Information Society

Top Research Topics at The Information Society?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of The Internet, Public relations, Media studies, Information technology and Information and Communications Technology. The The Internet research presented falls under the domain of World Wide Web. The Information Society explores topics in Public relations which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Information society and Politics.

Information system and Knowledge management are some topics wherein Information technology research discussed in the journal have an impact. The works on Information and Communications Technology deal in particular with Digital divide.

• The Internet (14.29%)
• Public relations (13.16%)
• Media studies (9.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Concept of Information Overload: A Review of Literature from Organization Science, Accounting, Marketing, MIS, and Related Disciplines (1137 citations)
• Information Systems and Developing Countries: Failure, Success, and Local Improvisations (1034 citations)
• The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon (890 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Information Society:

The most cited articles explore disciplines such as The Internet, Public relations, Information and Communications Technology, Knowledge management and Information technology. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on The Internet, it also covers topics in Politics and Internet privacy. The works on Information and Communications Technology tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Context (language use) and Data science.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• World War II
• The Internet

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of The Information Society are Context (language use), Linguistics, Social media, Media studies and Sign language. Some problems in Context (language use) that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Literature, Source text and Politics. The research on Politics discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Queer theory.

The Linguistics research dealing mostly with Discourse marker is the focus of The Information Society. The in-depth study on Social media also explores topics in the intersecting field of Internet privacy. Topics in Media studies explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Narrative and Ideology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Sign language interpreting services: A quick fix for inclusion? (6 citations)
• Ethical aspects of multi-stakeholder recommendation systems (5 citations)
• Controlling petty corruption in public administrations of developing countries through digitalization: An opportunity theory informed study of Ghana customs (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in The Information Society (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rob Kling (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rishi Kushwah (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kailash Patidar (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jason Dedrick (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Leopoldina Fortunati (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in The Information Society (based on the number of publications) are:

• Indiana University (72 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, Irvine (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• London School of Economics and Political Science (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pennsylvania State University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Los Angeles (17 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 32.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.00% of all publications and 64.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.