Growth and Pattern of Women’s Studies in Malaysia as Reflected by Generated Literature

Zainab, A.N. Growth and Pattern of Women’s Studies in Malaysia as Reflected by Generated Literature. LIBRES Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal, 2008, vol. 18, n. 2, pp. 1-17. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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The study uses research-based resources listed in two published bibliographies on “Women in development in Malaysia” produced between the pre 1970 years and 2004 to describe the growth and pattern of women’s studies in Malaysia. A total 4037 resources formed the basis of the study. Bibliometric measure are used to indicate the annual growth of literature over the periods, the preferred publication channels used by the authors, the subject areas of research interests, the active authors and the inference of collaboration based on co-authored works. The results indicate a growth in women’s studies especially between 1990 and 2004 totaling 3346 publications, averaging about 258 titles per year compared to the average of 36 titles for the pre 1970 and 1989 years. There were heavier activities in economic studies, social-cultural studies, women’s health and welfare and women in literature. The main types of publication produced are undergraduate academic research reports, master dissertations and doctoral theses. Conference presentations and journal articles are equally popular. Most authors in this field are one time contributors and only 18 authors produced 10 or more publications each. The majority of authors work alone indicating a low collaboration rate. The study proposes a collaborative e-bibliographic initiative to serve and sustain researchers’ information needs in this field.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Women's studies; collection development; bibliographic control; publication productivity; bibliometrics
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology
Depositing user: Miss Nur Jannatul Adnin Ahmad Shafawi
Date deposited: 21 Jan 2013 10:17
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:24
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/18233

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