Whitley, EA; Galliers, RD An alternative perspective on citation classics: Evidence from the first 10 years of the European Conference on Information Systems INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT, 44 (5): 441-455 JUL 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: e.a.whitley at lse.ac.uk; rgalliers at bentley.edu

Author(s): Whitley, EA (Whitley, Edgar A.); Galliers, RD (Galliers, Robert 
D.) 

Title: An alternative perspective on citation classics: Evidence from the 
first 10 years of the European Conference on Information Systems 

Source: INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT, 44 (5): 441-455 JUL 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: citations; classics; European research tradition; social 
theorists; Information systems research 

Keywords Plus: COCITATION ANALYSIS; KEY ISSUES; MANAGEMENT; DISCIPLINE; 
JOURNALS; MIS; PATTERNS; SCHOLARS; FORUMS; FIELD 

Abstract: We present an alternative perspective to the many citation 
classics papers that have appeared in the IS literature by presenting 
citation data from the first 10 years of the European Conference on IS 
(ECIS, 1993-2002), identifying the most frequently cited texts in this 
sample. We compared the ECIS citation classics with those presented by 
others and suggest that the ECIS data highlight the ways in which the IS 
field is more nuanced than previously reported. We thus provided insights 
how the field has developed internationally. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All 
rights reserved. 

Addresses: Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Management, 
Informat Syst & Innovat Grp, London WC2A 2AE, England; Bentley Coll, 
Waltham, MA 02452 USA 

Reprint Address: Whitley, EA, Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, 
Dept Management, Informat Syst & Innovat Grp, Houghton St, London WC2A 
2AE, England. 

E-mail Address: e.a.whitley at lse.ac.uk; rgalliers at bentley.edu 

Cited Reference Count: 72 

Times Cited: 1 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

ISSN: 0378-7206 

29-char Source Abbrev.: INFORM MANAGEMENT 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Inf. Manage. 

Source Item Page Count: 15 

Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information 
Science & Library Science; Management 

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