新闻传播学高被引文献年代及主题分布特征——以四份核心期刊为例

On the Age and Subject Distribution of Frequently Cited Documents of Journalism and Communication: Take Four Core Journals as an Example

引文分析可通过对引用或被引用现象进行分析研究,达到评价、预测科学发展趋势的目的。通过选取四份新闻传播学核心期刊中高被引文献377篇,从高被引文献的年代及主题分布情况两方面对1979～2013年大陆地区新闻传播学高被引文献的发展情况作概括性总结,以期用量化的研究方法对大陆地区新闻传播学的学术发展脉络进行梳理。

Citation analysis,by analyzing and studying the citation phenomenon of a specific discipline,could help evaluate and forecast the development trend of the discipline. 377 frequently cited documents were selected from four chosen core journals. The development of Journalism and Communication in Chinese Mainland from 1979 to 2013 is summerized by the analysis of age distribution and subject distribution of frequently cited documents,so as to comb the academic development trend of Journalism and Communication using quantitative method.