A scientometric analysis of international LIS journals: Productivity and characteristics

Davarpanah, Mohammad Reza; Aslekia, Somayeh

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-1803-z

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“…They added that over the 20-year period, the median ratio of co-authored articles grows by 78.8 percent from 0.33 in the first decade to 0.59 in the second, and that the median ratio of soleauthored articles declines by 38.8 percent from 0.67 to 0.41. This finding, however, stands in contrast to that of Davarpanah and Aslekia (2008), who examined various aspects of global publication in the field of LIS during the years of 2000-4. They reported in their study that there is no remarkable difference between the number of single author articles and co-authored articles.…”

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Library and Information Science research areas: A content analysis of articles from the top 10 journals 2007–8

Aharony

2011

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Rochester and Vakkari, 2003). However, no earlier study has covered authorship patterns and the main themes appearing in professional LIS literature over the period 2007-8. Literature review Content analysis in LISContent analysis provides insight into the development of a profession as it indicates the subject trends and major issues that occupy the profession within a given period of time (Blessinger and Frasier, 2007). Content analysis of LIS research has been the central topic of various studies. Several studies have focused on subjects and themes in LIS. Atkins (1988) reviewed a decade of literature from 1975 through 1985. He used a quantitative analysis of subject trends in LIS publishing, and found a heavy focus on AbstractThe current study seeks to describe and analyze journal research publications in the top 10 Library and Information Science journals from 2007-8. The paper presents a statistical descriptive analysis of authorship patterns (geographical distribution and affiliation) and keywords. Furthermore, it displays a thorough content analysis of keywords and abstracts extracted from 10 leading Information Science journals in -8, using Zins' (2007 classification scheme of Information Science. The main results suggest the tendency of authors towards collaboration in authorship. North American and European authors -from the core discipline of Librarianship and Information Science -can be considered as leaders in the top 10 LIS journals. Furthermore, there are three major cores of research in these journals: information technology, methodology and social information science. It is important that LIS researchers, professionals, teachers and students be keenly aware of the updated main spheres of research in top leading LIS journals.

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Library and Information Science research areas: A content analysis of articles from the top 10 journals 2007–8

Aharony

2011

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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“…Exploiting this potential, we adopt Leximancer, a software text analytic tool, to scientometrically describe and analyze the articles published in JIBS. Suites of journals have been used in other scientometric studies, but these studies have objectives different from our study (e.g., Davarpanah and Aslekia 2008). Leximancer uses empirically validated mathematical algorithms (Metropolis et al 1953) to make two determinations: (i) the most frequently used concepts within a body of text; and more importantly, (ii) the relationships between these concepts.…”

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The evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal

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Macro-environmental trends such as technological changes, declining trade and investment barriers, and globalizing forces impacting both markets and production worldwide point to the heightened importance of international business (IB) and the relevance of IB research today. Despite this, a leading scholar has expressed concerns that the IB research agenda could be 'running out of steam' (Buckley, Journal of International Business Studies 33(2):365-373, 2002), prompting on-going introspection within the IB field. We contribute to this debate by investigating the evolution of the IB field through a scientometric examination of articles published in its premier journal, the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) from 1970 until 2008. We introduce a new analytical tool, Leximancer, to the fields of international business and scientometry. We show an evolution from an initial and extended emphasis on macro-environmental issues to a more recent focus on micro-economic, firm-level ones with the multinational enterprise (MNE) as an organizational form enduring throughout the entire period. We observe a field that has established a justifiable claim for relevance, participating actively in the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas

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“…In Library and Information Science, several papers offer evidence that about half the papers published in specialized journals contain at least one instance of self-citation (Dimitroff and Arlitsch, 1995;Davarpanah and Aslekia, 2008). Although modest levels of self-citation may simply be a reflection of researchers building on previous findings, in excess, self-citation may reflect preconceived citations that entail less plurality in research perspectives on a topic or an intent to manipulate impact-based indicators for one's own benefit in individual research evaluation processes.…”

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Assessment of Researchers Through Bibliometric Indicators: The Area of Information and Library Science in Spain as a Case Study (2001–2015)

González‐Alcaide

Gorraiz

2018

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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Research activities are subject to constant processes of evaluation, which increasingly include the use of bibliometric indicators to support decision-making. This paper presents a model for the individual evaluation of different facets of researchers' work and discusses the interest in using "control" parameters to identify deviations suggesting inappropriate conduct. The proposed model is illustrated through an empirical example that analyzes the activity of Spanish researchers in the area of Library and Information Science. There are important differences among the most productive authors, and in many cases, there is no association between the degree of participation in high-impact journals and citation indicators. The control indicators help to identify behaviors such as excessive self-citation, endogamy with regard to the principal journal of publication, and co-dependence with other investigators. We have identified different roles related to the concept of leadership, measured by means of the participation as first or corresponding author, prestige, direct contribution, active direction, supervision, or management.

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A scientometric analysis of international LIS journals: Productivity and characteristics

Cited by 71 publications

References 13 publications

Library and Information Science research areas: A content analysis of articles from the top 10 journals 2007–8

Library and Information Science research areas: A content analysis of articles from the top 10 journals 2007–8

The evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal

Assessment of Researchers Through Bibliometric Indicators: The Area of Information and Library Science in Spain as a Case Study (2001–2015)

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