Canadian publications in Library and Information Science / Publications canadiennes en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information

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 ([e-mail]). 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