Open AccessA Bibliometric Analysis of Race-Related Research in LIS
Author(s) -
Philippe Mongeon,
Alison Brown,
Ratna Dhaliwal,
Jessalyn Hill,
Amber Matthews
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1219
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , equity (law) , race (biology) , work (physics) , sociology , political science , library science , regional science , social science , computer science , engineering , gender studies , anthropology , mechanical engineering , law
The purpose of this work in progress is to quantify the amount of attention given to questions of racial inequity experienced by BIPOC in LIS research. We find that despite a recent surge in BIPOC-related research output, the publications are low in numbers and tend to receive fewer citations than other work in the same research area. BIPOC-related research is present but unevenly distributed across several areas of the field. These trends may help create and sustain momentum towards addressing the persistent lack of diversity and equity in LIS.