Birger Hjørland

According to our database, Birger Hjørland authored at least 66 papers between 1992 and 2025.

Collaborative distances:

• Dijkstra number of five.
• Erdős number of four.

2025

Bibliographical foundations of information science: a review essay.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2025

2023

Description: Its meaning, epistemology, and use with emphasis on information science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., December, 2023

The coverage of information science and knowledge organization in the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Jonathan Furner, Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2023

2021

Information Retrieval and Knowledge Organization: A Perspective from the Philosophy of Science.

Birger Hjørland

Inf., 2021

2018

The foundation of information science: one world or three? A discussion of Gnoli (2018).

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2018

2017

Does informetrics need a theory? A rejoinder to professor anthony van raan.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2017

Theory Development in the Information Sciences. Diane H. Sonnenwald. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2016. 343 pp. $90.00 (Hardcover) (ISBN 978-1-4773-0824-0).

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2017

2015

Classical databases and knowledge organization: A case for boolean retrieval and human decision-making during searches.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2015

Are relations in thesauri "context-free, definitional, and true in all possible worlds"?

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2015

The phrase "information storage and retrieval" (IS&R): An historical note.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2015

2014

Curating research data: the potential roles of libraries and information professionals.

Hans Jørn Nielsen, Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2014

Introduction to the special issue: perspectives on research libraries.

Birger Hjørland, Hans Jørn Nielsen, Helene Høyrup

J. Documentation, 2014

2013

Citation analysis: A social and dynamic approach to knowledge organization.

Birger Hjørland

Inf. Process. Manag., 2013

Facet analysis: The logical approach to knowledge organization.

Birger Hjørland

Inf. Process. Manag., 2013

Uncovering epistemological assumptions underlying research in information studies.

Steve Fuller, Birger Hjørland, Fidelia Ibekwe-Sanjuan, Lai Ma, Jens-Erik Mai, Joseph T. Tennis, Julian Warner

Proceedings of the Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries, 2013

2012

Methods for evaluating information sources: An annotated catalogue.

Birger Hjørland

J. Inf. Sci., 2012

Is classification necessary after Google?

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2012

2011

Theoretical clarity is not 'Manicheanism': A reply to Marcia Bates.

Birger Hjørland

J. Inf. Sci., 2011

Evaluation of an information source illustrated by a case study: Effect of screening for breast cancer.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2011

Evidence-based practice: An analysis based on the philosophy of science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2011

The importance of theories of knowledge: Browsing as an example.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2011

The importance of theories of knowledge: Indexing and information retrieval as an example.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2011

2010

Answer to Professor Szostak (concept theory).

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2010

The foundation of the concept of relevance.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2010

The social psychology of information use: seeking "friends", avoiding "enemies".

Birger Hjørland, Jeppe Nicolaisen

Inf. Res., 2010

2009

Organizing Knowledge. An Introduction to Managing Access to Information.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2009

Concept theory.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2009

The controversy over the concept of "information": A rejoinder to Professor Bates.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2009

Does <i>JASIST</i> have an archive?

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2009

2008

Core classification theory: a reply to Szostak.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2008

Review of: Chowdhury, G.G. & Chowdhury, S. Organizing information from the shelf to the Web London: Facet Publishing, 2007.

Birger Hjørland

Inf. Res., 2008

2007

Practical potentials of Bradford's law: a critical examination of the received view.

Jeppe Nicolaisen, Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2007

Digital Information Contexts: Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Digital Information.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2007

Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough Ground!".

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2007

Information: Objective or subjective/situational?

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2007

Arguments for 'the bibliographical paradigm'. Some thoughts inspired by the new English edition of the UDC.

Birger Hjørland

Inf. Res., 2007

Semantics and knowledge organization.

Birger Hjørland

Annu. Rev. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2007

2005

A substantive theory of classification for information retrieval.

Birger Hjørland, Karsten Nissen Pedersen

J. Documentation, 2005

Comments on the articles and proposals for further work.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2005

Empiricism, rationalism and positivism in library and information science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2005

Library and information science and the philosophy of science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2005

Bradford's Law of Scattering: Ambiguities in the Concept of "Subject".

Birger Hjørland, Jeppe Nicolaisen

Proceedings of the Context: Nature, Impact, and Role, 2005

Information seeking behavior in epistemological light.

Ian Cornelius, Joacim Hansson, Birger Hjørland, Olof Sundin

Proceedings of the Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together, 2005

2004

Arguments for Philosophical Realism in Library and Information Science.

Birger Hjørland

Libr. Trends, 2004

Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2004

Interdisciplinary concepts of the 'work' entity - Crossing cultural boundaries for information retrieval.

Richard P. Smiraglia, Jonathan Furner, Birger Hjørland, Jack Andersen

Proceedings of the Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts, 2004

Document, record, work: The basic unit of analysis in information studies.

Jonathan Furner, Birger Hjørland, Gregory S. Hunter, Richard P. Smiraglia

Proceedings of the Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts, 2004

2003

Documents and the communication of scientific and scholarly information: Revising and updating the UNISIST model.

Trine Fjordback Søndergaard, Jack Andersen, Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2003

Arguments for epistemology in information science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2003

The concept of information.

Rafael Capurro, Birger Hjørland

Annu. Rev. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2003

The revival of the concept of documents in the theoretical foundation of information science. Sponsored by SIG HFIST.

Jonathan Furner, Jack Andersen, Michael K. Buckland, Birger Hjørland

Proceedings of the Humanizing Information Technology: From Ideas to Bits and Back, 2003

2002

Domain analysis in information science: Eleven approaches - traditional as well as innovative.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2002

Work tasks and socio-cognitive relevance: A specific example.

Birger Hjørland, Frank Sejer Christensen

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2002

The special competency of information specialists.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2002

Meta-analysis should also be visible inside information science (Letter to the Editor).

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2002

Epistemology and the socio-cognitive perspective in information science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2002

Book review: The future of classification, edited by Rita Marcella and Arthur Maltby.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2002

2001

Towards a theory of aboutness, subject, topicality, theme, domain, field, content ... and relevance.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2001

Book review: Digital libraries, edited by William Y. Arms.

Birger Hjørland

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2001

2000

Documents, memory institutions and information science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 2000

Relevance Research: The Missing Perspective(s): Non-Relevance and Epistemological Relevance.

Birger Hjørland

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 2000

Library and information science: practice, theory, and philosophical basis.

Birger Hjørland

Inf. Process. Manag., 2000

1999

The DDC, the Universe of Knowledge, and the Post-Modern Library, by Francis L. Miksa.

Birger Hjørland

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 1999

1998

Theory and metatheory of information science: a new interpretation.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 1998

1995

Toward a New Horizon in Information Science: Domain-Analysis.

Birger Hjørland, Hanne Albrechtsen

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 1995

1992

The Concept of 'subject' in Information Science.

Birger Hjørland

J. Documentation, 1992