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A bibliometric analysis and comparison on three information science journals: JASIST, IPM, JOD, 1998–2008

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  • Ming-yueh Tsay

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Employing a citation analysis, this study explored and compared the bibliometric characteristics and the subject relationship with other disciplines of and among the three leading information science journals, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), Information Processing and Management and Journal of Documentation. The citation data were drawn from references of each article of the three journals during 1998 and 2008. The Ulrich’s Periodical Directory, Library of Congress Subject Heading, retrieved from the WorldCat, and LISA database were used to identify the main class, subclass and subject of cited journals and books. Quantitative results on the number of JASIST, IPM and JOD literature references, average number of references cited per paper, document type of cited literature and the journal self-citation rate are reported. Moreover, the highly cited journals and books, the main classes and subclasses of cited journals and books in papers of the three journals, the highly cited subjects in journals and books of library and information science were identified and analyzed. Comparison on the characteristics of cited journals and books confirmed that all the three journals under study are information science oriented, except JOD which is library science orientation. JASIST and IPM are very much in common and diffuse to other disciplines more deeply than JOD.

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  • Ming-yueh Tsay, 2011. "A bibliometric analysis and comparison on three information science journals: JASIST, IPM, JOD, 1998–2008," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 89(2), pages 591-606, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:89:y:2011:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-011-0460-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0460-4
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