Understanding Information Use in a Multidisciplinary Field: A Local Citation Analysis of Neuroscience Research

Burright, Marian; Hahn, Trudi Bellardo; Antonisse, Margaret J.

doi:10.5860/crl.66.3.198

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“…To conduct such evaluation, we performed a citation analysis and a systematic qualitative analysis of citing publications. Assuming that the studies cited by authors guide and influence their work (Burright et al, 2005), citation analysis provides a partial measure of the impact of cited studies. Previous citation analyses in other fields have demonstrated poor contributions of animal studies to human medical papers (Hackam and Redelmeier, 2006;Knight, 2007).…”

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Contribution of animal models to contemporary understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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Crespo

Bastos

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Contribution of animal models to contemporary understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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“…As Marian Burright, Trudi Ellardo Hahn, and Margaret J. Antonese learned in their study of University of Maryland faculty, neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that draws not only from psychology but also from various areas in the sciences, including biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, and linguistics. 50 The notion also seems to be supported by the work of Julia Osca Lluch, who has found that journals pertaining to biological psychology, experimental psychology,…”

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New Journals in Education and Psychology: General Trends, Discoverability, and Ubiquitous Journals of the Decade, 2000–2009

Lear¹

2012

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This study identified nearly 700 English-language refereed journals in education and psychology that were founded in 2000–2009. Part one discusses the publishers, format, open-access availability, and current status of these publications. Titles were then searched against coverage lists of EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Gale Academic OneFile, ProQuest Central, ERIC, PsycINFO, Web of Science, DOAJ, Google Scholar, WorldCAT, and the library catalogs of the “Big Ten” universities to determine whether databases and libraries include these new publications. Subscription database coverage was poor, ranging from 8.8 percent (ProQuest Central) to 42.0 percent (PsycINFO). Psychology materials were heavily favored over education items in several databases. Although some library catalogs provide better title-level coverage, they are unable to search individual articles. Google Scholar only indexed the publishers’ versions of the journals in 143 (58.0%) of 247 cases examined. Significant differences in database coverage and library holdings were found when comparing publications of major corporations (Elsevier, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Sage, Springer, and Wiley) against periodicals produced by smaller companies, colleges/universities, and scholarly/professional organizations. This article also describes a “ubiquity index” devised by the author to identify approximately 70 “journals of the decade” based on database coverage and library holdings. The study provides much cause for concern about the comprehensiveness and currency of existing discovery tools. It also offers evidence that the relationship between libraries and publishing conglomerates deserves further examination.

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“…A robust conversation already exists in the literature about the strengths and weaknesses of citation analysis (see, for example, Burright, Hahn, & Antonisse, 2005;Hellqvist, 2010;MacRoberts & MacRoberts, 2010;McCain & Bobick, 1981;Waugh & Ruppel, 2004;Smith, 2003;Sylvia, 1998;Vallmitjana & Sabate, 2008;Zipp, 1996). Beile, Boote, and Killingsworth (2004), among others, make persuasive arguments against using citation analysis to develop core title lists for monographs or journals, or as a method of measuring research quality.…”

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Alignment of Citation Behaviors of Philosophy Graduate Students and Faculty

Knievel¹

2013

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the terms of the Creative Commons-AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike License 2.5 Canada (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. AbstractObjective -This study analyzes sources cited by graduate students in philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) in 55 PhD dissertations and master's theses submitted between 2005 and 2010, to discover their language, age, format, discipline, whether or not they were held by the library, and how they were acquired. Results were compared to data previously collected about sources cited by philosophy faculty at UCB, in books published between 2004 and 2009, to identify how closely citation behaviors aligned between the two groups.Methods -Citations were counted in the PhD dissertations and master's theses. Citations to monographs were searched against the local catalog to determine ownership and call number. Comparison numbers for faculty research were collected from a previous study. Results were grouped according to academic rank and analyzed by format, language, age, call number, ownership, and method of purchase.Results -Graduate students cited mostly books, though fewer than commonly found in other studies. Citations were almost entirely of English language sources. Master's students cited slightly newer materials than doctoral students, who in turn cited newer materials than faculty. The library owned most cited books, and most of those were purchased on an approval plan. Doctoral students most frequently cited resources outside the discipline of philosophy, in contrast to master's students and faculty.Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2013, 8.3 20 Conclusions -The citation behavior of graduate students in philosophy largely, but not entirely, mirrors that of the faculty. Further study of citation behavior in humanities disciplines would be useful. Understanding the behavior of philosophers can help philosophy librarians make informed choices about how to spend library funds.

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Understanding Information Use in a Multidisciplinary Field: A Local Citation Analysis of Neuroscience Research

Cited by 38 publications

References 15 publications

Contribution of animal models to contemporary understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Contribution of animal models to contemporary understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

New Journals in Education and Psychology: General Trends, Discoverability, and Ubiquitous Journals of the Decade, 2000–2009

Alignment of Citation Behaviors of Philosophy Graduate Students and Faculty

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