Dissemination of Scholarly Information Among the Research Scholars Through Social Networks and Media in Madurai Kamaraj University and Manonmaniam Sun

This chapter tries to analyse the impact and use of social media among the research scholars in Madurai Kamaraj University and Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. The result of the study found that 66 (56.90%) were Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and the Residual respondents 50 (43.10%) were Madurai Kamaraj University. Thirty-three (66%) Madurai Kamaraj University were male, and 29 (43.94%) were male from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. Seventy-three (62.93%) come under the category of 26 to 35 years; 22 (18.97%) were in the category of up to 25 years. Thirty (25.86%) belong to the department of management/commerce; 14 (12.07%) were from the department of education/physical education. Seventy-eight (67.24%) were seeing Facebook, and 33 (28.45%) of the respondents used Twitter.

Impact and Usage of Social Media Among the Post Graduate Students of Arts in Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India

This chapter tries to analyse the impact and usage of social media among the postgraduate students of arts in Alagappa University, Karaikudi, under survey method for the study. The study identified the majority (69.79%) of the respondents under female category, and 72.92% of the respondents belong in the age group between 21 and 23 years. It is observed that 32.29% of the respondents use the social media, preferably YouTube. The plurality (48.96%) of the respondents use smartphone/mobiles compare to iPod, desktop, laptop, and others. 35.42% of the respondents' spent between 1 and 5 hours weekly using social media. Further, the study also observes the positive and negative aspects of using social media in postgraduate students of arts disciplines in the university.

Altmetric

The primary purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview, importance, and limitations of altmetric, an understudied yet increasingly important arena of study for scholars, academics, and professional researchers. Widespread use of social media tools in the discovery, dissemination, and discussion of research output, altmetric measurements are fast gaining popularity, and they supplement the traditional research metrics by tracking the number of social mentions of research articles. Altmetrics focuses on the publication itself, not the journal or publisher. Citations take time to build, but altmetrics shows current discussion and societal and economic engagement.

Research Pattern of the Altmetrics During 2014-2018

The chapter examines the global output on altmetrics research as indexed in Scopus database covering the period 2014 – 2017. The study reveals an increasing trend in the altmetrics research during the study period. Out of 524 global publications, the highest output contribution was found in the year 2018. The US was found to be the major contributor in this field of altmetrics, and journal articles were found to be the preferred source of publication. Social science discipline contributed the largest share of papers (320), followed by computer science, medicine, decision sciences, and mathematics. Scientometrics was the most productive journal in this field of altmetrics.

Altmetircs Research

The chapter describes Altmetrics use in public APIs across platforms to gather data with open scripts and algorithms. Altmetrics did not originally cover citation counts. It calculated scholar impact based on diverse online research output, such as social media, online news media, and online reference managers. It demonstrates both the impact and the detailed composition of the impact. Altmetrics are becoming widely used in academia by individuals (as evidence of influence for promotion and tenure and in applying for grants), institution libraries (for making collections management decisions and understanding the use of IR and digital library content), publishers (performance in specific subject areas), and other areas of research.

Altmetrics Research on the Global Output

The chapter describes the research publications on altmetrics research during 2012-2019. A total of 461 publications were brought out on this area over period of study. 25.81% of the publications were published in the year 2018. It is analyzed that information science and library science areas hold the majority 293 (63.55%) of the publications, and the University of Wolverhampton has contributed the highest number (40; 8.67%) of the publications in the field of altmetrics. The study found that lowest relative growth rate (RGR; 0.04) was found in 2008. 2010, 2012, and 2014 RGR rose up to 0.75 in 1990, and the average mean value of relative growth rate (RGR) is 0.15. The highest number of publications (293; 63.55%) accumulated from information science library science. This area has been ranked first among 25 research fields listed in the study.

Exponential and Research Quantity of the Publications on Forensic Medicine

The study analyses the research publications of forensic medicine growth that between 11 (0.26%) in 1989 and 447 (10.76%) in 2013. The largest output was found in 447 publications in 2013, followed by 420 (10.38%) in 2015. Value n in the field of forensic medicine is being analysed. It has a calculated exponential growth of n= 4.4320914; author data is presented in the analysis. The whole values of A for Indian output were measured 0.84. It is analysed that the world output in forensic medicine, the value of B, are also found to be increasing and decreasing trend during the study period.

Activity Index and Lotkas's Law Validation on Human DNA Research

The chapter analyzes the activity index and Lotka's law validation on human DNA research during 1989-2013. This present study uses Scopus database to find publications of ‘Human DNA'. The study showed that the lowest relative growth rate (RGR) was 0.04 in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. Similarly, the RGR rose to 0.75 in 1990, and the average mean value of RGR was 0.15. The total no. of authors was (an) = 82886 for 42 publications that each author contributed in the human DNA research. The authors reported that the percentage that authors predicted by Lotka's authors (F-P)2/P = 1526.66.

Internet Usage in India

The ERNET network was only made available to educational and research communities. ERNET was initiated by the Department of Electronics (DoE), with funding support from the Government of India and United Nations Development Program (UNDP), involving eight premier institutions as participating agencies—NCST Bombay; Indian Institute of Science; five Indian Institutes of Technology at Delhi, Mumbai, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Chennai; and the DoE in New Delhi. It is estimated that by 2017, internet users in India are most likely to be in a range of 450-465 million. The frequency of internet access among urban internet users in India is close to 51% or 137.19 million of internet users are using internet on a daily basis (at least once a day). On the other hand, 242 million or 90% of the urban internet user's use internet once a month. Analysis of ‘daily users' reveals that they are both in urban and rural India.

Outlook Change From Print to E-Resources

Electronic information resources in libraries have made remarkable changes in the users' perceptions towards print resources. A survey among 421 respondents in six state universities in Kerala reveals that the use of e-resources is considered as an advantage and it benefits the academic community. While analyzing the use of e-resources compared to the print resources, the statement 'E-resources affect the reading habit so it is not be encouraged' is rejected because it is not an advantage. All 12 hypotheses set for ‘benefits of electronic resources for accessing scholarly information' are accepted because all the regulatory constructs have significant influence on benefit of e-resources.