Bibliometric methods rise from 19.61% to 31.81% usage as LIS scholars age, method diversity increases then declines, and scholars increasingly combine conventional and unconventional methods.
Among these, bibliometrics has the highest proportion at 30.02%, indicating that this method is the most commonly employed by scholars in the field
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Evolution of Research Method Usage Across the Academic Careers of Library and Information Science Scholars
Bibliometric methods rise from 19.61% to 31.81% usage as LIS scholars age, method diversity increases then declines, and scholars increasingly combine conventional and unconventional methods.