Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina

University of Ilorin

Publishing since 1979, latest 2023

Library and Information Sciences
Information Systems
Education
History and Philosophy of Science
Media Technology
Economics and Econometrics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 291979–2023
Citations: 266to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 2.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 34%10 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 10%3 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

29 in all

Library services provision to visually-impaired users in academic libraries: A gap in the literature
2023Library and Information Perspectives and ResearchJournalOpen access1 citation10.47524/lipr.v5i2.73
Demographic factors as correlates of doctoral degree completion in Nigeria library schools
2018Covenant University Repository (Covenant University)

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Library and Information Sciences1552%
Information Systems1138%
Education724%
History and Philosophy of Science621%
Media Technology310%
Economics and Econometrics27%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences27%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health27%
Building and Construction13%
Communication13%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Library Science and Information Literacy15
Library Collection Development and Digital Resources6
Publishing and Scholarly Communication6
Library Science and Administration5
African Education and Politics3
ICT Impact and Policies3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
ICT in Developing Communities2
Information Retrieval and Search Behavior2
Innovations in Educational Methods2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Academic Writing and Publishing1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

14% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1469111416Home

Most frequent partner countries

Botswana19
Zimbabwe1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Where they publish

Information Development6
International Library Review4
Education for Information2
The International Information & Library Review2
African Research & Documentation1
Covenant University Repository (Covenant University)1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education17
2Zero hunger4
1No poverty1
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Tracer study of the Botswana library school graduates
Education for Information4
199938 citationsWorld top 10%
Research and Publication Patterns in Library and Information Science
Information Development4
199931 citationsWorld top 10%
Grey literature and library and information studies: a global perspective

The information environment of agricultural stakeholders in Botswana

2012Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1177/0266666911433117

ODL and the impact of digital divide on information access in Botswana

2011The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningJournalOpen accessSenior author28 citations10.19173/irrodl.v12i6.1053

The Information Environment of Veterinary Researchers at the University of Zimbabwe

2001The International Information & Library ReviewJournalSenior author8 citations10.1006/iilr.2000.0163

British influence on the education of librarians in Anglophone Africa

2001African Research & DocumentationJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1017/s0305862x00019427

Grey literature and library and information studies: a global perspective

2000International Journal on Grey LiteratureJournalFirst authorCorresponding29 citations10.1108/14666180010382590

Tracer study of the Botswana library school graduates

1999Education for InformationJournalFirst author38 citations10.3233/efi-1999-17304

The use of government publications

1998Journal of Government InformationJournalSenior author9 citations10.1016/s1352-0237(98)00015-x

The Challenges of Training the New Information Worker for Africa

1994Librarian Career DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1108/09680819410061692

Directions of the information professions in africa as reflected in the literature

1991International Library ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.1016/0020-7837(91)90007-m

Information For Successful Agrigulture

1991JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Informing African farmers: some obstacles to information flow

1990Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1177/026666699000600407

Bibliographic control of the literature of science and technology

1989International Library ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/0020-7837(89)90010-1

Researchers’ attitudes to newspaper indexing in Nigeria

1988The IndexerJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.3828/indexer.1988.16.2.8

Agricultural Information Provision in Nigeria

1986Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1177/026666698600200406

Factors affecting development of librarianship in Nigeria

1979International Library ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1016/0020-7837(79)90035-9

Government Publications Review

Government Publications Review Part A1

How it can be read

10% free to read

Diamond 2 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 26 · 90%Behind a paywall

International Journal on Grey Literature4

ODL and the impact of digital divide on information access in Botswana

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1

201128 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond