Bibliometric analysis of the automatic indexing literature: 1950-2000

Pulgarín, Antonio and Gil-Leiva, Isidoro Bibliometric analysis of the automatic indexing literature: 1950-2000. Information Processing & Management, 2004, vol. 40, n. 2, pp. 365-377. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

We present a bibliometric study of a corpus of 839 bibliographic references about automatic indexing, covering the period 1956-2000. We analyse the distribution of authors and works, the obsolescence and its dispersion, and the distribution of the literature by topic, year, and source type. We conclude that: (i) there has been a constant interest on the part of researchers; (ii) the most studied topics were the techniques and methods employed and the general aspects of automatic indexing; (iii) the productivity of the authors does fit a Lotka distribution (Dmax = 0.02 and critical value = 0.054); (iv) the annual aging factor is 95%; and (v) the dispersion of the literature is low.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Automatic indexing; Scientific output; Bibliometric analysis Indización automática; Análisis bibliométrico
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user: Isidoro Gil Leiva
Date deposited: 10 Jun 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11730

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