ABHIJIT ROY

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Library and Information science
Central University of Tamil Nadu

ABHIJIT ROY


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Abhijit Roy is a senior research scholar in the Department of Library and Information Science. He completed his MPhil at the University of Kalyani and is currently pursuing a PhD at the Central University of Tamil Nadu. His research interests encompass open access publishing, research data management, and data carpentry. Abhijit has published research papers in reputed national and international journals and actively participates in academic discourse by presenting papers at conferences on both national and international platforms.

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Library and Information Sciences
6

Scopus Publications

49

Scholar Citations

5

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1

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Scopus Publications

  • Mapping the open access publications of Indian non-profit organizations over the last 20 years based on OpenAlex insights
    Rima Hazarika, Abhijit Roy, K.G. Sudhier
    Global Knowledge Memory and Communication, 2026
    Purpose This paper aims to present a comprehensive overview of open-access publications by Indian non-profit organizations over the past two decades. The study explores the growth, licensing patterns, citations, authorship patterns and other parameters to understand the scholarly output. Design/methodology/approach The study involves data collection from OpenAlex scholarly catalog. Data analysis uses OpenRefine, a data carpentry tool, to examine and extract various aspects of scholarly output. A total of 89,149 scholarly outputs from 2004 to 2023 were analyzed using statistical and bibliometric methods. Findings The findings revealed a positive publication growth trend, with 57.74% open access. Gold OA dominates, with 69.61% of papers in 2023. Licensing patterns reveal that 63.75% of OA papers have licenses. Most papers have multiple authors, with 24.83% of over ten authors receiving 60.12% of citations. “Medknow” is the leading publisher, and “The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology” tops journals. Contributions from repositories like SSRN and PubMed are significant. The study also examines citation patterns across different OA types and identifies the top 30 research areas, emphasizing “Medicine” as the most prevalent. Practical implications The identified trends and patterns offer valuable insights for policymakers, researchers and organizations to enhance accessibility and impact. This study stresses sustained efforts for transparency and democratization of knowledge in the non-profit sector. Originality/value This study filled a gap in existing research by focusing on Indian non-profits, highlighting their roles and impacts often overlooked in scholarly literature. This study provides insights into the growth of open-access publications and their implications in the non-profit sector.
  • Is LIS Education Future-Ready? A 56-Year Analysis of Emerging Topics and Research Trajectories
    Komal Sahu, Abhijit Roy, Anila Sulochana, Akhandanand Shukla
    Annals of Library and Information Studies, 2025
    The LIS Education programs have seen significant changes over the last fifty-six years, which have impacted the LIS curriculum in several ways. The study aims to evaluate the evolving research trend and the growth of literature in LIS education and curriculum. Data were collected from the Scopus Database and processed using OpenRefine, VOSviewer, and SCImago Graphica. This study employed the bibliometric and topic modeling approach using the OpenAlex REST API service. The study involved 1296 bibliographic data on LIS education and curriculum, covering the period from 1968-2024. The findings, focusing on research productivity analysis, provide an overview of the most productive publishing channels, publishers, and country collaboration. In addition, it also offers an in-depth keyword analysis to identify emerging topics and includes topic modeling approach. The keywords analysis shows that a new topic, such as Web 2.0, Digital Curation, Research Data Management, etc., was brought to study every year. The emerging primary topics, such as “Information Literacy in Higher Education” and “Social Inclusion in Library Services for Newcomers,” etc. indicate the shifting research priorities and areas of growing interest in LIS. As a result, it is necessary to modify the LIS curriculum to reflect these current trends in LIS Education.
  • OPEN ACCESS FOOTPRINT OF ICAR-DEEMED AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES: A GLOBAL MAPPING THROUGH OPENALEX
    Journal of Indian Library Association, 2025
  • Exploring Open Access Trends in State Agricultural Universities of India: Insights from OpenAlex
    Abhijit Roy, Akhandanand Shukla, Aditya Tripathi
    Annals of Library and Information Studies, 2025
    The study examines the Open Access (OA) landscape of Indian state agricultural universities, focusing on OA growth, leading institutions, prolific authors, preferred sources, funding, article processing charge (APC) usage, and trending topics. It aims to identify research gaps, guide future studies, and support policymakers in developing effective OA policies. The research utilized the OpenAlex database to collect global OA publications from Indian state agricultural universities over the past ten years (2014-2023). Using the Research Organization Registry ID (ROR ID), 97,536 publications were extracted. Data analysis was performed with OpenRefine, and ArcGIS 10.8 was used for visualization. The global OA research output from state agricultural universities amounted to 65,889 publications across five OA categories. Notably, 78.34% of OA publications were published in 864 domestic journals. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University produced the most publications in Gold OA, followed by Diamond OA, Hybrid OA, and Bronze OA, while Punjab Agricultural University excelled in Green OA and received the highest funding, incurring the most APCs. Collaborative research focusing on agricultural policies, rice water management, soil fertility, and crop productivity had a greater impact. This study is the first effort to evaluate the global OA research output of Indian state agricultural universities. The findings offer institutions, state governments, and funding agencies the opportunity to prioritize open-access publishing to promote sustainable agricultural research.
  • Global perspectives on retracted papers in artificial intelligence and machine learning: a bibliometric study
    Sushree Namita Nag, Abhijit Roy, K.G. Sudhier
    Global Knowledge Memory and Communication, 2025
    Purpose This study aims to provide a complete overview of the rate of retraction in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, including major reasons for retraction, journal analysis, author analysis, citation pattern in retraction and keyword analysis. Design/methodology/approach This research collected 3,456 AI and machine learning retraction publications from the Lens.org database covering the period of 1974–2024. Retraction status and reasons were cross-checked with OpenAlex, Crossref and Retraction Watch. Data fetching was performed using OpenRefine through REST API calls, whereas data visualization was done using VosViewer, Scimago Graphica and MS Excel. Findings This study found a 0.05% retraction rate, with 71.7% published in OA. The papers often continue to be cited, with top-cited papers receiving up to eight times more citations in post-retraction. Retractions were mainly due to error and concern (60.50%), falsification and manipulation (23.21%) and ethical issues (7.09%). Most retracted papers appeared in Scopus-indexed Q1 journals, primarily from Hindawi Limited publisher. China, India, the USA, the UK and Iran had the highest retraction rate, with top authors and institutions frequently affiliated with China. Notably, 32.72% of retracted papers consist of double-authored. Research limitations/implications This study was limited to investigating the rate of retraction articles in the domain of AI and machine learning indexed in Lens.org. Originality/value There were several retraction studies in different disciplines, but no study explores retraction in the domain of AI and machine learning. To bridge the research gap, this study provides a comprehensive overview of retraction in the field of AI and machine learning.
  • Measuring the open access friendliness of the state universities in India through data carpentry
    Annals of Library and Information Studies, 2022
    The present research aims to investigate the open access (OA) friendliness of the twenty-six (26) state universities that have been ranked in the National Institutional Ranking Framework’s (2021) ‘Overall Category’ (Rank Band 1: Top 100). The open-access ranking framework, as designed, is based on four major OA areas: i) proportion of OA publications by a given state university; ii) use of a license in sharing OA publications; iii) citations received by OA publications; and iv) popularity of OA publications in socio-academic web-space as indicated by altmetric attention scores.Ten years(2012–2021) primary publication data for the 26 state universities from Scopus was collected. We analyzed a total of 1,57,971 publications; 1,60,723 citations received by these publications; and altmetric attention scores received by 26,996 publications from these 26 state universities listed in the NIRF 2021 overall category. It applies an open-source data wrangling tool (OpenRefine) and a number of ODbL-based (Open Database License) data sources to gather the necessary data elements required for this large-scale study. The study finds that almost 98% of the state universities enlisted in the top 100 overall category passed the 50 marks on a 100-point scale, and the newly established state universities’ open access friendliness is greater than the older ones. The final open access friendliness ranking places King Georges Medical University at the top, with leading scores in areas I (share of OA publications) and III (OA citation share), while Panjab University has the highest value in Area II (use of license in OA publications) and Delhi Technological University has the highest value in Area IV (OA altmetric attention score).

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Exploring Open Access Research Trends in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research: A Scientometric Study using OpenAlex
    A Roy, A Shukla, A Tripathi
    DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 46 (2), 218-227 , 2026
    2026
  • OPEN ACCESS FOOTPRINT OF ICAR-DEEMED AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES: A GLOBAL MAPPING THROUGH OPENALEX
    A Roy, A Shukla
    Journal of Indian Library Association 61 (03), 363-378 , 2025
    2025
  • Is LIS Education Future-Ready? A 56-Year Analysis of Emerging Topics and Research Trajectories
    K Sahu, A Roy, A Sulochana, A Shukla
    Annals of Library and Information Studies 72 (3), 267-279 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Global perspectives on retracted papers in artificial intelligence and machine learning: a bibliometric study
    SN Nag, A Roy, KG Sudhier
    Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Trends in Open Access Academic Outputs of State Agricultural Universities in India: Patterns from OpenAlex
    A Roy, A Shukla, A Tripathi
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18506 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Exploring open access trends in state agricultural universities of India: Insights from OpenAlex
    A Roy, A Shukla, A Tripathi
    Annals of Library and Information Studies 72 (1), 88-103 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Mapping the open access publications of Indian non-profit organizations over the last 20 years based on OpenAlex insights
    R Hazarika, A Roy, KG Sudhier
    Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Unveiling the Open Access Friendliness of NIRF Ranked Deemed Universities of India through Data Carpentry
    A Roy, A Shukla, TK Das
    Library Herald 62 (3), 293-306 , 2024
    2024
  • Unveiling the status of open access dairy research in India through data carpentry
    A Roy, A Shukla
    Journal of Data Science, Informetrics, and Citation Studies 3 (1), 1-10 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Assessing the Openness of Scholarly Publications on Sustainable Development Goal “Quality Education” in India: A Data Carpentry Analysis
    A Roy, A Shukla
    Digital Libraries: Sustainable Development in Education (DLSDE-2023), 448-462 , 2023
    2023
  • Assessing the Openness of Scholarly Publications on Sustainable Development Goal
    A Roy, A Shukla
    India: A Data Carpentry Analysis (October 02, 2023). Sustainable Development … , 2023
    2023
  • Assessing open access friendliness of national institutes of technology (NITs) a data carpentry approach
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 42 (5), 331-338 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 7
  • Measuring open access friendliness of Indian Central universities through data carpentry
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    Journal of Information and Knowledge, 131-139 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Measuring the Open Access Friendliness of Indian Institutions through Data Carpentry
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar , 2022
    2022
  • Measuring the open access friendliness of the state universities in India through data carpentry
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    Annals of Library and Information Studies , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 9

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Mapping the open access publications of Indian non-profit organizations over the last 20 years based on OpenAlex insights
    R Hazarika, A Roy, KG Sudhier
    Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Measuring the open access friendliness of the state universities in India through data carpentry
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    Annals of Library and Information Studies , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 9
  • Measuring open access friendliness of Indian Central universities through data carpentry
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    Journal of Information and Knowledge, 131-139 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Assessing open access friendliness of national institutes of technology (NITs) a data carpentry approach
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 42 (5), 331-338 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 7
  • Global perspectives on retracted papers in artificial intelligence and machine learning: a bibliometric study
    SN Nag, A Roy, KG Sudhier
    Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Unveiling the status of open access dairy research in India through data carpentry
    A Roy, A Shukla
    Journal of Data Science, Informetrics, and Citation Studies 3 (1), 1-10 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Is LIS Education Future-Ready? A 56-Year Analysis of Emerging Topics and Research Trajectories
    K Sahu, A Roy, A Sulochana, A Shukla
    Annals of Library and Information Studies 72 (3), 267-279 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Trends in Open Access Academic Outputs of State Agricultural Universities in India: Patterns from OpenAlex
    A Roy, A Shukla, A Tripathi
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18506 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Exploring open access trends in state agricultural universities of India: Insights from OpenAlex
    A Roy, A Shukla, A Tripathi
    Annals of Library and Information Studies 72 (1), 88-103 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Exploring Open Access Research Trends in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research: A Scientometric Study using OpenAlex
    A Roy, A Shukla, A Tripathi
    DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 46 (2), 218-227 , 2026
    2026
  • OPEN ACCESS FOOTPRINT OF ICAR-DEEMED AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES: A GLOBAL MAPPING THROUGH OPENALEX
    A Roy, A Shukla
    Journal of Indian Library Association 61 (03), 363-378 , 2025
    2025
  • Unveiling the Open Access Friendliness of NIRF Ranked Deemed Universities of India through Data Carpentry
    A Roy, A Shukla, TK Das
    Library Herald 62 (3), 293-306 , 2024
    2024
  • Assessing the Openness of Scholarly Publications on Sustainable Development Goal “Quality Education” in India: A Data Carpentry Analysis
    A Roy, A Shukla
    Digital Libraries: Sustainable Development in Education (DLSDE-2023), 448-462 , 2023
    2023
  • Assessing the Openness of Scholarly Publications on Sustainable Development Goal
    A Roy, A Shukla
    India: A Data Carpentry Analysis (October 02, 2023). Sustainable Development … , 2023
    2023
  • Measuring the Open Access Friendliness of Indian Institutions through Data Carpentry
    A Roy, P Mukhopadhyay
    INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar , 2022
    2022