Impact of research characteristics and methodologies used in LIS articles on citation count
Ahsan Ullah,
Sarwat Hayat,
Kanwal Ameen
Abstract:Citation count is a mechanism for making scholarly impact assessments. The current study estimated the influences of publication year, authorship patterns, publishing outlets and use of methodologies on citation count. Citation analysis and content analysis are used to examine the differences between variables in the citation count. The current study used a sample of LIS articles published by Pakistani authors from 2001 to 2016. Content analysis is used to identify themes about the use of methodology. The auth… Show more
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