英文摘要 |
This study aims at exploring the research trends of library and information science (LIS) in the time period 2006 to 2015. This study selected articles published in 5 Chinese and 19 English journals, and research projects granted by Ministry of Science and Technology conducted during the abovementioned time period, a total of 11,555 English articles and 807 Chinese articles (or projects). Firstly, it used content analysis for classifying those articles into 11 subject categories. Secondly, it employed a text mining tool, CATAR (Content Analysis Toolkit for Academic Research), to discover popular keywords and keyword sets that co-occurred frequently, and cluster similar articles. Finally, Experts gave feedback about the results produced by CATAR and suggested the LIS research trends accordingly. On the basis of the research results, this study elucidates eight important topics for the future LIS research. |