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Pertti Vakkari

Pertti Vakkari

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Computer Science

D-Index
34
Citations
6419
World Ranking
12015
National Ranking
105

Overview

Pertti Vakkari is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Computer Science and Decision Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Information Systems, with significant involvement in related subfields such as Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Artificial Intelligence, Museology, and General Social Sciences.

Their research interests encompass several main topics including scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Information Retrieval and Search Behavior, and expert finding and Q&A systems. Additionally, they have explored advanced text analysis techniques, research data management practices, museums and cultural heritage, as well as computational and text analysis methods.

Vakkari's publication record includes papers in several notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Documentation
  • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • Scientometrics
  • SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Notable recent papers authored by Vakkari include:

  • Disciplinary contributions to research topics and methodology in Library and Information Science-Leading to fragmentation?, 2022, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • Largest contribution to LIS by external disciplines as measured by the characteristics of research articles, 2022, Scientometrics
  • The association of disciplinary background with the evolution of topics and methods in Library and Information Science research 1995-2015, 2023, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • What characterizes LIS as a fragmenting discipline?, 2024, Journal of Documentation

Earlier work includes the paper titled "LIS research across 50 years: content analysis of journal articles," published in 2021 in the Journal of Documentation.

Vakkari frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most common co-authors include Kalervo Järvelin, Yu-Wei Chang, Bo-Xian Huang, and I-Chin Wu.

Best Publications

  • Task-based information searching

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Task complexity, problem structure and information actions: integrating studies on information seeking and retrieval

    Pertti Vakkari

  • A Theory of the Task-based Information Retrieval Process: A Summary and Generalisation of a Longitudinal Study.

    Pertti Vakkari

  • The evolution of library and information science 1965–1985: a content analysis of journal articles

    Kalervo Järvelin;Pertti Vakkari

  • Information seeking in context: a challenging metatheory

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Content Analysis of Research Articles in Library and Information Science.

    Kalervo Jarvelin;Pertti Vakkari

  • Changes in relevance criteria and problem stages in task performance

    Pertti Vakkari;Nanna Hakala

  • Changes of search terms and tactics while writing a research proposal A longitudinal case study

    Pertti Vakkari;Mikko Pennanen;Sami Serola

  • Library and Information Science: Its Content and Scope

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Evolution of library and information science, 1965-2005: Content analysis of journal articles

    Otto Tuomaala;Kalervo Järvelin;Pertti Vakkari

  • Searching as learning

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Information seeking in context : proceedings of an international conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts 14-16 August, 1996, Tampere, Finland

    Pertti Vakkari;Reijo Savolainen;Brenda Dervin

  • Cognition and changes of search terms and tactics during task performance: a longitudinal case study

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Relevance and contributing information types of searched documents in task performance

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Subject knowledge improves interactive query expansion assisted by a thesaurus

    Anne Sihvonen;Pertti Vakkari

  • Conceptions of Library and Information Science: Historical, Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives

    Pertti Vakkari;Blaise Cronin

  • Growth of theories on information seeking: an analysis of growth of a theoretical research program on the relation between task complexity and information seeking

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Students' conceptual structure, search process, and outcome while preparing a research proposal: a longitudinal case study

    Mikko Pennanen;Pertti Vakkari

  • Perceived influence of the use of electronic information resources on scholarly work and publication productivity

    Pertti Vakkari

  • Changes in Search Tactics and Relevance Judgements when Preparing a Research Proposal A Summary of the Findings of a Longitudinal Study

    Pertti Vakkari

  • The influence of relevance levels on the effectiveness of interactive information retrieval

    Pertti Vakkari;Eero Sormunen

  • Conceptions of library and information science : historical, empirical and theoretical perspectives : proceedings of the international conference held for the celebration of 20th Anniversary of the Department of Information Studies, University of Tampere, Finland, 26-28 August 1991

    Pertti Vakkari;Blaise Cronin;Tampereen yliopisto. Kirjastotieteen ja informatiikan laitos

Frequent Co-Authors

Kalervo Järvelin
Kalervo Järvelin Tampere University
Reijo Savolainen
Reijo Savolainen Tampere University
Benno Stein
Benno Stein Bauhaus University, Weimar
Martin Potthast
Martin Potthast Leipzig University
David Bawden
David Bawden City, University of London
Norbert Fuhr
Norbert Fuhr University of Duisburg-Essen
Blaise Cronin
Blaise Cronin Indiana University
Carol Tenopir
Carol Tenopir University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ann Blandford
Ann Blandford University College London
Diane Kelly
Diane Kelly University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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