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https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-159-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-159-2015
11 Aug 2015
 | 11 Aug 2015

The Bibliometric Analysis Of Literature On Museum Studies

C. W. Kuo and Y. H. Yang

Keywords: Museum studies, Museology, Bibliometrics, Bradford's Law

Abstract. Museum studies, is the study of museums, museum curation, and how and why museums developed into their institutional role in education and culture through scientific, social, political and other related forces. The purpose of this study is to shed light on the application trends of the international literature related to museum studies on the SCIE, SSCI, and AHCI databases between 1995 and 2014 using a bibliometric technique and citation analysis. The results of this study reveal that influences of the literature related to museum studies on other subject areas continue to expand. Considering the publication of major countries, subject areas, journal and institutions, the results also discussed that the future trend through analysing most cited articles. Moreover, 12 core journal lists are identified by Bradford’s law.