Celebrating 30 years of the ISIC conference: citation impact and collaboration
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https://doi.org/10.47989/ir31ISIC65238Keywords:
Information behaviour, ISIC conference, citation analysis, impactAbstract
Introduction. The ISIC conference series has served as a central venue for interdisciplinary research on information behaviour since 1996. This paper commemorates 30 years of ISIC by examining its scholarly impact and collaborative characteristics.
Method. A descriptive and bibliometric analysis was conducted on 495 ISIC papers published between 1996 and 2024. Citation data (N=20,865) were retrieved via SerpAPI from Google Scholar. Author metadata, including affiliation and academic seniority, were manually extracted from conference proceedings and journal publications.
Results. Collaboration has increased over time, with a shift from single-author papers to multi-authored contributions. Authors from 42 countries have participated and citing authors represent a broad range of institutions and research interests, with ‘information behaviour’ being the most frequent. ISIC papers have been cited extensively, with an average of 39.8 citations per paper.
Conclusion. The ISIC conference continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the field of information behaviour. Its international reach, interdisciplinary nature, and sustained scholarly influence underscore its importance. Future research should explore citation contexts to better understand how and why ISIC papers are cited.
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