Indirect source citing is one of the most noteworthy citation issues. To a certain extent, it is believed that scholars remain easily to ignore the citation rule. Since citation analysis has become one of the tools for evaluating the performance of academic works, indirect citation can be a critical factor in the system. The main purpose of the study is to expolore the indirect source citing cases of scholars in Taiwan university departments of library & information science (LIS) related fields who published research papers on academic journal. Research results through sampling reveal many varied motives prompt individuals to use citation but not very rigid in the ideas of the rules about secondary citation. Finally, the study identifies factors that may influence the decision for making indirect citation.