Dr. Kiran Prakash Savanur

A Brief About Me

I serve as Associate Professor & Chairman in the Dept. of Library & Information Science at Rani Channamma University, Belagavi. My Ph.D. was awarded by Karnatak University, Dharwad in 2011 for a biobibliometric study on Eugene Garfield.

During my tenure at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, I made significant contributions to creating a digital library of Sir C.V. Raman's scientific publications. My research interests include Scientometrics, Biobibliometrics and Digital Library management.

Research Interest

Scientometrics, Biobibliometrics, Digital Libraries, Information Services

Address

Dept. of Library & Information Science, Rani Channamma University, Belagavi – 591156

Areas of Expertise

Scientometrics

Measurement and analysis of scientific publications

Biobibliometrics

Study of scientists' life and achievements

Digital Libraries

Open-source repository management & implementation

Information Retrieval

Expert in Web of Science, Scopus databases

Library Automation

Expertise in Koha, NewGenLib, LibSys packages

Information Literacy

Academic research literacy programs

Recent Publications

2026

Kiran P. Savanur, Ranavagol, K. S. & Kokatanur, G. R. (2026). An Empirical Study on Awareness Levels of Predatory and Clone Journals among University Researchers in Karnataka.

Library Herald, Vol. 71(3). ISSN: 0976-2469

2025

Kiran P. Savanur, Ranavagol, K. S., & Pawar, S. (2025). From Policy to Practice: A Systematic Review of Inclusive Library Services for Students with Disabilities.

Library Waves, Vol. 11(1), pp. 93–106. ISSN: 2455-2291