Forskningsfronten inom informationsvetenskap - BADA

Svensk titel: Forskningsfronten inom informationsvetenskap –
en bibliometrisk analys
Engelsk titel: The research front of information science – a bibliometric study
Författare: Patrik Spendrup Thynell och Eva Westlin
Kollegium: Kollegium 2
Färdigställt: 2007
Handledare: Per Ahlgren
Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze and describe the research front
within information science. To reach this purpose we ask the
following research question: Which research themes can be
identified within the subject field of information science by using
bibliographic coupling in combination with cluster analysis.
The data for our study consists of articles from the journals
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology and Journal of Documentation throughout the years
2004-2006. The bibliographic information from the articles was
analyzed with the combined methods of bibliographic coupling
and cluster analysis. This gave fifteen clusters within which we
identified research themes. When analyzing these results we
found four main fields of research within the research front of
information science: Information retrieval, bibliometrics,
knowledge organization and information science as research
discipline. Information retrieval proved to be the largest field of
research followed by bibliometrics and thereafter the two
significantly smaller fields of research knowledge organization
and information science as research discipline. When comparing
our results with previous research we found that despite different
choice of methods and data, there were some similarities.
Nyckelord: Bibliometri, bibliografisk koppling, citeringsanalys,
forskningsfront, informationsvetenskap, klusteranalys