Biobibliometric profiling: An examination of multifaceted approaches to scholarship

  • Authors:

  • Cassidy R. Sugimoto;Blaise Cronin

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, 1320 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405–3907;School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, 1320 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405–3907

  • Venue:
  • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We conducted a fine-grained prosopography of six distinguished information scientists to explore commonalities and differences in their approaches to scholarly production at different stages of their careers. Specifically, we gathered data on authors' genre preferences, rates and modes of scholarly production, and coauthorship patterns. We also explored the role played by gender and place in determining mentoring and collaboration practices across time. Our biobibliometric profiles of the sextet reveal the different shapes a scholar's career can take. We consider the implications of our findings for new entrants into the academic marketplace. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Blaise Cronin, being Editor-in-Chief of JASIST, was uninvolved in the review process, which was handled entirely by Jonathan Furner, an associate editor of the Journal.)