Evaluating the Impact of Emerald Library Science Journals on the Scientific Literature

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify which Emerald Library Science journals and articles in the field of library and information science have received high altmetric attention scores and citation scores. The study examines all LIS journals indexed by the Dimensions database as of 2022.The findings of this study reveal that the Journal of Documentation is the top-ranked journal, with 24 articles that have the highest dimensions score of 3485, AAS score of 1159, Mendeley score of 3227, and an impact factor of 1.96 over the past five years. Notably, this study found that Mendeley (12150) and Twitter (2313) were the most frequently used altmetric sources. It is also worth mentioning that the highest altmetric attention scores were observed in document journals, with an altmetric score of 1159 indicating the level of attention these articles received. Researcher Subject Categories majority was the members of the public at 1727(17.26%). And highest geographical data access from the United States had the highest number of accesses with 315 (3.15%).