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What characterizes LIS as a fragmenting discipline?

Vakkari, Pertti - In: Journal of Documentation 80 (2024) 7, pp. 60-77

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to characterize library and information science (LIS) as fragmenting discipline both historically and by applying Whitley’s (1984) theory about the organization of sciences and Fuchs’ (1993) theory about scientific change. Design/methodology/approach The...

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Measuring the Global Research Environment: Information Science Challenges for the 21st Century

Anderson, Caryn; Bammer, Gabriele - 2005

â What does the global research environment look like?â This paper presents a summary look at the results of efforts toaddress this question using available indicators on global research production. It was surprising how little information is available, how difficult some of it is to access...

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From expatriates' information needs to information management in the expatriation cycle

Andre, M; Barrulas, M J - 2006

This study is aimed at to identify and to understand the role of information in what concerns the mobility process of top executives, helping organisations to make the most of their expatriatesâ experiences. The methodological approach chosen was the case study, carried out in an economic group...

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A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Data Mining

Elovici, Yuval; Braha, Dan - 2003

In this paper, we develop a decision-theoretic frameworkfor evaluating data mining systems, which employ classification methods, in terms of their utility in decision-making. The decision-theoretic model provides an economic perspective on the value of â extracted knowledge,â in terms of its...

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Interdisciplinary research on information science and tourism

Li, Nao; Buhalis, Dimitrios; Zhang, Lingyun - In: Information and communication technologies in tourism …, (pp. 302-313). 2013

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Information Behavior: An Evolutionary Instinct

Foster, Allen - In: Journal of Documentation 67 (2011) 5, pp. 893-895

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Memetics as informational difference: offering an information-centric conception of memes

Smith, Alexander O.; Hemsley, Jeff - In: Journal of Documentation 78 (2021) 5, pp. 1149-1163

Purpose Information scientists may find value in studying cultural information evolution and information diffusion … such a way that the authors can datafy information or cultural evolution more clearly. Originality/value Here the authors … offer an approach for studying cultural information evolution through the study of memes. In doing so, the authors forward a …

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Conceptualizing the interdisciplinary diffusion and evolution of emerging fields: The case of systems biology

Goldman, Alyssa W. - In: Journal of Informetrics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 43-58

suggest how the dynamics of a field's interdisciplinary evolution can be realized. The author concludes by presenting a …

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Evolution of international tourist flows from 1995 to 2018 : a network analysis perspective

Shao, Yuhong; Huang, Songshan; Wang, Yingying; Li, Zhiyong - In: Tourism management perspectives : TMP 36 (2020), pp. 1-14

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An analysis of the evolution of Chinese cities in global scientific collaboration networks : manuscript prepared for special issue on "China's internationalization and changing rol...

Cao, Zhan; Derudder, Ben; Dai, Liang; Peng, Zhenwei - In: ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography 67 (2023) 1, pp. 5-19

traced back to changing institutional, economic, and geopolitical contexts. (3) Evolution in the global scientific …

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