Ragnar Audunson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 990 citations indexed

About

Ragnar Audunson is a scholar working on Library and Information Sciences, Information Systems and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Ragnar Audunson has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 990 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Library and Information Sciences, 10 papers in Information Systems and 8 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Ragnar Audunson's work include Library Science and Administration (21 papers), Library Science and Information Literacy (14 papers) and Web and Library Services (8 papers). Ragnar Audunson is often cited by papers focused on Library Science and Administration (21 papers), Library Science and Information Literacy (14 papers) and Web and Library Services (8 papers). Ragnar Audunson collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Denmark and Finland. Ragnar Audunson's co-authors include Svanhild Aabø, Andreas Vårheim, Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Henrik Jochumsen, Pertti Vakkari, Frank Huysmans, Masanori Koizumi, Erling Holm, Håkon Larsen and Mahmood Khosrowjerdi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Documentation, Library & Information Science Research and SAGE Open.

In The Last Decade

Ragnar Audunson

33 papers receiving 840 citations

Hit Papers

How do public libraries function as meeting places? 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. How do public libraries function as meeting places?
    2010 155 citations Svanhild Aabø, Ragnar Audunson et al. Library & Information Science Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ragnar Audunson Norway 16 738 363 340 149 138 35 990
Svanhild Aabø Norway 15 569 0.8× 295 0.8× 270 0.8× 145 1.0× 122 0.9× 23 876
Paul Sturges United Kingdom 13 124 0.2× 191 0.5× 58 0.2× 181 1.2× 77 0.6× 68 585
David Streatfield United Kingdom 12 167 0.2× 179 0.5× 61 0.2× 74 0.5× 45 0.3× 56 552
Paul Genoni Australia 13 138 0.2× 238 0.7× 41 0.1× 58 0.4× 26 0.2× 75 582
Lee Komito Ireland 10 25 0.0× 38 0.1× 192 0.6× 303 2.0× 108 0.8× 17 508
Gianluca Argentin Italy 11 8 0.0× 158 0.4× 94 0.3× 242 1.6× 38 0.3× 52 597
Melissa Wall United States 13 4 0.0× 35 0.1× 511 1.5× 388 2.6× 95 0.7× 32 766
Bennett Cherry United States 8 45 0.1× 42 0.1× 34 0.1× 264 1.8× 5 0.0× 10 577
Johannes A.G.M. van Dijk Netherlands 7 4 0.0× 57 0.2× 129 0.4× 177 1.2× 50 0.4× 36 406
Mark Balnaves Australia 11 4 0.0× 36 0.1× 72 0.2× 133 0.9× 37 0.3× 44 404

Countries citing papers authored by Ragnar Audunson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ragnar Audunson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ragnar Audunson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ragnar Audunson. The network helps show where Ragnar Audunson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ragnar Audunson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ragnar Audunson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ragnar Audunson 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 Ragnar Audunson. Ragnar Audunson 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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Audunson, Ragnar, et al.. (2024). Location, Location, Location. Åbo Akademi University Research Portal. 27(1). 26–44.
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Pálsdóttir, Ágústa, et al.. (2022). Social reading and the public sphere in Nordic public libraries: a comparative study. Information Research an international electronic journal. 27. 5 indexed citations
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Pálsdóttir, Ágústa, et al.. (2021). Public librarians' perception of their professional role and the library's role in supporting the public sphere: a multi-country comparison. Journal of Documentation. 78(5). 1109–1130. 13 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, et al.. (2021). Qualification requirements in Norwegian public libraries – an analysis of job advertisements. Information Research an international electronic journal. 26(1). 4 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, et al.. (2019). ALM in the public sphere: How do archivists, librarians and museum professionals conceive the respective roles of their institutions in the public sphere?. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 24. 1 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, Svanhild Aabø, Henrik Jochumsen, et al.. (2019). Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere. Journal of Documentation. 75(4). 773–790. 58 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, Svanhild Aabø, Henrik Jochumsen, et al.. (2019). Public libraries as public sphere institutions. Journal of Documentation. 75(6). 1396–1415. 33 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar. (2018). Do We Need a New Approach to Library and Information Science?. BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis. 42(2). 357–362. 6 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, et al.. (2017). Supporting immigrants’ political integration through discussion and debate in public libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 51(1). 228–242. 41 indexed citations
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Vakkari, Pertti, Svanhild Aabø, Ragnar Audunson, et al.. (2016). Patterns of perceived public library outcomes in five countries. Journal of Documentation. 72(2). 342–361. 24 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar & Svanhild Aabø. (2013). From Collections to Connections: Building a Revised Platform for Library and Information Science.. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 18(3). 3 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar. (2007). Library and Information Science Education-Discipline Profession, Vocation?. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 48(2). 94–107. 27 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, Andreas Vårheim, Svanhild Aabø, & Erling Holm. (2007). Public libraries, social capital, and low intensive meeting places. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 12. 28 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar. (2005). How do Politicians and Central Decision-Makers View Public Libraries? The case of Norway. IFLA Journal. 31(2). 174–182. 15 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, et al.. (2003). The complete librarian – an outdated species? LIS between profession and discipline. New Library World. 104(6). 195–202. 23 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar, et al.. (2003). Information literacy: the case or non‐case of Norway?. Library Review. 52(7). 319–325. 13 indexed citations
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Aabø, Svanhild & Ragnar Audunson. (2002). Rational choice and valuation of public libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 34(1). 5–15. 23 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar. (1999). Can institutional theory contribute to our understanding of information seeking behaviour. 67–81. 8 indexed citations
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Audunson, Ragnar. (1999). Between Professional Field Norms and Environmental Change Impetuses. Library & Information Science Research. 21(4). 523–552. 19 indexed citations

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