Daily Important LIS Questions July 2025

Daily Important LIS Question - July 2025

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14 July 2025

The Eigenfactor Score is primarily used to measure:

A Total influence of a journal in the scholarly network

B Cost of publishing in a journal

C Average citations per article

D Number of articles a journal publishes

✓Answer: (A) Total influence of a journal in the scholarly network

The Eigenfactor Score tries to measure the real influence of a journal by counting how many times it’s cited in other journals, giving more weight to citations from top-tier journals, and ignoring self-citations (when a journal cites itself too much).

13 July 2025

Which of the following is a characteristic of libre open access?

A Access requires a fee

B Usage rights are unclear

C It allows reuse under specific licenses

D No one can share the article

✓Answer: (B) Free to read but limited reuse rights

Libre OA uses Creative Commons licenses to clearly define reuse rights.

12 July 2025

What is the main feature of gratis open access?

A Free to read and reuse

B Free to read but limited reuse rights

C Only accessible with subscription

D Allows commercial reuse

✓Answer: (B) Free to read but limited reuse rights

Gratis OA removes the paywall but doesn't grant reuse rights like modifying or redistributing.

11 July 2025

What is the primary function of CERT-In?

A Develop new antivirus software

B Promote e-commerce in India

C Monitor and respond to cybersecurity incidents

D Provide internet services

✓Answer: (C) Monitor and respond to cybersecurity incidents

CERT-In is the nodal agency responsible for handling cybersecurity threats in India.

10 July 2025

What is the primary objective of Project Gutenberg?

A Sell rare manuscripts

B Provide free access to eBooks in the public domain

C Archive copyrighted materials

D Digitize contemporary textbooks

✓Answer: (B) Provide free access to eBooks in the public domain

Project Gutenberg aims to make literary works freely available to the public.

09 July 2025

Who founded Project Gutenberg?

A Paul Otlet

B Vannevar Bush

C Tim Berners-Lee

D Michael S. Hart

✓Answer: (D) Michael S. Hart

Project Gutenberg is a free online library of eBooks that provides access to thousands of literary works in the public domain. It was founded by Michael S. Hart in 1971, making it the oldest digital library in the world.Projekt DEAL represents German institutions and negotiated major TAs with Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier.

08 July 2025

Which country’s national consortium launched Projekt DEAL, one of the most prominent examples of Transformative Agreements?

A France

B Germany

C India

D United States

✓Answer: (B) Germany

Projekt DEAL represents German institutions and negotiated major TAs with Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier.

07 July 2025

Bradford's Law is used to identify:

A Core journals in a subject area

B Highly cited authors

C Growth rate of literature

D Core authors in a subject area

✓Answer: (A) Core journals in a subject area

Bradford’s Law describes how literature on a specific subject is scattered across journals. It helps identify the core journals in any field of study and shows that a relatively small number of journals publish the majority of significant articles on a topic.

06 July 2025

Which software is used for bibliometric network visualization?

A SPSS

B R Studio

C Altmetrics

D VOSviewer

✓Answer: (D) VOSviewer

VOSviewer is specifically designed to construct and visualize bibliometric networks..

05 July 2025

Who coined the term "Bibliometrics"?

A Eugene Garfield

B Paul Otlet

C Alan Pritchard

D Derek de Solla Price

✓Answer: (C) Alan Pritchard

Alan Pritchard coined the term "Bibliometrics" in 1969 to replace the term "Statistical Bibliography".

04 July 2025

Which of these databases is primarily an indexing and abstracting database, not a full-text source?

A IEEE Xplore

B Scopus

C DOAJ

D ResearchGate

✓Answer: (B) Scopus

Scopus provides abstracts and citation data but does not host full-text articles.

03 July 2025

Which database includes the broadest range of grey literature like theses and reports?

A Scopus

B Web of Science

C Google Scholar

D Pub Med

✓Answer: (C) Google Scholar

Google Scholar includes non-peer-reviewed and grey literature, making it broader but less curated.

02 July 2025

Which of the following is not a metric provided by Scopus?

A CiteScore

B h-index

C SNIP

D Impact Factor

✓Answer: (D) Impact Factor

Impact Factor is a Web of Science (Clarivate) metric, not provided by Scopus.

01 July 2025

CiteSpace is primarily used for:

A Visualizing citation networks

B Editing manuscripts

C Checking grammar in research papers

D Plagiarism detection

✓Answer: (A) Visualizing citation networks

CiteSpace is a bibliometric tool that helps visualize co-citation, collaboration, and keyword networks in scientific literature. It helps researchers explore patterns and trends in scientific literature.

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