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Bakthavachalam Elango

Dr. Bakthavachalam Elango is an Associate Professor at the Rajarigi College of Social Sciences, Kerala, India. He holds a doctorate in library and information science, with over 20 years of professional experience in academic libraries and has published numerous articles in the reputed journals. His research interests include bibliometrics / scientometrics, scholarly communication, bibliographic databases, and publication ethics. Dr. Elango has introduced several bibliometric indicators and successfully completed a major research project supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under the NSTMIS scheme. He is also a reviewer for many international journals and has received the BEST REVIEWER award from the Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice. He visited South Korea thrice and delivered a speech. He has organized two national level seminar / conference sponsored by ICSSR. Recent studies identified him as one of India’s prolific scientists in the area of bibliometrics and figured in the global list of scientists by AD Scientific Index.

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From Duplicate Records to Evolving Scholarly Objects

by Bakthavachalam Elango October 22, 2026 0

This article explores how evolving scholarly works can be represented differently in bibliographic databases. Using F1000Research as an example, it explains how... Read more.