Associate Professor

Bio-note

Dr Zahid Ashraf Wani is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kashmir. He has written 30+ research papers published in reputed international journals, 20+ book chapters and one book published by reputed publishing houses based in the northern hemisphere. He has presented papers in several national and international seminars and conferences. So far, he has bagged two best paper awards in international conferences [International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL2013) and International Conference on The Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (2014)]. Dr Wani also successfully completed the Major Research Project funded by the University Grants Commission (India) on the theme titled "Towards Designing an Information Portal for Arts and Crafts of Jammu and Kashmir".

 

 

Web portals and Resources 

https://zahidwani.blogspot.com/

https://lis-stream.blogspot.com/ 

Faculty Details

  • Citations 498
  • HIndex 11
  • i10 Index 14
  • Mobile 9596410521
  • Email zahid@kashmiruniversity.ac.in, zahidrais@gmail.com
  • Administrative position Held Coordinator DIQA, Nodal Officer DIQA
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Research Papers Published

  • "Open Courseware Repositories: An Analysis of Content Diversity and Visibility" World Digital Libraries: An International Journal, 7(1): 43 -56 {ISSN: 4634} Impact Factor=
  • "Digital Library of Kashmiri Willow Wicker Items: A Small Step towards Preservation of Culture" World Digital Libraries-An International Journal, 7(2): 95 -106 Impact Factor=
  • "Citation Analysis in Open Access World: A Case Study of Health Science Open Access Repositories" World Digital Libraries-An International Journal, 8(1): 30 -39 {ISSN: 0974-567X} Impact Factor=
  • "Retrieval efficiency of select search engines vis-à-vis diverse open courseware formats" The Electronic Library, 34(3): 457 -470 {ISSN: 0264-0473} Impact Factor=
  • "Impact of Kashmir floods on the libraries" Collection Building, 36(2): 69 -76 {ISSN: 0160-4953} Impact Factor=
  • "A review of eminence of scientometric indicators in scientific research productivity" COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management, 11(2): 1 -14 {ISSN: 2168-930X} Impact Factor=
  • "Contribution of developed countries towards MOOCs: an exploration and assessment from a representative platform Coursera" Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 15(2): 251 -262 {ISSN: 2414-6994} Impact Factor=
  • "Toll-based access vs pirate access: a webometric study of academic publishers" Digital Library Perspectives, 38(1): 33 -44 {ISSN: 2059-5816} Impact Factor=
  • "A study of Open Access research data repositories developed by BRICS countries" Digital Library Perspectives, 38(1): 45 -54 {ISSN: 2059-5816} Impact Factor=
  • "Exploring the Impact of Altmetrics in Relation to Citation Count and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)" Journal of Scientometric Research, 12(3): 603 -608 {ISSN: 2321-6654} Impact Factor= 0.8
  • "Citation pattern of open access and toll-based research articles in the field of biological and physical sciences: a comparative study" Online Information Review, 47(7): 1302 -1319 {ISSN: 1468-452 7} Impact Factor= 3.1

Books Published

  • "Disaster Management and Preparedness of Prominent Libraries in Kashmir". Pragun Publications. {ISBN: 978-93-80397-52-8} pp 12
  • "EVOLUTION AND PRACTICES OF SOCIAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (SIR) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TWITTER: A REVIEW". TERI. {ISBN: 978-81-7993-653-5} pp 477-486
  • "AN ALTMETRIC APPROACH TO ASSESS THE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY: USE OF RESEARCH GATE (RG)". TERI. {ISBN: 978-81-7993-653-5} pp 729-738
  • "Advancement and Application of Scientometric Indicators for Evaluation of Research Content In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology". IGI Global. {ISBN: 9781522522553} pp 08
  • "Web 2.0 From Evolution to Revolutionary Impact in Library and Information Centers In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology". IGI Global. {ISBN: 9781522522553} pp 10
  • "Online Information Retrieval Systems Trending from Evolutionary to Revolutionary Approach. In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology". IGI Global. {ISBN: 9781522522553} pp 13
  • "Scholarly Content and Its Evolution by Scientometric Indicators: Emerging Research and Opportunities". IGI Global, USA. {ISBN: 9781522559450} pp 201
  • "Research Data Access and Management in Modern Libraries/ Exploring the Concept of Open Access Journals: Its Types and Features with an Emphasis on Identification of Active OA Journals Indexed by Scopus Database". IGI Global, USA. {ISBN: 195} pp 174
  • "Ubiquitous Inclusive Learning in a Digital Era/MOOCs: The Indian Journey So Far". IGI Global, USA. {ISBN: 54} pp 29
  • "Handbook of Research on Technological Advances of Library and Information Science in Industry 5.0 / Exploring the Augmented Intelligence and Augmented Reality: Their Use and Future Applications in Libraries". IGI Global, USA. {ISBN: 9781668447550} pp 17