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The study combines content analysis of articles with authors\u2019 affiliation analysis. The main research question is: Are authors\u2019 disciplinary backgrounds associated with choice of research topics and methods in LIS articles? The study employs a quantitative content analysis of articles published in 30\u2009+\u2009scholarly LIS journals in 2015, focusing on research topics and methods. The articles are also assigned to three disciplinary categories based on authors\u2019 affiliations: External (no authors from LIS institutions), Internal (all authors from LIS institutions), and Mixed (some authors from LIS institutions, some from outside). The association of articles\u2019 disciplinary categories with article research topics and methods is analysed quantitatively. Most research contributions to LIS come from external articles (57%). 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