How important is software to library and information science research? A content analysis of full-text publications

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Highlights：

• This paper investigates the contributions of software to LIS research.

• We explore the extent to which researchers follow software citation instructions.

• Nearly 30% of the LIS articles in our sample explicitly mention and use software.

• A substantial proportion of scholars do not follow software citation instructions.

摘要

•This paper investigates the contributions of software to LIS research.•We explore the extent to which researchers follow software citation instructions.•Nearly 30% of the LIS articles in our sample explicitly mention and use software.•A substantial proportion of scholars do not follow software citation instructions.

论文关键词：Software citation,Citation analysis,Software,Bibliometrics,Scholarly communication

论文评审过程：Received 13 November 2018, Revised 31 January 2019, Accepted 1 February 2019, Available online 15 February 2019, Version of Record 15 February 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.02.002