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A Snapshot of Library and Information Sciences Studies in Taiwan: From the View of Journal of Library and Information Studies

Volume / Date

 VOL. 19 (NO. 2) / DEC.2021

Page

 pp. 1-24

DOI

 10.6182/jlis.202112_19(2).001

Language

 English

Szu-Chia Lo

Szu-Chia Lo Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
szuchialo@ntu.edu.tw

Abstract

Bibliometrics and content analysis approaches were adopted in this study to review the papers issued in Journal of Library and Information Sciences from 1999 to 2020 to draw the landscape of library and information science studies, including research population, research subjects, research approaches and theories used. The results showed the growth of the research population, but the high percentage of one-time authors who lacked sustainable research efforts. Classical LIS topics, such as information behavior and information organization with mixed and newly developed approaches were the center of research. Research evaluation by bibliometrics approach expanded the scope of LIS studies. The presentation of theory linkage appeared limited, but increased in later published papers.

Keywords

Research Trends; Research Population; Co-authorship; Research Subjects; Theory Use