Disciplinary Interflow of Library and Information Science in Taiwan

This study investigates the indexed papers dated from 1996 to 2002, included in the Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI). The goal is to explore disciplinary interflow of Library & Information Science (LIS) studies in Taiwan. The results show that the researchers of LIS mostly cooperate with researchers and scholars in the fields of social science and engineering & technology. In addition, LIS researchers focusing on “Library & Information Technology” and “Reader Services” frequently cooperate with researchers from other disciplines. With regard to their citation behaviors, LIS researchers frequently cite literatures of the Social Science, Engineering & Technology, and History. Especially, the major of cited literatures are written in Chinese and published 5 to 10 years earlier than the citing papers. The LIS research topic, “Administration and Management”, has the largest COC (citation outside category) index and WCOC (weighted citation outside category) index. As an LIS research topic, “Administration and Management” might have relatively higher degree of disciplinary interflow.