DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14302591
title: Canadian publications in Library and Information Science / Publications canadiennes en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information

description: Overview of Dataset 

This dataset was developed through a collaboration between Dalhousie University and the University of Montréal. This project aims to help break down the silos in which the two primary target audiences- information science researchers and academic librarians- conduct their research. The Canadian Publications in Library and Information Science dataset makes visible the work that librarians do and allows other Canadian researchers to discover the research of their colleagues. 

The dataset contains 1,326 distinct authors, 850 of which were classified as practitioners and 476 as academics. It has a total of 13,775 records out of which 8,230 are authored by at least one academic and 5,740 are authored by at least one practitioner.

File descriptions

 

Table 1. Canadian LIS authors table (authors)






Field



Description





author_id



Unique identifier for the publication in the LIS database





first_name



First name of author





last_name



Last name of author





full_name



Full name of author





status



Academic (Ph.D. student, a postdoctoral fellow, or a professor (assistant, associate, full, emeritus) in an organizational unit offering an ALA accredited degree) or practitioner (librarian position in a Canadian university)





 

Table 2. Works table (publications)






Field



Description





pub_id



Unique identifier for the publication in the LIS database





doi



Digital object identifiers





openalex_work_id



Identifier of the work in the OpenAlex database (URL format)





isbn



International standard book number (ISBN).





doc_type



Document type. Can take one of the following values: article; review; conference paper, book; edited book; book chapter.





publication_year



Year of publication





title



Title of the document





source_name



Title of the source (journal, conference, or book title for book chapters)





author_list_full



Full text listing of author names





volume



Volume number





issue



Issue number





pages



First and last pages separated by a hyphen.





bk_edition



Book edition





bk_editor



Name of book editor (for book chapters)





publisher



Publisher of the book/journal





source_id



Foreign key to the sources table





url



URL for the publication





 

Table 3. Author publications table (authors_publications)






Field



Description





author_id



Unique identifier for the author in the authors table





pub_id



Unique identifier for the work in the publications table





author_position



Position on the byline.





role



Role of the author on the work (author/editor)





Table 4. Author IDs table (authors_ids)






Field



Description





author_id



Unique identifier for the author in the authors table





source



Source for the identifier (e.g., OpenAlex, Scopus, Google Scholar, ORCID)





identifier



Identifier for the author in the source database





 

Table 5. Publication source table (sources)






Field



Description





source_id



Unique identifier for the source





source_name



Name of the source





publisher



Publisher name for the source





issn



ISSN for the source





source_type



OpenAlex source type (e.g., journal, conference)





 

Table 6. Institutions table (institutions)






Field



Description





institution_id



Unique identifier for the institution





institution_name



Name of the Canadian academic institution





city



Name of the city in which the institution is primarily located





province



Two-letter code of the province in which the institution is located





 

Table 7. Institution IDs table (institutions_ids)






Field



Description





institution_id



Unique identifier for the institution in the institutions table





id_source



Source database for the identifier (e.g., OpenAlex)





identifier



Identifier linked to the institution in the source database





 

Table 8. Authorship institutional affiliation table (authors_publications_institutions)






Field



Description





author_id



Author component of the authorship information in the authors_publications table





pub_id



Publication component of the authorship information in the authors_publications table





institution_id



Unique identifier for the affiliated institution in the institutions table





 

Table 9. Citations table (citations)






Field



Description





citing_pub_id



Unique identifier for the citing work in the publications table





cited_pub_id



Unique identifier for the cited work in the publications table





 

To submit updates 

For those interested in submitting updates to this dataset, you may send them by email to Philippe Mongeon (PMongeon@dal.ca). Please specify whether you want to modify, add, or delete existing data entries. Files in any format (e.g., XLS, BIB, Word, or a list of DOIs) are accepted.Data paperFind the corresponding data paper that describes the objectives of this dataset and the steps of its creation here: https://arxiv.org/abs/6053305.

How to cite this dataset

Sauvé, J.-S., Hare, M., Krause, G., Poitras, C., Riddle, P., & Mongeon, P. (2024). Canadian publications in Library and Information Science / Publications canadiennes en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14302591