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The Visibility of Information Science and Library Science Research in Bibliometric Mapping of the LIS Field
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Astrom, Fredrik – Library Quarterly, 2010
The relation between information science and library science has been debated for decades, and even attempts at utilizing methods generally acknowledged as robust for the purpose of mapping research fields have yielded results with large variations. Therefore, a set of citation analyses was performed, comparing the results of analyses on…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Library Science, Citation Analysis, Bibliometrics
A Citation Analysis Study of Library Science: Who Cites Librarians?
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Meyer, Terry; Spencer, John – College & Research Libraries, 1996
An analysis of citations to 24 science journals (1972-94) from Social SciSearch on DIALOG determined that, although other disciplines cite library science articles more often than previous studies have indicated, a comparison with other social sciences showed that library science is not cited as often as the more developed fields. Recommends…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Library Science, Scholarly Journals
A Comparison of Three Measures of Journal Status: Influence Weight, Importance Index, and Measure of Standing.
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Kim, Mary T. – Library and Information Science Research, 1992
Reviews three citation-based measures for the study of journal status--influence weight, importance index, and measure of standing--to provide more convenient access to their computation. A subset of nine library and information science journals is used to illustrate simple computational procedures using the SAS statistical software package. (18…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Library Science