Citations to papers in Vol.7 No.1 of Information Research
Eleven papers published, with 40 citations according to Google Scholar (Ave.
3.6). Three papers had no citations.
Analysis of the citations
Sources of citations and no. of citations
Journal papers – online or print
[Journal of Information Science, Information Research, Behavioral Science and
the Law, JAMA, IEEE Trans. on Software Eng., Int. J. of Inf. Mgt., New Review
of Info Behav Research, IFLA Journal, Arquivista.net, Strategic Change, Journal
National Medical Association, Int. J. of Bank Marketing] 14
Conference proceedings 2
Conference papers on personal Websites – conference often unidentifiable. 7
‘Grey’ literature on personal or organizational Websites 8
Student papers [Two papers, one citing two different papers] 3
Course syllabus [Same syllabus citing two different papers.] 2
Information portal with document files 3
404 message 1
The list of journals suggest that the availability of papers in an open
access e-journal not only increases the probability of citation as Steve
Lawrence has shown, but perhaps also widens the range of journals that papers
are likely to be cited in. A number of the journals listed could not be
described as information science or information management journals by any
stretch of the imagination.
I haven’t done an analysis of the locations of the non-journal documents,
but they range widely internationally from New Zealand and Brazil to
Switzerland and the USA, and I suspect that the geographic span of citing
sources is wider than one might expect with closed access journals.
This looks like an interesting project for a student paper - anyone like to
take it on?
Professor T.D. Wilson, PhD, Hon.PhD
Publisher/Editor in Chief
Information Research
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