Journal of Korean Medical Library Association
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한국의학도서관협회지 게재논문의 연구동향 분석: 1974∼2022

한혜영1,*, 남서진2, 김대인3, 김미영4, 김승희5, 김혜영6, 지순진7, 윤여란8
Hye Young Han1,*, Seojin Nam2, Dae In Kim3, Mi Young Kim4, Seung Hee Kim5, Hea Young Kim6, Soon Jin Ji7, Yeo Ran Yoon8
1노원을지대학교병원 의학도서실
2한양대학교 의학학술정보관
3연세대학교 의학도서관
4고려대학교 의학도서관
5강동성심병원 의학도서실
6한국의학도서관협회
7가톨릭대학교 성의교정도서관
8질병관리청 국립의과학지식센터
1Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University Medical Library, Seoul
2Hanyang University, Medical Library, Seoul
3Yonsei University Medical Library, Seoul
4Korea University Medical Library, Seoul
5Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Medical Library, Seoul
6The Korean Medical Library Association, Medical Library, Seoul
7The Catholic University of Korea, Medical Library, Seoul
8Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, National Center for Medical Information and Knowledge, Osong, Korea
*Corresponding author: Hye Young Han, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University Medical Library, 68 Hangeulbiseok-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01830, Korea Tel: 82-2-970-8445, Fax: 82-2-970-8003, E-mail: hyeyoung@eulji.ac.kr

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Received: Nov 21, 2023; Revised: Dec 27, 2023; Accepted: Dec 29, 2023

Published Online: Dec 30, 2023

Abstract

This study analyzed research trends in academic papers commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Korea Medical Library Association. The research data included 245 academic papers published between 1974 and 2022. The analysis criteria were four areas: research production volume and research type, research topic, and author status. For the research data, the researcher used a method of checking individual bibliographies and keyword network analysis, a type of quantitative bibliometric analysis. The analysis results are as follows. First, research production was divided into 10-year publication cycles, and the highest number of papers was produced in 1994∼2004, with a total of 77 papers. The production volume of papers has been maintained at an average of 36 papers, excluding publication cycles when the number of publications was rapidly high. Second, the type of research is initially published mainly as research bulletins and gradually changes to research papers. There are 99 research papers, and 38 have been produced since 2004. Third, the research topics in the early period from 1974 to 1992 were collection management, library management, and practical research, accounting for 80% of the production during that period. From the 2000s, practical research was the most popular, and data organization/collection management was the least popular research topic. Fourth, there were 44 co-authored research papers, which was low compared to 199 single-authored papers. However, due to the recent generalization of joint research, production has been slightly increasing since 2010.

Keywords: Research Trends; Content Analysis; Bibliometrics; Network Analysis; Korean Medical Library Association