Information Management in Context of Scientific Disciplines

The paper aims to analyze publications with the theme of information management (IM), cited on Web of Science (WoS) or Scopus. About the frequency of publishing about IM was reached the linear growth; from some articles in the period 1966-1970 to one hundred at the WoS and six hundred at Scopus in the period 2011-2015. From the selected publications was subject of the analysis 21 most cited articles od WoS and 21 most cited articles on Scopus, published in 31 different journals, oriented to informatics and computer science; economics, business and management; medicine and psychology; art and humanities; and ergonomics. The diversity of interest about IM in various areas of science, technology, and practice was confirmed. The content of selected articles was analyzed in its area of interest, in relation the text of article to IM, and whether the definition of IM was mentioned. One of the goals was to confirm the hypothesis that the IM is included in many scientific disciplines that the concept of IM is used loosely and mostly mentioned part about data or information processing; and part about the application of information and communication technologies. The hypothesis was confirmed. In analyzed articles was used concept of IM in the broader context of activities, with focus on various aspects of IM. The most frequent area of IM application was business support. The article explains the definition of IM; describes the research methodology, presents results of analysis selected articles. In detail is described the focus on the term IM and understanding it