Deciphering the Status of Library and Information Science Research in BRICS Nations: A Research Visualization Approach

This paper aimed to evaluate the research trends in discipline of library and information science (LIS) originating from group nations known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). The Web Science core collection database (WoSCC) has been used extract published data during period 1989–2020. Furthermore, VoSviewer Bibliometrix R package software have employed for bibliometric analysis visualization. Results indicate that China highest number publications. There is a positive upward trend scientific publications citation patterns. Scientometrics most influential journal with Wuhan University productive institution. Fourie I (n = 233) attains first rank prolific author based on overall collaboration rate LIS among countries moderate. Deep learning, machine sentiment analysis, altmetrics, artificial intelligence are leading topics nations. study will be interest or helpful researchers professionals field who interested learning more about