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Journal of Library Metadata Template

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About the Journal of Library Metadata format

Journal of Library Metadata is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Library Science and Information Systems, Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Semantic Web and Ontologies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Library Metadata 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inLibrary Science and Information Systems Digital and Traditional Archives Management Semantic Web and Ontologies Research Data Management Practices Digital Rights Management and Security
ISSN1937-5034
Citation impact (2-yr)2
h-index21
i10-index65
Total citations1,944
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Journal of Library Metadata per year

17
2014
17
2015
15
2016
16
2017
9
2018
14
2019
11
2020
5
2021
13
2022
11
2023
13
2024
14
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Library Metadata by publication year

102
2014
154
2015
47
2016
100
2017
34
2018
84
2019
68
2020
31
2021
35
2022
16
2023
39
2024
24
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Library Metadata

A Metadata Best Practice for a Scientific Data Repository

Jane Greenberg, Hollie White, Sarah Carrier et al. · 30 Nov 2009

Abstract Digital data repositories ought to support immediate operational needs and long-term project goals. This paper presents the Dryad repository's metadata best practice balancing of these two needs. The paper reviews background work exploring the meaning of science, characterizing data, and highlighting data curation metadata challenges. The Dryad repository is introduced, and the initiative's metadata…

The Central Role of Metadata in a Science Data Literacy Course

Jian Qin, John D’Ignazio · 31 Aug 2010

Abstract Science research is increasingly computer and network enabled and referred to as e-science. The change has had an impact on the information environment in which scientists across disciplines operate to conduct their research. This paper reports on an NSF-funded project at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (2007–2009) that examined this changing environment…

Dublin Core Metadata Harvested Through OAI-PMH

Amy Jackson, Myung-Ja Han, Kurt Groetsch et al. · 9 Apr 2008

ABSTRACT. The introduction in 2001 of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) increased interest in and awareness of metadata quality issues relevant to digital library inter-operability and the use of harvested metadata to build “union catalogs”

Library Marc Records Into Linked Open Data: Challenges and Opportunities

Timothy W. Cole, Myung-Ja Han, William Fletcher Weathers et al. · 1 Jul 2013

Today researchers search for books in various ways. Once discovered, a variety of Web technologies can be used to link to related resources and/or associate context with a book. This environment creates an opportunity for libraries. The linked open data (LOD) model of the Web offers a potential foundation for innovative user services and the…

An Assessment of Google Books’ Metadata

Ryan James, Andrew Weiss · 1 Jan 2012

This article reports on a study of error rates found in the metadata records of texts scanned by the Google Books digitization project. A review of the author, title, publisher, and publication year metadata elements for 400 randomly selected Google Books records was undertaken. The results show 36% of sampled books in the digitization project…

Journal of Library Metadata template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Library Metadata format?
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What reference style does Journal of Library Metadata use?
Journal of Library Metadata uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Library Metadata 12 (3): 45–58.
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