From jfurner at UCLA.EDU Mon Dec 2 13:24:33 2002 From: jfurner at UCLA.EDU (Jonathan Furner) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 10:24:33 -0800 Subject: CFP: History & foundations of information science, at ASIS&T '03 Message-ID: [This message is cross-posted to several mailing lists. Please excuse any duplication.] __________________________________ ASIS&T SIG/HFIS -- the American Society for Information Science and Technology's Special Interest Group on the History and Foundations of Information Science -- invites proposals for technical panel sessions at the society's next annual conference. The deadline for submission of proposals to SIG/HFIS is ***January 13, 2003***. Proposals are invited both for full sessions, and for individuals' participation in sessions. ASIS&T 2003 will be held in Long Beach, CA, on October 20-23, 2003. The conference theme is "Humanizing information technology: From ideas to bits and back," and a full call for papers will be available shortly at http://www.asis.org/. The conference committee accepts submissions of three major types: contributed papers; posters; and proposals for technical panel sessions, which may be submitted through a sponsoring SIG. Proposals for SIG/HFIS-sponsored technical panel sessions are invited in any area of historical or theoretical interest, including (but in no sense limited to) the following: - politics of information - history of documentation - social epistemology - history of visualization - critical theory and information science - history of bibliometrics - pioneering women in information science - history of classification - philosophy of information - history of scholarly communication Proposals should be submitted by email to jfurner at ucla.edu no later than January 13, 2003, and should include the following: - a title; - your name, address, telephone, fax, and email address; - names and affiliations of presenters and any other session participants (moderators, reactors, etc.) besides yourself; and - a 500-word descriptive abstract of the session, or (if the proposal is for a single individual's participation in a session) a 100-word abstract of your proposed contribution. Notification of acceptance of technical panel sessions will be made by the ASIS&T conference committee by March 27, 2003. Camera-ready copy of a two-page description of the session will then be due by May 15, 2003. SIG/HFIS encourages and supports work on the history and theoretical development of information science. It serves as a forum for the interaction of all fields of study that have the potential for increasing the understanding of the history, theories, fundamental concepts, and models of information science, with the ultimate aim of improving information systems and services. The range of topics of interest to SIG/HFIS members is very broad: the group embraces philosophical, semiological, mathematical, physical, biological, psychological and sociological disciplines, and its members take historiographical, social, cultural, critical, and scientific approaches (among others) to the study of people, events, documents, and ideas. Jonathan Furner Chair, SIG/HFIS (2002-03) -- Jonathan Furner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles Mail: 300 Young Drive North, Mailbox 951520, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520 Tel: 310-825-5210 Fax: 310-206-4460 Email: jfurner at ucla.edu Web: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 2 14:30:28 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:30:28 -0500 Subject: Arunachalam S. "Is mathematics research in India on the decline?" Current Science 83(4):353-354 August 25, 2002 Message-ID: Subbiah Arunachalam: arun at mssrf.res.in FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://www.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/aug252002/353.pdf Title Is mathematics research in India on the decline? Author Arunachalam S Journal CURRENT SCIENCE 83 (4): 353-354 AUG 25 2002 Document type: Letter Language: English Cited References: 5 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: Arunachalam S, MS Swaminathan Res Fdn, 3rd Cross St,Tatamani Inst Area, Chennai 600113, India MS Swaminathan Res Fdn, Chennai 600113, India Publisher: CURRENT SCIENCE ASSN, BANGALORE IDS Number: 589KZ ISSN: 0011-3891 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ARUNACHALAM S CURR SCI 83 195 2002 ARUNACHALAM S CURR SCI INDIA 83 107 2002 ARUNACHALAM S SCIENTOMETRICS 52 235 2001 SENGUPTA P OUTLOOK 0715 58 2002 VARADARAJAN VS MATH INTELL 5 38 1983 When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org _______________________________________________________________________ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 2 15:11:29 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:11:29 -0500 Subject: Campanario JM "The parallelism between scientists' and students' resistance to new scientific ideas" International Journal of Science Education 24(10):1095-1110 October 2002 Message-ID: Juan Miguel Campanario : juan.campanario at uah.es Full text available at : (be sure to use entire url) http://alidoro.ingentaselect.com/vl=2668038/cl=52/ini=eduarena/nw=1/fm=docpd f/rpsv/catchword/tandf/09500693/v24n10/s6/p1095 Title The parallelism between scientists' and students' resistance to new scientific ideas Author Campanario JM Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION 24 (10): 1095-1110 OCT 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 64 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This paper compares resistance by scientists to new ideas in scientific discovery with students' resistance to conceptual change in science learning. First, the resistance by students to abandon their misconceptions concerning scientific topics is studied. Next, the resistance by scientists to scientific discovery is studied and some of the causes of such resistance are explored. Some conclusions and direct implications for science teaching are suggested. KeyWords Plus: DELAYED RECOGNITION, ANOMALOUS DATA, SCIENCE, PHYSICS, PERSPECTIVE, SUPPRESSION, DISCOVERY, ARTICLES, MEMORY, PRIZE Addresses: Campanario JM, Univ Alcala De Henares, Dept Fis, Madrid 28871, Spain Univ Alcala De Henares, Dept Fis, Madrid 28871, Spain Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ABINGDON IDS Number: 601JV ISSN: 0950-0693 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BARBER B SCIENCE 134 596 1961 BORING EG SCIENCE 145 680 1964 BRUSH SG ISIS 87 595 1996 BRUSH SG SCIENCE 183 1164 1974 BULLOUGH WS CANCER RES 25 1683 1965 CAMPANARIO JM J AM SOC INFORM SCI 47 302 1996 CAMPANARIO JM NATURE 361 488 1993 CAMPANARIO JM REV ENSENANZA FISICA 11 5 1998 CAMPANARIO JM SCI COMMUN 16 304 1995 CAMPANARIO JM SOC STUD SCI 23 342 1993 CAMPANARIO JM UNPUB REJECTING NOBE 2002 CHINN CA J RES SCI TEACH 35 623 1998 CHINN CA REV EDUC RES 63 1 1993 CLAXTON G LIVE LEARN INTRO PSY 1984 DEVORKIN D SCI AM MAY 92 1989 DRIVER R CHILDRENS IDEAS SCI 1985 DUIT R PSYCHOL LEARNING SCI 65 1991 EVANS J ISIS 87 74 1996 FINDAHL O MASS COMMUNICATION R 2 393 1981 FRIEDMAN RM NATURE 292 793 1981 GARCIA J AM PSYCHOL 36 149 1981 GARCIAARISTA E EUR J PSYCHOL EDUC 11 427 1996 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 9 3 1990 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 38 3 1989 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 23 3 1989 HAMMER D COGNITION INSTRUCT 12 151 1994 HEERING P AM J PHYS 60 988 1992 HODSON D INT J SCI ED 14 41 1992 HORROBIN DF JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 263 1438 1990 HUNT BJ ISIS 74 341 1983 JOHNSON HM J EXP PSYCHOL LEARN 20 1420 1994 KAUFFMAN GG J COLL SCI TEACH 17 264 1988 KOELSCH CF J AM CHEM SOC 79 4439 1957 KUHN TS STRUCTURE SCI REVOLU 1970 LAKATOS I METHODOLOGY SCI RES 1977 LARSEN SF DISCOURSE PROCESS 6 21 1983 LINDER CJ SCI EDUC 77 293 1993 LUTTENBERGER F THEOR MED 13 137 1992 MAHONEY MJ SOC STUD SCI 9 349 1979 MARTIN B ACCOUNTABILITY RES 6 333 1999 MARTIN B CONFRONTING EXPERTS 1996 MARTIN B SUPPRESSION STORIES 1997 MELE AR PSYCHOLOQUY 1996 MERTON RK SOCIOLOGY SCI THEORE 1973 NISSANI M SOC STUD SCI 25 165 1995 OTERO J EDUC PSYCHOL MEAS 52 419 1992 OTERO J PSYCHOL SCI 3 229 1992 OTERO JC J RES SCI TEACH 27 447 1990 PFUNDT H BIBLIO STUDENTS ALTE 1994 PLANCK M SCI AUTOBIOGRAPHY OT 1949 POLANYI M PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE 1958 POLANYI M SCIENCE 141 1010 1963 POSNER GJ SCI EDUC 66 211 1982 RICCA RL NATURE 352 561 1991 ROTH WM J RES SCI TEACH 34 509 1997 ROTH WM J RES SCI TEACH 31 5 1994 SMITH CW ISIS 67 444 1976 SOMMER TJ SCI ENG ETHICS 7 77 2001 STENT GS SCI AM 227 84 1972 TOULMIN S HUMAN UNDERSTANDING 1 1972 VANOOSTENDORP H CONSTRUCTION MENTAL 319 1999 VANOOSTENDORP H IN PRESS THEMATICS I WILKES AL Q J EXPT PSYCHOL A 40 361 1988 YALLOW R BEHAV BRAIN SCI 5 244 1982 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 2 15:30:26 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:30:26 -0500 Subject: Egghe L. "Development of hierarchy theory for digraphs using concentration theory based on a new type of Lorenz curve" MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING 36 (4-5): 587-602 SEP 2002 Message-ID: Leo Egghe : leo.egghe at luc.ac.be Title Development of hierarchy theory for digraphs using concentration theory based on a new type of Lorenz curve Author Egghe L Journal MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING 36 (4-5): 587-602 SEP 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 17 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: In digraphs one has a hierarchy based on the unidirectional order between the vertices of the graph. We present a method of measuring degrees of hierarchy as expressed by the inequality that exists between the vertices' hierarchical numbers. In order to do so, we need to extend the classical Lorenz theory of concentration (curves and measures) for a set of numbers x(1),..., x(N) to the case that Sigma(i=1)(N) x(i)=0. This is then applied to the set of hierarchical numbers of the vertices of the graph. A graph has a more concentrated hierarchy than another one if the Lorenz curve of the first one is above the Lorenz curve of the second one, hereby expressing that the inequality in domination in the first case is larger than in the second case, and that the inequality in subordination in the first case is larger than in the second case. We also determine maximal and minimal Lorenz curves in this setting and characterize the graphs that yield these curves. Based on this theory, we also determine good measures of hierarchical concentration in graphs. Applications can be given in the study of organigrams in companies and administrations and in citation analysis. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Author Keywords: digraph, hierarchy, Lorenz, concentration theory KeyWords Plus: INEQUALITY, METRICS Addresses: Egghe L, Limburgs Univ Ctr, Univ Campus, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium Limburgs Univ Ctr, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium Univ Instelling Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD IDS Number: 600YC ISSN: 0895-7177 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ALLISON PD AM SOCIOL REV 43 865 1978 ATKINSON AB J ECON THEORY 2 244 1970 BOTAFOGO RA ACM T INFORM SYST 10 142 1992 DALTON H ECON J 30 348 1920 DEBRA P SCIENTOMETRICS 47 227 2000 EGGHE L INTRO INFORMETRICS Q 1990 GINI C GIORNALE DEGLI EC 11 37 1909 HARDY GH INEQUALITIES 1952 HARDY GH MESSENGER MATHEMATIC 58 145 1929 LORENZ MO J AM STAT ASSOC 9 209 1905 MARSHALL AW MATH SCI ENG 143 1979 MUIRHEAD RF P EDINBURGH MATH SOC 21 144 1903 REID RC ENUMERATION GRAPH CO 1997 ROUSSEAU R ACTA BIOTHEOR 47 1 1999 SHANNON C BELL SYSTEM J 28 379 1948 THEIL H EC INFORMATION THEOR 1967 WILSON BJ INTRO GRAPH THEORY 1972 When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org _______________________________________________________________________ From Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 2 16:03:25 2002 From: Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:03:25 -0500 Subject: Use of citation analysis in Italy reported in Nov 29, 2002 issue of Science magazine. Message-ID: Encouraging Academic Competition in Europe There has been considerable debate on what are seen to be unfair academic recruitment practices in European countries such as Italy and Spain ("Academic recruitment in Spain and Italy," D. Gui et al., Letters, 2 Aug., p. 770; "Reforms spark more jobs--and protests," X. Bosch, News of the Week, 1 Feb., p. 781). A substantial problem lies in the fact that there is a lack of direct competition for funding among the universities of a specific country based on indicators of scientific performance. Citation analysis, using the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) database, could foster such competition. As a task force of the Italian Rectors' Conference (CRUI), we analyzed the subset of the ISI database encompassing the scientific production of authors affiliated with Italian institutions (1). We ranked Italian universities according to the number of published papers in 1995-99, their citations, and the number of citations received per paper published (impact). We then devised a productivity index (the number of papers per university researcher) and a visibility index (the number of citations per university researcher). We observed that, when data were adjusted for the number of academic researchers actually working in an institution, there were differences in rankings compared with unadjusted data (e.g., smaller universities could become higher in ranking compared with larger universities). This suggests that for comparison of scientific performance of different universities, one should also take into account the human resources available (productivity and visibility indexes). We believe that citation analysis, if endorsed at both national and local levels, may provide good opportunities for stimulating the growth of science in academic systems that are willing to increase the value of merit and genuine scientific interest. G. A. Fava, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, V.le Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy. E. Breno, CRUI Foundation for Italian Universities, Piazza Rondanini, 48, 00186 Rome, Italy. V. Guardabasso, University Hospital, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy. M. Stefanelli Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Reference E. Breno, G. A. Fava, V. Guardabasso, M. Stefanelli, La Ricerca Scientifica nelle Universit? Italiane. Una Prima Analisi delle Citazioni della Banca Dati ISI (CRUI, Rome, 2002). Related articles in Science: Academic Recruitment in Spain and Italy D. Gui, M. Runfola, S. Rossi, S. Panunzi, and A. De Gaetano Science 2002 297: 770-771. (in Letters) [Full Text] Volume 298, Number 5599, Issue of 29 Nov 2002, pp. 1715-1716. Copyright ? 2002 by The American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved. When responding, please attach my original message __________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com 3535 Market St., Phila. PA 19104-3389 Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3302 Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 2 16:45:05 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:45:05 -0500 Subject: Wulff-Barreiro, E. "Spain: Marine sciences information activity report for Spain 1999/2000" Managing Resources in a sea of change. 2002. p.289-305. Int. Assoc. Marine Science Libraries & Information Center, Fort Pierce Message-ID: Enrique Wulff-Barreiro : enrique.wulff at icman.csic.es Full Text Available At : (use entire url including http:// http:// tierra.rediris.es/marinet/informe_actividades_ciencias_marinas_de_espana.pdf Title : Spain: Marine sciences information activity report for Spain 1999/2000 Author : Wulff-Barreiro, E. Journal: Managing Resources in a sea of change. 2002. p.289-305. Int. Assoc. Marine Science Libraries & Information Center, Fort Pierce. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Dec 3 12:38:12 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:38:12 -0500 Subject: Genest C, Guay M. "Worldwide research output in probability and statistics: an update" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE 30 (2): 329-342 JUN 2002 Message-ID: Christian Genest : genest at mat.ulaval.ca Mireille Guay: mguay at mat.ulaval.ca Full text of the article available at : http://www.mat.ulaval.ca/rcs/pub/guay/guay.pdf Title Worldwide research output in probability and statistics: an update Author Genest C, Guay M Journal CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE 30 (2): 329-342 JUN 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 7 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The authors update the work of Genest (1997, 1999) on world research output in probability and statistics. The rankings they produce of countries and institutions are based on a survey of papers published between 1986 and 2000 in 25 specialized journals of high reputation in these two fields. The contribution of Canadian probabilists and statisticians is highlighted. Author Keywords: bibliometrics, productivity rankings, refereed journals KeyWords Plus: PRODUCTIVITY, RANKINGS Addresses: Genest C, Univ Laval, Dept Math & Stat, St Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada Univ Laval, Dept Math & Stat, St Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada Publisher: CANADIAN JOURNAL STATISTICS, OTTAWA IDS Number: 595TX ISSN: 0319-5724 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BALTAGI BH ECONOMET THEOR 14 1 1998 CRIBARINETO F ECONOMET THEOR 15 719 1999 GENEST C CAN J STAT 27 421 1999 GENEST C CAN J STAT 25 427 1997 GIL JA TEST 9 255 2000 KIDRON M ATLAS NOUVEL ETAT MO 1992 PHILLIPS PCB ECONOMETRIC THEORY 4 1 1988 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Dec 3 12:47:30 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:47:30 -0500 Subject: Genest C, Guay M. "Worldwide research output in probability and statistics:an update" CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE 30 (2): 329-342 JUN 2002 Message-ID: Christian Genest : genest at mat.ulaval.ca Mireille Guay: mguay at mat.ulaval.ca Full text of the article available at : http://www.mat.ulaval.ca/rcs/pub/guay/guay.pdf Title Worldwide research output in probability and statistics: an update Author Genest C, Guay M Journal CANADIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS-REVUE CANADIENNE DE STATISTIQUE 30 (2): 329-342 JUN 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 7 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The authors update the work of Genest (1997, 1999) on world research output in probability and statistics. The rankings they produce of countries and institutions are based on a survey of papers published between 1986 and 2000 in 25 specialized journals of high reputation in these two fields. The contribution of Canadian probabilists and statisticians is highlighted. Author Keywords: bibliometrics, productivity rankings, refereed journals KeyWords Plus: PRODUCTIVITY, RANKINGS Addresses: Genest C, Univ Laval, Dept Math & Stat, St Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada Univ Laval, Dept Math & Stat, St Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada Publisher: CANADIAN JOURNAL STATISTICS, OTTAWA IDS Number: 595TX ISSN: 0319-5724 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BALTAGI BH ECONOMET THEOR 14 1 1998 CRIBARINETO F ECONOMET THEOR 15 719 1999 GENEST C CAN J STAT 27 421 1999 GENEST C CAN J STAT 25 427 1997 GIL JA TEST 9 255 2000 KIDRON M ATLAS NOUVEL ETAT MO 1992 PHILLIPS PCB ECONOMETRIC THEORY 4 1 1988 From PI at DB.DK Tue Dec 3 13:20:11 2002 From: PI at DB.DK (Ingwersen Peter) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:20:11 +0100 Subject: IR Interaction 1992 by Peter Ingwersen now on PDF Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I am happy to inform you all that I have made my monograph, Information Retrieval Interaction, published 1992 by Taylor Graham (London), available in PDF format in its original full text version. I have the copyright. There are two versions: one for complete download; one for download on chapter-by-chapter basis. Cut/paste is not available. Please feel free to make use of it on: http://www.db.dk/pi Many regards - Yours Peter Ingwersen ************************************** Peter Ingwersen, Research Professor, Ph.D. Department of Information Studies Royal School of Library and Information Science Birketinget 6 - DK 2300 Copenhagen S - Denmark Fax: +45 32 84 02 01; Tlf: +45 32 58 60 66 E-mail: pi at db.dk http://www.db.dk/pi/ ******************** Docent, Visiting Professor at ?bo Akademi Univ. Dept. of Information Studies, Finland ************************************** From cpohl at UOLE.COM Tue Dec 3 13:08:53 2002 From: cpohl at UOLE.COM (cpohl@uole.com) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:08:53 -0300 Subject: New mail adress Message-ID: Dear Mr. E. Garfield Please, send me the following messages to cpohl at uolsinectis.com.ar Thanks Carlos Enrique Ezeiza Pohl Argentina From Andrea.Scharnhorst at NIWI.KNAW.NL Mon Dec 9 06:07:12 2002 From: Andrea.Scharnhorst at NIWI.KNAW.NL (Andrea Scharnhorst) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:07:12 +0100 Subject: Read before you cite! M.V. Simkin, V.P. Roychowdhury (UCLA) Message-ID: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212043 Read before you cite! Authors: M.V. Simkin, V.P. Roychowdhury (UCLA) Subj-class: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks; Statistical Mechanics; Physics and Society Abstract: We report a method of estimating what percentage of people who cited a paper had actually read it. The method is based on a stochastic modeling of the citation process that explains empirical studies of misprint distributions in citations (which we show follows a Zipf law). Our estimate is only about 20% of citers read the original. Dr. Andrea Scharnhorst NERDI Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI) KNAW Joan Muyskenweg 25 Postbus 95110 1090 HC Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +20 4628 670 www.niwi.knaw.nl/nerdi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Dec 10 17:03:49 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:03:49 -0500 Subject: Sack W. "What does a very large-scale conversation look like? Artificial dialectics and the graphical summarization of large volumes of e-mail" Leonardo 35(4):417-426, 2002 Message-ID: Warren Sack : sack at sims.berkeley.edu A prepublication version of the article is available at : http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~sack/SIGGRAPH01/ Title What does a very large-scale conversation look life? Artificial dialectics and the graphical summarization of large volumes of e-mail Author Sack W Journal LEONARDO 35 (4): 417-426 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 30 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: E-mail-based conversations between thousands of people--very large-scale conversations (VLSCs)--now take place in a variety of on-line public spaces such as Usenet newsgroups and large listservs. This article describes the author's prototype Conversation Map system, which can automatically analyze and graphically summarize thousands of e-mail messages exchanged in VLSCs. Example conversation maps of nine VLSCs are presented. Finally, the sociolinguistic analysis performed by the Conversation Map is discussed as a form of artificial dialectics, and the graphical summaries produced by the system are considered as potential common ground between participants in a VLSC. Addresses: Sack W, Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Publisher: M I T PRESS, CAMBRIDGE IDS Number: 583XF ISSN: 0024-094X From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Dec 10 17:46:20 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:46:20 -0500 Subject: Braun T, Schubert A, Schubert G "Mapping the world of analytical chemistry" ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 74 (17): 477A-479A SEP 1 2002 Message-ID: Tibor Braun: h1533bra at ella.hu Title Mapping the world of analytical chemistry Author Braun T, Schubert A, Schubert G Journal ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 74 (17): 477A-479A SEP 1 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 6 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: Braun T, Lorand Eotvos Univ, Inst Inorgan & Analyt Chem, POB 123, H-1443 Budapest, Hungary Lorand Eotvos Univ, Inst Inorgan & Analyt Chem, H-1443 Budapest, Hungary Hungarian Acad Sci, Inst Res Org, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Hungarian Acad Sci, Ctr Chem Res, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, WASHINGTON IDS Number: 591CU ISSN: 0003-2700 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BRAUN T LITERATURE ANALYTICA 1987 SCHMID CF HDB GRAPHICAL PRESEN 1979 SCHMID CF STATISTICAL GRAPHICS 1983 SCHUBERT A SCIENTOMETRICS 9 281 1986 TUFTE ER VISUAL DISPLAY QUANT 1983 WEART SR L SZILARD VERSION FA 149 1978 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Dec 11 13:29:45 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:29:45 -0500 Subject: Rowlands I. "Journal diffusion factors: a new approach to measuring research influence" ASLIB PROC. 54(2):77-84 2002 Message-ID: Dr. Ian Rowlands : e-mail: ir at soi.city.ac.uk Full text of the article is available to Subscribers at : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0001-253X.htm Title Journal diffusion factors: a new approach to measuring research influence Author Rowlands I Journal ASLIB PROCEEDINGS 54 (2): 77-84 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 13 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This paper introduces a new bibliometric tool, the journal diffusion factor. An argument is presented that the bibliometric indicators commonly used to measure the quality of research (journal impact factor, immediacy index and cited half-life) offer little insight into the transdisciplinary reception (thus the wider influence) of journals. The journal diffusion factor describes a neglected dynamic of citation reception and is intended as a complementary partial indicator for research evaluation purposes, to be read alongside existing well-established indicators. Author Keywords: libraries, research, measurement, journal publishing KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTORS, CITATION Addresses: Rowlands I, City Univ London, CIBER, Dept Informat Sci, London EC1V 0HB, England City Univ London, CIBER, Dept Informat Sci, London EC1V 0HB, England Publisher: EMERALD, BRADFORD IDS Number: 579VN ISSN: 0001-253X Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BORDONS M REV ESPANOLA CARDIOL 52 1999 CHRISTENSEN FH SCIENTOMETRICS 40 529 1997 DAVIS JB AM ECON 42 59 1998 EGGHE L INFORMATION PROCESSI 24 567 1988 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 25 3 1994 INGWERSEN P ASIS MONOGRAPH SERIE 373 2000 LEHRL S STRAHLENTHER ONKOL 175 141 1999 LEWISON G UNPUB IMPACT FACTORS 2001 MABE M PERSPECTIVES PUBLISH 1 2000 MOED HF J AM SOC INFORM SCI 46 461 1995 MOED HF SCIENTOMETRICS 37 105 1996 TOMER C INFORM PROCESS MANAG 22 251 1986 YANOVSKY VI SCIENTOMETRICS 3 223 1981 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Dec 11 13:40:15 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:40:15 -0500 Subject: Arunachalam S "Quality of science and science journals in India" CURRENT SCIENCE 83 (3): 195-196 AUG 10 2002 Message-ID: Subbiah Arunachalam : e-mail: arun at mssrf.res.in Full Text available at : http://tejas.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/aug102002/195.pdf Title Quality of science and science journals in India Author Arunachalam S Journal CURRENT SCIENCE 83 (3): 195-196 AUG 10 2002 Document type: Letter Language: English Cited References: 8 Times Cited: 1 KeyWords Plus: RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE, IMPACT Addresses: Arunachalam S, MS Swaminathan Res Fdn, 3rd Cross St, Madras 600113, Tamil Nadu, India MS Swaminathan Res Fdn, Madras 600113, Tamil Nadu, India Publisher: CURRENT SCIENCE ASSN, BANGALORE IDS Number: 600PP ISSN: 0011-3891 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ARUNACHALAM S CURR SCI INDIA 76 1191 1999 GARFIELD E ESSAYS INFORMATION S 13 185 1991 GARFIELD E UNFALLCHIRURG 48 413 1998 OPPENHEIM C J DOC 53 477 1997 SEGLEN PO BRIT MED J 314 498 1998 SMITH R BRIT MED J 323 528 2001 VOHORA SB NATURE 412 583 2001 WILLIAMS G BRIT MED J 316 1079 1998 When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org _______________________________________________________________________ From cpohl at UOLE.COM Thu Dec 12 14:48:07 2002 From: cpohl at UOLE.COM (cpohl@uole.com) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:48:07 -0300 Subject: Suscribe ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics Message-ID: Dear Webmaster of ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics My new e-mail adress for recibe e-mails is: cpohl at uolsinectis.com.ar Thanks, for the excellent service and information. Carlos Enrique Ezeiza Pohl Universidad Nacional de La Matanza Department of Sciences Economics Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina From ngsmith at KU.EDU Mon Dec 16 09:59:55 2002 From: ngsmith at KU.EDU (Smith, Nathaniel Gene) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:59:55 -0600 Subject: Author's reference practices Message-ID: Greetings, I stumbled across this LISTSERV as the result of a note found in the text of Peritz and Bar-Ilan's (2002) recent paper. I am quite out of my discipline of study and new to the list. I would greatly appreciate any tips, comments, and suggestions to literature on the topic below. I am currently working on a paper that involves a sort of reference analysis of the published works by a single author. That is, for example, I constructed a bibliography of author X, obtained copies of the published works found within, and then documented and counted the number of times author X referenced others as well as his own works throughout his over 60-year and 288-publication career. I have been able to amass a large body of literature on citation and reference analyses. However, in terms of the topic above, I was only able to find one of particular relevance -- Stigler (1978). Again, I would appreciate any suggestions. Cordially, Nate Smith Peritz, B. C., & Bar-Ilan, J. (2002). The sources used by bibliometrics-scientometrics as reflected in references. Scientometrics, 54(2), 269-284. Stigler, S. M. (1978, June). Laplace's early work: Chronology and citations. Isis, 69, 234-254. From johannes.stegmann at MEDIZIN.FU-BERLIN.DE Mon Dec 16 10:46:07 2002 From: johannes.stegmann at MEDIZIN.FU-BERLIN.DE (Johannes Stegmann) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:46:07 +0100 Subject: Read before you cite! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Initially, I did not really know how to deal with the paper by Simkin and Roychowdhury (http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212043) but now having seen the paper and its statements mentioned and discussed in the most recent issue of Nature (Ball, P., 2002: Paper trail reveals references go unread by citing authors, Nature 420, 594) I cannot overcome the temptation to put my oar in. The bottom line of the Simkin-Roychowdhury paper - that authors often cite without having read the referenced papers - might certainly be true but some of their fashionable equations probably need a change (a wonderful opportunity for inveterate statisticians - which I'm not - to spend Christmas holidays): the authors did not mention the possibility of ISI's database input errors. I looked at "the most popular misprint in a page number" which is obviously the 78 times cited reference string KOSTERLITZ JM,1973,V6,P118 (according to a search in SCISEARCH hosted at DIMDI). I identified five of the citing papers published in journals the full texts of which are electronically available for our institution. Two of the five used the wrong reference string, but three cited the Kosterlitz paper correctly. The correctly citing papers and the respective Kosterlitz reference are given below: Leonel, S.A, Coura, P.Z, Costa B.V, Pires, A.S.T., 2002: Monte Carlo study of the Ni(C5H5N)(2)Ni(CN)(4)-2d compound. Solid State Communications, 123, 201-204. Cites the Kosterlitz paper in correct form: J.M. Kosterlitz, D.J. Thouless, J. Phys. C 6 (1973) 1181. Stephens, G.J., Hu. B.L., 2001: Notes on black hole phase transitions. International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 40 (12), 2183-2200. Cites the Kosterlitz paper in correct form: Kosterlitz, J.M. and Thouless, D.J.(1973). Journal of Physics C 6, 1181. Borisov, A.B, Kiseliev, V.V., 1998: Vortex dipoles on a soliton lattice background: Solution of the boundary-value problem by inverse spectral transform. Physica D, 111, 96-128. Cites the Kosterlitz paper in correct form: J.M. Kosterlitz, D.J. Thouless, J. Phys. C 6 (1973) 1181. Note that although these papers cite correctly, the Kosterlitz reference string has been assigned to them in "misprinted" form in the SCISEARCH database. So, much to think for people to re-formulate formulas and database input procedures(?). Have a nice Christmas! Happy New Year to all! Johannes Stegmann ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Johannes Stegmann Univ. Hospital Benjamin Franklin Free University Berlin Medical Library johannes.stegmann at medizin.fu-berlin.de Hindenburgdamm 30 Tel.: +49 30 8445 2035 12203 Berlin Fax: +49 30 8445 4454 Germany Homepage: http://www.medizin.fu-berlin.de/medbib/home.html From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 16 14:33:12 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:33:12 -0500 Subject: O'Reilly P. "IEEE Network: Number 1 for citations!" IEEE Network 16(6), p.2, November-December 2002 Message-ID: Peter O'Reilly: p.oreilly at ieee.org Full Text available at : http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/ni/public/2002/nov/niednot.html Title : IEEE Network: Number 1 for citations! Author : O'Reilly P Journal: IEEE Network 16(6), p.2, November-December 2002 IEEE Inst. Electrical Electronics Engineers, Inc. NY From quentinburrell at MANX.NET Mon Dec 16 14:47:18 2002 From: quentinburrell at MANX.NET (Quentin L. Burrell) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:47:18 -0000 Subject: Read before you cite! In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20021216164607.011ff178@pop.ukbf.fu-berlin.de> Message-ID: Johannes has illustrated a point that I have tried to emphasise before, namely that proper informetric/scientometric research does not end with the fitting of mathematical models to data sets. Complete analysis also requires coss-examination of the data, particularly when there are "outliers" or other anomolous data points which need to be explained rather than dismissed. I confess to being a mathematical/statistical modeller and am grateful that there are those who are willing to tease out the individual details of data points rather than be contented with the modeller's broad-brush descriptions. Hopefully between us we will gain better understanding of the real underlying processes. Quentin Burrell -----Original Message----- From: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]On Behalf Of Johannes Stegmann Sent: 16 December 2002 15:46 To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Read before you cite! Initially, I did not really know how to deal with the paper by Simkin and Roychowdhury (http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212043) but now having seen the paper and its statements mentioned and discussed in the most recent issue of Nature (Ball, P., 2002: Paper trail reveals references go unread by citing authors, Nature 420, 594) I cannot overcome the temptation to put my oar in. The bottom line of the Simkin-Roychowdhury paper - that authors often cite without having read the referenced papers - might certainly be true but some of their fashionable equations probably need a change (a wonderful opportunity for inveterate statisticians - which I'm not - to spend Christmas holidays): the authors did not mention the possibility of ISI's database input errors. I looked at "the most popular misprint in a page number" which is obviously the 78 times cited reference string KOSTERLITZ JM,1973,V6,P118 (according to a search in SCISEARCH hosted at DIMDI). I identified five of the citing papers published in journals the full texts of which are electronically available for our institution. Two of the five used the wrong reference string, but three cited the Kosterlitz paper correctly. The correctly citing papers and the respective Kosterlitz reference are given below: Leonel, S.A, Coura, P.Z, Costa B.V, Pires, A.S.T., 2002: Monte Carlo study of the Ni(C5H5N)(2)Ni(CN)(4)-2d compound. Solid State Communications, 123, 201-204. Cites the Kosterlitz paper in correct form: J.M. Kosterlitz, D.J. Thouless, J. Phys. C 6 (1973) 1181. Stephens, G.J., Hu. B.L., 2001: Notes on black hole phase transitions. International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 40 (12), 2183-2200. Cites the Kosterlitz paper in correct form: Kosterlitz, J.M. and Thouless, D.J.(1973). Journal of Physics C 6, 1181. Borisov, A.B, Kiseliev, V.V., 1998: Vortex dipoles on a soliton lattice background: Solution of the boundary-value problem by inverse spectral transform. Physica D, 111, 96-128. Cites the Kosterlitz paper in correct form: J.M. Kosterlitz, D.J. Thouless, J. Phys. C 6 (1973) 1181. Note that although these papers cite correctly, the Kosterlitz reference string has been assigned to them in "misprinted" form in the SCISEARCH database. So, much to think for people to re-formulate formulas and database input procedures(?). Have a nice Christmas! Happy New Year to all! Johannes Stegmann ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Johannes Stegmann Univ. Hospital Benjamin Franklin Free University Berlin Medical Library johannes.stegmann at medizin.fu-berlin.de Hindenburgdamm 30 Tel.: +49 30 8445 2035 12203 Berlin Fax: +49 30 8445 4454 Germany Homepage: http://www.medizin.fu-berlin.de/medbib/home.html *********************** This e-mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Guard anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailguardhome.asp ***********-*********** *********************** This e-mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Guard anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailguardhome.asp ***********-*********** From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 16 14:48:28 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:48:28 -0500 Subject: Herring SD "Use of electronic resources in scholarly electronic journals: A citation analysis" College & Research Libraries 63(4):334-340 July 2002 Message-ID: Susan Davis Herring : herrings at email.uah.edu TITLE Use of electronic resources in scholarly electronic journals: A citation analysis AUTHOR Herring SD JOURNAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 63 (4): 334-340 JUL 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 12 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Although information gathering and use patterns in the traditional print environment have been studied for many years, the electronic environment presents a new and relatively unexplored area for such study This article describes a citation analysis of research articles from scholarly electronic journals published in 1999-2000. The analysis focused on the extent to which scholars are using electronic resources and the types and subject areas of online resources that are being referenced. Results indicate a growing reliance on electronic resources by scholars, a high occurrence of nontraditional types of resources, and a relatively high use of interdisciplinary references. KeyWords Plus: INFORMATION-SEEKING, COMMUNICATION, IMPACT Addresses: Herring SD, Univ Alabama, M Louis Salmon Lib, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA Univ Alabama, M Louis Salmon Lib, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA Publisher: ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, CHICAGO IDS Number: 578MK ISSN: 0010-0870 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year CRONIN B J AM SOC INFORM SCI 49 1319 1998 CRONIN B J DOC 51 388 1995 DAVIES M OPERA 50 358 1999 ELLIS D LIBR QUART 63 469 1993 HARTER SP J AM SOC INFORM SCI 49 507 1998 HARTER SP MIDY M AM SOC INF SO 1996 HARTER SP PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUT 7 1996 LECKIE GJ LIBR QUART 66 161 1996 MACKIEMASON JK DLIB MAGAZINE JUL 5 1999 RUDNER L DLIB MAGAZINE MAY 6 2000 SUGAR W ANNU REV INFORM SCI 30 77 1995 ZHANG Y J INFORM SCI 24 241 1998 When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org _______________________________________________________________________ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 16 14:50:31 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:50:31 -0500 Subject: Motamed M, Mehta D, Basavaraj S, Fuad F "Self citations and impact factors in otolaryngology journals" CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY 27 (5): 318-320 OCT 2002 Message-ID: M. Motamed : e-mail: motamed2 at hotmail.com Title Self citations and impact factors in otolaryngology journals Author Motamed M, Mehta D, Basavaraj S, Fuad F Journal CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY 27 (5): 318-320 OCT 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 3 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Self citation of a journal may affect its impact factor. Self citations during 1997 and 1998 were investigated in six 'general' otolaryngology journals. The citations each journal gave to other journals, including itself, and the citations each journal received from the other journals, differed significantly among the six journals (chi(2) = 2794, d.f. = 25, P < 0.0001). Acta Otolaryngologica and Laryngoscope had the highest self-citing rates (11.9% and 10.02%). Clinical Otolaryngology had the lowest self-citing rate (4%). There was no significant correlation between self-citing rates and impact factors for the six otolaryngology journals (r = -0.3143, P = 0.56). Author Keywords: otolaryngology, publications, impact factor Addresses: Motamed M, QMC, 7 Arthur St, Ampthill MK45 2QG, Beds, England Univ Hosp, Dept ORL H&N Surg, Nottingham, England Derbyshire Royal Infirm, Dept ORL H&N Surg, Derby DE1 2QY, England Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, OXFORD IDS Number: 604GK ISSN: 0307-7772 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *SCI CIT IND J CIT REP 1997 FASSOULAKI A BRIT J ANAESTH 84 266 2000 SANDHU GS CLIN OTOLARYNGOL 26 249 2001 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 16 14:55:57 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:55:57 -0500 Subject: Lau J., "Mexican serials : Titles, co ntents, and readers of treasures to tap" Serials Librarian 42(1-2). p.115-133 Haworth, 2002 Message-ID: Jesus Lau : jlau at uacj.mx Title Mexican serials : Titles, co ntents, and readers of treasures to tap Author Lau J., University Autonoma Ciudad Juarez, cd Juarez Chihuahua, Mexico Journal Serials Librarian 42(1-2). p.115-133 Haworth, 2002 Abstract: Mexican journals are usually ignored at local and foreign universities despite the fact that they convey the most updated academic and scientific information generated by national researchers and writers. Libraries and readers have difficulty in accessing Mexican journals because local serials are normally out of the mainstream of journal indexing databases from the industrialized world. The barriers for local journals are many, among them the language, limited marketing, and the less relevant universal article content. The focus of this paper is first, to anlayze Medican serials: their production, titles, contents, and their potential readers; and second, to provide guidance on how to acquire the best journals and how overcome the lack of International indexing services' coverage. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Dec 16 17:39:35 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:39:35 -0500 Subject: Azoulay P. "Do pharmaceutical sales respond to scientific evidence?" JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 11 (4): 551-594 WIN 2002 Message-ID: Full text available at :http://www.columbia.edu/~pa2009/science.pdf Title Do pharmaceutical sales respond to scientific evidence? Author Azoulay P Journal JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 11 (4): 551-594 WIN 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 45 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: I investigate how, different sources of information influence the diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations. In prescription-drug markets, both advertising and scientific information stemming from clinical trials can affect physicians' prescription choices. Using novel indices of clinical-research output, I find that both marketing and scientific evidence directly influence the diffusion process in the antiulcer-drug market, with marketing having a more pronounced influence. I also find evidence that clinical outputs are important drivers of firms' marketing efforts, affecting sales indirectly. Taken together, the direct and indirect effects of science on demand imply strong private incentives for clinical research. I conclude that product-market competition in the pharmaceutical industry is shaped by both advertising rivalries and scientific rivalries. Moreover, drug advertising may perform an important informative function. KeyWords Plus: PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION, PRICE-COMPETITION, DRUG, QUALITY, INFORMATION, INDUSTRY, MARKET Addresses: Azoulay P, Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA Publisher: M I T PRESS, CAMBRIDGE IDS Number: 611TH ISSN: 1058-6407 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *I SCI INF J CIT REP 1991 ADAMS J P NATL ACAD SCI USA 93 12664 1996 ARROW KJ AM ECON REV 53 941 1963 ARROW KJ RATE DIRECTION INVEN 609 1962 ATHEY S RAND J ECON 32 1 2001 AVORN J AM J MED 73 4 1982 AZOULAY P DO PHARM SALES RESPO 2001 BERNDT ER 7772 NBER 2000 BERNDT ER STUD INCOME 58 277 1997 BERNDT ER VARIETY ORDER ENTRY 2001 BERO LA INT J TECHNOL ASSESS 12 209 1996 BERRY ST RAND J ECON 25 242 1994 BOND RS SALES PROMOTION PROD 1977 CARR G ECONOMIST 0221 S13 1998 COCKBURN IM NBER STUDIES INCOME 62 439 2001 COLEMAN JS MED INNOVATION DIFFU 1966 COMANOR WS J ECON LIT 24 1178 1986 COSCELLI A J IND ECON 48 349 2000 ELLISON SF RAND J ECON 28 426 1997 GARFIELD E ANN INTERN MED 105 313 1986 GRILICHES Z R D PATENTS PRODUCTI 465 1984 HURVITZ MA J LAW ECON 31 299 1988 IPPOLITO PM RAND J ECON 21 459 1990 JORDE R GUT 28 460 1987 KESSLER DA JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 264 2409 1990 KING C 01014 HARV BUS SCH 2000 LEFFLER KB J LAW ECON 24 45 1981 MANNING PR ANN INTERN MED 92 690 1980 MCFADDEN D HDB ECONOMETRICS 2 1396 1984 MILGROM P J POLIT ECON 94 796 1986 NELSON P J POLITICAL EC 81 729 1974 PELTZMAN S DRUG DEV MARK 1975 RONNEN U RAND J ECON 22 490 1991 ROSENBERG N INSIDE BLACK BOX TEC 1982 SCHERER FM HDB HLTH EC 1 1297 2000 SCHERER FM IND MARKET STRUCTURE 1990 SCHMALENSEE R EC ADVERTISING 1972 SHAKED A REV ECON STUD 49 3 1982 STERN S 6851 NBER 1998 SUSLOW VY COMPETITIVE STRATEGI 49 1996 SUSLOW VY NBER STUDIES INCOME 322 1997 TRAJTENBERG M RAND J ECON 21 172 1990 WADE VA LANCET 2 1261 1989 WERTH B BILLION DOLLAR MOL 1994 WINSLOW R WALL STREET J 0124 B1 2000 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Dec 17 14:48:14 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:48:14 -0500 Subject: Eric G. Ackermann "The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information" by Bernardo A. Huberman. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press, 2002. 105 pp Message-ID: Eric G. Ackermann: E-mail: eackerma at vt.edu Eric G. Ackermann "The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information" by Bernardo A. Huberman. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press, 2002. 105 pp Title The laws of the Web: Patterns in the ecology of information. by Huberman BA Author Ackermann EG Journal JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 53 (11): 969-970 SEP 2002 Document type: Book Review Language: English Cited References: 5 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: Ackermann EG, Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: 587TE ISSN: 1532-2882 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BRODER A GRAPH STRUCTURE WEB 2000 GARFIELD E ESSAYS INFORMATION S 1 222 1971 HUBERMAN BA LAWS WEB PATTERNS EC 2001 LOTKA AJ J WASHINGTON ACADEMY 16 317 1926 SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43 628 1992 FULL TEXT OF REVIEW: The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information. Bernardo A. Huberman. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001; 105 pps. Price: $24.95 (ISBN: 0-262-08303-5) Bernardo Huberman has written what amounts to an extended explanatory essay summarizing the extensive research into the structure of the World Wide Web and the regularities that underlie it that he and his colleagues conducted over a thirteen-year period. It is not a scholarly work in the traditional sense, as it has few citations, and most of those only to the empirical studies upon which it is based. Huberman's goal is instead to communicate in plain language the concepts and findings originally expressed in the technical jargon and mathematical formalism of the original studies, as well as their practical implications for Web site design, server technology, and e-commerce. Huberman is currently an HP Fellow and the Director of the Information Dynamics Laboratory at the Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California. He is both a Consulting Professor in the Department of Applied Physics and a faculty member in the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University. Huberman has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, and has published in the areas of condensed matter physics, chaos in physical systems, non-linear dynamical systems, artificial intelligence, large distributed systems, and the dynamics of the growth and use of the World Wide Web (for more detail, see http://www.hpl.hp.com/shl/people/huberman/). The book is published in a relatively small format with only ninety-nine pages of text. It is organized into eight chapters and an epilogue: Chapter 1 ("E-cology"), Chapter 2 ("The Phenomena of the Web"), Chapter 3 ("Evolution and Structure"), Chapter 4 ("Small Worlds"), Chapter 5 ("As We Surf"), Chapter 6 ("Social Dilemmas and Internet Congestion"), Chapter 7 ("Downloading Information"), and Chapter 8 ("Markets and the Web"). Following the Epilogue, there is a short list of references and a brief index. The book is well illustrated with graphs and charts that are clearly presented and well labeled. The text is written very clearly and cleanly, with concepts fully explained using no discernable jargon or quantification. There were only two inaccuracies detected. On page ten, it is stated that telephony started to spread throughout the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century instead of the twentieth century, and on page eleven where Moore's Law "states that silicon chips double in complexity every two years" instead of every eighteen months (see http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/Moores_Law.html). Though annoying, neither error seems to adversely affect the quality of the work. In this book, Huberman maintains that "in spite of its haphazard growth the Web hides powerful underlying regularities" (p. viii). These regularities or laws were first predicted by using statistical mechanics and non-linear dynamics to develop theoretical models for the study of human behavior acting in "large distributed systems, ranging from economic systems to the Internet at large" (p. viii). His methodology focuses on the study of an aggregate system's behavior, in this case the Web, rather than on individual actions, using statistical models created by physicists to explain "the behavior of matter in terms of its constituent components, such as atoms and molecules" (p.23). This methodology allows investigators to bridge the gap between individual actions and systemic behavior. The data was gathered not from the Web itself but from the Internet Archive, a group located in San Francisco that periodically captures and stores "the entire textural content of the World Wide Web" (p.1). Huberman characterizes this effort as the equivalent of "a giant ecological survey" of the Internet (p.3), itself an ecology of knowledge and information composed of a rich array of dynamic interaction and structural complexity. Huberman finds the Web a perfect laboratory in which to study human behavior and information foraging "with a precision and on a scale never possible before" (p. 16). The complexity of the Web and its distributed nature makes the Internet behave as a non-linear system. According to Huberman, a non-linear system is one "whose behaviors cannot be explained by just adding all the partial actions" of its components (p. 21). Such a system exhibits erratic behavior, is extremely sensitive to initial conditions, and produces systemic results that often seem to imply no direct connection between "the well-defined behavior of the components and the global outcome that one observes" (p. 21). Huberman as well as other researchers (e.g., Broder, Kumar, Maghoul, et al 2000), discovered an underlying structure to the seeming chaos of the Internet. The structure is composed of a number of regularities or laws known as power law distributions. Distributions are mathematical entities that describe or quantify "how many instances of a given size" occur in the system under study, in this case "the patterns observed on the Web" by researchers (p. 25). A power law distribution then describes in a probabilistic fashion phenomena "where large events are rare, but small ones quite common" (p. 31). For example, "the probability of finding a Web site with a given number of pages, n, is proportional to 1/nx, where x is a number greater than or equal to 1" (p.25; see also Broder, Kumar, Maghoul, et al, 2000). This characteristic is shared by other informatic and bibliometric distributions, such as Zipf's Law (rank distribution of word use) (p. 31; Broder, Kumar, Maghoul, et al, 2000), Bradford's Law of Scattering (distribution of journal use) (Garfield, 1971), Lotka's Law (productivity distribution of scientific papers) (Lotka, 1926), and the distribution of citations to scientific papers (Seglen, 1992). Power law distributions are independent of scale, so that it remains the same regardless of the range of instances (e.g., 100 to 1000, or 50,000 to 100,000) of the phenomena (e.g., Web pages) being studied. These power law distributions form Huberman's laws of the Web: the Law of Link Structure, Law of Surfing, Law of Congestion, and Law of Web Site Visitation. The Law of Link Structure is based on the finding that an average of four clicks (or links) separates any two randomly chosen Web sites, while only an average of nineteen clicks (or links) separate any two randomly chosen Web pages. This law implies the presence of what Huberman calls "small world networks" (p. 36). Small world networks are communities of "common affinities" arranged in a core of several sites that contain most of the most relevant pages and "hubs" or "pages that contain links to many other good pages" (p. 39). The power law-like distribution is found in the pattern of the Web's link structure and small world communities where a few users (and Web sites) have the most links to others, while most users (and Web sites) have only a few links to others. The practical implications of the Law of Link Structure will result, according to Huberman, in better search engine design and better electronic "marketing of specific products" (p. 37). The study of surfing behavior or how Web users move from link to link reveals a previously unknown relationship with the biological concept of Brownian motion. Brownian motion describes the average "behavior of particles executing random motions as opposed to the exact wandering of a single one" (p. 44). The Law of Surfing "determines the number of users who will surf to a given depth" within a given Web site (p. 47, 53). According to Huberman, any information value found by surfing fluctuates. When the information value found by a surfer reaches a certain value or threshold, surfing stops. What is important then is the number of clicks a user is willing to make before ending the session, or the "average number of clicks per session" (p. 45). This finding can then be used to design better Web sites and commercial portals by helping to determine at what point a site must provide any surfers with a sufficient amount of good quality information or other the incentives to go to other pages. The Law of Congestion is an example of what Huberman calls "social dilemmas", which are a "class of problems that are pervasive in society and difficult to resolve" (p. 56). For the Web, it involves greedy consumption of bandwidth encouraged by the flat fee structure governing Internet access. If everyone indulges in such greedy behavior, the overall performance of the Internet is degraded. Yet for an individual to exercise restraint in order to keep the Web free of undue congestion does not seem like rational economic behavior to Huberman. Actual observed Web use however does not conform to this model. Most of the time greedy behavior does not consume all the available bandwidth. Instead the Internet experiences sudden "spikes of congestion" or "Internet storms" that quickly subside as congestion becomes unacceptable and users cut back or stop their surfing (p. 61). The Law of Congestion can have serious e-commerce implications, especially for on-line banks with many complicated transactions to process and foreign currency traders who execute on-line trades in a rapidly changing information environment. Based on financial portfolio theory, Huberman devised and tested a group of strategies analogous to asset diversification that continuously sought the "most efficient trade-off between the average time a request will take and the variance or risk in that time" (p. 76). Computer simulations also showed that even if everyone used a portfolio strategy, congestion would be minimum because all the action is asynchronous or not happening at the same time. In the worse case scenario when everyone is using the optimum strategy, "the situation is no worse than when no one used the strategy" (p. 81). The Law of Web Site Visitation was discovered by an analysis of the pattern of commercial transactions on the Internet. It turns out that for all the Web sites examined, as well as for sites "in specific categories like sex, travel, or education, the distribution of visitors per site follows a universal power law" (p. 88). According to Huberman, "a small number of sites command the traffic of a large segment of the Web population, a signature of winner-take-all markets" (p. 89). The implication for Web site development and e-commerce is clear. There is a very low probability that any given new Web site will "capture a significant number of users," whereas it is far more likely to become just one more Web site that attracts only a few users a day (p. 89) With the discovery and commercial exploitation of the laws or regularities in the structure of the Web, Huberman predicts the continued growth of e-commerce and the development in the future of frictionless markets characterized by "strong price competition, ease of search for best values, and low margins for the producers" (p. 86), and free of government regulation. Huberman briefly discusses the problem of privacy and the reconciliation of the two main approaches taken to address the abuses, a libertarian one (favored by the United States and Huberman) where "individuals and companies, rather than the government" (favored by the Europeans) resolve any problems (p.98). He touches briefly on the problem of applying conflicting local, national and regional laws to the Internet, and predicts a "brave new world" of ongoing "interplay between news laws and their enforcement, and the ingenuity of those who can always device (sic) novel [technological and legal] ways of bypassing those restrictions" (e.g., Napster and Gnutella) (p. 99). Huberman successfully packed quite a bit of interesting information into a relatively short book. For those looking for a more in-depth or technical treatment of the nature and structure of the Web and its underlying power law distributions will have to look elsewhere. For those satisfied with a more superficial treatment packaged in a stimulating and thought-provoking manner, or for the interested reader looking for a good introduction to the subject, this book is for you. Eric G. Ackermann University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University P.O. Box 90001 Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001 E-mail: eackerma at vt.edu References Broder, A., Kumar, R., Maghoul, F., Raghavan, P, Rajagopalan, S., Stata, R., Tomkins, A., & Wiener, J. (2000). Graph structure in the web [On-line]. Available: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/k53/www9.final Garfield, E. (1971). The mystery of the transposed journal lists- Wherein Bradford's Law of Scattering is generalized according to Garfield's Law of Concentration. In E. Garfield, Essays of an Information Scientist, vol. 1 (pp.222-223). Philadelphia: ISI Press. Lotka, A. (1926). The frequency distribution of scientific productivity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 16: 317-323. Seglen, P. (1992). The skewness of science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 43 (9): 628-638. When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org _______________________________________________________________________ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Dec 17 15:40:56 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:40:56 -0500 Subject: Decker O, Brahler E "On books and journals - Discussion of the evaluation of scientific performance in culturally and linguistically bound disciplines in medicine" ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE PSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 49 (3): 235-246 2001 Message-ID: deco at medizin.uni-leipzig.de Title On books and journals - Discussion of the evaluation of scientific performance in culturally and linguistically bound disciplines in medicine Author Decker O, Brahler E Journal ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE PSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 49 (3): 235-246 2001 Document type: Review Language: German Cited References: 55 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The financial support of scientific institutions more and more depends on evaluating programms. Different modells of evaluation purposes are discussed. The number of journal articels published by scientist and the international distribution of articels are used for academic evaluation purposes. On the basis of bibliometric features, the citations of the "Zeitschrift ftir Klinische Psychologic, Psychiatric und Psychotherapie" is recorded. Based on this records, there is a discussion on the significance of the competition indicators for quality-assurance of articels. KeyWords Plus: DEPRESSIVE-DISORDERS, PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS, DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, LIFE, VIEWPOINT, BEHAVIOR, PATIENT, GERMAN, SCHIZOPHRENICS Addresses: Decker O, Univ Klinikum Leipzig, Selbst Abt Med Psychol & Med Soziol, Liebigstr 21, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany Univ Klinikum Leipzig, Selbst Abt Med Psychol & Med Soziol, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany Publisher: VERLAG FERDINAND SCHONINGH, PADERBORN IDS Number: 464MJ ISSN: 0723-6557 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year DTSCH MED WOCHENSCHI 125 1133 ALBANI C Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 151 2000 ARNOLD E Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 18 2000 BAVING L Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 392 2000 BENECKE A Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 343 2000 BERGEMANN N Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 377 2000 BODENMANN G Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 1 2000 BOKER W Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 95 2000 BRAHLER E PSYCHOTHERAPEUT 45 321 2000 BRANDL T Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 292 1999 BRUNNHUBER S Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 57 2000 BUHLER KE Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 399 1999 BURGY M Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 329 2000 BURGY M Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 46 125 1998 CSEF H Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 258 1999 DECKER O Z PSYCHOSOMATISCHE M 42 370 1998 DEJONGMEYER R Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 172 1999 ESSAU CA Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 51 1999 FAHRENBERG J Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 207 1999 FALLER H Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 316 1999 FINZEN A PSYCHIAT PRAX 23 1 1996 GROEN G Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 185 2000 GUNZELMANN T Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 245 2000 GUNZELMANN T Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 123 1999 HAASE C Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 73 1999 HADULLA RMH Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 406 2000 HAISCH S Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 365 1999 HEIGLEVERS A Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 36 2000 HOGER D Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 374 1999 HOPING W Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 234 2000 HOYER J Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 105 2000 JACOB G Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 280 2000 JACOBI C Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 235 1999 KASTEN C Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 155 1999 KNIELING J Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 72 2000 KRAUS MR Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 302 2000 LEICHSENRING F Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 89 1999 MACKINGER H Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 45 2000 MAERCKER A Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 172 2000 NISCHK D Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 118 2000 OTT R Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 191 1999 PETERMAN U Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 1 1999 RASPE H MED KLIN 94 702 1999 REBER R PSYCHOSCOPE 20 18 1999 SCHEITHAUER H Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 211 2000 SCHWAB R Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 141 1999 STEINS G Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 266 2000 STRAUSS BM Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 347 1999 TEEGEN F Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 386 1999 THOMASIUS R Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 34 1999 TOLLE R Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 107 1999 WINKMANN G MED BIOWISSENSCHAFTL 2000 WOLFRADT U Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 359 2000 WOLFRADT U Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 47 307 1999 WORRINGEN U Z KLIN PSYCHOL PSYCH 48 135 2000 From M.Davis at UNSW.EDU.AU Tue Dec 17 22:03:25 2002 From: M.Davis at UNSW.EDU.AU (Mari Davis) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:03:25 +1000 Subject: International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics - Elections Message-ID: Call for Nominations The International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI) is seeking nominations for a new President and six Board Members to take office from August 2003 for a period of 4 years. 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The Secretary-Treasurer will send receipts for subscriptions to ISSI if requested. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ISSI_ElectionNominationForm.doc Type: application/msword Size: 48128 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gwhitney at UTK.EDU Tue Dec 17 21:09:05 2002 From: gwhitney at UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:09:05 -0500 Subject: US PATENTS: Cardona, System and method for database retrieval, indexing and statistical analysis Message-ID: US Patent 6,385,611 Dated May 7, 2002 Inventor: Cardona; Carlos (P.O. Box 22892, Seattle, WA 98122-0892) http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/ netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=\'6,385,611\'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,385,611& RS=PN/6,385,611 (There are no spaces in the above URL, it's just really long.) ABSTRACT: The present invention provides a system and method with the capacity to compare and analyze keywords of a specific area of study. By the use of the methods of the present invention, some sets of keywords will be seen as "warming up" due to their upward trends, whereas other keywords might be seen as "cooling down" due to their downward trends. Given the accepted fact that growing areas of research are the ones that are more likely to produce scientific breakthroughs, the system identifies these emerging ("hot") areas of research would accelerate the scientific advances of their users. Similarly, users will be able to view and shift from non-productive ("cool") areas of research to productive "hot" areas. The invention involves the utilization of a commercially available database program and provides specific keywords associated with the investigated topic. The present invention also provides a method for indexing the keywords using a keyword tree structure database so the data is in the correct format for analysis. The invention also provides a method for analyzing the number of occurrences of keywords along with the analysis of an impact factor associated with the keywords. The formatted data then allows the construction of several charts so a user can easily assess the state and forefront of a specified topic. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Gretchen Whitney, PhD tel 865.974.7919 School of Information Sciences fax 865.974.4967 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 loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Wed Dec 18 03:59:24 2002 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:59:24 +0100 Subject: US PATENTS: Cardona, System and method for database retrieval, indexing and statistical analysis In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I made available at http://www.leydesdorff.net/software/fulltext the program FullText.exe. FullText.exe is freely available for academic usage. The program generates a word-occurrence matrix, a co-occurrence matrix, and a normalized co-occurrence matrix from a set of text files and a word list. The output files can be read into standard software (like SPSS, Ucinet/Pajek, etc.) for the statistical analysis and the visualization. input files The program prompts for two informations, notably, (a) the name of the file that contains the words (as variables) to be analyzed in ASCII format and (b) the number of files that contain the text elements as cases. The text elements are to be numbered sequentially like Text1.txt, Text2.txt, etc. The number of texts is unlimited, but each text can be only 64 kByte at the maximum. The number of words is limited to 1024, but keep in mind that most programs will not allow you to handle more than 256 variables in the follow-up. program file The program is based on DOS-legacy software from the 1980s (Leydesdorff, 1995). It runs in a MS-Dos Command Box under Windows. The programs and the input files have to be contained in the same directory. The output files are written into this directory as well. Please, note that existing files from a previous run are overwritten by the program. Save output elsewhere if you wish to continue with the materials. output files The program produces three output files in dBase IV format. These files can be read into Excel and/or SPSS for further processing. Two files with the extension ".dat" are in DL-format (ASCII) and can be read into Pajek for the visualization. a. matrix.dbf contains an occurrence matrix of the words in the texts. This matrix is asymmetrical: it contains the words as the variables and the texts as the cases. In other words, each row represents a text in the sequential order of the text numbering, and each column represents a word in the sequential order of the word list. (It is advisable to sort the word list alphabetically before the analysis.) The words are also the variable names although truncated to ten positions. The words are counted as frequencies. (The plural "s" is removed before processing.) b. coocc.dbf contains a co-occurrence matrix of the words from this same data. This matrix is symmetrical and it contains the words both as variables and as labels in the first field. The main diagonal is set to zero. The number of co-occurrences is equal to the multiplication of occurrences in each of the texts. (The procedure is similar to using the file matrix.dbf as input to the routine "affiliations" in Ucinet, but the main diagonal is here set to zero in this matrix.) c. cosine.dbf contains a normalized co-occurrence matrix of the words from the same data. Normalization is based on the cosine between the variables conceptualized as vectors (Salton & McGill, 1983). (The procedure is similar to using the file matrix.dbf as input to the corresponding routing in SPSS.) References Leydesdorff, L. (1995). The Challenge of Scientometrics: the development, measurement, and self-organization of scientific communications. Leiden: DSWO Press, Leiden University; at http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff-sci.htm . Salton, G., & McGill, M. J. (1983). Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval. Auckland, etc.: McGraw-Hill. At 09:09 PM 12/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: >US Patent 6,385,611 >Dated May 7, 2002 >Inventor: Cardona; Carlos (P.O. Box 22892, Seattle, WA 98122-0892) > >http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 &u=/ >netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=\'6,385,611\'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,385,611& >RS=PN/6,385,611 > >(There are no spaces in the above URL, it's just really long.) > >ABSTRACT: > >The present invention provides a system and method with the capacity to >compare and analyze keywords of a specific area of study. >By the use of the methods of the present invention, some sets of keywords >will be seen as "warming up" due to their upward trends, >whereas other keywords might be seen as "cooling down" due to their >downward trends. Given the accepted fact that growing areas of >research are the ones that are more likely to produce scientific >breakthroughs, the system identifies these emerging ("hot") areas of >research would accelerate the scientific advances of their >users. Similarly, users will be able to view and shift from non-productive >("cool") areas of research to productive "hot" areas. The invention >involves the utilization of a commercially available database >program and provides specific keywords associated with the investigated >topic. The present invention also provides a method for >indexing the keywords using a keyword tree structure database so the data >is in the correct format for analysis. The invention also >provides a method for analyzing the number of occurrences of keywords >along with the analysis of an impact factor associated with >the keywords. The formatted data then allows the construction of several >charts so a user can easily assess the state and forefront of a >specified topic. > ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >Gretchen Whitney, PhD tel 865.974.7919 >School of Information Sciences fax 865.974.4967 >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 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > ************************************************************* Loet Leydesdorff Science & Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-20-525 3681 http://www.leydesdorff.net/ ; loet at leydesdorff.net http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Dec 18 12:34:28 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:34:28 -0500 Subject: MacKinnon L, Clarke M "Citation of group-authored papers" LANCET 360 (9344): 1513-1514 NOV 9 2002 Message-ID: Liz MacKinnon: liz.mackinnon at ctsu.ox.ac.uk After registering free at http://www.thelancet.com/ Full text of the letter is available at : (be sure to use the entire url) http://pdf.thelancet.com/pdfdownload?uid=llan.360.9344.correspondence.23015. 1&x=x.pdf Title Citation of group-authored papers Author MacKinnon L, Clarke M Journal LANCET 360 (9344): 1513-1514 NOV 9 2002 Document type: Letter Language: English Cited References: 3 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: MacKinnon L, Radcliffe Infirm, Clin Trial Serv Unit, Oxford OX2 6HE, England Radcliffe Infirm, Clin Trial Serv Unit, Oxford OX2 6HE, England Publisher: LANCET LTD, LONDON IDS Number: 614JV ISSN: 0140-6736 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year CLARKE M LANCET 351 1451 1998 DICKERSIN K JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 287 2772 2002 HOPKINS KD NATURE 415 732 2002 When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Dec 18 14:56:54 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:56:54 -0500 Subject: Greenberg D, Pliskin JS "Preference-based outcome measures in cost-utility analyses - A 20-year overview" NTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 18 (3): 461-466 SUM 2002 Message-ID: Pliskin JS - e-mail - jpliskin at cs.bgu.ac.il Title Preference-based outcome measures in cost-utility analyses - A 20-year overview Author Greenberg D, Pliskin JS Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 18 (3): 461-466 SUM 2002 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 11 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Objectives: The study evaluated the extent to which quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and healthy-years equivalents (HYEs) were used in cost-utility studies over the past 20 years (1981-2000) as well as possible changes in the quality of journals reporting cost-utility studies. Methods: Cost-utility studies were identified through an electronic search. For each study the journal name, date of publication, article's language and research origin, and the journal's impact factor were recorded. Results: The number of published cost-utility studies increased in the last 20 years but has leveled off in 1997. Most studies were performed in the United States and were published in English. All studies except one used QALYs as an outcome measure. The mean journal's impact factor has changed slightly over the years. Conclusions: Cost-utility studies would possibly gain more popularity if they were used as a vehicle in the decision-making process regarding healthcare budgets and were more visible in the scientific literature. Author Keywords: cost-utility analysis, quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), healthy-years equivalent (HYE), impact factor KeyWords Plus: ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS, QUALITY, HEALTH, QALYS Addresses: Greenberg D, Harvard Clin Res Inst, 900 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Ind Engn & Management, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, NEW YORK IDS Number: 602YN ISSN: 0266-4623 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *I SCI INF J CITATION REPORT VE DRUMMOND MF METHODS EC EVALUATIO 1997 GOLD MR COST EFFECTIVENESS H 1996 MEHREZ A MED DECIS MAKING 9 142 1989 MURRAY CJL B WORLD HEALTH ORGAN 72 429 1994 NEUMANN PJ ANN INTERN MED 132 964 2000 NEUMANN PJ MED DECIS MAKING 17 402 1997 NORD E BRIT MED J 305 875 1992 RUSSELL LB JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 276 1172 1996 STONE PW INT J TECHNOL ASSESS 16 111 2000 WEINSTEIN MC NEW ENGL J MED 296 716 1977 When responding, please attach my original message _______________________________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org _______________________________________________________________________ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Dec 18 16:11:46 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:11:46 -0500 Subject: He X, Zha HY, Ding CHQ, Simon HD "Web document clustering using hyperlink structures" COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS 41 (1): 19-45 NOV 28 2002 Message-ID: Xiaopeng HE : {xhe,zha}@cse.psu.edu Title Web document clustering using hyperlink structures Author He X, Zha HY, Ding CHQ, Simon HD Journal COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS 41 (1): 19-45 NOV 28 2002 Document type: Article Language : English Cited References : 35 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: With the exponential growth of information on the World Wide Web, there is great demand for developing efficient methods for effectively organizing the large amount of retrieved information. Document clustering plays an important role in information retrieval and taxonomy management for the Web. In this paper we examine three clustering methods: K-means, multi-level METIS, and the recently developed normalized-cut-method using a new approach of combining textual information, hyperlink structure and co-citation relations into a single similarity metric. We found the normalized-cut method with the new similarity metric is particularly effective, as demonstrated on three datasets of web query results. We also explore some theoretical connections between the normalized-cut method and the K-means method. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Author Keywords: World Wide Web, graph partitioning, cheeger constant, clustering method, K-means method, normalized cut method, eigenvalue decomposition, link structure, similarity metric KeyWords Plus: GRAPHS, EIGENVECTORS, ALGORITHM, MATRICES Addresses: Penn State Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, University Pk, PA 16802 USA Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, NERSC Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM IDS Number: 615NV ISSN: 0167-9473 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ANICK PG P 7 INT ACM SIGIR C 349 1994 BHARAT K P 7 INT WORLD WID WE 379 1998 CHAKRABARTI S COMPUT NETWORKS ISDN 30 65 1998 CHAKRABARTI S COMPUTER 32 60 1999 CHEEGER J LOWER BOUND SMALLEST 1970 CHUNG FRK SPECTRAL GRAPH THEOR 1997 CROFT WB PROVIDING GOVT INFOR 95 DONATH W IBM TECHNICAL DISCLO 15 938 1972 EFTHIMIADIS EN P 16 INT C ASS COMP 146 1993 EVERITT B CLUSTER ANAL 1993 FIEDLER M CZECH MATH J 25 619 1975 FIEDLER M CZECH MATH J 23 298 1973 FLAKE GW EFFICIENT IDENTIFICA 150 2000 FRIEZE A FAST MONTE CARLOL ME 2000 GIBSON D P 9 ACM C HYP HYP 225 1998 GOLUB G MATRIX COMPUTATIONS 1989 GORDON AD CLASSIFICATION 1981 HEARST MA P SIGIR 96 246 1996 HENDRICKSON B SIAM J SCI COMPUT 16 452 1995 KARYPIS G METISASTERIX SOFTWAR KLEINBERG J P ACM SIAM S DISCR A 668 1998 KLEINBERG JM P 5 ANN INT COMP COM 26 1999 KUMAR R P 25 INT C VER LARG 639 1999 LARSON R P 59 ANN M AM SOC IN 71 1996 LI YH IEEE INTERNET COMPUT 2 24 1998 MOHAR B DISCRETE MATH 109 171 1992 PIROLLI P P ACM C HUM FACT COM 118 1996 PORTER MF PROGRAM 14 130 1980 POTHEN A SIAM J MATRIX ANAL A 11 430 1990 RIJSBERGERN CJV INFORMATION RETRIEVA 1979 SHI JB PROC CVPR IEEE 731 1997 SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24 265 1973 SPIELMAN DA IN PRESS P 37 ANN IE 96 1996 WILLETT P INFORMATION PROCESSI 24 577 1988 ZAMIR O GROUPER DYNAMIC CLUS 1999 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Thu Dec 19 07:34:59 2002 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:34:59 +0000 Subject: Need for systematic scientometric analyses of open-access data In-Reply-To: Message-ID: >sh> about 200 open-access journals out >sh> of a total of 20,000 toll-access peer-reviewed journals in all. If >sh> you have more exact data, please post it for all of us. S.H.] > >sh> http://dmoz.org/Science/Publications/Journals_and_Magazines/Free_Online_Journals/ >sh> http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/ >sh> http://www.lcls.lib.il.us/ste/ejournals.htm >sh> http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/largest.dtl >sh> http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/ On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Eberhard R. Hilf wrote: > in Physics we know of 55 Physics refereed ejournals alone. > see http://www.physnet.de/PhysNet/journals.html That is certainly good news (and perhaps less surprising, considering that Physics is the most advanced in Open Access)! How many refereed Physics journals are there worldwide? That would make it possible to know the proportion of the total that is open-access so far. The excellent (truly remarkable!) Regensburg resource Ebs cites below: http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en lists 759 Physics journals, of which 103 (14%) are open access. (Is this complete?) A 3-year series of the corresponding data would also give us a chance of extrapolating the trend, to estimate when it will approach 100% open-access at the present rate. Another useful set of data would be the corresponding figures for self-archived papers in Physics. We need to know how many refereed papers appear annually in Physics, and then what proportion of them are made openly accessible by their authors through self-archiving. Again, a 3-year series would allow us to extrapolate. ArXiv's 11-year data provide part of the answer: http://arxiv.org/show_monthly_submissions but they of course need to be supplemented by (1) estimates of the total annual Physics refereed publication count as well as (2) the Physics self-archiving figures for archives other than ArXiv (but not counting the archives of the open-access journals, of course). A 3-year series of those data (total vs. open-access subset, for the open-access journal corpus and for the author/institution self-archived corpos) would give a good picture of where things stand, and how fast they are going, in Physics. Even better would be a series of such estimates in all the other disciplines too, as well as for the entire peer-reviewed corpus, across all disciplines. And (subtle, but critically important!), we need to know the *quality level* of the current open-access journals -- as well as of the current self-archived refereed articles -- within the hierarchy of journals (and articles). An estimate of this would come from the journal impact factors (and perhaps also the rejection rates) of the open-access journals (as estimated, for example, by ISI's http://wos.mimas.ac.uk/), compared to the rest, and from the author and article citation (and perhaps usage) impacts for the self-archived article (as estimated, for example, by http://citebase.eprints.org/ and http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs) Here is a prediction: With a few prominent exceptions, most of the current open-access journals will come from the lower range of the journal hierarchy. These are the small journals with small readerships, low visibility and low impact, struggling to make ends meet. These journals are of course very welcome among the ranks of the open-access journals, but they are, in a sense, not the primary targets: the journals toward the top of the hierarchy. So the 3 year time-series data for the growth of open access journals will be very useful and informative, but we will also have to see where in the journal hierarchy the growth is occurring. The bottom is, of course, the easier part to convince of the benefits of open access! Here is another prediction: In the corresponding three-year time-series data for the growth of open access through author self-archiving, there will *not* be the (negative) correlation with journal-quality that (I predict) there will be in the case of open-access journals, because individual researchers will be self-archiving on their own initiative rather than on the basis of the hierarchical level of the journal in which their articles appear. For self-archiving, Oaister http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/viewcolls.html with its 1,042,164 records from 119 institutions might be one of the sources of the data for comparing the progress of open access through self-archiving of toll-access articles (BOAI-1) with open access through open-access journals (BOAI-2). (It is one of the important features of the BOAI-2 strategy, as practised by PLoS, that they are targetting the very top of the quality-hierarchy. For whereas the bottom-up BOAI-2 path to open access may be a long one -- with the weaker journals spontaneously converting only out of necessity -- PLoS's top-down strategy may prove much faster.) > In total, across all fields, the number of free full text ejournals should > be far beyond 200, > http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en > "the Electronic Journals Library" of Regensburg > gives 3,309 in total!! in contrast to 12,831 not freely accessible. > That is a ratio of 26 %. > so, do not be that pessimistic. That is certainly very encouraging! But to know what it means (especially for the rate of progress towards universal open access to the entire peer-reviewed literature), we will need the finer-grained time-series analyses and comparisons I outlined above, including the hierarchical level data. I hope someone will do those analyes! The rich data are there, to be mined (and there are refereed articles to be written on the findings!). I close with a few percentages I quickly scratched out from the superb Regensburg data: Field total::open (%) Agriculture, Forestry etc. 416::129 Archaeology 50::15 Architecture, Civil Engineering 191::43 Art History 57::25 *Biology 1456::197 (14%) *Chemistry and Pharmacology 1021::117 (12%) Classical studies 45::23 *Computer Science 697::165 (24%) *Economics 1252::303 (24%) Education 624::244 Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology 428::72 Energy, environment protection, Nuclear Power Engineering 395::70 English, American Studies 131::44 Ethnic Sciences 173::35 General , Reference works, Communication, Environment 476::243 Geography 227::45 Geology and Paleontology 317::44 German, Dutch and Scandinavian Studies 31::22 *History 317::101 (32%) History of Education 54::45 Law 416::184 Linguistics and Literary Studies 313::77 *Mathematics 605::128 (21%) Mechanical Engineering 545::61 Medicine 3556::828 Musicology 53::26 Philosophy 250::74 *Physics 759::103 (14%) Political Science 569::162 Process Engineering, Biotechnology 276::31 *Psychology 712::109 (15%) Romance Studies 28::10 Sciences 174::64 Slavonic Studies 16::6 Sociology 633::135 Sports Science 86::34 Technology 304::112 Theology and Religious Studies 129::46 Stevan Harnad NOTE: A complete archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online is available at the American Scientist September Forum (98 & 99 & 00 & 01 & 02): http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/september98-forum.html or http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/index.html Discussion can be posted to: september98-forum at amsci-forum.amsci.org See also the Budapest Open Access Initiative: http://www.soros.org/openaccess the Free Online Scholarship Movement: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm the SPARC position paper on institutional repositories: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/src/sante.htm the OAI site: http://www.openarchives.org and the free OAI institutional archiving software site: http://www.eprints.org/ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Dec 19 17:23:19 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:23:19 -0500 Subject: Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H, de los Santos-Riog M "Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact factor written in Spanish" PSICOTHEMA 14 (4): 837-852 NOV 2002 Message-ID: G. Buela-Casal - e.mail - gbuela at ugr.es Gualberto Buela-Casal has pointed out that there has been a special issue of this journal, Psicothema, published on the Assessment and Evaluation of Research in Psychology. This journal has been published for 30 years and is claimed to be the most prodigious in the field of psychology in Spain. Title Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact factor written in Spanish Author Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H, de los Santos-Riog M Journal PSICOTHEMA 14 (4): 837-852 NOV 2002 Document type: Review Language: Spanish Cited References: 364 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact factor written in Spanish. This study presents a comparative analysis among four psychology journals published in Spanish that have an impact factor (Psicothema, Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia, Revista Mexicana de Psicologia, and Revista Interamericana de Psicologia). These journals are compared in terms of several bibliometric indices such as impact factor, weighted impact factor, mean impact factor of the periodicals where citations appear, immediate citation factor, and mean duration of citations. Additionally, a content analysis is made of the four periodicals considering the different academic fields of psychology and the methods of the published studies. The analysis shows that Psicothema obtains a better score in most bibliometric indices and that little interaction of citations among the four periodicals takes place. Regarding the comparison of methods, and academic fields, this study offers the number of papers according to the method of application (theoretical, descriptive by surveys, descriptive by observation, case studies, experimental, quasi-experimental, single case studies, instrumental, and others) and field (Personality, Psychological Assesment and Treatment, Social Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Psychobiology, Methodology, Developmental and Education Psychology, and Inter-field Psychology). Finally, some considerations are made on bibliometric indices, and the relationship between methods and academic fields. 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431 2000 PERAITA H PSICOTHEMA 12 192 2000 PEREA V PSICOTHEMA 12 353 2000 PEREZ JM PSICOTHEMA S2 12 438 2000 PEREZ LA PSICOTHEMA 13 650 2001 PEREZ M PSICOTHEMA 13 493 2001 PEREZ M PSICOTHEMA 13 523 2001 PEREZACOSTA AM REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 311 2001 PEREZSALES P PSICOTHEMA S1 12 109 2000 PICON E PSICOTHEMA 13 493 2000 PINO MJ REV LAT AM PSICOL 32 253 2000 QUERO S PSICOTHEMA 12 165 2000 QUILES MN PSICOTHEMA 13 557 2001 QUINTANAR CS REV MEX PSICOL 17 111 2000 QUIROGA E PSICOTHEMA 13 393 2001 RABADAN R PSICOTHEMA 13 271 2001 RAMIREZ GM PSICOTHEMA 12 695 2000 RANDO B PSICOTHEMA S2 12 464 2000 RECIO P PSICOTHEMA 12 496 2000 REDONDO J PSICOTHEMA 12 125 2000 REVUELTA J PSICOTHEMA 12 303 2000 REY FG REV INTERAM PSICOL 34 185 2000 RIAL A PSICOTHEMA 13 284 2001 RIAL A PSICOTHEMA 12 247 2000 RIBEIRO IS PSICOTHEMA 12 137 2000 RIBERAS G PSICOTHEMA S2 12 470 2000 ROA L REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 329 2001 ROBLES R REV MEX PSICOL 18 211 2001 RODRIGOANGULO ML EUR J NEUROSCI S 12 399 2000 RODRIGUEZ E REV INTERAM PSICOL 34 37 2000 RODRIGUEZ J PSICOTHEMA 12 339 2000 RODRIGUEZ R PSICOTHEMA 12 33 2000 RODRIGUEZ S PSICOTHEMA 13 546 2001 RODRIGUEZMINON P PSICOTHEMA 12 492 2000 ROJAS AJ PSICOTHEMA 13 685 2001 ROJAS AJ PSICOTHEMA 12 296 2000 ROJAS AJ PSICOTHEMA 12 482 2000 ROJI B PSICOTHEMA 12 273 2000 ROMERO M PSICOTHEMA 12 487 2000 ROSELLI MD REV LAT AM PSICOL 32 127 2000 ROTH E REV LAT AM PSICOL 32 9 2000 ROY JF PSICOTHEMA 12 500 2000 RUEDA M PSICOTHEMA 12 216 2000 RUIZCABALLERO JA PSICOTHEMA 13 193 2001 SABUCEDO JM PSICOTHEMA 13 181 2001 SABUCEDO JM REV LAT AM PSICOL 32 345 2000 SALDANA C PSICOTHEMA 13 381 2001 SALTER V REV INTERAM PSICOL 34 211 2000 SAMUDIO J REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 59 2001 SANDIN B PSICOTHEMA 13 240 2001 SANJUAN P PSICOTHEMA 12 509 2000 SANTABARBARA ES PSICOTHEMA 12 435 2000 SANTACREU J PSICOTHEMA 12 93 2000 SANTIAGO ES REV INTERAM PSICOL 35 113 2001 SANTIN LJ PSICOTHEMA 13 214 2001 SANTOS HMCM ADV ENG MATER 2 514 2000 SCHLUTER HL REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 261 2001 SECADES R PSICOTHEMA 13 365 2001 SEOANE G PSICOTHEMA 12 522 2000 SEPULVEDA AR PSICOTHEMA 13 7 2001 SERRANO MA PSICOTHEMA 12 440 2000 SILVA A PSICOTHEMA 12 526 2000 SIMON VM PSICOTHEMA 13 205 2001 SIMON VM PSICOTHEMA 12 15 2000 SINEIRO C PSICOTHEMA 12 412 2000 SINGHMANOUX A PSICOTHEMA S1 12 93 2000 SOBRAL J PSICOTHEMA 12 661 2000 STERNBERG RJ PSICOTHEMA 12 642 2000 TODMAN PR REV INTERAM PSICOL 34 11 2000 TOMAS I PSICOTHEMA 12 540 2000 TORNAY FJ PSICOTHEMA 13 111 2001 TORRES MAM REV INTERAM PSICOL 35 143 2001 TORROELLA G REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 73 2001 TRUJANO P PSICOTHEMA 12 223 2000 UBILLOS S PSICOTHEMA S1 12 70 2000 VALDEZMEDINA JL REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 199 2001 VALDEZMEDINA JL REV MEX PSICOL 18 219 2001 VALERA A PSICOTHEMA 12 549 2000 VALLE A PSICOTHEMA 12 368 2000 VALLEJO G PSICOTHEMA 12 701 2000 VALLEJO MA PSICOTHEMA 13 419 2001 VALLINA O PSICOTHEMA 13 345 2001 VELASCO CS REV MEX PSICOL 17 143 2000 VELASCO JA PSICOTHEMA 13 50 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Dec 20 14:38:25 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:38:25 -0500 Subject: Posner RA. "Public Intellectuals: A study of decline" pp.408 Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA. 2001 Message-ID: Title : Public Intellectuals : A study of decline Author: Richard A. Posner In 2001, Richard A. Posner published a book called "Public Intellectuals: A study of decline" Harvard University Press. Of particular interest to members of SIG-Metrics will be Table 5.1 published on page 194-206 listing the most-cited public intellectuals and provides the number of media mentions, web hits, and scholarly citations (1995-2000). On page 200 the table includes summary statistics by field, top 100 public officials by media mentions in ranked order from Henry Kissinger (12,570 media mentions) to George Stigler (1200 media mentions). George Stigler was a Nobel Prize winner in Economics and had a special interest in bibliometrics. Table 5.4 includes 100 public intellectuals ranked by Scholarly Citations . Michel Foucault - 13,238 citations, Steven J. Gould - 4891citations, George Stigler - 2056 citations, Amitai Etzioni - 1483 citations and Alfred Kinsey - 778 citations. The book costs $29.95 and is published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 2001 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Dec 20 16:03:30 2002 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:03:30 -0500 Subject: "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" Message-ID: Title Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse Fachhochschule Koeln Grazia, Colonia, July 2002 Full Text in German available at : http://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/fachbereich/papers/kabi/volltexte/band033.pdf Translation of paragraph 5.3: Garfield's conjecture: Do international journals have a higher impact factor than German-language journals? Eugene Garfield postulates: German-language science journals have definitely their regional significance, but cannot compete well with internationally oriented periodicals regarding the impact factor. He suggests that German journals do not meet international standards, and do not report the results of top research.., since even German scientists prefer to offer their best work to international journals: ''I am often surprised at the level of misunderstanding of German editors about citation analysis and the impact factor. There is a great need for national journals written in German and other European languages, but it is absurd to expect them to reach the same level of impact as international journals, unless they adhere to the same standards as leading journals and attract significant original research. German scientists understand that fact of life and for this reason they mainly publish their best work in English in international journals'' (Garfield 2002, 25). Does this conjecture also hold true for German-language information science? A cursory look at Table 5-3 shows that German-language journals are liberally.... distributed in the classification of international periodicals. In no way do they rank last according the impact factor. Lediglich, purely, simply, ZfBB and NfD, however, are represented in the ISI databases. As for ?Bibliothek. Forschung und Praxis?, ?ABI Technik?, ?Bibliotheksdienst, Buch und Bibliothek? and ?ProLibris?, their exclusion cannot then be explained. Hence, the omission of this titles must coincide with some unmet ''basic standards'' (cf. Chapter 1). However, some of our periodicals do meet those standards. The journal publication dates are regular; the articles have well-formulated searchable titles; footnotes are available (otherwise, we would have not been able to count them); English summaries are provided. If the texts are always peer-reviewed, that we cannot verify. (''JfD'' has no peer review process, but stills shows up in ISI's products.) It appears as though ISI is covering two German alibi journals with ''ZfBB'' and ''NfD'' without involving itself any further in the area of German periodicals. It is also possible that ISI does not know these periodicals at all, because they are hardly cited in ISI source journals. This could just be evidence then of poor marketing on the part of publishers and publishing companies. In short, ISI is thoroughly open to expert opinions -- and that means in plain talk ''knocking on doors''! So certainly for some of the top German journals in information science, Garfield's conjecture does not apply. However, Eugene Garfield may not have interpreted his conjecture in this fashion. Still this matters involves, to a greater extent, German-language and international journals in general. After this preliminary glance, we must look more closely and compare both distributions (German-language periodicals based on the rIF and JCR periodicals based on the IF) using statistical methods. We consider the 38 volumes of the German periodicals and the 144 volumes of the international periodicals as sampled sets. (The samples are not random, as we have explained in the methodology section. Therefore, the results should be read with some reservations.) We determine the confidence interval which contains the true value of the population parameter. If the intervals do not intersect, then the distributions are different and Garfield's conjecture would be confirmed. If the intervals do in fact intersect, then the distributions are not different and Garfield's conjecture would be quite dubious. We accept a 1%-error probability so that our result will have a 99%-significance level. For the German information science journals, we find: - arithmetic mean: rIF = 0.25 - standard deviation of the sample: 0.19 - N = 38 - Confidence level (1%): 0.08 -The value of the mean for German periodicals lies between 0.17 and 0.33 for a 1%-percent error rate. The result is clear. Both intervals have different ranges so that we may assume different parameters. The average German information-science journal (statistically speaking) has a regional impact factor lying presumably in the range 0.17-0.33. The average international (JCR) periodical has an impact factor lying in the range 0.38-0.56. Therefore, the impact factor for JCR journals is double that of the German-language periodicals. Garfield's conjecture is confirmed. German information science journals have a significantly lower impact factor than the international periodicals evaluated by ISI. From quentinburrell at MANX.NET Fri Dec 20 18:27:48 2002 From: quentinburrell at MANX.NET (Quentin L. Burrell) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:27:48 -0000 Subject: "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" In-Reply-To: <200212202103.gBK536uf001424@panther.mail.utk.edu> Message-ID: I am not quite sure that I understand what is meant by "international journals" in the following. Is it just "American language" journals? Quentin Burrell -----Original Message----- From: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]On Behalf Of Eugene Garfield Sent: 20 December 2002 21:04 To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" Title Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse Fachhochschule Koeln Grazia, Colonia, July 2002 Full Text in German available at : http://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/fachbereich/papers/kabi/volltexte/band033.pdf Translation of paragraph 5.3: Garfield's conjecture: Do international journals have a higher impact factor than German-language journals? Eugene Garfield postulates: German-language science journals have definitely their regional significance, but cannot compete well with internationally oriented periodicals regarding the impact factor. He suggests that German journals do not meet international standards, and do not report the results of top research.., since even German scientists prefer to offer their best work to international journals: ''I am often surprised at the level of misunderstanding of German editors about citation analysis and the impact factor. There is a great need for national journals written in German and other European languages, but it is absurd to expect them to reach the same level of impact as international journals, unless they adhere to the same standards as leading journals and attract significant original research. German scientists understand that fact of life and for this reason they mainly publish their best work in English in international journals'' (Garfield 2002, 25). Does this conjecture also hold true for German-language information science? A cursory look at Table 5-3 shows that German-language journals are liberally.... distributed in the classification of international periodicals. In no way do they rank last according the impact factor. Lediglich, purely, simply, ZfBB and NfD, however, are represented in the ISI databases. As for ?Bibliothek. Forschung und Praxis?, ?ABI Technik?, ?Bibliotheksdienst, Buch und Bibliothek? and ?ProLibris?, their exclusion cannot then be explained. Hence, the omission of this titles must coincide with some unmet ''basic standards'' (cf. Chapter 1). However, some of our periodicals do meet those standards. The journal publication dates are regular; the articles have well-formulated searchable titles; footnotes are available (otherwise, we would have not been able to count them); English summaries are provided. If the texts are always peer-reviewed, that we cannot verify. (''JfD'' has no peer review process, but stills shows up in ISI's products.) It appears as though ISI is covering two German alibi journals with ''ZfBB'' and ''NfD'' without involving itself any further in the area of German periodicals. It is also possible that ISI does not know these periodicals at all, because they are hardly cited in ISI source journals. This could just be evidence then of poor marketing on the part of publishers and publishing companies. In short, ISI is thoroughly open to expert opinions -- and that means in plain talk ''knocking on doors''! So certainly for some of the top German journals in information science, Garfield's conjecture does not apply. However, Eugene Garfield may not have interpreted his conjecture in this fashion. Still this matters involves, to a greater extent, German-language and international journals in general. After this preliminary glance, we must look more closely and compare both distributions (German-language periodicals based on the rIF and JCR periodicals based on the IF) using statistical methods. We consider the 38 volumes of the German periodicals and the 144 volumes of the international periodicals as sampled sets. (The samples are not random, as we have explained in the methodology section. Therefore, the results should be read with some reservations.) We determine the confidence interval which contains the true value of the population parameter. If the intervals do not intersect, then the distributions are different and Garfield's conjecture would be confirmed. If the intervals do in fact intersect, then the distributions are not different and Garfield's conjecture would be quite dubious. We accept a 1%-error probability so that our result will have a 99%-significance level. For the German information science journals, we find: - arithmetic mean: rIF = 0.25 - standard deviation of the sample: 0.19 - N = 38 - Confidence level (1%): 0.08 -The value of the mean for German periodicals lies between 0.17 and 0.33 for a 1%-percent error rate. The result is clear. Both intervals have different ranges so that we may assume different parameters. The average German information-science journal (statistically speaking) has a regional impact factor lying presumably in the range 0.17-0.33. The average international (JCR) periodical has an impact factor lying in the range 0.38-0.56. Therefore, the impact factor for JCR journals is double that of the German-language periodicals. Garfield's conjecture is confirmed. German information science journals have a significantly lower impact factor than the international periodicals evaluated by ISI. *********************** This e-mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Guard anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailguardhome.asp ***********-*********** *********************** This e-mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Guard anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailguardhome.asp ***********-*********** From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sat Dec 21 02:30:57 2002 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 08:30:57 +0100 Subject: "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: >[...] It is also possible that ISI does not know >these periodicals at all, because they are hardly cited in ISI source >journals. This could just be evidence then of poor marketing on the part of >publishers and publishing companies. In short, ISI is thoroughly open to >expert opinions -- and that means in plain talk ''knocking on doors''! Where does this lead? Is there any evidence for a causal connection between marketing (by publishers) and the impact factor? Loet ************************************************************* Loet Leydesdorff Science & Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-20-525 3681 http://www.leydesdorff.net/ ; loet at leydesdorff.net http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm From StockNMW at AOL.COM Sat Dec 21 10:37:45 2002 From: StockNMW at AOL.COM (Wolfgang G. Stock) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:37:45 EST Subject: Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften (LIS journals) Message-ID: "International Journals" The study is a comparative analysis of German-language LIS journals (10 titles; citations counted manually for the volumes 1997 - 2000) and "international" LIS journals (40 titles; data from ISI's SSCI JCR). For all 50 journals additionally a reader survey was done. It follows an abstract of a planned English version of our study: In a scientometric analysis we describe international and regional (i.e. German language) journals in the field of library and information science and practice. Our aim is a comparative analysis of the results of a citation analysis and of a reader survey. Does reading behavior correlate to journal impact factors? Do readers prefer journals with short or long half-life, or with a low or high amount of references? Are there differences in reading behavior between academic scientists and practitioners? And, finally, can we see differences in using international and regional journals? We work with methods of citation analysis and with an expert survey. The utilized indicators of citation analysis are impact factor, citing half-life, references per article, and the rate of self-references of the journal. Additionally, we map clusters of the leading periodicals. For the description of 40 international journals we refer to the Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation Reports of ISI, for the 10 German language journals we manually counted the citations (1,494 source articles with 10,520 citations). All in all the empirical base of the citation analysis part consists of nearly 90,000 citations in 6,203 source articles of four publication years (1997 to 2000). The questionnaire surveys reading frequency, applicability of the journals to the job of the reader, publication frequency, and publication preferences both for all respondents and for limited groups (practitioners vs scientists, librarians vs documentalists vs information scientists, civil service vs information industry vs private company employees). The project makes full use of 257 questionnaires filled out by German speaking information specialists in spring 2002. And this is the list of LIS journals (mc: manually counted) 01 ABI Technik (mc) 02 Annual Review of Information Science 03 ASLIB Proceedings 04 Bibliothek. Forschung und Praxis (mc) 05 Bibliotheksdienst (mc) 06 BIT Online (mc) 07 Buch und Bibliothek (mc) 08 Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 09 College and Research Libraries 10 E-Content (Database) 11 Electronic Library 12 Government Information Quarterly 13 Information Processing & Management 14 Information Society 15 Information Technology and Libraries 16 Interlending & Document Supply 17 International Journal of Information Management 18 Internationales Symposium f?r Informationswissenschaft (mc) 19 Internet World 20 Journal of Academic Librarianship 21 Journal of Documentation 22 Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 23 Journal of Government Information 24 Journal of Information Ethics 25 Journal of Information Science 26 Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 27 Journal of Scholary Publishing 28 Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 29 Knowledge Organization 30 Library & Information Science Research 31 Library Acquisitions 32 Library and Information Science / Mita Toshokan Gakkai kikan shi 33 Library Collections Acquisitions 34 Library Hi Tech 35 Library Journal 36 Library Quarterly 37 Library Resources & Technical Services 38 Library Trends 39 Libri 40 NfD. Information: Wissenschaft und Praxis (mc) 41 Online 42 Online Information Review (Online & CD-ROM Review) 43 Password (mc) 44 Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting 45 Program 46 ProLibris (Mitteilungsblatt der Bibliotheken in NRW) (mc) 47 Reference & User Services Quarterly (RQ) 48 Scientometrics 49 Social Science Information / Information sur les sciences sociales 50 Zeitschrift f?r Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie (mc) Wolfgang G. Stock -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Sat Dec 21 15:29:33 2002 From: Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:29:33 -0500 Subject: "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" Message-ID: Dear Quentin: Prof. Stock, in a separate message, has already clarified the term "international journals". It may be interpreted to have many synonymous meanings including in this case--non-German language journals", or multi-national authored journals. While it is understandable that some readers would interpret international to means American journals that is simply because so many American journals are high impact journals. I am speaking here generally and not necessarily with respect to the field of information science. However, the Colonia Grazia study seems to confirm that even in IS&T it is true. In my many discussions with editors of German medical journals I have pointed out that leading biomedical researchers and clinicians in Germany and everywhere else recognize when they have made important discoveries. Being members of an international community of specialists it is natural for them to submit their papers to the highest impact journals, which often are American, but also include many important journals published in Amsterdam, London, and elsewhere. I suspect that this is true for information science as well. While it is true that German and other non-English journals often include English abstracts, these are often too abbrviated to replace the original reports. The failure to provide full translations or extended summaries in English makes it more difficult for non-German scholars to make best use of these reports. But even more important there are a great many editorials and short communications that have absolutely no translation except for the title and this impedes international participation in the exchange of views often expressed in these editorials. I encounter this problem almost daily and quite regularly in trying to keep this SIGMETRICS LISTSERV informed of all these "discussions", controversies, etc. Now that we have the internet, editors of German and other journals can at least post translations on the net and cite them in the original papers since it is costly to print both German and English versions. I also take this opportunity to wish all members of the listserv Happy Holidays. Eugene Garfield, PhD. email garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu tel 215-243-2205 fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org -----Original Message----- From: Quentin L. Burrell [mailto:quentinburrell at MANX.NET] Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 6:28 PM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" I am not quite sure that I understand what is meant by "international journals" in the following. Is it just "American language" journals? Quentin Burrell -----Original Message----- From: ASIS Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]On Behalf Of Eugene Garfield Sent: 20 December 2002 21:04 To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" Title Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse Fachhochschule Koeln Grazia, Colonia, July 2002 Full Text in German available at : http://www.fbi.fh-koeln.de/fachbereich/papers/kabi/volltexte/band033.pdf Translation of paragraph 5.3: Garfield's conjecture: Do international journals have a higher impact factor than German-language journals? Eugene Garfield postulates: German-language science journals have definitely their regional significance, but cannot compete well with internationally oriented periodicals regarding the impact factor. He suggests that German journals do not meet international standards, and do not report the results of top research.., since even German scientists prefer to offer their best work to international journals: ''I am often surprised at the level of misunderstanding of German editors about citation analysis and the impact factor. There is a great need for national journals written in German and other European languages, but it is absurd to expect them to reach the same level of impact as international journals, unless they adhere to the same standards as leading journals and attract significant original research. German scientists understand that fact of life and for this reason they mainly publish their best work in English in international journals'' (Garfield 2002, 25). Does this conjecture also hold true for German-language information science? A cursory look at Table 5-3 shows that German-language journals are liberally.... distributed in the classification of international periodicals. In no way do they rank last according the impact factor. Lediglich, purely, simply, ZfBB and NfD, however, are represented in the ISI databases. As for ?Bibliothek. Forschung und Praxis?, ?ABI Technik?, ?Bibliotheksdienst, Buch und Bibliothek? and ?ProLibris?, their exclusion cannot then be explained. Hence, the omission of this titles must coincide with some unmet ''basic standards'' (cf. Chapter 1). However, some of our periodicals do meet those standards. The journal publication dates are regular; the articles have well-formulated searchable titles; footnotes are available (otherwise, we would have not been able to count them); English summaries are provided. If the texts are always peer-reviewed, that we cannot verify. (''JfD'' has no peer review process, but stills shows up in ISI's products.) It appears as though ISI is covering two German alibi journals with ''ZfBB'' and ''NfD'' without involving itself any further in the area of German periodicals. It is also possible that ISI does not know these periodicals at all, because they are hardly cited in ISI source journals. This could just be evidence then of poor marketing on the part of publishers and publishing companies. In short, ISI is thoroughly open to expert opinions -- and that means in plain talk ''knocking on doors''! So certainly for some of the top German journals in information science, Garfield's conjecture does not apply. However, Eugene Garfield may not have interpreted his conjecture in this fashion. Still this matters involves, to a greater extent, German-language and international journals in general. After this preliminary glance, we must look more closely and compare both distributions (German-language periodicals based on the rIF and JCR periodicals based on the IF) using statistical methods. We consider the 38 volumes of the German periodicals and the 144 volumes of the international periodicals as sampled sets. (The samples are not random, as we have explained in the methodology section. Therefore, the results should be read with some reservations.) We determine the confidence interval which contains the true value of the population parameter. If the intervals do not intersect, then the distributions are different and Garfield's conjecture would be confirmed. If the intervals do in fact intersect, then the distributions are not different and Garfield's conjecture would be quite dubious. We accept a 1%-error probability so that our result will have a 99%-significance level. For the German information science journals, we find: - arithmetic mean: rIF = 0.25 - standard deviation of the sample: 0.19 - N = 38 - Confidence level (1%): 0.08 -The value of the mean for German periodicals lies between 0.17 and 0.33 for a 1%-percent error rate. The result is clear. Both intervals have different ranges so that we may assume different parameters. The average German information-science journal (statistically speaking) has a regional impact factor lying presumably in the range 0.17-0.33. The average international (JCR) periodical has an impact factor lying in the range 0.38-0.56. Therefore, the impact factor for JCR journals is double that of the German-language periodicals. Garfield's conjecture is confirmed. German information science journals have a significantly lower impact factor than the international periodicals evaluated by ISI. *********************** This e-mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Guard anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailguardhome.asp ***********-*********** *********************** This e-mail has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Guard anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/solutions/mailguardhome.asp ***********-*********** From Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Sat Dec 21 17:54:51 2002 From: Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 17:54:51 -0500 Subject: "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" Message-ID: Since there are probably in excess of 15,000 periodicals that could be seriously considered for inclusion in ISI products it is undoubtedly true that sample copies of some journals have never been received at ISI. However, there is a group of subject specialists who are reviewing journals all the time and the field of information science is no exception. ISI receives thousands of announcements of new and old journals so there is no shortage of potential titles. But ISI is an organization of humans and therefore they may make errors or overlook relevant titles. Anyone can write to ISI and provide data to support the inclusion of a journal in one or more ISI products. The manager of the journal evaluation group is James Testa and he and his colleagues are very devoted to this task. Marketing alone is not sufficient. The problem is that so many journals are of low impact. That does not mean, as I have stated, that they should not be published. Their existence is determined by marketing and the willingness of subscribers to support them. However, many journals receive state support and may not necessarily meet ISI's standards of selection. The selection criteria can be found on the ISI web site at http://www.isinet.com/isi/journals/ An editorial by James Testa can be found at: http://www.isinet.com/isi/hot/essays/selectionofmaterialforcoverage/199701.h tml Eugene Garfield, PhD. email garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu tel 215-243-2205 fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist www.the-scientist.com Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org -----Original Message----- From: Loet Leydesdorff [mailto:loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET] Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 2:31 AM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" >[...] It is also possible that ISI does not know >these periodicals at all, because they are hardly cited in ISI source >journals. This could just be evidence then of poor marketing on the part of >publishers and publishing companies. In short, ISI is thoroughly open to >expert opinions -- and that means in plain talk ''knocking on doors''! Where does this lead? Is there any evidence for a causal connection between marketing (by publishers) and the impact factor? Loet ************************************************************* Loet Leydesdorff Science & Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-20-525 3681 http://www.leydesdorff.net/ ; loet at leydesdorff.net http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Dec 22 03:56:39 2002 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 09:56:39 +0100 Subject: Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften (LIS journals) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Wolfgang, This is impressive work which needed to be done. Can you provide us with a summary of the conclusions? I would expect the German literature to be coupled to the Anglosaxon one stronger than the French literature, notably, in the social and cultural sciences. The French maintain a "national" discourse which seems to have an impact on the reputational reward structure that is in some instances more important than the international dimension. Furthermore, CNRS subsidizes 300 or so journals (mainly in the social sciences). In a study of biotechnology (JASIST 52 (14), 2001, 1262-1274), we found the French repertoire as the most loosely coupled to the international repertoire in terms of words and cowords used in titles. Would it be interesting to elaborate on this comparison? Perhaps, it is not so difficult to replicate your study for the French IS&T journals. (The European Commission might be interested to fund such a project.) With kind regards, Loet At 10:37 AM 12/21/2002 EST, you wrote: >"International Journals" > > The study is a comparative analysis of German-language LIS journals > (10 titles; citations counted manually for the volumes 1997 - 2000) and > "international" LIS journals (40 titles; data from ISI's SSCI JCR). For all > 50 journals additionally a reader survey was done. > > It follows an abstract of a planned English version of our study: > In a scientometric analysis we describe international and regional (i.e. >German language) > journals in the field of library and information science and practice. >Our aim is a comparative > analysis of the results of a citation analysis and of a reader survey. >Does reading behavior > correlate to journal impact factors? Do readers prefer journals with >short or long half-life, or > with a low or high amount of references? Are there differences in reading >behavior between > academic scientists and practitioners? And, finally, can we see >differences in using > international and regional journals? > We work with methods of citation analysis and with an expert survey. The >utilized indicators > of citation analysis are impact factor, citing half-life, references per >article, and the rate of > self-references of the journal. Additionally, we map clusters of the >leading periodicals. For > the description of 40 international journals we refer to the Social >Sciences Citation Index > Journal Citation Reports of ISI, for the 10 German language journals we >manually counted > the citations (1,494 source articles with 10,520 citations). All in all >the empirical base of the > citation analysis part consists of nearly 90,000 citations in 6,203 >source articles of four > publication years (1997 to 2000). > The questionnaire surveys reading frequency, applicability of the >journals to the job of the > reader, publication frequency, and publication preferences both for all >respondents and for > limited groups (practitioners vs scientists, librarians vs documentalists >vs information > scientists, civil service vs information industry vs private company >employees). The project > makes full use of 257 questionnaires filled out by German speaking >information specialists > in spring 2002. > > And this is the list of LIS journals (mc: manually counted) > 01 ABI Technik (mc) > 02 Annual Review of Information Science > 03 ASLIB Proceedings > 04 Bibliothek. Forschung und Praxis (mc) > (mc) > 06 BIT Online (mc) > 07 Buch und Bibliothek (mc) > 08 Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science > 09 College and Research Libraries > 10 E-Content (Database) > 11 Electronic Library > 12 Government Information Quarterly >& Management > 14 Information Society > 15 Information Technology and Libraries >& Document Supply > 17 International Journal of Information Management > 18 Internationales Symposium f?r Informationswissenschaft (mc) > 19 Internet World > 20 Journal of Academic Librarianship > 21 Journal of Documentation > 22 Journal of Education for Library and Information Science > 23 Journal of Government Information > 24 Journal of Information Ethics > 25 Journal of Information Science > 26 Journal of Librarianship and Information Science > 27 Journal of Scholary Publishing > 28 Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology > 29 Knowledge Organization >& Information Science Research > 31 Library Acquisitions > 32 Library and Information Science / Mita Toshokan Gakkai kikan shi > 33 Library Collections Acquisitions > 34 Library Hi Tech > 35 Library Journal > 36 Library Quarterly >& Technical Services > 38 Library Trends > 39 Libri > 40 NfD. Information: Wissenschaft und Praxis (mc) > 41 Online >& CD-ROM Review) > 43 Password (mc) > 44 Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting > 45 Program > 46 ProLibris (Mitteilungsblatt der Bibliotheken in NRW) (mc) >& User Services Quarterly (RQ) > 48 Scientometrics > 49 Social Science Information / Information sur les sciences sociales > 50 Zeitschrift f?r Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie (mc) > > Wolfgang G. Stock > ************************************************************* Loet Leydesdorff Science & Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-20-525 3681 http://www.leydesdorff.net/ ; loet at leydesdorff.net http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Dec 22 04:05:47 2002 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:05:47 +0100 Subject: "Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften in szientometrischer Analyse" In-Reply-To: <92F9C07FBAB86D4D9B76656180AC94776E205E@isi-mail.isinet.com > Message-ID: At 05:54 PM 12/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: [...] >An editorial by James Testa can be found at: >http://www.isinet.com/isi/hot/essays/selectionofmaterialforcoverage/199701.h >tml > Dear Gene and colleagues, This page was moved. I retrieved this interesting editorial at http://www.isinet.com/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=ISIsite&STEMMER=en&WORDS=testa+&COLO UR=Purple&STYLE=s&URL=http://sunweb.isinet.com/isi/hot/essays/selectionofmat erialforcoverage/199701.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match With kind regards and a happy new year, Loet ************************************************************* Loet Leydesdorff Science & Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-20-525 3681 http://www.leydesdorff.net/ ; loet at leydesdorff.net http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm From Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR Sun Dec 22 06:19:36 2002 From: Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR (Michel J. Menou) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:19:36 +0100 Subject: Informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschriften (LIS journals) In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20021222095639.00a5a4f8@pop.fmg.uva.nl> Message-ID: The French speficity lies also in the fact that appointment, promotion and rewards are decided by "specialists committees" (peers) who are often composed of senior academics whose language skills as their inclination towards reading in foreign languages are eventually "limited". Publications and research output do not play in this field as strong a role as it does in "anglo-saxon" countries (my guess). Anyway, it is always possible to organize in house "international" conferences with a few friends and put out the publications that may be required. Another factor is the fact that Information science does not really exist in administrative terms and is coupled with communication science, whose representatives are often in overwhelming majority. Another factor is that students are not to keen of reading in English, thus there is a vicious circle that is reflecte in the holdings of academic libraries. There are few French "IS&T" journals. And in a recent (2 years ago I guess) study of reading and publication patterns in the French "information and communication" community it was found that a high percentage of respondents ignored the major IS&T English language journals. Conversely, English language IS&T specialists seem to be more prone to cite French "philosophers" if they are "new", especially Foucault or Lacan, than colleagues from the same trade, possibly because of the language barrier, since the above mentioned authors are translated in English - what may add to their intelligibility. Worth noting is also the fact that English language scientific books are much less, and much later, translated into French than the opposite. Michel Sunday, December 22, 2002, 9:56:39 AM, you wrote: LL> Dear Wolfgang, LL> This is impressive work which needed to be done. Can you provide us with a LL> summary of the conclusions? LL> I would expect the German literature to be coupled to the Anglosaxon one LL> stronger than the French literature, notably, in the social and cultural LL> sciences. The French maintain a "national" discourse which seems to have an LL> impact on the reputational reward structure that is in some instances more LL> important than the international dimension. Furthermore, CNRS subsidizes LL> 300 or so journals (mainly in the social sciences). In a study of LL> biotechnology (JASIST 52 (14), 2001, 1262-1274), we found the French LL> repertoire as the most loosely coupled to the international repertoire in LL> terms of words and cowords used in titles. LL> Would it be interesting to elaborate on this comparison? Perhaps, it is not LL> so difficult to replicate your study for the French IS&T journals. (The LL> European Commission might be interested to fund such a project.)