{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2143450461","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198803)39:2<92::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-p","title":"Historical note: Information retrieval and the future of an illusion","display_name":"Historical note: Information retrieval and the future of an illusion","publication_year":1988,"publication_date":"1988-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2143450461","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198803)39:2<92::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-p","mag":"2143450461"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198803)39:2<92::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-p","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198803)39:2<92::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-p","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210220780","display_name":"Journal of the American Society for Information Science","issn_l":"0002-8231","issn":["0002-8231","1097-4571"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of the American Society for Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103564473","display_name":"Don R. Swanson","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I40347166","display_name":"University of Chicago","ror":"https://ror.org/024mw5h28","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Don R. Swanson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5103564473"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I40347166"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":6.2352,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":133,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9681026,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"39","issue":"2","first_page":"92","last_page":"98"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.980400025844574,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.980400025844574,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11937","display_name":"Research Data Management Practices","score":0.979200005531311,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10286","display_name":"Information Retrieval and Search Behavior","score":0.9789000153541565,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citation","display_name":"Citation","score":0.6233773231506348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/library-science","display_name":"Library science","score":0.6227560043334961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/history","display_name":"History","score":0.3820239305496216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/media-studies","display_name":"Media studies","score":0.3566105365753174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.3403659164905548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.23763880133628845}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778805511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1713","display_name":"Citation","level":2,"score":0.6233773231506348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161191863","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199655","display_name":"Library science","level":1,"score":0.6227560043334961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.3820239305496216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29595303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165650","display_name":"Media studies","level":1,"score":0.3566105365753174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3403659164905548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.23763880133628845}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198803)39:2<92::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-p","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198803)39:2<92::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-p","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210220780","display_name":"Journal of the American Society for Information Science","issn_l":"0002-8231","issn":["0002-8231","1097-4571"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of the American Society for Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.476.2723","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.476.2723","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://courses.washington.edu/infx598/win12/swanson/illusion.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/1","display_name":"No poverty","score":0.5799999833106995}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1341542","https://openalex.org/W168954559","https://openalex.org/W1503707437","https://openalex.org/W1534992452","https://openalex.org/W1967220698","https://openalex.org/W1974339500","https://openalex.org/W1976898639","https://openalex.org/W1979818898","https://openalex.org/W1985697096","https://openalex.org/W1987872452","https://openalex.org/W2005156715","https://openalex.org/W2005207065","https://openalex.org/W2011726136","https://openalex.org/W2032739348","https://openalex.org/W2044601358","https://openalex.org/W2045710014","https://openalex.org/W2049342053","https://openalex.org/W2054473834","https://openalex.org/W2070567127","https://openalex.org/W2082729696","https://openalex.org/W2083605078","https://openalex.org/W2084948738","https://openalex.org/W2087404238","https://openalex.org/W2092246763","https://openalex.org/W2093822919","https://openalex.org/W2103379473","https://openalex.org/W2150632918","https://openalex.org/W2178782964","https://openalex.org/W2222949283","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W4317642157","https://openalex.org/W2363440148","https://openalex.org/W4239542068","https://openalex.org/W134931362","https://openalex.org/W2317510431","https://openalex.org/W1990811139","https://openalex.org/W2352401039","https://openalex.org/W2082150324","https://openalex.org/W2091674278"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"More":[0],"than":[1,20],"thirty":[2],"years":[3],"ago":[4],"there":[5],"was":[6],"good":[7,128],"evidence":[8],"to":[9,36,51,103,168,185],"suggest":[10],"that":[11,100,109,142,147,161],"information":[12,80,124],"retrieval":[13,129],"involved":[14],"conceptual":[15,45],"prob-lems":[16],"of":[17,29,64,88,114,123,171,173],"greater":[18],"subtlety":[19],"is":[21],"generally":[22],"recognized.":[23],"The":[24],"dramatic":[25],"development":[26],"and":[27,79,94,108,131,154,191],"growth":[28],"online":[30],"services":[31],"since":[32],"then":[33],"seems":[34],"not":[35,83],"have":[37,101,110,126],"been":[38],"accompanied":[39],"by":[40],"much":[41],"interest":[42],"in":[43,166],"these":[44],"problems,":[46,189],"the":[47,54,65,86,104,148],"limits":[48,59,181],"they":[49],"appear":[50],"im-pose,":[52],"or":[53],"potential":[55],"for":[56,117],"transcending":[57],"such":[58,180],"through":[60],"more":[61],"creative":[62],"use":[63],"new":[66,186],"services.":[67],"In":[68],"this":[69],"article,":[70],"I":[71,136,140,145],"offer":[72],"a":[73,97,159],"personal":[74],"perspective":[75],"on":[76,85,91],"automatic":[77],"indexing":[78],"retrieval,":[81],"focusing":[82],"necessarily":[84],"mainstream":[87],"research":[89],"but":[90],"those":[92],"events":[93],"ideas":[95],"over":[96],"34-year":[98],"period":[99],"led":[102,184],"view":[105],"stated":[106],"above,":[107],"influenced":[111],"my":[112],"perception":[113],"important":[115],"direc-tions":[116],"future":[118],"research.":[119],"Some":[120],"experimental":[121],"tests":[122],"systems":[125],"yielded":[127],"results":[130,150],"some":[132],"very":[133],"poor":[134,149],"results.":[135],"shall":[137],"explain":[138],"why":[139,144,155],"think":[141],"occurred,":[143],"believe":[146],"merit":[151],"special":[152],"attention,":[153],"we":[156,182],"should":[157],"reconsider":[158],"suggestion":[160],"Robert":[162],"Fairthome":[163],"put":[164],"forward":[165],"1963":[167],"develop":[169],"postulates":[170],"impotence\u2014statements":[172],"what":[174],"cannot":[175],"be":[176],"done.":[177],"By":[178],"understanding":[179],"are":[183],"goals,":[187],"metaphors,":[188],"postulates,":[190],"per-spectives.":[192]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}