Larsen, TJ (Larsen, Tor J.); Levine, L (Levine, Linda) CITATION PATTERNS IN MIS: An Analysis of Exemplar Articles OPEN IT-BASED INNOVATION: MOVING TOWARDS COOPERATIVE IT TRANSFER AND KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION, 287: 23-38 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

Email Address: Tor.J.Larsen at BI.NO

Book series title: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING 

Language: English 

Document Type: Proceedings Paper 

Conference Title: 11th International Working Conference on Open-IT Based 
Innovation - Moving Towards Cooperative IT Transfer and Knowledge 
Diffusion 

Conference Date: OCT 22-24, 2008 

Conference Location: mADRID, SPAIN 

Conference Sponsors: IFIP TC8 WG8 6.; Spanish Minist Sci & Innovat.; IBM.; 
Ericsson.; Madrid City Council.; Telefon Invest & Desarrollo.; Univ 
Politen Madrid. 

Author Keywords: Citation analysis; bibliometrics; scientometrics; 
diffusion of research; exemplar articles; MIS research agenda 

Keywords Plus: MANAGEMENT-INFORMATION-SYSTEMS; REFERENCE DISCIPLINE; 
IDENTITY CRISIS; ET-AL; DIVERSITY; COCITATION; DOCUMENTS; EVOLUTION; 
ARTIFACT; JOURNALS 

Abstract: The present research examines MIS exemplar articles, analyzing 
their citation patterns in MIS and other scientific fields. Using MIS 
Quarterly articles of the year and peer-nominated articles, we identified 
36 exemplar MIS articles. 117 all, 421 journals contained articles that 
cited the exemplars. Our five findings are: (1) the HIS exemplars cover a 
wide range of themes, (2) the average life-time for an exemplar article 
(as expressed through the citations mode to the article) is 17 years , as 
compared with an 11 year expected life time for scientific journal 
articles, (3) the dominant life-cycle pattern for an an exemplar takes the 
form of a bell curve, (4) exemplar articles that were conceptual in nature 
are not cited any more frequently than articles treating contemporary, 
issues, and (5)conceptual contributions have a longer lifetime of citation 
activity than contemporary exemplars. Future research will in ore closely 
examine HIS and its reference disciplines, as is revealed through 
extensive citation analysis of the exemplars. 

Addresses: [Larsen, Tor J.] Norwegian Sch Management, Dept Leadership & 
Org Management, Oslo, Norway 

Reprint Address: Larsen, TJ, Norwegian Sch Management, Dept Leadership & 
Org Management, Oslo, Norway. 

Cited Reference Count: 53 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: SPRINGER 

Publisher Address: 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013, UNITED STATES 

ISSN: 1571-5736 

ISBN: 978-0-387-87502-6 

29-char Source Abbrev.: INT FED INFO PROC 

Source Item Page Count: 16 

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