Bibliometric overview of Library and Information Science research in Spain

Authors
Citation
V. Cano, Bibliometric overview of Library and Information Science research in Spain, J AM S INFO, 50(8), 1999, pp. 675-680
Citations number
24
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Library & Information Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0002-8231 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
675 - 680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8231(199906)50:8<675:BOOLAI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
This paper reviews 17 years of research in Library and Information Science in Spain. The total production of two major Spanish periodical publications in the field were analyzed from 1977-1994 according to productivity variab les and thematic content, A total of 354 articles were analyzed using as a framework the conceptual and methodological model of L&IS research proposed by Jarvelin and Vakkari (1990), The Spanish research output seems to conce ntrate in the areas of information retrieval, description of services, and studies of scientific communication. However, there are differences in the concentration of topics per journal studied. The Spanish L&IS community see ms straddled between a professional and a research orientation. Descriptive and discursive methods amount to 36% of the articles studied, while empiri cal methods amount to 33% of the articles. Authorship patterns suggest a pr evalence for individual authorship (68%) and isolated instances of publicat ion in non-Spanish language journals indexed by Library and Information Sci ence Abstracts (LISA).