Journal article
Emerging trends and new developments in information science: a document co-citation analysis (2009-2016)
Scientometrics, v 115(2), pp 869-892
01 May 2018
Abstract
Characterizing the structure of knowledge, the evolution of research topics, and the emergence of topics has always been an important part of information science (IS). Our previous scientometric review of IS provided a snapshot of this fast-growing field up to the end of 2008. This new study aims to identify emerging trends and new developments appearing in the subsequent 7574 articles published in 10 IS journals between 2009 and 2016, including 20,960 references. The results of a document co-citation analysis show great changes in the research topics in the IS domain. The positions of certain core topics found in the previous study, namely, information retrieval, webometrics, and citation behavior, have been replaced by scientometric indicators (H-index), citation analysis (citation performance and bibliometrics), scientific collaboration, and information behavior in the most recent period of 2009-2016. Dual-map overlays of journals show that the knowledge base of IS research has shifted considerably since 2010, with emerging topics including scientific evaluation indicators, altmetrics, science mapping and visualization, bibliometrics, citation analysis, and scientific collaboration.
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- Title
- Emerging trends and new developments in information science: a document co-citation analysis (2009-2016)
- Creators
- Jianhua Hou - Research Center of Science Technology and Society, Dalian University, Dalian, ChinaXiucai Yang - Dalian UniversityChaomei Chen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Scientometrics, v 115(2), pp 869-892
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 24
- Grant note
- 17BGL031 / National Social Science Foundation of China
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000429006100012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85042915168
- Other Identifier
- 991019169689404721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
- Information Science & Library Science