Topic and Trend Analysis of LIS Research Articles in the UGC-CARE Group I Accredited LIS Journals Using Voyant Tools

Abstract

This study aims to identify specific topics and trends of academic journals, based on 435 articles published for the limited period of 2021 to 2022 in the UGC-CARE Group I approved LIS journals through Voyant tools. Using this tool, topic modelling, term frequency analysis, trend analysis and keyword context analysis was conducted. The results found ten topics for research articles that were published in the various UGC-CARE listed Group I LIS journals in the limited period of the time. The analysis reveals that most of the research published in UGC-CARE Group I LIS, deals with the topics of diverse library applications and various case studies practices. The results also reveals that the most of the articles are written in the Indian context. It indicates that the researchers write their articles in the Indian prespective, is the most prevanlent in UGC-CARE listed Group I journals