Purpose

Library Hi Tech is one of the most influential journals that publish leading research in library and information science (LIS). The present study aims to understand the scholarly communication in Library Hi Tech by profiling its historic footprint, emerging trends and knowledge diffusion.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 3,131 bibliographic records between 1995 and 2018 were collected from the Web of Science. Text mining, graph analysis and data visualization were used to analyze subject category assignment, domain-level citation trends, co-occurrence of keywords, keyword bursts, networks of document co-citation and landmark articles.

Findings

Findings indicated that published research in the journal was largely influenced by the psychology, education and social domain as a unidisciplinary discipline. Knowledge of the journal has been disseminated into multiple domains such as LIS, computer science and education. Dominant thematic concentrations were also identified: (1) library services in academic libraries and related to digital libraries, (2) adoption of new information technologies and (3) information-seeking behavior in these contexts. Additionally, the journal has exhibited an increased research emphasis on mixed-method user-centered studies and investigations into libraries' use of new media.

Originality/value

This study provides a promising approach to understand scientific trends and the intellectual growth of journals. It also helps Library Hi Tech to become more self-explanatory with a detailed bibliometric profile and to identify future directions in editorship and readership. Finally, researchers in the community can better position their studies within the emerging trends and current challenges of the journal.

中文翻译：

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图书馆高科技的科学概况与知识传播图谱

目的

Library Hi Tech是发表图书馆和信息科学 (LIS) 领先研究的最有影响力的期刊之一。本研究旨在通过分析图书馆高科技的历史足迹、新兴趋势和知识传播来了解其学术交流。

设计/方法/方法

从 Web of Science 收集了 1995 年至 2018 年间的 3,131 条书目记录。使用文本挖掘、图形分析和数据可视化来分析主题类别分配、领域级引用趋势、关键词共现、关键词爆发、文档共引网络和具有里程碑意义的文章。

发现

调查结果表明，该杂志发表的研究在很大程度上受到心理学、教育和社会领域作为一门单学科学科的影响。该期刊的知识已传播到多个领域，例如 LIS、计算机科学和教育。还确定了主要的主题集中：（1）学术图书馆和与数字图书馆相关的图书馆服务，（2）采用新的信息技术和（3）在这些情况下的信息搜索行为。此外，该杂志越来越强调以用户为中心的混合方法研究和对图书馆使用新媒体的调查。

原创性/价值

这项研究为了解科学趋势和期刊的智力增长提供了一种很有前景的方法。它还通过详细的文献计量资料帮助Library Hi Tech变得更加不言自明，并确定编辑和读者群的未来方向。最后，社区的研究人员可以更好地在期刊的新兴趋势和当前挑战中定位他们的研究。