A longitudinal investigation into the changing citing behavior of geomatics postgraduate students at Wuhan University,China, 1988–2004: Implications for collection development |
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| Institution: | 1. Information Technology Library, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;2. School of Information Management, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand;1. Institute of New Imaging Technologies(SP), Spain;2. Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, DE, Germany;3. 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software, Muenster, DE, Germany;4. Institute for Environment and Sustainability, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy;1. Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, National Reference Centre for Childhood Tuberculosis, Klinik Ottakring, Vienna, Austria;2. Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Gregorio Marañón and Gregorio Marañón Research Institute, Madrid, Spain;3. Infectious and Imported Diseases, Paediatric Unit, National Referral Unit for Tropical Diseases, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain;4. Department of Paediatrics, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;5. CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain;6. Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany;7. Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Evelina London Children''s Hospital, Guy''s and St Thomas'' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK;8. Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children''s Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;9. Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK;1. Sun Yat-sen University-Carnegie Mellon University (SYSU-CMU) Joint Institute of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China;2. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;3. School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China;4. Sun Yat-sen University-Carnegie Mellon University (SYSU-CMU) Shunde International Joint Research Institute, Shunde, Guangdong, China |
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| Abstract: | Aim:The purpose of this study is to identify and describe the citing behavior of geomatics postgraduate students at the Wuhan University in China. These students constitute one of the main user groups of Wuhan University Library and the analysis of their use of literature (through the means of citation analysis) can yield valuable insights against which to benchmark and inform collection development policy and other services at the Information Technology Library (ITL) at Wuhan University.Design/methodology/approach:In this project, 9317 citations in 21 PhD and 180 MSc theses submitted at the Wuhan University in the years of 1988, 1996, and 2004 were analyzed. All cited materials were divided by output format (monographs, proceedings, journal articles) and the more in-depth analysis was conducted for all cited journals. The following characteristics of the cited journal literature were analyzed: subject, age, language, and dispersion of journal titles.Findings:An increased use of journal literature in bibliographies of geomatics theses was observed over time. A trend to increase citations to international conference proceedings was also noted as well as a trend to cite more journals in disciplines other than surveying and mapping. It was also noted that, over time, citations to documents in languages other than Chinese and English have significantly decreased (in some cases, disappeared). Large dispersion among the most frequently cited journals in different time periods (only 25% of titles were repeated in 1988, 1996, and 2004 top ranking journal lists) was also noted. It was also noted that the core of geomatics literature is expanding (it now takes 42% of journal titles to cover 80% of all citations).Practical implications:By analyzing citation patterns of the graduate students of geomatics in China, we can track the developments and changes within that discipline in China and can compare these trends internationally (e.g. increased role of a journal, the importance of conference proceedings, domination of the English-language sources, dispersion of journal literature, and increasing multidisciplinarity of the discipline). The techniques and methods used in this study can be replicated to study other disciplines. Also, it is hoped that the findings of this research will inform collection development planning, development of reference services, and information literacy training. |
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