From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Mon Feb 2 04:40:42 2004 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:40:42 +0100 Subject: A connectionist and multivariate approach to science maps: SOM and statistics techniques applied to Library & Information Science research In-Reply-To: <000601c3e82a$cf46cce0$0b01a8c0@hanssolo> Message-ID: Dear Adrian and colleagues, The problem is, in my opinion, that there are an infinite number of similarity criteria and an expanding large number of clustering algorithms available. Thus, one can generate almost any representation. Furthermore, software developers will be interested to show that their software can generate an even better picture. I remember that when I first used cluster analysis (early 1980s), I was shocked by the fact that I could produce completely incompatible (but nice) pictures from my journal-journal citation matrices by using CLUSTAN. (At that time CLUSTAN was available at the mainframe and output was through a HP graphics plotter. Nowadays, I have it running on my own PC.) At issue is the analytical quality of the various representations. Why is one representation better than another, and for which purposes? Since I submitted my contribution to another journal (see the abstract below), I am not volunteering to act as a referee in response to your call. ABSTRACT: The use of Pearson?s correlation coefficient in Author Cocitation Analysis was compared with Salton?s cosine measure in a number of recent contributions. The cosine is non-parametric and therefore insensitive to the number of zeros. However, a logarithmic transformation can also be applied in correlation analysis. Information calculus is based on logarithmic transformations and provides a non-parametric statistics. Using this methodology, one can cluster a document set in a precise way and express the differences in terms of bits of information. The decomposition is independent from assumptions about the shape of the distribution. The algorithm is explained and demonstrated using the data set which was made the subject of this discussion. I look forward to reading the announced contribution to your journal in print (in due time). With kind regards, Loet _____ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ The Challenge of Scientometrics ; The Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society > -----Original Message----- > From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Dale > (Journal of Information Science) > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:48 PM > To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU > Subject: [SIGMETRICS] A connectionist and multivariate > approach to science maps: SOM and statistics techniques > applied to Library & Information Science research > > > We have received the following paper for review: > > A connectionist and multivariate approach to science maps: > SOM and statistics techniques applied to Library & > Information Science research > > Abstract > -------- > The visualization of scientific field structures is a classic > application of scientometric studies. This paper presents a > domain analysis of the Library & Information Science > discipline based on author cocitation analysis (ACA) and > journal cocitation analysis (JCA). The techniques used for > map construction are the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) neural > algorithm, Ward?s clustering method and Multidimensional > Scaling (MDS). The results of this study are compared with > similar research developed by Howard White and Katherine McCain. > > We are looking for a panel of suitably qualified referees for > this paper > - if you feel you have the necessary background and could > complete the review in 28 days, please drop me an e-mail and > I'll forward the paper. The paper remains the copyright of > the author until it is accepted for publication - at which > point the copyright is assigned to the Chartered Institute of > Library and Information Professionals - CILIP. > > Adrian Dale > Editor > Journal of Information Science > ------------------------------ > EMail: Adrian.Dale at Creatifica.com > Tel: +44 1933 622624 > Fax: +44 870 127 8215 > Mobile: +44 7850 570007 > Paper: Creatifica House, 21 Water Lane, Chelveston, > Wellingborough, Northants, NN9 6AP, UK > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Andrea.Scharnhorst at NIWI.KNAW.NL Tue Feb 3 06:14:36 2004 From: Andrea.Scharnhorst at NIWI.KNAW.NL (Andrea Scharnhorst) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:14:36 +0100 Subject: Fwd: vacature - research position in an EU funded project Message-ID: research position in a EU funded project (for suitably qualified senior researcher a part time position is possible) Science is turning to e-science. An increasing part of on-line scientific communication and research is not (or only incomplete) visible in traditional S&T indicators. The WISER project seeks to explore the possibilities and problems in developing a new generation of Web based S&T indicators. Consult the attachment for more details. NIWI as co-ordinator of the WISER project has the following vacancy Junior Research Associate (M/F) Vacancy number PZ 021 (40 hours full-time *1) to work on an 18 month project entitled "Indicating Gender Relations in E-Science." Andrea Scharnhorst 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.nerdi.knaw.nl www.wiserweb.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Berna van.Agthoven" Subject: vacature Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:00:30 +0100 Size: 69417 URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Feb 5 15:09:25 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:09:25 -0500 Subject: Lee HC "Metasearch via the co-citation graph " IC' 03 ; Procceding of the International Conference on Internet Computing, Vols 1 and 2, 2003. p.24-30 CSRE A Press, Athens Message-ID: Lee Hyun Chul : leehyun at cs.toronto.edu TITLE : Metasearch via the co-citation graph - Full text available at: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~leehyun/ AUTHOR: Lee, HC SOURCE: IC' 03 ; Procceding of the International Conference on Internet Computing, Vols 1 and 2, 2003. p.24-30 CSRE A Press, Athens ADDRESS: Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Torontom Ontario M5S3G4 Abstract : Abstract?In spite of numerous search engines available on the web, no single engine is capable of performing ?better? under all circumstances. This being the case, metasearch engines have appeared. One major issue in metasearch engine design is the merging problem: given the ranked lists of pages returned by multiple search engines in response to a given query, what is the best way to combine these lists into a single list? In this paper, we present an algorithm based on the co-citation graph constructed from search engines and returned lists of pages to handle this issue. Our algorithm can be implemented in a simple and naive manner while based on a rigorous and intuitive treatment of the problem. Unlike those techniques that rely on the relevant scores of pages, our algorithm can be implemented using only the rank information. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Feb 5 15:40:51 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:40:51 -0500 Subject: Dannefer D "Cumulative advantage/disadvantage and the life course: Cross-fertilizing age and social science theory" JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 58 (6): S327-S337 NOV 2003 Message-ID: Professor Dale Dannefer : dale.dannefer at rochester.edu TITLE Cumulative advantage/disadvantage and the life course: Cross-fertilizing age and social science theory AUTHOR Dannefer D JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 58 (6): S327-S337 NOV 2003 Document type: Review Language: English Cited References: 141 Times Cited: 0 Explanation Abstract: Age and cumulative advantage/disadvantage theory have obvious logical, theoretical, and empirical connections, because both are inherently and irreducibly related to the passage of time. Over the past 15 years, these connections have resulted in the elaboration and application of the cumulative advantage-disadvantage perspective in social gerontology, especially in relation to issues of heterogeneity and inequality. However, its theoretical origins, connections, and implications are not widely understood. This article reviews the genesis of the cumulative advantage/disadvantage perspective in studies of science, its initial articulation with structural-functionalism, and its expanding importance for gerontology. It discusses its intellectual relevance for several other established theoretical paradigms in sociology, psychology, and economics. On the basis of issues deriving from these perspectives and from the accumulating body of work on cumulative advantage and disadvantage, I identify several promising directions for further research in gerontology. KeyWords Plus: UNITED-STATES, ADVANTAGE, INEQUALITY, HEALTH, EDUCATION, MOBILITY, DISADVANTAGE, ATTAINMENT, PATTERNS, INCOME Addresses: Dannefer D, Univ Rochester, Warner Grad Sch Educ & Human Dev, Dewey Hall 1-210, Rochester, NY 14627 USA Univ Rochester, Warner Grad Sch Educ & Human Dev, Rochester, NY 14627 USA Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Sociol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA Publisher: GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMER, 1275 K STREET NW SUITE 350, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-4006 USA IDS Number: 745WC ISSN: 1079-5014 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Feb 5 15:56:59 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:56:59 -0500 Subject: (a) Antonio Pulgar=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=EDn?= , (b) Isidoro Gil-Leiva "Bibliometric analysis of the automatic indexing literature: 1956-2000" Information Processing and Management 40, p.365-377, 2004 Message-ID: apulgue at alcazaba.unex.es (A. Pulgar?n), isgil at har.upv.es (I. Gil-Leiva). TITLE Bibliometric analysis of the automatic indexing literature: 1956-2000 Full Text Available at : http://ttt.upv.es/isgil/Articulo%20Analisis%20bibliometrico%20Ia%2070.pdf AUTHORS (a) Antonio Pulgar?n , (b) Isidoro Gil-Leiva JOURNAL Information Processing and Management 40, p.365-377, 2004 ADDRESS: (a) Faculty of Library & Information Science, University of Extremadura, La Alcazaba, 06071 Badajoz, Spain (b) Faculty of Computer Sciences, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Abstract We present a bibliometric study of a corpus of 839 bibliographic references about automatic indexing, covering the period 1956-2000. We analyse the distribution of authors and works, the obsolescence and its dispersion, and the distribution of the literature by topic, year, and source type. We conclude that: (i) there has been a constant interest on the part of researchers; (ii) the most studied topics were the techniques and methods employed and the general aspects of automatic indexing; (iii) the productivity of the authors does fit a Lotka distribution (Dmax = 0.02 and critical value = 0.054); (iv) the annual aging factor is 95%; and (v) the dispersion of the literature is low. Keywords: Automatic indexing; Scientific output; Bibliometric analysis From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Feb 5 16:03:42 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:03:42 -0500 Subject: Maestroni L, Incarnato N, Fumagalli E, Orzalesi N "Impact Factor and academic progression in Italy" INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE 44: 176 Suppl. 1 MAY 2003 Message-ID: Luca Maestroni : luca.maestro at libero.it TITLE Impact Factor and academic progression in Italy AUTHORS Maestroni L, Incarnato N, Fumagalli E, Orzalesi N JOURNAL INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE 44: 176 Suppl. 1 MAY 2003 Document type: Meeting Abstract Language: English Cited References: 0 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: San Paolo Hosp, Ophthalmol Eye Clin, Milan, Italy Publisher: ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, 12300 TWINBROOK PARKWAY, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852-1606 USA IDS Number: 709CH ISSN: 0146-0404 From mairead.browne at UTS.EDU.AU Thu Feb 5 16:57:45 2004 From: mairead.browne at UTS.EDU.AU (Mairead Browne) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:57:45 +1100 Subject: Unsubscribe Message-ID: Dear ASIS&T Please take me off this list. Thanks! Mairead Eugene Garfield wrote: > apulgue at alcazaba.unex.es (A. Pulgar?n),> isgil at har.upv.es (I. Gil-Leiva).>> TITLE Bibliometric analysis of the automatic indexing literature: 1956-2000> Full Text Available at : http://ttt.upv.es/isgil/Articulo%20Analisis%20bibliometrico%20Ia%2070.pdf>> AUTHORS (a) Antonio Pulgar?n , (b) Isidoro Gil-Leiva> JOURNAL Information Processing and Management 40, p.365-377, 2004>> ADDRESS: (a) Faculty of Library & Information Science, University of Extremadura, La Alcazaba, 06071 Badajoz, Spain> (b) Faculty of Computer Sciences, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain>> Abstract> We present a bibliometric study of a corpus of 839 bibliographic references about automatic> indexing, covering the period 1956-2000. We analyse the distribution of authors and works, the> obsolescence and its dispersion, and the distribution of the literature by topic, year, and source> type. We conclude that: (i) there has been a constant interest on the part of researchers; (ii) the> most studied topics were the techniques and methods employed and the general aspects of> automatic indexing; (iii) the productivity of the authors does fit a Lotka distribution (Dmax => 0.02 and critical value = 0.054); (iv) the annual aging factor is 95%; and (v) the dispersion of> the literature is low.>> Keywords: Automatic indexing; Scientific output; Bibliometric analysis UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER========================================================================This email message and any accompanying attachments may containconfidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do notread, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments.If you have received this message in error, please notify the senderimmediately and delete this message. 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Among others, the following experts from various academic disciplines, publishing houses and libraries took part: Jorge Allende (researcher from the Universidad de Chile) Atilio Bustos (Director of the PUCV Library System) Manuel Krauskopf (Editor of Biological Research) Claudio Menezes (Regional Advisor for UNESCO) Hooman Momen (editor of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization) Graciela Munoz (member of ICSU's CDSI committee, and editor of the Electronic Journal of Biotechnology) Abel Packer (Director of BIREME) Erik Sandewall (President of ICSU's CDSI Committee) Carol Tenopir (academician at the University of Tennessee) Jorge Walters(Coordinator of Information Technologies at BIREME). Tomass Baiget (Project Leader, Statistical Institute of Catalonia, and editor of the journal El Profesional de la Informacion) acted as the scientific informant. At the conclusion of the discussions, the following DECLARATION was drafted: 1. Experts and researchers must work in favor of scientific rigor, both adhering to the protocols of the established scientific methods in their experiments and research studies, and acting with honesty in their possible collaborations as referees when evaluating the work of their peers. Likewise, scientific rigor necessarily extends to the entire process of communication through scientific publications. 2. Journals must improve their production processes by using online technologies in order to reduce their publication times. 3. Assessments of reading habits and analyses of the market for electronic journals clearly confirm the fact that the Internet is already a place of convergence and the preferred medium for the transmission of scientific knowledge. 4. Managers of scientific journals are responsible for achieving their maximal dissemination, bringing with it greater visibility and accessibility. They should not only ensure that their contents and format are standardized but also that they are indexed in the greatest possible number of data bases and indexes, and that the complete texts are immediately available in multiple repositories. 5. Knowledge of the current bibliometric and scientometric indicators must be raised in order to ensure their proper application in the appropriate context and to prevent aberrations from occurring. To this end, the current vicious circle centralized in ISI must be broken, and we must evolve toward a different, decentralized model that does not put the science from determined zones and languages at a disadvantage. 6. Measures must be taken with governments, associations, professionals, and so forth in order to establish an alternative model for assessing scientific production, so that science that is not written in English is given the consideration it deserves in the global context. There cannot be "second class" avenues in the sciences. 7. Open software models and sources of information must be fostered to provide equal opportunity for everyone. 8. The gradual reduction in publishing costs as a result of electronic publication (given the fact that the costs of the production process are more and more being borne by the authors and readers) must inexorably lead to systems of communicating science that are open and managed by the scientific community itself. 9. Librarians and academicians are responsible for teaching students and users in general how to assess the quality of the information sources they use. 10. The scientific community must meet to analyze, discuss and propose publication norms in the electronic medium as soon as possible. =20 Further information on the II Latin American Workshop on Resources and Possibilities for Electronic Publication: http://www.icsep.info/ Photos: http://icsep.fotopic.net Valparaiso, January 15, 2004 (published on Febr. 4th 2004) From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Fri Feb 6 09:04:35 2004 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:04:35 +0100 Subject: Triple Helix V, Turin-Milan, 17-20 May 2005 Message-ID: The 5th TRIPLE HELIX CONFERENCE - Turin-Milan 2005 Thematics Areas : Research and Technological Innovation . _____ Research Centers : CeS&T - Centre of Science and Technology Policy . _____ Sponsor : To become a Sponsor of the 5th Triple Helix Conference, please contact the Organising Secretariat. _____ http://www.fondazionerosselli.it/User.it/index.php?PAGE=Sito_en/attivita _seminari1&semn_id=452 ** apologies for cross-postings The 5th Triple Helix Conference AIMS & OBJECTIVES The 5th Triple Helix Conference is to be held in Italy and will be organised by the Fondazione Rosselli. The topics of the 5th Triple Helix Conference will dealt with the Forms of Knowledge (Generation, Access and Capitalization of Knowledge) . This meeting will represent a work in progress about the questions that have emerged in the past conferences and an appropriate answer to the new demands for progress. The 5th Triple Helix Conference provides an opportunity to highlight the issues and draw a new group of participants into the research and policy debate. The aim of the conference is to show the different approaches of development research and the interaction between Industry, Govern and University at worldwide level. The Conference will host representatives of the Economic, Industrial, Academic and Political sphere, coming from the five continents. The Third World participation is a very important element for the success of the Triple Helix Conference. The Triple Helix Conference will be the opportunity to explain the new forms of development in the differents countries both at a regional and national level. During the three days in Torino a few visits to the town, either from a cultural and Industrial point of view, will be organized. The Conference could be an opportunity to open Torino and Piemonte to new markets for development and investments and the occasion to show the expertise of Regione Piemonte both at European and worldwide level. It will be an opportunity to set Piemonte as a platform, a show room and a means of interchange for new technologies and investments. --> The Triple Helix conferences - A BRIEF HISTORY --> The 5th Triple Helix Conference - AIMS & OBJECTIVES --> The 5th Triple Helix Conference - ORGANISING STRUCTURE --> The 5th Triple Helix Conference - LOCATION & CONFERENCE STRUCTURE --> THE HELIX METHAPHOR _____ Start Date: 17-May-2005 _____ End Date: 20-May-2005 _____ Address: "Torino Incontra" Congress Centre, via N. Costa 6 - TURIN (Italy) _____ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ The Challenge of Scientometrics ; The Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Crossmaps are a simple technique that maps relations among groups of entities (as opposed to the usual method of using MDS to map the entities themselves), and allows visualization and interpretation of overlapping relations. The technique is explained in a PNAS paper published this week: Morris, S. & Yen, G., (2004) "Crossmaps, visualization of overlapping relationships in collections for journal papers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. This paper reports on material presented at the NAS Sackler Colloquium on "Mapping Knowledge Domains" held May 9-11, 2003 in Irvine, California. The original poster presentation for this materical can be seen here , and constitutes a good summary of the information presented. Readers wishing to explore the example collection of papers on "complex networks" presented in the paper can do so here . Links labeled P, R, AP, AR, JP and JR, on the left side of the timeline plot can be used to get lists of papers, and ranked lists of references, paper authors, reference authors, paper journals and reference journals in the various clusters of papers in the collection. A second example, presented at the colloquium but not included in the paper because of space limitations demonstrates the use of crossmapping on a factor matrix from an author co-citation analysis taken from: H. White and K. W. McCain, "Visualizing a discipline: an author co-citation analysis of information science, 1972-1995," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 49, pp. 327-355, 1998. The plot from that example can be found here . A comparison study of Information Science authors, using about 14,000 abstracts from 12 Information Science journals is shown here . In my view, one of the most interesting aspects of the crossmaps paper is the entity-relation diagram of paper collections shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the paper. In the bibliometrics literature there are a confusing number of entity-types such as papers, references, terms, authors, and journals, and, usually with no distinction between reference authors and paper authors, reference journals and paper journals. There are usually four entity occurence distributions often discussed, Lotka's Law, Bradford's Law, Zipf's Law and the reference power law. A large number of co-occurence measures appear as well, co-citation, bibliographic coupling, author co-citation, co-authorship and co-words, for example. Additionally, many types of entity clusters are discussed: research fronts, co-citation clusters, author co-citation clusters and collaboration groups. The entity-relation diagram shown in Figure 1 of the paper, maps all of these entity-types, distributions, co-occurrences, and entity clusters in a logical and simple way. In my opinion. :-) Simplified versions of this diagram can be used as web navigation aids for showing results of bibliometrics studies, such as shown here , where a diagram provides links to plots of entity occurence distributions for a series of paper collections. (The links on the diagram are underlined blue text.) Note that journal co-citation is missing from the diagrams, but can be added by drawing lines between papers and reference journals, adding symmetry on the diagram with author co-citation. Any feedback or suggestions about this work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, S. Morris -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Steven A. Morris samorri at okstate.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering office: 405-744-1662 202 Engineering So. 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Furner : http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/jfurner.html Here is a two-part article that appeared in J. Lib. Info Sci. These are available as pdf files at : http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/03jolis-pt1-compact.pdf - Part I http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/03jolis-pt2-compact.pdf - Part II __________________________________________________________________________________________ full text pdf file : http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/03jolis-pt1-compact.pdf TITLE Little book, big book: before and after Little science, big science: a review article, Part I AUTHOR Furner J SOURCE JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 35 (2): 115-125 JUN 2003 Document type: Review Language: English Cited References: 62 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Since its publication in 1963, Derek Price's Little science, big science (LSBS) has achieved 'citation classic' status. Examination of the genesis of LSBS and the state of the discipline of the history of science in the UK and the USA in the late 1950s demonstrates that Price's ideas were formulated during a pivotal period in the development of socio-historical studies of science. Price's talent for innovation and synthesis at an unsettled but highly charged time, and his appreciation of the pioneering work in science studies of the crystallographer J.D. Bernal, are reflected in the uniquely profound and wide-ranging respects in which LSBS has contributed to the development of scientometric and sociological theory. KeyWords Plus: HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY Addresses: Furner J, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Informat Studies, 300 Young Dr N,Mailbox 951520, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Informat Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 6 BONHILL STREET, LONDON EC2A 4PU, ENGLAND IDS Number: 701DU ISSN: 0961-0006 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *ROYAL SOC ROYAL SOC EMP SCI C 1984 *ROYAL SOC ROYAL SOC SCI IINF C 1948 BARBER B SCI SOCIAL ORDER 1952 BEAVER D SOCIOL INQ 48 140 1978 BEAVER DD SCI SOCIAL ORDER 76 371 1985 BEDINI SA ANN I MUSEO STORIA S 9 95 1984 BERNAL JD SCI HIST 1954 BERNAL JD SCI IND 19 CENTURY 1953 BERNAL JD SOCIAL FUNCTION SCI 1939 BRUSH SG SCIENCE 183 1164 1974 BUTTERFIELD H ORIGINS MODERN SCI 1 1949 BUTTERFIELD H WHIG INTERPRETATION 1931 CARR EH WHAT HIST 1961 CONANT JB UNDERSTANDGING SCI H 1947 CRAWFORD S B MED LIB ASS 72 238 1984 GALISON P BIG SCI GROWTH LARGE 1992 GARFIELD E CITATION INDEXING IT 1979 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 5 1982 GARFIELD E CURRENT CONTENTS 43 3 1985 GARFIELD E CURRENT CONTENTS 23 3 1984 GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 7 487 1985 GRIFFITH BC SCIENTOMETRICS 6 5 1984 HAGSTROM WO SCI COMMUNITY 1965 HALL AR SCI COMMUNITY 75 22 1984 HERNER S SUPPLEMENT DICT AM L 98 1990 HESSEN B SCI CROSS ROADS 149 1931 JUSTICE A 2 C HIST HER SCI TEC 2002 KOCHEN M J AM SOC INFORM SCI 35 147 1984 KOYRE A ETUDES GALILEENNES 1939 KUHN TS ETUDES GALILEENNES 75 29 1984 KUHN TS STRUCTURE SCI REVOLU 1962 LOTKA AJ J WASHINGTON ACADEMY 16 317 1926 MACKAY A SOC STUD SCI 14 315 1984 MERTON RK AM SOCIOL REV 22 635 1957 MERTON RK J LEGAL POLITICAL SO 1 115 1942 MERTON RK SCI TECHNOLOGY SOC 1 1938 MUDDIMAN D 2 C HIST HER SCI TEC 2002 NEEDHAM J HEAVENLY CLOCKWORK G 1960 NEEDHAM J SCI CIVILISATION CHI 1 1954 PRICE DD GEARS GREEKS ANTIKYT 1974 PRICE DD METRIC SCI 69 1978 PRICE DJ 6 C INT HIST SCI AMS 1 413 1950 PRICE DJ ARCH INT HIST SCI 4 85 1951 PRICE DJ EQUATORIE PLANETIS 1955 PRICE DJ SOCIOL SCI 516 1962 PRICE DJD BASIC COLL Q 4 6 1959 PRICE DJD CURR CONTENTS 29 18 1983 PRICE DJD DISCOVERY 17 240 1956 PRICE DJD LITTLE SCI BIG SCI 1986 PRICE DJD LITTLE SCI BIG SCI 1963 PRICE DJD SCI BABYLON 1961 PRICE DJD SCI SCI 195 1964 PRICE DJD SCIENCE 149 510 1965 ROSE H JD BERNAL LIFE SCI P 132 1999 ROSSITER MW JD BERNAL LIFE SCI P 75 95 1984 SARTON G HIST SCI NEW HUMANIS 1931 SARTON G INTRO HIST SCI 1 1927 SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43 628 1992 SNOW CP 2 CULTURES SCI REVOL 1959 TOULMIN S DAEDALUS 106 143 1977 VICKERY B J DOC 54 281 1998 WEINBERG AM SCIENCE 134 161 1961 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jfurner/03jolis-pt2-compact.pdf TITLE Little book, big book: before and after little science, big science: a review article, Part II AUTHOR Furner J SOURCE JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 35 (3): 189-201 SEP 2003 Document type: Review Language: English Cited References: 74 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: A bibliometric analysis, updating Garfield's previous study of 1985, shows that Derek Price's Little science, big science (LSBS) has been cited on more than 1,500 occasions since its publication in 1963. Content analysis of these citations shows that Price's work has inspired the formation and subsequent development of several distinct communities of scholarly practice, including the history, sociology, politics and 'science' of science. In library and information science, LSBS is best remembered for its model of the exponential growth of scientific literature. Recent scientometric work has demonstrated that other mathematical models may prove a better fit to data on the actual growth of the literature in various fields; of these alternatives, the power model is most commonly invoked as an all-purpose descriptor of growth processes in electronic communication systems such as the Web. Price's work thus retains its relevance, 40 years on, for the webometricians of today. KeyWords Plus: SQUARE-ROOT LAW, GROWTH, OBSOLESCENCE, SIZE, COLLABORATION, PRODUCTIVITY, NETWORKS, LIBRARY, IMPACT, NUMBER Addresses: Furner J, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Informat Studies, 300 Young Dr N,Mailbox 951520, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Informat Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 6 BONHILL STREET, LONDON EC2A 4PU, ENGLAND IDS Number: 728VJ ISSN: Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ULRICHS PERIODICALS 1932 ARCHIBALD G SCIENTOMETRICS 20 173 1991 BARABASI AL LINKED NEW SCI NETW 2002 BARR KP J DOC 23 110 1967 BEAVER DD ISIS 76 371 1985 BERNAL JD SOCIAL FUNCTION SCI 1939 BRADFORD SC ENGINEERING-LONDON 137 85 1934 CHUBIN D SOCIOLOGY SCI ANNOTA 1983 COLE FJ SCI PROGR 11 578 1917 COZZENS SE SCIENTOMETRICS 7 431 1985 CRANE D AM SOCIOL REV 30 699 1965 CRANE D INVISIBLE COLL 1972 DREHER C NATION 197 14 1963 EGGHE L INFORM PROCESS MANAG 28 201 1992 EGGHE L J AM SOC INFORM SCI 51 1004 2000 EGGHE L J INFORM SCI 12 193 1986 EGGHE L SCIENTOMETRICS 25 5 1992 ELKANA Y METRIC SCI ADVENT SC 1978 GARFIELD E CURRENT CONTENTS 43 3 1985 GARFIELD E CURRENT CONTENTS 23 3 1984 GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 7 487 1985 GILBERT GN SCI STUD 4 279 1974 GILBERT GN SCIENTOMETRICS 1 9 1974 GLANZEL W SCIENTOMETRICS 7 211 1985 GOLDBERG S SCIENCE 140 639 1963 GOLDSMITH M SCI SCI 1964 GOTTSCHALK CM AM DOC 14 188 1963 GROSS PLK SCIENCE 66 385 1927 GUPTA BM SCIENTOMETRICS 53 161 2002 HAGSTROM WO ADM SCI Q 9 241 1964 HAGSTROM WO SCI COMMUNITY 1965 HARGENS L SOCIOL INQ 48 121 1978 HESS DJ SCI STUDIES ADV INTR 1997 HOLTON G DAEDALUS 91 362 1962 HUBERMAN BA LAWS WEB PATTERNS EC 2001 HULME EW STAT BIBLIO RELATION 1923 KAPLAN NR J AM SOC INFORM SCI 51 324 2000 LEYDESDORFF LA CHALLENGE SCIENTOMET 1995 LIEVROUW LA SCHOLARLY COMMUNICAT 59 1990 LINE M INT SOC SCI J 28 122 1976 LINE MB J AM SOC INFORM SCI 38 307 1987 LINE MB J DOC 30 283 1974 LOTKA AJ J WASHINGTON ACADEMY 16 317 1926 MEADOWS J WEB KNOWLEDGE FESTSC 87 2000 MERTON RK SCIENCE 159 56 1968 MOLYNEUX RE GOOD ORDER ESSAYS HO 85 1994 MOLYNEUX RE LIB CULTURE 29 297 1994 MOLYNEUX RE LIBR INFORM SCI RES 8 5 1986 MORAVCSIK MJ RES POLICY 2 266 1973 MULLINS N THEORIES THEORY GROU 1973 NEWMAN MEJ P NATL ACAD SCI USA 98 404 2001 NICHOLLS PT INFORMATION PROCESSI 24 469 1988 OTLET P TRAITE DOCUMENTATION 1934 PERSSON O CURR SCI INDIA 79 590 2000 PRICE DJ ARCH INT HIST SCI 4 85 1951 PRICE DJD AM PSYCHOL 21 1011 1966 PRICE DJD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 27 292 1976 PRICE DJD LITTLE SCI BIG SCI 1986 PRICE DJD SCI BABYLON 1961 PRICE DJD SCIENCE 149 510 1965 RESCHER N SCI PROGR PHILOS ESS 1978 RIDER F SCHOLAR FUTURE RES L 1944 ROUSSEAU JJ SOCIAL CONTRACT 101 1762 TABAH AN INFORM PROCESS MANAG 28 61 1992 TAGUE J LIBR TRENDS 30 125 1981 TODOROV R J INFORM SCI 14 47 1988 VANRAAN AFJ HDB QUANTITATIVE STU 1988 VICKERY BC INFORMATION ENV WORL 101 1990 VICKERY BC SCI COMMUNICATION HI 2000 VLACHY J SCIENTOMETRICS 7 505 1985 WHITE HD J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 52 87 2001 WOLFRAM D INFORMETRICS 89 90 355 1990 WOOTTON CB TRENDS SIZE GROWTH C 1977 ZIMAN J INTRO SCI STUDIES PH 1984 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Feb 6 13:50:58 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:50:58 -0500 Subject: Thelwall M, Vaughan L, Cothey V, Li XM, Smith AG "Which academic subjects have most online impact? A pilot study and a new classification process" ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 27 (5): 333-343 2003 Message-ID: E-MAIL: THELWALL M. - m.thelwall at wlv.ac.uk TITLE Which academic subjects have most online impact? A pilot study and a new classification process AUTHORS Thelwall M, Vaughan L, Cothey V, Li XM, Smith AG JOURNAL ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 27 (5): 333-343 2003 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 40 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The use of the Web by academic researchers is discipline-dependent and highly variable. It is increasingly central for sharing information, disseminating results and publicising research projects. This pilot study seeks to identify the subjects that have the most impact on the Web, and look for national differences in online subject visibility. The highest impact sites were from computing, but there were major national differences in the impact of engineering and technology sites. Another difference was that Taiwan had more high impact non-academic sites hosted by universities. As a pilot study, the classification process itself was also investigated and the problems of applying subject classification to academic Web sites discussed. The study draws out a number of issues in this regard, having no simple solutions and point to the need to interpret the results with caution. Author Keywords: worldwide Web, subject cataloguing, classification, universities KeyWords Plus: WORLD-WIDE-WEB, SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION, SEARCH ENGINE, LINKS, BIBLIOMETRICS, SITES Addresses: Thelwall M, Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & IT, Wolverhampton WV1 1DJ, W Midlands, England Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & IT, Wolverhampton WV1 1DJ, W Midlands, England Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Informat Management, Wellington, New Zealand Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 60/62 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD BD8 9BY, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND IDS Number: 757WZ ISSN: 1468-4527 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ID *UNESCO INT STAND CLASS ED 1997 AGUILLO IF ONLINE INFORMATION 9 239 1998 ALMIND TC J DOC 53 404 1997 BORGMAN CL ANNU REV INFORM SCI 36 3 2002 BRIN S COMPUT NETWORKS ISDN 30 107 1998 CRONIN B J INFORM SCI 27 1 2001 DAVENPORT E WEB KNOWLEDGE FESTSC 517 2000 DEVADASON F P ASIST 2001 224 2001 FINHOLT TA ANNU REV INFORM SCI 36 73 2002 GAIRIN JMR REV ESPANOLA DOCUMEN 20 175 1997 GIBBON M NEW PRODUCTION KNOWL 1994 GIBBONS M CHANGING MODES NEW K 34 2000 GLANZEL W SCIENTOMETRICS 50 199 2001 HAWKING D INFORMATION TECHNOLO 307 2000 HYLAND K DISCIPLINARY DISCOUR 2000 INGWERSEN P J DOC 54 236 1998 JENKINS C COMPUT NETWORKS ISDN 30 646 1998 KLEINBERG JM J ACM 46 604 1999 KLING R J AM SOC INFORM SCI 51 1306 2000 KLING R J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50 890 1999 KRAAK A CHANGING MODES NEW K 34 2000 LARSON R P 59 ANN M AM SOC IN 71 1996 MCMILLAN SJ JOURNALISM MASS COMM 77 80 2000 MIDDLETON I J INFORM SCI 25 219 1999 MOED HF NATURE 415 731 2002 RONAYNE C ATSE FOCUS 1997 ROUSSEAU R CYBERMETRICS 1 1997 SMITH A SCIENTOMETRICS 54 363 2002 TANG R IN PRESS LIB INFORMA 2003 THELWALL M IN PRESS LIB INFORMA 2004 THELWALL M IN PRESS SCIENTAMETR 2003 THELWALL M J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53 995 2002 THELWALL M J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 52 1157 2001 THELWALL M J DOC 56 185 2000 THELWALL M J INFORM SCI 28 485 2002 THELWALL M J INFORM SCI 27 319 2001 THELWALL M PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE 2001 VAUGHAN L J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 54 29 2003 WEARE C SOC SCI COMPUT REV 18 272 2000 WILKINSON D J INFORM SCI 29 59 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Feb 6 13:54:41 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:54:41 -0500 Subject: Jelka Petrak, Jadranka Bo=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=9Eikov?= "Journal Publications from Zagreb University Medical School in 1995-1999 " Croatian Medical Journal 44(6). p.681-689 December 2003. Message-ID: Jelka Petrak : petrak at mef.hr TITLE Journal Publications from Zagreb University Medical School in 1995-1999 AUTHORS Jelka Petrak, Jadranka Bo?ikov1 JOURNAL Croatian Medical Journal 44(6). p.681-689 December 2003. KeyWords: bibliometrics; Croatia; schools; medical; periodicals; publishing, Research Performance; Faculty Aim. To analyze a five-year publication output of the Zagreb University Medical School in scientific journals, especially in the journals covered by the Current Contents (CC), bibliographic database of the Institute for Scientific Information. Methods. Medical School of the Zagreb University is organized in 10 preclinical, 6 public health, and 17 clinical departments, with 359 faculty members. Research activity is important for the academic promotion, with the number of publications (especially in journals covered by CC) and their impact as a key element. Bibliographic data on the published papers by the authors affiliated to the Zagreb University Medical School in the 1995-1999 period were searched in the CC and Biomedicina Croatica databases, according to the official faculty name list. The collected data were classified into three groups according to the source journals: papers published in international journals covered by the CC, Croatian journals covered by the CC, and Croatian journals not covered by the CC. The publication production was measured on individual and departmental levels by using two counting schemes: a) full publication to each author/department; and b) an equal fraction of a publication (1/n) to each author/department. Results. In the 1995-1999 period, the faculty published 578 papers in the journals covered by the CC, 22.6% of them in the subset of Croatian journals. The differences among departments were considerable, with publishing activity per faculty member varying from 0.25 to 6.23 papers in CC journals and from 0.0 to 15.8 in Croatian non-CC journals. Preclinical departments published significantly less in the Croatian journals indexed in the CC then public health and clinical departments. There was a high variance in the number of publications on the individual level, with the 15.4% of the faculty in the professor rank and 45% in the assistant rank who did not publish a single paper in journals covered by the CC in the analyzed period. On the contrary, 10.1% of professors and 6.0% of assistants published more than 10 and more than 4 CC-indexed papers, respectively. A number of authors who have been very productive in international journals indexed in the CC (11 or more papers) did not publish in Croatian journals indexed in the same database, and vice versa. Conclusion. Publication output of the Zagreb University Medical School shows imbalances characteristic of a small scientific community: productivity with extreme values, relatively unsatisfactory number of papers published in the international journals covered by the CC database as compared to their importance in the process of the academic promotion, and disproportional role of certain domestic journals covered by the CC. Key words: bibliometrics; Croatia; schools, medical; periodicals; publishing From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Feb 6 17:13:25 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 17:13:25 -0500 Subject: Carretero Perez A "Anales-del-Museo-del-Pueblo-Espanol and Anales-del-Museo-Nacional-de-Antropologia. Bibliometric approach" REVISTA DE DIALECTOLOGIA Y TRADICIONES POPULARES 57 (1): 207-218 2002 Message-ID: TITLE Anales-del-Museo-del-Pueblo-Espanol and Anales-del-Museo-Nacional-de-Antropologia. Bibliometric approach AUTHOR Carretero Perez A JOURNAL REVISTA DE DIALECTOLOGIA Y TRADICIONES POPULARES 57 (1): 207-218 2002 Document type: Article Language: Spanish Cited References: 6 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The author presents a preliminary bibliometric discussion of the journal Anales, originally published by the National Museum of the Spanish people and in recent years by the National Museum of Anthropology after the incorporation of the former museum into the latter. Though at the service of this museum, Anales is open to contributions from outside, which address an increasingly wide range of topics as importance of the journal for Spanish researchers grows. Author Keywords: National Museum of the Spanish People, National Museum of Ethnology, National Museum of Anthropology, bibliometric approach, Spanish ethnography, ethnological heritage Addresses: Carretero Perez A, Museo Nacl Anthropol, Madrid, Spain Museo Nacl Anthropol, Madrid, Spain Publisher: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, INSTITUTO DE FILOLOGIA, DUQUE MEDINACELI, 6, 28014 MADRID, SPAIN IDS Number: 612TC ISSN: 0034-7981 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ID BERGESSORIANO PM ANALES MUSEO NACIONA 65 1996 CARRETEROPEREZ A ANNALES MUSEO NACION 209 1994 CARRETEROPEREZ A DICC HIST ANTHROPOL 68 1994 RODRIGUEZALCAID.A TRABAJOS PREHIST 50 11 1993 ROVIRALLORENS S B ASS ESPANOLA AMIGO 34 57 1994 VILLAGRARUBIO A SCIENTOMETRICS 24 3 1992 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Sun Feb 8 09:23:06 2004 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:23:06 +0000 Subject: DOAJ, OAIster and Romeo should chart growth, as EPrints does In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Kat Hagedorn wrote: > I have the [OAIster] numbers you were looking for > http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/ > with the usual caveat that these are the full-text digital objects > linked to from all the records we harvest, not just the self-archived > eprint records. I can tell you that we currently successfully harvest > from about 80 eprint repositories (this number changes month to month > due to connection errors and the like). > Numbers overall seem to have grown 23% in 5 months. > > All text items: 1,509,762 > 2004 text items: 1,324 > 2003 text items: 243,558 > 2002 text items: 172,129 > 2001 text items: 152,026 > 2000 text items: 106,617 > 1999 text items: 85,029 > 1998 text items: 77,687 > 1997 text items: 56,777 > 1996 text items: 44,921 > 1995 text items: 39,807 > 1994 text items: 28,809 > 1993 text items: 21,074 > 1992 text items: 13,247 > 1991 text items: 6,523 > 1990 text items: 5,701 > > - Kat Hagedorn http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/ Thanks ever so much, Kat. Those data are terrific! Is there any possibility that you could make that analysis into a regular feature of the OAIster homepage, either as a periodic static snapshot or, better still, a dynamically updated one of: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/self-archiving_files/Slide0023.gif A comparable dynamic analyzer for the Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ homepage http://www.doaj.org/ would be extremely useful and informative too, as well as such an analyzer for the new SHERPA/ROMEO tally of "green" journals (number of journals officially endorsing self-archiving). http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/romeo/Romeo%20Publisher%20Policies.htm These 3 highly related sets of data should be interlinked to one another, to provide a clear indicator of the ongoing worldwide growth of OA in all respects (growth in (1) the number of OA archives and self-archived OA articles in them, (2) growth in the number OA journals and OA articles in them, and (3) growth in the number of "green" journals, hence the minimum number of *potentially* OA articles!). Tim Brody has now created such a visualizer for 126 OAI Archives http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?page=all as well as an analyzer of the growth rate for both archives and papers among (1) 62 exclusively institutional archives as well as among (2) 93 eprints.org archives only: http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=analysis Something like that for all of OAister, DOAJ and Romeo would be a tremendous help, an eye-opener for the world research community, and a great stimulant for OA. Stevan Harnad Relevant AmSci Subject Threads: "DOAJ, OAIster and Romeo should chart growth, as EPrints does" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3495.html "How to compare research impact of toll- vs. open-access research" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2858.html "Request for journal/article/field statistics from Ulrichs and ISI" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2972.html "SHERPA will take over the Romeo Publisher Policy Table" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3100.html From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 9 15:48:50 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:48:50 -0500 Subject: Stack S. "Research productivity and student evaluation of teaching in social science classes: A research note" RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION 44 (5): 539-556 OCT 2003 Message-ID: Steven Stack : aa1051 at wayne.edu TITLE Research productivity and student evaluation of teaching in social science classes: A research note AUTHOR Stack S JOURNAL RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION 44 (5): 539-556 OCT 2003 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 53 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Research on the relationship between research productivity and student evaluations of teaching (SETs) has been marked by several shortcomings. First, research typically fails to check and adjust for nonlinear distributions in research productivity. Since approximately 15% of researchers account for most articles and citations (e.g., Zuckerman, H., Handbook of Sociology, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA, pp. 511-574, 1988), this failure might explain weak or nonsignificant findings in some of the past research. Second, the unit of analysis is typically the instructor, not the class. Since top researchers might disproportionately teach small classes at the graduate level, and that SETs are usually higher in such classes, the small relationships between research excellence and SETS found in previous research may be spurious. The present study corrects for each of these issues. It analyzes data from 167 classes in the social sciences and on 65 faculty. The quality of research productivity (raw citations/post-PhD year) is not related to SETs. However, when the distribution of citations is corrected for skewness, a significant positive relationship between research productivity and SETs emerges. This relationship survives controls for course and instructor characteristics, and holds for both the faculty member and the class as units of analysis. This is the first systematic investigation to demonstrate a significant relationship between the quality of research (citations) and SETs. Author Keywords: student evaluations, faculty evaluation, research productivity, publishing, teaching KeyWords Plus: LIBERAL-ARTS-COLLEGE, PEER RATINGS, FACULTY, TEACHERS, PERSONALITY, UNIVERSITY, INSTRUCTOR, VALIDITY, COURSES, SERVICE Addresses: Stack S, Wayne State Univ, Dept Criminal Justice, 2305 Fac Adm Bldg, Detroit, MI 48202 USA Wayne State Univ, Dept Criminal Justice, Detroit, MI 48202 USA Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC-HUMAN SCIENCES PRESS, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1578 USA IDS Number: 723JU ISSN: 0361- Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ID ABRAMI PC J EDUC PSYCHOL 82 219 1990 ALEAMONI LM INSTR SCI 9 67 1980 ALLEN M J ASS COMMUN ADM 2 77 1996 ARNETT K J ED BUS 64 268 1989 BRODIE D CAN J HIGHER ED 28 1 1998 CASHIN WE J EDUC PSYCHOL 84 563 1992 CLARK BR PLACES INQUIRY RES A 1995 CRAWSHAW B HIGH EDUC 14 665 1985 DEWOLF V STUDENT RATINGS INST 1974 FELDMAN KA RES HIGH EDUC 34 151 1993 FELDMAN KA RES HIGH EDUC 26 227 1987 FELDMAN KA RES HIGH EDUC 24 139 1986 FELDMAN KA RES HIGH EDUC 21 45 1984 FELDMAN KA RES HIGH EDUC 18 3 1983 FOX MF SOCIOL EDUC 65 293 1992 FREY PW RES HIGH EDUC 9 69 1978 FRIEDRICH RJ J HIGH EDUC 54 145 1983 GOLDBERGER M RES DOCTORATE PROGRA 1995 GOMEZMEJIA LR ACAD MANAGE J 35 921 1992 GREENWALD AG AM PSYCHOL 52 1209 1997 HATTIE J REV EDUC RES 66 507 1996 KREMER J RES HIGH EDUC 32 351 1991 KREMER JF J EDUC PSYCHOL 82 213 1990 LIDDLE BJ PSYCHOL REP 80 339 1997 LIN W ED J 20 49 1992 LINSKY AS J HIGH EDUC 46 89 1975 LOTKA AJ J WASHINGTON ACADEMY 16 317 1926 LUEWIG J ED RES Q 21 27 1997 MAGNER D CHRON HIGH ED 5 A18 1997 MARSH HW INT J ED RES 11 253 1987 MARSH HW J HIGH EDUC 73 603 2002 MICHALAK SJ J HIGH ED 52 578 1981 MURRAY HG J EDUC PSYCHOL 82 250 1990 NEUMANN R AUST J EDUC 40 5 1996 PLANT WT CLIN PSYCHOL 23 15 1970 RADMACHER SA J PSYCHOL 135 259 2001 RAMSDEN P HIGH EDUC 23 273 1992 RATZ HC IEEE T EDUC 18 122 1975 ROTHMAN AI RES HIGH EDUC 3 29 1975 RUSHTON JP SCIENTOMETRICS 5 93 1983 SAILOR P ASSESS EVAL HIGHER E 22 261 1997 SHAPIRO EG RES HIGH EDUC 31 135 1990 STACK S J CRIM JUSTICE ED 11 251 2000 STACK S J CRIMINAL JUSTICE E 12 19 2001 STACK S SOCIAL FOCUS 35 285 2002 TANNER JR J ED BUS 68 361 1992 TRICK LR OPTOM ED 18 88 1993 WACHTEL HK ASSESSMENT EVALUATIO 23 191 1998 WEBSTER DS EDUC REC 66 60 1985 WILLIAMS W CHANGE 29 12 1997 WILSON R CHRON HIGHER EDUC 16 A12 1998 XIE Y AM SOCIOL REV 63 847 1998 ZUCKERMAN H HDB SOCIOLOGY 511 1988 0365 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 9 15:58:46 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:58:46 -0500 Subject: Smyth R, Bhattacharya M "How fast do old judges slow down? A life cycle study of aging and productivity in the Federal Court of Australia" INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS 23(2):141-164 June 2003 Message-ID: Russell Smyth : Russell.Smyth at BusEco.monash.edu.au NOTE: "Their conclusion is that in general the decline of productivity with aging in the hard sciences is very pronounced. McDowell (1982) eamines the relationship between aging and productivity amongst academics in the humanities and physical sciences. He finds less rapid declines with aging than Legin and Stephan (1991). Similar to Stephan and Levin (1992), though, McDowell (1982) finds that productivity peaks relatively early in the hard sciences, while productivity peaks later amongst English and history professors." TITLE How fast do old judges slow down? A life cycle study of aging and productivity in the Federal Court of Australia AUTHORS Smyth R, Bhattacharya M JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS 23 (2): 141-164 JUN 2003 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 45 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This article examines the relationship between aging and productivity in the Federal Court of Australia. The findings support the life-cycle hypothesis, which suggests that the age-citation profile should increase, reach a peak and then decline with age. These results indicate that the age-citation profile of judges is similar to other professions such as academia. The results continue to hold when we control for human capital accumulation, differences in abilities and changes in the appointment process over time. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Author Keywords: aging, Federal Court of Australia, judicial productivity KeyWords Plus: CO-AUTHORSHIP, DETERMINANTS, ECONOMICS, SCIENTISTS, PRESTIGE, SCIENCE, APPEALS, AGE Addresses: Smyth R, Monash Univ, Dept Econ, POB 11E, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia Monash Univ, Dept Econ, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA IDS Number: 723HK Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ID BARNETT AH REV ECON STAT 70 539 1988 BENPORATH Y J POLITICAL EC 75 352 1967 BHATTACHARYA M AUSTR EC PAPERS 40 199 2001 BHATTACHARYA M J LEGAL STUD 30 223 2001 COLE S AM J SOCIOL 84 958 1979 DAVIS J AM ECON 45 86 2000 DEVLIN P JUDGE 1979 DIAMOND A SCIENTOMETRICS 6 186 1984 DIAMOND AM J GERONTOL 41 520 1986 GOODWIN TH SOUTH ECON J 61 728 1995 GULATI M LAW CONTEMP PROBL 61 157 1998 HOLTMANN AG J BUS 43 410 1970 HUDSON J J ECON PERSPECT 10 153 1996 KILLINGWORTH M LABOR SUPPLY 1983 KIRBY M AUSTR BAR REV 12 121 1994 KIRBY M SYDNEY LAW REV 19 514 1997 KLEIN D J LEGAL STUD 28 371 1999 KOSMA MN J LEGAL STUD 1 27 333 1998 KRIBY M AUSTR BAR REV 9 93 1992 LANDES WM J LAW ECON 19 249 1976 LANDES WM J LEGAL STUD 1 27 271 1998 LEHMAN H AGE ACHIEVEMENT 1953 LEVIN SG AM ECON REV 81 114 1991 MCCORMICK P OSGOODE HALL L J 33 453 1996 MCDOWELL JM AM ECON REV 72 752 1982 MCDOWELL JM REV ECON STAT 65 155 1983 MERRYMAN JH STANFORD LAW REV 6 613 1954 OSTER SM REV ECON STAT 80 154 1998 POSNER R AGING OLD AGE 1995 POSNER R CARDOZO STUDY JUDICI 1990 POSNER R FED COURTS CHALLENGE 1996 POSNER RA AM L EC REV 2 381 2000 POSNER RA YALE LAW J 104 511 1994 ROSEN S RES LABOR EC 1 1977 RYDER HE INT ECON REV 17 651 1976 SALZBERGER E J LAW ECON 42 831 1999 SMYTH R ADEL L REV 21 51 1999 SMYTH R AUSTL BUS L REV 28 5 2000 SMYTH R MONASH U L REV 25 29 1999 SMYTH R U QUEENSLAND LAW J 21 7 2000 STEPHAN P STRIKING MOTHER LODE 1992 STERN N SOC STUD SCI 8 127 1978 WINTERTON G MELBOURNE U LAW REV 16 185 1987 YOUNG PW AUSTR LAW J 70 513 1996 ZUCKERMAN HA SCI ELITE NOBEL LAUR 1977 0144-8188 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 9 16:04:30 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:04:30 -0500 Subject: Huang Z, Chen HC, Yip A, Ng G, Guo F, Chen ZK, Roco MC " Longitudinal patent analysis for nanoscale science and engineering: Country, institution and technology field" JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH 5 (3-4): 333-363 AUG 2003 Message-ID: ZAN HUANG : zhuang at eller.arizona.edu TITLE Longitudinal patent analysis for nanoscale science and engineering: Country, institution and technology field AUTHORS Huang Z, Chen HC, Yip A, Ng G, Guo F, Chen ZK, Roco MC JOURNAL JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH 5 (3-4): 333-363 AUG 2003 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 18 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: Nanoscale science and engineering (NSE) and related areas have seen rapid growth in recent years. The speed and scope of development in the field have made it essential for researchers to be informed on the progress across different laboratories, companies, industries and countries. In this project, we experimented with several analysis and visualization techniques on NSE-related United States patent documents to support various knowledge tasks. This paper presents results on the basic analysis of nanotechnology patents between 1976 and 2002, content map analysis and citation network analysis. The data have been obtained on individual countries, institutions and technology fields. The top 10 countries with the largest number of nanotechnology patents are the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Australia. The fastest growth in the last 5 years has been in chemical and pharmaceutical fields, followed by semiconductor devices. The results demonstrate potential of information-based discovery and visualization technologies to capture knowledge regarding nanotechnology performance, transfer of knowledge and trends of development through analyzing the patent documents. Author Keywords: patent analysis, nanotechnology, nanoscience, knowledge discovery, information visualization, self-organizing map, citation networks Addresses: Huang Z, Univ Arizona, Eller Coll Business & Publ Adm, Dept Management Informat Syst, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA Univ Arizona, Eller Coll Business & Publ Adm, Dept Management Informat Syst, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA Natl Sci Fdn, Arlington, VA 22230 USA Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 717QA ISSN: Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ID *AUR SYST AUR ONL SERV 2002 CHEN HC J AM SOC INFORM SCI 49 582 1998 CHEN SS J VIS COMMUN IMAGE R 7 1 1996 CHEN XY CHINESE EDUC SOC 34 71 2001 GANSNER ER SOFTWARE PRACT EXPER 30 1203 2000 GARFIELD E CITATION INDEXING IT 1979 GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122 108 1955 KARKI MM 19269272 WO 1997 LIN C J MANAGEMENT INFORMA 16 57 2000 MACKINLAY JD P CHI 95 ACM C HUM F 67 1999 NARIN F TECH LINE BACKGROUND 2000 ONG TH IN PRESS DECISION SU 2003 OPPENHEIM C WEB KNOWLEDGE 2000 ROCO MC J NANOPART RES 3 5 2001 ROCO MC NANOTECHNOLOGY RES D 2000 SCHMOCH U SCIENTOMETRICS 26 193 1993 SCHWARTZ EI TECHNOL REV MAY 55 2003 SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50 799 1999 1388-0764 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 9 16:19:22 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:19:22 -0500 Subject: Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H, de los Santos-Roig M "Bibliometric analysis of Latin-American psychological journals with an impact factor" REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA 20 (2): 315-326 DEC 2003 Message-ID: Gualberto Buela-Casal : gbuela at ugr.es The authors refer to : Garfield E "The meaning of the Impact Factor" Revista Internacional de Psicolog?a Cl?nica y de la Salud/ (International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology) 2003, Vol. 3, N? 2, pp. 363-369. The URL for the full text should be of interesto SIGMETRICS readers. http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/meaningofif2003.pdf TITLE Bibliometric analysis of Latin-American psychological journals with an impact factor AUTHORS Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H, de los Santos-Roig M JOURNAL REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA 20 (2): 315-326 DEC 2003 Document type: Article Language: Spanish Cited References: 90 Times Cited: 0 Explanation Abstract: A bibliometric analysis of two Latin-American psychological journals with an impact factor (Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia and Revista Mexicana de Psicologia) is presented. A descriptive survey is made through the analysis of the total number of articles published during 2001 and 2002. Some of the indexes provided by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), such as total quotations per year, immediate index, impact factor, and weighted impact factor, as well as others proposed by these authors. Also, the average number of authors per article in these journals was analyzed, as well as their productivity throughout the time period comprised. Results show a high similarity between both journals. Author Keywords: weighted impact factor, bibliometric analysis, Latin-American psychological journals KeyWords Plus: SELF-CONCEPT, OLD-AGE, REFLEXIVITY-IMPULSIVITY, PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES, MEXICAN, BEHAVIOR, CHILDREN, HEALTH, CONSCIOUSNESS, PERSONALITY Addresses: Buela-Casal G, Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, E-18071 Granada, Spain Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, E-18071 Granada, Spain Cited References Bibliometric analysis of Latin-American psychological journals with an impact factor Buela-Casal G, Carretero-Dios H, de los Santos-Roig M REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA 20 (2): 315-326 DEC 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year J CIT REP 2002 ACUNA L REV MEX PSICOL 19 115 2002 AGUILAR A REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 11 2001 AGUILAR J REV MEX PSICOL 18 265 2001 ALCAIN MD PAPELES PSICOLOGO 22 34 2002 ALVA EA REV MEX PSICOL 18 301 2001 ALVAREZ G REV MEX PSICOL 19 47 2002 ARCEFERRER AJ REV MEX PSICOL 19 57 2002 ARCEFERRER 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2002 ECHEBURUA E ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 391 2002 GARCIA CH REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 45 2001 GARFIELD E INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 3 363 2003 GOMEZ V REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 289 2001 GOMEZPERESMITRE G REV MEX PSICOL 19 125 2002 GOMEZPERESMITRE G REV MEX PSICOL 19 134 2002 GOMEZPERESMITRE G REV MEX PSICOL 18 313 2001 GOMEZPEREZ E REV MEX PSICOL 19 5 2002 HARWOOD J REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 75 2002 HAZ AM REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 217 2002 HERNANDEZGUZMAN L REV MEX PSICOL 18 347 2001 HERRERO M REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 269 2001 IACUB R REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 155 2002 IBANEZ C REV MEX PSICOL 18 359 2001 JIMENEZ MG REV MEX PSICOL 18 257 2001 LEHR U REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 29 2002 LIBERALESSO A REV LATINOAMERICANA 34 55 2002 LORANCA A REV MEX PSICOL 19 177 2002 MANCILLA A REV LATINOAMERICANA 34 251 2002 MARICHAL F REV MEX PSICOL 19 143 2002 MESTRE V REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 243 2001 MONTERO I REV INT PSICOLOGIA C 2 503 2002 MORALESCARMONA F REV MEX PSICOL 18 239 2001 NEZU AM REV MEX PSICOL 18 185 2001 NEZU CM REV MEX PSICOL 18 273 2001 ORTIZ S REV MEX PSICOL 19 37 2002 OVERMIER JB REV MEX PSICOL 18 287 2001 PARALES CJ REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 107 2002 PATINO LF REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 123 2002 PELECHANO V ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 323 2002 PEREZ M ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 405 2002 PEREZACOSTA AM REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 311 2001 PULIDO MA REV MEX PSICOL 19 23 2002 RICE CJ REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 133 2002 ROA L REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 329 2001 ROALESNIETO JG ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 431 2002 ROBLES R REV MEX PSICOL 18 211 2001 RODRIGUEZ D REV MEX PSICOL 19 17 2002 SAMUDIO J REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 59 2001 SANCHEZSOSA JJ REV MEX PSICOL 19 85 2002 SANTILLANDOHERTY AM REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 241 2002 SANZMARTIN A REV MEX PSICOL 18 373 2001 SCHLUTER HL REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 261 2001 SIERRA JC INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 2 351 2002 SILBERMAN GSG REV MEX PSICOL 19 135 2002 SOLISCAMARA P REV LAT AM PSICOL 34 203 2002 SOLISORTIZ S REV MEX PSICOL 19 187 2002 STERNBERG RJ INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 3 159 2003 THOMAE H REV LATINOAMERICANA 34 4 2002 TORROELLA G REV LATINOAMERICANA 33 73 2001 VALDEZMEDINA JL REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 199 2001 VALDEZMEDINA JL REV MEX PSICOL 18 219 2001 VAZQUEZ R REV MEX PSICOL 18 325 2001 VINACCIA S REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 117 2001 WERNER R INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 2 153 2002 WINKLER MI REV LAT AM PSICOL 33 23 2001 ZARABOZO D REV MEX PSICOL 19 197 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 9 16:33:25 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:33:25 -0500 Subject: Garfield E, Pudovkin AI, Istomin VS "Mapping the output of topical searches in the Web of knowledge and the case of Watson-Crick" INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES 22 (4): 183-187 DEC 2003 Message-ID: Eugene Garfield : garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu Alexander Pudovkin : aipud at online.ru Vladimir Istomin : vi at mall.wsu.edu URL FOR THIS ARTICLE IN PDF FORMAT : http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/casewatsoncrick2003.pdf TITLE Mapping the output of topical searches in the Web of knowledge and the case of Watson-Crick AUTHORS Garfield E, Pudovkin AI, Istomin VS JOURNAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES 22 (4): 183-187 DEC 2003 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 14 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: HistCite(TM) is a system that generates chronological maps of subject (topical) collections resulting from searches of the Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science (WoS) or Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index on CD-ROM. WoS export files are created in which all cited references for source documents are captured. These bibliographic collections are processed by HistCite, which generates chronological tables as well as historiographs that highlight the most-cited works in and outside the collection. Articles citing the 1953 primordial Watson-Crick paper on the structure of DNA will be used as a demonstration. Real-time dynamic genealogical historiographs will be shown. HistCite also includes a module for detecting and editing errors or variations in cited references. Export Files of five thousand or more records are processed in minutes on a PC. Ideally the system will be used to help the searcher quickly identify the most significant work on a topic and enable the searcher to trace its year-by-year historical development. KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE Addresses: Garfield E, Thomson ISI, Philadelphia, PA USA Thomson ISI, Philadelphia, PA USA Russian Acad Sci, Inst Marine Biol, Vladivostok, Russia Washington State Univ, Ctr Teaching Learning & Technol, Pullman, WA 99164 USA Publisher: AMER LIBRARY ASSOC, 50 E HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 USA IDS Number: 765GK ISSN: 0730- AUTHOR ADDRESS: E Garfield, Thomson ISI, Philadelphia, PA USA Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ID BIO IT WORLD 2 28 2003 ESSAYS INFORMATION S 9 324 AVERY OT J EXP MED 79 137 1944 CAWKELL AE CURR CONTENTS 44 4 1989 CAWKELL AE WEB KNOWLEDGE FESTSC 177 2000 GARFIELD E AF49 I SCI INF 1964 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 23 5 1992 GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 15 M25 1971 GARFIELD E J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 54 400 2003 GARFIELD E P 3 INT C MED LIBR A 187 1969 SMALL H J INFORM SCI 11 147 1985 SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 30 229 1994 SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 8 321 1985 WATSON JD NATURE 171 737 1953 9295 From isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES Thu Feb 12 05:58:56 2004 From: isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:58:56 +0100 Subject: 5 year postdoc in Madrid In-Reply-To: <000401c3ecb8$de285a70$1402a8c0@loet> Message-ID: Laboratorio de Internet (CINDOC-CSIC) is seeking candidates for a 5 year postdoc position in Madrid (Spain). The research group is working in developing and implementing Web based metrics and indicators to analyse the impact of science, technology and innovation research on the Web. Previous experience in related field of bibliometrics, scientometrics, research evaluation or similar topics with a Ph.D. in an area related to Information Science, Computer Science or Maths will be considered. The applicants will have working knowledge of the Web, the Internet and basic statistics, and will be able to apply their existing research skills to this new area. The tasks involves international collaboration and the researcher should expect to have to occasionally visit other countries in Europe for team meetings and conferences. Good communication and team working skills are essential, and knowledge of English and Spanish would be an advantage. Applicants from European countries are particularly encouraged to apply. The salary will be about 40.000 Euros p.a. before taxes. Those interested should send a complete vitae to the following email address: isidro at cindoc.csic.es -- *************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo isidro at cindoc.csic.es Laboratorio de Internet. CINDOC-CSIC Joaquin Costa, 22 28002 Madrid. SPAIN http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics http://www.webindicators.org http://www.eicstes.org http://internetlab.cindoc.csic.es **************************************** From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Feb 12 16:58:43 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:58:43 -0500 Subject: Brumback RA "Impact of the Journal of Child Neurology: 2002 data" Journal of Child Neurology 18(11):795-797, November 2003 Message-ID: Roger A. Brumback : rbrumback at pathology.creighton.edu The author has provided a pdf file of this article. If you would like to receive a copy, please send me an e-mail request. Eugene Garfield email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu __________________________________________________________________________________ TITLE Impact of the Journal of Child Neurology: 2002 data AUTHOR Brumback RA JOU8RNAL JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY 18 (11): 795-797 NOV 2003 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 9 Abstract: The Journal of Child Neurology (JCN) began in 1986 as a quarterly publication focused on child neurology and the related clinical pediatric neuroscience areas of pediatric neurosurgery, child psychiatry, pediatric neuroradiology, and developmental and behavioral pediatrics. As submitted material increased, JCN expanded in publication frequency and now appears monthly. Article quality has always been high and many articles have been frequently cited. Over the years, the ratings produced for the ISI Journal Citation Reports(R) have identified JCN as a high-ranking pediatric journal based upon the impact factor value. Currently (year 2002 figures), JCN (with its impact factor of 1.338) ranks 24th out of 68 pediatric journals. KeyWords Plus: CITATION ANALYSIS, SCIENCE Addresses: Brumback RA, Creighton Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pathol, Sch Med, 601 N 30th St, Omaha, NE 68131 USA Creighton Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pathol, Sch Med, Omaha, NE 68131 USA Creighton Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Omaha, NE 68131 USA Publisher: B C DECKER INC, 20 HUGHSON ST SOUTH, PO BOX 620, L C D 1, HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8N 3K7, CANADA Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year BRUMBACK RA J CHILD NEUROL 13 560 1998 GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161 979 1999 GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178 471 1972 GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122 108 1955 HECHT F CANCER GENET CYTOGEN 104 77 1998 NEUBERGER J EUR J GASTROEN HEPAT 14 209 2002 OPTHOF T CARDIOVASC RES 33 1 1997 REED KL B MED LIBR ASSOC 83 503 1995 ROSTAMIHODJEGAN A BRIT J CLIN PHARMACO 51 111 2001 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Feb 12 17:00:06 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:00:06 -0500 Subject: Tobin MJ "Impact factor and the journal" AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 168 (6): 621-622 SEP 15 2003 Message-ID: M. Tobin : MTOBIN2 at lumc.edu TITLE Impact factor and the Journal AUTHOR Tobin MJ JOURNAL AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 168 (6): 621-622 SEP 15 2003 Document type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 36 Times Cited: 1 KeyWords Plus: CITATION ANALYSIS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, QUALITY, POLICY Publisher: AMER THORACIC SOC, 1740 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10019-4374 USA IDS Number: 721PK ISSN: 1073-449X THE AUTHOR HAS SHARED THE FULL TEXT OF THE ARTICLE WITH MEMBERS OF THE LIST.... Impact Factor and the Journal Martin J. Tobin, Editor The Journal's impact factor rose by 0.611 units in 2002 to reach 6.567 (Figures 1 and 2) . This is the largest ever one-year increase for AJRCCM. What does it mean? These appear as a graph and bar chart in the actual paper. DATA: Year Impact Factor 1992 5.2 1993 4.7 1994 4.9 1995 5.1 1996 5.0 1997 4.7 1998 5.3 1999 5.5 2000 5.4 2001 6.0 2992 6.6 Figure 1. The impact factor for AJRCCM each year between 1992 and 2002. The impact factor has increased by 26% since 1998. Figure 2. The impact factors for journals listed in the categories respiratory system and critical care medicine by the Institute for Scientific Information for 2002. AJRCMB = American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology; AJP:Lung = American Journal of Physiology: Lung; ERJ = European Respiratory Journal; JAP = Journal of Applied Physiology; and ICM = Intensive Care Medicine. Journal Impact Factor AJRCCM 6.57 AJRCMB 4.17 Thorax 4.07 AJP Lung 3.90 Crit Care Med 3.36 Chest 2.97 ERJ 2.93 JAP 2.72 ICM 2.04 Figure 2. The impact factors for journals listed in the categories respiratory system and critical care medicine by the Institute for Scientific Information for 2002. AJRCMB = American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology; AJP:Lung = American Journal of Physiology: Lung; ERJ = European Respiratory Journal; JAP = Journal of Applied Physiology; and ICM = Intensive Care Medicine. The Institute for Scientific Information has published impact factors of biomedical journals since 1974 (1, 2). Despite serious limitations, this citation metric has become the most widely used index for ranking the overall quality of biomedical journals. Why are editors so attentive to impact factor (3-12)? They see science as a collective and cooperative enterprise: an edifice of knowledge built by contributions from successive generations of researchers (13). Each new article is based on the preceding research that the author cites, and a published article is of little significance unless other scientists cite it and build on it. (Between 22% and 46% of medical research articles attract not even one citation [14, 15].) When authors cite an article, it usually means they found it helpful when pursuing their own research. Editors recognize that researchers are in effect casting votes on the importance of a journal every time they cite it (16). Listing references at the end of an article is a trademark of scholarship. Within a year of its launch in 1665, authors were placing references in the margins of the Philosophical Transactions (17). Footnotes first appeared in 1683 and remained the preferred method of referencing until the numbers grew too large. Endnotes first appeared in 1876 and are now the standard (17). Along the way, the number of references per article increased from less than 5 before 1700 to over 40 in 1950. Investigators cite the work of previous investigators for several reasons: motivating new research, according credit for ideas, providing greater detail on methodology, highlighting errors in previous research, and persuading readers of the legitimacy of a new claim (18). In a survey of 26 authors on the motivation behind more than 900 citations, the significant reasons were to accord positive credit and to demonstrate that the author was up to date in a research discipline (19). But the dominant reason by far was persuasiveness: an author wanting to establish legitimacy for a new research claim. How well a reader is persuaded, however, will depend on the reputation of the scientist being cited and peer-review standards of the journal in which the research was published. Because it is notoriously difficult to measure scientific quality, governments and funding agencies-especially outside the United States-rely heavily on impact factor. In Germany and Italy, agencies decide departmental funding by plugging impact factors into formulae (20). The Spanish parliament has sanctioned this approach (21, 22), and it is claimed to have led to improved scientific rigor and productivity (21, 22). An equivalent system is used in Quebec (23). In Finland, $7,000 is added to departmental funding for a unit increase in impact factor of the journal in which each article is published (20). We can rail against the foolishness of such a reward system, but we also must see that it carries major implications for the future of research in our field. The impact factors of pulmonary and critical care journals (Figure 2) lie considerably below those for leading journals of other internal medicine subspecialties: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (14.500), Gastroenterology (13.440), Circulation (10.255), Blood (9.631), Diabetes (8.256), and Arthritis and Rheumatism (7.379), to list a few. Simple arithmetic predicts that funding for pulmonary and critical care research may fall considerably below that of other clinical disciplines in European countries. When confronted by criticism, advocates of a rewards system based on impact factor counter that it is concrete as opposed to being anecdotal (20, 23-25). Promotion committees may not use the term impact factor explicitly, but they are using it implicitly whenever they base advancement on number of papers published and journals in which they appeared, rather than a reading of each paper. Even less defensible is the practice of basing academic promotion on the number of dollars a researcher received in funding, without checking whether the money yielded publications of any importance (26). On a list of journals within a particular research field, advocates of bibliometric indexes contend that a journal's impact factor will correlate well with the quality of research it publishes (20). Recent research supports the contention. When 264 physicians (about evenly divided between researchers and practitioners) were asked to rate the quality of nine general medical journals, impact factor explained 82% of the variation in ratings (r = 0.91) (16). The high correlation may reflect not only the reputation of a journal but may truly reflect scientific quality. In another study of 243 original research articles from 30 journals, an objective measure of scientific quality was more closely related to the journal's citation rate and impact factor than to any other variable (27). Impact factor is measured as a ratio. The numerator of the impact factor for AJRCCM in 2002 was the number of citations in all journals in 2002 to articles that had been published in AJRCCM in 2000 and 2001 (8,708). The denominator was the number of articles published in AJRCCM in 2000 and 2001 (757 + 569 = 1,326). Although pleased that the Journal's impact factor increased by 0.513 in 2001 and by 0.611 in 2002 (Figure 1), both numbers were brought down by the unusually large number of articles published in 2000. In that year, we published 26% more articles than in 1999 so as to shorten our publication lag-then headed for 10 months. (Our publication lag is now less than 3 months.) In contrast to the impact factors for 2001 and 2002, the denominator next year will not include the articles of 2000. The formula for impact factor captures three main qualities of a journal (28). One, the relevance of the journal to researchers in an active field of inquiry. Two, the ability of editors to discriminate between submissions of the highest quality and the next tier. Three, the speed that the journal publishes articles after acceptance. Only the first two relate to scientific quality. Nevertheless, speedy publication of accepted articles is also important for the advance of science. If all pulmonary and critical care journals were to achieve a publication lag of three months or less, the impact factor of every journal in our disciplines would increase. In 2000, AJRCCM experienced an increase in submissions of almost 300-equal to the total annual submissions of many pulmonary journals. Faced with a simultaneously growing publication lag, the Journal necessarily tightened its standards. This step was greatly aided by the introduction of online submissions, enabling us to make the selection of reviewers more scientific. Through use of descriptor numbers and an online database of over 6,000 reviewers, we now maximize the match between manuscript content and reviewer expertise. As I have emphasized on several occasions (13, 29), peer review is the primary instrument for ensuring quality control at AJRCCM (30). And the expectations and demands of scientists who serve as reviewers are the major determinants of the standing of AJRCCM among other scientific journals (31). The limitations of impact factor have been discussed by many (20, 23, 32). It is ironic that science has not produced a more scientific tool for measuring scientific quality. But deficiency in assessing excellence is not limited to science. "We pretend that so many courses, so many credits, so many books read add up to an education. The same is true of research. We seem immensely satisfied with the outer husk of the enterprise-the number of dollars spent, the number of publications. Why do we grasp so desperately at externals? Partly because we are more superficial than we would like to admit," lamented John Gardner (33) (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Johnson administration). How true. Much more important than impact factor, we were pleased to learn from the recent survey of the American Thoracic Society that members considered AJRCCM as the first among all services provided by the Society (34-36). FOOTNOTES Conflict of Interest Statement: M.J.T. is editor of AJRCCM and is responsible for ensuring its quality. He receives a fixed stipend from the American Thoracic Society and is not affected financially by the impact factor of the Journal. REFERENCES 1. Garfield E. 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From Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 16 16:43:36 2004 From: Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:43:36 -0500 Subject: Forthcoming papers in Scientometrics vol. 59 issue no. 1 2004 Message-ID: The following abstracts of papers in the journal Scientometrics are forwarded without comment. EG ========================== Start of Data ========================= TITLE: The transfer of knowledge from the Spanish public R&D system to the productive sectors in the field of Biotechnology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Albert, A; Plaza, LM SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.3-14 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; INDICATORS; INNOVATION; PATENTS; FLOWS ABSTRACT: To determine the capability and resources of the Spanish R & D system to produce knowledge useful for the Biotechnology industries, an analysis of indicators derived from published work, scientific papers cited in US patents and inventions patented, has been carried out. The results show that the number of publications compares well with that of other European countries. The visibility of those publications seems evident as about two thirds of the authors studied have been cited in patents assigned to foreign enterprises, but very few of them have applied for patents. This is analysed in connection with the existing policies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Albert, CSIC, CINDOC, Joaquin Costa 22, Madrid 28002, Spain [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00001) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Ocean Science & Technology research across the countries: A global scenario (Article, English) AUTHOR: Dastidar, PG SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.15-27 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H rauth; SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: COCITATION ABSTRACT: In this paper attempt has been made to unfold the intellectual base in ocean science and technology. The articles appeared in Science Citation Index (SCI) under Oceanography in the year 2000 were analyzed to decipher the scientist to scientist, organization to organization and country to country network structures. The causal linkages between the knowledge productivity function and the socio- economic imperatives of knowledge production units were studied. AUTHOR ADDRESS: PG Dastidar, ICMAM, Dept Ocean Dev, NIOT Campus,Velachery Tambaram Main Rd, Madras 601302, Tamil Nadu, India [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00002) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Self-linking and self-linked rates of academic institutions on the Web (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bar-Ilan, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.29-41 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTORS; CITATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; INFORMATION; SITES ABSTRACT: In this paper we introduce two measures self-linked and self-linking that are the analogues of self-citing and self-cited rates for scientific journals. These rates are calculated for a sample of sites to assess their meaning and utility. Self-linked is the more meaningful measure for the sample sites. As a first step towards a better understanding of self-linking (linking within a site), a sample of pages from an academic site was characterized using the method of content analysis. Even though most of the links serve navigational or other technical purposes, the percentage of content-bearing links among the self-links is significant, and even the portion of research oriented links is non-negligible. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Bar-Ilan, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Sch Lib Arch & Informat Studies, POB 1255, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00003) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Modelling the characteristics of Web page outlinks (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ajiferuke, I; Wolfram, D SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.43-62 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: GENERALIZED WARING DISTRIBUTION; WORLD-WIDE-WEB; SEARCH ENGINES; INTERNET ABSTRACT: Using data sampled from top-level Web pages across five high-level domains and from sample pages within individual websites, the authors investigate the frequency distribution of outlinks in Web pages. The observed distributions were fitted to different theoretical distributions to determine the best-fitting model for representing outlink frequency across Web pages. Theoretical models tested include the modified power law (MPL), Mandelbrot (MDB), generalized Waring (GW), generalized inverse Gaussian-Poisson (GIGP), and generalized negative binomial (GNB) distributions. The GIGP and GNB provided good fits for data sets for top-level pages across the high level domains tested, with the GIGP performing slightly better. The lumpiness and bimodal nature of two of the observed outlink distributions from Web pages within a given website resulted in poor fits of the theoretical models. The GIGP was able to provide better fits to these data sets after the top components were truncated. The ability to effectively model Web page attributes, such as the distribution of the number of outlinks per page, paves the way for simulation models of Web page structural content, and makes it possible to estimate the number of outlinks that may be encountered within Web pages of a specific domain or within individual websites. AUTHOR ADDRESS: I Ajiferuke, Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00004) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A bibliometric approach to the role of author self- citations in scientific communication (Article, English) AUTHOR: Glanzel, W; Thijs, B; Schlemmer, B SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.63-77 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; BIBLIOMETR* item_title,keyword; CITATION* item_title,keyword; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 ABSTRACT: The present paper analyses the role of author self- citations aiming at finding basic regularities of self-citations within the process of documented scientific communication and thus laying the methodological groundwork for a possible critical view at self-citation patterns in empirical studies at any level of aggregation. The study consists of three parts; the first part of the study is concerned with the comparative analysis of the ageing of self-citations and of non-self citations, in the second part the possible interdependence between self- citations and foreign citations is analysed and in the third part the interrelation of the share of self-citations in all citations with other citation-based indicators is studied. The outcomes of this study are two-fold; first, the results characterise author self-citations - at least at the macro level - as an organic part of the citation process obeying rules that can be measured and described with the help of mathematical models. Second, these rules can be used in evaluative micro and meso analyses to identify significant deviations from the reference standards. AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Glanzel, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Stat, Dekenstr 2, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00005) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The motivation for citing specific references by social scientists in Korea: The phenomenon of co-existing references (Article, English) AUTHOR: Kim, K SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.79-93 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: CITATIONS; CLASSIFICATION; INDICATORS; JOURNALS; MODEL ABSTRACT: This study, based on the premise that references are a social product that reflects the social environment of a society, is an attempt to explore the co-existence of Korean and non-Korean literature in the references to Korean papers. 321 authors (papers) who published in 43 issues of 24 Korean journals focused on the social sciences were surveyed about their research channels and citation motivations, and the 11,358 references in the papers were analyzed. The findings were as follows : (1) The extent of the co-existence was that non-Korean literature was cited 1.9 times (65.3%) more often than Korean literature; (2) Research channel was the most common non-Korean channel orientation (55.8%); (3) The motivation for citations was significantly dependent on whether the literature cited was Korean or non-Korean. Non-Korean literature was chiefly cited for conceptual (20.7%), perfunctory (16.0%), and persuasive (15.1%) motivations; (4) The citations and citation motivations behind non-Korean literature were significantly influenced by research channel, discipline, focus of research, publishing career, and type of paper. Of these variables, research channel was frequently related to the citation of non-Korean literature. Finally, this study is very suggestive on two counts: (1) Citation motivation might constitute a new approach for exploring the production of knowledge by researchers. (2) This study has demonstrated, in particular, an empirical relationship between knowledge produced by Korean social scientists and non-Korean knowledge through the analysis of citation motivation. AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Kim, Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Seoul 110745, South Korea [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00006) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Patterns of the foreign contributions in some domestic vs. international journals on Earth Sciences (Article, English) AUTHOR: Rey-Rocha, J; Martin-Sempere, MJ SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.95-115 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: GEOGRAPHICALLY-ORIENTED DISCIPLINES; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; COLLABORATION; CITATION; COOPERATION; QUALITY ABSTRACT: Patterns of the foreign contributions published in six scientific journals on Earth Sciences published in different countries, have been studied as an approach for testing their level of internationalisation. Two of the multiple dimensions that determine the internationalisation of scientific journals are considered: the geographical distribution pattern of authors and the co-authorship linkages among them. The potential of the said journals to attract manuscripts by foreign authors and to promote international collaboration, through the publishing of co-authored papers involving or not scientists by its own country of publication, is investigated. Some other indicators on the degree of internationalisation of scientific journals, such as, language of publication, publishing institution, and national structure of editorial boards, are also considered. Finally, the geographic areas, the journal papers deal with, can be introduced as a new aspect of internationalisation. Three categories of journals clearly differentiated are identified and characterised: domestic, regional and international journals. The effect on publication and collaboration patterns, of geopolitical, cultural, economic and linguistic bonds among countries is discussed. The important role of domestic European journals on Earth Sciences is noted, as they are not only the main information source on the research carried out by local scientists whose study is focused on the geologic features of their country, but also, as an excellent vehicle of international diffusion for works by foreign scientists from developing countries. On the other hand, international collaborative articles in domestic journals constitute an indicator of the interest of the international community on the scientific studies in the publishing country. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Rey-Rocha, CSIC, CINDOC, Joaquin Costa 22, Madrid 28002, Spain [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00007) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliometric overview of the utilization of artificial neural networks in medicine and biology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Robert, C; Arreto, CD; Azerad, J; Gaudy, JF SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.117-130 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; BIBLIOMETR* item_title,keyword; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: EUROPEAN-UNION ABSTRACT: The distribution of articles involving artificial neural networks (ANN) in the fields of medicine and biology and appearing in the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) databases during the period 2000-2001 was analysed. The following parameters were considered: the number of articles, the total impact factor, the ISI journal category, the source country population, and the gross domestic product. Among the 803 articles and the 49 countries considered, the 5 most prolific (in term of the number of publications) were the USA, The United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Canada; other active countries included Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, France, Japan, and China. Comparison between the USA and the European Union, and the distribution of ANN publications among the subdisciplines of the life sciences and clinical medicine are also presented. AUTHOR ADDRESS: C Robert, Univ Paris 05, Lab Anat Fonct, 1 Rue Maurice Arnoux, F-92120 Montrouge, France [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00008) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Evaluation and interpretation of knowledge production efficiency (Article, English) AUTHOR: Guan, JC; Wang, JX SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.131-155 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTIST rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; CITATION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; JAPANESE; ORGANIZATION; SCIENCE; INDEX; STATE; UNITS ABSTRACT: We propose an improved Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the efficiency of research groups in the area of information science in PR China. By taking the research groups as Decision Making Units (DMUs), the budget of the projects and size of the groups as inputs and the quantity and quality of publications produced by the groups as outputs of the model, the relative efficiencies of 21 research projects are evaluated. Then, we move to focus on the issues of knowledge management of the organizations that undertook these projects and attempt to explore the underlying reasons of high research efficiency. Through integrating the evaluation outcomes into research process, three indicators of knowledge management are identified for the best practice groups with highest research efficiency. The findings verify that the proposed model is valid and practical to assess research performances on the basis of bibliometric indicators. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JC Guan, Beijing Univ Aeronaut & Astronaut, Sch Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00009) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact of mergers & acquisitions on research productivity within the pharmaceutical industry (Article, English) AUTHOR: Koenig, MED; Mezick, EM SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.157-169 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: TECHNICAL CHANGE; TOO BIG ABSTRACT: Several major econometric studies have looked at mergers and acquisitions (M&As) across various industries and concluded that, in general, there is no synergy created or released by M&A activity. This investigation concentrates upon research and development (R&D) performance in the pharmaceutical industry to examine the impact of M&A activity on corporate productivity. Findings indicate that, when compared to those companies within the pharmaceutical industry that did not experience merger activity during comparable time periods, as well as to the industry as a whole, pharmaceutical companies that merged were able to achieve more favorable post-merger productivity scores than were attained prior to their merger. AUTHOR ADDRESS: EM Mezick, Long Isl Univ, Ctr Business Res, CW Post Campus, Brookville, NY 11548 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00010) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation review of Lagergren kinetic rate equation on adsorption reactions (Review, English) AUTHOR: Ho, YS SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.171-177 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title,keyword; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: AQUEOUS-SOLUTION; COLOR REMOVAL; FLY-ASH; WASTE-WATER; ACTIVATED CARBON; HEAVY-METALS; DYE REMOVAL; ADSORBENT; SORPTION; WASTEWATERS ABSTRACT: This study presents a literature review concerning the preciseness of over 170 publications citing the original Lagergren's paper in kinetics equation for solute adsorption on various adsorbents. This equation applies to a range of solid-liquid systems such as metal ions, dyestuffs and several organic substances in aqueous systems onto various adsorbents. The main objectives are to manifest different forms of citations presented and offers a correct reference style for citing the original Lagergren's paper published in 1898. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YS Ho, Taipei Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, 250 Wu Hsing St, Taipei, Taiwan [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00011) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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Un saludo. > > Mensaje citado por Chaomei Chen > : > > > Dear All, > > > > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge > Domain Visualization > > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th > International Conference on > > Information Visualization in London, England, July > 14-16, 2004. > > > > Papers due: March 1, 2004 > > > > The official webpage of the sympoisum: > > http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/KDViz.htm > > > > Additional information is available at: > > http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cc345/kdviz/kdviz04/ > > > > > > Best wishes, > > Chaomei > > > > > -- > ************************************************** > FELIX DE MOYA ANEGON > VICERRECTOR > UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA > ************************************************** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR Tue Feb 17 04:53:24 2004 From: Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR (Michel J. Menou) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:53:24 +0100 Subject: SV: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiiu m on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) In-Reply-To: <991DCD1CCB9CD3118B38009027AA429E01893ED4@LOEN> Message-ID: Mr. Nicolaisen Thank you for this most polite and understanding reply to Mr. Nwagwu's enquiry. Michel J. Menou Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 9:23:29 AM, you wrote: NJ> NO WAY! NJ> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- NJ> Fra: Williams Nwagwu [mailto:willieezi at YAHOO.COM] NJ> Sendt: 17. februar 2004 09:08 NJ> Til: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU NJ> Emne: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiium NJ> on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) NJ> Dear sir, NJ> Will you provide funds for scientists from developing NJ> countries? NJ> Willie, NJ> --- F?lix de Moya=?ISO-8859-1?B?IEFuZWfzbg==?= NJ> wrote: >> Esto tambi?n es ingteresante. Un saludo. >> >> Mensaje citado por Chaomei Chen >> : >> >> > Dear All, >> > >> > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge >> Domain Visualization >> > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th >> International Conference on >> > Information Visualization in London, England, July >> 14-16, 2004. snip =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in information management and policy Visiting professor of Information Policy Email: Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/organisation/is/research/ciber/peoplemenou.html ================================================== From jni at DB.DK Tue Feb 17 06:50:03 2004 From: jni at DB.DK (Nicolaisen Jeppe) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:50:03 +0100 Subject: SV: [SIGMETRICS] SV: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd Intern ational Symposiiu m on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) Message-ID: Dear Mr. Menou and Mr. Nwagwu, I am very sorry for my rude reply! I was obviously too quick to respond to what I thought was just another Nigerian letter [see http://www.saps.gov.za/crimeprev/nig.htm]. Please forgive this huge blunder. Kind regards! Jeppe Nicolaisen -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Michel J. Menou [mailto:Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr] Sendt: 17. februar 2004 10:53 Til: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics; Nicolaisen Jeppe Emne: Re: [SIGMETRICS] SV: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiiu m on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) Mr. Nicolaisen Thank you for this most polite and understanding reply to Mr. Nwagwu's enquiry. Michel J. Menou Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 9:23:29 AM, you wrote: NJ> NO WAY! NJ> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- NJ> Fra: Williams Nwagwu [mailto:willieezi at YAHOO.COM] NJ> Sendt: 17. februar 2004 09:08 NJ> Til: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU NJ> Emne: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiium NJ> on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) NJ> Dear sir, NJ> Will you provide funds for scientists from developing NJ> countries? NJ> Willie, NJ> --- F?lix de Moya=?ISO-8859-1?B?IEFuZWfzbg==?= NJ> wrote: >> Esto tambi?n es ingteresante. Un saludo. >> >> Mensaje citado por Chaomei Chen >> : >> >> > Dear All, >> > >> > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge >> Domain Visualization >> > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th >> International Conference on >> > Information Visualization in London, England, July >> 14-16, 2004. snip =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in information management and policy Visiting professor of Information Policy Email: Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/organisation/is/research/ciber/peoplemenou.html ================================================== From Chaomei.Chen at CIS.DREXEL.EDU Tue Feb 17 08:44:52 2004 From: Chaomei.Chen at CIS.DREXEL.EDU (Chaomei Chen) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:44:52 -0500 Subject: Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) Message-ID: I am not aware of the availability of such funds. But by all means ask Anita D?Pour at the address below, just in case: GraphicsLink?IV04 Conference Manager P.O. BOX 29, HATFIELED, AL9 7ZL, United Kingdom. Tel: (Int. +44) 1707 - 652 224 Fax: (Int. +44) 1707 - 652 247 Email: IV04 at graphicslink.demon.co.uk Best wishes, Chaomei Chen -----ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics wrote: ----- >To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu >From: Williams Nwagwu >Sent by: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > >Date: 02/17/2004 03:08AM >Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International >Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) > >Dear sir, > >Will you provide funds for scientists from developing >countries? > >Willie, > >--- F?lix de Moya=?ISO-8859-1?B?IEFuZWfzbg==?= >wrote: >> Esto tambi?n es ingteresante. Un saludo. >> >> Mensaje citado por Chaomei Chen >> : >> >> > Dear All, >> > >> > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge >> Domain Visualization >> > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th >> International Conference on >> > Information Visualization in London, England, July >> 14-16, 2004. >> > >> > Papers due: March 1, 2004 >> > >> > The official webpage of the sympoisum: >> > http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/KDViz.htm >> > >> > Additional information is available at: >> > http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cc345/kdviz/kdviz04/ >> > >> > >> > Best wishes, >> > Chaomei >> > >> >> >> -- >> ************************************************** >> FELIX DE MOYA ANEGON >> VICERRECTOR >> UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA >> ************************************************** > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From quentinburrell at MANX.NET Tue Feb 17 11:32:07 2004 From: quentinburrell at MANX.NET (Quentin L. Burrell) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:32:07 -0000 Subject: Forthcoming papers in Scientometrics vol. 59 issue no. 1 2004 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gene This is an excellent initiative and one that I hope can be continued. Perhaps it would be useful if a corresponding set of abstracts of current JASIS&T papers could be posted to the ISSI list. I know that many of us on one or other of the lists subscribe - or have access to - both Scientometrics and JASIS&T but I would guess that there are many who do not. Anything that helps people be aware of current research can only help the "metrics" community. Quentin ****************************************** Dr Quentin L Burrell Isle of Man International Business School The Nunnery Old Castletown Road Douglas IM2 1QB email q.burrell at ibs.ac.im ************************************************ -----Original Message----- From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]On Behalf Of Garfield, Eugene Sent: 16 February 2004 21:44 To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Forthcoming papers in Scientometrics vol. 59 issue no. 1 2004 The following abstracts of papers in the journal Scientometrics are forwarded without comment. EG ========================== Start of Data ========================= TITLE: The transfer of knowledge from the Spanish public R&D system to the productive sectors in the field of Biotechnology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Albert, A; Plaza, LM SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.3-14 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; INDICATORS; INNOVATION; PATENTS; FLOWS ABSTRACT: To determine the capability and resources of the Spanish R & D system to produce knowledge useful for the Biotechnology industries, an analysis of indicators derived from published work, scientific papers cited in US patents and inventions patented, has been carried out. The results show that the number of publications compares well with that of other European countries. The visibility of those publications seems evident as about two thirds of the authors studied have been cited in patents assigned to foreign enterprises, but very few of them have applied for patents. This is analysed in connection with the existing policies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Albert, CSIC, CINDOC, Joaquin Costa 22, Madrid 28002, Spain [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00001) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Ocean Science & Technology research across the countries: A global scenario (Article, English) AUTHOR: Dastidar, PG SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.15-27 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H rauth; SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: COCITATION ABSTRACT: In this paper attempt has been made to unfold the intellectual base in ocean science and technology. The articles appeared in Science Citation Index (SCI) under Oceanography in the year 2000 were analyzed to decipher the scientist to scientist, organization to organization and country to country network structures. The causal linkages between the knowledge productivity function and the socio- economic imperatives of knowledge production units were studied. AUTHOR ADDRESS: PG Dastidar, ICMAM, Dept Ocean Dev, NIOT Campus,Velachery Tambaram Main Rd, Madras 601302, Tamil Nadu, India [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00002) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Self-linking and self-linked rates of academic institutions on the Web (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bar-Ilan, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.29-41 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTORS; CITATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; INFORMATION; SITES ABSTRACT: In this paper we introduce two measures self-linked and self-linking that are the analogues of self-citing and self-cited rates for scientific journals. These rates are calculated for a sample of sites to assess their meaning and utility. Self-linked is the more meaningful measure for the sample sites. As a first step towards a better understanding of self-linking (linking within a site), a sample of pages from an academic site was characterized using the method of content analysis. Even though most of the links serve navigational or other technical purposes, the percentage of content-bearing links among the self-links is significant, and even the portion of research oriented links is non-negligible. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Bar-Ilan, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Sch Lib Arch & Informat Studies, POB 1255, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00003) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Modelling the characteristics of Web page outlinks (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ajiferuke, I; Wolfram, D SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.43-62 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: GENERALIZED WARING DISTRIBUTION; WORLD-WIDE-WEB; SEARCH ENGINES; INTERNET ABSTRACT: Using data sampled from top-level Web pages across five high-level domains and from sample pages within individual websites, the authors investigate the frequency distribution of outlinks in Web pages. The observed distributions were fitted to different theoretical distributions to determine the best-fitting model for representing outlink frequency across Web pages. Theoretical models tested include the modified power law (MPL), Mandelbrot (MDB), generalized Waring (GW), generalized inverse Gaussian-Poisson (GIGP), and generalized negative binomial (GNB) distributions. The GIGP and GNB provided good fits for data sets for top-level pages across the high level domains tested, with the GIGP performing slightly better. The lumpiness and bimodal nature of two of the observed outlink distributions from Web pages within a given website resulted in poor fits of the theoretical models. The GIGP was able to provide better fits to these data sets after the top components were truncated. The ability to effectively model Web page attributes, such as the distribution of the number of outlinks per page, paves the way for simulation models of Web page structural content, and makes it possible to estimate the number of outlinks that may be encountered within Web pages of a specific domain or within individual websites. AUTHOR ADDRESS: I Ajiferuke, Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00004) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A bibliometric approach to the role of author self- citations in scientific communication (Article, English) AUTHOR: Glanzel, W; Thijs, B; Schlemmer, B SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.63-77 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; BIBLIOMETR* item_title,keyword; CITATION* item_title,keyword; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 ABSTRACT: The present paper analyses the role of author self- citations aiming at finding basic regularities of self-citations within the process of documented scientific communication and thus laying the methodological groundwork for a possible critical view at self-citation patterns in empirical studies at any level of aggregation. The study consists of three parts; the first part of the study is concerned with the comparative analysis of the ageing of self-citations and of non-self citations, in the second part the possible interdependence between self- citations and foreign citations is analysed and in the third part the interrelation of the share of self-citations in all citations with other citation-based indicators is studied. The outcomes of this study are two-fold; first, the results characterise author self-citations - at least at the macro level - as an organic part of the citation process obeying rules that can be measured and described with the help of mathematical models. Second, these rules can be used in evaluative micro and meso analyses to identify significant deviations from the reference standards. AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Glanzel, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Stat, Dekenstr 2, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00005) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The motivation for citing specific references by social scientists in Korea: The phenomenon of co-existing references (Article, English) AUTHOR: Kim, K SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.79-93 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: CITATIONS; CLASSIFICATION; INDICATORS; JOURNALS; MODEL ABSTRACT: This study, based on the premise that references are a social product that reflects the social environment of a society, is an attempt to explore the co-existence of Korean and non-Korean literature in the references to Korean papers. 321 authors (papers) who published in 43 issues of 24 Korean journals focused on the social sciences were surveyed about their research channels and citation motivations, and the 11,358 references in the papers were analyzed. The findings were as follows : (1) The extent of the co-existence was that non-Korean literature was cited 1.9 times (65.3%) more often than Korean literature; (2) Research channel was the most common non-Korean channel orientation (55.8%); (3) The motivation for citations was significantly dependent on whether the literature cited was Korean or non-Korean. Non-Korean literature was chiefly cited for conceptual (20.7%), perfunctory (16.0%), and persuasive (15.1%) motivations; (4) The citations and citation motivations behind non-Korean literature were significantly influenced by research channel, discipline, focus of research, publishing career, and type of paper. Of these variables, research channel was frequently related to the citation of non-Korean literature. Finally, this study is very suggestive on two counts: (1) Citation motivation might constitute a new approach for exploring the production of knowledge by researchers. (2) This study has demonstrated, in particular, an empirical relationship between knowledge produced by Korean social scientists and non-Korean knowledge through the analysis of citation motivation. AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Kim, Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Seoul 110745, South Korea [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00006) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Patterns of the foreign contributions in some domestic vs. international journals on Earth Sciences (Article, English) AUTHOR: Rey-Rocha, J; Martin-Sempere, MJ SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.95-115 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: GEOGRAPHICALLY-ORIENTED DISCIPLINES; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; COLLABORATION; CITATION; COOPERATION; QUALITY ABSTRACT: Patterns of the foreign contributions published in six scientific journals on Earth Sciences published in different countries, have been studied as an approach for testing their level of internationalisation. Two of the multiple dimensions that determine the internationalisation of scientific journals are considered: the geographical distribution pattern of authors and the co-authorship linkages among them. The potential of the said journals to attract manuscripts by foreign authors and to promote international collaboration, through the publishing of co-authored papers involving or not scientists by its own country of publication, is investigated. Some other indicators on the degree of internationalisation of scientific journals, such as, language of publication, publishing institution, and national structure of editorial boards, are also considered. Finally, the geographic areas, the journal papers deal with, can be introduced as a new aspect of internationalisation. Three categories of journals clearly differentiated are identified and characterised: domestic, regional and international journals. The effect on publication and collaboration patterns, of geopolitical, cultural, economic and linguistic bonds among countries is discussed. The important role of domestic European journals on Earth Sciences is noted, as they are not only the main information source on the research carried out by local scientists whose study is focused on the geologic features of their country, but also, as an excellent vehicle of international diffusion for works by foreign scientists from developing countries. On the other hand, international collaborative articles in domestic journals constitute an indicator of the interest of the international community on the scientific studies in the publishing country. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Rey-Rocha, CSIC, CINDOC, Joaquin Costa 22, Madrid 28002, Spain [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00007) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliometric overview of the utilization of artificial neural networks in medicine and biology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Robert, C; Arreto, CD; Azerad, J; Gaudy, JF SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.117-130 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; BIBLIOMETR* item_title,keyword; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: EUROPEAN-UNION ABSTRACT: The distribution of articles involving artificial neural networks (ANN) in the fields of medicine and biology and appearing in the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) databases during the period 2000-2001 was analysed. The following parameters were considered: the number of articles, the total impact factor, the ISI journal category, the source country population, and the gross domestic product. Among the 803 articles and the 49 countries considered, the 5 most prolific (in term of the number of publications) were the USA, The United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Canada; other active countries included Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, France, Japan, and China. Comparison between the USA and the European Union, and the distribution of ANN publications among the subdisciplines of the life sciences and clinical medicine are also presented. AUTHOR ADDRESS: C Robert, Univ Paris 05, Lab Anat Fonct, 1 Rue Maurice Arnoux, F-92120 Montrouge, France [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00008) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Evaluation and interpretation of knowledge production efficiency (Article, English) AUTHOR: Guan, JC; Wang, JX SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.131-155 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTIST rwork; SCIENTOMETRICS rwork; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; CITATION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; JAPANESE; ORGANIZATION; SCIENCE; INDEX; STATE; UNITS ABSTRACT: We propose an improved Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the efficiency of research groups in the area of information science in PR China. By taking the research groups as Decision Making Units (DMUs), the budget of the projects and size of the groups as inputs and the quantity and quality of publications produced by the groups as outputs of the model, the relative efficiencies of 21 research projects are evaluated. Then, we move to focus on the issues of knowledge management of the organizations that undertook these projects and attempt to explore the underlying reasons of high research efficiency. Through integrating the evaluation outcomes into research process, three indicators of knowledge management are identified for the best practice groups with highest research efficiency. The findings verify that the proposed model is valid and practical to assess research performances on the basis of bibliometric indicators. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JC Guan, Beijing Univ Aeronaut & Astronaut, Sch Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00009) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact of mergers & acquisitions on research productivity within the pharmaceutical industry (Article, English) AUTHOR: Koenig, MED; Mezick, EM SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.157-169 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: TECHNICAL CHANGE; TOO BIG ABSTRACT: Several major econometric studies have looked at mergers and acquisitions (M&As) across various industries and concluded that, in general, there is no synergy created or released by M&A activity. This investigation concentrates upon research and development (R&D) performance in the pharmaceutical industry to examine the impact of M&A activity on corporate productivity. Findings indicate that, when compared to those companies within the pharmaceutical industry that did not experience merger activity during comparable time periods, as well as to the industry as a whole, pharmaceutical companies that merged were able to achieve more favorable post-merger productivity scores than were attained prior to their merger. AUTHOR ADDRESS: EM Mezick, Long Isl Univ, Ctr Business Res, CW Post Campus, Brookville, NY 11548 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00010) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation review of Lagergren kinetic rate equation on adsorption reactions (Review, English) AUTHOR: Ho, YS SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 59 (1). 2004. p.171-177 KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title,keyword; CITATION item_title,keyword,keyword_plus; SCIENTOMETRICS source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: AQUEOUS-SOLUTION; COLOR REMOVAL; FLY-ASH; WASTE-WATER; ACTIVATED CARBON; HEAVY-METALS; DYE REMOVAL; ADSORBENT; SORPTION; WASTEWATERS ABSTRACT: This study presents a literature review concerning the preciseness of over 170 publications citing the original Lagergren's paper in kinetics equation for solute adsorption on various adsorbents. This equation applies to a range of solid-liquid systems such as metal ions, dyestuffs and several organic substances in aqueous systems onto various adsorbents. The main objectives are to manifest different forms of citations presented and offers a correct reference style for citing the original Lagergren's paper published in 1898. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YS Ho, Taipei Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, 250 Wu Hsing St, Taipei, Taiwan [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 767DD 00011) ISSN: 0138-9130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ From willieezi at YAHOO.COM Fri Feb 20 06:39:16 2004 From: willieezi at YAHOO.COM (Williams Nwagwu) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:39:16 -0800 Subject: 5 year postdoc in Madrid In-Reply-To: <402B5C70.8020807@cindoc.csic.es> Message-ID: Dear Isidro, My PhD thesis would have been defended by June 2004. Am I qualified to apply? My name is Williams Nwagwu. I ama just completing my thesis at the Africa Regional Center for Information Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. My thesis is titled :"Bibliometric pattern and significance of co-authorship in the biomedical literature on Nigheria. Thank you ery much Williams Nwagwu --- "Isidro F. Aguillo" wrote: > Laboratorio de Internet (CINDOC-CSIC) is seeking > candidates for a 5 year > postdoc position in Madrid (Spain). The research > group is working in > developing and implementing Web based metrics and > indicators to analyse > the impact of science, technology and innovation > research on the Web. > > Previous experience in related field of > bibliometrics, scientometrics, > research evaluation or similar topics with a Ph.D. > in an area related to > Information Science, Computer Science or Maths will > be considered. The > applicants will have working knowledge of the Web, > the Internet and > basic statistics, and will be able to apply their > existing research > skills to this new area. > > The tasks involves international collaboration and > the researcher should > expect to have to occasionally visit other countries > in Europe for team > meetings and conferences. Good communication and > team working skills are > essential, and knowledge of English and Spanish > would be an advantage. > Applicants from European countries are particularly > encouraged to apply. > The salary will be about 40.000 Euros p.a. before > taxes. > > Those interested should send a complete vitae to the > following email > address: isidro at cindoc.csic.es > > -- > *************************************** > Isidro F. Aguillo > isidro at cindoc.csic.es > > Laboratorio de Internet. CINDOC-CSIC > Joaquin Costa, 22 > 28002 Madrid. SPAIN > > http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics > http://www.webindicators.org > http://www.eicstes.org > http://internetlab.cindoc.csic.es > **************************************** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From samorri at OKSTATE.EDU Sun Feb 22 13:57:47 2004 From: samorri at OKSTATE.EDU (Steven A. Morris) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:57:47 -0500 Subject: Question: studies on the size of scientific specialties? Message-ID: Does anyone out there know of any studies that try to measure the size of "scientific specialties" in terms of either the number of members or the number of papers? Kuhn says something like "about 100 members, sometimes considerably less". Price, in "Big Science, Little Science", implies that once a specialty gets to 100 members or so, it becomes untenable as a community and undergoes fission into smaller communities. Are there any studies out there to support this? I think Crane's book "Invisble Colleges" implies about the same size range, without discussing size directly. Actually, I'm not sure there is a decent definition of "scientify specialty" out there either, but I'm thinking in terms of a core group that is focussed on a single narrow problem, that reads each other's papers and whose members attend the came conferences. Thanks, S. Morris From David.Watkins at SOLENT.AC.UK Mon Feb 23 03:40:12 2004 From: David.Watkins at SOLENT.AC.UK (David Watkins) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:40:12 +0000 Subject: SIGMETRICS Digest - 20 Feb 2004 to 22 Feb 2004 (#2004-27) Message-ID: Size of specialisms. The key point is the one that Steve makes in the tail - what is a specialism and can we bound it? 3 guesses and a favoured technique: 1. Natural science specialisms are bigger than social science are bigger than humanities. 2. The bigger the infrastructure costs, the easier it is to bound the specialism 3. Aggregation is in the eye of the beholder. Those inside the field always see a finer grain than those outside 4. Consequently, the best place to start is with the data rather than with a clear idea of 'the field' and let citer relationships determine the bounds. (Particularly using ACA). Aggregation can then follow depending on the beholder's need (intellectual understanding, policy formulation, grantsmanship, etc.) David Watkins ************************************************ Professor David Watkins Postgraduate Research Centre Southampton Business School East Park Terrace Southampton SO14 0RH David.Watkins at solent.ac.uk 023 80 319610 (Tel) +44 23 80 31 96 10 (Tel) 02380 33 26 27 (fax) +44 23 80 33 26 27 (fax) 1. Question: studies on the size of scientific specialties? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:57:47 -0500 From: "Steven A. Morris" Subject: Question: studies on the size of scientific specialties? Does anyone out there know of any studies that try to measure the size of "scientific specialties" in terms of either the number of members or the number of papers? Kuhn says something like "about 100 members, sometimes considerably less". Price, in "Big Science, Little Science", implies that once a specialty gets to 100 members or so, it becomes untenable as a community and undergoes fission into smaller communities. Are there any studies out there to support this? I think Crane's book "Invisble Colleges" implies about the same size range, without discussing size directly. Actually, I'm not sure there is a decent definition of "scientify specialty" out there either, but I'm thinking in terms of a core group that is focussed on a single narrow problem, that reads each other's papers and whose members attend the came conferences. Thanks, S. Morris From hck at LRZ.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE Mon Feb 23 04:17:10 2004 From: hck at LRZ.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE (Heinrich C. Kuhn) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:17:10 +0100 Subject: Question: studies on the size of scientific specialties? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Steven A. Morris wrote: > Does anyone out there know of any studies that try to measure the size of > "scientific specialties" in terms of either the number of members or the > number of papers? Kuhn says something like "about 100 members, sometimes > considerably less". [...] If I understand this correctly: this comes down to Th. S. Kuhn's (no relative of mine) concept of "scientific communities". I admit that this has been a useful concept to clarify some problems. However: I doubt whether it's useful for description of scholarly reality. 1. I'm no scientist but an intellectual historian and historian of philosophy: my doubts may be without foundation when it comes to sciences. 2. Most of the material that I'm interested in stems from or deals with the years 1348 to 1648: things may be different for the 20th and 21st centuries. Here are my doubts and their reasons: 1. Most scholars I know (and this holds true both for the 14th to 17th cent. and the 21st. cent.) do belong to more than one "scientific community", do deal with more than one "specialty" in the Th. S. Kuhnian sense. 2. One reads the papers of other scholars and meets other scholars at conferences if there is an overlap of common interests. There is no need for an identity of interests. And these overlaps go into many directions: in my perception you get a continuous quilt of research interests: A overlaps with B and C, C with D and E, E with F and G, although A and G may have little or nothing in common. 3. Interests of any person often are in continuous develop- ment: and thus the overlaps of that person's interests with other persons' interests will change and there will be discontinuity in the "memberships" in "scientific specialties" even if there is continuity in the original interests. 4. Scholarly work is to fluid to be containable in a card box. And scholarly work is done by scholars, real living humans, whose networking often cannot be studied adequately without taking into account their personal biographies. Citation relationships are very useful to examine if you want to know what is going on or what was going on, but in my experience they may often show, that there are no precise boundaries between fields of research and groups of scholars. Hoping that these remarks will not be judged to be exceedingly heretical, and with best regards Heinrich C. Kuhn +--------------------------------------------------------- | Dr. Heinrich C. Kuhn | Seminar fuer Geistesgeschichte der Renaissance | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen | D-80539 Muenchen / Ludwigstr. 31/IV | T.: +49-89-2180 2018, F.: +49-89-2180 2907 | inst. URL: http://www.phil-hum-ren.uni-muenchen.de/ +--------------------------------------------------------- From Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 23 11:59:29 2004 From: Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:59:29 -0500 Subject: Question: studies on the size of scientific spec ialties? Message-ID: Dear Steven: The work of Henry Small on co-citation analysis is relevant, I beleive, to your question. There is a large literature much of which can be found at: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/histcomp/index-cocitation.html. That file needs to be updated, but it should give you some ideas. Co-citation analysis was the basis for the identification of research fronts in numerous studies reported by me, Henry and others like Kate McCain at Drexel. The size of a research front is not static, but regardless of the number of citing authors if one accepts the definition as those people who cite two or more papers or authors or even keywords then you have an operational definition. Of course, if one expands the scope of a research front it gradually merges into a specialty or discipline depending upon how fast the front grows. Best wishes. Eugene Garfield -----Original Message----- From: Steven A. Morris [mailto:samorri at OKSTATE.EDU] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:58 PM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Question: studies on the size of scientific specialties? Does anyone out there know of any studies that try to measure the size of "scientific specialties" in terms of either the number of members or the number of papers? Kuhn says something like "about 100 members, sometimes considerably less". Price, in "Big Science, Little Science", implies that once a specialty gets to 100 members or so, it becomes untenable as a community and undergoes fission into smaller communities. Are there any studies out there to support this? I think Crane's book "Invisble Colleges" implies about the same size range, without discussing size directly. Actually, I'm not sure there is a decent definition of "scientify specialty" out there either, but I'm thinking in terms of a core group that is focussed on a single narrow problem, that reads each other's papers and whose members attend the came conferences. Thanks, S. Morris ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ From Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Feb 23 16:15:05 2004 From: Garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:15:05 -0500 Subject: Two part History of the journal International Microbiology Message-ID: Email: R. Guerrero [rguerrero at iecat.net] A brief history of the SEM journal(s): staunchly resisting improbability. 1. >From 1947 to 1997 Guerrero R, Lopez R INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY 6 (1): 69-73 MAR 2003 Addresses: Guerrero R, Univ Barcelona, Dept Microbiol, Av Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Univ Barcelona, Dept Microbiol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain CSIC, Ctr Invest Biol, Madrid, Spain Abstract The article is a tale of the history of the journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology (SEM) over a period ranging from 1947, when it was first published, to 1997, when it took its current name International Microbiology. The development and evolution of scientific journals, which were publications of learned societies until Nature was launched in 1869, is also reviewed as well as the role they have played since Journal of Savants was first published in 1665. The characteristics of scientific journals, made up of the items we call articles are discussed. The second half of the article focuses on the history of the two first SEM journals, Microbiolog?a Espa?ola (1947-1986) and Microbiolog?a SEM (1985-1997), in the frame of the political, scientific situation of Spain over those years. It also describes the attempt to publish another journal under the title Biolog?a Microbiana, which would have been launched in 1977. Finally, the article describes the transition to a new international journal, started in 1998 under the title International Microbiology. Key words: scientific journals ? articles and reprints ? Microbiolog?a Espa?ola (1947-1986) ? Microbiolog?a SEM (1985-1997) ? microbiology in Spain in the 20th century Cited References GARCIAGIL J MICROBIOL SEM 13 517 1997 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> GARCIAMENDOZA C MICROBIOL SEM 12 1995 <<...OLE_Obj...>> GARCIAMENDOZA C MICROBIOL SEM 11 1995 <<...OLE_Obj...>> GUERRERO R HIST SOCIEDAD ESPANO 143 2002 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> ISMAT D MICROBIOL SEM 12 117 1996 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> MASCASTELLA J MICROBIOL SEM 13 509 1997 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> PIQUERAS M MICROBIOL SEM 13 229 1997 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> PIQUERAS M TRANSVERSAL 17 107 2002 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> RONDA C MICROBIOL SEM 13 499 1997 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> SHARP D COMUNICAR CIENCIA TR 51 109 2001 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> VAZQUEZ M HIST SOCIEDAD ESPANO 119 2002 <<...OLE_Obj...>> A brief history of the journal(s) of the SEM: staunchly resisting against improbability . II. From 1998 to 2002 Guerrero R, Lopez R INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY 6 (2): 137-143 JUN 2003 The article describes the recent history of the journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology (SEM) since it took its current name International Microbiology, in 1998, putting it in the frame of scientific editing publication. So, the need to publish the journal in English, to adopt always peer review-with its pros and cons-for the acceptance of articles, and to launch the electronic version of the journal. Due to the impact that both the 'impact factor' and the 'science citation index' have had in modern scientific publication, the authors comment on how these concepts were born, which are the main factors considered in the Institute for Scientific Information journal's evaluation, as well as the misuse that policy makers and research institutions currently make of a tool that was meant for librarians to evaluate journal and for retrieval purposes. The changes carried out to consolidate International Microbiology as a modest publication, yet rigorous as for scientific quality, and attractive to its readership are described. These changes include having an international Editorial Board, publishing monographs on topics of the highest interest, and introducing new sections, which results in the increase in the number of citations. Key words: International Microbiology (1998 to date) ? scientific English ? peer review ? journals standards ? online journals ? Current Contents*-ISI ? "Impact Factor" ? Spanish Society for Microbiology' journals Cited References Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year <<...OLE_Obj...>> NATURE 415 101 2002 <<...OLE_Obj...>> CAMI J QUARK 10 8 1998 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> DESEMIR V LANCET 347 1063 1996 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> GARFIELD E CURRENT CONTENTS 1994 <<...OLE_Obj...>> GARFIELD E SCI PUBL POLICY 19 321 1992 <<...OLE_Obj...>> GUEDON JC MUNDO CIENT 218 58 2000 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> GUERRERO R EUR SCI EDIT 57 58 2001 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> GUERRERO R INT MICROBIOL 6 69 2003 <<...OLE_Obj...>> PINERO JML MICROBIOL SEM 12 469 1996 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> PIQUERAS M INT MICRIOBIOL 21 116 2001 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> PIQUERAS M QUARK 21 116 2001 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> SHARP D EUR SCI EDIT 26 75 2000 <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> TESTA J ISI DATABASE J SELEC 1997 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ From tangr at ALBANY.EDU Thu Feb 26 22:02:05 2004 From: tangr at ALBANY.EDU (Rong Tang) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:02:05 -0500 Subject: Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Chaomei, I am wondering if the deadline of the Symposium has been extended to March 31st, 2004, since that is when the general IV04's deadline has been extended to. http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/DATES.htm The extended deadline would help me a lot since I will very unlikely be able to make the the March 1st deadline, but I am very interested in submitting a paper. Would you, Dr. Borner, and the program committee members consider whether the deadline can be extended? Thanks so much! Rong ---------------------------------------------- Rong Tang, PhD. School of Library and Information Science Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 ----------------------------------------------- > >> : > >> > >> > Dear All, > >> > > >> > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge > >> Domain Visualization > >> > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th > >> International Conference on > >> > Information Visualization in London, England, July > >> 14-16, 2004. > >> > > >> > Papers due: March 1, 2004 > >> > > >> > The official webpage of the sympoisum: > >> > http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/KDViz.htm > >> > > >> > Additional information is available at: > >> > http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cc345/kdviz/kdviz04/ > >> > > >> > > >> > Best wishes, > >> > Chaomei > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ************************************************** > >> FELIX DE MOYA ANEGON > >> VICERRECTOR > >> UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA > >> ************************************************** > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > From Chaomei.Chen at CIS.DREXEL.EDU Fri Feb 27 08:28:14 2004 From: Chaomei.Chen at CIS.DREXEL.EDU (Chaomei Chen) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:28:14 -0500 Subject: Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) Message-ID: The KDViz symposium paper submission deadline is now March 31st, 2004 in line with the IV04 extended deadline. An updated call for papers will be distributed shortly. Look forward to having your submission by March 31st. Best wishes, Chaomei Chen -----ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics wrote: ----- >To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu >From: Rong Tang >Sent by: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > >Date: 02/26/2004 10:02PM >Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International >Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) > >Dear Chaomei, > >I am wondering if the deadline of the Symposium has been extended to >March >31st, 2004, since that is when the general IV04's deadline has been >extended to. > >http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/DATES.htm > >The extended deadline would help me a lot since I will very unlikely >be >able to make the the March 1st deadline, but I am very interested in >submitting a paper. Would you, Dr. Borner, and the program committee >members consider whether the deadline can be extended? > >Thanks so much! > >Rong >---------------------------------------------- >Rong Tang, PhD. >School of Library and Information Science >Catholic University of America >Washington, DC 20064 >----------------------------------------------- > >> >> : >> >> >> >> > Dear All, >> >> > >> >> > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge >> >> Domain Visualization >> >> > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th >> >> International Conference on >> >> > Information Visualization in London, England, July >> >> 14-16, 2004. >> >> > >> >> > Papers due: March 1, 2004 >> >> > >> >> > The official webpage of the sympoisum: >> >> > http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/KDViz.htm >> >> > >> >> > Additional information is available at: >> >> > http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cc345/kdviz/kdviz04/ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Best wishes, >> >> > Chaomei >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ************************************************** >> >> FELIX DE MOYA ANEGON >> >> VICERRECTOR >> >> UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA >> >> ************************************************** >> > >> > >> >__________________________________ >> >Do you Yahoo!? >> >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. >> >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html >> >> >> >> From tangr at CSC.ALBANY.EDU Fri Feb 27 09:29:21 2004 From: tangr at CSC.ALBANY.EDU (R Tang) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:29:21 -0500 Subject: Call for Papers: The 3rd International Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Much appreciated! Rong ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rong Tang, PhD. Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science Catholic University of America tangr at cua.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Chaomei Chen wrote: > The KDViz symposium paper submission deadline is now March 31st, 2004 in > line > with the IV04 extended deadline. An updated call for papers will be > distributed shortly. > Look forward to having your submission by March 31st. > > Best wishes, > Chaomei Chen > > -----ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > wrote: ----- > > >To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu > >From: Rong Tang > >Sent by: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > > > >Date: 02/26/2004 10:02PM > >Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Call for Papers: The 3rd International > >Symposiium on Knowledge Domain Visualization (KDViz'04) > > > >Dear Chaomei, > > > >I am wondering if the deadline of the Symposium has been extended to > >March > >31st, 2004, since that is when the general IV04's deadline has been > >extended to. > > > >http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/DATES.htm > > > >The extended deadline would help me a lot since I will very unlikely > >be > >able to make the the March 1st deadline, but I am very interested in > >submitting a paper. Would you, Dr. Borner, and the program committee > >members consider whether the deadline can be extended? > > > >Thanks so much! > > > >Rong > >---------------------------------------------- > >Rong Tang, PhD. > >School of Library and Information Science > >Catholic University of America > >Washington, DC 20064 > >----------------------------------------------- > > > >> >> : > >> >> > >> >> > Dear All, > >> >> > > >> >> > The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge > >> >> Domain Visualization > >> >> > (KDViz'04) is to be held as part of the 8th > >> >> International Conference on > >> >> > Information Visualization in London, England, July > >> >> 14-16, 2004. > >> >> > > >> >> > Papers due: March 1, 2004 > >> >> > > >> >> > The official webpage of the sympoisum: > >> >> > http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV04/KDViz.htm > >> >> > > >> >> > Additional information is available at: > >> >> > http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cc345/kdviz/kdviz04/ > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Best wishes, > >> >> > Chaomei > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> ************************************************** > >> >> FELIX DE MOYA ANEGON > >> >> VICERRECTOR > >> >> UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA > >> >> ************************************************** > >> > > >> > > >> >__________________________________ > >> >Do you Yahoo!? > >> >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > >> >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > >> > >> > >> > >> > From bernies at UILLINOIS.EDU Fri Feb 27 12:46:25 2004 From: bernies at UILLINOIS.EDU (Sloan, Bernie) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:46:25 -0600 Subject: Thomson ISI and NEC Team Up to Index Web-based Scholarship Message-ID: FYI... Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK-Princeton, NJ February 25, 2004 - Today, Thomson ISI and NEC Laboratories America (NEC) announced their collaboration to create a comprehensive, multidisciplinary citation index for Web-based scholarly resources. The new Web Citation IndexTM will combine a suite of technologies developed by NEC, including "autonomous citation indexing" tools from NEC's CiteSeer environment, with the capabilities underlying ISI Web of KnowledgeSM. Thomson ISI editors will carefully monitor the quality of this new resource to ensure all indexed material meets the Thomson ISI high-quality standards. More details at: http://www.isinet.com/press/2004/8217120 Bernie Sloan Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting 616 E. Green Street, Suite 213 Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 333-4895 Fax: (217) 265-0454 E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu