Bibliometrics, a research method in Library and Information Science (LIS), is using quantitative measures for written and documented communication. Bibliometric studies have already described and evaluated countries, universities, research institutes, journals, specific research topics and specific disciplines. The purpose of present research is to do a bibliometric study on the Indian Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS) through examining the quantitative growth of articles by volume; examining authorship characteristics/pattern of LIS literature published in IJLIS; discovering the country of origin of the IJLIS authors or their geographical affiliations; studying the type of research published in IJLIS; and analyzing LIS literature published in IJLIS so that areas of interest for LIS researchers and current trends may be explored. Findings show that there is an increase in the number of articles per issue appeared in IJLIS during the period of study; 50 articles (57.5%) were written by two or more authors, while the number of single-authored articles (37 = 42.5%) is fewer; most of the articles appeared in IJLIS have been written by Indian authors. 141 Indian authors have participated in IJLIS (91.6%); documentary method is the most used research method (48.3%) and the survey (34.5%) is at the second rank; and information technology and library technology (24.1%), users literacy and reading (24.1%), management (11.5%) and information use and sociology of information (9.2%) are the most popular subjects among IJLIS contributors. Finally, the research provides recommendations for improving the IJLIS.

Key words: Bibliometrics, Indian Journal of Library and Information Science, IJLIS, Library and Information Science, LIS, Journals