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Speculating and evolving in documentation

Bawden, David - In: Journal of Documentation 60 (2004) 1, pp. 7-8

Introduces the first in a new series of articles under the heading “Speculations in documentation”. The initial article, on “Evolution and information”, is set in the context of debates as to the reality and significance of the link between the growth and development of human information...

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Research journal articles as document genres: exploring their role in knowledge organization

Montesi, Michela; Mackenzie Owen, John - In: Journal of Documentation 64 (2008) 1, pp. 143-167

the disciplines of biology, education, and software engineering. By using the expression article genres, emphasis is … the disciplines of biology, education and software engineering. It attempts to show how results can mirror the nature of …

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Author‐rated importance of cited references in biology and psychology publications

Tang, Rong; Safer, Martin A. - In: Journal of Documentation 64 (2008) 2, pp. 246-272

total of 49 biology and 50 psychology authors assessed the importance, reason for citation, and relationship to the cited … comprehensive, profound level of understanding of citation behaviors of biology and psychology authors. It uncovered a number of …

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Interpreting the world across a boundary

David Madden, Andrew - In: Journal of Documentation 70 (2014) 4, pp. 676-686

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between information and boundaries. Life depends on boundaries; but in order to survive an organism needs to make decisions based on an interpretation of the environment beyond its boundaries: it therefore needs information....

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A bibliometric study of taxonomic botany

Walton, Christopher; Morris, Anne - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 3, pp. 435-451

Purpose – The aims of this paper are to: investigate the citation‐patterns of monograph books in taxonomic botany (looking mainly at publications and publishers, and the age of current literature); and make recommendations for collections management and reference services in libraries that...

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Directed evolution in strategy and management sciences

Porath, Amiram - In: Foresight 5 (2003) 3, pp. 33-42

development in organizations. The theory of Darwinian Evolution in biology has existed for a long time and still (with … organization during their life cycle, the evolution of populations of organizations, sectors, etc. Directed evolution in biology … in a natural environment. We will show that by translating the concept from biology into organization sciences, we can …

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