Abstract Altmetrics are increasingly playing a role in helping scholars illustrate their scholarly impact. One altmetric involves citations in syllabi or analyzing the way journal literature is presented and used in syllabi. This exploratory study uses data from the Open Syllabus Project to analyze citations in syllabi of journal articles from three leading library science journals. Results from the analysis show that the articles cited in syllabi were mostly research articles written on a range of topics in library science, primarily by practitioner librarians. The data show that citations of these articles in syllabi occur less frequently than citations from journals, making a citation in a syllabus a more unique occurrence. Data also show that the articles cited in the syllabi were primarily published within the last 15 years and used predominantly within library science courses, although there is evidence that library science articles are also being used in other disciplines. Analysis of subjects and terms associated with the articles cited in syllabi indicated that traditional areas of library science are represented more than newer or emerging topics.

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图书馆学大纲期刊文章的探索性研究

摘要 Altmetrics 在帮助学者说明其学术影响方面发挥着越来越大的作用。一种替代指标涉及教学大纲中的引用或分析期刊文献在教学大纲中的呈现和使用方式。这项探索性研究使用来自开放教学大纲项目的数据来分析来自三个主要图书馆科学期刊的期刊文章教学大纲中的引文。分析结果表明，教学大纲中引用的文章大多是关于图书馆学领域一系列主题的研究文章，主要是由从业图书馆员撰写的。数据显示，这些文章在教学大纲中的引用频率低于期刊引用，这使得教学大纲中的引用更加独特。数据还显示，教学大纲中引用的文章主要是在过去 15 年内发表的，主要用于图书馆学课程，尽管有证据表明图书馆学文章也被用于其他学科。对与教学大纲中引用的文章相关的主题和术语的分析表明，图书馆学的传统领域比较新的或新兴的主题更具有代表性。