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In this article an epistemological interpretation of the role of subject literature in scholarly communication shall be … proposed. Such an interpretation will focus on the epistemological dimension of communicating knowledge through literature and … epistemology of subject literature the article contributes with a sketch of a coherent theory of scholarly literature explaining …
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of previous literature. Was recent literature cited proportionately more than older literature? Studies by Price, along … literature could have practical implications for libraries. One question, therefore, was what implications, if any, citation …
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literature on GT and the author's practical experience of undertaking an empirical study into the blogging phenomenon in LIS … inexperienced qualitative researchers when they undertake GT research: using GT as a methodology or method; how to use literature … insufficient discussion in the literature, focuses on new researchers' GT adopting experiences and provides them with practical …
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Design and construction of indexing languages require thorough knowledge and understanding of the information environment. This empirical study investigated a mixed set of methods (group interviews, recollection of information needs and word association tests to collect data; content analysis and...
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Symbols for concepts like ‘half life’, ‘impact factor’, ‘normalised impact factor’ and ‘immediacy index’ are proposed and formulas for the determination of their values are provided. The features of the concepts are also highlighted.
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library research under sixteen major headings. Literature for this review has been identified through a search on LISA CD …
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Bradford distributions describe the relationship between ‘journal productivities’ and ‘journal rankings by productivity’. However, different ranking conventions exist, implying some ambiguity as to what the Bradford distribution ‘is’. A need accordingly arises for a standard ranking...
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literature. There exists the possibility that citation‐based surveys of scholarly communication and influence which ignore … references in monographs may produce partial results. The study examined the scholarly literature of sociology. Tens of thousands … highly cited in the monographic literature did not change in the journal literature of the same period. There is, however …
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