Information management in articles on WoS

Abstract

The paper aims to analyze publications with the theme of information management (IM), cited on Web of Science (WoS). As regards the frequency of publishing about IM reaches the linear growth; from two dozen articles in five-year interval in seventies last century up to hundreds articles in the actual period. From the selected publications was subject to a detailed analysis only whose number of citations is greater than 40; it was 21 articles, published in 20 journals, oriented to informatics, economics and management, computer science, and psychology. The diversity of interest about IM in various areas of science and research, technology, and practice was confirmed. The content of selected articles was analyzed in its area of interest, in relation the text of article to IM, and whether the definition of IM was mentioned. One of the goals was to confirm the hypothesis that the concept of IM is used very loosely and usually includes part about information processing, and about the application of information and communication technologies. The hypothesis was confirmed. In analyzed articles was used concept of IM in the broader context of activities, with focus on various aspects of IM. The most frequent area of IM application was business support. The article explains the definition of IM; describes the research methodology, presents results. In detail is described the focus of selected articles and their understanding of the term IM. © 2017 IEEE.