Journal of Documentation

2.1k papers and 47.6k indexed citations

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The 2.1k papers published in Journal of Documentation in the last decades have received a total of 47.6k indexed citations. Papers published in Journal of Documentation usually cover Information Systems (743 papers), Artificial Intelligence (462 papers) and Communication (343 papers) specifically the topics of Information Retrieval and Search Behavior (317 papers), Library Science and Administration (217 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (199 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of Documentation are Karen Spärck Jones, T. D. Wilson, Angela E. Pritchard, Stephen Robertson, David Bawden, Peter Ingwersen, Birger Hjørland, Annemareé Lloyd, C. J. van Rijsbergen and Hans‐Dieter Daniel.

In The Last Decade

Journal of Documentation

1.8k papers receiving 36.9k citations

Fields of papers published in Journal of Documentation

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Journal of Documentation

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