Library & Information Science Research (LISR) Volume 47, Issue 3, July 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101369
Abstract
Doctoral student researchers’ adoption and utilization of research information management systems (RIMS) were examined through a survey of 231 doctoral students at U.S. universities classified as having very high research activity. Doctoral student researchers primarily use RIMS to discover papers, including obtaining papers, finding papers, obtaining citations, and verifying citations. They also use RIMS to network and advance their professional career and engage in scholarly discourse. This study highlights significant differences in how RIMS are perceived and utilized based on the students’ level of extraversion, publication count, and RIMS usage frequency. The findings suggest that introverted doctoral students with fewer publications perceive greater benefits from RIMS, particularly for tasks like networking and engaging with their academic communities. Extraverted students with more publications tend to engage less frequently with RIMS and perceive fewer advantages, raising important questions about whether current RIMS designs adequately support different doctoral student groups.
Table 2. Tasks performed in RIMS. Source: 10.1016/j.lisr.2025.101369
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
