Library and information science journals in Spain: Thematic and methodological analysis

Authors

  • Javier Guallar El profesional de la información
  • Núria Ferran-Ferrer
  • Ernest Abadal
  • Adán Server

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2017.sep.16

Keywords:

Research, Library and Information Science, Journals, Research topics, Research methods, Research techniques, Spain.

Abstract

A study about research in Library and Information Science in Spain is presented. Articles published between 2012 and 2014 have been analyzed in the journals Anales de Documentación, BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, Cybermetrics, El profesional de la información (EPI), Revista española de documentación cientí­fica (REDC), Revista general de información y documentación (RGID), and Scire. The main subjects studied are: percentage of original research, research topics, quantitative or quantitative methodological approach, research methods, and research techniques. Results are shown globally and from each journal.

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Published

2017-09-14

How to Cite

Guallar, J., Ferran-Ferrer, N., Abadal, E., & Server, A. (2017). Library and information science journals in Spain: Thematic and methodological analysis. Profesional De La información, 26(5), 947–960. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2017.sep.16

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 5 (2017): Comunicación polí­tica II

Section

Research articles

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