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| An International Comparison on the Use of Theories in Information Science |
| Wang Fang1, 2, Yang Jing1, Chen Feng3 |
1. Department of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071;
2. Center for Network Society Governance, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071;
3. Business School, Ludong University, Yantai 264025 |
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Abstract This study combined dictionary and rule extraction methods to automatically identify theories used in 2872 articles of three international journals in information science from 2007 to 2016. On the basis of four coding schemas developed for country, theory, subject, and source discipline of theories, this paper analyzed the difference in the use and source disciplines of theories between countries by adopting the research methods of bibliometrics and content analysis. Then, the results of the three international research journals and the Journal of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Information were compared; results revealed the characteristics and differences in the ways theories are used and sourced in the research related to information science in various countries.
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Received: 21 April 2018
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