Gender and citation in two LIS e-journals : a bibliometric analysis of LIBRES and information research

Reece-Evans, Linsay

doi:10.32655/libres.2010.1.2

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“…Furthermore, the results obtained from these studies exhibit discrepancies. Although some studies (Parabhoi et al, 2020;Vinay et al, 2019) have indicated a higher level of research productivity among male LIS authors, contrasting findings have been reported by other studies. In particular, in their study, Vinay and Kumar (2021) observed an increasing proposition of female authors with a resulting decline in male authors.…”

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“…Other similar studies (Bisaria, 2021;Scarman, 2013) particularly in the UK also reported the same. In contrast, other studies (Parabhoi et al, 2020;Vinay et al, 2019;Vinay & Kumar, 2021) reported significant differences among male and female LIS researchers in terms of their contributions to LIS research. Furthermore, the results obtained from these studies exhibit discrepancies.…”

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Content analysis of articles in the University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal

Kassim

2024

udslj

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Using Zin’s Classification Scheme of Information Science, this study seeks to analyze the content of articles published in the University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal (UDSMLJ). All the analyzed articles were retrieved from the African Journals Online (AJOL) platform. A content analysis approach was used to analyze the collected data. Notably, a majority of the analyzed articles focused on three LIS research areas: information use and users; LIS activities; and LIS application areas. A growing trend in the publication of articles related to metrics, evaluation, and research, and a decline in the publication of articles pertaining to information use and users was also noted. Only a moderate number of articles incorporated theoretical frameworks. The majority of the articles employed a mixed-method approach for data collection and analysis. The study found limited international contributions in the journal, as the majority of contributing authors were from Tanzania. The study concludes that the published articles reflect the state of LIS scholarship in the country, given that they predominantly originate from Tanzanian contributors. The study recommends the journal enhances its promotional strategies to attract potential contributors from around the world. Additionally, journal's editors should encourage the submissions of articles that incorporate theoretical perspectives, thereby fostering theoretical advancements in the field of LIS.

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confidence: 82%

Content analysis of articles in the University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal

Kassim

2024

udslj

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Is the scientific impact of the LIS themes gender-biased? A bibliometric analysis of the evolution, scientific impact, and relative contribution by gender from 2007 to 2022

Choji,

Cobo,

Moral-Munoz

2024

Scientometrics

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Gender equity remains a challenge both globally and within academia, despite recent efforts to change it. Moreover, beyond the authors’ productivity, studies have reported that women often achieve lower scientific impact than their peers. To shed light on this complex relationship between the scientific impact and the themes addressed, this study conducts a comprehensive analysis of Library and Information Science field from 2007 to 2022 in four consecutive slides, identifying the principal themes covered in the field, analyzing the relative gender contribution rate, employing strategic diagrams, and assessing impact metrics, such as mean normalized citation score, 1% of most cited papers, and H-Classic. We employed science mapping analysis to explore a core of 45,650 documents from the Web of Science, with gender identification in 94.25% of cases. Our findings revealed a slight increase in the percentage of women authors within the field across the time, and a decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating consistency in the themes addressed over the years. Women were overrepresented in the classic themes of LIS, human, and health-related fields, with these themes displaying lower performance rates. In contrast, men authors were overrepresented in STEM-related fields and innovation themes, associated with higher metric values. Our findings underlined the potential association between research themes and scientific performance, and provide societal and structural explanations for these observations. This study contributes valuable insights into the relationship between research themes and the scientific impact achieved by researchers in LIS, highlighting the importance of encouraging women’s participation in diverse knowledge domains and challenging prevailing stereotypes within academic and professional spheres.

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Author Gender in American Documentation, 1950-1969

Walker

2014

Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Informatio

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The field of information science has been documented in several ways during its existence and in some ways has mirrored that of other scientific disciplines during the same period. This article examines variables related to author gender of information science articles in American Documentation (AD) during its entire run, 1950 through 1969. Published by the American Documentation Institute, AD was a primary information science journal of its time, changing its name in 1970 to the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS), corresponding with the change of the parent organization's name to the American Society for Information Science (1968). AD was preceded by an earlier "information science" publication, the Journal of Documentary Reproduction (JDR), 1938-1942, issued by the American Library Association. Studies indicate that females contributed about 8% for the entire run of articles in JDR (1938)(1939)(1940)(1941)(1942) and about 22% for the first twenty-seven years of JASIS . The present study explores the nature of female contributions to AD for the middle period (1950)(1951)(1952)(1953)(1954)(1955)(1956)(1957)(1958)(1959)(1960)(1961)(1962)(1963)(1964)(1965)(1966)(1967)(1968)(1969). It has been determined that for the entire run of the journal under the name AD, female authors comprised about 17% of the contributors, which places their publishing percentage for this period between the earlier and later periods, thus expectedly filling the gap.

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Gender and citation in two LIS e-journals : a bibliometric analysis of LIBRES and information research

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Content analysis of articles in the University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal

Content analysis of articles in the University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal

Is the scientific impact of the LIS themes gender-biased? A bibliometric analysis of the evolution, scientific impact, and relative contribution by gender from 2007 to 2022

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