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.
Therefore, this subsection focuses on scholars who published their first paper between 1970 and
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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.