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This article investigates subject-related research metrics from the most popular scientometrics platforms with the capability of citation count. Quantitative analyses have been carried out to determine the most- to the least-cited subject areas to indicate the most active and dynamic fields in research. Subject areas are classified based on statistical analyses and the number of citations received in the period of search. Numerous articles were analyzed from top-ranked journals in all research fields covered by SCImago journal classification. A comprehensive data set was generated in 27 research subject areas, including 313 subject categories and 81 high-ranked journals. Results showed that the highest number of citations were related to the sciences and science-related subject areas. The subject areas of computer science and mathematics had the lowest research metrics and the smallest number of highly cited publications. Web of Science performed better than Scopus for subject-related evaluations. Analysis of frequency data showed that Google Scholar cited fewer papers for low-cited publications than did Scopus or Web of Science. For highly cited publications, however, Google Scholar was found to have better performance. Web of Science showed the best consistency in citation coverage in most of the investigated subject areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This bibliometric study looked at the information literacy (IL) literature published by Asian authors, focusing on publishing and citation trends, prolific authors, institutions, countries, collaboration patterns, the thematic evolution of keywords, and factor analysis of keywords, journals, and countries. From the Scopus database, the study's authors extracted bibliographic data on IL from Asian countries. The findings revealed that 20 of 48 countries in Asia produced no publications on the topic. The last few years, however, have seen remarkable growth in Asian IL literature. The study traces IL in Asia from its emergence in the 1990s through its growth and development. The most prolific authors, countries, institutions, journals, authorship patterns, and collaboration trends are also identified. This is the first bibliometric study examining IL literature published in Asian countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

abstract: This article analyzes the sources cited in articles published in two linguistics journals, Applied Linguistics and Journal of Linguistics, from 2001 to 2010. A retrospective descriptive study was conducted using bibliometric indicators, such as types of cited sources, timeliness of cited sources, authorship patterns, rank lists of the most frequently cited journals and authors, degree of research collaboration, and yearly distribution of articles in the journals. A total of 884 papers were reviewed. The papers analyzed provided a total of 15,283 bibliographic references, with an average of 17.2 citations per paper. References to books and monographs dominated, making up 53.3 percent of citations, while references to journals accounted for 35.9 percent. More than 70 percent of the cited sources exceeded ten years old. Findings also revealed that sole authorship dominated reports on linguistics research. Single-authored sources constituted 63.2 percent of the cited works, while 36.8 percent had multiple authors. The degree of collaboration in linguistics research was very low, with joint research projects making up only 0.37 percent of the articles. Twenty-three most frequently cited journals were identified, with Applied Linguistics and Linguistic Inquiry ranking first and second, respectively. Similarly, twenty-eight frequently cited authors were identified, with Noam Chomsky ranking first. This study would be useful for linguistics research and for collection development of libraries, particularly academic libraries that need to support researchers in linguistics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a literature review of undergraduate citation studies which unveils that government information is one of the most frequently used sources for primary and scholarly works. It also looks at a citation analysis of government information in 194 bibliographies from an undergraduate information literacy course which offers deep perceptions concerning how students discover and use government information and provides strategies intended to incorporate government information into standard library instruction.

Measuring research impact has become a nearly ubiquitous facet of scholarly communication. At the University of Minnesota Medical School, new administrative directives have directly tied impact metrics to faculty assessment, promotion, and tenure. In this paper, I describe a platform for the analysis and visualization of research impact that was developed in the University of Minnesota Libraries specifically to support these directives. The implementation of that platform, named Manifold, has required not only major technological resources but also new investments in user education. The libraries' experience with Manifold offers a case study of the changing roles academic librarians increasingly face in managing expectations around research impact metrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a collaborative research project between two composition instructors and two librarians that examined citation patterns among students in the First-year Composition Program at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia. It states that the study examines the citations within the context of individual writers, teachers and library instructions. It also notes that the movement allows the researchers to scrutinize and compare their own evaluations and assumptions of students research. Moreover, it also mentions that the UGA citation project has confirmed some important criteria for assisting students in their conduct of research.

The use of text mining tools can help librarians improve the precision of searches, increase search sensitivity, and translate search strategies across multiple research databases. When combined with the intuitive approaches that librarians commonly use, text mining tools help reduce biases by improving the objectivity, transparency, and reproducibility of search strategies. This paper seeks to boost librarian confidence by providing a step-by-step guide for conducting text analyses with two free text mining tools, Voyant Tools and the statistical programming language R. It provides a brief introduction to concepts related to the use of text mining tools for search term generation, then details processes for using Voyant Tools and R and RStudio as investigative instruments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Librarians and educators have a unique opportunity to develop and incorporate gray literature instruction into nursing curricula, with specific focus on its definition, value, discoverability, and evaluation. This article presents a structured and hands-on approach to the collection of gray literature and its use in evidence-based nursing. Citation analysis provides empirical evidence identifying the types of such literature most used in nursing scholarship. Based on these findings, a method of gray literature instruction for nursing learners is established and presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid growth and change in scientific and other scholarly publications have made it more challenging to find appropriate resources for a research need. This difficulty is further complicated by research articles that target only a specific audience of experts. With a rise in digital technologies, research can be shared in new ways, allowing for novel methods of evaluation and collaboration in the sciences, as well as other disciplines. In this article, the authors describe digital resources to help students and other researchers discover, interpret, and evaluate information. Some resources also promote collaboration and discussion on research topics in a classroom or research group. Students can benefit from library and course instruction that emphasizes how these tools connect with the process of creating new scholarship. Teaching about these resources could also offer valuable opportunities for metacognition and transfer beyond the classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article begins the process of describing the intellectual structure of the relatively new academic field of Japanese popular culture studies. It identifies trends in citations in the field's leading publication over a 10-year period and the top-ranking sources of citations, and it breaks down the results further by source format and language of the cited sources. The results can be compared with those of other recent citation studies in the humanities. Subject specialist librarians might use them for collection development and to assist scholars and students with identifying authoritative sources to consult in their research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study utilized dissertation bibliographies produced at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, a STEM-oriented university, to ascertain how well Purdue's Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library supports doctoral research. To examine a critical mass of data, the authors gathered all the bibliographies of dissertations written in 11 disciplines within the College of Liberal Arts in 2011 and 2015. Data for each citation included year of publication, language, format type, and local availability in print or digitally. Revealing disciplinary trends in using sources, this study provided critical information for reconceptualizing the library's orientation to learning and research and for engaging with faculty to understand where to strengthen the library's collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emergent programs or newly established areas of study are often viewed as interdisciplinary. But how is interdisciplinarity defined or measured? The identification of research methods and the selection of objects of inquiry are significant elements in this definition. Citation analysis, however, also plays a role. Citation patterns in master's theses in the field of LGBTQ studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, indicate, at first glance, that the field is highly interdisciplinary. The field cites from different disciplines or areas of study as defined by the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system. A closer examination reveals that 43.3 percent of all classified citations are about LGBTQ topics, leading to the conclusion that LGBTQ studies shows an average, rather than a high, level of interdisciplinarity, and that the field has a distinct disciplinary focus. This finding informs reference work, research assistance, and bibliographic instruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a study which analyzes citations from 19 leading print and digital literary journals in North America over a ten-year-period to examine the publication frequencies of academically affiliated writers as well as these writers' strength in various literary genres. It notes the increase in undergraduate and graduate programs for creative writing at universities in North America.

The article focuses on the use of citation analysis in the identification of the use of information resources in historical research through examining the citations in master's level theses at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). It reveals that monograph is the predominant format use in history research and that the rate of the usage of journals was comparatively low. It shows that this method can provide resources that researchers most commonly use if it is used cautiously and in conjunction with other evaluation sources. It also projects that the analysis offers valuable methods for objective data collection in which development decisions are based. In addition, the role of foreign language materials in history research are evaluated.

There are currently no databases dedicated to indexing the research literature for disability studies. To identify which databases have more robust indexing of the literature of this field, the author compiled a list of relevant journals and searched for them in databases either frequently recommended in libraries' disability studies research guides or indicated by Ulrich's data to index a high number of the journals. Notable disconnects were found between frequently recommended databases and those with substantial indexing of disability studies journals. Challenges for research in this field were also encountered and documented, including inadequate indexing, particularly for open access journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]