Lynn Westbrook

1.5k total citations
49 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lynn Westbrook is a scholar working on Information Systems, Health and Library and Information Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynn Westbrook has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Information Systems, 14 papers in Health and 13 papers in Library and Information Sciences. Recurrent topics in Lynn Westbrook's work include Intimate Partner and Family Violence (13 papers), Library Science and Information Literacy (12 papers) and Web and Library Services (9 papers). Lynn Westbrook is often cited by papers focused on Intimate Partner and Family Violence (13 papers), Library Science and Information Literacy (12 papers) and Web and Library Services (9 papers). Lynn Westbrook collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Lynn Westbrook's co-authors include María E. González, Joan C. Durrance, Ina Fourie, Yan Zhang, Leila Wood, Eva Hourihan Jansen, Adam Worrall, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, Isto Huvila and Pamela J. McKenzie and has published in prestigious journals such as Information Processing & Management, Journal of Interpersonal Violence and Journal of Documentation.

In The Last Decade

Lynn Westbrook

46 papers receiving 918 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lynn Westbrook United States 17 251 250 230 208 204 49 1.1k
Elfreda A. Chatman United States 19 572 2.3× 167 0.7× 542 2.4× 61 0.3× 598 2.9× 26 1.8k
Paul W. Mattessich United States 10 272 1.1× 344 1.4× 41 0.2× 94 0.5× 28 0.1× 22 1.1k
Kim M. Thompson United States 13 256 1.0× 97 0.4× 194 0.8× 14 0.1× 249 1.2× 49 1.1k
David N. Boote United States 13 158 0.6× 118 0.5× 130 0.6× 34 0.2× 80 0.4× 27 959
Kenneth J. Levine United States 20 298 1.2× 69 0.3× 174 0.8× 26 0.1× 27 0.1× 52 1.3k
Stuart Hannabuss United Kingdom 14 301 1.2× 56 0.2× 55 0.2× 28 0.1× 41 0.2× 108 714
John H. Schuh United States 20 171 0.7× 87 0.3× 45 0.2× 58 0.3× 31 0.2× 106 1.5k
Marie L. Radford United States 20 243 1.0× 60 0.2× 575 2.5× 28 0.1× 411 2.0× 62 1.2k
John G. Cullen Ireland 15 129 0.5× 48 0.2× 68 0.3× 22 0.1× 43 0.2× 47 664
Elizabeth G. Creamer United States 20 238 0.9× 224 0.9× 49 0.2× 94 0.5× 15 0.1× 97 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lynn Westbrook

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lynn Westbrook

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lynn Westbrook

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lynn Westbrook. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lynn Westbrook based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lynn Westbrook. Lynn Westbrook is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Westbrook, Lynn & Yan Zhang. (2015). Questioning strangers about critical medical decisions: “What happens if you have sex between the HPV shots?”. Information Research. 20(2). 6 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2015). Guidelines for mandated documents. Journal of Documentation. 71(1). 25–51. 2 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2015). ASIS&T addressing missed information opportunities and victims' information agency in the fight against sexual human trafficking. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 52(1). 1–16. 1 indexed citations
4.
Westbrook, Lynn, et al.. (2013). Information‐based mitigation of intimate partner violence. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 64(8). 1694–1706. 7 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2012). Internet access and use in domestic violence shelters: Policy, capacity, and management barriers. Journal of Social Work. 13(1). 30–53. 7 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn & María E. González. (2011). Information Support for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Public Librarianship's Role. Public Library Quarterly. 30(2). 132–157. 17 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn, et al.. (2011). Unprepared for information interactions: abuse survivors and police. Journal of Documentation. 67(6). 933–957. 6 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2009). Information myths and intimate partner violence: Sources, contexts, and consequences. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 60(4). 826–836. 22 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn, et al.. (2009). Hospital Dissemination of Information Resources on Intimate Partner Violence: Statewide Analysis of Texas Emergency Room Staff. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 9(3). 231–248. 2 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn, et al.. (2008). E‐government access to social service information: State web resources for domestic violence survivors. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 59(6). 903–915. 15 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2008). Crisis information concerns: Information needs of domestic violence survivors. Information Processing & Management. 45(1). 98–114. 43 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2006). Mental models: a theoretical overview and preliminary study. Journal of Information Science. 32(6). 563–579. 57 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn, et al.. (2002). Understanding faculty information needs: A process in the context of service. Reference & User Services Quarterly. 42(2). 144–148. 5 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2001). Understanding Faculty Information Needs in a Special Education Setting: Method and Results of a Community Analysis.. Knowledge quest. 30(2). 39–42. 1 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (2001). Faculty Relevance Criteria: Internalized User Needs. Library trends. 50(2). 197–206. 5 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (1999). Passing the Halfway Mark: LIS Curricula Incorporating User Education Courses. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 40(2). 92–92. 20 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (1998). Utilization-focused evaluation. Library & Information Science Research. 20(4). 427–429. 324 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn, et al.. (1993). Outreach in Academic Libraries: Principle into Practice.. Research Strategies. 11(2). 60–65. 14 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (1990). Evaluating Reference: An Introductory Overview of Qualitative Methods. Reference Services Review. 18(1). 73–78. 5 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Lynn. (1989). Innovations: Students and support staff on the reference desk. College & Research Libraries News. 50(9). 808–810. 1 indexed citations

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