Dissertation Information for Susan G. Emerson NAME: - Susan G. Emerson
- (Alias) Susan Vince Emerson
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- Case Western Reserve University (USA) (1975)
ADVISORS: - William Goffman
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Phyllis A. Richmond - Manfred Kochen - Alan M. Ross
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: Problem-oriented literature searching
Abstract: A bibliometric methodology was developed for designing an algorithm to identify literature in which knowledge pertinent to a scientific research problem can be found. The journal sources of current research articles, synoptic works and landmark documents containing background knowledge can be identified by the algorithm.
The methodology was based on viewing a literature as related to a scientific research problem rather than in terms of particular fields of scholarship. Citation relationships were assumed to reflect the problem-oriented structure of the literature
The algorithm is a combination of techniques for citation seraching, classification, and data analysis. It can be executed as a bibliometric procedure or as an interactive search. In the bibliometric procedure the operation and the search parameters are chosen automatically on the basis of bibliometric principles. In the interactive mode the searcher can obtain partial results and modify the procedure.
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the algorithm. From one research article on a problem of vision thirteen journals producing over half of the current research articles, a set of landmark works and synoptic works were found. As a control, the literature of the research area of visual psychophysics and physiology was identified in terms of its key authors and central journals. A comparison of these authors and journals with the results of the a1gorithm showed that the algorithm identified the appropriate literature. The algorithm seems generalizable to scientific literatures in which certain citation patterns and journal distributions exist. It is applicable for identifying core literatures in collection development and for bibliographic services.
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MPACT Scores for Susan G. Emerson A = 0
C = 0
A+C = 0
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
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