Citation Patterns in Library Science Dissertations

LaBorie, Tim; Halperin, Michael

doi:10.2307/40322465

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“…They concluded that the pattern of self-citation suggests that research in library science was ''less interdisciplinary than that within the social sciences in general. '' 9 They also found that the fields of history, geography, and anthropology contributed 13.7 percent and education contributed 7. 9 percent (p.276).…”

Section: November 1989mentioning

confidence: 99%

Characteristics of the Journal Literature of Bibliographic Instruction

Bracken¹,

Tucker²

1989

CRL

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Section: November 1989mentioning

confidence: 99%

Characteristics of the Journal Literature of Bibliographic Instruction

Bracken¹,

Tucker²

1989

CRL

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“…Other document-based metrics have included using keywords and concepts in review articles (Baradol & Kumbar, 1998), citation patterns is LIS dissertations (LaBorle & Halperin, 1976;Sugimoto, 2011b), and designation of theses into ProQuest categories (Prebor, 2010).…”

Section: Interdisciplinarity In Lismentioning

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Academic genealogy as an indicator of interdisciplinarity: An examination of dissertation networks in Library and Information Science

Sugimoto

Russell

et al. 2011

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Interdisciplinarity has been studied using cognitive connections among individuals in corresponding domains, but rarely from the perspective of academic genealogy. This article utilizes academic genealogy network data from 3,038 PhD dissertations in Library and Information Science (LIS) over a span of 80 years (1930-2009) to describe interdisciplinary changes in the discipline. Aspects of academic pedigree of advisors and committee members are analyzed, such as country, school, and discipline of highest degree, to reveal the interdisciplinary features of LIS. The results demonstrate a strong history of mentors from fields such as education and psychology, a decreasing trend of mentors with LIS degrees, and an increasing trend in mentors receiving degrees in computer science, business, and communication, among other disciplines. This work proposes and explores the use of academic genealogy as an indicator of interdisciplinarity and calls for additional research on the role of doctoral committee composition in a student's subsequent academic career.

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“…20 Buchanan and Herubel agreed to some degree with thcsc statements in their 1993 study of dissertations in philosophy and political sciencc, but commented that "this Finding reinforces the trend toward greater reliance upon the latest materials; again it is problematic whether this is indicativc of doctoral research. .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Citations to Women's Studies Journals in Dissertations, 1989 and 1994

Marinko

1998

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Citation Patterns in Library Science Dissertations

Cited by 20 publications

References 4 publications

Characteristics of the Journal Literature of Bibliographic Instruction

Characteristics of the Journal Literature of Bibliographic Instruction

Academic genealogy as an indicator of interdisciplinarity: An examination of dissertation networks in Library and Information Science

Citations to Women's Studies Journals in Dissertations, 1989 and 1994

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