Disciplinary contributions to research topics and methodology in Library and Information Science—Leading to fragmentation?

P Vakkari, YW Chang, K Järvelin - Journal of the Association …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The study analyses contributions to Library and Information Science (LIS) by researchers
representing various disciplines. How are such contributions associated with the choice of …

The association of disciplinary background with the evolution of topics and methods in Library and Information Science research 1995–2015

P Vakkari, K Järvelin, YW Chang - Journal of the Association …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The paper reports a longitudinal analysis of the topical and methodological development of
Library and Information Science (LIS). Its focus is on the effects of researchers' disciplines on …

Cross-disciplinary collaboration versus coexistence in LIS serials: Analysis of authorship affiliations in four European countries

C Urbano, J Ardanuy - Scientometrics, 2020 - Springer
The interdisciplinary nature of library and information science (LIS) research has been
highlighted for some time now. The term “interdisciplinary” is used primarily in the LIS …

The associations between scientific collaborations of LIS research and its policy impact

Z Huang, Q Zong, X Ji - Scientometrics, 2022 - Springer
Being cited by policy documents is an important indicator for assessing the policy impact of
research. The purpose of this paper was to examine the associations between an article's …

Who cites the contributions by information science?

K Järvelin, P Vakkari - Journal of Documentation, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out which research topics and methods in
information science (IS) articles are used in other disciplines as indicated by citations …

[PDF][PDF] Adoption of Data Mining Methods in the Discipline of Library and Information Science.

M Katsurai, S Joo - Journal of Library & Information Studies, 2021 - jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw
The purpose of this paper is to explore the recent trends of data mining method adoption in
the library and information science (LIS) discipline. Bibliographic records from the data …

Characteristics of LIS research articles affecting their citation impact

K Järvelin, YW Chang… - Journal of Librarianship …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper analyzes the citation impact of Library and Information Science (LIS) research
articles published in 31 leading international LIS journals in 2015. The main research …

Largest contribution to LIS by external disciplines as measured by the characteristics of research articles

P Vakkari, YW Chang, K Järvelin - Scientometrics, 2022 - Springer
The paper analyses Library and Information Science (LIS) articles published in leading
international LIS journals based on their authors' disciplinary backgrounds. The study …

What characterizes LIS as a fragmenting discipline?

P Vakkari - Journal of Documentation, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to characterize library and information science (LIS) as
fragmenting discipline both historically and by applying Whitley's (1984) theory about the …

Evaluating the correlation between different impact indicators for library and information science journals: Comparing the journal citation reports and scopus

MF Ali - Learned Publishing, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Library and information science (LIS) scholars are increasingly aware of the ranking of LIS
journals in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and Scopus when deciding where to publish …