{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,15]],"date-time":"2025-05-15T15:47:06Z","timestamp":1747324026563,"version":"3.38.0"},"reference-count":46,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,16]],"date-time":"2023-03-16T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1678924800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Journal of Librarianship and Information Science"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,9]]},"abstract":"<jats:p> The current study aims to examine doctoral research works produced by Pakistani universities in the field of library and information science (LIS). The study provides an understanding of the perspective of PhD level research in Pakistan and aims to determine developmental patterns, popular focused areas, current trends, and the most productive universities. The content analysis method was used to conduct this study. A self-structured questionnaire was used for the collection of data. A total of five universities were selected for the collection of softcopies of theses for this study. The information was gathered from department heads at five LIS schools in Pakistan. MS-Excel was used to analyze and present the data in the form of tables and charts to achieve the study\u2019s objectives. The findings show that Pakistani LIS schools have produced a total of 62 PhD theses from 1981 to 2021. Steady development has been observed until 2010. However, the growth of LIS research has increased significantly during the last decade. The study has explored LIS research trends at the doctoral level and presents an agenda for future research to inspire potential LIS scholars. The findings are useful to improve research quality at the doctoral level for LIS scholars and faculty members of LIS schools in Pakistan and other developing countries. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/09610006231161331","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,17]],"date-time":"2023-03-17T05:14:06Z","timestamp":1679030046000},"page":"658-676","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Research trends in LIS: The case of doctoral research in Pakistan, 1981\u20132021"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"56","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5123-7652","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Zareef","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6480-9963","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Arif","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan"}]},{"given":"Munazza","family":"Jabeen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Allama Iqbal Open University (n.d) Department of Library and information Science. Available at: https:\/\/lis.aiou.edu.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PhD-LIS-Scheme-of-Study.pdf (accessed 10 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr2-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/978-1-4666-5158-6.ch011"},{"key":"bibr3-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acalib.2018.06.011"},{"key":"bibr4-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0020-7837(88)90012-X"},{"key":"bibr5-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Chakrabarti K, Mondal D, Maity A (2020) A trend analysis of the doctoral dissertations in LIS research in West Bengal, India during 1979-2018. Library Philosophy & Practice (e-journal) 4149. https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/libphilprac\/4149\/."},{"key":"bibr6-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lisr.2014.09.003"},{"key":"bibr7-09610006231161331","unstructured":"CiNii (n.d) Dissertations. Available at: https:\/\/ci.nii.ac.jp\/d\/?l=en (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr8-09610006231161331","unstructured":"cIRcle (n.d) University of British Columbia\u2019s Information Repository. Available at: https:\/\/circle.ubc.ca\/ (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr9-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11192-007-1803-z"},{"key":"bibr10-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-030-96957-8_6"},{"key":"bibr11-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Dutta A, Mandal S (2021) Trends and issues of doctoral research in library and information science: recent scenario in Indian perspective. Available at https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Sujata-Mandal\/publication\/348554545_Trends_and_issues_of_doctoral_research_in_library_and_information_science_recent_scenario_in_Indian_perspective\/links\/6003bb2da6fdccdcb85c3e49\/Trends-and-issues-of-doctoral-research-in-library-and-information-science-recent-scenario-in-Indian-perspective.pdf (accessed 30 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr12-09610006231161331","unstructured":"EThOS (n.d) E-thesis online service. Available at: https:\/\/ethos.bl.uk\/ProcessSearch.do (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"issue":"1","key":"bibr13-09610006231161331","first-page":"7","volume":"1","author":"Gholampour B","year":"2022","journal-title":"Informology"},{"key":"bibr14-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/00242530710750590"},{"issue":"3","key":"bibr15-09610006231161331","first-page":"37","volume":"50","author":"Hussain A","year":"2019","journal-title":"Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal"},{"key":"bibr16-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/NLW-11-2014-0132"},{"key":"bibr17-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10572317.2015.1113602"},{"key":"bibr18-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/INFOMAN.2019.8714693"},{"key":"bibr19-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.22452\/mjlis.vol22no2.5"},{"key":"bibr20-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00987913.2016.1139526"},{"issue":"1","key":"bibr21-09610006231161331","first-page":"25","volume":"2","author":"Jadab A","year":"2017","journal-title":"International Journal of Information Studies and Libraries"},{"key":"bibr22-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/JD-03-2021-0062"},{"key":"bibr23-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lisr.2020.101052"},{"key":"bibr24-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/AP-04-2012-0038"},{"key":"bibr25-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Kuhnen F (1978) The role of agricultural colleges in modern society \u2014 The university as an instrument in social and economic development. Available at: http:\/\/www.professor-frithjof-kuhnen.de\/publications\/agricultural-colleges\/2.htm (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr26-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/00242531011038596"},{"key":"bibr27-09610006231161331","unstructured":"NARCIS (n.d) National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System. Available at: https:\/\/www.narcis.nl\/ (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"volume-title":"Library and information science research in Pakistan: Bibliographic control, bibliometric analysis and issues","year":"2011","author":"Naseer MM","key":"bibr28-09610006231161331"},{"key":"bibr29-09610006231161331","first-page":"275","author":"Naseer MM","year":"2009","journal-title":"Library Philosophy & Practice"},{"key":"bibr30-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lisr.2019.100966"},{"key":"bibr31-09610006231161331","first-page":"160","volume":"649","author":"Samdani RA","year":"2011","journal-title":"Library Philosophy and Practice"},{"key":"bibr32-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1353\/pla.2017.0029"},{"key":"bibr33-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Shodhganga (n.d) A reservoir of Indian theses. Available at: https:\/\/shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in\/ (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr34-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3138\/jelis.57.2.131"},{"key":"bibr35-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/GKMC-06-2021-0103"},{"key":"bibr36-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0961000620921930"},{"key":"bibr37-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0961000620948573"},{"key":"bibr38-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/S1876-0562(2012)6"},{"key":"bibr39-09610006231161331","unstructured":"S-Space (n.d) SNU open repository and archive. Available at: http:\/\/s-space.snu.ac.kr\/ (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr40-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Theses (n.d) France. Available at: http:\/\/theses.fr (accessed 24 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr41-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Theses and Dissertations Database (n.d) China Doctoral\/Master Dissertation Database (CNKI). Available at: https:\/\/oversea.cnki.net\/kns?dbcode=CDFD (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr42-09610006231161331","unstructured":"The University of Auckland (n.d) Libraries and learning services. Available at: http:\/\/auckland.ac.nz (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr43-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Trove (n.d) Research & reports. Available at https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/search\/category\/research?keyword=information%20behavior&l-format=Thesis (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr44-09610006231161331","unstructured":"Universdiad (n.d) Complutense de Madrid. Available at: https:\/\/www.ucm.es\/ (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr45-09610006231161331","unstructured":"USpace (n.d) University of Utah Institutional Repository. Available at: http:\/\/uspace.utah.edu\/ (accessed 26 November 2021)."},{"key":"bibr46-09610006231161331","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3233\/EFI-211545"}],"container-title":["Journal of Librarianship and Information Science"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/09610006231161331","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/09610006231161331","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/09610006231161331","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,4]],"date-time":"2025-03-04T04:16:41Z","timestamp":1741061801000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/09610006231161331"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,16]]},"references-count":46,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,9]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/09610006231161331"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09610006231161331","relation":{},"ISSN":["0961-0006","1741-6477"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0961-0006"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1741-6477"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,16]]}}}