Evolution of research subjects in library and information science based on keyword, bibliographical coupling, and co-citation analyses

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 105; no. 3; pp. 2071 - 2087
• Main Authors: Chang, Yu-Wei, Huang, Mu-Hsuan, Lin, Chiao-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Computer Science; Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science; Bibliographical coupling; Library and information science; Co-citation; Keyword analysis

This study involved using three methods, namely keyword, bibliographic coupling, and co-citation analyses, for tracking the changes of research subjects in library and information science (LIS) during 4 periods (5 years each) between 1995 and 2014. We examined 580 highly cited LIS articles, and the...