The cognitive structure of Library and Information Science: Analysis of article title words

@article{Milojevic2011TheCS,
  title={The cognitive structure of Library and Information Science: Analysis of article title words},
  author={Stasa Milojevic and Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Erjia Yan and Ying Ding},
  journal={Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology},
  year={2011},
  volume={62}
}
This study comprises a suite of analyses of words in article titles in order to reveal the cognitive structure of Library and Information Science (LIS. [] Key Result Conceptually, our analysis reveals that LIS consists of three main branches: the traditionally recognized library-related and information-related branches, plus an equally distinct bibliometrics/scientometrics branch. The three branches focus on: libraries, information, and science, respectively. In addition, our study identifies substructures…
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