A scientometric analysis of international LIS journals: Productivity and characteristics.

Autor/inn/en	Davarpanah, M. R.; Aslekia, S.
Titel	A scientometric analysis of international LIS journals: Productivity and characteristics.
Quelle	In: Scientometrics, (2008) 1, S.21-39 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0138-9130
DOI	10.1007/s11192-007-1803-z
Schlagwörter	Social Science Citation Index; Open Access Journal; Scientometric Analysis; Authorship Pattern; Information Science Research
Abstract	Abstract This paper presents a quantitative study of productivity, characteristics and various aspects of global publication in the field of library and information science (LIS). A total of 894 contributions published in 56 LIS journals indexed in SSCI during the years of 2000-2004 were analyzed. A total of 1361 authors had contributed publications during the five years. The overwhelming majority (89.93%) of them wrote one paper. The average number of authors per paper is 1.52. All the studied papers were published in English. The sum of research output of the authors form USA and UK reaches 70% of the total productivity. Most papers received few citations. Each article received on an average 1.6 citations and the LIS researchers cite mostly latest articles. About 48% of citing authors had tendency of self-citation. The productive authors, their contribution and authorship position are listed to indicate their productivity and degree of involvement in their research publications.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2023/2/05