Analysis of Book Half-life Based on BKCI: Taking the Library Science & Information Science for Example

  • Song Wenfei ,
  • Liu Xiaojuan
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  • 1. School of Digital Media and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Industry Polytechnic College, Shaoxing 312000;
    2. School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875

Received date: 2016-05-23

  Revised date: 2016-06-12

  Online published: 2016-06-20

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] This paper aims to explore the obsolescence and citation features of books, and evaluate the academic value and utilization laws of books more objectively.[Method/process] The paper captures the citation data of the books in the field of LIS (Library and Information Science) during the year from 2012 to 2014 on the Book Citation Index, measures the citing half-life and cited half-life, and compares with the journal of the same discipline.[Result/conclusion] This paper draws a conclusion that the book citing half-life is longer than journal, and the book cited half-life is shorter than journal. Finally, it analyses the reason which causes the difference between book citing and cited.

Cite this article

Song Wenfei , Liu Xiaojuan . Analysis of Book Half-life Based on BKCI: Taking the Library Science & Information Science for Example[J]. Library and Information Service, 2016 , 60(12) : 124 -129 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2016.12.018

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