Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació

In recent years, academic journals have evolved to become a vehicle for scientific communication that is acknowledged by the official organizations that certify their quality. This enables assessments to be performed, determining how a discipline has evolved through the analysis of bibliometric indi...

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Autores: Vàzquez, Mercè, Ardanuy, Jordi, López-Borrull, Alexandre, Ollé i Castellà, Candela
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/115322
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Palabra clave:Biblioteconomia
Documentació
Bibliometria
Revistes
Anàlisi documental
Tesaurus
Library science
Documentation
Bibliometrics
Magazines (Periodicals)
Subject cataloging
Thesauri
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spelling Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentacióVàzquez, MercèArdanuy, JordiLópez-Borrull, AlexandreOllé i Castellà, CandelaBiblioteconomiaDocumentacióBibliometriaRevistesAnàlisi documentalTesaurusLibrary scienceDocumentationBibliometricsMagazines (Periodicals)Subject catalogingThesauriIn recent years, academic journals have evolved to become a vehicle for scientific communication that is acknowledged by the official organizations that certify their quality. This enables assessments to be performed, determining how a discipline has evolved through the analysis of bibliometric indicators and the keywords used to index the articles. In the field of library and information science, it is particularly interesting to study the articles published in the journals specializing in this area but few studies have performed an in-depth analysis of the discipline. In order to gain a detailed view of the evolution of library and information science, we have carried out a bibliometric and thematic study of the journals Anales de Documentación (AD) and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació (BiD) between 2000 and 2013. The analysis focuses on the number of articles and authors, the evolution of the sections and the contents. In addition, a thematic study determines the level of similarity between the two journals' contents, the subject areas they belong to and whether there is any subject continuity during the period analysed. The results confirm that in BID, practitioner-focused subject matter is double that of the academic content, unlike AD, which shows a preference for academic content. The thematic study confirms that there is little similarity between the content of the two publications; that the subjects where there is overlap are basically concerned with information units, information technologies, auxiliary sciences and techniques, and library science; and that there is little continuity in the subjects covered during the period analysedSAGE Publications2017201720172017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion18 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/115322Articles publicats en revistes (Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617729199Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2017, p. 1-18https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617729199cc by-nc (c) Vàzquez, Mercè et al., 2017http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1153222026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
title Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
spellingShingle Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
Vàzquez, Mercè
Biblioteconomia
Documentació
Bibliometria
Revistes
Anàlisi documental
Tesaurus
Library science
Documentation
Bibliometrics
Magazines (Periodicals)
Subject cataloging
Thesauri
title_short Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
title_full Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
title_fullStr Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
title_full_unstemmed Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
title_sort Scientific output in library and information science: A comparative study of the journals Anales de Documentación and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vàzquez, Mercè
Ardanuy, Jordi
López-Borrull, Alexandre
Ollé i Castellà, Candela
author Vàzquez, Mercè
author_facet Vàzquez, Mercè
Ardanuy, Jordi
López-Borrull, Alexandre
Ollé i Castellà, Candela
author_role author
author2 Ardanuy, Jordi
López-Borrull, Alexandre
Ollé i Castellà, Candela
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biblioteconomia
Documentació
Bibliometria
Revistes
Anàlisi documental
Tesaurus
Library science
Documentation
Bibliometrics
Magazines (Periodicals)
Subject cataloging
Thesauri
topic Biblioteconomia
Documentació
Bibliometria
Revistes
Anàlisi documental
Tesaurus
Library science
Documentation
Bibliometrics
Magazines (Periodicals)
Subject cataloging
Thesauri
description In recent years, academic journals have evolved to become a vehicle for scientific communication that is acknowledged by the official organizations that certify their quality. This enables assessments to be performed, determining how a discipline has evolved through the analysis of bibliometric indicators and the keywords used to index the articles. In the field of library and information science, it is particularly interesting to study the articles published in the journals specializing in this area but few studies have performed an in-depth analysis of the discipline. In order to gain a detailed view of the evolution of library and information science, we have carried out a bibliometric and thematic study of the journals Anales de Documentación (AD) and BiD textos universitaris en biblioteconomia i documentació (BiD) between 2000 and 2013. The analysis focuses on the number of articles and authors, the evolution of the sections and the contents. In addition, a thematic study determines the level of similarity between the two journals' contents, the subject areas they belong to and whether there is any subject continuity during the period analysed. The results confirm that in BID, practitioner-focused subject matter is double that of the academic content, unlike AD, which shows a preference for academic content. The thematic study confirms that there is little similarity between the content of the two publications; that the subjects where there is overlap are basically concerned with information units, information technologies, auxiliary sciences and techniques, and library science; and that there is little continuity in the subjects covered during the period analysed
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