Bibliometric Evolution: Is the Journal of the Associationfor Information Science and Technology Transforming into a Specialty Journal?

Jeppe Nicolaisen; Tove Faber Frandsen

doi:10.1002/asi.23224

Bibliometric Evolution: Is the Journal of the Associationfor Information Science and Technology Transforming into a Specialty Journal?

Jeppe Nicolaisen, Tove Faber Frandsen

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Applying a recently developed method for measuring the level of specialization over time for a selection of library and information science (LIS)-core journals seems to reveal that Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is slowly transforming into a specialty journal. The transformation seems to originate from a growing interest in bibliometric topics. This is evident from a longitudinal study (1990–2012) of the bibliometric coupling strength between Scientometrics and other LIS-core journals (including JASIST). The cause of this gradual transformation is discussed, and possible explanations are analyzed.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume	66
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	1082-1085
Number of pages	4
ISSN	2330-1643
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23224
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015

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Faculty of Humanities
scholarly publishing
bibliometrics
bibliographic coupling

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