140 DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, Vol. 41, No. 2, March 2021, pp. 140-147, DOI : 10.14429/djlit.41.2.16207  2021, DESIDOC Received : 03 November 2020, Revised : 04 January 2021 Accepted : 23 February 2021, Online published : 12 March 2021 Refections and Contemplations of Women professionals’ Contributions: Impressions of Recent Research in the Journal of Documentation Shipra Awasthi * and Shiva Kanaujia Sukula * E-mail: shipra2010@gmail.com AbstRACt Literary history and libraries’ progress are evident of women professionals’ contributions. Since the beginning, women professionals’ roles and responsibilities in diferent capacities have been quite phenomenal. The present study highlights the contributions published in the Journal of Documentation for the period 2015-2019. It attempts to study the variations existing in research output from a gender perspective and a brief review of women professionals’ journey and job-related aspects from traditional to contemporary times. The information is collected from the Journal of Documentation (JoD). The study focuses on the year-wise distribution of articles and authors, collaboration patterns among the gender, authorship pattern, geographical distribution, the annual growth rate of female contributors, and average productivity of male and female authors per article. The fndings revealed that the annual growth rate of the female contributors was 28.6 in 2019. The male author’s average productivity per article is 1.23, and 1.12 is the female contributors’ average productivity per paper. The study is benefcial in understanding the women’s contributions in international journals, and it has also revealed that the publication gap is not huge. Still, it is minimal except in a few circumstances. Keywords: Women librarians; Women professionals; Male professionals; LIS research; Journal of documentation (JoD); Gender research contribution; Bibliometric study 1. IntRoDuCtIon Women professionals in libraries have been serving and contributing for a long past. Their professional contributions have shaped libraries across the globe. The professional literature refects the journey of development as well as the contributions of women library professionals. The diferent roles and abilities of women library professionals have been seen through the literature as observed in the words of (DeLong, 2013) 1 , “From the 1990s to the present, the evidence shows the number of women in senior leadership roles increased”. Women professionals’ eforts have improved the professional status and eliminated the ambiance that inhibited their contributions, achievements, and progress. The factors responsible for their continuous involvement and development in the library and information services include high qualifcations, performances, and contributions in publications. 2. bACKgRounD stuDIes The background studies in the form of a literature review have been divided into the following sections to elaborate on the concept and understand women’s librarianship development. 2.1 the early Past The women professionals in libraries have been serving since very past, as found in published literature. There have also been ‘women’s issues’ at work and in libraries from the start. The requirements and platforms for equal opportunity and investment have long been abandoned. The job satisfaction of librarians by comparing men’s and women’s job satisfaction has attracted attention in the past (Wahba, 1975). 2 (Phenix, 1987) 3 studied the state of women’s libraries in the United States by comparing 1980 census data from 136,000 libraries in the United States and fnding that 84.6 percent were women librarians. (Maack,1983) 4 talked about the rise and contributions of women librarians in France while discussing the developments that took place in the USA for two centuries. In her words, the “feminisation of librarianship in France was also rapid and dramatic, but it did not begin until after World War.” However, it prepared the frst generation of women librarians. The achievements of women library professionals have paved the way in the varied cultural and intellectual scenarios. The discussions over the women professionals in library and information work have always been components of parallel developments in their place and contributions. 2.2 the Work-family balance In the next decade, there have been few suggestions by (Burrington,1993) 5 regarding the problems in the advancement of women library professionals such as a lack of child‐care facilities, job mobility (Braunagel,1979) 6 , fexible working hours, the existence of prejudice in the professional environment, including lack of ambition and specifc