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Bethany McGowan

Health Professions · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2008
Health Sciences Research and EducationLibrary Science and Information LiteracyEducational Games and GamificationBiomedical and Engineering EducationNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership

Publications

87

Citations

476

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Bethany McGowan works at the intersection of library and information science and health sciences education, focusing on how people find, evaluate, and use information and data. Her work includes designing systematic review methods, teaching data literacy to health sciences students, and studying how information environments affect trust, leadership, and professional development. She also writes on library science topics such as bibliographic search reporting and mentorship for underrepresented librarians.

Systematic review methodologyData and information literacy educationHealth sciences librarianshipTrust and misinformation in information environmentsMentorship and leadership in libraries

Publication output rose sharply around 2020-2022, then declined to a lower but fairly steady pace of a few papers per year through 2023-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 19 publications19202021: 12 publications212022: 18 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA×6
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System)×6
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University)×4
  • Nutrients×3
  • Advances in Nutrition×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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