Descriptor networks and communities in Library and Information Science articles (1971-2020)

analysis of their temporal evolution through Network Analysis Techniques

Authors

  • Carlos G. Figuerola Universidad de Salamanca, Instituto de Estudios de la Ciencia y Tecnología (ECyT)
  • Modesto Escobar Mercado
  • Angel Zazo Rodríguez
  • José Luis Alonso Berrocal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/scire.v27i1.4778

Keywords:

Descriptors, Keywords, Network analysis techniques, NetCoin, Library and information science, Bibliometrics, Community detection

Abstract

This paper examines the keywords selected by its authors to describe their own scholarly work in the subject field of Library and Information Science collected in the Web of Science portal between 1971 and 2020. The main thematic subfields of research in this discipline have been identified by means of communities search algorithms of network analysis, and their temporal evolution has been analyzed through the use of dynamic networks. Results show keywords with high frequency, but associated with another keywords evolving over time, suggesting specializwed topics. There are, besides, thematic groups of keywords well defined; among the thirteen areas found, the main ones have been grouped around six broad interrelated descriptors: bibliometrics, library, e_government, e_commerce, information_literacy and knowledge_management, whose evolutions are manifested in different patterns.

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Author Biography

Carlos G. Figuerola, Universidad de Salamanca, Instituto de Estudios de la Ciencia y Tecnología (ECyT)

Es profesor del Grado en Documentación y del Master en Sisyemas de Información Digital de la Universidad de Salamanca. Su docencia se centra en las técnicas informáticas base de las Ciencias de la Información y Documentación. Además es miembro del grupo de investigación E-lectra, grupo reconocido de la Universidad de Salamanca, cuyos temas de interés son la recuperación de información y la cibermetría: implementación de conocimiento lingüístico en sistemas de recuperación, procesamiento de lenguaje natural, recuperación de información multilingüe, clasificación automática, recuperación robusta, recuperación interactiva, recuperación de información en el web, cibermetría, etc.

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Published

2021-06-22

How to Cite

Figuerola, C. G., Mercado, M. E., Rodríguez, A. Z., & Berrocal, J. L. A. (2021). Descriptor networks and communities in Library and Information Science articles (1971-2020): analysis of their temporal evolution through Network Analysis Techniques. Scire: Knowledge Representation and Organization (ISSNe 2340-7042; ISSN 1135-3716), 27(1), 71–84. https://doi.org/10.54886/scire.v27i1.4778

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Articles

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