Interdisciplinary Influence of Library and Information Science Research Review Articles by Topic

Chang, Yu-Wei; Wu, I-Hsiu; Liu, Chun-Yu

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Title

Interdisciplinary Influence of Library and Information Science Research Review Articles by Topic

Author(s)

• Chang, Yu-Wei
• Wu, I-Hsiu
• Liu, Chun-Yu

Issue Date

2024-03-20

Keyword(s)

• Library and information science
• Review article
• Research topic
• Interdisciplinary
• Citing documents

Abstract

This study explored the interdisciplinary influence of review articles published in library and information science (LIS) journals and classified the results by topic. In total, we identified 20,715 citations of 582 LIS review articles published between 2000 and 2019. Among the review articles, which were classified under 12 topics, those classified as “citation analysis” review articles received the most citations on average, despite covering the topic with the second-lowest number of review articles. “Information organization” review articles increased the most in annual influence and became the most influential category of review articles from 2017 onward. The review articles that explored information science–oriented topics tended to be more influential than those that explored library science-oriented topics. Regarding the influence of LIS research, approximately 35.2% of the citations of LIS review articles were in works published in LIS journals, indicating that the interdisciplinary influence of LIS review articles was greater than their intradisciplinary influence. Only the review articles that explored “LIS services,” “archives,” and “other aspects of LIS” had more influence on LIS research than on other research fields. The results of the present study can help LIS researchers to identify potential non-LIS collaborators who are interested in LIS research.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2024 Proceedings

Type of Resource

Other

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122816

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Copyright 2024 is held by Yu-Wei Chang, I-Hsiu Wu, and Chun-Yu Liu. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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