2017
DOI: 10.1108/ils-09-2016-0068
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Information literacy literature in the social sciences and humanities: a bibliometric study

Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to map information literacy literature in social sciences and humanities published during the period of 2001-2012. Design/methodology/approach The data for the study are obtained from Scopus, accessible at www.scopus.com. Study used the Transformative Activity Index (TAI) and relative citation impact (RCI) to know the impact of most productive countries and prolific institutions. The SCImago Journal and Country Rank accessible at www.scimagojr.com/ was used to determine the SCImago Jo… Show more

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“…Tallolli and Mulla ( 2016 ) indicated that library and information science researchers have made significant contributions to information literacy studies. Bhardwaj ( 2017 ) showed that research on information literacy in developing countries was unpopular in the humanities and social sciences. Related studies focused on the primary disciplines showed that “information literacy”, “education” and “evaluation” remained the core terms or topics.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tallolli and Mulla ( 2016 ) indicated that library and information science researchers have made significant contributions to information literacy studies. Bhardwaj ( 2017 ) showed that research on information literacy in developing countries was unpopular in the humanities and social sciences. Related studies focused on the primary disciplines showed that “information literacy”, “education” and “evaluation” remained the core terms or topics.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Content analysis studies have also focused on identifying which countries are publishing within the field of information literacy. The USA is consistently identified as the country with the most articles published within the field (Aharony, 2010; Bhardwaj, 2017; Hollister, 2014; Kolle, 2017; Nazim and Ahmad, 2007; Majid et al , 2015). Australia, Canada and the UK are also frequently found in the top five countries (Aharony, 2010; Bhardwaj, 2017; Hollister, 2014; Kolle, 2017; Nazim and Ahmad, 2007; Majid et al , 2015).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The USA is consistently identified as the country with the most articles published within the field (Aharony, 2010; Bhardwaj, 2017; Hollister, 2014; Kolle, 2017; Nazim and Ahmad, 2007; Majid et al , 2015). Australia, Canada and the UK are also frequently found in the top five countries (Aharony, 2010; Bhardwaj, 2017; Hollister, 2014; Kolle, 2017; Nazim and Ahmad, 2007; Majid et al , 2015). Notably, the top countries producing information literacy research publish in English (Majid et al , 2015; Hollister, 2014).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We identified the most significant authors and institutions of each period, both within a worldwide context and an Ibero-American one (Pinto et al, 2015b). This categorization was cited in a major recent bibliometric study on INFOLIT in the humanities and social sciences (Bhardwaj, 2017).…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%