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Shukla, Akhandanand & Lalthlengliana, Oliver. (2019). Bibliometric Study of
Publications in Conference Proceedings of CALIBER Conventions during 2008-2015.
International Journal of Information, Library and Society. 8(1), 16-27.
Bibliometric Study of Publications in Conference Proceedings of
CALIBER Conventions during 2008-2015
Dr. Akhandanand Shukla
Assistant Professor
Department of Library & Information Science
Mizoram University, Aizawl
Email: akhandanandshukla@gmail.com
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7157-5600
Oliver Lalthlengliana
Research Scholar
Department of Library & Information Science
Mizoram University, Aizawl
Email: oliver_mapuia@yahoo.com
Abstract
The study analyzed papers published in CALIBER conventions held during 2008-2015. The
study analyzed themes & sub-themes, authorship patterns, the Degree of Collaboration,
state-wise geographical distribution, country-wise geographical distribution, references per
article, forms of documents and top-cited journals. There are 319 papers analyzed and found
that traditional and simple themes and sub-themes have more number of papers than others,
prevalent multiple authorship patterns with the strong Degree of Collaboration, Karnataka
as the top contributing State and India as the top contributing country, more than 11
references per article, Journal papers as the prevalent form of documents, and “Electronic
Library” as the highly cited journal in the study.
Keywords: Bibliometric Study, Authorship Pattern, Degree of Collaboration, CALIBER
Convention, Geographical Distribution, Forms of Documents.
1. Introduction
Scholarly communication mostly takes place in the form of journal articles as well as
conference proceedings. These research articles bear original contribution to the field by the
researchers. Most of the time, researchers have a joint contribution from various geographic
locations in the same field. Numbers of conferences have been organized by various
institutions/ universities/ organizations etc. every year on the individual subject field. In the
field of Library & Information Science (LIS), there are tremendous researches contributed
and published in the form of conference proceedings. These researches conducted specially
on particular themes and sub-themes of the field. Various studies have been conducted to
know the trends of the subject field from the published literature in the form of the journal
but there is still lack of such kind of researches conducted on conference proceedings to
know the trends and growth of the field. The study was required to know the contributions
made by researchers/ library professionals in conference proceedings towards global
perspectives and what are the trends in the scholarly communication of LIS researchers. The
Degree of Collaboration among researchers and their geographical locations is required to
know the correlation between them.
International CALIBER conventions are very famous and one of the prestigious conference
series conducted once in a two year period. Contributions are published in the form of
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conference proceedings. Only peer-reviewed papers are published in the proceedings.
Research articles published in the form of the journal has gained momentum in terms of
scholarly communication and bibliometric researches whereas research articles published in
the form of conference proceedings still lagging behind. There are numbers of conference
proceedings available but very less from LIS fields have been analyzed through bibliometric
methods. Bibliometric analysis not only facilitates the scholar to have an in-depth study of
the articles but also open avenues for other types of publications. The study will help to know
the distribution of articles published in the form of conference proceedings and geographical
distribution of articles around the world which has shown the acceptability of Indian LIS
literature at world level. Further study will help to know the Degree of Collaboration among
authors and prevalent authorship patterns found in conference proceedings. Moreover, the
study will also help to predict the trends of cited documents in conference proceedings.
2. Review of Literature
The number of relevant literature has been reviewed on bibliometric studies which are
mentioned below:
Chowdhury & Chowdhury (2016) found that any institute has a great potential to maximize
the levels of its publication output. Gogoi & Barooah (2016) in their study revealed that
journal articles are dominantly cited which confirms that scientific journals played an
important role in scientific communication. Madhirasalam (2016) also found that authors
preferred journal as a platform to publish their works. Biradar & Tadasad (2015) measures
the authorship pattern of literature in the field of Economics and found that the majority of
the papers were single authored. Dash et al. (2015) analyzed the papers published in the
Library Assessment Conference proceedings (2006-2014) and study showed that the numbers
of contributors are increasing over time and the contributors are handsomely restricted to the
theme of LAC. Doraswamy (2013) analyzed 300 conference papers that were published in
the National Convention on Knowledge Library and Information Networking (NACLIN)
from 2001 to 2008. The study reveals that contribution is the highest in NACLIN 2007 and
lowest in NACLIN 2008, and the average number of articles per conference volume is 37.5.
The study also reveals that the highest number of papers was submitted from New Delhi
followed by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala. Panda et al.
(2013) found that single-author papers are largely dominant (68.70%) followed by two author
papers (17.55%) and three author papers, and the majority of the papers was submitted from
the United Kingdom. Deshmukh (2011) studied the nature of information source cited by
contributors of Annals of Library and Information Studies, and also tend to establish a rank
list of core journals in the fields of Library and Information Science. The study found that
journals are dominantly cited followed by books.
Sarkhel & RayChoudhury (2010) studied the work published by BCKV with an aim to
identify the department-wise quantum of publications, identify the authorship pattern and
locate the area wise distributions of research publications. The Department of Agronomy has
the highest publications (436 papers) and the majority of the papers were published in the
fields of Plant Production. Krishna Moorthy et al. (2009) analyzed the growth of literature in
the fields of Diabetes in the MEDLINE database and identify the core journal in the fields of
diabetes. It is found that a total of 97,454 pieces of literature have been published in the fields
of diabetes from 1995-2004. The publication was highest in 2003 (13,244 pieces of literature)
and lowest in 1995 (7,075 pieces of literature). This paper ranked the journal Diabetes Care
(USA) at the number one place. Sharma (2009) studied the growth of Potato research during
1991-2007 by CPRI scientists and examine the authorship pattern as well as the proportion of
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single-authored papers as against multi-authored papers and found that a total of 2603
research papers were produced during 1991-2007 and papers with two authors are the
greatest in number followed by three author papers. Kumar & Kumar (2008) analyzed 8093
citations given in the Journal of Oilseeds Research published during 1993-2004 and it shows
that journals are dominantly cited. Gupta (2007) investigated the growth of literature in LIS
marketing, its publishing pattern and the types of information sources in LIS marketing and
found that literature on LIS marketing is growing and the most of the literature is in the form
of journal articles.
Rajendiran & Parihar (2007) identified various bibliometric indicators of articles published
by the Indian researchers in the field of LASER Science and study revealed the slow growth
during 1995-2005. The Indian contribution to the world in the same literature has also
witnessed a slow increase from 0.71 to 1.67%. Suryanarayana (2000) analyzed the type of
contributions and their geographic distribution over the years 1987-97 in Tobacco Research
and found that the journal receives most of its articles from CTRI and its research stations.
All the issues under study consisted of 69% main articles and 31% short communications.
The rate of main articles showed signs of decreased during the period of the study. The main
articles have an average of 9.2 citations and in all the papers, 74.4% of the citations are from
journals. Verma et al. (2007) analyzed 131 contributions from the journal ‘Annals of Library
and Information Studies' from several attributes of bibliography such as year-wise, state-wise
and institution-wise distributions, authorship pattern, and citation analysis, etc. It was found
that majority of the contributions are two-authored and the majority of the contributions came
from New Delhi. With regard to citations, 85 contributions have up to 10 citations.
3. Scope of Study
The study was confined to assess the research contributions of LIS professionals published as
full text in conference proceedings of CALIBER conventions organized by INFLIBNET
Centre, Gandhinagar. The study has been conducted for last 5 CALIBER conventions held
during years from 2008-2015. The number of CALIBER conventions covered under study is
given below. There are 319 published papers belongs to last 5 CALIBER conventions.
Table 1: List of Published Papers in CALIBER conventions
SN
CALIBER Convention Details No. of
Papers
1 6
th
International CALIBER 2008, February 28 - March 1, 2008 held at
Allahabad 76
2 7
th
International CALIBER 2019, February 25-27, 2009 held at
Puducherry 73
3 8
th
International CALIBER 2011, March 2-4, 2011 held at Goa 62
4 9
th
International CALIBER 2013, March 21-23, 2013 held at
Gandhinagar, Gujarat 51
5 10
th
International CALIBER 2015, March 12-14, 2015 held at Shimla 57
Total 319
4. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are to:
a) Identify the themes and sub-themes which gain the attention of the contributors.
b) Find the authorship pattern of contributors.
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c) Assess the Degree of Collaboration among authors.
d) Find out geographical distribution of authors.
e) Assess the number of references and the average number of reference per paper.
f) Identify the bibliographic forms of document used as a reference in papers.
g) Prepare the list of top LIS journals referred by paper contributors.
5. Research Methodology
The study has been designed to investigate the research contributions in conference
proceedings of CALIBER conventions through the bibliometric analysis. The last five (5)
CALIBER conventions have been used for the study. The survey was conducted for
retrieving 319 full-text papers for the study from CALIBER convention’s available under
INFLIBNET Centre’s website. The unavailable published articles were downloaded from the
Institutional Repository of INFLIBNET Centre. The obtained data were tabulated, organized,
and analyzed by using MS-Excel.
6. Data Analysis
a) Themes and Sub-themes of CALIBER conventions 2008 – 2015
Since 1994, the CALIBER convention was held annually until 2009 but from 2009 onwards
the convention was organized once after every two years. The convention calls for paper with
specified themes which are further divided into several sub-themes.
Main Themes of CALIBER convention 2008-2015
Like other conferences, CALIBER conventions also had main themes and sub-themes for the
contribution of papers by the authors. Themes and sub-themes of the conference draw an
outline of the conference. Table 2 displays the themes of CALIBER conventions and the total
number of published papers during 2008-2015.
Table 2: Distribution of Papers for Main Themes of CALIBER Conventions
Year of
CALIBER
Main Themes of CALIBER No. of
Papers
%
2008
From Automation to Transformation
76
24%
2009 E-Content Management: Challenge and Strategies 73 23%
2011 Towards Building a Knowledge Society: Library as Catalyst
for Knowledge Discovery and Management
62 19%
2013 Library Vision 2020: Moving Towards the Future 51 16%
2015 Innovation Librarianship: Adapting to Digital Realities 57 18%
Total
319
(Source: CALIBER Convention Websites)
Table 2 displays the number of articles in each CALIBER conventions held during 2008-
2015. The CALIBER 2008 has the main theme “From Automation to Transformation” and
received the highest number of articles i.e. 76 articles (24%) followed by CALIBER 2009 (73
articles) with the main theme “E-Content Management: Challenge and Strategies”,
CALIBER 2011 (62 articles) with the main theme “Towards Building a Knowledge Society:
Library as Catalyst for Knowledge Discovery and Management”. CALIBER 2015 has 57
articles whereas CALIBER 2013 has the least number of articles (51 articles) amongst all five
conventions.
Sub-themes of CALIBER 2008
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Table 3: Distribution of Papers among the Sub-themes of CALIBER 2008
SN Title of Sub-themes No. of
Papers
%
1 Impact of ICT in LIS: Major Shifts and Practices 23 30%
2
Use of E
-
resource and UGC
-
Infonet Digital Library
Consortium
21
28%
3
Evolving Technologies: RSS Feeds, Blogs, Web 2.0, Lib 2.0
10
13%
4 Content Aggregation and Content Presentations 8 10.5%
5 Digital Libraries: Federated Search and Metadata Harvesting 8 10.5%
6 Standards and Protocols in LIS 6 8%
Total
76
(Source: CALIBER Convention Websites)
Table 3 shows the distribution of articles among the various sub-themes of CALIBER 2008.
The analysis reveals that the sub-theme, "Impact of ICT in LIS: Major Shifts and Practices”
attracted the highest number of papers (23 papers, 30%) out of total 76 papers published in its
proceedings. The sub-theme, “Use of E-resource and UGC-Infonet Digital Library
Consortium” has attracted 28% papers (21 papers) whereas the sub-theme “Evolving
Technologies: RSS Feeds, Blogs, Web 2.0, Lib 2.0” has attracted only 13% (10) papers. Other
sub-themes have less number of papers comparatively.
Sub-themes of CALIBER 2009
Table 4: Distribution of Papers among the Sub-themes of CALIBER 2009
SN
Title of the Sub-themes No. of
Papers
%
1 E-Publishing 26 36%
2 Digital Preservation and Digital Persistence 16 22%
3
Web 2.0/Library 2.0
16
22%
4
Web
-
Content Management
15
20%
Total 73
(Source: CALIBER Convention Websites)
Table 4 highlighted the distribution of papers among the different sub-themes of CALIBER
2009. Among the four sub-themes, “E-Publishing” received the highest number of papers
(26) i.e. 36% followed by “Digital Preservation and Digital Persistence” (22%), “Web 2.0/
Library 2.0” (22%), and “Web-Content Management” (20%). Except for “E-Publishing",
other sub-themes have almost an equal number of articles.
Sub-themes of CALIBER 2011
Table 5: Distribution of Papers among the Sub-themes of CALIBER 2011
SN
Title of Sub-themes No. of
Papers
%
1 Knowledge Discovery and Techniques 12 19%
2 Web Resource Management and Semantic Web
22 35%
3 Information Literacy 13 21%
4
Measuring Research Productivity and ROI
15
24%
Total
62
(Source: CALIBER Convention Websites)
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Table 5 shows that sub-theme, “Web Resource Management and Semantic Web” has the
highest number of papers (22 papers) i.e. 35% of total papers contributed for the convention.
The sub-theme, “Measuring Research Productivity and ROI” has 24% papers (15) while sub-
theme, “Information Literacy” and “Knowledge Discovery and Techniques” have 21% and
19% papers respectively.
Sub-themes of CALIBER 2013
Table 6: Distribution of Papers among the Sub-themes of CALIBER 2013
SN
Title of Sub-themes No. of Papers
%
1
Migration towards Future
18
35%
2
Collaborative Library Services
17
33%
3 Open Access and Open Content 16 31%
Total 51
(Source: CALIBER Convention Websites)
Table 6 shows the number of papers under each sub-themes of CALIBER 2013. The number
of papers under the three sub-themes came in a sequence. The sub-theme, “Migration
towards Future” has the highest number of papers (35%) followed by “Collaborative Library
Services” (33%) and “Open Access and Open Content” have 31% papers. There is almost an
equal balance of research papers have been observed for the sub-themes of CALIBER 2013.
Sub-themes of CALIBER 2015
Table 7: Distribution of Papers among the Sub-themes of CALIBER 2015
SN Title of Sub-themes No. of
Papers
%
1 Scientometric, Bibliometrics, Webometrics, and Altmetrics 23 40%
2
Library 3.0
21
37%
3 e-Learning and Online Open Courses 13 23%
Total 57
(Source: CALIBER Convention Websites)
Table 7 reveals the number of papers under the three sub-themes of CALIBER 2015. The
sub-theme, “Scientometric, Bibliometrics, Webometrics, and Altmetrics” has the highest
number of papers (40%) followed by “Library 3.0” (37%) and “e-Learning and Online Open
Courses” have 23% papers.
b) Authorship Patterns of CALIBER conventions 2008-2015
Table 8 shows the authorship pattern of articles accepted for full-text publication in
CALIBER conventions during 2008-2015. From the analysis, CALIBER 2008 is dominated
by the Two Authorship Patterns which constitutes 48.68% followed by Single Authorship
Patterns (31.57%), and Three Authorship Patterns (17.1%). In CALIBER 2009, Single
Authorship Patterns is found to be most prevalent with 42.46% which is succeeded by Two
Authorship Patterns (28.76%), Three Authorship Patterns (21.9%) and so on. In CALIBER
2011, the majority of the articles are co-authored and Two Authorship Patterns has a share of
52% followed by Three Authorship Patterns (26%), and Single Authorship Patterns (22%).
CALIBER 2013 is dominated by Two Authorship Patterns (47%) followed by Single
Authorship Patterns (27.45%), and Three Authorship Patterns (17.64%). The Two Authorship
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Patterns (35%) is found to be dominant in CALIBER 2015 followed by Three Authorship
Patterns (33%), and Single Authorship Patterns (32%).
Table 8: Authorship Patterns in the CALIBER conventions 2008-2015
Year of
CALIBER
No. of Authors Total
No. of
Authors
Total
No. of
Papers
One Two Three Four Five Six
2008 24
(31.57%)
37
(48.68%)
13
(17.1%)
2
(2.63%)
145 76
2009 31
(42.46%)
21
(28.76)
16
(21.9%)
3
(4.1%)
1
(1.36%)
1
(1.36%)
144 73
2011 14
(22%)
32
(52%)
16
(26%)
126 62
2013 14
(27.45%)
24
(47%)
9
(17.64%)
3
(5.88%)
1
(1.96%)
106 51
2015 18
(32%)
20
(35%)
19
(33%)
115 57
Total 101 134 73 8 2 1 636 319
(Source: Primary Data)
c) Degree of Collaboration among Authors
Table 9: Degree of Collaboration in CALIBER conventions 2008- 2015
Year of
CALIBER
Single Author
(Ns)
Multiple
Authors
(Nm)
Total
(Ns+Nm)
Degree of
Collaboration
2008 24 52 76 0.68
2009 31 42 73 0.57
2011 14 48 62 0.77
2013
14
37
51
0.72
2015 18 39 57 0.68
Total 101 218 319 0.68
(Source: Primary Data)
The Degree of Collaboration (C) of the contributors has been calculated using the
Subramanyam (1983) formula.
Degree of Collaboration (C) =
ே
ேାே௦
Where,
C = Degree of Collaboration
Nm = Number of Multiple authors
Ns = Number of Single authors
Table 9 shows the Degree of Collaboration among authors. The Degree of Collaboration for
CALIBER 2008 is 0.68. For the CALIBER 2009, Degree of Collaboration is 0.57 which is
the lowest amongst all CALIBER conventions during the study. CALIBER 2011 has Degree
of Collaboration 0.77 which is the highest value amongst all CALIBER conventions during
the study. CALIBER 2013 has 0.72 Degree of Collaboration whereas CALIBER 2015 has
0.68 Degree of Collaboration. On an average, the Degree of Collaboration was 0.68. The
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higher the Degree of Collaboration tends to the higher level of collaborative works and vice-
versa.
d) Geographic Distribution of Authors
Table 10 shows the state-wise distribution of authors in CALIBER conventions 2008-2015.
During CALIBER 2008, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of contributors (20%),
followed by Karnataka (15%), and West Bengal (9%). In CALIBER 2008, total contributions
came from 18 different States and Union Territories of India. During CALIBER 2009,
Karnataka has the highest number of contributors (28%) followed by Maharashtra (14.4%),
and West Bengal (13.7%). In CALIBER 2009, 138 authors contributed papers belong to 19
States and Union Territories of India. Analysis reveals that 120 authors belong to 17 States
and Union Territories of India contributed research papers for CALIBER 2011, and among
them Karnataka has the highest number of contributors (18%) followed by Maharashtra
(16%), Gujarat (12%), Andhra Pradesh (10%), and Kerala (9%). In CALIBER 2013, the
paper contributions came from 16 States and Union Territories of India among which
Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Kerala share the first place with 18% authors followed by Delhi
(9%), and Karnataka (6%). CALIBER 2015 has a total of 102 authors belong to 19 States of
India, and Gujarat has the highest number of contributors (12.74%) followed by Delhi
(10.78%), and Uttar Pradesh (8.82%). Table 10 also displays the summary of the state-wise
distribution of authors during 2008-2015. From the analysis of Table 10, it has been found
that Karnataka has contributed the highest number of authors (95, 15.75%) followed by
Maharashtra (77, 12.76%), Gujarat (55, 9.12%), Delhi (52, 8.62%), Kerala and West Bengal
(45, 7.46% each) and Uttar Pradesh (43, 7.13%) etc. The study reveals that CALIBER
convention cover 603 authors belong to 28 States and Union Territories of India. From the
study, it has been observed that Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Bihar have the least
number of authors in CALIBER conventions. The number of authors continuously reduced
from 2008 to 2015.
Table 10: State-wise Distribution of the Indian Authors in CALIBER conventions
SN
Name of State
No. of Authors
Total
%
2008 2009 2011 2013 2015
1 Karnataka 21 39 21 6 8 95 15.75
2 Maharashtra 12 20 19 18 8 77 12.76
3 Gujarat 5 5 14 18 13 55 9.12
4 Delhi 12 12 8 9 11 52 8.62
5 West Bengal 13 19 5 3 5 45 7.46
6 Kerala 3 7 11 18 6 45 7.46
7 Uttar Pradesh 29 0 4 1 9 43 7.13
8 Tamil Nadu 3 10 5 3 4 25 4.14
9 Andhra Pradesh 0 7 12 3 3 25 4.14
10 Madhya Pradesh 7 2 4 4 4 21 3.48
11 Assam 9 2 5 3 0 19 3.15
12 Rajasthan 5 2 1 5 4 17 2.81
13 Odisha 4 2 0 1 5 12 1.99
14 Punjab 3 0 3 0 5 11 1.82
15 Jammu and Kashmir 3 0 0 3 4 10 1.65
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16 Uttarakhand 3 1 0 2 4 10 1.65
17 Manipur 8 1 0 0 0 9 1.49
18 Chhattisgarh 1 0 1 4 0 6 0.99
19 Himachal Pradesh 0 3 0 0 3 6 0.99
20 Sikkim 0 2 0 0 3 5 0.82
21 Mizoram 1 0 2 0 0 3 0.49
22 Goa 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.49
23 Jharkhand 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.33
24 Telangana 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.33
25 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.33
26 Arunachal Pradesh 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.16
27 Haryana 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.16
28 Bihar 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.16
Total 142 138 120 101 102 603 100
(Source: Primary Data)
Table 11: Country-wise Distribution of Authors in CALIBER conventions
SN Name of
Country
No. of Authors Total Percentage
2008 2009 2011 2013 2015
1 India 142 138 120 101 102 603 94.81
2 Sri Lanka 0 0 1 2 3 6 0.94
3 UK 0 2 1 0 3 6 0.94
4 Bangladesh 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.47
5 Fiji 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.31
6 Scotland 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.31
7 Singapore 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.31
8 Tanzania 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.31
9 USA 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.31
10 Canada 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.15
11 Iraq 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.15
12 Kenya 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.15
13 Saudi Arabia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.15
14 South Korea 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.15
15 Spain 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.15
16 Taiwan 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.15
17 Wales 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.15
Total 145 144 126 106 115 636 100
(Source: Primary Data)
Table 11 shows the country-wise distribution of authors in CALIBER convention 2008-2015.
Except for India, only Bangladesh has contributed research papers to CALIBER 2008.
During CALIBER 2009, total contributions came from 6 countries around the globe, and
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India has the highest number of contributors (96%) followed by United Kingdom (1.3%),
Iraq, Taiwan, Wales, and the USA with 0.69% each. India being the host country has the
highest number of contributors (95%) during CALIBER 2011 followed by Kenya, South
Korea, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, UK, and Scotland (with 0.79% contributors each). During
CALIBER 2013, Out of the total number of authors, 95% authors were from India and the
rests were from foreign countries like Tanzania, Sri Lanka, and the USA. During CALIBER
2015, total authors came from 8 different countries from around the globe. Among the
foreign countries, Sri Lanka and the UK has the highest contributors (2.60% each) followed
by Singapore and Fiji (1.73% each), Canada, Scotland, and Spain (0.86% each). From the
analysis of Table 11, it has been found that India is the top contributor to CALIBER
conventions and covered 94.81% authors whereas rests of authors (33) belong to 16 different
foreign countries. Amongst the foreign contributors, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom both
have contributed highest (6 authors each) followed by Bangladesh (3) etc. CALIBER
conventions are one of the best conventions in the field of LIS in India and have a reputation
in the world but it faces the problem with regard to foreign authors and their contributions.
The number of authors and their contributions towards CALIBER conventions is not up to
the mark. There is a lack of regular authors from foreign countries for the CALIBER
conventions. The analysis reveals that no foreign country authors contributed in all five
CALIBER conventions.
e) Reference Study of CALIBER conventions 2008-2015
Table 12: References per Paper in CALIBER conventions 2008-2015
Year of
CALIBER
Total No. of
References
No. of
Papers
References
per Paper
2008 773 76 10.17
2009 780 73 10.68
2011
756
62
12.19
2013
666
51
13.05
2015 620 57 10.87
Total 3595 319 11.26
(Source: Primary Data)
Table 12 shows the number of references per paper in CALIBER conventions 2008-2015.
The number of references per paper is the highest for CALIBER 2013 (13.05) followed by
CALIBER 2011 (12.19), CALIBER 2015 (10.87), CALIBER 2009 (10.68), and CALIBER
2008 (10.17). There are total 3595 references for 319 published papers. On the observation of
Table 12, it has been found that CALIBER 2009 has the highest number of references (780)
followed by CALIBER 2008 (773), CALIBER 2011 (756), CALIBER 2013 (666), and
CALIBER 2015 (620). From all the five CALIBER conventions, on an average 11.26
references per paper has been calculated.
f) Forms of Document used as Reference in CALIBER conventions 2008-2015
Table 13 reveals the number of references for a given form of documents in CALIBER 2008.
In CALIBER 2008, there is a total of 773 references. Journal articles have been cited most
frequently (29%) followed by Web Resources (24%), Books (17%), Conference Papers
(10%), Miscellaneous (9%), News Items (8%), Theses and Dissertations (2%) and Reports
(1%). In CALIBER 2009, among the various forms of document, Journal Articles (30%) are
the most preferred source for references followed by Web Resources (27%), Conference
Papers (12%), and Books (9%). In CALIBER 2011, the analysis shows that Journal Articles
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are highly cited (39.28%) by the authors followed by Web Resources (30.2%), Books
(11.64%), and Conference Papers (10.58%). During CALIBER 2013, the highest number of
references have been recorded for Journal Articles (34%) followed by Web Resources (31%),
Conference Papers (12%), and Books (11%). In CALIBER 2015, Journal articles have been
extensively used as references (51.29%) followed by Web Resources (29.83%), and Books
(10%). The study has been conducted to identify the prevailing forms of the document cited
in the proceedings of CALIBER conventions 2008 – 2015 and a total of 3595 references
observed from the 319 papers accepted for full-text publishing. Overall analysis shows that
Journal Articles are most frequently cited (36%) by the authors for writing papers followed
by Web Resources (28%), Books (12%), and Conference Proceedings/ Seminar Papers
(10%). Rests of the forms of documents like Miscellaneous (6%), Reports (3%),
Theses/Dissertations (2%), and New Items (2.5%) have been used very less as references.
Table 13: Forms of Document used as Reference in CALIBER conventions
SN Forms of Document No. of References Total %
2008
2009
2011
2013
2015
1 Journal articles 221 235 297 234 318 1305 36.3
2 Web Resources 185 213 227 205 185 1015 28.23
3 Books 135 73 88 70 62 428 11.9
4 Conference Papers 78 91 80 81 22 352 9.79
5 Miscellaneous 70 71 26 47 11 225 6.25
6 Reports 11 55 19 16 10 111 3.08
7 News Items 60 13 5 5 8 91 2.53
8 Theses &Dissertations 13 29 14 8 4 68 1.89
Total 773 780 756 666 620 3595 100
(Source: Primary Data)
g) List of Top LIS Journals cited in CALIBER conventions 2008-2015
Table 14: List of Top LIS Journals cited in CALIBER conventions
SN
Name of the Journal Frequency
of Citations
1 Electronic Library 28
2
Library Hi Tech News
26
3 Annals of Library and Information Studies 22
4 SRELS Journal of Information Management 19
5 DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology 19
6
IASLIC Bulletin
17
7 University News 16
8 WSEAS Transaction on Advances in Engineering
Education
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9 World Libraries 14
10 D-Lib Magazine 14
11
Wilson Library Bulletin
13
12 Library Hi Tech 13
12
13
DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information
Technology
12
14
Annals of Library Science and Documentation 12
15 Library Trends 10
16 Journal of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology
10
(Source: Primary Data)
Table 14 shows the list of top LIS journals cited (at least 10 citations) by the authors in their
papers published in CALIBER conventions 2008-2015. A total of 16 LIS journals have been
mentioned which were cited more than 10 times. The journal ‘Electronic Library’ has been
cited the highest in CALIBER conventions held during 2008-2015 followed by ‘Library Hi
Tech News’, ‘Annals of Library and Information Studies’, ‘SRELS Journal of Information
Management’, ‘DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology’, and ‘IASLIC Bulletin’ etc.
7. Research Findings
The analysis of data collected through survey and observation have been critically analyzed
that revealed several findings which are as follows:
1) CALIBER 2008 has the highest number of papers (76) followed by CALIBER 2009
(73), and CALIBER 2011 (62).
2) CALIBER 2008 theme has been divided into 6 sub-themes in which ICT and E-
resources related concepts have the majority of contributions. The theme of
CALIBER 2009 has been divided into 4 sub-themes in which electronic publishing
related concepts has the highest number of contributions. CALIBER 2011 theme has
been divided into 4 sub-themes and the web resources related concept has received
the highest number of papers. CALIBER 2013 theme has been divided into 3 sub-
themes in which an almost equal number of papers contribution has been observed.
The theme of CALIBER 2015 has been divided into 3 sub-themes and scientometric
related concepts have been received the highest number of papers.
3) CALIBER conventions 2008-2015 have published 319 papers contributed by 636
authors. There are 101 papers contributed by 101 authors whereas 218 papers have
been contributed by 535 authors. It shows that multiple authorships patterns are
prevalent in CALIBER conventions. The two authorship patterns (134) has been
found most prevalent followed by single authorship patterns (101), and three
authorship patterns (73) etc.
4) The Degree of Collaboration has been calculated for the published proceedings of
CALIBER conventions held during 2008-2015. The range of Degree of Collaboration
is 0.57 to 0.77 for CALIBER conventions. The average Degree of Collaboration is
0.68 for overall convention publications which reveal the existence of the high degree
of collaborative research among authors.
5) The geographic distribution of authors (State-wise) has been analyzed and found that
28 States and Union Territories of India have contributed papers for CALIBER
conventions 2008-2015. Further, the majority of the authors belong to Karnataka
(15.75%) followed by Maharashtra (12.76%), Gujarat (9.12%), Delhi (8.62%), Kerala
(7.46%), West Bengal (7.46%), and Uttar Pradesh (7.13%) etc. The least number of
contributors belong to Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana (0.16% each).
6) The geographic distribution of authors (Country-wise) has been analyzed and found
that 17 countries around the globe including India have contributed papers for
CALIBER conventions 2008-2015. Further, the majority of the authors belong to
India (94.81%). Amongst the foreign countries, 6 authors of Sri Lanka and the UK
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contributed the paper followed by Bangladesh (3), Fiji, Scotland, Singapore,
Tanzania, and USA (2 each), and rests of 8 countries have only one author each. Out
of 636 authors, only 33 authors belong to foreign countries which are very less in
number.
7) The number of references per paper is counted for each CALIBER convention
separately and combined also. The highest number of references encountered for
CALIBER 2009 (780) whereas the least number of references observed for CALIBER
2015 (620). There are total 3595 references for 319 papers which gives an average of
11.26 references per paper.
8) The forms of documents have been analyzed from all the references used in
CALIBER conventions 2008-2015. From the study, it has been found that Journal
Articles are the preferred source of references for writing a research paper followed
by Web Resources, Books, and Conference papers. Theses/ Dissertations are the least
used sources of information.
9) The study has been conducted to found the list of core journals which were used in the
references of CALIBER convention papers. On analysis, it has been found that
‘Electronic Library’, ‘Library Hi Tech News’, ‘Annals of Library and Information
Studies’, ‘SRELS Journal of Information Management’, ‘DESIDOC Bulletin of
Information Technology’, and ‘IASLIC Bulletin’ etc. are core journals of the field as
cited many times in the references of CALIBER convention papers.
8. Conclusions
The bibliometric study measures the growth and recent trends of literature in the field of
concern. Conference proceedings, by its publications, add recent concepts and research
findings in the literature. There is a number of conference proceedings in the different field of
study and they contribute an enormous amount of recent literature in the different field of
study. CALIBER conventions are one of the prestigious conference event held in every
alternate year by INFLIBNET Center, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. With regard to themes and sub-
themes of the CALIBER conventions, it has been observed that distribution of papers is more
for simpler as well as popular themes. The themes having the latest trends received less
number of contributions. Similarly, sub-themes related to ICT, Web-based resources,
Electronic documents; Electronic publishing, and bibliometrics, scientometrics have attracted
the number of authors than difficult and recently originated concepts of sub-themes. The two
authorship pattern was found most prevalent in CALIBER conventions except for CALIBER
2009. Overall collaborative papers were more due to multiple authorship patterns prevalent in
CALIBER conventions. Further, strong Degree of Collaboration between authors has been
observed during the study period. More the Degree of Collaboration tends toward more
collaborative research work and vice-versa. Nowadays, team research or collaborative
research is prevalent is the many fields and LIS is not far from that.
The purpose of geographical distribution of authors was to know the trends of publication in
CALIBER conventions from all around the world. Since CALIBER conventions belong to
Indian origin, so the highest number of contributions submitted and published by India only.
There were few international contributions have been observed. Since India become the top
contributors of papers to the CALIBER conventions, the study has been conducted to know
the state-wise distribution of authors among Indian states. The CALIBER convention covers
authors from 28 States and Union Territories of India. Further, the majority of the authors
belong to Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh.
The number of references tends to the more scholarly article. References from CALIBER
convention papers have been counted and analyzed which gives an impression that authors
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use 11 or more references for writing a conference paper. From the study, it is established
that in the Indian scenario, more than 10 references are found sufficient to write an article.
There is a number of forms of documents have been identified. CALIBER convention
references have been categorized into eight different bibliographic forms and study found that
"Journal Articles" are the most prevalent form of document used in references followed by
"Web Resources". Web Resources are recent in origin and gained much popularity than
Conference papers or Books. Surprisingly, Theses/Dissertations are very specific to research
but less used in writing the research papers might be due to restricted availability in the
public domain. The Journal Articles have been found as the most prevalent form of document
used in references of CALIBER conventions held during 2008-2015. The study found that
‘Electronic Library’, ‘Library Hi Tech News’, ‘Annals of Library and Information Studies’,
‘SRELS Journal of Information Management’, ‘DESIDOC Bulletin of Information
Technology’, ‘IASLIC Bulletin’ etc. are the core journals of the field.
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