An Empirical Research of gray Literature Based on Citation Analysis: Taking Journal of Library Science in China as an Example

摘要

The paper takes references of all papers published in Journal of Library Science in China between 2005 and 2014 as data source. The paper counted, induced and analyzed the exploitation and utilization of gray literature resources from the perspective of gray literature citations. The influence degree of gray literatures on academic research of scholars in the field of Library and information science were discussed. Proposals for the development and utilization of gray literature resources were proposed.