TY - JOUR
T1 - Structures and patterns of information flow among Chinese-language Library and Information Science journals in Taiwan (2001-2012)
T2 - A network analysis
AU - Chen, Ya Ning
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This study aimed to examine the hidden structures and patterns of information flow in Chinese-language Library and Information Science (LIS) journals in Taiwan. Thirteen Chinese LIS journals and 2,914 articles published between 2001 and 2012 were selected as subject and an aggregated 13×13 matrix was generated to perform journal-to-journal citation analysis. The twelve-year period was further divided into three individual periods of four years each to conduct journal-to-journal citation analysis for evolutional comparison. Social network analysis was used to discover the implicit structures and patterns embedded in Chinese-language LIS journals in Taiwan in terms of network structure. The embedded structures and patterns in the Chinese-language LIS journal network were characterized by Bonich's Eigenvector degree centrality, Stephenson and Zelen's information centrality and Freeman's betweenness centrality. These were used to measure journal prominence and role, bottom-up clique to find core journals, and structural equivalence to show alternative publication outlets. The limitations of this study and future research directions are also discussed.
AB - This study aimed to examine the hidden structures and patterns of information flow in Chinese-language Library and Information Science (LIS) journals in Taiwan. Thirteen Chinese LIS journals and 2,914 articles published between 2001 and 2012 were selected as subject and an aggregated 13×13 matrix was generated to perform journal-to-journal citation analysis. The twelve-year period was further divided into three individual periods of four years each to conduct journal-to-journal citation analysis for evolutional comparison. Social network analysis was used to discover the implicit structures and patterns embedded in Chinese-language LIS journals in Taiwan in terms of network structure. The embedded structures and patterns in the Chinese-language LIS journal network were characterized by Bonich's Eigenvector degree centrality, Stephenson and Zelen's information centrality and Freeman's betweenness centrality. These were used to measure journal prominence and role, bottom-up clique to find core journals, and structural equivalence to show alternative publication outlets. The limitations of this study and future research directions are also discussed.
KW - Information flow
KW - Journal citation network
KW - Library and information science
KW - Social network analysis
KW - Taiwan
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U2 - 10.22452/mjlis.vol23no1.3
DO - 10.22452/mjlis.vol23no1.3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043372048
SN - 1394-6234
VL - 23
SP - 33
EP - 49
JO - Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science
JF - Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science
IS - 1
ER -