Library science literature, 2019–2025: An exploration using critical bibliometric methods

IF 2.3 3区 管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Nick Szydlowski
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Abstract

This study applies critical bibliometric methods to the library science literature published from 2019 to early 2025. It combines citation network analysis and text analysis in novel ways to identify clusters of articles focused on trends and practice areas, and to analyze the citation rates and centrality of those clusters within the network of library science articles. The study provides an example of how critical bibliometric methods can be applied to provide context and nuance when assessing the impact of research and interpreting research impact metrics. Themes identified within the literature include the COVID-19 pandemic, diversity, artificial intelligence, and social media, and the study notes differences in citation rates between these trends, with articles in the cluster focused on diversity cited at a lower rate than those focused on technology. While the study employs a novel weighting method to mitigate the impact of journal self-citation, the preliminary results demonstrate the susceptibility of citation-based metrics to gaming by authors, journal editors, and publishers. Critical bibliometric methods, like those used in this study can illuminate flaws and biases in widely-accepted bibliometric approaches, and point towards unanswered questions about our perceptions of prestige, quality, and impact in academic research.
图书馆学文献,2019-2025:关键文献计量学方法的探索
本研究采用关键文献计量学方法对2019年至2025年初出版的图书馆学文献进行分析。它以新颖的方式将引文网络分析和文本分析相结合,以识别关注趋势和实践领域的文章集群,并分析这些集群在图书馆学文章网络中的引用率和中心性。该研究提供了一个例子,说明在评估研究影响和解释研究影响指标时,如何应用关键的文献计量学方法来提供背景和细微差别。文献中确定的主题包括COVID-19大流行、多样性、人工智能和社交媒体,该研究注意到这些趋势之间的引用率差异,集中于多样性的文章被引用率低于集中于技术的文章。虽然该研究采用了一种新颖的加权方法来减轻期刊自引的影响,但初步结果表明,基于引用的指标对作者、期刊编辑和出版商的博弈很敏感。关键的文献计量方法,如本研究中使用的方法,可以阐明广泛接受的文献计量方法的缺陷和偏见,并指出关于我们对学术研究的声望、质量和影响的看法的未解决的问题。
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Journal of Academic Librarianship
Journal of Academic Librarianship INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
5.30
自引率
15.40%
发文量
120
审稿时长
29 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL provides a forum for authors to present research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance; analyze policies, practices, issues, and trends; speculate about the future of academic librarianship; present analytical bibliographic essays and philosophical treatises. JAL also brings to the attention of its readers information about hundreds of new and recently published books in library and information science, management, scholarly communication, and higher education. JAL, in addition, covers management and discipline-based software and information policy developments.
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