A Citation Analysis Study of Library Science: Who Cites Librarians?

Meyer, Terry E.; Spencer, John

doi:10.5860/crl_57_01_23

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“…The frequency of LIS citations in studies in other fields has also been measured. In general, the findings indicate a rise in the level of interest in LIS, especially from the fields of communication and media, computer science and technology, business and management, health sciences and engineering (Huang and Chang 2011;Meyer and Spencer 1996;Odell and Gabbard 2008;So 1988).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 94%

Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials: analysis of authorship affiliations in four European countries

Urbano

Ardanuy

2020

Scientometrics

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The interdisciplinary nature of library and information science (LIS) research has been highlighted for some time now. The term "interdisciplinary" is used primarily in the LIS literature as a general concept with different meanings that refer either to the coexistence of researchers from different scientific fields or to cross-disciplinary collaboration expressed in the form of coauthorship. This study analyses the disciplinary profile of LIS researchers with a view to ascertaining the actual level of cross-disciplinary collaboration and identifying all fields involved. Because of the complexity of identifying accurate affiliations at knowledge area level, the study was limited to authors from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. This analysis of authorship affiliation was performed based on research published in LIS serial titles indexed in Scopus during the 2010-2017 period. A rigorous and laborious process of identifying author affiliations was carried out. This involved checking the authorship of each paper and complementing this with information from websites, scientific social networks and other research endeavours whenever ambiguous situations arose. We observed that LIS departments produce barely a third of the research published in serial titles in the LIS subject category. Cross-disciplinary collaboration among all of the scientific fields involved is low, and even lower in LIS than in other fields. The low level of cross-disciplinary collaboration in LIS contradicts the interdisciplinary nature of LIS highlighted in the literature.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 94%

Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials: analysis of authorship affiliations in four European countries

Urbano

Ardanuy

2020

Scientometrics

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“…Library and information science emerged as information science was incorporated into the field of library science and library science reacted to the impact of information technology. Therefore, some of the past research focusing on LIS interdisciplinarity selected journals in only library science or information science and found that (a) LIS researchers often cite publications across disciplines (Al‐Sabbagh, 1987; Bracken & Tucker, 1989; Buttlar, 1999; Chen & Liang, 2004; Cheng, 1995; Chikate & Patil, 2008; Chung, 1995; Gatten, 1991; LaBoire & Halperin, 1976; Pluzhenskaya, 2008; Shi, 2002; Tsay, 2008), (b) LIS publications are cited by researchers from various disciplines (Goodall, Julien, Lajoie‐Paquette, & McKechnie, 2005; Meyer & Spencer, 1996; Odell & Gabbard, 2008; Tang, 2004), and (c) that LIS researchers collaborate with researchers from different disciplines (Chen & Liang, 2004; Qiu, 1992). However, most studies have used only direct citation analysis and focused exclusively on the journals cited.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study of the evolution of interdisciplinarity in library and information science: Using three bibliometric methods

Chang

Huang

2011

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This study uses three bibliometric methods: direct citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-authorship analysis, to investigate interdisciplinary changes in library and information science (LIS) from 1978 to 2007. The results reveal that LIS researchers most frequently cite publications in their own discipline. In addition, half of all co-authors of LIS articles are affiliated with LIS-related institutes. The results confirm that the degree of interdisciplinarity within LIS has increased, particularly coauthorship. However, the study found sources of direct citations in LIS articles are widely distributed across 30 disciplines, but co-authors of LIS articles are distributed across only 25 disciplines. The degree of interdisciplinarity was found ranging from 0.61 to 0.82 with citation to references in all articles being the highest and that of coauthorship being the lowest. Percentages of contribution attributable to LIS show a decreasing tendency based on the results of direct citation and co-authorship analysis, but an increasing tendency based on those of bibliographic coupling analysis. Such differences indicate each of the three bibliometric methods has its strength and provides insights respectively for viewing various aspects of interdisciplinarity, suggesting the use of no single bibliometric method can reveal all aspects of interdisciplinarity due to its multifaceted nature.

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“…As with other disciplines, studies of interdisciplinarity in LIS have utilized intercitations between journals as indicators of interdisciplinarity (e.g., T. Meyer & Spencer, 1996;Odell & Gabbard, 2008;Rice & Crawford, 1992;Tang, 2004) and JCR categories as delineators of disciplinarity (Levitt & Thelwall, 2009). Other document-based metrics have included using keywords and concepts in review articles (Baradol & Kumbar, 1998), citation patterns is LIS dissertations (LaBorle & Halperin, 1976;Sugimoto, 2011b), and designation of theses into ProQuest categories (Prebor, 2010).…”

Section: Interdisciplinarity In Lismentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic genealogy as an indicator of interdisciplinarity: An examination of dissertation networks in Library and Information Science

Sugimoto

Russell

et al. 2011

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Interdisciplinarity has been studied using cognitive connections among individuals in corresponding domains, but rarely from the perspective of academic genealogy. This article utilizes academic genealogy network data from 3,038 PhD dissertations in Library and Information Science (LIS) over a span of 80 years (1930-2009) to describe interdisciplinary changes in the discipline. Aspects of academic pedigree of advisors and committee members are analyzed, such as country, school, and discipline of highest degree, to reveal the interdisciplinary features of LIS. The results demonstrate a strong history of mentors from fields such as education and psychology, a decreasing trend of mentors with LIS degrees, and an increasing trend in mentors receiving degrees in computer science, business, and communication, among other disciplines. This work proposes and explores the use of academic genealogy as an indicator of interdisciplinarity and calls for additional research on the role of doctoral committee composition in a student's subsequent academic career.

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A Citation Analysis Study of Library Science: Who Cites Librarians?

Cited by 33 publications

References 3 publications

Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials: analysis of authorship affiliations in four European countries

Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials: analysis of authorship affiliations in four European countries

A study of the evolution of interdisciplinarity in library and information science: Using three bibliometric methods

Academic genealogy as an indicator of interdisciplinarity: An examination of dissertation networks in Library and Information Science

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