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Ronald E. Day

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Digital Humanities and ScholarshipInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationDigital and Traditional Archives ManagementDigital Games and MediaLibrary Science and Administration

Publications

97

Citations

1,145

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Ronald E. Day studies the philosophy and theory of documents and information, developing ideas around "neo-documentation" and "documentality"—frameworks for understanding how documents, records, and information shape knowledge and society. His work draws on the history and philosophy of information science, engaging with thinkers in the field and reflecting on topics such as archives, libraries, and the social role of information. This research sits at the intersection of the humanities and library/information science.

Philosophy and theory of documents (documentality)History of information scienceArchives and library studiesInformation, society, and politicsDigital humanities

Publication activity has been fairly steady but modest, averaging around two per year over the last five years with a dip in 2022 and a small resurgence in 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 5 publications5172018: 4 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications21222023: 2 publications232024: 5 publications5242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings from the Document Academy×7
  • Journal of Documentation×6
  • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology×3
  • Logeion Filosofia da Informação×3
  • Library trends×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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