Title: Trends in scientific research in Online Information Review. Part 2. Mapping the scientific knowledge through bibliometric and social network analyses,
Abstract: Objective. The purpose of this work is to analyse the knowledge structure and
trends in scientific research in the Online Information Reviews journal by
bibliometric analysis of key words and social network analysis of co-words.
Methods. Key words included in a set of 758 papers included in the Web of
Science database from 2000 to 2014 were analysed. We conducted a subject
analysis considering the key words assigned to papers. A social network
analysis was also conducted to identify the number of co-occurrences between
key words (co-words). The Pajek software was used to create and graphically
visualize the networks. Results. Internet is the most frequent key word (n=219)
and the most central in the network of co-words, strongly associated with
Information retrieval, search engines, the World Wide Web, libraries and users
Conclusions. Information science, as represented by Online Information Review
in the present study, is an evolving discipline that draws on literature from a
relatively wide range of subjects. Although Online Information Review appears
to have well-defined and established research topics, the journal also changes
rapidly to embrace new lines of research.