Presents an online search strategy to help find pairs of medical literatures that are logically related but non-interactive, meaning the two pairs have no articles in common, do not cite each other, and are not co-cited. Each stage of the search strategy is described and favorable results are discussed. (four references) (CLB)

This study used citation analysis to determine whether the disciplines contributing to the journal literature of artificial intelligence (AI)--philosophy, psychology, linguistics, computer science, and engineering--share a common AI research base. The idea that AI consists of a completely interdisciplinary endeavor was refuted. (MES)

Examines 19 journals in the "Index to Journals in Communication Studies through 1990" to provide a measure for top scholarship in communication among active administrators in speech communication. Determines the mean, median, and mode number of citations listed in the field of communication. Lists 25 most prolific administrator-scholars and their…

Describes a study of the comembership patterns of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), using techniques from author cocitation analysis and a structural modeling approach to provide a descriptive analysis of the SIG-based structure of ASIS. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)

Examines the presentation of economic arguments in 351 articles (from 1965 to 1988) that focused on some economic aspect of communication in three core journals in communications. Uses citation analysis to identify core referents for these articles. Finds that communications scholars cite other communication journals more than economic journals.…

Seeks to add insight to the complex intellectual history of agenda-setting research by identifying over-time patterns of publications and of bibliographic citations. Addresses issues about the past, present, and future of agenda-setting research. (SR)

A citation analysis of English language journal literature in librarianship and information science was conducted to determine the degree to which authors from the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States cite foreign literature. Comparison of the results indicates that UK journals are more receptive to foreign literature. (17 references) (LRW)

Discusses the capability of cocitation analysis to map structural aspects of subject matter specialties of scientific research in a given period. A quantitative analysis of a combination of cocitation and word analysis is described, the construction of word profiles is explained, and empirical results of two case studies are presented. (37…

Describes a citation analysis that examined the 28 best articles published from 1969-1996 in JASIS ("Journal of the American Society for Information Science")(ASIS 1999 Handbook and Directory, p.25). Results highlight single-authored works that are twice as long (16.21 pages) as the average article (8.93 pages), are cited and self-cited…

Citation patterns in the field of composition studies are analyzed and compared with patterns in other humanities fields. Results showed marked differences in citation patterns between composition studies and other humanities fields, including literary studies. Librarians can use this information to forge more productive relationships with…

Through a citation analysis of dissertations at Mississippi State University from 2000-2004, the author examines doctoral students' use of federal government publications as bibliographic references in light of the ongoing migration of these sources to the Internet. The study indicates an increase in the use of federal government documents in Web…

The ISI Impact Factor for "JOBM" is 1.793, placing it third in the JCR rankings for journals in applied psychology with a sharply accelerating linear trend over the past 5 years. This article reviews the Impact Factor and raises questions regarding its reliability and validity and then considers a citation analysis of "JOBM" in light of the…

Journal impact factors (JIFs) as determined by the Institute for Scientific and Technological Information of China (ISTIC) of forty-two Chinese engineering journals were compared with external Web link counts, obtained from Lycos, and Web Impact Factors (WIFs) of corresponding journal Web sites to determine if any significant correlation existed…

Study Purpose: This article examines the influence of "Educational Administration Quarterly (EAQ)" on the scholarly literature in education during the 25-year period 1979 to 2003. This article continues part of the first critique of EAQ conducted by Roald Campbell in 1979. Study Methods: Two citation measures are used in this study to assess EAQ…

Introduction: Though literature on information and knowledge management is vast, there is much confusion concerning the meaning of these terms. Hence, this article should give some orientation and work out the main aspects of information and knowledge management. Method: An author co-citation analysis, which identified the main dimensions of…