Research Productivity in the field of Library and Information Science: A Scientometric analysis based on articles published in UK Journals
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The present paper examines gender differences in published LIS literature in the four journals of UK during 2007-2017. The results shows that 56.29% total male as first authors while 43.71% female LIS first authors contributed articles. Male as single authors are cited 12.42%, followed by male-male co-authored publications with 12.36% of papers, though the cited gap is less prominent among both the genders. The citation received by articles elucidates that male-male authorship pattern with 25.12% and male solo with 21.3% citations supersedes female solo 15.33% and female-female accumulated citations i.e. 12.08%. Further proved by Kruskal-Wallis test which revealed the significant differences between citations and authorship collaboration (χ²=23.088), followed by Mann-Whitney test for citation data across author collaborations has found significant difference between the following authorship affiliations and citations received by MM & F (U=61030.500); M & MM (U=76616.500); M& MF (U=36967.500s); MF & F (U= 29300.500) and MF & FF (U= 21842.500). Male LIS researchers from academic category and female LIS researchers from non-academic professional category contributed articles. The study proved gender difference in research among LIS professionals of UK though the difference is marginal.
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