ABS&Comment: van Dalen, "How influential are demography journals"

[Gretchen Whitney]

Author's E-mail address: dalen at nidi.nl

Using a sample of Demography journals covered in the Social Sciences
Citation Index, the authors have performed a very interesting analysis.
They have combined the use of Journal Citation Reports with further data
from the Social Sciences Citation Index itself.

TITLE:          How influential are demography journals?
AUTHOR: van Dalen HP, Henkens K
JOURNAL:        POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
                                                    25: (2) 229-+ JUN 1999

 Document type: Article    Language: English    Cited References: 49
Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
This article examines, by means of citation analysis for the years 1991-95,
the process of knowledge dissemination in demography journals and the
intellectual exchange of demography journals with neighboring social
sciences. In addition, it investigates the degree of uncitedness in
demography journals. It turns out that a considerable percentage of articles
are left uncited: 36 percent of the articles published in demography
journals between 1990 and 1992 remained uncited in the five years following
their publication. However, these overall uncitedness rates conceal large
variations between journals. General-oriented demography journals from the
US are well cited. Within the set of demography journals, knowledge flows
from general to specialized journals and to a lesser extent the other way
round. Specialized journals play a minor role in the construction and
exchange of fundamental demographic knowledge. They do, however, influence
specific audiences in neighboring social sciences.

KeyWords Plus:
ECONOMICS JOURNALS, RELATIVE IMPACTS, SOCIAL-SCIENCE, CITATION INDEX,
POPULATION, SCIENTISTS, VALIDITY

Addresses:
van Dalen HP, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demog Inst, The Hague,
Netherlands.
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demog Inst, The Hague, Netherlands.
Erasmus Univ, Ctr Econ Policy Res, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Publisher:
POPULATION COUNCIL, NEW YORK

IDS Number:
218QM

ISSN:
0098-7921

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