以關鍵字、書目耦合、共被引探討圖書資訊學 研究主題之分布及變遷

Abstract

本研究主要運用關鍵字、書目耦合及共被引分析等三種書目計量學方法探討近十五年期間(1995-2009年)，以五年為一時間階段，圖書資訊學領域研究主題之分布及變遷情形，期能對於圖書資訊學研究主題之現況有所瞭解，並比較三種研究方法所得結果之異同。研究對象為SSCI資料庫中圖書資訊學領域收錄之高被引期刊文獻，共計363篇。在關鍵字分析部分係以LISA資料庫提供之主題敘述語代表各篇文獻之關鍵字來進行統計分析。 研究結果顯示，自1995-2009年以來，圖書資訊學研究領域呈現出兩個相當穩定的研究範疇：「資訊尋求與檢索」和「書目計量學」，然而，經過三個五年階段，「資訊尋求與檢索」所佔研究比重不斷下降；「書目計量學」則是不斷向上成長，尤其到了2005-2009年階段，三種研究方法皆一致顯示出「書目計量學」研究範疇所佔比重已超過80%，其中，H-index、視覺化科學結構、跨學科研究、引用文獻分析、國家科學結構分析等，都是與「書目計量學」有關的熱門研究主題。研究中亦發現，雖然「網路科技應用」並未成為新的研究典範，但由於網路的迅速發展，已使「資訊尋求與檢索」和「書目計量學」兩者間的界線愈來愈模糊。

This study uses bibliometric methods including keywords analysis, bibliographic coupling and co-citation to analyze subject distribution and change in library and information science (LIS) over the last 15 years (from 1995 to 2009). To study changes, the analyses were time-sliced into three 5-year periods. The research targets are library and information science(LIS) journal articles from the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) database. A total of 363 highly-cited articles are selected. The part of keywords analysis utilizes the descriptors of LISA database to quantitatively analyze the subject of journal articles. The results of this study show a stable structure of two distinct research areas: “Information Seeking and Retrieval (ISR)” and “Bibliometrics”. However, through three 5-year periods, the proportion of “ISR” is decreasing. On the other side, the proportion of “Bibliometrics” is increasing gradually. During the third period (2005-2009) in particular, the proportion of “Bibliometrics” is over 80% from three methods. The popular subjects related to “Bibliometrics” are “H-index”, “Scientific visualization”, “Interdisciplinary study”, “Citation analysis”, “the science structural of a nation” and so on. Although “Internet applications “ didn’t replace the LIS original paradigm, due to the rapid development of internet, “ISR” and “Bibliometrics” show signs of coming closer together.