{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4414428669","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-05-2025-0140","title":"Records as data elements: a\u00a0theoretical\u00a0framework for unlocking the value of archival data elements","display_name":"Records as data elements: a\u00a0theoretical\u00a0framework for unlocking the value of archival data elements","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-09-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4414428669","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-05-2025-0140"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/jd-05-2025-0140","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-05-2025-0140","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10082577","display_name":"Journal of Documentation","issn_l":"0022-0418","issn":["0022-0418","1758-7379"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Documentation","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/A5110840401","display_name":"Jingyi Zeng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7069-0797"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I205237279","display_name":"Nankai University","ror":"https://ror.org/01y1kjr75","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205237279"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jingyi Zeng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University , ,","Department of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I205237279"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Information Resources Management, Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I205237279"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101443870","display_name":"Li Niu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-6633"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I78988378","display_name":"Renmin University of China","ror":"https://ror.org/041pakw92","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I78988378"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li Niu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China , ,","School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China , ,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I78988378"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I78988378"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5110840401"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I205237279"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.32594299,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"81","issue":"5-6","first_page":"1456","last_page":"1474"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11657","display_name":"Digital and Traditional Archives Management","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1206","display_name":"Conservation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11657","display_name":"Digital and Traditional Archives Management","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1206","display_name":"Conservation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11937","display_name":"Research Data Management Practices","score":0.9896000027656555,"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/T12364","display_name":"Archaeological Research and Protection","score":0.979200005531311,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1912","display_name":"Space and Planetary Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/archival-science","display_name":"Archival science","score":0.753000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/value","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","score":0.6805999875068665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/narrative","display_name":"Narrative","score":0.49950000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perspective","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","score":0.4794999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/element","display_name":"Element (criminal law)","score":0.4729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.45989999175071716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grounded-theory","display_name":"Grounded theory","score":0.4494999945163727}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C520346617","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380313","display_name":"Archival science","level":2,"score":0.753000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.6805999875068665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.5623999834060669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5454000234603882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.49950000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.4794999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200288055","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2621792","display_name":"Element (criminal law)","level":2,"score":0.4729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.45989999175071716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C156325361","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1152864","display_name":"Grounded theory","level":3,"score":0.4494999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C30872290","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1172389","display_name":"Data element","level":3,"score":0.4027000069618225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3846000134944916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3797000050544739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C102912713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3187415","display_name":"Value theory","level":2,"score":0.3474000096321106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14224292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13600188","display_name":"Conceptual framework","level":2,"score":0.3287000060081482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162919384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6883388","display_name":"Development theory","level":2,"score":0.3208000063896179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3181999921798706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.30979999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67186912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367664","display_name":"Data modeling","level":2,"score":0.30329999327659607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180198813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121182","display_name":"Information system","level":2,"score":0.28029999136924744},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.27300000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13606891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2623243","display_name":"Conceptual model","level":2,"score":0.26570001244544983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.25619998574256897}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/jd-05-2025-0140","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-05-2025-0140","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10082577","display_name":"Journal of Documentation","issn_l":"0022-0418","issn":["0022-0418","1758-7379"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Documentation","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1489956371","https://openalex.org/W2002077363","https://openalex.org/W2006479099","https://openalex.org/W2244498159","https://openalex.org/W2602511071","https://openalex.org/W2945248772","https://openalex.org/W3000672996","https://openalex.org/W3123397884","https://openalex.org/W4410401825"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"This":[1,66],"study":[2,67,75,144,221],"examines":[3],"emerging":[4],"views":[5],"in":[6,18,38,43,61,78],"Chinese":[7],"archival":[8,36,44,100,129,156,174,189,202,227],"science":[9],"on":[10,134],"the":[11,79,84,97,123,126,150,153,160,167,171,177,223],"value":[12,24,37,88,98,127,141,154,225],"forms":[13],"of":[14,86,99,122,125,128,152,155,162,170,173,179,201,226],"\u201cdata":[15],"element":[16],"value\u201d":[17],"records.":[19],"It":[20,90],"explores":[21,195],"how":[22],"this":[23,143],"is":[25,30,47,59,104],"manifested":[26],"and":[27,34,51,56,73,83,112,132,140,198,215,230],"realized,":[28],"which":[29,103,188],"key":[31,196],"to":[32,137],"identifying":[33],"utilizing":[35],"new":[39],"contexts.":[40],"Although":[41],"interest":[42],"data":[45,101,130,157,190,203,228],"elements":[46,204,229],"growing,":[48],"clear":[49],"definitions":[50],"practical":[52,236],"approaches":[53],"remain":[54],"limited,":[55],"theoretical":[57,93],"research":[58],"still":[60],"its":[62],"early":[63],"stages.":[64],"Design/methodology/approach":[65],"adopts":[68],"a":[69,92,118,146,232],"literature":[70],"analysis":[71],"approach":[72],"case":[74,110],"methodology,":[76],"grounded":[77],"records":[80,138],"continuum":[81],"theory":[82],"characteristics":[85],"record":[87],"realization.":[89],"constructs":[91,145],"framework":[94],"for":[95,149,234],"releasing":[96],"elements,":[102,131],"further":[105],"illustrated":[106],"through":[107,187],"multiple":[108],"narrative":[109],"studies":[111],"empirical":[113],"evidence.":[114],"Findings":[115],"Building":[116],"upon":[117],"clarified":[119],"conceptual":[120],"understanding":[121],"release":[124,151],"drawing":[133],"theories":[135],"related":[136],"movement":[139],"movement,":[142],"cyclical":[147],"model":[148],"elements.":[158],"From":[159],"perspective":[161,178],"\u201crecords":[163],"movement\u201d,":[164,181],"it":[165,182,194],"analyzes":[166],"three":[168,184,206],"stages":[169],"elementization":[172],"data;":[175],"from":[176],"\u201cvalue":[180],"identifies":[183],"distinct":[185],"pathways":[186],"become":[191],"value-laden.":[192],"Furthermore,":[193],"initiatives":[197],"functional":[199],"objectives":[200],"within":[205],"major":[207],"operational":[208],"mechanisms:":[209],"intra-departmental":[210],"circulation,":[211,214],"intra-organizational":[212],"(small)":[213],"societal":[216],"(large)":[217],"circulation.":[218],"Originality/value":[219],"The":[220],"clarifies":[222],"multifaceted":[224],"offers":[231],"reference":[233],"their":[235],"application.":[237]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-03-07T16:01:11.037858","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}