Sheikh Arslan, Siddique Nadeem, Qutab Saima, Khan Muhammad Ajmal, Mahmood Khalid
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.
J Librariansh Inf Sci. 2023 Mar;55(1):3-17. doi: 10.1177/09610006211053043. Epub 2021 Oct 21.
The COVID-19 epidemic has proved a nightmare for human beings living all across the globe. It has severely affected all segments of human life. Consequently, enormous research has been conducted to assess and counter this global pandemic. This study reports finding of a bibliometric analysis on COVID-19 related literature published in the Library and Information Science journals, to identify current research trends and to suggest future directions for further research. It reveals a substantial increase in LIS publications on COVID-19 in the year 2020. The findings of the study are presented in two sections: first, the research productivity analysis provides an overview of the prominent authors, sources, institutions, and countries that published about COVID-19 in the LIS field. The second section offers a co-word thematic analysis of the significant emerging themes that provide an insight into current challenges faced by libraries and suggest future trends for research and practice in post-COVID era. The study exposes 5 major research themes and 11 sub-themes.
事实证明，新冠疫情对于全球各地的人类来说犹如一场噩梦。它严重影响了人类生活的方方面面。因此，人们开展了大量研究来评估和应对这一全球大流行病。本研究报告了对图书馆与信息科学期刊上发表的与新冠疫情相关文献的文献计量分析结果，以确定当前的研究趋势，并为进一步研究提出未来方向。研究表明，2020年图书馆与信息科学领域关于新冠疫情的出版物大幅增加。该研究结果分为两个部分呈现：第一，研究生产力分析概述了在图书馆与信息科学领域发表有关新冠疫情文章的杰出作者、来源、机构和国家。第二部分对重要的新兴主题进行了共词主题分析，深入了解图书馆目前面临的挑战，并为新冠疫情后时代的研究和实践提出未来趋势。该研究揭示了5个主要研究主题和11个子主题。
