Blessinger K and Hrycaj P. Highly cited articles in library and information science: an analysis of content and authorship trends. Library & Information Science Research 2010; 32(2):156-62
(doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2009.12.007)
Thirty-two high impact journal articles, published in the period 1994-2004 and influential to scholarly communication in library and information sciences (LIS), are identified and examined. In particular, journal distributions, major subject themes, and general authorship characteristics of these articles are discussed and compared to the majority of scholarly articles published in LIS during the same time period.