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Characteristics of Literature Usage in Social Sciences and Humanities in China
Received date: 2015-10-25
Revised date: 2015-11-01
Online published: 2015-11-20
[Purpose/significance] This paper analyses the characteristics of literature use in social sciences and humanities in China, and then discusses the implications for the research evaluation of social sciences and humanities researchers and for the resource purchases of libraries.[Method/process] About 751 jouranls of social science and humanities, sponsored by orignizations in Mainland China, are the data sources of this paper. Mora than 12.82 million citations of 1.31 million papers published from 2004 to 2013 are taken into account.[Result/conclusion] The results show that 34.03% of the citations are books, 33.95% of the citations are journal articles, and 32.02% are resources of other types. From the discipline perspective, the use rate of books in the humanities is the highest, while the use rate of journal articles in social sciences is the highest. Using preferences of newspapers and dissertations in social sciences and humanities is not very distinct. As for using tendency, the use rate of journal articles and dissertations is rising yearly. In the meantime, the use rate of books is declining.
Key words： humanities; social sciences; literature use
Su Jinyan . Characteristics of Literature Usage in Social Sciences and Humanities in China[J]. Library and Information Service, 2015 , 59(22) : 118 -123 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2015.22.018
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