Title
How important is software to library and information science research? A content analysis of full-text publications
Abstract
•This paper investigates the contributions of software to LIS research.•We explore the extent to which researchers follow software citation instructions.•Nearly 30% of the LIS articles in our sample explicitly mention and use software.•A substantial proportion of scholars do not follow software citation instructions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1016/j.joi.2019.02.002
Journal of Informetrics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Software citation,Citation analysis,Software,Bibliometrics,Scholarly communication
Content analysis,English language,Scientific software,Computer science,Citation,Citation analysis,Software,Bibliometrics,Scholarly communication,Library science
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
1
1751-1577
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.39
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
xuelian pan1333.00
Erjia Yan294343.16
Ming Cui390.91
Weina Hua4455.04