An evaluation of information behaviour studies through the Scholarly Capital Model

Influence and capital are two concepts used to evaluate scholarly outputs, and these can be measured using the Scholarly Capital Model as a modelling tool. The tool looks at the concepts of connectedness, venue representation, and ideational influence using centrality measures within a social networ...

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Published in:Learned publishing 2018-04, Vol.31 (2), p.121-129
Main Authors: Soheili, Faramarz, Khasseh, Ali Akbar, Mousavi Chelak, Afshin, Tavakolizadeh‐Ravari, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
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Influence
Information seeking behavior
Scholarly publishing
Social networks
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Summary:Influence and capital are two concepts used to evaluate scholarly outputs, and these can be measured using the Scholarly Capital Model as a modelling tool. The tool looks at the concepts of connectedness, venue representation, and ideational influence using centrality measures within a social network. This research used co‐authorships and h‐indices to investigate authors who have published papers in the field of information behaviour between 1980 and 2015 as extracted from Web of Science. The findings show a relationship between the authors’ connectedness and the venue (journal) representation. It could be seen that the venue (journal) influences the chance of citation, and equally, the prestige (centrality) of authors probably raises the citations of the journals. The research also shows a significant positive relationship between the venue representation and ideational influence. This means that a research work that is published in a highly cited journal will find more visibility and will receive more citations.
ISSN:0953-1513
1741-4857
DOI:10.1002/leap.1129