Citation Behavior of Aerospace Engineering Faculty

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• 作者：Jane Stephens ; David E. Hubbard ; Carmelita Pickett ; Rusty Kimball
• 关键词：Bibliometrics ; Citation study ; Collection development ; STEM ; Web of Science
• 刊名：The Journal of Academic Librarianship
• 出版年：November, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：39
• 期：6
• 页码：451-457
• 全文大小：237 K

文摘

Citation analyses provide valuable insights into the usage of library collections and assist in collection management decision-making; however, there are few engineering citation analyses of faculty publications. This study addresses that gap through an analysis of 3488 citations from aerospace engineering faculty publications by source, format, age, and subject. Local holdings were assessed based on the 80/20 rule and journal titles ranked. In addition to supporting citation patterns identified in previous citation analyses, this study revealed some novel relationships involving formats and subjects. The results of this study have implications for collection management.