Describes a study of the comembership patterns of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), using techniques from author cocitation analysis and a structural modeling approach to provide a descriptive analysis of the SIG-based structure of ASIS. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)

Examines relationships between the disciplines of communication and library and information science as reflected in cross-journal citations from 1977 through 1987 in "Journal Citation Reports" for the "Social Sciences Citation Index." Developing convergence in the areas of telecommunication policy and social research on…

Describes a research project in progress that is investigating the subject relationship between citing and cited documents for journals in the field of library and information science. Relevant literature is reviewed, and microanalysis and macroanalysis methods are explained. (50 references) (LRW)

Investigates the effect of journal self-citedness on "Journal Citation Reports" (JCR) rankings of library and information science and genetics journals using data from 1994 on CD-ROM. Results for library and information science indicate that the effect of self-citedness on both JCR impact factor and total citation rankings was minimal.…

Demonstrates the interrelationship between two traditionally separate literatures, i.e., marine biology and physical oceanography, and develops a joint core journal list. The use of journal intercitation data from "Journal Citation Reports" for "Science Citation Index" and from SCISEARCH on DIALOG to create a cocitation map is…

Describes an ongoing project that is investigating the correlation between journal cost and citation ratings in the fields of political science and genetics. Previous studies that relate journal costs to other variables are reviewed; the conceptual framework is explained; limitations of the study are considered; and further research is suggested.…

Discusses how to make the best choices for converting journals retrospectively to digital and online format. Results indicated that differences exist between the two disciplines examined--ecology and biochemistry--in the ages of literature used. Discusses possible screening methods before doing an extensive citation analysis of a discipline's…

Examines the bibliometrics of the World Wide Web based on analysis of Web pages collected by the Inktomi "Web Crawler" and on the use of the DEC AltaVista search engine for cocitation analysis of a set of Earth Science related Web sites. Looks at the statistical characteristics of Web documents and their hypertext links, and the…

Examines citations to articles in the field of social work to determine citation rates, identify the most highly cited articles, and examine the most frequently addressed topics in two prominent social work journals. Results are analyzed to characterize the social work literature of Great Britain and the United States. (Contains 28 references.)…

Identifies several aspects of citing behavior (reasons for citing, criteria used in decision making, and metalevel documentation concerns) by directly questioning researchers about decisions to cite or not to cite specific documents. The results reported are preliminary results related to citing behavior derived from a qualitative, longitudinal…

Discusses semantic communication networks, methods of content analysis, and voice mail as a communication system. A study that examined conceptual distinctions between voice mail answering and voice mail messaging in a large insurance organization is described, and semantic network analysis is compared to traditional content analysis. (28…

Discussion of scientific literature growth focuses on implications for library collection development. Information epidemics, or dramatic points of growth, are examined in "Physics Abstracts"; a case study from the superconductivity literature is presented; and the distribution between the growth of journal articles, conference papers,…

Describes a study that investigated the citation patterns of publications by scientists and engineers in electrical and electronics engineering in Korea. Citation behavior of personnel in government, universities, and industry is compared; and citation patterns from articles in Korean and non-Korean publications are contrasted. (Contains 27…