本文旨在利用書目計量方法，蒐集臺灣地區民國48年至97年有關檔案與文書研究之期刊文獻1,257篇，分析文獻的數量成長、主題分布、第一作者與期刊分布等特性，研究結果發現：檔案學研究文獻之數量成長是隨著時間變化呈現不規則的成長曲線；文獻研究主題以「檔案與歷史研究」為主，且與社會科學及中國史地類研究關係密切；作者分析結果顯示檔案學研究文獻的作者相當分散，且文獻作者合著比例偏低，但有合著增加趨勢；刊載檔案學研究相關文獻首要的期刊是《檔案季刊》，惟檔案期刊數量分布並不符合布萊德福定律。

The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of the literature on archival studies in Taiwan. A total of 1,257 articles from 1959 to 2008 are identified and analyzed to address the characteristics from various aspects, including the growth of available literature, research subjects, authorship, and the distribution of journals. Results of this study reveal that the archival literature in Taiwan generally has been building up, though the statistics curve has developed with occasional irregularities. In addition, research subjects of the archival literature in Taiwan are primarily concentrated on archival and historical studies, particularly those connected to social sciences and Chinese history and geography. Concerning the aspect of authorship, the authorship is quite dispersive when the dynamics of productivity mainly consists of single authors, with an increasing trend toward co-authorship though. As far as the distribution of journals is concerned, Archives Quarterly is the major journal in Taiwan that publishes archival literature. Generally speaking, Bradford’s law is not applicable to the current distribution of journals related to archival studies in Taiwan.