A38. Borgman,
C. & Rice, R. E. (1992). The convergence of information science and
communication: A bibliometric analysis. Journal of the American
Society
for Information Science, 43(6), 397-411.
This study asks whether the disciplines of
information science
and
communication are converging, as indicated by a bibliometric study of
all
core journals of both disciplines in the Social SciencesCitation
Index
(SSCI®)
for the period 1977 to 1987. Results show very little convergence
between
these disciplines, at least on the basis of cross-disciplinary journal
citation patterns, although the number of journals involved has
increased
slightly over time. A few journals are mainly responsible for the
cross-disciplinary
citing, and they are primarily information science journals citing
communication
journals. The results may be of interest to those studying scholarly
communication
or bibliometrics, to faculty constructing curricula in either of the
disciplines,
to communication and information science scholars seeking new areas of
research, and to collection development librarians in drawing the
boundaries
of these disciplines.
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