ISTopic: Understanding information systems research through topic models

Hailiang Chen; J. Leon Zhao

ISTopic: Understanding information systems research through topic models

Hailiang Chen
, J. Leon Zhao

Department of Information Systems

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

What are the fundamental research questions in Information Systems? How do various research topics relate with one another to form the IS research landscape and how do they evolve over time? This study is an initial attempt to answer these questions using topic models to investigate the topics examined by the premier IS journals in 1977-2014. We present an IS Topic Graph that contains 33 research areas, 31 of which are closely connected with one another. Further analyses of this graph reveal how different IS research areas are intertwined to the extent that they are almost inseparable. Looking into IS research at a finer level, we identify 300 research topics, and a chronological analysis reveals a trend of topic diversification and externalization. To guide future research, an intelligent literature search tool called ISTopic is built and is available at http://www.istopic.org for public access.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015)
Subtitle of host publication	Exploring the Information Frontier
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Pages	1415-1424
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5108-1916-0
Publication status	Published - Dec 2015
Event	36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015): Exploring the Information Frontier - Fort Worth, United States Duration: 13 Dec 2015 → 16 Dec 2015 http://www.policy-community.eu/news-events/events/events-repository/2015-international-conference-on-information-systems-icis-2015 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bfbc/17f31e0dbf39d361dae276350376ddc1bc20.pdf http://www.worldcat.org/title/exploring-the-information-frontier-international-conference-on-information-systems-icis-2015-fort-worth-texas-usa-13-16-december-2015/oclc/956517600&referer=brief_results http://toc.proceedings.com/29508webtoc.pdf

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Conference	36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015)
Abbreviated title	ICIS 2015
Place	United States
City	Fort Worth
Period	13/12/15 → 16/12/15
Internet address	http://www.policy-community.eu/news-events/events/events-repository/2015-international-conference-on-information-systems-icis-2015 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bfbc/17f31e0dbf39d361dae276350376ddc1bc20.pdf http://www.worldcat.org/title/exploring-the-information-frontier-international-conference-on-information-systems-icis-2015-fort-worth-texas-usa-13-16-december-2015/oclc/956517600&referer=brief_results http://toc.proceedings.com/29508webtoc.pdf

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Correlated topic model
IS discipline
ISTopic
Latent dirichlet allocation
Topic model

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Chen, H & Zhao, JL 2015, ISTopic: Understanding information systems research through topic models. in Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015): Exploring the Information Frontier. Association for Information Systems, pp. 1415-1424, 36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015), Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 13/12/15.

ISTopic: Understanding information systems research through topic models. / Chen, Hailiang; Zhao, J. Leon.
Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015): Exploring the Information Frontier. Association for Information Systems, 2015. p. 1415-1424.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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