Bibliometric Analysis of Published Research on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Library and Information Science of Asian Countries
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This research is a documentary research using bibliometric analysis. The study aims to 1) study the condition of research papers, researchers, research agencies, publication sources and countries conducting research on coronavirus disease 2019 in the library and information science of Asian countries and 2) study the content and development direction of research on coronavirus disease 2019 in the library and information science. The analyzed papers included documents and research articles from the Scopus database during 2020-2022. This study is divided into 2 parts including 1) examines general descriptions of the research, and 2) analyzes the contents of the existing literature to identify directions for developing future research on COVID-19 using analytical methods of bibliographical coupling and co-word analysis. The Bibliometrix, a statistical computing software, was used as a data analysis tool and presented the analysis results in tabular and graphical form. The findings show that this study found 101 research papers on coronavirus disease 2019 in the library and information science of Asian countries according to the Scopus database. The journal publishing article papers the most was the Library Philosophy and Practice journal. India was the country that published the highest number of article papers. Moreover, the Health Information and Libraries Journal achieved the highest score with an H-Index of 3. Pakistan had the most cited research. The content and research development directions of the study are focused on the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relating to the fields of library and information science in Asian countries. Specifically, it explores the connection between COVID-19 and online social media platforms, human interaction, digital libraries, and e-learning.
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