Forskningsfronten inom informationsvetenskap - BADA

1 Inledning.................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Syfte och forskningsfrågor ............................................................................................... 4
1.2 Avgränsningar .................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Definitioner ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Disposition........................................................................................................................ 6
2 Teoretisk bakgrund.................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Vetenskaplig kommunikation........................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Citeringar inom vetenskaplig kommunikation.......................................................... 7
2.2 Bibliometri........................................................................................................................ 8
2.2.1 Citeringsanalys .......................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Multivariat analys........................................................................................................... 10
2.3.1 Klusteranalys........................................................................................................... 10
2.3.2 Multidimensionell skalning..................................................................................... 11
3 Bibliometriska arbets- och datamaterial................................................................................ 13
3.1 Citeringsindex ................................................................................................................ 13
3.2 Citeringsmått .................................................................................................................. 13
4 Tidigare forskning................................................................................................................. 15
5 Metod och material................................................................................................................ 21
5.1 Insamling av data............................................................................................................ 21
5.2 Behandling av data ......................................................................................................... 21
5.2.1 Bibexcel och bibliografisk koppling ....................................................................... 21
5.2.2 Normalisering av referenslistors längd ................................................................... 22
5.2.3 Klustring.................................................................................................................. 23
6 Resultat.................................................................................................................................. 25
6.1 Identifierade forskningsteman........................................................................................ 25
7 Analys och diskussion........................................................................................................... 37
7.1 Forskningsteman och huvudinriktningar........................................................................ 37
7.1.1 Informationsåtervinning.......................................................................................... 38
7.1.2 Bibliometri .............................................................................................................. 39
7.1.3 Kunskapsorganisation ............................................................................................. 40
7.1.4 Informationsvetenskapens filosofi .......................................................................... 40
7.1.5 Sammanställning av huvudinriktningar .................................................................. 41
7.2 Forskningsteman och tidigare forskning ........................................................................ 41
7.3 Reflektioner över urval samt tillämpning av metod....................................................... 43
8 Sammanfattning .................................................................................................................... 46
Källförteckning......................................................................................................................... 47