Citation Analysis for Collection Development: A Comparative Study of Eight Humanities Fields

Knievel, Jennifer; Kellsey, Charlene

doi:10.1086/431331

Cited by 81 publications

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“…Yet one of the main features of the humanities is their reliance on monographs, which still are the main publication channel in most humanities disciplines (Thompson, 2002;Knievel and Kellsey, 2005;Larivière et al, 2006;Williams et al, 2009), and specifically in historiography (Jones et al, 1972). As a consequence, the most cited literature in any field within the humanities should essentially include monographs (Hicks, 1999), indeed the conclusion reached by some previous studies (Lindholm-Romantschuk and Warner, 1996;Hammarfelt, 2011Hammarfelt, , 2012, even if others struggled to find a set of core works in specific fields (McCain, 1987;Thompson, 2002;Nolen and Richardson, 2016).…”

Section: Monographs and The Core Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Core Literature of the Historians of Venice

Colavizza

2017

Front. Digit. Humanit.

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Over the past decades, the humanities have been accumulating a growing body of literature at an increasing pace. How does this impact their traditional organization into disciplines and fields of research therein? This article considers history, by examining a citation network among recent monographs on the history of Venice. The resulting network is almost connected, clusters of monographs are identifiable according to specific disciplinary areas (history, history of architecture, and history of arts) or periods of time (middle ages, early modern, and modern history), and a map of the recent trends in the field is sketched. Most notably a set of highly cited works emerges as the core literature of the historians of Venice. This core literature comprises a mix of primary sources, works of reference, and scholarly monographs and is important in keeping the field connected: monographs usually cite a combination of few core and a variety of less well-cited works. Core primary sources and works of reference never age, while core scholarly monographs are replaced at a very slow rate by new ones. The reliance of new publications on the core literature is slowly rising over time, as the field gets increasingly more varied.

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Section: Monographs and The Core Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The Core Literature of the Historians of Venice

Colavizza

2017

Front. Digit. Humanit.

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“…The study of Georgas and Culler (2005), however, failed to identify any set of core journals in the field contrary to Zwaan and Nederhof's who found ten core journals in linguistics. Evidences from Knievel and Kellsey's (2005) and Karisson's (1994) show that language and literary scholarship rely heavily on books and monographs, citing older publications, making use of essentially primary information sources and near absence of core journals.…”

Section: Citation Patterns and Scholarly Communication In Languagesmentioning

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Scholarly communication and authorship patterns in language research: evidences from citation analysis of language theses in Nigeria

Ezema

2016

Ghana J. Dev. Stud.

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“…In a trio of articles, Kellsey and Knievel (2004), Knievel and Kellsey (2005), and Kellsey and Knievel (2012) studied citation patterns in various humanities fields, including classics. In their first article (Kellsey & Knievel, 2004) Finally, in their 2012 article, they examined citations from 28 monographs published by humanities faculty members with the goal of determining how these scholars accessed the materials they used.…”

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A Citation Analysis of the Classical Philology Literature: Implications for Collection Development

Crawford

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 examined the literature of classical (Greek and Latin) philology, as represented by the journal Transactions of the American Philological Association (TAPA), to determine changes over time for the types of materials cited, the languages used, the age of items cited, and the specificity of the citations. The overall goal was to provide data which could then be used by librarians in collection development decisions.Methods -All citations included in the 1986 and 2006 volumes of the Transactions of the American Philological Association were examined and the type of material, the language, the age, and the specificity were noted. The results of analyses of these citations were then compared to the results of a study of two earlier volumes of TAPA to determine changes over time.Results -The analyses showed that the proportion of citations to monographs continued to grow over the period of the study and accounted for almost 70% of total citations in 2006. The use of foreign language materials changed dramatically over the time of the study, declining from slightly more than half the total citations to less than a quarter. The level of specificity of citations also changed with more citations to whole books and to book chapters, rather than to specific pages, becoming more prevalent over time. Finally, the age of citations remained remarkably stable at approximately 25 years old.Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2013, 8.2 215 Conclusion -For librarians who manage collections focused on Greek and Latin literature and language, the results can give guidance for collection development and maintenance. Of special concern is the continuing purchase of monographs to support research in classical philology, but the retention of materials is also important due to the age and languages of materials used by scholars in this discipline.

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Citation Analysis for Collection Development: A Comparative Study of Eight Humanities Fields

Cited by 81 publications

References 28 publications

The Core Literature of the Historians of Venice

The Core Literature of the Historians of Venice

Scholarly communication and authorship patterns in language research: evidences from citation analysis of language theses in Nigeria

A Citation Analysis of the Classical Philology Literature: Implications for Collection Development

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