From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Mon May 1 18:22:13 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:22:13 -0400 Subject: ART: Leysdorff, Measuring the triple helix at the Internet Message-ID: Loet Leydesdorff & Michael Curran, Measuring the Triple Helix at the Internet, Paper to be presented at the Third Triple Helix Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 26-29 April 2000. Draft version http://www.chem.uva.nl/sts/loet/rio/ author website: http://www.chem.uva.nl/sts/loet/index.htm author email: loet at chem.uva.nl >From the abstract: University-industry-government relations can be indicated by using advanced search engines at the Internet. This methodology provides us with a wealth of opportunities, including the construction of time series, the comparison among nations, the distinction between the use of national languages versus English, mapping relational patterns, etc. In this study at the occasion of the Third Triple Helix Conference in Rio de Janiero (April 2000), we focus on the comparison between Brazil and The Netherlands, with reference to an international baseline. In addition to studying the different domains and university-industry-government relations therewithin, we analyze, among other things, the role of the respective (national) languages. From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Mon May 1 20:49:30 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 20:49:30 -0400 Subject: SOC: Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica, Chile Message-ID: Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica, Chile Website: http://www.conicyt.cl/ Includes information about INFOCYT, an international network for scientific and technical information; inventories of research and technical capabilties; a map of the structure of S&T in Chile; upcoming conferences. From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Thu May 4 18:38:18 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:38:18 -0400 Subject: ART:J. of Applied Behavior Analysis Message-ID: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis http://www.envmed.rochester.edu/wwwrap/behavior/jaba/jabahome.htm The site for the journal includes a "citation performance" and an analysis of the use of their website. There appears to be a good deal of interest on the Web site in their citation performance analysis, and the audio files. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Gretchen Whitney, PhD tel 423.974.7919 School of Information Sciences fax 423.974.4967 University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA gwhitney at utk.edu http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/ jESSE:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html SIGMETRICS:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> From noyons at CWTS.LEIDENUNIV.NL Tue May 9 08:13:59 2000 From: noyons at CWTS.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Ed Noyons) Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:13:59 +0200 Subject: Final programme S&T 2000 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The final programme of the 6th International Conference on Science & Technology Indicators (S&T 2000) is now available at http://www.cwts.leidenuniv.nl. The conference will be held on 24-27 May in Leiden (the Netherlands). Hope to meet you there, Ed Noyons ps I apologize to those who already received this message through the ISSI list -- ************************************************************* Ed Noyons PhD Mapping of Science Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden Universitity PO Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands e-mail: noyons at cwts.leidenuniv.nl url CWTS: http://sahara.fsw.leidenuniv.nl url Ed: http://sahara.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/ed ************************************************************ From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Tue May 9 18:21:36 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:21:36 -0400 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 From: "Garfield, Eugene" Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price Dear Colleagues In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... CONTENTS Instead of a Preface 137 Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek de Solla Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting Price's Hypothesis 145 A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators for Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment Methodology for Developing Countries 165 Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information Science as Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact Formulation of Price's "Square Root Law" 211 D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and Aspirations of Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past Performance and Future Prospects 281 G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation of Competence of Research Units 309 M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic Table Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The Netherlands): Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance Through Document Cocitation 341 N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working Literature 383 H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? Using Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical Sciences in Developed and Developing Countries 411 Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of Differences among the Sciences 431 S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics 459 M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation Analysis of Little Science, Big Science 487 J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. The Data Sources 505 Short Communication 529 T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and the Barnaby Rich Effect 529 I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. Please send me your postal address with your request. Best wishes, Gene Garfield ------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Tue May 9 18:28:56 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:28:56 -0400 Subject: ABS: Kawamura, Lotka's law and the pattern of scientific productivity in the dental science literature Message-ID: PT J AU Kawamura, M Thomas, CDL Kawaguchi, Y Sasahara, H TI Lotka's law and the pattern of scientific productivity in the dental science literature SO MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND THE INTERNET IN MEDICINE LA English DT Article NR 8 SN 1463-9238 PU TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD C1 Hiroshima Univ, Sch Dent, Hiroshima 730, Japan. Hiroshima Univ, Sch Dent, Hiroshima 730, Japan. Univ Melbourne, Sch Dent Sci, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia. Tokyo Med & Dent Univ, Fac Dent, Tokyo, Japan. DE Lotka's law; scientific productivity; dental science literature; Medline AB Statistical regularities can be observed in many natural and social phenomena. From empirical data on the authorship of scientific papers, Lotka deduced an inverse-square law: the number of authors publishing n papers is 1/n(2) of those publishing one paper. The general type for the relation (1/n(c)) has a wide range of applicability to a variety of phenomena. This study examined, by means of bibliometric tools, whether Lotka's law could be applied to the literature of dental science. Data came from 20 leading dental science journals, as reported in Journal Citation Reports. The search was performed with a programme developed using Visual Basic for Applications, which counted the number of authors and analysed their contributions to the literature. Authorship for all contributions, as reported in Medline, was compiled for each of these 20 journals for the last 25 years, 1971 through 1995. The total number of authors was 43 796, responsible for 124 556 authorships. The journals published in countries other than the USA exhibited higher degrees of author concentration. The dental science literature conformed very well to Lotka's model with c = 1.95. CR *ISI TECHN HELP DE, 1995, J CIT REP CD ROM 199 BOOKSTEIN A, 1977, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V28, P206 COX RAK, 1991, REV ECON STAT, V73, P740 HEINE MH, 1998, J DOC, V54, P303 LOPEZMUNOZ F, 1996, J PINEAL RES, V20, P115 LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317 SIMON HA, 1955, BIOMETRIKA, V42, P425 VOOS H, 1974, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V25, P270 BP 309 EP 315 PG 7 JI Med. Inform. Internet Med. PY 1999 PD OCT-DEC VL 24 IS 4 GA 276LM PI LONDON RP Kawamura M Hiroshima Univ, Sch Dent, Hiroshima 730, Japan. J9 MED INFORM INTERNET MED PA ONE GUNPOWDER SQUARE, LONDON EC4A 3DE, ENGLAND UT ISI:000084879300007 ER ---------------------------- (c) ISI, Reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet. com From sallyjo at CS.WAIKATO.AC.NZ Tue May 9 18:45:31 2000 From: sallyjo at CS.WAIKATO.AC.NZ (Sally Jo Cunningham) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:45:31 +1200 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello-- I would *love* a copy of this! My postal address is: Dr. Sally Jo Cunningham Department of Computer Science University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton New Zealand If it's a problem mailing out to New Zealand, then I'll be happy to send you the postage! CHeers, Sally Jo From M.Davis at UNSW.EDU.AU Wed May 10 04:46:52 2000 From: M.Davis at UNSW.EDU.AU (Mari Davis) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:46:52 +1000 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: To: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics cc: From: Mari Davis/Commerce/UNSW/AU @ UNSW Date: 05/10/2000 06:46:52 PM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Please may I receive one of those free issues of the Scientometrics Memorial Issue that honours Derel Price. I live in Australia and my address is below. By the way, do you know that Australia is hosting the next Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference in Sydney in July 2001. Hope you will come. I will send some information on the conference very soon. Sincerely, Mari Davis Mari Davis PhD, Senior Lecturer School of Information Systems, Technology & Management The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA email: m.davis at unsw.edu.au From ernesto at RICYT.EDU.AR Wed May 10 00:18:39 2000 From: ernesto at RICYT.EDU.AR (Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 01:18:39 -0300 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: In the Institute for Social Studies of S&T of Argentina, that hosts the Ibero American / Inter American Network on S&T indicators, we would love to have a copy of that issue. Thank you in advance, Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia Universidad Nacional de Quilmes Rivadavia 2358 piso 6 (1034) Buenos Aires Argentina ----- Mensaje original ----- De: Gretchen Whitney Para: Enviado: Martes, 09 de Mayo de 2000 19:21 Asunto: [SIGMETRICS] 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 From: "Garfield, Eugene" Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price Dear Colleagues In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. Please send me your postal address with your request. Best wishes, Gene Garfield ------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- From ADAMIC at IBMI.MF.UNI-LJ.SI Wed May 10 04:02:39 2000 From: ADAMIC at IBMI.MF.UNI-LJ.SI (Stefan Adamic) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:02:39 +0000 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Iwould appreciate receiving a free copy of the Derek de Price memmorial issue. Thanks in advance! Stefan Adamic, Ph.D. prof. emer. Institute for biomedical informatics Medical Faculty 1104 Ljubljana Slovenia From isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES Wed May 10 02:19:54 2000 From: isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:19:54 +0200 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics -Tribute to DerekPrice (fwd) Message-ID: Gretchen Whitney wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 > From: "Garfield, Eugene" > Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price > > Dear Colleagues > > In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was > published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of > copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. > > I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great > photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... > > I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a > first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. > Please send me your postal address with your request. > > Best wishes, > Gene Garfield > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. > Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 > Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, > Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) > Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 > email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu > The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com > Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Eugene: I will love to receive a copy of the Derek Price memorial issue of Scientometrics. Thanks in advance, -- ************************************************************ Isidro F. AGUILLO isidro at cindoc.csic.es ------------------------------------------------------------ CINDOC-CSIC Tel: +34-91-563.54.82 Joaquin Costa, 22 Fax: +34-91-564.26.44 28002 Madrid. ESPA?A/SPAIN Editor Cybermetrics (http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics) ************************************************************ From delooze at GRENOBLE.INRA.FR Wed May 10 04:03:39 2000 From: delooze at GRENOBLE.INRA.FR (de looze =?iso-8859-1?Q?Marie-Ang=E8le?=) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:03:39 +0200 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Eugene: I would love to receive a copy of the Derek Price memorial issue of Scientometrics. Thanks in advance, A 18:21 09/05/2000 -0400, vous avez ?crit : >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 >From: "Garfield, Eugene" >Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price > >Dear Colleagues > >In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was >published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of >copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. > >I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great >photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... > > > > CONTENTS >Instead of a Preface 137 >Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 >Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 >M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek >de Solla > Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 >J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting >Price's > Hypothesis 145 >A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators >for > Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 >M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment >Methodology > for Developing Countries 165 > Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information >Science as > Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 >R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 >W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact >Formulation of > Price's "Square Root Law" 211 >D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and >Aspirations of > Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 >J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The > Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 >J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past >Performance > and Future Prospects 281 >G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation >of > Competence of Research Units 309 >M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic >Table > Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 >C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The >Netherlands): > Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance > Through Document Cocitation 341 >N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 >F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 >Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and > Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working >Literature 383 >H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? >Using > Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 >H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical >Sciences in > Developed and Developing Countries 411 >Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of >Differences > among the Sciences 431 >S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 >A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics >459 >M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on > SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 >E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation >Analysis > of Little Science, Big Science 487 >J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. >The > Data Sources 505 >Short Communication 529 >T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and >the > Barnaby Rich Effect 529 > > > >I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a >first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. >Please send me your postal address with your request. > >Best wishes, >Gene Garfield > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. >Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 >Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, >Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) >Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 >email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu >The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com >Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > > Marie-Ang?le de Looze Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA/SERD (Sociologie et Economie de la Recherche D?veloppement) Universit? Pierre Mend?s France BP 47 38040 Grenoble Cedex 9 France Tel : 33 4 76 82 54 41 Fax : 33 4 76 82 54 55 http://www.upmf-grenoble.fr/adest/ http://www.upmf-grenoble.fr/inra/ e-mail personnel delooze at asi.fr From rsl at ROSE.NSFC.GOV.CN Wed May 10 11:16:00 2000 From: rsl at ROSE.NSFC.GOV.CN (Ren Shengli) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:16:00 +0100 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: I would appreciate receiving a free copy of the Scientometrics on Derek de Price memmorial issue. Thanks in advance! Ren Shengli (Ph.D.), Department of Publication, National Science Foundation of China, Huayuan Beilu, East Gate, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, P R China From ir at SOI.CITY.AC.UK Wed May 10 04:56:13 2000 From: ir at SOI.CITY.AC.UK (Ian Rowlands) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:56:13 +0100 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I would be very grateful for a copy! *********************************************************** Dr Ian Rowlands Department of Information Science, City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB Telephone (0207) 477 8389 Fax (0207) 477 8584 Web page http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~ir/ian.htm *********************************************************** On Tue, 9 May 2000, Gretchen Whitney wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 > From: "Garfield, Eugene" > Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price > > Dear Colleagues > > In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was > published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of > copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. > > I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great > photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... > > > > CONTENTS > Instead of a Preface 137 > Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 > Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 > M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek > de Solla > Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 > J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting > Price's > Hypothesis 145 > A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators > for > Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 > M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment > Methodology > for Developing Countries 165 > Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information > Science as > Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 > R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 > W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact > Formulation of > Price's "Square Root Law" 211 > D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and > Aspirations of > Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 > J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The > Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 > J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past > Performance > and Future Prospects 281 > G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation > of > Competence of Research Units 309 > M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic > Table > Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 > C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The > Netherlands): > Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance > Through Document Cocitation 341 > N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 > F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 > Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and > Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working > Literature 383 > H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? > Using > Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 > H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical > Sciences in > Developed and Developing Countries 411 > Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of > Differences > among the Sciences 431 > S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 > A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics > 459 > M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on > SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 > E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation > Analysis > of Little Science, Big Science 487 > J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. > The > Data Sources 505 > Short Communication 529 > T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and > the > Barnaby Rich Effect 529 > > > > I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a > first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. > Please send me your postal address with your request. > > Best wishes, > Gene Garfield > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. > Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 > Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, > Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) > Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 > email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu > The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com > Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > From Pedro Wed May 10 06:19:46 2000 From: Pedro (Pedro) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:19:46 +0200 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: I would appreciate receiving a free copy of the Scientometrics on Derek de Price memmorial issue. Thanks in advance! Pedro Alvarez Facultad de CC. Econ?micas y EE Universidad de Extremadura Avda de Elvas s/n 06071 Badajoz (Spain). At 18:21 9/05/00 -0400, you wrote: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 >From: "Garfield, Eugene" >Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price > >Dear Colleagues > >In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was >published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of >copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. > >I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great >photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... > > > > CONTENTS >Instead of a Preface 137 >Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 >Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 >M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek >de Solla > Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 >J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting >Price's > Hypothesis 145 >A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators >for > Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 >M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment >Methodology > for Developing Countries 165 > Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information >Science as > Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 >R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 >W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact >Formulation of > Price's "Square Root Law" 211 >D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and >Aspirations of > Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 >J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The > Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 >J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past >Performance > and Future Prospects 281 >G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation >of > Competence of Research Units 309 >M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic >Table > Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 >C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The >Netherlands): > Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance > Through Document Cocitation 341 >N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 >F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 >Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and > Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working >Literature 383 >H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? >Using > Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 >H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical >Sciences in > Developed and Developing Countries 411 >Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of >Differences > among the Sciences 431 >S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 >A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics >459 >M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on > SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 >E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation >Analysis > of Little Science, Big Science 487 >J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. >The > Data Sources 505 >Short Communication 529 >T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and >the > Barnaby Rich Effect 529 > > > >I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a >first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. >Please send me your postal address with your request. > >Best wishes, >Gene Garfield > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. >Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 >Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, >Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) >Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 >email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu >The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com >Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------- Pedro ?lvarez Departamento de Economia Aplicada y Organizacion de Empresas Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales Universidad de Extremadura Avda de Elvas s/n 06071-BADAJOZ SPAIN Tlfno Fax 924-289556 E-mail:palvarez at unex.es --------------------------------- From claudiag at CIOP.UNLP.EDU.AR Wed May 10 08:01:21 2000 From: claudiag at CIOP.UNLP.EDU.AR (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Claudia_Gonz=E1lez?=) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:01:21 -0300 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics- Message-ID: Iwould appreciate receiving a free copy of the Derek de Price memmorial issue. Thanks in advance! Bibl. Claudia M. Gonz?lez CIOp / Universidad Nacional de La Plata C.C. 124 1900 La Plata Argentina From gsotolongo at FINLAY.EDU.CU Wed May 10 12:04:47 2000 From: gsotolongo at FINLAY.EDU.CU (Gilberto Sotolongo) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:04:47 -0700 Subject: RV: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Message-ID: Sir, According your proposal in a SIGMETRICS message, I will appreciate a copy of the Scientometrics Issue - tribute to Derek . Thanks you very much Best regards Gilberto Sotolongo POBox 16017, Cod. 11600 Havana, Cuba telf 537-336212 Office From j_2green at TWU.EDU Wed May 10 10:11:06 2000 From: j_2green at TWU.EDU (Rachael Green) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 07:11:06 -0700 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics- In-Reply-To: <002e01bfba77$77bb4760$8b060aa3@bragui.ciop.unlp.edu.ar> Message-ID: Wow! Please add me to the list for the Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - thanks so much. Rachael Green 330 W. Ocean Blvd. #307 Long Beach, CA 90802 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachael Green Adjunct Instructor School of Library & Information Studies Texas Woman's University Denton, TX 76204 Phone: 940/898-2605 Email: J_2Green at twu.edu URL: http://venus.twu.edu/~j_2green ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From dalen at WRR.NL Wed May 10 10:33:36 2000 From: dalen at WRR.NL (HP van Dalen) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:33:36 +0200 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) In-Reply-To: <71E9544DA4D0D2118B3200105A2DEC7C0CF7BC@srvr-wrr02> Message-ID: I would love to receive a copy, if of course the box is not already empty. Hendrik P. van Dalen Scientific Council for Government Policy P.O. Box 20004 NL-2500 EA The Hague The Netherlands -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]namens Gretchen Whitney Verzonden: woensdag 10 mei 2000 0:22 Aan: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Onderwerp: [SIGMETRICS] 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 From: "Garfield, Eugene" Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price Dear Colleagues In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... CONTENTS Instead of a Preface 137 Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek de Solla Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting Price's Hypothesis 145 A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators for Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment Methodology for Developing Countries 165 Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information Science as Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact Formulation of Price's "Square Root Law" 211 D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and Aspirations of Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past Performance and Future Prospects 281 G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation of Competence of Research Units 309 M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic Table Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The Netherlands): Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance Through Document Cocitation 341 N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working Literature 383 H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? Using Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical Sciences in Developed and Developing Countries 411 Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of Differences among the Sciences 431 S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics 459 M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation Analysis of Little Science, Big Science 487 J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. The Data Sources 505 Short Communication 529 T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and the Barnaby Rich Effect 529 I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. Please send me your postal address with your request. Best wishes, Gene Garfield ------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- From cdhillebrand at HOTMAIL.COM Wed May 10 10:49:44 2000 From: cdhillebrand at HOTMAIL.COM (claus hillebrand) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 07:49:44 PDT Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics- Message-ID: Please send a copy of Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics to all subscribers of SIG metrics. Dear subcribers: please stop sending individual requests. Thank you for your cooperation >From: Rachael Green >Reply-To: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics > >To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu >Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics- >Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 07:11:06 -0700 > >Wow! Please add me to the list for the Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - >thanks so much. > > >Rachael Green >330 W. Ocean Blvd. #307 >Long Beach, CA 90802 > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Rachael Green >Adjunct Instructor >School of Library & Information Studies >Texas Woman's University >Denton, TX 76204 >Phone: 940/898-2605 >Email: J_2Green at twu.edu >URL: http://venus.twu.edu/~j_2green >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From tbrandho at INET.ED.GOV Wed May 10 11:42:53 2000 From: tbrandho at INET.ED.GOV (Ted Brandhorst) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:42:53 -0400 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gene: Please send your proferred gratis copy (if any are left) to me at the ERIC Facility, 4483-A Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706. Ted Brandhorst At 06:21 PM 5/9/00 -0400, you wrote: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 >From: "Garfield, Eugene" >Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price > >Dear Colleagues > >In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was >published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of >copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. > >I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great >photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... > > > > CONTENTS >Instead of a Preface 137 >Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 >Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 >M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek >de Solla > Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 >J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting >Price's > Hypothesis 145 >A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators >for > Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 >M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment >Methodology > for Developing Countries 165 > Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information >Science as > Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 >R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 >W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact >Formulation of > Price's "Square Root Law" 211 >D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and >Aspirations of > Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 >J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The > Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 >J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past >Performance > and Future Prospects 281 >G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation >of > Competence of Research Units 309 >M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic >Table > Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 >C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The >Netherlands): > Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance > Through Document Cocitation 341 >N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 >F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 >Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and > Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working >Literature 383 >H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? >Using > Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 >H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical >Sciences in > Developed and Developing Countries 411 >Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of >Differences > among the Sciences 431 >S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 >A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics >459 >M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on > SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 >E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation >Analysis > of Little Science, Big Science 487 >J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. >The > Data Sources 505 >Short Communication 529 >T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and >the > Barnaby Rich Effect 529 > > > >I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a >first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. >Please send me your postal address with your request. > >Best wishes, >Gene Garfield > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. >Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 >Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, >Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) >Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 >email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu >The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com >Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ted Brandhorst, Director ERIC Processing and Reference Facility Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) 4483-A Forbes Boulevard Lanham, Maryland 20706 Telephone: 301-429-2100 FAX: 301-552-4700 e-mail: tbrandho at inet.ed.gov WWW: http://ericfac.piccard.csc.com From marianazare at UOL.COM.BR Thu May 11 10:41:15 2000 From: marianazare at UOL.COM.BR (Maria Nazare) Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:41:15 -0300 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Message-ID: I would appreciate receiving a free copy of the Derek Sola Price memmorial issue. Thanks in advance! Maria de Nazar? Freitas Pereira Rua Cinco de Julho, 223 apto 201 22051-030 Rio de Janeiro - Brasil From Linda_Marion at CIS.DREXEL.EDU Thu May 11 13:50:49 2000 From: Linda_Marion at CIS.DREXEL.EDU (Linda_Marion at CIS.DREXEL.EDU) Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:50:49 -0400 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: I discovered there was a problem with our email and the message below was probably not delivered. If there are unclamed copies I remain interested. Thank you. Linda Marion ---------------------- Forwarded by Linda Marion/Drexel_IST on 05/11/2000 01:46 PM --------------------------- Linda Marion 05/10/2000 10:37 AM To: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics cc: Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) (Document link: Linda Marion) Dr. Garfield, Thank you very much for your offer. I would appreciate having a copy. I would be happy to pick up a copy at ISI if that is easier. Linda Marion College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University 3141 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 From azun at METU.EDU.TR Fri May 12 06:51:12 2000 From: azun at METU.EDU.TR (Ali Uzun) Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 13:51:12 +0300 Subject: memorial Message-ID: Dear sir, please add my name to the list for the memorial Issue of Scientometrics. Thanks in advance Dr. Ali Uzun Department of Physics Middle East Technical University 06531, Ankara -Turkey From eprincipe at UOL.COM.BR Fri May 12 09:54:35 2000 From: eprincipe at UOL.COM.BR (Eloisa Principe) Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:54:35 -0300 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics -Tribute to DerekPrice (fwd) Message-ID: I would appreciate receiving a free copy of the Derek Sola Price memmorial issue. Thanks in advance! Eloisa Principe Rua Lauro Muller, 455 - 5. andar Botafogo 22290-160 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasil Gretchen Whitney wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:02:06 -0400 > From: "Garfield, Eugene" > Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price > > Dear Colleagues > > In March 1985 a special memorial issue dedicated to Derek Price was > published by Scientometrics. At that time ISI purchased a large number of > copies for distribution to friends and colleagues. > > I recently uncovered several boxes of this issue which contains a great > photograph of Derek and the following list of papers... > > CONTENTS > Instead of a Preface 137 > Derek John de Solla Price Memorial Award 139 > Eugene Garfield Wins the 1984 Derek John de Solla Price Award 141 > M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Address at the Presentation of the First Derek > de Solla > Price Award to Eugene Garfield on December 20, 1984 143 > J. Marton (Hungary): Obsolescence or Immediacy? Evidence Supporting > Price's > Hypothesis 145 > A. Schubert, S. Zsindely, T. Braun (Hungary): Scientometric Indicators > for > Evaluating Medical Research Output of Mid-Size Countries 155 > M. J. Moravcsik (USA): Applied Scientometrics: An Assessment > Methodology > for Developing Countries 165 > Barbara Stefaniak (Poland): Periodical Literature of Information > Science as > Reflected in Referativnyj Zhurnal, Section 59, Informatika 177 > R. Todorov (Bulgaria): Distribution of Physics Literature 195 > W. Gl?nzel, A. Schubert (Hungary): Price Distribution. An Exact > Formulation of > Price's "Square Root Law" 211 > D. E. Chubin (USA): Beyond Invisible Colleges: Inspirations and > Aspirations of > Post-1972 Social Studies of Science 221 > J. S. Long, R. McGinnis (USA): Teaching Sponsorship and Collaboration. The > Effects of the Mentor on the Academic Career 255 > J. Irvine, B. R. Martin (UK): Evaluating Big Science: CERN's Past > Performance > and Future Prospects 281 > G. M. Dobrov, V. E. Tonkal (USSR): Comparative Analysis and Estimation > of > Competence of Research Units 309 > M. Kochen, J. Lansing (USA): On Maps for Discovery: Did the Periodic > Table > Guide Elemental Discovery? . 327 > C. Mombers, A. Van Heeringen, R. Van Veneti?, C. Le Pair (The > Netherlands): > Displaying Strengths and Weaknesses in National R&D Performance > Through Document Cocitation 341 > N. C. Mullins (USA): Invisible Colleges as Science Elites 357 > F. Narin, E. Noma (USA): Is Technology Becoming Science? 369 > Elizabeth Smith Aversa (USA): Citation Patterns of Highly Cited Papers and > Their Relationship to Literature Aging: A Study of the Working > Literature 383 > H. Small, E. Sweeney (USA): Clustering the Science Citation Index? > Using > Co-citations I. A Comparison of Methods 391 > H. 1. Christov?o (Brasil): The Aging of the Literature of Biomedical > Sciences in > Developed and Developing Countries 411 > Suzan E. Cozzens (USA): Using the Archive: Derek Price's Theory of > Differences > among the Sciences 431 > S. Cole, G. S. Meyer (USA): Little Science, Big Science Revisited 443 > A. I. Yablonsky (USSR): Stable Non-Gaussian Distributions in Scientometrics > 459 > M. Bonitz (GDR): Journal Ranking by Selective Impact, New Method Based on > SDI Results and Journal Impact Factors 471 > E. Garfield (USA): In Tribute to Derek John de Solla Price: A Citation > Analysis > of Little Science, Big Science 487 > J. VIachy (Czechoslovakia): Citation Histories of Scientific Publications. > The > Data Sources 505 > Short Communication 529 > T. Braun, S. Zsindely ,(Hungary): Growth of Scientific Literature and > the > Barnaby Rich Effect 529 > > I would be happy to send out gratis copies of this issue on a > first-come-first-serve basis to members of the SIG-Metrics group. > Please send me your postal address with your request. > > Best wishes, > Gene Garfield > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Eugene Garfield, Ph.D. > Chairman Emeritus, ISI, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 > Publisher, THE SCIENTIST, 3600 Market St, > Philadelphia, PA 19104 (www.the-scientist.com) > Tel: 215-243-2205 // Fax: 215-387-1266 > email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu > The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com > Home Page: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------- From Linda.Marion at CIS.DREXEL.EDU Wed May 10 10:37:15 2000 From: Linda.Marion at CIS.DREXEL.EDU (Linda Marion) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:37:15 -0400 Subject: 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Message-ID: Dr. Garfield, Thank you very much for your offer. I would appreciate having a copy. I would be happy to pick up a copy at ISI if that is easier. Linda Marion College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University 3141 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 From bvmarten at MAILBOX.SYR.EDU Mon May 15 10:54:55 2000 From: bvmarten at MAILBOX.SYR.EDU (Betsy V. Martens) Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:54:55 -0400 Subject: Micro/Macro Distinction In-Reply-To: <200002170518.AAA12210@mailbox.syr.edu> Message-ID: Hi, Could anyone advise as to whether R.J.W. Tijssen was the first to employ the terms "micro" and "macro" in connection with informetric mapping? (R.J.W. Tijssen et al., "Integrating Multiple Sources of Information in Literature-Based Maps of Science", Journal of Information Science 16(4): 217-227.) Also... has anyone seen the use of the term "meso" in this connection? Thanks! Betsy VanderVeer Martens Ph.D. Student School of Information Studies Syracuse University bvmarten at mailbox.syr.edu From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Mon May 15 18:44:30 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:44:30 -0400 Subject: ABS: Herubel, Metadisciplinarity, Belles lettres, and Andre Malraux: A bibliometric exploration of knowledge formation Message-ID: Herubel JPVM, Goedeken EA, " Metadisciplinarity, Belles lettres, and Andre Malraux: A bibliometric exploration of knowledge formation", SERIALS LIBRARIAN 37: (4) 51-68 2000 AUTHOR'S E-MAIL: Edward A. Goedeken - edgoed at iastate.edu A FEW QUOTES FROM THE PAPER: "Significance of Study: The purpose of this study is to identify and isolate articles from within the broad disciplines of the arts and humanities that have cited Andre Malraux in any fashion in order to determine Malraux's influence upon the research literature in various disciplines." "However, bibliometric studies focusing on intellectual influence in scholarship are rare, making this present study and exploratory prototype. Concentration on Malraux's corpus and citations to his works should reveal a subtle and concerted influence upon other disciplines by belle-ettres thinker and writer of Malraux's stature. Unline bibliometric studies of the sciences, technologies, and social sciences, bibliometric studies of the humanities have been uneven. Since paradigmatic characteristics of knowledge as conceived by Thomas Kuhn do not exist in the humanities, bibliometric studies of non-scientific literatures may not conform to Kuhnian standards. And yet, though it does not rely on cumulative knowledge in the ordinary scientific sense, humanities scholarship can still be examined for intellectual and cultural influence. Indeed, bibliometrics can be used to effectively open the door on literary and fine arts activity. This is clearly evident, for example, in the recent work of Vaillant and Rosa, whose mapping of nineteenth century literary production has been creative as well as instrumental in undersanding book and reading culture. This type of research shows that bibliometric exploration in the humanities can be extremely promising for the systematic study of non-scientific activities." "METHODOLOGY: To capture a suitable longitudinal sample, we used the citation field of Arts and Humanities Citation Index on CD-ROM for the years 1975-1994, which produced 710 entries. Only articles were chosen, excluding reviews of secondary scholarship and new editions of primary novels, essays, memoirs, and commentaries, as well as other bibliographic formats. " "CONCLUSION ..... Our study explored the possibility of using the Arts and Humanities Citation Index CD-ROM to gather citations to an author's works and, through substantive knowledge of the target subject, establish intellectual influence. By illustration, this approach can be harnessed to trace any writer's influence in scholarship, whether a disciplinary scholar or a belles-lettres writer. Theoretical and applied uses can be found for such an approach, whether for ascertaining research strengths or for the further articulation of the shifting boundaries of intellectual and cultural scholarship." ___________________________________________ TITLE : Metadisciplinarity, Belles lettres, and Andre Malraux: A bibliometric exploration of knowledge formation AUTHOR Herubel JPVM, Goedeken EA JOURNAL SERIALS LIBRARIAN 37: (4) 51-68 2000 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 66 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: A theoretical and conceptual mapping of the contours of knowledge emerges through a bibliometric approach using the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Focusing on Andre Malraux and his writings, one can discern how bibliometrics can effectively explore the subtle characteristics of disciplinary knowledge, and how their permutations reflect the evolution of knowledge along a metadisciplinary continuum. Evidence indicates that Malraux's non-disciplinary, i.e., belles-lettres, writing has influenced theoretical thinking in a number of disciplines. Malraux's intellectual and cultural influence can be effectively pursued through referential analysis. This theoretical approach provides a viable conceptual model of intellectual mutation, influence, and bibliometric veracity. This study's results show that this methodology could be applied effectively in other areas of intellectual history and cultural studies. Author Keywords: bibliometric analysis, Andre Malraux, metadisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity KeyWords Plus: CITATION CHARACTERISTICS, FINE-ARTS, MONOGRAPHS, SCIENCE, WORK Addresses: Herubel JPVM, Purdue Univ, Stewart Ctr 1530, Philosophy Polit Sci Humanities Social Sci & Educ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA. Purdue Univ, Stewart Ctr 1530, Philosophy Polit Sci Humanities Social Sci & Educ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA. Publisher: HAWORTH PRESS INC, BINGHAMTON IDS Number: 301ZF ISSN: 0361-526X Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BIBL NAT MES LIVR C ORG BIBL 1989 ADAMS LS METHODOLOGIES ART IN 1996 AGGER B CRITICAL SOCIAL THEO 1998 APOLLINAIRE G APOLLINAIRE ART ESSA 1972 BECHER T ACAD TRIBES TERRITOR 1989 BIANCA GA ESTETICA MALRAUX UN 1975 BONNEFOY Y LURE TRUTH PAINTING 1995 BUCHANAN AL BEHAV SOC SCI LIBR 15 37 1997 CLARK BR ACAD PROFESSION NATL 1987 COFFMAN JW THESIS CASE W RESERV 1985 COLLEN A SAYBROOK REV 8 17 1990 CULLARS J LIBR QUART 62 325 1992 CULLARS JM LIBR QUART 66 138 1996 DESAINTCHERON F ESTHETIQUE MALRAUX 1996 DUTHUIT G MUSEE INIMAGINABLE 1956 FAURE E HIST ART 1930 GANNON EJ HONOR BEING MAN WORL 1957 GIERYN TF AM SOCIOL REV 48 781 1983 GORDON S HIST PHILOS SOCIAL S 1991 GRECO J BLACKWELL GUIDE EPIS 1999 GREENE RW ESPRIT CREATEUR 36 94 1996 GUTTING G PARADIGMS REVOLUTION 1980 HASKELL TL EMERGENCE PROFESSION 1977 HERRING SD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50 358 1999 HERUBEL JPV COLLECTION MANAGEMEN 18 89 1994 HERUBEL JPV COLLECTION MANAGEMEN 14 155 1990 HERUBEL JPV THESIS KENT STATE U 1979 HERUBEL JPVM BEHAV SOC SCI LIBR 13 49 1994 HERUBEL JPVM BEHAV SOC SCI LIBR 12 45 1993 HERUBEL JVM SCI SCI SCI 3 15 1994 HOFFMANN J HUMANISME MALRAUX 1963 HOLLY MA PAST LOOKING HIST IM 1996 HOLMAN V DICT ART 20 208 1996 KAPLAN EA POSTMODERNISM ITS DI 1988 KOCKELMANS JJ INTERDISCIPLINARITY 1979 KUHN TS STRUCTURE SCI REVOLU 1970 KULTERMANN U HIST ART HIST 1993 LATTUCA LR THESIS U MICHIGAN 1996 LAYDER D MODERN SOCIAL THEORY 1997 LINDHOLMROMANTS Y SCHOLARLY BOOK REV S 1998 MANICAS PT HIST PHILOS SOCIAL S 1987 MINOR VH ART HIST HIST 1994 MOXEY KPF PRACTICE THEORY POST 1994 NELSON DM SPEC LIBR 68 390 1977 NISSANI M SOC SCI J 34 201 1997 PIERCE SJ J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50 271 1999 POWELL RR LIBR INFORM SCI RES 21 91 1999 PREZIOSI D ART ART HIST CRITICA 1998 PREZIOSI D RETHINKING ART HIST 1989 RIGHTER W RHETORICAL HERO ESSA 1964 RINGER F THEOR SOC 19 269 1990 ROMEISER JB A MALRAUX REFERENCE 1994 ROSA G ROMANTISME 80 21 1993 ROSENBLUM DH THESIS OHIO STATE U 1995 SALTA L OUTSIDE LINES ISSUES 1996 SIMONTON WC THESIS U ILLINOIS 1969 SLAUGHTER RA FUTURES 21 447 1989 SLIFE BD AM PSYCHOL 52 117 1997 SMITH R NORTON HIST HUMAN SC 1997 TAGG J ART HIST CULTURAL PO 1992 THOMPSON JK INTERDISCIPLINARITY 1990 THORNBERRY RS DICT LIT BIOGRAPHY 72 237 1988 WALFORD G BRIT J SOCIOL EDUC 6 155 1985 WILLIAMS AV ESPRIT CREATEUR 36 34 1996 WILSON EO CONSILIENCE UNITY KN 1998 ZARADER JP MALRAUX PENSEE ART U 1996 --------------------------------------- (c) ISI, Reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet.com From prak21 at HOTMAIL.COM Tue May 16 00:13:55 2000 From: prak21 at HOTMAIL.COM (Prakash K) Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:13:55 PDT Subject: Scientometrics 1985 Special Memorail Issue Message-ID: Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] 1985 Special Memorial Issue of Scientometrics - Tribute to Derek Price (fwd) Please may I receive one of those free issues of the Scientometrics Memorial Issue that honours Derel Price. I live in Ahmedabad, India and my address is below. Sincerely, K Prakash K.PRAKASH Tel :091-079-630 5971/630 4695/630 8528 Scientific/Technical Officer-I Fax :091-079-630 0990 INFLIBNET Centre University Grants Commission Email:prakash at inflibnet.ernet.in P.B.NO.4116, NAVRANGPURA prakash_k at yahoo.com AHMEDABAD-380 009 URL :http://www.inflibnet.ernet.in/ INDIA http://www.angelfire.com/sc/inflibnet/ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Tue May 16 18:30:50 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 18:30:50 -0400 Subject: Vreeland, Law libraries in hyperspace: A citation analysis o f World Wide Web sites Message-ID: Commentary from M. Meher, ISI --gw E-Mail for Robert C. Vreeland : vreeland at email.unc.edu TITLE: Law libraries in hyperspace: A citation analysis of World Wide Web sites AUTHOR: Vreeland RC JOURNAL: LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL 92: (1) 9-25 WIN 2000 Document type: Review Language: English Cited References: 104 Times Cited: 0 KeyWords Plus: RETRIEVAL, THAMUS Addresses: Vreeland RC, Univ N Carolina, Ctr Publ Televis, Res Triangle Pk, NC USA. Univ N Carolina, Ctr Publ Televis, Res Triangle Pk, NC USA. Univ N Carolina, Law Lib, Chapel Hill, NC USA. Publisher: AMER ASSN LAW LIBRARIES, CHICAGO IDS Number: 291XM ISSN: 0023-9283 Copyright ? 2000 Institute for Scientific Information Please visit their website at www.isinet.com ____________________________________________ It is unfortunate that an interesting article like this one does not include an abstract. However, the "Summary of Results" and "Applications of This Research" are somewhat helpful. The abstract of this paper is but one sentence but it is a powerful conclusion.... "Mr. Vreeland suggests the use of citation analysis as an appropriate objective standard for measuring and evaluating law library Web sites." SUMMARY OF RESULTS: "The presence of the 80/20 distribution for library site luminosity, while interesting as a bibliometric phenomenon, is something of a disappointment. It indicates that a small portion of sites are providing most of the labor and thought for the entire community. One author, finding similarly small percentages of highly useful sites, concluded that half of the servers in his subject area "designed, financed, constructed and maintained in all parts of the world could be safely switched off, not only without any loss to anyone, but actually to the great benefit of all serious Net users." Perhaps many of the less impressive pages exist only because of the 'gold rush' mentality, which encourages a sense of false urgency. There appears to be a widespread belief that a presence on the Web (even a poor one) is better than having no presence at all." However, having a Web site that no one uses is functionally equivalent to having no site at all." APPLICATION OF THIS RESEARCH 'Currently information of this nature is of use primarily to library webmasters. However, these research methods could increase in importance if, as some have suggested, the ABA elects to pay more attention to electronic services in its evaluations of law libraries. Although ABA accreditation standards now recognize electronic resources as part of a library collection, no particular provision has been made for the evaluation of Internet resources, except in the context of distance learning. Traditional ABA measures have dealt with the size of library collections, but on the internet, the marginal cost of increasing "collection" size is very close to zero, so substantial differences in the extent of Web site coverage will not be reflected in traditional economic data. The citation analysis methods proposed in this article provide a more effective tool for evaluating the quality of Web sites." Figure 4 contains a list of the most "Most Visible External URLs" that are linked at least 30 times, while Figure 5 is a ranked listing by visibility. The article contains 107 footnotes most of which are accompanied by the cited references. From redes2 at RICYT.EDU.AR Wed May 17 10:10:54 2000 From: redes2 at RICYT.EDU.AR (redes2) Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:10:54 -0300 Subject: Revista REDES Message-ID: A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4290 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Wed May 17 18:24:27 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 18:24:27 -0400 Subject: ABS: Vickery, A century of scientific and technical information Message-ID: PT J AU Vickery, B TI A century of scientific and technical information SO JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION LA English DT Article NR 91 SN 0022-0418 PU ASLIB AB The paper attempts to provide an outline account of the development and context of scientific and technical communication during: the twentieth century. The main channels and forms of communication are reviewed, and their changing contributions to the overall pattern of information flow. The ever-increasing volume and diversity of scientific and technical information are emphasised. The paper concludes with some reflections on what may be learnt from this history. CR 1948, ROY SOC SCI INF C 1996, SCI WATCH, P7 1919, T FARADAY SOC, V14, P105 *COMM SCI TECHN CO, 1969, SCI TECHN COMM *GAL RES INC, 1997, GAL DIR DAT *INT FED INF DOC, 1997, KNOWL ORG INF RETR *NAT RES COUNC NAT, 1959, P INT C SCI INF WASH *ROY SOC, 1993, STM INF SYST UK *UN DEV PROGR, 1992, HUM DEV REP 1992 *UNISIST, 1971, STUD REP FEAS WORLD *US NAT SCI BOARD, 1999, SCI ENG IND 1998 ALLEN T, 1966, MANAGING FLOW SCI TE ASHFORD J, 1997, J DOC, V53, P351 BELL D, 1976, COMING POSTINDUSTRIA BERNAL JD, 1945, P 20 C ASL LOND BERNAL JD, 1965, SCI HIST BERNAL JD, 1939, SOCIAL FUNCTION SCI BLISS HE, 1929, ORG KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM BOLTON HC, 1893, SELECT BIBLIO CHEM 1 BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING-LONDON, V137, P85 BUSH V, 1945, ATLANTIC MONTHLY, V176, P101 CARDWELL DSL, 1972, ORG SCI ENGLAND CASEY RS, 1951, PUNCHED CARDS CLAPP VW, 1950, COLLEGE RES LIBRARIE, V11, P197 CUADRA C, 1990, DIRECTORY ONLINE DAT DICKEN P, 1981, MODERN W SOC DOSSETT P, 1992, HDB SPECIAL LIB INFO EAST H, 1998, J DOC, V54, P293 EAST H, 1979, SOME STAT INDICATORS EGRET D, 1995, INFORMATION ONLINE D FAIRTHORNE RA, 1969, J DOC, V25, P319 FREEMAN RR, 1994, J INFORM SCI, V20, P556 GARFIELD E, 1990, ANN AM ACAD POLIT SS, V511, P10 GARFIELD E, 1979, CITATION INDEXING GARVEY WD, 1979, COMMUNICATION ESSENC GILCHRIST A, 1971, THESAURUS RETRIEVAL GROSS PLK, 1927, SCIENCE, V66, P385 HAHN H, 1998, INTERNET WEB GOLDEN HALBERT MH, 1959, P INT C SCI INFORMAT, V1, P97 HAVELOCK RG, 1969, COMP STUDY LIT DISSE HOBSBAWM E, 1994, AGE EXTREMES HULME EW, 1923, STAT BIBLIO RELATION INKSTER I, 1991, SCI TECHNOLOGY HIST IWINSKI MB, 1911, B I INT BIBLIO, V16, P1 JASCHEK C, 1989, DATA ASTRONOMY JONES KS, 1997, READINGS INFORMATION KEALEY T, 1996, EC LAWS SCI RES KIRCZ JG, 1998, J DOC, V54, P210 KRIGE J, 1997, SCI 20 CENTURY LAMBERT S, 1986, CD ROM NEW PAPYRUS LANCASTER FW, 1973, INFORMATION RETRIEVA LANCASTER FW, 1972, VOCABULARY CONTROL I LANDES D, 1969, UNBOUND PROMETHEUS LARGE A, 1999, INFORMATION SEEKING LILLEY DB, 1989, HIST INFORMATION SCI LINE MB, 1998, J DOC, V54, P284 LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317 MCLUHAHN M, 1964, UNDERSTANDING MEDIA MEADOWS AJ, 1998, COMMUNICATING RES MEADOWS AJ, 1974, COMMUNICATION SCI MEADOWS AJ, 1987, ORIGINS INFORMATION MENZEL H, 1960, REV STUDIES FLOW INF MIKHAILOV AI, 1984, SCI COMMUNICATIONS I NASH LK, 1963, NATURE NATURAL SCI OVERHAGE CFJ, 1965, INTREX PETTEE J, 1946, SUBJECT HEADINGS HIS PRICE DJ, 1969, FACTORS TRANSFER TEC PRICE DJ, 1986, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI PRICE DJD, 1965, SCIENCE, V149, P510 RAVETZ JR, 1971, SCI KNOWLEDGE ITS SO RAYLEIGH, 1885, 54 M BRIT ASS ADV SC REILY PK, 1971, UNISIST ROGERS EM, 1995, COMMUNICATION INNOVA ROGERS EM, 1976, COMMUNICATION ORG ROSENBLOOM RS, 1967, TECHNOLOGY INFORMATI ROSSMASLER SA, 1980, DATA HANDLING SCI TE RYAN JF, 1998, TODAYS CHEM WORK, V7, P328 SARTON G, 1952, HORUS GUIDE HIST SCI SCHULTZ CK, 1968, HP LUHN SELECTED WOR SILK LS, 1960, RES REVOLUTION SMALL H, 1974, SCI STUD, V4, P17 SPANGENBURG R, 1994, HIST SCI 1895 1945 1 THOMAS BJ, 1997, INTERNET SCI ENG URQUHART DJ, 1990, BOSTON SPA VICKERY BC, 1990, INFORMATION ENV VICKERY BC, 1961, LIB ASS RECORD AUG, P263 VICKERY BC, 1963, MINERVA, V2, P21 WEISGERBER DW, 1993, J DOC, V49, P231 WOODWARD AM, 1974, ASLIB P, V26, P369 YOUNG T, 1807, COURSE LECT NATURAL ZIMAN J, 1968, FORCE KNOWLEDTE BP 476 EP 527 PG 52 JI J. Doc. PY 1999 PD DEC VL 55 IS 5 GA 264RX PI LONDON J9 J DOC PA STAPLE HALL, STONE HOUSE COURT, LONDON EC3A 7PB, ENGLAND UT ISI:000084196200002 ER ----------------------------------------- c. ISI, reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet.com From lars at ARONSSON.SE Thu May 18 08:27:34 2000 From: lars at ARONSSON.SE (Lars Aronsson) Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 14:27:34 +0200 Subject: E-Metrics Web Site Message-ID: Sigmetrics, Here is a web site that could worth visiting for those in the academic community who feel a need to read up on contemporary commercial terminology and thinking: http://www.netgen.com/emetrics The "E-Metrics Web Site" features a white paper, a glossary of terms, and a list of related reading on the topic of "e-metrics". Produced by Matt Cutler (matt at netgen.com), co-founder of NetGenesis (their software product Net Analysis analyzes web server log files), and Jim Sterne (jsterne at targeting.com), principal at Target Marketing solutions and writer of several books on Email and Web Marketing. Lars Aronsson. -- Aronsson Datateknik Teknikringen 1e tel +46-70-7891609 lars at aronsson.se SE-583 30 Link?ping, Sweden fax +46-13-211820 www.aronsson.se From isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES Mon May 22 10:18:25 2000 From: isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:18:25 +0200 Subject: New article published in Cybermetrics Message-ID: Dear colleagues: A new article has just been published in the ejournal Cybermetrics: How to hold a Virtual Library Active? by Bruno Mannina and Luc Quoniam bruno at intelligence-process.com; quoniam at univ-tln.fr Cybermetrics, Vol. 4 (2000). Issue 1. Paper 1 http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v4i1p1.html Abstract During these past five years, the Internet phenomenon has been marked by a tremendous growth of users as well as the amount of available information. Since then, Internet has been inevitable for the information specialists and the network of networks has many advantages: a lower cost medium of communication, user-friendly, a world wide means of communication and exchange and mostly an open way of providing dynamically information to all. Because of its very different nature, searching information on the Internet becomes ever more harder. The user has to be familiar with index search, in order to find the right information. But the unbelievable growth of information sources available on the Internet makes these tools more and more inefficient. Actually, a new generation of index search has sprung off. These tools relieve the user of the repetitive commands associated with online browsing. These tools are called ?Intelligent Agent?. We propose in this article how can we use an intelligent agent to create and to hold a virtual library active. Thanking you for visiting our website, -- ************************************************************ Isidro F. AGUILLO isidro at cindoc.csic.es ------------------------------------------------------------ CINDOC-CSIC Tel: +34-91-563.54.82 Joaquin Costa, 22 Fax: +34-91-564.26.44 28002 Madrid. ESPA?A/SPAIN Editor Cybermetrics (http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics) ************************************************************ From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Wed May 24 18:06:18 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 18:06:18 -0400 Subject: ABS: Ramsden, Predicting institutional research performance from published indicators Message-ID: PT J AU Ramsden, P TI Predicting institutional research performance from published indicators: A test of a classification of Australian university types SO HIGHER EDUCATION LA English DT Article NR 21 SN 0018-1560 PU KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL C1 Griffith Univ, Griffith Inst Higher Educ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. Griffith Univ, Griffith Inst Higher Educ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. ID PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITY AB In 1998, the Australian federal government published comprehensive performance indicator data on universities. This article makes use of several indicators to examine correlates of research productivity in Australian universities, and to test the explanatory power of Marginson's (1997) typology of universities. Research productivity is measured using the quantity known as the 'research quantum' (RQ), which is a performance-related component of operating grant funding. Results of the analysis reveal that a large proportion of the variability in research performance can be attributed to two latent constructs. One relates together favourable student- staff ratios, a high proportion of graduating students continuing into further study, and a high proportion of research qualified staff. The other connects graduates' experiences of low quality courses, good student progress rates and low attrition with high graduate employability. These factors also predict membership of the four Marginson types. The results confirm that Australian universities can be separated into four main reputational groups based chiefly on research performance. Some implications for the use of performance indicators in a more market-driven system are discussed. CR *AUSTR RES COUNC, 1997, SUBM REV HIGH ED FIN *DEP EMPL ED TRAIN, 1998, CHAR PERF HIGH ED I *DEP EMPL ED TRAIN, 1997, COMP IND ALL RES QUA *SPSS, 1995, STAT PACK SOC SCI RE BLACKBURN RT, 1978, SOCIOL EDUC, V51, P132 BLAND CJ, 1992, ACAD MED, V67, P385 BOURKE P, 1997, 56 AGPS AUSTR RES CO CRESWELL JH, 1985, 7 ASHEERIC FOX MF, 1992, RES HIGHER ED FOX MF, 1983, SOC STUD SCI, V13, P285 FOX MF, 1992, SOCIOL EDUC, V65, P293 HATTIE J, 1996, REV EDUC RES, V66, P507 HILMER F, 1993, NATL COMPETITION POL LESLIE L, 1993, COMMERCIALISATION SC LONG JS, 1978, AM SOCIOL REV, V43, P889 LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317 MARGINSON S, 1997, AUSTR U REV, V40, P5 RAMSDEN P, 1994, HIGH EDUC, V27, P207 RAMSDEN P, 1992, HIGH EDUC, V23, P273 WEST R, 1998, LEARNING LIFE REV HI WILSON KL, 1997, STUD HIGH EDUC, V22, P33 BP 341 EP 358 PG 18 JI High. Educ. PY 1999 PD JUN VL 37 IS 4 GA 217PW PI DORDRECHT RP Ramsden P Griffith Univ, Griffith Inst Higher Educ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. J9 HIGHER EDUC PA SPUIBOULEVARD 50, PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS UT ISI:000081509000002 ER -------------------------------------------- (c) ISI, reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet.com From smiragli at LIU.EDU Thu May 25 10:46:33 2000 From: smiragli at LIU.EDU (smiragli) Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:46:33 -0400 Subject: SIGMETRICS Digest - 22 May 2000 to 24 May 2000 (#2000-80) Message-ID: Kenichi, Another chore: can you get this article for me please? Thanks. I'll see you Weds. at 1:00 at Bobst. R. Smiraglia >===== Original Message From ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics ===== >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 00:05:53 -0400 >Reply-To: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics >Sender: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics >From: Automatic digest processor >Subject: SIGMETRICS Digest - 22 May 2000 to 24 May 2000 (#2000-80) >To: Recipients of SIGMETRICS digests > >There is one message totalling 89 lines in this issue. > >Topics of the day: > > 1. ABS: Ramsden, Predicting institutional research performance from published > indicators > > >----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Gretchen Whitney >Subject: ABS: Ramsden, Predicting institutional research performance from published indicators > >PT J >AU Ramsden, P >TI Predicting institutional research performance from published > indicators: A test of a classification of Australian university > types >SO HIGHER EDUCATION >LA English >DT Article >NR 21 >SN 0018-1560 >PU KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL >C1 Griffith Univ, Griffith Inst Higher Educ, Nathan, Qld 4111, > Australia. > Griffith Univ, Griffith Inst Higher Educ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. >ID PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITY >AB In 1998, the Australian federal government published > comprehensive performance indicator data on universities. This > article makes use of several indicators to examine correlates > of research productivity in Australian universities, and to > test the explanatory power of Marginson's (1997) typology of > universities. Research productivity is measured using the > quantity known as the 'research quantum' (RQ), which is a > performance-related component of operating grant funding. > Results of the analysis reveal that a large proportion of the > variability in research performance can be attributed to two > latent constructs. One relates together favourable student- > staff ratios, a high proportion of graduating students > continuing into further study, and a high proportion of > research qualified staff. The other connects graduates' > experiences of low quality courses, good student progress rates > and low attrition with high graduate employability. These > factors also predict membership of the four Marginson types. > The results confirm that Australian universities can be > separated into four main reputational groups based chiefly on > research performance. Some implications for the use of > performance indicators in a more market-driven system are > discussed. >CR *AUSTR RES COUNC, 1997, SUBM REV HIGH ED FIN > *DEP EMPL ED TRAIN, 1998, CHAR PERF HIGH ED I > *DEP EMPL ED TRAIN, 1997, COMP IND ALL RES QUA > *SPSS, 1995, STAT PACK SOC SCI RE > BLACKBURN RT, 1978, SOCIOL EDUC, V51, P132 > BLAND CJ, 1992, ACAD MED, V67, P385 > BOURKE P, 1997, 56 AGPS AUSTR RES CO > CRESWELL JH, 1985, 7 ASHEERIC > FOX MF, 1992, RES HIGHER ED > FOX MF, 1983, SOC STUD SCI, V13, P285 > FOX MF, 1992, SOCIOL EDUC, V65, P293 > HATTIE J, 1996, REV EDUC RES, V66, P507 > HILMER F, 1993, NATL COMPETITION POL > LESLIE L, 1993, COMMERCIALISATION SC > LONG JS, 1978, AM SOCIOL REV, V43, P889 > LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317 > MARGINSON S, 1997, AUSTR U REV, V40, P5 > RAMSDEN P, 1994, HIGH EDUC, V27, P207 > RAMSDEN P, 1992, HIGH EDUC, V23, P273 > WEST R, 1998, LEARNING LIFE REV HI > WILSON KL, 1997, STUD HIGH EDUC, V22, P33 >BP 341 >EP 358 >PG 18 >JI High. Educ. >PY 1999 >PD JUN >VL 37 >IS 4 >GA 217PW >PI DORDRECHT >RP Ramsden P > Griffith Univ, Griffith Inst Higher Educ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. >J9 HIGHER EDUC >PA SPUIBOULEVARD 50, PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS >UT ISI:000081509000002 >ER > >-------------------------------------------- > >(c) ISI, reprinted with permission >Please visit their website at www.isinet.com Richard P. Smiraglia Professor Palmer School of Library and Information Science Long Island University (C.W.Post Campus) Brookville NY 11548 (516) 299-2174 Richard.Smiraglia at liu.edu From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Tue May 30 18:24:32 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 18:24:32 -0400 Subject: ART: Grant, Evaluating "payback" on biomedical research from papers cited in clinical guidelines: applied bibliometric stud" Message-ID: Grant J, Cottrell R, Cluzeau F, Fawcett G, "Evaluating "payback" on biomedical research from papers cited in clinical guidelines: applied bibliometric study" British Medical Journal 320(7242) 1107-1111 Apr 22, 2000 The full text of this paper can be accessed free of charge at url: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7242/1107 E-mail: J Grant j.grant at wellcome.ac.uk Excerpt from paper.... "Methods: One criterion on which the guidelines are appraised is the "identification and interpretation of evidence." Accordingly, a well developed guideline would include a comprehensive bibliography of publications cited therein. We scanned these bibliographic details onto a bespoke database. After we standardised the bibliographic data, we looked up all papers on the Science Citation Index and in libraries to add the addresses of the authors and any missing information such as paper titles, volume numbers, etc. " TI: Evaluating "payback" on biomedical research from papers cited in clinical guidelines: applied bibliometric study AU: Grant J, Cottrell R, Cluzeau F, Fawcett G JO: BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 320: (7242) 1107-1111 APR 22 2000 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 25 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Objectives To develop a methodology for evaluating the impact of research on health care, and to characterize the papers cited on clinical guidelines. Design The bibliographic details of the papers cited in 15 clinical guidelines, developed in and for the United Kingdom, were collated and analysed with applied bibliometric techniques. Results The median age of papers cited in clinical guidelines was eight years; most papers were published by authors living in either the United States (36%) or the United Kingdom (25%)-this is two and a half times more than expected as about 10% of all biomedical outputs are published in the United Kingdom; and clinical guidelines do not cite basic research papers. Conclusion Analysis of the evidence base of clinical guidelines may be one way of tracking the flow of knowledge from the laboratory to the clinic. Moreover, such analysis provides a useful, clinically relevant method for evaluating research outcomes and different strategies in research and development. KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE Addresses: Grant J, Wellcome Trust, Policy Unit, London NW1 2BE, England. Wellcome Trust, Policy Unit, London NW1 2BE, England. St George Hosp, Sch Med, Hlth Care Evaluat Unit, London SW17 0RE, England. Publisher: BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP, LONDON IDS Number: 309RJ ISSN: 0959-8138 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *N ENGL EV BAS GUI ACE INH PRIM CAR MAN 1998 *N ENGL EV BAS GUI ASP SEC PROPH VASC D 1998 *N ENGL EV BAS GUI CHOIC ANT DEPR PRIM 1998 *N ENGL EV BAS GUI NONST ANT DRUGS NSAI 1998 *N ENGL EV BAS GUI PRIM CAR MAN ASTHM A 1996 *N ENGL EV BAS GUI PRIM CAR MAN DEM 1998 *N ENGL EV BAS GUI PRIM CAR MAN STABL A 1996 *ROYAL COLL OBST G IN MAN MEN 1998 *ROYAL COLL OBST G MAN INF SEC CAR 1998 *ROYAL COLL PHYS CLIN GUID STRAT PREV 1998 *ROYAL COLL PSYCH MAN IMM VIOL 1998 ANDERSON J TECHNOL ANAL STRATEG 8 135 1996 BUXTON MJ J HLTH SERVICES RES 1 35 1996 CLUZEAU F INT J QUAL HEALTH C 11 23 1999 CLUZEAU F JOINT COMMISSION J Q 25 514 1999 COMROE JH SCIENCE 192 105 1976 DAVIES E IMPROVING CARE PATIE 1997 DAWSON G MAPPING LANDSCAPE NA 1998 ENDERBY P CLIN GUID CONS SPEEC 1998 GRANT J RES EVAL 8 33 1999 GRANT J SCIENCE 278 878 1997 NARIN F J AM SOC INFORM SCI 27 25 1976 SMITH R BRIT MED J 295 1404 1987 WADDELL G LOW BACK PAIN EVIDEN 1996 WALLACE H ADULTS POORLY CONTRO 1997 --------------------------------------- (c) ISI, Reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet.com From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Tue May 30 18:32:22 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 18:32:22 -0400 Subject: Abs&Comment, Sen, Symbols and formulas for a few bibliometric concepts Message-ID: Sen, B.K. " Symbols and formulas for a few bibliometric concepts" JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 55: (3) 325-334 JUN 1999 The article by B.K. Sen (currently bksen at ndb.vsnl.net.in) contained a deceptively brief abstract. In particular, I believe that we should have highlighted his description of the Normalized Impact Factor (NIF) which I believe will be extremely useful to journal editors. The NIF is described on page 330-1 and gives a numerical ranking from 0 to 10 for journals in a particular category. The NIF for a journal is simply the Impact Factor (IF) x 10 divided by the highest IF in the category for the year or period studied. Sen illustrates from the field of andrology where the Journal of Andrology has an IF of 2.219 but its NIF is 10.00 as the highest in the category. The IF for the International Journal of Andrology is 1.424 and its NIF is 6.417, the result of 1.424 x 10 / 2.219. Andrologia with IF of 0.693 has a NIF of 3.123. The features of NIF are summarized as follows: "The normalised impact factor has got several features common with the IF or as can be seen from the following: ( i) it is a number, and is not expressed in terms of any unit; ( ii) it is also year specific as it is dependent on the impact factor; (iii) the value of the normalised impact factor always lies between 0 and 10 (iv) generally review periodicals tend to have greater normalised impact factors than research periodicals (v) irrespective of subject category, the normalised impact factor of a journal provides an indication of its rank. If the normalised impact factor is in the vicinity of 10, then the journal definitely belongs to very high rank. On the other hand, if it is in the vicinity of 0, then decidedly the rank of the journal is very low." ---------------------------------------- E. Garfield TI : Symbols and formulas for a few bibliometric concepts AU : Sen BK JO : JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 55: (3) 325-334 JUN 1999 Document type: Article language: English Cited References: 13 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Symbols for concepts like 'half life', 'impact factor', 'normalised impact factor' and 'immediacy index' are proposed and formulas for the determination of their values are provided. The features of the concepts are also highlighted. Addresses: Sen BK, Univ Malaya, Fac Comp Sci & Informat Technol, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. Univ Malaya, Fac Comp Sci & Informat Technol, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. Publisher: ASLIB, LONDON IDS Number: 200MA ISSN: 0022-0418 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ALVAREJ P P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 2 1995 BHATTACHARYYA S HDB LIBR ARCH INF CT 13 274 1996 BURTON RE AM DOC 11 18 1960 GARG KC J SCI IND RES INDIA 51 329 1992 GOI SS MALAYSIAN J LIBR INF 2 80 1997 KOENIG M P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 1995 LINE MB J DOC 26 46 1970 MARSHAKOVASHAIKI P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 324 1995 NISONGER TE P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 8 1995 OSAREH F P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 407 1995 PESTANA A P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 430 1995 ROYLE PL P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 477 1995 SURIYA M P 5 INT C INT SOC SC 545 1995 ------------------------ (c) ISI, Reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet.com From gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Wed May 31 18:14:20 2000 From: gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 18:14:20 -0400 Subject: ABS: Solari, A new approach to the SCI Journal Citation Reports, a system for evaluating scientific journals Message-ID: Solari A, Magri MH, "A new approach to the SCI Journal Citation R eports, a system for evaluating scientific journals " Scientometrics, 47 (3) 605-625, March-April 2000 E-mail: magri at jouy.inra.fr TITLE : A new approach to the SCI Journal Citation Reports, a system for evaluating scientific journals AUTHOR: Solari A, Magri MH JOURNAL: SCIENTOMETRICS, 47: (3) 605-625 MAR-APR 2000 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 16 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and designed to rank, evaluate, categorize and compare journals, is used in a wide scientific context as a tool for evaluating researchers and research work, through the use of just one of its indicators, the impact factor. With the aim of obtaining an overall and synthetic perspective of impact factor values, we studied the frequency distributions of this indicator using the box-plot method. Using this method we divided the journals listed in the JCR into five groups (low, lower central, upper central, high and extreme). These groups position the journal in relation to its competitors. Thus, the group designated as extreme contains the journals with high impact factors which are deemed to be prestigious by the scientific community. We used the JCR data from 1996 to determine these groups, firstly for all subject categories combined (all 4779 journals) and then for each of the 183 ISI subject categories. We then substituted the indicator value for each journal by the name of the group in which it was classified. The journal group may differ from one subject category to another. In this article, we present a guide for evaluating journals constructed as described above. It provides a comprehensive and synthetic view of two of the most used sections of the JCR, It makes it possible to make more accurate and complete judgements on and through the journals, and avoids an oversimplified view of the complex reality of the world of journals. It immediately reveals the scientific subject category where the journal is best positioned. Also, whereas it used to be difficult to make intra- and interdisciplinary comparisons, this is now possible without having to consult the different sections of the JCR. We construct this guide each year using indicators published in the JCR by the ISI. KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTORS Addresses: Magri MH, INRA, Ctr Rech Jouy En Josas, Unite Cent Documentat, Stn Physiol Anim, Equipe Stat, F-78352 Jouy En Josas, France. INRA, Ctr Rech Jouy En Josas, Unite Cent Documentat, Stn Physiol Anim, Equipe Stat, F-78352 Jouy En Josas, France. INRA, Ctr Rech Jouy En Josas, Unite Cent Documentat, Unite Cent Document, F-78352 Jouy En Josas, France. Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT IDS Number: 304YG ISSN: 0138-9130 CITED REFERENCES: Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 1 641 1998 *I SCI INF SCI CIT IND J CIT RE 151 1997 BASU A SCIENTOMETRICS 44 347 1999 CHAMBERS JM GRAPHICAL METHODS DA 395 1983 ESCOFIER B INITIATION TRAITEMEN 263 1997 GARFIELD E LIBRI 48 67 1998 GILLIS JM NAT NEUROSCI 2 101 1999 GLANZEL W SCIENTOMETRICS 44 427 1999 LEHMAN A JMP STAT GRAPHICS GU 19 1995 MAGRI M SCIENTOMETRICS 35 93 1996 MAGRI MH INFORMATION SCI TECH 71 1997 MAGRI MH VIE VALEUR VALORISAT 225 1998 MOED HF J DOC 54 387 1998 MOED HF NATURE 381 186 1996 ROUSSEAU R SCIENTOMETRICS 44 521 1999 SCHWARTZ S SCIENTOMETRICS 35 119 1996 __________________________________________________________________ Within each subject category, the authors arrange journals into five groups. The "extreme" group (highest impact) consists of 371 journals (7.6% of 4750 titles) with impact of 3.17 or higher. The "high" group is 17.4% with impact between 1.475 and 3.171. Reproduced below is the Conclusion of the paper Conclusion "The Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is regularly used in the process of evaluating research and researchers through the journals' impact factor. The JCR has been published regularly every year since 1974. This, together with its uniqueness, the way it is presented in tables of numbers and the analysis provided by the classifications, make the JCR an impartial, valid and essential reference. This role played by the JCR in the evaluation process leads to confound the research work with the journal in which it is published. Yet, assimilating the quality of a study to the reputation of the journal in which it is published can be misleading and have adverse effects which may only be seen much later. These effects may be felt at different levels, such as funding withdrawal, failure to succeed in competitive examinations or job applications, journal suppression from the JCR then from the market. 9-11 The criticism often made concerning the methodology inherent to the system, the process used for calculating the impact factor combined with the results we have obtained with the JCR data, lead us to believe not be used as such for evaluation purposes. 12,13 Other journal evaluation techniques are proposed.14 17 These techniques are also based on citations, but are more complicated to apply than simply reading values from a computer screen. The JCR is used in this way by many decision-makers in research management, editorial policy and library management. The simplicity of using the impact factor may overshadow, unfortunately, the progress being made in the field of bibliometric research. Our guide for evaluating journals, which is the synthetic reconstruction of two sections of the SCI JCR helps to avoid making incorrect interpretations, because it avoids an over-simplified view of the complex reality of the world of journals. The and thereby the user can see at a glance in which subject field the journal is best positioned. Whereas it used to be difficult to make comparisons between subject categories, it is now possible to do so without the tedious and time-consuming consultation of different JCR sections. Moreover, characterizing journals by the group in which they are classified means that we are no longer conditioned by the highest impact factor values, nor the lowest. By making their influence relative, we are able to remove ourselves from the hegemony of journals whose impact factors are outside values, and the evaluation practices based on this type of indicator may thereby evolve. We often use this evaluation guide, combined with other tools, to position research work, to choose journals in which to publish, and to guide our journal acquisition policy and editorial policy. A similar study has been carried out on other ISI indicators. Nonetheless, our results concerning journals and subject categories raise a number of questions. In a given subject category, what exactly is the meaning of the presence of leading journals (those making up the different extreme groups) and/or the presence of journals assigned to several ISI subject categories? Does this presence reflect the dynamics of the subject category, its multi-disciplinarity or specificity? The answer partly lies in the problem of scientific subject category delimitation. As Gl?nzel et al16 noted, "the delimitation of scientific subfields is one of the central issues in both information science and bibliometric research. The classification of scientific literature into appropriate subject fields is, moreover, one of the basic preconditions of valid bibliometric analyses". One possible way of finding answers to such different questions would be to study the interdependence between ISI subject categories, and then to determine the structure of the subject categories through the journals listed within them. This study was carried out with the technical, efficient and rigorous co-operation of M. D?sir?. The article was translated by A-M. Wall., translation and terminology Unit, INRA Jouy-en-Josas." --------------------------------------- (c) ISI, Reprinted with permission Please visit their website at www.isinet.com