Prentation titled "S R Ranganathan’s Works in Citation Databases" was presented in the Seminar on Philosophy and Teachings of Dr. S R Ranganathan, on 18 February 2016, at NISCAIR, New Delhi, India.

1. Anup Kumar Das
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
http://anupkumardas.blogspot.in
S R Ranganathan’s Works in
Citation Databases
Seminar on Philosophy and Teachings of Dr. S R Ranganathan
On 18 February 2016, at NISCAIR, New Delhi

4. Top Twelve Publications of SRR
(based on GSC, as on 18th February 2016)
Title Cited by Year of Pub.
Prolegomena to Library Classification 785 1967
The Five Laws of Library Science 729 1931
Colon Classification 569 1969
Elements of Library Classification: 205 1945
(Based on Lectures Delivered at the University Of Bombay In December 1944)
Reference Service 101 1961
Philosophy of Library Classification 95 1989
Library Administration 78 1959
Documentation and Its Facets: 68 1963
(Being a Symposium of Seventy Papers by Thirty-two Authors)
Ramanujan, The Man and the Mathematician 64 1967
As Cinco Leis Da Biblioteconomia (Five Laws) 49 2009
Classification and Communication 47 1951
Library Book Selection 42 1966

5. Dr SR Ranganathan: Citation Indices

6. • GSC Label: Cataloging
• SRR’s Global Rank: 1

7. • GSC Label: Libraries
• SRR’s Global Rank: 6

8. • GSC Label: Library and
Information Science
• SRR’s Global Rank: 8

9. • GSC Label: Classification
• SRR’s Global Rank: 14

10. GoodReads.com | SR Ranganathan | Average Rating 4.04 | 105 ratings | 8 reviews | shelved 651 times
Ranking of Books Based on Popularity

11. GoodReads.com | SR Ranganathan | Average Rating 4.04 | 105 ratings | 8 reviews | shelved 651 times
Ranking of Books Based on Average Rating

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18. Conclusion and Recommendations
• Theories and practices of SR Ranganathan are still
taught in library schools and iSchools across the
world.
• Citations in LIS Textbooks are less visible in GSC,
Scopus and WoS.
• Many students are engaged in doing projects/
assignments on Ranganathan’s theories and
practices as part of their continuous evaluation
process.
• Many of these assignments are made available
online. But Indian students’ works are less visible.
– Encourage them to publish online.

19. Conclusion and Recommendations
• Encourage LIS students, researchers & practitioners to
write review of SRR’s books on platforms such as
GoodReads.com, Amazon.in, Amazon.com, Google
Books, etc..
• Promote Ranganathan’s works by publishing eBooks in
different digital formats, such as, ePub (specially for
visually impaired or low-vision students), textual PDF,
Mobi, etc.
• Low-cost Kindle eBooks can be made available to millions
of Kindle readers and smart phone users.
– Open Access dissemination may also be explored.

20. Acknowledgement: Thankful to my co-author Dr Sanjaya Mishra
http://anupkumardas.blogspot.in