CITATION ANALYSIS OF LIS PUBLICATION OUTPUTS IN THE WEB OF SCIENCE IN NIGERIA
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the Web of Science (WOS) database. To accomplish the research purpose, three research
questions were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive research survey design was adopted
while270 articles formed the population of the studyand alsoused as thesamplesize, mean
whileapurposivesampling techniquewasused with a checklist as instrument for data
collection.The study was limited to the use of SocialScience Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts
and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) all in WOS to analyze the citation of publication outputs
in LIS for Nigeria while publication counts and analysis were used to analyze data based on the
research questions. The results of the study indicated that, the highest citation index was 78
citations while the lowest was 1 citation.Meanwhile funding of LIS research was relatively
poor in Nigeria while the TETFUND was adjudged to be the major funding agency of LIS
researchin Nigeria. It was recommended that, increased funding of LIS research could improve
research productivity; also, alternative sources of funding should be encouraged to enhance the
efficiency of research among scholars.
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