Hot Research Domains and Research Fronts on Library
and Information Science in the Recent Twenty Years

Abstract

Abstract:

This study applies visualization methods to analyse intellectual structure of library and information science
from 1993 to 2012. By drawing knowledge maps to visualize main research focuses in the area, as well as changes in
research priorities between the first ten years (1993-2002) and the second ten years (2003~2012). In addition, it also
analyses seven research frontiers in the library and information science dataset by detecting frequency rates of noun
phrase extracted from the titles and abstracts of papers.

Key words: Library and information science, Hot research domains, Research fronts, Visualization analysis

Lv Hong,Qiu Junping. Hot Research Domains and Research Fronts on Library
and Information Science in the Recent Twenty Years[J]. LIBRARY JOURNAL, 2013, 32(9): 14-20.

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