An analysis of authorship in Spanish Library and Documentation journals, 1975-1995

Authors

  • Evaristo Jiménez Contreras Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación. Universidad de Granada
  • Félix de Moya Anegón Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación. Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.1997.v20.i3.581

Keywords:

Spanish journals, Library and Information Science, scientific productivity, Lotka's Law

Abstract


Analysis of the research activity carried out in the field of Iibrary and information science. The development of scientific output, the main features of the journals concerned and the productivity of authors in the area of library and information science as well as their adjustment to Lotka's negative potential distribution are studied. As for the latter, the application of Pao's method is justified as being most appropriate for obtaining the necessary parameters and a procedure is put forward to work out the values used to set up an output elite within this field of specialisation. Lastly, the development of scientific output within the speciality is studied considering the institutional affiliation of authors.

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Published

1997-09-30

How to Cite

Jiménez Contreras, E., & de Moya Anegón, F. (1997). An analysis of authorship in Spanish Library and Documentation journals, 1975-1995. Revista Española De Documentación Científica, 20(3), 252–266. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.1997.v20.i3.581

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