21st Century Anthropology Scholarship: A Citation Analysis |
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| Authors: | Priscilla Seaman Sue A Kaczor |
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| Institution: | 1. University Libraries, University at Albany, Albany, New Yorkpseaman@albany.edu;3. University Libraries, University at Albany, Albany, New York |
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| Abstract: | AbstractA 2017 citation study looked at four scholarly anthropology journals in order to evaluate current research trends. This study examined the following journals: Current Anthropology, the American Anthropologist, the American Ethnologist, and the Journal of Anthropological Research. The results showed an average of 89.9 citations per article, which is a large increase over previous studies. The breakdown by the largest two categories showed 48.1% citations to total books, compared to 41.2% for scholarly journals. All other source types of citations comprised only 10.7% of total citations. These results were compared to a 2005 study by William Robinson and Paul Posten of the same four journals from 1999. |
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| Keywords: | Anthropology journals anthropology literature bibliometrics books citation analysis collection development |
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