enlisted by UGC approved List of Journal in 2017, With Serial No. 351 and Journal NO. 45237. Since 2019, this Journal Qualified as per analysis protocol as Group D Journal and listed under UGC CARE approved list of Journals.

The RBU Journal of Library & Information science is a scholarly communication for education, research and development of the Library & Information science field. It is published annually. The first volume was published in 1997. It received ISSN (0972-2750) in the 5th volume in the year 2001. From 17th Volume published in the year 2015, the journal becomes peer-reviewed by eminent experts across the country. This journal WAS enlisted by UGC approved List of Journal in 2017, With Serial No. 351 and Journal NO. 45237.
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Ahemd, Hussain and Nausheen: Mapping output of scientific literature …

2020, the maximum number of articles reaches 131 out of

the total number of articles, while in 2019, 111 articles and

in 2018, 85 articles were published. The minimum number

of articles in 2009 is eight articles; in 2008, there are six

articles; in 2006, there are five articles; in 2007, there are

three articles; in 2004 and 2005, there are only two

articles.

In addition, 2087 citations were ranked first in 2010. In

2013, 1634 citations were ranked second, and in 2014,

1626 were ranked third. The minimum number of citations

is 78 in 2005, 43 in 2007, and 27 in 2004.

Year Total

Publications

Total

Citations

Citation

Impact

2004 2 27 13.50

2005 2 78 39.00

2006 5 889 177.80

2007 3 43 14.33

2008 6 254 42.33

2009 8 630 78.75

2010 14 2087 149.07

2011 16 919 57.44

2012 27 454 16.81

2013 41 1634 39.85

2014 50 1626 32.52

2015 52 926 17.81

2016 54 755 13.98

2017 68 579 8.51

2018 85 475 5.59

2019 111 316 2.85

2020 131 184 1.40

Table 1 Publication and citations trend on Infodemic research

Conference Papers 88 1096 12.45

Reviews 65 2082 32.03

Table 2 Document Types

Notes: [TP=Total Publication, TC=Total Citation, CI=Citations

Impact]

Influential countries

Table 3 displays the top 10 most productive and influential

countries in Infodemic research between 2004 and 2020.

The USA was the most influential country, with 138

papers (Freq.=0.38983) led by Italy (35; 0.09887) and the

United Kingdom (25;0.07062) ranked 1-3.

The USA was the top-ranked single country paper (SCP)

with 122, while the United Kingdom and Canada (SCP =

15) ranked second, and Italy and China (SCP = 14) ranked

third. Italy has the highest proportion of multi-country

paper (MCP) with 21 (MCP Ratio = 0.6), preceded by

the USA (MCP = 16; MCP Ratio = 0.116) and the United

Kingdom (MCP = 10; MCP Ratio = 0.4) with 1 to 3.

Country Articles Freq SCP MCP MCP

Ratio

USA 138 0.38983 122 16 0.116

Italy 35 0.09887 14 21 0.6

United 25 0.07062 15 10 0.4

Kingdom

China 23 0.06497 14 9 0.391

Canada 19 0.05367 15 4 0.211

Korea 8 0.0226 6 2 0.25

Australia 7 0.01977 5 2 0.286

Brazil 7 0.01977 6 1 0.143

Germany 7 0.01977 6 1 0.143

Hong

Kong

7 0.01977 5 2 0.286

Table 3 Top Ten influential countries on Infodemic research

Notes: [SCP=Single Country Paper, MCP= multi-country

paper]

Attributes of the most cited documents

Figure 1 Publication and citations trend on Infodemic research

Types of documents

A total of 675 documents met the selection criteria. Five

document types were found in these 675 publications;

article (486) was the most frequent form of publications

with 8581 citations, followed by Conference Papers (88)

with 1096 citations, Reviews (65) with 2082 citations,

Book chapters (30) with 37 citations, and Books (6) with

80 citations (See table 2).

Documents Type TP TC CI

Articles 486 8581 17.66

Books 6 80 13.33

Book Chapters 30 37 1.23

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The number of citations quantifies the importance of an

essay within a given study field (Garfield, 1973). The

citation demonstrates the work and results of scholars in

the field of study. A high number of citations indicate the

importance of research in this field. It provides insight into

the impact of research work over a while (Smith, 2008).

However, the citation changes with time, known as the

cycle of citation life (Galiani & Gálvez, 2017). A similar

study has been carried out in the case of highly cited

articles on Infodemic research.

Table 4 shows the top 10 most-cited countries in

Infodemic research between 2004 to 2020. The USA was

the most productive country with 284 documents ranked

first, followed by Italy (71) second and the United

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