High Impact of IU Library and Information Science Publications

Thomson Scientific's analysis of library and information science journals (2001-2005) ranked IU second, behind Harvard University, in the impact of its publications. With 135 papers published, IU made the most contributions to the field. And with an average of 3.79 citations per paper, IU was well ahead of the third, fourth, and fifth ranked institutions: UCLA, Penn State, and University of Washington.

Dean Blaise Cronin remarked: "Following publication of the recent US News & World Report ranking for LIS schools, I commented that SLIS at Indiana University would have been ranked higher had objective indicators been used. These publication and citation data from ISI simply bear out my point, a point that has been made in other objective studies of LIS schools' scholarly performance over the years. It is heartening to see that Indiana is the top-ranked institution with an LIS program."

For information on Thomson Scientific's Library and Information Science rankings: http://in-cites.com/research/2006/may_8_2006-1.html

People pay attention to the library and information science publications from Indiana University. The national ranking in the discipline of library and information science during 1990-1994 ranked Indiana University as third highest, and in 1995-1999 as second highest number of citations (per the Institute for Scientific Information - ISI). This most recent study affirms the continuing scholarly contribution of Indiana University to the field.

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Posted May 17, 2006