Research On Citation Features Of Core Scholars In The Field Of Library And Information Science In China

The scientific community is a group of scientists,plays a key role in the development of science and society.Throughout the long history of human development,the scientific community has played an irreplaceable role in all the scientific and technological revolutions.And the original breakthroughs and subversive technological innovations on major scientific issues are more closely related to the efforts of the scientific community.As an important tool of knowledge dissemination,citation connects various types of academic achievements from independent individuals to an evolving knowledge exchange network,which provides important help for scientists to conduct scientific dialogue,mark academic contributions and clarify the context of knowledge development.Based on the theory of academic credit theory,this paper studies the citation features of scientific community,reveals its knowledge structure from the perspective of citation,explores its research field,which can help us to explore the context of knowledge production and grasp the trend of knowledge production.Taking the domestic library and information field as an example,this paper selects the core scholar group by using the published data of core journals in recent10 years,and then analyzes the group citation situation of domestic scholars in the field of Library and information from five aspects: the number of references,citation delay,language,author and source.Then,the citation enhancement technology is used to enhance the original data set,and the enhanced citation data set is established.The citation characteristics of domestic scholars in the field of Library and information are explored from the three aspects of space,subject and topic distribution of the cited literature.Finally,it summarizes the citation characteristics of domestic scholars in the field of Library and information,and puts forward relevant suggestions for the development of the field.This study found that the citation characteristics of domestic scholars in the field of Library and information are mainly as follows:(1)The number of references is proportional to the publication time and paper length within a certain range,beyond which the average citation amount will tend to be stable.(2)The number of references with citation delay of 1-3 years is the largest,which is consistent with price’s description of the increase of citation frequency over time.The citation time lag of foreign literature is larger,and book literature gets fewer citations than journal literature.(3)There was a great difference in the proportion of references cited in Chinese and foreign languages among group members,which was related to the research direction,study and work experience of scholars.(4)The proportion of self citation of different members in the group is different,and the proportion of self citation of most members is relatively low.Most of the high-frequency citations have high influence at home and abroad,which includes some Price Prize winners and cross-disciplinary scholars.(5)The group members tend to cite the results from well-known journals or publishing houses in the field.(6)Most of the cited institutions are well-known universities or scientific research institutions at home and abroad,and the geographical distribution of these institutions is uneven.Most of the cited institutions are located in developed countries or regions.(7)The cited subjects cover a wide range of subjects,increase rapidly in number,and are frequently cited across disciplines.Applied subjects are cited more frequently.(8)The cited topics not only include the basic research in the field of Library and information,but also cover the frontier hot spots in the field,which reflects the social demand and interdisciplinary nature to a certain extent.