A citation analysis of the quantitative/qualitative methods debate's reflection in sociology research: Implications for library collection development |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;2. Biostatistics Program, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, ON, Canada;3. Life Sciences Program, Queen''s University, Kingston, ON, Canada;4. Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;5. St. George''s University of London, London, England, UK;6. Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;7. Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Peter''s Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada;8. Department of Pediatrics and Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;9. Centre for Evaluation of Medicine, St Joseph''s Healthcare Hamilton, ON, Canada;10. Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;11. Father Sean O''Sullivan Research Institute, St Joseph''s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada;1. Registre général des cancers de Lille et de sa région, C2RC, boulevard du Professeur-J.-Leclercq, 59000 Lille, France;2. Santé publique France 12, rue du Val-d’Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice, France;3. Département d’information médicale,CHR&U, 2, avenue Oscar-Lambret, 59000 Lille, France;4. Ramsay générale de santé, hôpital privé La Louvière, 69, rue de la Louvière, 59000 Lille, France;5. Academic Radiation Oncology Department, centre Oscar Lambret, Lille University, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, 59000 Lille, France;6. CRISTAL, UMR CNRS 9189, 59000 Lille, France;7. Department of mathematics and statistics, université Laval, 2325, rue de l’Université, Québec, Quebec, Canada;1. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7908, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States;2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE 68182-0178, United States |
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| Abstract: | This study examines how the social sciences' debate between qualitative and quantitative methods is reflected in the citation patterns of sociology journal articles. Citation analysis revealed that quantitative articles were more likely to cite journal articles than monographs, while qualitative articles were more likely to cite monographs than journals. Quantitative articles cited other articles from their own quantitative-dominated journals but virtually excluded citations to articles from qualitative journals, while qualitative articles cited articles from the quantitative-dominated journals as well as their own qualitative-specialized journals. Discussion and conclusions include this study's implications for library collection development. |
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