Bibliometric Study and Network Analysis of the Phenomenon of Self-Publishing

BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF SELF-PUBLISHING

Almudena Mangas VegaGrupo E-lectraUniversidad de Salamanca (España)[email protected]

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Index

Introduction Objectives Metodology

Results & Discussion Conclusions Future Work

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Introduction

Self-publishing

Terminology

Peak in 2011

BibliometricsSocial Network Analysis


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Objectives


Self-publishin

g

Context

WhoHow deep

Bibliometric Study

Social Network Analysis

TEEM’155Metodology

Metrics y calculations Tools

EvolutionLaw of exponential

growthContemporaneity

Language distributionGeographic distribution

Categories densityLotka’s Law

Co-athorship indexBradford’s Law

Average degreeDensity

Input degreeCentrality degree

ClosenessLoops

Evolution graphModularity

Community detection

WOSSCOPUS

LISALISTA

self publishin

g

vanity press

vanity publishin

g

RefworksMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Excel

SPSSPajek

VOSViewerGephi

Data

March’15 / June’15


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Results and Discussion

1958196

2196

6197

0197

4197

8198

2198

6199

0199

4199

8200

2200

6201

0201

4048

Quantity of articles

Years

No.

Of

artic

les

1983198

5198

7198

9199

1199

3199

5199

7199

9200

1200

3200

5200

7200

9201

1201

3

2015 (

Mar.)

02468

1012

Quantity of citations

1958

1984

1986

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2011

2013

12

12

1

53

23

2

7

1

42

9

3

6 6 68

7

1715

16

11

Increment of authors

Contemporaneity



Topic concentrated in a few areas


Low co-authorship

1,10

10auth.=18,88% art.

<50%

Low productivity


Topic concentrated in a few countries and few languages

97%

2% 1%Percentage of articles by language

ENGLISH GERMAN RUSSIAN

USAUNITED KINGDOM

CANADAZAMBIA

ITALYFRANCE

SWITZERLANDSWEDEN

SINGAPOREROMANIA

NETHERLANDSDENMARKCROATIA

AUSTRALIA

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000

Percentage of articles by country



[1]-[2002-2006][2]-[2007-2010][3]-[2011-2015]

Citation evolution

Detected communitiesAlmudena Mangas Vega [email protected]

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Conclusions

Self-publishing is a topic of recent relevance.

It is being thoroughly investigated, specially in Library/Information Science Area

However, the rate of co-authorship is still low.

The role so prominent of a few countries and languages may imply absence of varied viewpoints

Social networks analysis and traditional bibliometrics = great combination.


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Future Work

Comparing the results of this analysis with those arising from the same study of all ages gathered

Analysing different approaches that are being taken to self-publishing research

Studying the absence of publications about "self-publishing" in 2009

Studying whether the terminological problems affect the penetration of this phenomenon in society (and scientifically)

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TEEM’15

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