Fettke P "State of the Art of the State of the Art - A study of the research method "review" in the information systems discipline " WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK 48 (4): 257-266 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: peter.fettke at iwi.dfki.de


A pdf copy of the paper in German is attached with the permission of the 
author and publisher.

Title: State of the Art of the State of the Art - A study of the research 
method "review" in the information systems discipline 

Author(s): Fettke P (Fettke, Peter) 

Source: WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK 48 (4): 257-266 2006 

Document Type: Review 
Language: German 
Cited References: 41      Times Cited: 0        

Abstract: The world-wide increasing amount of literature makes it necessary 
to describe, to synthesize, to evaluate, to clarify, or to integrate the 
results of papers in a particular field of research. Today, the process of 
conducting a literature review is seen as a scientific procedure, which 
should be guided by appropriate research methods. This paper analyzes the 
achieved research level in the information Systems discipline from a 
methodological point of view. As a sample we use all articles from the 
column ,,State-of-the-Art" of the journal WIRTSCHAFT-SINFORMATIK. The study 
shows that this research method is common in Information Systems research. 
However, several important aspects for further development are identified
(1) Until now no mathernatical-statistical analysis has been used. 
(2) Research methods used in the primary papers are not taken into account 
by reviews. 
(3) No explicit objectives are discussed by about one third of the articles 
in the sample. 
(4) The selection of literature used as a basis for the review is not 
explicated in any article. 
(5) About one half of the reviewed articles do not discuss further research 
questions. 


Addresses: Fettke P (reprint author), DFKI, IWI, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, D-
66123 Saarbrucken, Germany
DFKI, IWI, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany

E-mail Addresses: peter.fettke at iwi.dfki.de 

Publisher: VIEWEG, ABRAHAM-LINCOLN-STRABE 46, POSTFACH 15 47, D-65005 
WIESBADEN, GERMANY 

ISSN: 0937-6429 

 

 

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