OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Library & Information Science Research is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	30
Factors affecting users' intention to use mobile health services of public libraries	30
Impact of school librarians on elementary student achievement in reading and mathematics: A propensity score analysis	27
Influence of cognitive and emotional frames on Weibo users' information dissemination behavior in natural disaster emergencies: The moderating effect of psychological distance	20
Creating a ubiquitous reading environment for children in undeveloped rural areas: An action research project	19
Towards a model of research data management readiness in Indonesian context: An investigation of factors and indicators through the fuzzy delphi method	15
The hidden, manipulated, and secret information world of gambling addiction: Maximizing use of in-depth, narrative interviews to understand social impact	15
Does an image facilitate the sharing of negative news on social media? An experimental investigation	14
Setting out a methodological framework for undertaking effective reviews of national prison library services: Design of an inclusive methodology for the Irish Prison Library Review	13
Thinking like a bricoleur: New forms of rigor in research on information experience	13
Democratizing technology in a public library: A nexus analytical inquiry into a Hebocon maker activity	13
Is e-reading environmentally more sustainable than conventional reading? Evidence from a systematic literature review	13
Corrigendum to “Space invaders: First-time users feel like intruders in the makerspace” [Library & Information Science Research 45/4 (2023) 101264]	13
Gender and linguistic distinctions of information needs in the Chinese context: Conscious and formalized levels	12
A methodological framework for studying visual information practices	11
Health information seeking behaviour during exceptional times: A case study of Persian-speaking minorities in Finland	10
Development and validation of a measuring instrument for digital library maturity	10
How do fans purposively create information to promote a celebrity? An analysis of fans' information practices and literacy improvement	10
Deconstructing proxy health information-seeking behavior: A systematic review	10
Memorial design as information creation: Honoring the past through co-production of an informing aesthetic	10
Privacy protection framework for open data: Constructing and assessing an effective approach	10
Using Q methodology to understand conflicting conceptualizations of reference and information service	10
Factors influencing the effect of proxy health information seeking behavior: A grounded theory exploration	9
Bridging the research-practice gap in librarianship: Exploring the mediating role of library societies	9
Innovative public library services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Application and revision of social innovation typology	8

Archival literacy framework for the public: A Delphi and analytical hierarchy process study	8
Virtual reality as a tool to alleviate library anxiety and promote service knowledge acquisition among visually impaired students	8
What comprises social intelligence and can it predict knowledge sharing among diverse information professionals?	8
Assessing social efficiency of libraries from a dynamic perspective: The Peruvian municipal library system	7
Editorial Issue 1 2024	7
LAM professionals' roles and attitudes to user participation in Norway and Sweden	7
Development and validation of an internet unethical behavior scale	7
How feasible is creating a natural disaster information management open-access repository (NDIM-OAR) in Iran?	7
Acknowledgements 2022	7
Examining young children's information practices and experiences: A child-centered methodological approach	7
College students and patient work: Health information management by emerging young adults	7
Measurement model for dynamic capabilities of an academic library (DCAL)	6
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) liaison librarians: Perspectives on functions and frequencies for serving academic researchers	6
Developing and evaluating a gamified information retrieval system for Generation Z	6
Diaries of lifelong learners: Information seeking behaviors of older adults in peer-learning study groups at an academic institution	6
Editorial Board	6
Hiker on trail: Information practices in the wild. A mixed methods approach to investigate real-time mobile technology use by long-distance backpackers	6
Who cares about rural libraries? Tracking a neglected research topic in library and information science	6
Archaeological information-making activities according to field reports	6
Acknowledgements	6
Beyond surface: Chinese youth's digital reading motivation explored via laddering and the interpretative structural modeling method (ISM)	6
Editorial Board	6
Librarian views of the ACRL Framework and the impact of covid-19 on information literacy instruction in community colleges	5
Footed in the information deep: Research frameworks for (re)claiming and (re)storing heritage-based knowledge competencies in information professionals	5
Examining nonsuicidal self-injury content creation on TikTok through qualitative content analysis	5
“Youth service librarians…are not just providers of books”: Caregivers' perceptions of the value of public library services during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
What is next for information world mapping? International and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding information behaviors/practices in context	5
Public library needs assessment to build a community-based library: Triangulation method with a social media data analysis	5
Understanding health information literacy of mHealth app users from digital wellbeing perspective: Evidence from regression analysis and fsQCA	5
Gender differences in research topic and method convergence among collaborating scholars in library and information science	5
Motivation for downloading academic publications	5
Decoding virtual chats: NLP insights into academic library services.	5
Data literacy in flux: Perspectives of community college librarians on evolving educational demands and library capacities	4
Learning from digital disorientations: Navigating virtual and physical spaces in library and information science research during lockdowns and beyond	4
How user information search patterns impact learning outcomes across different stages of learning-related search tasks	4
Unfolding social learning parameters behind the selection of information sources against cyclones: A perspective of information seeking behavior research	4
Effect of online research data management instruction on social science graduate students’ RDM skills	4
“Lady can talk forever…”: Exploring caring discourse in bilingual librarianship	4
Editorial Board	4
Exploring user experience in digital libraries through questionnaire and eye-tracking data	4
A methodological and theoretical exploration of a two-country, comparative study of collaboration between academics and library staff	3
Supporting collaborative research in information science: The RADAR program as a model for academic-practitioner team engagement	3
“I had to teach my own doctor what this was about”: Information sharing barriers and information evaluation of Finnish transgender people	3
Editorial Board	3
Public library lending programs increase radon testing in rural communities	3
Editorial Board	3
An exploration of feedback orientation in library workers	3
Evaluating librarian continuing professional development: Merging Guskey's framework and Vygotsky Space to explore transfer of learning	3
Editorial Board	3
Interpretable analysis of public library service outcomes based on ensemble learning models: Data study from China (2007–2021)	3

Accounting for the knowledge gained during a web search: An empirical study on learning transfer indicators	3
How online health discussions make people perceive benefits?	3
Development and validation of the library ethics scale	3
A model for understanding new media literacy: Epistemological beliefs and social media use	3
A systematic review of library makerspaces research	3
Serious and casual leisure in public library makerspaces: The two-audience conundrum and research agenda	3
The gender and LGBTQ perspectives in library and information science: A case study at the University of Barcelona	3