Evaluating the quality of research publications: A pilot study of school librarianship

• Published in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Vol. 55; no. 13; pp. 1119 - 1130
• Main Author: Clyde, Laurel A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.11.2004; Wiley; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Abstracting; Academic Language; Citation analysis; Citation Indexes; Citations; Cluster analysis; Collaboration; College Faculty; Evaluation; Evaluators; Evidence Based Practice; Exact sciences and technology; Factor Analysis; Impact factors; Indexing; Information and communication sciences; Information dissemination (open archives, open access,...) and document delivery; Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction; Information Science Education; Information science. Documentation; Libraries; Library and information science; Library Schools; Literature reviews; Multivariate Analysis; Perceptions; Periodicals; Pilot projects; Quality; Research design; Research Reports; School libraries; Science; Sciences and techniques of general use; Statistical analysis; Studies; Iceland; Human; Evaluation; School library; Quality; Scientific research; Published document; Scientific communication; Librarianship; Child

Evaluation of research quality is becoming more important in the field of library and information science, as in other fields. This pilot study is a preliminary attempt to address issues associated with determining the quality of the published research in one area of library and information science,...