Bibliometric Analysis of the ASLIB Journal of Information Management from 2014 to 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine the papers published in the ASLIB Journal of Information Management between 2014 to 2021. The Scopus database was chosen for bibliographic data extraction. The VOSviewer software was used to visualize the research results using network maps. During the research period, 311 papers with 2534 citations were discovered. The publication trends of the ASLIB Journal of Information Management have been identified using a variety of bibliometric variables. The findings of the study revealed that, the most documents (n=52) were published in 2020, while the most citations (n=558) were recorded in 2015. In total, 827 authors from 51 nations contributed to the publications. The average number of citations per document (ACPD) is 8.15, with 22.65 (2014) being the most and 0.26 being the lowest (2021). The level of collaboration varies between 0.74 and 0.84. During the study period, the average degree of collaboration was 0.786. According to the findings, the ASLIB magazine of information management publishes high-quality research articles on a variety of library and information science topics. The Journal Citescore is 3.3, SJR is 0.558, and SNIP is 1.132, according to Scopus

Bibliometric Analysis: Forest Fire Controlling Policy in Indonesia

This study aims to identify and analyze the intensity of research developments with the topic of forest fire controlling policy in Indonesia in the last five years from 2017 to 2021 through bibliometric analysis. The research method uses a literature review with data collection through the publish or perish software from the google scholar database with the keywords “forest fire Indonesia,” “forest fire management, Indonesia,” forest fire control, Indonesia,” and “forest fire policy, Indonesia.” Data analysis using the VOSviewer application. The results showed 154 journal articles discussing forest fire controlling policy in Indonesia between 2017 and 2021 accessed on December 18, 2021. The term "implementation" became the most central and widely discussed term in previous studies. As a comparison, in 2021, the terms "coordination policy" and "annual forest fire” will be the last issues to be discussed. The limitation of this study is research using the Google Scholar database. It is open to all articles, including journals, reports, papers assignments, and articles that have been uploaded to the Google database. In addition, incomplete metadata such as year and source of publication become undetectable when filtered. Following research, more analysis will be conducted using other indexing databases like Scopus or Web of Science

An Assessment of Impact Metrics’ Potential as Research Indicators Based on Their Perception, Usage, and Dependencies from External Science Communication

The demand for practicable methods for quantitative assessments of scientific products’ relevance has risen considerably over the past decades. As a consequence, research and commercial providers of scholarly data developed a wide variety of impact indicators, ranging from citation-based to so-called altmetrics. This highly heterogeneous family of indicators is based on the principle of measuring interactions with scientific publications that are observable online, and covers for instance mentions of publications in social and journalistic media, in literature management software, or in policy documents. The various metrics' theoretical validity as impact indicators is debated constantly, as questions regarding what it is that different metrics measure or express in many facets remain unanswered. This thesis makes two central contributions towards answering these questions. Its first part systematically assesses the status quo of various metrics’ perception and usage by researchers. This assessment serves to determine the significance of metrics in academic daily routines, as well as to identify relevant perceived problems concerning their usage. The challenges identified this way are in later sections of the thesis opposed with concrete measures to be taken during the development of future research metrics and their infrastructure to effectively solve common criticisms regarding current metrics and their use. Proceeding from the first part’s user studies, this thesis’ second part examines the relationship between research metrics and external science communication. It this way addresses a wide research gap with considerable potential implications for metrics’ validity as indicators for quality - the question to which degree these metrics are merely the result of promotion, which respective research publications receive

Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication

Scientometrics have become an essential element in the practice and evaluation of science and research, including both the evaluation of individuals and national assessment exercises. Yet, researchers and practitioners in this field have lacked clear theories to guide their work. As early as 1981, then doctoral student Blaise Cronin published The need for a theory of citing - a call to arms for the fledgling scientometric community to produce foundational theories upon which the work of the field could be based. More than three decades later, the time has come to reach out the field again and ask how they have responded to this call. This book compiles the foundational theories that guide informetrics and scholarly communication research. It is a much needed compilation by leading scholars in the field that gathers together the theories that guide our understanding of authorship, citing, and impact