Proceedings of the annual meetings of the association for information science and technology: analysis of two decades of published research

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the research and publication trends in the articles published in the conference proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) since the year 2000. Design/methodology/approach We analyzed two decades of ASIS&T proceedings to uncover bibliometric patterns. This study uses two bibliometric procedures applied to the publications in the ASIS&T conference proceedings – a bibliometrics analysis using three data sources (Scopus, ASIS&T proceedings website and Scimago journal ranking) and a scientific mapping analysis using VOSViewer. Findings We found 3,129 publications from 2000 to 2020, with more than three-quarters jointly authored. Most authors are from the United States, Canada and China. Social media and information behavior are the top-researched areas. The top-cited journals are the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Information Processing and Management and Library and Information Science Research. Research limitations/implications The study will help information professionals understand patterns in recent research, which should help guide them in their future research directions. Practical implications The findings affirm ASIS&T’s move to an international association and point to the growing importance of collaborative work and social media. Originality/value ASIS&T has been holding annual meetings since the 1950s. While there have been various bibliometric studies analyzing publication trends in different journals in the field of information science, none of these studies have analyzed the ASIS&T conference proceedings.

La investigación del comportamiento de la información en el siglo XXI: el viaje hasta ahora

“…-unified models of information behavior (Agarwal 2022;Greifeneder & Schlebbe, 2022) -context in Information behavior (Agarwal, 2018) -analysis of JASIST proceedings (Agarwal & Islam, 2020) and ASIS&T conference proceedings (Islam & Agarwal, 2022) -theory usage in empirical research in ISIC conference papers (VanScoy et al, 2022) -metatheoretical approaches (Agarwal, 2022;Bates, 2022) -definitions for information science (panel at 2022 Information Science Summit -Agarwal, 2022b)…”

“…and ‗scholarly communication' (50). 'Information behavior' here doesn't include the more qualified keywords like ‗information seeking behavior', 'mobile information behavior', or 'health information behavior' (Islam & Agarwal, 2022). Of the 203 empirical research papers in the 11 biennial ISIC conferences from 2000-2020, 156 used theory.…”

“…Agarwal (2018) includes a comprehensive listing of information behavior research, especially as it relates to the context of human information behavior. Tang et al (2021aTang et al ( , 2021b Science and Technology (Islam and Agarwal, 2022), research on information behavior models (Agarwal, 2022;Greifeneder & Schlebbe, 2022), theories (VanScoy et al, 2022;Bates, 2022), and context (Agarwal, 2018), and other related research.…”

The scientific outcome in the domain of grey literature: bibliometric mapping and visualisation using the R-bibliometrix package and the VOSviewer

“…The robust nature of the bibliometric method results in studies in diverse research areas. There are a few examples as follows: innovation convergence (Cui et al, 2022), image processing (Khan et al, 2022), digital journalism research (Banshal et al, 2022), ecopreneurship (Guleria and Kaur, 2021), mucormycosis (Borgohain et al, 2022), planetary science research (Mahala and Singh, 2021), artificial intelligence (Sharma et al, 2022;Shao et al, 2022), hospitality and tourism marketing research (Liu et al, 2022), blockchain (Alam et al, 2022), gerontology research (Shen et al, 2019), maker education (Feng et al, 2022), e-government research (Ramzy and Ibrahim, 2022), gender differences (Jalal and Mukhopadhyay, 2022), data economy (Olaleye et al, 2022) and information science (Islam and Agarwal, 2022). Nove et al (2017) demonstrated that GL is extremely important across all fields.…”

“…, 2019), maker education (Feng et al. , 2022), e-government research (Ramzy and Ibrahim, 2022), g ender differences (Jalal and Mukhopadhyay, 2022), data economy (Olaleye et al ., 2022) and information science (Islam and Agarwal, 2022).…”