Research is a key element of any profession and an analysis of published research enables professional communities to understand the dynamics of growth in a profession and its literature. Bibliometrics is used to carry out the analysis of Library and Information Science (LIS) research articles published by Pakistani authors because it is an important method for measuring impact of published research. We used relatedness measures to estimate the correlation among research growth, authorship patterns and publishing outlets. The sample consists of the research articles published during 2001–2016 by Pakistani authors who mostly remained associated with Pakistani institutions during this period. Chi-square and Binary Logistic Regression was used to find the relationship among different research indicators. Overall annual growth rate of the research articles remained between 8 and 9% from 2004 to 2016. During 2001 and 2016, 166 Pakistani authors contributed 600 articles with an average of 3.61 articles per author. Growth of articles published in foreign journals remained higher as compared to local journals. Out of 600 articles, 31% were contributed by 48 female and 71% articles were published by 118 male authors. Females were slightly more productive with an average of 3.85 than males with an average of 3.51. Collaboration among authors was seven times higher during 2009–16. Collaboration was higher among practitioners and for impact factor publishing. Females contributed more research during 2009–16 as compared to 2001–08. During the 2009–16, foreign articles were contributed with higher percentage by females and faculty. The current study depicts a comprehensive picture of LIS research publishing by Pakistani authors while exploring relationships among different bibliometric indicators.

研究是任何专业的关键要素，对已发表研究的分析使专业社区能够了解专业及其文献的发展动态。文献计量学用于对巴基斯坦作者发表的图书馆和信息科学 (LIS) 研究文章进行分析，因为它是衡量已发表研究影响的重要方法。我们使用相关性度量来估计研究增长、作者模式和出版机构之间的相关性。样本包括巴基斯坦作者在 2001-2016 年期间发表的研究文章，这些作者在此期间主要与巴基斯坦机构保持联系。卡方和二元Logistic回归被用来寻找不同研究指标之间的关系。2004-2016 年研究论文的总体年增长率保持在 8-9% 之间。2001-2016 年，166 名巴基斯坦作者贡献了 600 篇文章，平均每位作者发表 3.61 篇文章。与本地期刊相比，在外国期刊上发表的文章增长仍然较高。在 600 篇文章中，48 位女性贡献了 31%，118 位男性作者发表了 71% 的文章。女性的工作效率略高，平均为 3.85，而男性的平均为 3.51。在 2009-16 年间，作者之间的合作增加了七倍。从业者和影响因子出版的合作程度更高。与 2001-08 年相比，女性在 2009-16 年期间贡献了更多研究。在 2009-16 年期间，外国文章由女性和教师贡献的比例更高。