scholarly journals Publisher Transparency among Communications and Library and Information Science Journals: Analysis and Recommendations

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Alexandre López-Borrull ◽  
Mari Vállez ◽  
Candela Ollé ◽  
Mario Pérez-Montoro
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Editorial Process ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Scimago Journal Rank ◽  
Selection Of

The principal goal of the research study is to analyze the transparency of a selection of academic journals based on an analysis model with 20 indicators grouped into 6 parameters. Given the evident interest in and commitment to transparency among quality academic journals and researchers’ difficulties in choosing journals that meet a set of criteria, we present indicators that may help researchers choose journals while also helping journals to consider what information from the editorial process to publish, or not, on their websites to attract authors in the highly competitive environment of today’s scholarly communication. To test the validity of the indicators, we analyze a small sample: the Spanish Communications and Library and Information Science journals listed in the Scimago Journal Rank. The results confirm that our analysis model is valid and can be extrapolated to other disciplines and journals.

Everyday life classification practices and technologies

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 957-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill McTavish
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Card Sort ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Values And Beliefs

Purpose – Through the application of domain-analytic principles, the purpose of this paper is to explore how participants’ understandings of healthy eating are related to their grouping and classification of foods. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 30 food-interested people were asked to (1) sort a series of 56 statements about food, health, and eating on a scale from “most disagree” to “most agree”; (2)complete an open card sort of 50 foods; and (3) classify these 50 foods on a scale from “most unhealthy” to “most healthy”. Exercises (1) and (3) involved Q-methodology, which groups people who share similar understandings of a phenomenon. Findings – Participants’ understandings of healthy eating – revealed by the first Q-methodology exercise – were related to shared food priorities, values, and beliefs; these understandings were indirectly connected with food identities, which was not expected. This suggests that lay domain knowledge is difficult to capture and must involve other methodologies than those currently employed in domain-analytic research. Research limitations/implications – Although a small sample of food-interested people were recruited, the purpose of this study was not to make generalized claims about perspectives on healthy eating, but to explore how domain knowledge is related to everyday organizational processes. Originality/value – To “classify” in Library and Information Science (LIS) usually involves an engagement with formally established classification systems. In this paper the author suggests an alternative path for LIS scholars: the investigation of everyday life classification practices. Such an approach has value beyond the idiosyncratic, as the author discusses how these practices can inform LIS researchers’ strategies for augmenting the messages provided by static classification technologies.

scholarly journals The Rise and Fall of Uncitedness

1997 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Communication System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
General Phenomenon ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Communication System

Large-scale uncitedness refers to the remarkable proportion of articles that do not receive a single citation within five years of publication. Equally remarkable is the brief and troubled history of this area of inquiry, which was prone to miscalculation, misinterpretation, and politicization. This article reassesses large-scale uncitedness as both a general phenomenon in the scholarly communication system and a case study of library and information science, where its rate is 72 percent.

scholarly journals Acting hot or not? Testing the citing to show-off hypothesis

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeppe Nicolaisen ◽  
Tove Faber Frandsen
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Reference Lists ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Engineering Economics ◽  
Reference Selection ◽  
Linear Regressions ◽  
Selection Of

PurposeCitation analysis as a method for studying scientific communication is frequently criticized for being based on biased citation practices. Questionable motives for the reference selection have been suggested including the claim that authors tend to cite hot papers in order to show-off. In this study, the authors investigate the claim that authors tend to cite the recent literature in order to show-off.Design/methodology/approachFollowing Moed and Garfield (2004), the authors investigate the claim by analyzing the proportion of recent references as a function of the length of the reference lists of citing papers. The authors analyze reference lists of citing papers in the fields of biomedical engineering, economics, medicine, psychology and library and information science between 2010 and 2019. From each of these fields, a number of journals are included in the analysis to represent the field. In total, 42 journals are included in the analyses comprising a selection of almost 65,000 journal articles. The proportion of recent references is calculated using two citation windows. The proportion of recent references as a function of the length of the reference lists is calculated through simple linear regressions to predict the share of recent references based on the number of references.FindingsThe results of the linear regressions indicate that in most cases, there are a statistically significant relationship between the share of recent references and the number of references. This study’s results show that when authors display selective referencing behavior, references to the recent literature tend to be only marginally increased, and some results even display the opposite tendency (marginally overciting the older literature).Originality/valueThis study of the claim that authors tend to cite the recent literature in order to show-off does not confirm the hypothesis.

Professionalism in library and information science

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinwe Nwogo Ezeani ◽  
Helen Nneka Eke ◽  
Felicia Ugwu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Questions

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the current trends, needs and opportunities of professionalism in librarianship in Nigeria. The broad purpose of the paper was to investigate the level of professionalism in librarianship and to ascertain the current status, trends and opportunities within the profession among academic librarians in Nigeria. Five specific research questions were formulated which are: to examine how librarians value librarianship as a profession, to elicit the efforts made by librarians with regards to professional development, to ascertain methods of acquiring current competencies within the profession, to investigate the role of professional bodies in promoting professionalism and excellence within the library and information science (LIS) profession and to proffer strategies to enhance professionalism and excellence among librarians in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – Descriptive survey design was adopted in the study across both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The area of the study was the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra State. Population of the study comprised a total of 63 librarians in the two universities. All librarians were sampled because of the small sample size. The instrument for data collection was oral interview and questionnaire which contained 53 items derived from the research questions and built on a four-point scale of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree, (A) Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). The criterion mean was 2.50. Therefore, any calculated mean below 2.50 was adjudged a negative score, while any mean from 2.50 and above was regarded as a positive score. Findings – The study revealed the challenges facing professionalism and excellence within the LIS field as lack of funding for professional development, lack of sponsorship to workshops and conferences, lack of uninterruptible internet facility and a dearth of professional mentors in the South East zone. Other problems gathered from a scheduled interview with some senior professionals in the institutions revealed that most librarians are still facing the challenge of imbibing and utilizing emerging skills in the LIS professions such as digital archiving and data mining skills for their day-to-day activities. Originality/value – Recommendations arising from the study were proffered such as the creation of staff development programmes by management; collaboration and partnership by libraries within the zone; acquisition of training through workshops and conferences irrespective of sponsorship by the institutions; and teaming of academic librarians to enhance their visibility and publication output. International staff exchanges and opportunities for sabbatical leave, which hitherto was not common in the South East Zone, were recommended. Among other recommendations also were building of consortia with libraries in the country; LIS professional bodies helping to create visibility and prestige of the LIS profession; and, finally, to scale up the image of the profession the marketing of library products through profiling of patrons and furnishing them with required information has not only become necessary but critical.

Академические библиотеки - флагманы тенденций публикации в сфере библиотековедения и информатики: комплексный анализ ранжирования, цитирования и тем исследований

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Беа ВИНКЛЕР ◽  
Bea WINKLER ◽  
Петер КИСЛЬ ◽  
Péter KISZL
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Scimago Journal Rank

Цель данной статьи - идентифицировать наиболее преобладающие тенденции исследования и публикации в сфере библиотековедения и информатики (Library and Information Science - LIS) на основе публикаций за последние пять лет. Исследование придерживается комплексной методологии. Во-первых, на базе использования результатов журнального ранжирования Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) за 2013-2017 гг. был определен массив подлежащих анализу журналов, а затем на основе условий базы данных Web of Science (WoS) отобраны их наиболее цитируемые статьи. В ходе отбора производился сравнительный анализ журналов по нескольким критериям, чтобы в итоге отобрать для последующего включения в выборку нашего исследования 632 статьи, опубликованные в период 2014 -2018 гг. Далее проводилось исследование: 1. наиболее часто встречающихся авторов, 2. наиболее часто цитируемых статей, 3. учреждений с наибольшей публикационной активностью, 4. самых распространенных тем на основе названий статей, ключевых слов (КС) и рефератов, а также 5. всевозможных взаимосвязей между 1 4. Результаты анализа представляют международный обзор и оценку ведущих исследовательских тем и наиболее известных представителей сферы LIS - все они непосредственно связаны с пониманием и деятельностью академических библиотек

The Coverage of Library and Information Science Literature in Web of Science

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
J. Alamelu ◽  
V. Geetha
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Average Growth Rate ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Publication Share

The main objective of this study is to explore scholarly communication trends in the field of Library and Information Science Literature. A total of 28056 records from Web of Science database, Library and Information Science collected from 1989 to 2017, were analyzed. It examines based on its publication output in Library and Information Science during 1989-2017, based on several parameters, including the country annual average growth rate, global publication share, national publication output, etc. The study uses 29 years (1989- 2017) publications data in Library and Information Science drawn from Web of Science Database.

scholarly journals Google Scholar Citation metrics of Pakistani LIS scholars: an overview

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 392-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yousuf Ali ◽  
Joanna Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Resultant Data ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Demographical Data ◽  
Citation Metrics

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the use of Google Scholar Citations’ profiling platform by library and information science (LIS) scholars in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Purposive sampling was used to collect Google Scholar Citations profiles between 15 November 2017 and 31 January 2018. Resultant data were analyzed in SPSS Version 21. Findings In terms of demographical data, the study results were consistent with previous studies of Pakistani LIS scholars. There were strong correlations between Google Scholar Citations metrics (publications, citations, h-index and i10-index). The results indicate that, compared with a 2011 survey of LIS academics in Pakistan, the overall uptake for this cohort remains relatively low. This cohort is not maximizing the opportunity provided by this specific online profiling system to increase research visibility. Research limitations/implications As the study was limited to those Pakistani LIS scholars who already had a profile on ResearchGate, it would be useful to broaden the research to encompass all Pakistani LIS scholars. Practical implications The role of the librarian as an adviser in scholarly communication and impact can be extended to support scholars in the adoption of new online platforms for scholarly communication and visibility. Originality/value There have been no published research studies on Google Scholar Citations metrics in the context of Pakistani LIS scholars as a whole.

scholarly journals Analysis of the journal Bibliotecas: Anales de Investigación

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Luis González-Valiente ◽  
Sonia Núñez Amaro ◽  
Javier Ramón Santovenia Díaz ◽  
Manuel Paulino Linares Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Process Quality ◽  
Reference Source ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Editorial Process ◽  
Academic Impact ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Academic Networks ◽  
Editorial Decision ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this article is to describe the academic impact, the editorial process quality, and the editorial and visibility strategies of Bibliotecas. Anales de Investigación (BAI), a scientific Cuban journal edited by National Library of Cuba ―José Martí‖. The academic impact is determined through a citation analysis, which considers Google Scholar database as reference source. The bibliometric indicators applied are: citation per year, citation vs. self-citation, citable journals vs. non-citable documents, Hirsch Index, and impact factor. The editorial process quality and the visibility strategies are determined through a self-evaluation which takes into account the SciELO, Scopus, CLASE, Redalyc, Latindex, Dialnet, and ERIH PLUS methodologies. The results reveal an ascending citation line that highlights citing journals from the field of Library and Information Science, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Education. Aspects related content and format have negatively influenced on editorial process quality. Some strategies are proposed to improve scientific visibility through the inclusion in databases, directories, and social and academic networks. In general, this study contributes to the editorial decision taking, an issue that could augment the impact and scientific visibility of BAI.

scholarly journals The role and significance of peer-review in Russian and foreign library and information science journals: a comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.  N. Gureyev ◽  
N.  A. Mazov
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Review System ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Peer Reviews ◽  
Peer Reviewers

The paper summarizes experience of the authors as peer-reviewers of more than 100 manuscripts in twelve Russian and foreign academic journals on Library and Information Science in the last seven years. Prepared peer-reviews were used for making a list of the most usual critical and special comments for each manuscript that were subsequently structured for the conducted analyzes. Typical issues accompanying the peer-review process are shown. Significant differences between the results of peer-review in Russian and foreign journals are detected: although the initial quality of newly submitted manuscripts is approximately equal, the final published versions in foreign journals addressed all critical and the majority of minor reviewers’ comments, while in Russian journals more than one third of final versions were published with critical gaps. We conclude about low interest in high quality peer reviews among both authors and editors-in-chief in Russian journals. Despite the limitations of the samples, the obtained findings can be useful when evaluating the current peer-review system in Russian academic journals on Library and Information Science.

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