• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.191-206
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to compare the characteristics of research collaborations in the field of LIS. While there are several studies under the unit of analysis of country, there are only a few studies under the unit of analysis of institution in LIS field. For this analysis, we selected eight journals in the KCI (Korea Citation Index) web site, which correspond to the field of LIS through subject classification. The collaborative indices, Collaborative Coefficient, Co-Authorship Index, Local Collaborative Index (LCI), Domestic Collaborative Index (DCI) allowed us to comparatively analyze institutional collaboration patterns in LIS field. In the case of Chung-Ang University, Yonsei University, and Ewha Womans University, collaborative research among professors, graduate students, and professors reflected the fact that collaborations among universities are often performed with professors. In the case of KISTI, which showed a very high index value, the characteristics of project-based research are reflected in the research collaboration pattern.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2016.08a
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• pp.23-27
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• 2016

최근 학제간 연구에 대한 관심이 커지면서 자연스럽게 연구자들 간의 협력관계, 특히 학술적 협력관계에 대한 관심 역시 증가하고 있다. 이에 따라 공저 네트워크 자체의 속성에 대한 연구 뿐만 아니라 공저 분석 기법을 통해 특정 학문 분야의 지적 구조를 해석하려는 연구들이 꾸준히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 공저 네트워크 분석을 통해 국외 학제적 저널의 공저 현황과 소속기관 유형을 살펴보고 매개 중심성과 연결정도 중심성을 통해 학술지별 주요 소속기관과 저자들의 위치, 그리고 그들간의 협력 관계를 살펴보고자 하였다.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.27-41
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• 2013

We investigated how bibliometric indicators such as publication count and citation count affect the assessment of research performance by computing various bibliometric scores of the works of Korean LIS faculty members and comparing the rankings by those scores. For the study data, we used the publication and citation data of 159 tenure-track faculty members of Library and Information Science departments in 34 Korean universities. The study results showed correlation between publication count and citation count for authors with many publications but the opposite evidence for authors with few publications. The study results suggest that as authors publish more and more work, citations to their work tend to increase along with publication count. However, for junior faculty members who have not yet accumulated enough publications, citations to their work are of great importance in assessing their research performance. The study data also showed that there are marked differences in the magnitude of citations between papers published in Korean journals and papers published in international journals.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.229-249
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• 2012

The study aims to analyze the notion of web navigation in library and information science (LIS) by investigating the concepts and its consequences. The analysis is based on 32 articles published in international LIS journals between 1995 and 2012. The study noted the changing contexts of information retrieval in the Web environment, and discusses the changes over time in the way in which the notion of navigation have been regarded. Three main concepts are identified: navigation behavior, navigation strategies, and navigation designs.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.23-53
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to analyze the identity and relationship of library and information science by exploring theoretical aspects of LIS research, including theory building and theory use. The sample of this study consists of 1,661 research articles published from 1984 to 2003 in two Korean and two American core LIS journals. Theory articles are analyzed with two scales, such as '4-degree of theory efficiency' and '5-degree of theory use' Each article is coded in terms of journal, country, publication year, subfield, and methodology of the article. and affiliation, department, and research experience of the first author. The theories used therein are coded according to their origin and age. Also, an author co-citation technique is applied to represent intellectual structure on a two-dimensional map, which has been constructed by theory use of LIS authors fur 20 years.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.373-396
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the trends of qualitative research in four representative journals in Korean LIS from 1970 to 2016. 73 papers(1.4%) were analyzed focusing on publication year, subject areas, research purposes, authors, qualitative methods, research participants, data collection methods, data analysis methods, and methods of validation. The findings are as follows: 1) Information behaviour(39.7%) was the most researched topics, followed by librarians work(20.5%), and bibliotherapy & reading education(13.6%). 2) The most frequently used research purpose was for understanding experiences(60.2%) and for improving current state(30.1%). 3) 'Grounded theory'(13.6%) and 'phenomenology'(10.9%), 'case study'(10.9%), were used frequently, while 'non-specified qualitative method' was 26.0% and 'not indicated' was 21.9%. 4) Librarians (41.0%) were the most researched participants, followed by professionals(13.6%). To collect qualitative data, in-depth interview(20.5%), interview(13.6%), and in-depth interview & internal documents(9.5%) were frequently used. There are 'loose qualitative research' group and 'scientific qualitative research' group. LIS researchers using qualitative research methods should consistently make efforts to increase qualitative theory and the philosophical assumptions, and to apply rigorous research method (data collection, analysis and interpretation, sampling, data saturation, validity and reliability). Institutionally, It is to provide 'qualitative research methods' course and to develop guidelines and standards for LIS qualitative research authors and reviewers.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.377-399
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• 2014

In this paper, we analyzed the research trend of Library and Information Science field in Korea using science and technology authority data which has been constructed by KISTI. The authority data is a set of data given a unique identifier to identify a unique object for the authors, affiliations and journals of domestic and international academic paper that published in Korea or written by Korean authors. We examined collaborating patterns, authors and institutional productivity through analyzing the 5 domestic LIS journals published from 1997 to 2013.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.225-240
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to investigate the usability and the value of Web resources as an academic information in writing a paper by citation analysis. In this study each articles from five academic journals in the field of LIS and computers, published from 1999 to 2000, was selected for citation analysis. The result shows that articles in Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management cited the most, and Korea Information Processing Society Review the least, in terms of average number of citing Web resources. In respect of citing rate of Web resources Communications of the Korea Information Science Society was high to 22% of all cited documents, and Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management was the second as high as 18.5%. Articles from selected journals have been increased in citing Web resources form 1999 to 2002. However, Korea Information Processing Society Review appears to be decreased, instead.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.245-266
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• 2018

This study proposes a novel method to rank highly-cited papers that incorporate the likelihood of receiving future citations. Instead of using the total citation count, the proposed method ranks most-papers based on the yearly citation growth rate (YCGR). The rank of YCGR can be obtained by calculating the average ranks of five individual citation related variables: 1) Total Citation Count, 2) Leftside-Slope, 3) Publication Year, 4) Peak Year, and 5) Rightside-Slope. To empirically test the proposed method, yearly citation counts with other relevant bibliographic records of the 50 most-cited papers in Library and Information Science (LIS) journals used in the study conducted by Walters and Wilder were collected from the Scopus database for the years 1996 to 2016. The result indicated that the YCGR appears to reflect the degree to which the paper is likely to receive future citations, and the ranked list based YCGR offered an alternative viewing feature of the highly-cited papers in LIS. Although more empirical analyses are needed, the rank based on YCGR in conjunction with variables related to YCGR can be used as an alternative method in recognizing influential papers in LIS.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2018.08a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2018

본 연구는 혁신확산이론의 관점에서 전자저널 구축이 국내 학술지에 미치는 요인을 분석하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 국내 과학, 의학 분야 학술지를 발간하는 학회 학술지 담당자를 대상으로 서면인터뷰를 통해 연구 데이터를 수집하였다. 연구 결과, 혁신확산 이론 다섯 가지 속성은 전자저널을 구축을 지속하거나 채택 하는데 중요한 요인으로 작용하고 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 특히 상대적 유익성 및 적합성은 전자저널 구축 확산을 강화하는 핵심 요소로 작용하고 있다. 본 연구의 결과는 각 속성별 긍정적인 요인을 분석하고 국내 학술지의 전자저널 구축 확산 및 지속적 이용을 도모해야 한다는 점을 시사한다.