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Ikram Ul Haq
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Medical Research Center, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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Zahida Anjum
College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International
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Haq, Ikram Ul; Anjum, Zahida; and Mahmood, Nosheen, "Library and Information Science Research at
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Library and Information Science Research at University of Karachi,
Pakistan from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
Ikram Ul Haq, 1, 3 Zahida Anjum, 2, 3 Nosheen Mahmood, 2,3
1. College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
2. College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
3. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
The study aimed to evaluate the bibliometric research of Library and Information Science (LIS)
research contributed by the authors affiliated with the University of Karachi (UoK), Pakistan.
The dataset was limited to 22 years from January 2000 to December 2021 and a list of evaluated
papers has been proved from various online and print sources. Google Scholar has been employed
to access the record of citation(s). Ninety-two papers were identified with at least one author
affiliated with the UoK on the subject category of LIS and these papers were cited 707 times.
Two-author collaboration was found to be the preferred authorship pattern and the papers written
in this pattern got a better citation result. A number of research articles' contributions have been
found that female authors are more than male authors. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Munira Nasreen
Ansari and Farhat Hussain emerged as the most prolific authors with 26, 25 and 15 papers,
respectively. The papers published in international journals got higher citations and about three-
fourth of the papers were published in the top 11 sources which in found from these research.
The subject dispersion revealed that LIS Education and Library Management were the favorite
areas. The characteristics of the ten most cited papers revealed that 60% citations were gained by
these papers. The findings of this paper support understanding the research trends in LIS at UoK.
There is a need to accelerate the research activities, revisit the research policies and promote the
research culture in the UoK.
Keywords; University of Karachi, Library and Information Science Research, Research Productivity,
Bibliometric
Introduction
Library and Information Science (LIS) is a significant element of the education system and plays an
important role in the Research & Development organization. The quality of LIS education has been
reflected by the excellence in library services being offered by the LIS professionals to their respective
communities and their research output (Haq 2021; Ameen 2013). The LIS research activities assist to
improve the standard of services, help to device new theories and expand the boundaries of existing
knowledge (Naseer & Mahmood 2009). Professional growth of LIS discipline in a specific institution can
be examined through the research produced by the faculty and students of that institution (Ahmad &
Warraich, 2013; Haq & Alfouzan 2019).
Although, the University of the Punjab has been one of the pioneer institutions to offer modern LIS
education in the Sub-Continent since 1915. Before this historic move, Maharaja Sayajrao III, Gaekwar
of Baroda State in British India, invited William Alanson Borden, an American librarian to train the
library staff in the Baroda Central Library at the Baroda State in 1910-1911 (Nagar 1983, p-15).
At the University of the Punjab, an American librarian, teacher and student of Melvil Dewey, Asa Don
Dickenson was given a task to re-organize the central library and train the local librarians in 1915.
Eventually, the first Library Science Certificate Course at the University level was started in Lahore,
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Dickenson wrote a textbook “Punjab Library Premier” and laid the foundation stone of modern LIS
research in the area, now geographically located in Pakistan. This course continued to produce trained
librarians till the partition of British India in 1947. After the creation of Pakistan, this course was
suspended for a few years as most of the Hindu librarians and teachers migrated to India and this course
was re-started in 1951 (Khurshid 1970; Anwar 1990; Haider & Mahmood 2007). The need for a
postgraduate diploma course in LIS was felt and the same was started at the University of Karachi (UoK)
in 1956. Later, Master’s degree program and Ph.D. in LIS were commenced at the UoK in 1962 and 1967,
respectively. Currently, thirteen Pakistani universities are offering post-graduate courses in LIS (Hussain
et al., 2018).
UoK is a premier public sector degree-awarding higher education institution and it is recognized as a
leading center of learning and research in Pakistan. It was established in 1951 and shifted to the present
campus in 1959. Its situated 12 Km away from the center of the city and spread over 1279 acres. The
teaching set-up of the university is comprised of six faculties, with 52 departments and 19 research
institutions/centers and imparting the state of the art education to more than 40,000 enrolled students. The
teaching faculty comprises more than 700 highly qualified and experienced teachers and more than 2,000
non-teaching staff available to support the educational affairs as well as the administrative matters. Other
than the main campus, 145 colleges/institutions with 150,000 students are affiliated with UoK. The
university is responsible to conduct examines, preparing their results and awarding degrees to the students
of these affiliated colleges/institutions (University of Karachi, 2022).
Abdul Moid, the librarian of UoK was sent to Michigan University, United States for higher studies in
Library Science, where he opted for Master’s level research study on the prospect of postgraduate library
education at the UoK. He obtained his degree in 1955, after that his efforts and the personal interest of
Dr. Mahmud Husain, then the Dean of Faculty of Arts, the postgraduate diploma course was started on
10th August 1956 and it was upgraded into a Master’s level degree in 1962 (Haider 1984; Sabzwari 2004;
Haider 2007; Hussain et al., 2018). Since then, the university is not only imparting quality education but
also producing valuable research.
The evaluation of research performance of faculty and researchers at an institutional level constitutes a
vital indicator of the academic brilliance and is frequently considered a source of institution reputation
(Allen 2010; Shehatta & Mahmood 2016; Tanveer & Karim 2019; Haq et al. 2020). The quantitative
method named bibliometric is used to measure the growth of publications and their attributes. It helps to
understand the substantial details of prevailing patterns of publication, research trends, citation impact,
collaboration and authorship designs (Glänzel 2008; Ullah & Ameen 2021). The findings of bibliometric
studies are imperative to revisit the research policies, allocation of funds, and strategic decision-making
process. In the contemporary competitive academic environment, the ranking of institutions, subject areas
and researchers have been calculated on the basis of their research productivity (Debackere & Glänzel
2004; Gaillard 1992).
The current study aims to examine the research progress in the area of LIS produced by the authors
affiliated with the UoK from 2000 to 2021.
Objectives
The paper contributed by the UOK on LIS from January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 2021 were acquired
to ascertain the answers to the following objectives.
1. To assess the periodic growth of papers and their citations.
2. To analyze the authorship pattern, identify the productive author and distribute the authors by
gender.
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3. To review the commonly used sources of publications (journals)
4. To highlight the preferred areas of LIS research
5. To examine the characteristics of top-10 highly cited papers.
Research Methodology
A bibliometric research method was applied to the scholarly publications produced by authors affiliated
with UoK, Pakistan. All the papers written in the English language on the subject category of LIS from
2000 to 2021 have been included in the analysis with at least one author affiliated to the UoK: Whereas,
papers written in Urdu language, unpublished research theses, unpublished conference papers, and papers
published in newspapers were excluded.
Targeted data was searched from various online databases, including Web of Science, Scopus, Google
Scholar, Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Research gate and browsed in
locally published journals. A bibliography of papers was prepared and arranged in chronological order as
attached in the Appendix. The citations’ record of papers was obtained from Google Scholar in the last
week of April 2022. Microsoft Excel was used for data analysis. Albeit, the authors of this study try to
get maximum results, despite that, some paper(s) may have been overlooked.
Literature Review
The term bibliometric was coined by Alan Pritchard and defined as the application of mathematics and
statistics to measure the quantitative and qualitative aspects of different media (Prichard 1969). The
bibliometric analysis measures the periodic growth of literature and subject dispersion of articles
published in different journals or one journal on the same area of knowledge (Patra & Chand 2006).
Several studies have been done that dealt with the bibliometric aspects of LIS literature in Pakistan. The
earliest work was done by Haider (1978) and he assessed the 275 theses submitted by LIS students of
UoK from 1967 to 1975. The topological distribution of theses showed that the maximum number of
theses (n=100; 36.36%) were written in the subject category of Bibliographies, Union Catalogues &
Indices, followed by the Survey of Resources (n=42; 15.27%) and Survey of Libraries (n=32; 11.63%).
The paper concluded that the LIS research in Pakistan had gone through an embryonic phase in spite of
that some Master’s level theses and research produced by the faculty laid the foundation of research.
Siddiqui and Hussain (2019) also analyzed the 105 theses submitted by MLIS students to UoK from 2000
to 2015. The survey of different libraries (31%) was the preferred area of theses followed by library
automation. The majority of the theses (59%) were written in the English language.
There was a scarcity of local LIS literature till the 1990s but after that, the scenario improved gradually.
Now the number of competent and motivated professionals contributing valuable research on the various
aspects of librarianship and information management-related areas (Ahmed & Warraich, 2013).
Mahmood (1996) examined 97 papers on Pakistan LIS services published in international journals from
1947 to 1995. These papers were contributed by 66 authors and the top-two most productive authors,
Syed Jalaluddin Haider and Anis Khurshid with 12 and 11 papers, respectively, belonging to the UoK.
Anwar and Saeed (1999) investigated the LIS research of Pakistan indexed in the LISA-PLUS database
and they identified 251 papers contributed by 71 authors. Anis Khurshid emerged as the most productive
author with 22 papers.
Anis Khurshid had been associated with UoK for a long time. He started his career as a classifier in the
main library of the University in 1954 and retired as a full professor from the department of LIS in 1986.
He contributed 182 items from 1957 to 2003 and the highest number of items (n=17) was published in
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1981. Three-fourth of his work was published in the English language while the other was published in
the national language of Pakistan, Urdu. The majority of his work (n=172; 94.51%) was published as a
single author. He is the only LIS professional, who was awarded the prestigious civil Award of the
country, The Pride of Performance Award in 1997 (Mahmood & Rehman 2010). Naseer (2015) studied
the author’s productivity in LIS literature of Pakistan from 1947 to 2008. He collected 4,934 items
contributed by 2,609 authors and Anis Khurshid appeared as the most prolific author with 88 items.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider also served in UoK and produced 96 items during the period of 41 years from
1968 to 2008. His papers were published in 36 journals and the highest number of papers (n=28) were
published in Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ) (Kousar & Mahmood 2010). The
ratio of his collaborative work (12.5%) has been higher than Anis Khurshid (5.49%).
Khan and Samdani (1997) measured the publication trends of 506 documents published in the Pakistan
Library Bulletin from 1968 to 1997. The highest number of papers were written in descriptive nature only
4.15% of papers followed the empirical research method. The distribution of papers based on gender
showed that 91% of the papers were contributed by the male authors and 76% of the material was
published in the English language. Academic Libraries and Librarianship and Information
Communication Technologies were the preferred areas of research.
Shadab (2009) evaluated the 557 documents published in PLISJ from 1968 to 2007. These documents
were contributed by 280 authors, 93% of documents were written by a solo author pattern and Nasim
Fatima emerged as the most prolific author and UoK as the most contributing institution with 37 and 114
documents, respectively. Another bibliometric study conducted by Naseer and Mahmood (2009) was
limited to 236 documents published in PLISJ from 1998 to 2007. About 40% of the papers were focused
on the subject area of Industry, profession and education followed by Libraries as physical collection
(18%). About 11.4% of the papers were written in collaborative efforts and 32.2% of the literature was
produced by female authors. The majority of the documents (61%) were of descriptive nature. The study
recommended that the detail information about the author should be provided so the readers could know
the background of the authors.
Ahmed and Warraich (2013) evaluated the patterns of LIS research produced by the authors belonging to
the Punjab province of Pakistan from 2007 to 2012. A total of 172 papers were found in the targeted
period and more than two-thirds of the papers (67%) were published in international sources. Two-author
pattern (n=91; 54%) was found the preferred collaboration pattern, while 51 papers were produced by a
single author pattern. The University of the Punjab contributed the highest number of papers (n=82;
47.67%), followed by the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (n=25; 14.53%) and the University of
Sargodha (n=16; 9.30%). The topical distribution of papers enclosed that Library Education was the main
subject area for researchers, then Information Computer Technology and Libraries and Information
Centers. The study concluded that formal LIS research education programs in Pakistan have an
affirmative influence on young researchers.
Naseer (2016) investigated the growth of LIS literature in Pakistan from 1947 to 2008. A total of 5,195
items were identified and about 30% of the literature was produced during 1985-1997. The major portion
of items was comprised of articles (39%), followed by theses (26%) and books (23%).
Haq and Alfouzan (2019) studied the 369 documents published in PLISJ from 2008 to 2017. The ratio of
English and Urdu documents was 67% and 33%, respectively. Fifty-eight percent of the documents were
written by a single author pattern while about 67% were contributed by the male authors. The highest
number of the documents (n=138) had been contributed by the authors belonging to the Karachi.
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Siddique et al. (2021) analyzed the LIS research in Pakistan indexed in the four databases (LISA, LISTA,
Web of Science and Scopus) from 1957 to 2018. A total of 1,305 papers were identified. The LIS faculty
affiliated with University of the Punjab contributed the highest number of papers (n=360; 27.58%),
followed by the UoK (n=171; 13.10%). The study also asserted that UoK was the most productive
institution in LIS research in Pakistan from 1957 to 2003 with 112 papers, followed by the University of
the Punjab with 40 papers but later their output had been reduced and the UoK produced only 25 papers
from 2010 to 2018, while in the same period, the University of the Punjab contributed 255 papers.
Patra and Chand (2006) explored the LIS research in India from 1967 to 2004. A total of 3,396 records
were retrieved from the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database. The fluctuation has
been observed in the growth of literature but the highest number of papers (n=208) was published in
1999. The majority of the research was done by a single author pattern and more than half of the papers
were published in top-12 journals. Rana (2011) examined 623 Ph.D. theses on LIS, awarded by the Indian
Universities from 1957 to 2009. Karnatak University produced the highest number (n=58) of Ph.D. in
LIS and a spectacular growth of degrees (43%) was observed from 2001 to 2009. Library Use and User
Studies (n=78; 12.50%) was the preferred area of research followed by University Libraries (n=51;
8.17%) and Public Libraries (n=39; 6.25%). School Libraries, Quality Management and Children
Literature were some of the least focused areas of research.
Results
Figure-1 shows that a total of 92 papers have been identified on the subject area of LIS from different
sources under the authorship affiliated with the UoK. These papers were published in the 22 years from
2000 to 2021 with an average of 4.18 papers per year. The highest number of papers (n=12) were
published in the year 2019, followed by eight papers each in the years 2006 and 2018. The year 2009 has
passed without any publication. All the identified papers were cited 707 times with an average of 7.68
cites/paper as per the Google Scholar database. About two-thirds (n=60; 65.21%) of the papers were cited
ranging from minimum one citation to maximum 109 citations and 34.79% of papers didn’t gain any
citation till the date of data collection. There are two peaks against 2010 and 2007 in the citation counts
line in Figure-1 showing that the papers published in these years got the highest number of citations.
Figure 1, Distribution of papers and citations by year
Table-1 describes the authorship pattern of papers, a two-author pattern was found most frequent,
followed by a single author (n=34) and a three-author pattern (n=16). Only four papers followed the more
than three authors’ collaboration pattern. The highest citation impact, 9.71 cites/paper was found against
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the two-authors pattern followed by 7.26 cites/paper gained by single author papers and 5.69 cites/papers
by the three-author pattern.
Table-1, Authorship Pattern with number of papers, citations and citation impact
Serial No.
Authorship Pattern
Total Papers
Total Citations
Citation Impact
1.
Single-author pattern
34
247
7.26
2.
Two-authors pattern
38
369
9.71
3.
Three-author pattern
16
91
5.69
4.
Four-author pattern
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A total of 174 authors including multiple counts contributed to 92 papers with a mean ratio of 1.89 authors
per paper. As a distinct name, a total of 52 authors were identified, a slightly more than two third (n=35;
67.30%) of the total authors contributed to a single paper each. Seventeen authors produced more than
one paper as shown in Table-2. Syed Jalaluddin Haider was found the most productive author followed
by Munira Nasreen Ansari, Farhat Hussain, Muhammad Waseem Zia and Rafat Parveen Siddiqui. These
top-five authors contributed more than ten papers each and all belong to UoK. Khalid Mahmood and
Kanwal Ameen affiliated with the University of the Punjab served as co-authors with Syed Jalaluddin
Haider. As far as the citation impact is concerned, two papers produced by Kanwal Ameen with Syed
Jalaluddin Haider got the highest citation impact followed by the two papers of Nisar Ahmed Zuberi of
Department of Mass Communication, UoK with Munira Nasreen Ansari.
Table-2, Productive authors, their number of papers, citations and citations impact
Serial No.
Name of Researcher
Total Papers
Total Citation
Citation Impact
1.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider
26
360
13.85
2.
Munira Nasreen Ansari
25
258
10.32
3.
Farhat Hussain
15
5
0.33
4.
Muhammad Waseem Zia
13
55
4.23
5.
Rafat Parveen Siddiqui
11
2
0.18
6.
Khalid Mahmood
9
79
8.78
7.
Naveed-e-Sehar
9
31
3.44
8.
Abdul Hameed
7
73
10.43
9.
Nasim Fatima
4
2
0.50
10.
Ghulam Mustafa
3
15
5.00
11.
Humaira Tariq
3
0
0.00
12.
S. M. Aqil Burney
3
0
0.00
13.
Attya Shahid
2
16
8.00
14.
Hira Ashfaq
2
4
2.00
15.
Kanwal Ameen
2
62
31.00
16.
Nisar Ahmed Zuberi
2
49
24.50
17.
Rabia Aslam
2
10
5.00
The analysis of authors by gender illustrates that out of the total 52 authors, 37 (71%) were female and
15 (29%) were male but male authors contributed to 69 (75%) papers while female authors contributed
to 66 (71%) papers.
All the selected papers have been published in 33 different journals and the highest number of papers
(n=27; 29.34%) were published in Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal, followed by
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Library Philosophy and Practice (n=19) and Journal of History and Social Sciences (n=6). There were
22 journals with a single paper each while 11 journals published two or more than two papers. Forty-nine
papers (53%) were published in 25 international journals and these papers gained 617 citations (12.59
cites/paper) while 43 papers (47%) were published in eight locally published journals and these papers
were cited 90 times (2.09 cites/paper). Table-3 shows the detail of 11 journals that published more than
one paper each with citations-count and the origin of publication. Seventy-five percent (n=70) of the
papers were published in these journals and these papers gained 64% (n=456) of the total citations.
Table-3, Frequently used publication sources with number of papers, citations and origin
Serial
No.
Name of Journal
Total
Papers
Total
Citations
Origin
1.
Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal
27
68
Local
2.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
19
163
Foreign
3.
Journal of History and Social Sciences
6
2
Local-UoK
4.
Chinese Librarianship: an International Electronic
Journal
3
57
Foreign
5.
Pakistan Journal of Library & Information Science
3
17
Local
6.
International Journal of Advanced Research
2
0
Foreign
7.
Journal of Mass Communication Department
2
0
Local-UoK
8.
Library Review
2
62
Foreign
9.
Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science
2
46
Foreign
10.
The Bottom Line
2
41
Foreign
11.
The Islamic Culture “As-Saqafat-ul Islamia” -
Research Journal-Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre,
University of Karachi
2
0
Local-UoK
Table-4, Most Preferred Areas of LIS Research
Serial
No.
Subjects
Total
Papers
Total
Citations
Citation
Impact
1.
LIS Education
12
33
2.75
2.
Library Management (Human Resource
Management and Job related papers)
10
84
8.40
3.
Information Seeking Behaviour
8
66
8.25
4.
Library Finances
7
66
9.43
5.
Reading Habit
6
16
2.67
6.
Library Automation (n=5), Information
Communication Technologies (n=3) & Electronic
Resources (n=1)
9
159
17.67
7.
School Libraries
5
27
5.40
8.
User Studies
4
36
9.00
9.
Collection Development
3
62
20.67
10.
Resource Sharing
3
35
11.67
The of subject dispersion of papers shows that papers have been written on multiple areas of LIS. LIS
Education was found the most preferred subject area with 12 papers followed by Library Management
and Information Seeking Behaviour with 10 and 8 papers, respectively. The papers written on Collection
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Development got the maximum number of citations followed by Library Automation and Resource
Sharing. The lowest number of papers were written on LIS Research, Public Libraries, Knowledge
Management, and Big Data.
The analysis of top-10 highly cited papers shows that 60% (n=427) of the total citations were gained by
these papers. These papers were published between the years from 2007 to 2014 and six papers were
contributed by Syed Jalaluddin Haider, followed by Munira Nasreen Ansari with three papers. All highly
cited papers were published in international journals and six papers were the result of research
collaboration while four papers were written by a single author pattern. The detail of papers with citations
has been given in Table-5.
Table-5, Detail of Top-10 Highly Cited Papers
Serial
No.
Description of papers
Citations
1.
Munira Nasreen Ansari, Bushra Adeeb Zuberi. (2010). Use of Electronic
Resources among Academics at the University of Karachi. Library Philosophy
and Practice (e-journal), 385.
109
2.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Khalid Mahmood. (2007). MPhil and PhD library and
information science research in Pakistan: An evaluation. Library Review, 56(5),
407-417.
49
3.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2004). Perception on … coping with change: issues
facing university libraries in Pakistan. The Journal of Academic Librarianship,
30(3), 229-236.
45
4.
Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2013). ICT skills proficiency of library professionals:
A case study of universities in Karachi, Pakistan. Chinese Librarianship: an
International Electronic Journal, 36, 72-84.
44
5.
Munira Nasreen Ansari, Nisar Ahmed Zuberi. (2010) Information seeking
behaviour of media professionals in Karachi. Malaysian Journal of Library &
Information Science, 15(2),71-84.
40
6.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Kanwal Ameen. (2007). Book Selection Strategies in
University Libraries of Pakistan: an analysis. Library Collection, Acquisition,
and Technical Services, 31(3-4): 208-219.
38
7.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2003). Not financial issues alone: moving towards
better resource sharing in Pakistan. The Bottom Line, 16(2), 55-64.
35
8.
Hira Tariq, Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2014). Use of electronic information
resources by the students of faculty of science, university of Karachi.
International Journal of Digital Library Services, 4(3), 80-91.
26
9.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Kanwal Ameen. (2007). Evolving paradigm and
challenges of collection management (CM) in university libraries of Pakistan.
Collection Building, 26(2), 54-58.
24
10.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2007). The library scenario and management problems
in Pakistan libraries. Library Leadership & Management, 21(4), 172-177.
17
Discussion
The first-ever postgraduate diploma course in LIS was started in Pakistan at UoK, similarly, this
university is a pioneer in commencing a Master’s degree course and a doctorate program in LIS. A paper
examining the research productivity of Pakistan from 1981 to 2015 as reflected in the Web of Science
database revealed that UoK emerged as 2nd most productive research-producing institution after Quaid-
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e-Azam University (Iqbal et al. 2018). Another study indicated that UoK appeared as the most productive
organization in LIS research from 1957 to 2013. (Siddique et al., 2021).
In the present study, out of total of 92 LIS papers produced by UOK from 2000 to 2021, 34 papers were
published in the first nine years from 2000 to 2008 and the majority of papers (n=26) were contributed
by Syed Jalaluddin Haider. He produced eleven papers with his two Ph.D. students Khalid Mahmood
(n=9) and Kanwal Ameen (n=2) and wrote 15 papers as a single author. Kousar and Mahmood (2010)
stated that 87.5% of the total work of Syed Jalaluddin Haider was single-authored. The other study stated
that 94.5% of Anis Khurshid’s work was also published as a single author (Mahmood & Rehman, 2010).
Both these authors contributed significant LIS literature but due to the discontinuation of the formal LIS
research program in UoK, they failed to develop a team of researchers.
We divided the collected papers into two phases, UoK showed improvement in the second phase from
2011 to 2021 (n=54; 59%) as compared to the first phase from 2000 to 2010 (n=38; 41%), but the papers
published in the first phase got 76% (n=538) of the citations while the work published in the second phase
acquired 24% (n=171) of citations. Slightly more than half of the citations (n=360; 50.91%) were gained
by the work produced by Syed Jalaluddin Haider. Ahmed and Warraich (2013) pointed out that the
University of the Punjab produced 82 papers on LIS from 2007 to 2012 and another study (Siddiqui et
al., 2021) revealed that this university produced 320 papers on LIS from 2004 to 2018. The extraordinary
research performance of the University of the Punjab was due to the commencement of the formal LIS
research education program and the serious commitment and able guidance of the LIS faculty to promote
research culture in the University.
It is encouraging to state that the scrutiny of authors by gender demonstrates that out of the total 52
distinct authors, the proportion of female authors (71%) has been found higher as compared to male
authors (29%). These findings are in line with Khan and Hussain (2022) study that dealt with the research
productivity of the LIS faculty of Pakistan as principal authors. The study exposed that during the period
of 2016 to 2021, female authors contributed 44.44% of papers while the male authors shared 41.03% of
papers.
It is encouraging that 63% of the UoK’s papers were the result of research collaboration. The ratio of
single-author papers has been significantly reduced from 63% in the first phase (2000 to 2010) to 18.51%
in the second phase (2011-2021).
The assessment of publications sources exposed that 50% of the papers were published in two journals
PLISJ and Library Philosophy and Practice. The papers published in international journals received a
much higher ratio of citation as compared to local journals. The topological distribution of papers showed
that LIS Education has been the favorite area of research but the other areas Collection Development,
Library Automation and Resource Sharing got a better ratio of citations. The 10 highly cited papers got
60% of the citations and all these papers were published in international journals and nine papers were
contributed by two authors, Syed Jalaluddin Haider (n=6) and Munira Nasreen Ansari (n=3).
There is a need to extend the research collaboration with the library practitioners and faculty of UoK. The
findings of the study also showed that there is a lack of research collaboration with the other LIS
department of Pakistan except for the work of Syed Jalaluddin Haider. Research collaboration with
authors of developed countries can help to improve the standard of LIS research in the university. LIS
faculty can collaborate on interdisciplinary topics with the faculty of other social sciences departments to
extend the boundaries of knowledge. Siddiqui and Hussain (2019) revealed that out of 105 theses
produced by MLIS students of UoK, 59% were written in the Urdu language. It is suggested that theses
should be written in the English language and the supervisor should encourage and guide the student to
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produce at least one quality paper from the thesis. Special sessions for the proficiency of academic
English writing should be arranged for the LIS students/scholars.
The study is limited to the papers available online sources and published in local printed sources. There
is a chance that some paper(s) has/have been missed. The self-citation of authors and journals has not
been checked as it was not part of our research domain.
Conclusion
This study quantifies the growth and trends of LIS produced by the authors of UoK from 2000 to 2021.
The findings of this paper support understanding the research trends and serves as a tool to strengthen the
research activities. Research collaboration with other LIS departments can elevate productivity.
Although, a positive development is shown in the second phase (2011-2021) but even then there is a dire
need to accelerate the research activities, revisit the research policies and promote the research culture in
the UoK.
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Appendix
List of papers
2021
1. Farhat Hussain, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2021). Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses of BLIS
(Bachelor in Library & Information Science) Program: in the perspective of curricula offered in
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2. Sadaf Shahid, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui. (2021). Big Data Analytics in Public Sector University
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3. Naila Siddiqua, Hafsa Ansari, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2021). Changing Role of Librarian in
Knowledge Management: A Survey of Public Sector Universities. Library Philosophy and
Practice (e-journal), 6291.
4. Humera IIhaq, Khushbakit Tousif. (2021). Information seeking behavior of undergraduate
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5621.
2020
1. Attya Shahid, Naveed Sehar. (2020). Implementation of UHF-RFID Technology in an Academic
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2. Fouzia Rehmat, Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2020). Use of Mobile Phones for Information Seeking
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3. Hira Ashfaq, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2020). Experience of Online Reading. Library Philosophy
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4. Rashid Ali, Muhammad Sameem Kardar, Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2020). Use of WhatsApp
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5. Sadia Ishtiaq, Naveed Sehar, Attya Shahid. (2020). Information Dissemination during Covid-19
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2019
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2. Malahat Kaleem Sherwani, Ammarah Siddique, Aamna Shamim, Naveed e Sehar. (2019).
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3. Mariym Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2019). Reading Habits of Blinds and
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4. Muhammad Waseem Zia, Faiz Ahmed. (2019). Possible uses of web 3.0 in websites of Libraries
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5. Muhammad Waseem Zia, Syeda Shireen Zahra. (2019). Academic use of smart phones for social
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7. Naveed-e-Sahar, Mahnoor Khan. (2019). Innovation and Development of Information
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2018
1. Farhat Hussain, Munira Nasreen Ansari, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui. (2018). Educating library and
information science professionals to cater to the modern needs: A Pakistani perspective. Journal
of History and Social Sciences, 9(2), 23-44.
2. Farhat Hussain, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2018). Content Analysis of Library & Information
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1-32.
3. Farhat Hussain, Rafat Perveen Siddiqui. (2018). Organization of Islamic Literature in
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14.
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8. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2018). Online searching behavior of students: A case study of Dept of
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2017
1. Farhat Hussain, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2017). Professionals’ satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
with LIS Curricula in Pakistan. Journal of History and Social Sciences, 8(2), 81-108.
2. Farhat Hussain. (2017). Evolution of BLIS Curriculum-An experience at University of Karachi.
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3. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2017). Perception about the Internet among O-level’s Students. Library
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2016
1. Farhat Hussain, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui. (2016). Job Market and competencies required for
professional librarians in Pakistan. Journal of Mass Communication Department, 14, 37-55.
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2. Rafat Perveen Siddiqui, Farhat Hussain, Sana Rahim, Nazeeha Asfreen. (2016). Reading Habits
and Attitude among the Seminar Librarians of University of Karachi. Journal of History and
Social Sciences, 7(2), 43-60.
3. Rafat Perveen Siddiqui, Farhat Hussain. (2016). Bibliographical sources for Periodicals and
Newspapers of Pakistan. Journal of Mass Communication Department, 15, 149-160.
2015
1. Farhat Hussain, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui, Nida Farooq. (2015). Psychological Effects of Library
Environment on Library Users: A Selected Study of Karachi’s Higher Educational
Institutions. Journal of History and Social Sciences, 6(1), 35-56.
2. Farhat Hussain, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui, Sameena Farheen. (2015). Collection of Serial
Publications in Selected Public Libraries of Karachi: A Descriptive Study. Journal of History
and Social Sciences, 6(2), 39-60.
3. Farhat Hussain, Rafat Parveen Siddiqui. (2015). Library Education at BS Level in Pakistan: An
Experience at Karachi University. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 46(4), 55-
63.
2014
1. Hira Tariq, Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2014). Use of electronic information resources by the
students of faculty of science, university of Karachi. International Journal of Digital Library
Services, 4(3), 80-91.
2013
1. Ghulam Mustafa, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2013). Skills Requirement for Library Professionals
in Pakistan. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 44(2), 17-24.
2. Muhammad Waseem Zia, Naima Ashfaq. (2013). Comparative Study of Children’s Usage of
Media and Printed Material in Schools of Karachi. Pakistan Library & Information Science
Journal, 44(1), 13-23.
3. Muhammad Waseem Zia, Naima Samreen. (2013). Reading Habits of Faculty members of
Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education (DIHE). Pakistan Library & Information Science
Journal, 44(3), 16-20.
4. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2013). ICT skills proficiency of library professionals: A case study of
universities in Karachi, Pakistan. Chinese Librarianship: an International Electronic
Journal, 36, 72-84.
5. Nargis Fatima. (2013). Effective Access of Scholarship. Interdisciplinary Journal of
Contemporary Research in Business, 5(1), 270-276.
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2012
1. Abeer Inamullah, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2012). Internet Browsing Habit of School Children:
A Comparison of Metric and Cambridge School Children. Pakistan Library & Information
Science Journal, 43(2), 3-10.
2. Ghulam Mustafa, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2012). Educational Qualification Requirement of
Library Professionals in Pakistan. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 43(4), 3-11.
3. Ghulam Mustafa, Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2012). Job Openings for Library Professionals in
Pakistan: a Content Analysis. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 778.
4. Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2012). Seminar Libraries at Faculty of Arts, University of Karachi:
Students Satisfaction and Perception. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 43(3),
39-45.
5. Munira Nasreen Ansari, Nisar Ahmed Zuberi. (2012). Information needs of media practitioners
in Karachi, Pakistan. Chinese librarianship: an international electronic journal, 33, 1-11.
6. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2012). Trends of library professionals’ job market in Pakistan from
1991 to 2011. Chinese Librarianship: an international electronic journal, 34, 76-89.
2011
1. Muhammad Waseem Zia, Farhat Fatima. (2011). Digital library services for visually impaired
students: A study of the University of Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Information Management
and Libraries, 12, 1-6.
2. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2011). Information Requirements of Pakistani Media Practitioners: A
Comparative Study. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 597.
3. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2011). Information Seeking Behavior of Policy Maker, Policy Executor
and Worker Media Practitioners of Pakistan. Pakistan Library & Information Science
Journal, 42(1), 12-20.
4. Nasim Fatima. (2011). Dr. Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch: A Veteran Scholar and Book Collector of
Sindh. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 42(4), 3-16. (Sindh Archives, Karachi)
2010
1. Munira Nasreen Ansari, Nisar Ahmed Zuberi. (2010) Information seeking behaviour of media
professionals in Karachi. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 15(2),71-84.
2. Munira Nasreen Ansari, Bushra Adeeb Zuberi. (2010). Use of Electronic Resources among
Academics at the University of Karachi. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 385.
3. Munira Nasreen Ansari, Muhammad Waseem Zia. (2010). Automation of school libraries in
Karachi. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 41(1), 9-22.
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4. Zareen Ilyas. (2010). Women Librarian’s Contribution in Development of Pakistan
Librarianship. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 41(1), 32-40.
5. Nasim Fatima. (2010). Prof. Sharif Al-Mujahid’s Collection: A Review. Pakistan Library &
Information Science Journal, 41(4), 3-9.
2009
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2008
1. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2008). Information Seeking Behavior Models: A Review. Pakistan
Library & Information Science Journal, 39(4), 3-16.
2. Shamshad Ahmed. (2008). Sindh Archives of Pakistan: A Review. Pakistan Library &
Information Science Journal, 39(3), 22-36. (Ph.D. Student – Dept of LIS, KU)
3. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2008). Fate of school libraries. Pakistan Library and Information
Science Journal, 39(3), 2-5.
4. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2008). First conference of Pakistan Library Association (PLA) an event
of great significance. Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal, 39(1), 2-10.
2007
1. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2007). Librarian as Cybrarian. Pakistan Library & Information Science
Journal, 41(1), 9-22.
2. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Kanwal Ameen. (2007). Book Selection Strategies in University
Libraries of Pakistan: an analysis. Library Collection, Acquisition, and Technical Services, 31(3-
4): 208-219.
3. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Kanwal Ameen. (2007). Evolving paradigm and challenges of collection
management (CM) in university libraries of Pakistan. Collection Building, 26(2), 54-58.
4. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2007). Teaching of Reference Service in Pakistan. Reference Librarian,
48(1): 81-93.
5. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Khalid Mahmood. (2007). MPhil and PhD library and information
science research in Pakistan: An evaluation. Library Review, 56(5), 407-417.
6. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2007). The library scenario and management problems in Pakistan
libraries. Library Leadership & Management, 21(4), 172-177.
7. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2007). Pioneers of library movement in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of
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8. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2007). Education for collection management in Pakistan. Collection
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2006
1. Munira Nasreen Ansari. (2006). Digital libraries: Concept and realities. Pakistan Library &
Information Science Journal, 37(1), 3-12.
2. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2006). Fifty Years of Library & Information Science Department,
University of Karachi: past, present and future. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal,
37(4), 3-12.
3. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Khalid Mahmood, Abdul Hameed. (2006). Funding Dilemma in
Pakistani Libraries: causes, effects, responses. Pakistan Journal of Library and Information
Science, 7, 33-56.
4. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2006). Teaching of Cataloging and Classification in Pakistan.
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 43(1), 53-65.
5. Khalid Mahmood, Abdul Hameed, Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2006). Libraries in Pakistan: A
systemic study. Library Review, 55(1), 20-34.
6. Khalid Mahmood, Abdul Hameed, Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2006). How Library Leaders
Perceive About Funding Dilemma in Pakistani Libraries. Pakistan Library & Information
Science Journal, 37(2), 4-13.
7. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Khalid Mahmood. (2006). Post-Master LIS Education at Punjab
University (Lahore). Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 37(3), 3-8.
2005
1. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2005). Archives in Pakistan. Journal of Archival Organization, 2(4),
29-52.
2. Syed Jalaluddin Haider. (2005). Free vs. fee based library services: survey of library leaders in
Pakistan. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 10(2), 105-115.
3. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Khalid Mahmood, Abdul Hameed. (2005). Fundraising in Pakistani
Libraries: perceptions of library leaders. The International Information & Library Review, 37(2),
117-125.
4. Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Abdul Hameed, Khalid Mahmood. (2005). Potential for Fee-based
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2002
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2001
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2000
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