Author

Allen Edward Foster

Observed names: A. E. Foster, A.E. Foster, Allen E. Foster, Allen Foster, Foster, Allen

Institution: Aberystwyth University

Observed institutions: Aberystwyth University, University of Sheffield, University of Wales

ORCID: 0000-0002-1086-8837

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-1086-8837

OpenAlex ID: A5103180349

Serendipity and information seeking: an empirical study

2003 · Allen Foster, Nigel Ford · Journal of Documentation · 551

A nonlinear model of information‐seeking behavior

2003 · Allen Foster · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 407

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Information‐seeking and mediated searching. Part 1. Theoretical framework and research design

2002 · Amanda Spink, T.D. Wilson, et al. · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 182

Information seeking and mediated searching: Part 2. Uncertainty and its correlates

2002 · T.D. Wilson, N.J. Ford, et al. · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 172

Information seeking and mediated searching. Part 4. Cognitive styles in information seeking

2002 · Nigel Ford, T.D. Wilson, et al. · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 148

Serendipity and its study

2014 · Allen Edward Foster, David Ellis · Journal of Documentation · 91

Information seeking and mediated searching study. Part 3. Successive searching

2002 · Amanda Spink, T.D. Wilson, et al. · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 76

Information seeking and mediated searching. Part 5. User–intermediary interaction

2002 · David Ellis, T.D. Wilson, et al. · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 58

Modelling nonlinear information behaviour: transferability and progression

2012 · Allen Foster, Christine Urquhart · Journal of Documentation · 40

A Non-linear Perspective on Information Seeking

2006 · Allen Foster · Springer eBooks · 35

Uncertainty and its correlates

2000 · T. D. Wilson, Nigel Ford, et al. · New Review of Information Behaviour Research · 34

Scholarly communication trends in the digital age

2015 · Ahmed Shehata, David Ellis, et al. · The Electronic Library · 32

Everyday life information seeking behaviour in relation to the environment

2015 · Janet Mawby, Allen Foster, et al. · Library Review · 26

Cross-language information seeking behaviour English vs Arabic

2015 · Asma Al-Wreikat, Pauline Rafferty, et al. · Library Review · 25

The impact of information and communication technologies on informal scientific communication

2015 · Ahmed Maher khafaga Shehata, David Ellis, et al. · Library Review · 20

Uncertainty in Information Seeking.

2000 · T. D. Wilson, David Ellis, et al. · OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) · 17

Changing styles of informal academic communication in the age of the web

2017 · Ahmed Shehata, David Ellis, et al. · Journal of Documentation · 16

Beyond relevance and recall: testing new user‐centred measures of database performance

2009 · Peter Stokes, Allen Foster, et al. · Health Information & Libraries Journal · 15

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Resistance and Power in Irish Higher Education: ORCID and the Monitored University

2024 · Frank Houghton, Allen Foster · The Journal of Academic Librarianship · 12

Managing Digital Cultural Objects

2016 · Allen Foster, Pauline Rafferty · Facet eBooks · 8

Information literacy for the information profession: experiences from Aberystwyth

2006 · A.E. Foster · Aslib Journal of Information Management · 7

Individual Differences in Information Seeking: An Empirical Study.

2000 · Nigel Ford, T. D. Wilson, et al. · Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 6

Resistance and collaboration within the panoptivarsity: differing views of ORCID in Ireland

2024 · Frank Houghton, Allen Edward Foster · Journal of Documentation · 4

Unifying information behaviour and process: a balanced palette and the balanced scorecard

2010 · Allen Foster, Kirsten Ferguson‐Boucher, et al. · Performance Measurement and Metrics · 4

Interdisciplinary information seeking behaviour : a naturalistic inquiry

2003 · Allen Foster · White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) · 4

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Works count: 40

Citation count: 1,999

H-index: 16

I10-index: 19