From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jul 1 17:43:07 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:43:07 -0400 Subject: Aksnes DW, Taxt RE. "Peer reviews and bibliometric indicators: a comparative study at a Norwegian University" Research Evaluation 13(1):33-41 April 2004 Message-ID: Dag W. Aksnes : Dag.W.Aksnes at nifu.no TITLE Peer reviews and bibliometric indicators: a comparative study at a Norwegian university AUTHOR Aksnes DW, Taxt RE SOURCE RESEARCH EVALUATION 13 (1): 33-41 APR 2004 Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between bibliometric indicators and the outcomes of peer reviews. Based on a case study of research groups at the University of Bergen, Norway, we examine how various bibliometric indicators correlate with evaluation ratings given by expert committees. The analysis shows positive but relatively weak correlations for all the selected indicators. Particular attention is devoted to the reasons for the discrepancies. We find that shortcomings of the peers' assessments, of the bibliometric indicators, as well as lack of comparability, can explain why the correlation was not stronger. Addresses: Aksnes DW, NIFU, Norwegian Inst Studies Res & Higher Educ, Hegdehaugsveien 31, NO-0352 Oslo, Norway NIFU, Norwegian Inst Studies Res & Higher Educ, NO-0352 Oslo, Norway Univ Bergen, Fac Math & Nat Sci, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway Publisher: BEECH TREE PUBLISHING, 10 WATFORD CLOSE,, GUILDFORD GU1 2EP, SURREY, ENGLAND IDS Number: 818BO ISSN: 0958-2029 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *RES COUNC NORW CHEM RES NORW COLL U 1997 *RES COUNC NORW EARTH SCI RES NORW U 1 1998 *RES COUNC NORW PHYS RES NORW U COLL 1 2000 *RES COUNC NORW RES BIOL REL AR BIOC 2000 *RES COUNC NORW RES INF COMM TECHN N 2002 *RES COUNC NORW RES MATH NORW U COLL 2002 *VSNU QUAL ASS RES CHEM PA 1996 ANDERSON RC J AM SOC INFORM SCI 29 91 1978 CHUBIN DE PEERLESS SCI PEER RE 1990 COLE JR SOCIAL STRATIFICATIO 1973 GARFIELD E THEORETICAL MED 13 117 1992 KYVIK S PRODUCTIVITY ACAD SC 1991 LEPAIR C INT FORUM INFORM DOC 20 16 1995 LUUKKONEN T RES EVALUAT 1 21 1991 MACROBERTS MH SCIENTOMETRICS 36 435 1996 MARTIN BR SCIENTOMETRICS 36 343 1996 MOED HF CWTS9308 CTR SCI TEC 1993 NEDERHOF AJ HDB QUANTITATIVE STU 1988 OPPENHEIM C J DOC 53 477 1997 RINIA EJ RES POLICY 27 95 1998 SCHUBERT A SCIENTOMETRICS 9 281 1986 VANRAAN AFJ SCIENTOMETRICS 36 397 1996 VANRAAN AFJ WEB KNOWLEDGE FESTSC 301 2000 VINKLER P SCIENTOMETRICS 41 185 1998 VINKLER P SCIENTOMETRICS 40 163 1997 VINKLER P SCIENTOMETRICS 10 157 1986 WARNER J J INFORM SCI 26 453 2000 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jul 2 14:27:33 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:27:33 -0400 Subject: helwall M, Wilkinson D "Finding similar academic Web sites with links, bibliometric couplings and colinks" Information Processing & Management 40(3):515-526 May 2004 Message-ID: Mike Thelwall : m.thelwall at wiv.ac.uk David Wilkinson: d.wilkinson at wlv.ac.uk TITLE Finding similar academic Web sites with links, bibliometric couplings and colinks AUTHOR Thelwall M, Wilkinson D JOURNAL INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 40 (3): 515-526 MAY 2004 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 49 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: A common task in both Webmetrics and Web information retrieval is to identify a set of Web pages or sites that are similar in content. In this paper we assess the extent to which links, colinks and couplings can be used to identify similar Web sites. As an experiment, a random sample of 500 pairs of domains from the UK academic Web were taken and human assessments of site similarity, based upon content type, were compared against ratings for the three concepts. The results show that using a combination of all three gives the highest probability of identifying similar sites, but surprisingly this was only a marginal improvement over using links alone. Another unexpected result was that high values for either colink counts or couplings were associated with only a small increased likelihood of similarity. The principal advantage of using couplings and colinks was found to be greater coverage in terms of a much larger number of pairs of sites being connected by these measures, instead of increased probability of similarity. In information retrieval terminology, this is improved recall rather than improved precision. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Author Keywords: document clustering, webmetrics, Web information retrieval KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE, DEPARTMENTS, INFORMATION, COCITATION, IMPACT Addresses: Thelwall M, Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, Wulfruna St, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, England Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, England Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND IDS Number: 818PX ISSN: 0306-4573 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year AGUILLO IF ONLINE INFORMATION 9 239 1998 ALMIND TC J DOC 53 404 1997 ARASU A ACM T INTERNET TECHN 1 2 2001 BJORNEBORN L P 12 ACM C HYP HYP 133 2001 BJORNEBORN L SHARED OUTLINKS WEBO 2001 BORGMAN CL ANNU REV INFORM SCI 36 3 2002 BRIN S COMPUT NETWORKS ISDN 30 107 1998 BRODER A COMPUT NETW 33 309 2000 CAWKELL T ASIS MONOGRAPH SERIE 177 2000 CHAKRABARTI S STRUCTURE BROAD TOPI 2002 CHEN C INFORMATION VISUALIS 1999 CHEN CM INTERACT COMPUT 10 353 1998 CHU H J ED LIB INFORMATION 43 110 2002 CRONIN B J INFORM SCI 27 1 2001 DEARING R REPORT NATL COMMITTE 1997 FLAKE GW COMPUTER 35 66 2002 GAO J TREC 10 WEB TRACK EX 2001 GARRIDO M CYBERACTIVISM ONLINE 165 2003 GLANZEL W SCIENTOMETRICS 50 199 2001 HAVELIWALA TH SCALABLE TECHNIQUES 2000 INGWERSEN P J DOC 54 236 1998 KLEINBERG JM J ACM 46 604 1999 LI XM SCIENTOMETRICS 57 239 2003 NG AY P 17 INT JOINT C ART 903 2001 NG AY P 24 ANN INT ACM SIG 258 2001 PARK HW J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53 592 2002 PENNOCK DM P NATL ACAD SCI USA 99 5207 2002 PIROLLO P CHI 96 P C HUM FACT 118 1996 POLANCO X CLUSTERING MAPPING W 2001 ROGERS R SCI CULTURE 11 191 2002 ROUSSEAU R CYBERMETRICS 1 1997 SALTON G INTRO MODERN INFORMA 1983 SCHVANEVELDT RW PSYCHOL LEARN MOTIV 24 249 1989 SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50 799 1999 SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24 265 1973 SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 38 275 1997 TANG R IN PRESS DISCIPLINAR THELWALL M IN PRESS J DOCUMENTA 59 THELWALL M INTERNET RES 12 124 2002 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 58 563 2002 THELWALL M J INFORM SCI 27 319 2001 THELWALL M J INFORM SCI 27 393 2001 THELWALL M PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE 2001 THELWALL M SCIENTOMETRICS 55 335 2002 THOMAS O J INFORM SCI 26 421 2000 WATTS DJ NATURE 393 440 1998 WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32 163 1981 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Jul 6 15:22:47 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:22:47 -0400 Subject: Moser PL, Hauffe H, Lorenz IH, Hager M, Tiefenthaler W, Lorenz HM, Mikuz G, Soegner P, Kolbitsch C. "Publication output in telemedicine during the period January 1964 to July 2003" Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 10(2):72-77 2004 Message-ID: Patrizia L. Moser : patrizia.moser at uibk.ac.at TITLE : Publication output in telemedicine during the period January 1964 to July 2003 AUTHOR : Moser PL, Hauffe H, Lorenz IH, Hager M, Tiefenthaler W, Lorenz HM, Mikuz G, Soegner P, Kolbitsch C JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE 10 (2): 72-77 2004 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 10 Times Cited: 1 Explanation Abstract: The MEDLINE database was used to survey the period January 1964 to July 2003 for the number of publications relating to telemedicine (n=5911), as well as their distribution by country (n=42). Publications per million inhabitants were then correlated with each country's population density, gross national product, human development index (HDI) and number of PCs per 1000 inhabitants. Telemedicine publications made up 0.05% of all medical publications cited in MEDLINE. American and European countries along with others classified as industrialized produced 97% of all telemedicine publications. In terms of publications per million inhabitants, Norway and Finland took the lead. There were significant correlations between telemedicine publications per capita and HDI (r=-0.60), number of PCs per 1000 inhabitants (r=0.73) and gross national product per capita (r=0.69), but not population density (r=-0.12). Addresses: Moser PL, Innsbruck Univ, Dept Pathol, Univ Lib, Muellerstr 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Innsbruck Univ, Dept Pathol, Univ Lib, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Innsbruck Univ, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care Med, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Innsbruck Univ, Dept Radiol 2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Publisher: ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD, 1 WIMPOLE STREET, LONDON W1G 0AE, ENGLAND IDS Number: 810XT ISSN: 1357-633X Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *EUR COMM RES TECHN DEV TEL SY 18 1993 *INT TEL UN ITU D IMP TEL HLTH CAR OTH 1995 *UN DEV PROGR HUM DEV REP OFF ANNAN K GEN ASS OFF REC 5 S1 2000 GARFIELD E ANN INTERN MED 105 313 1986 JUTRA A AM J ROENTGENOL 82 1099 1959 KOLBITSCH C ANASTH INTENSIV NOTF 34 214 1999 PEREDNIA DA JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 273 483 1995 VONBARATTA M FISCHER WELTALMANACH 27 2003 WEINSTEIN RS HUM PATHOL 32 1283 2001 From quentinburrell at MANX.NET Tue Jul 6 15:59:39 2004 From: quentinburrell at MANX.NET (Quentin L. Burrell) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 20:59:39 +0100 Subject: Moser PL, Hauffe H, Lorenz IH, Hager M, Tiefenthaler W, Lorenz HM, Mikuz G, Soegner P, Kolbitsch C. "Publication output in telemedicine during the period January 1964 to July 2003" Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 10(2):72-77 2004 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gene Thanks for bringing this to our attention but, at the risk of sounding ungrateful, it is not a paper that I will pursue. My reaction to the "findings" is - "So what? Where is the mention of BigMac consumption?" (Maybe there were some interesting hypotheses being tested, but these are not stated.) This sort of analysis is perhaps justifiable as an undergraduate project or, with appropriate background support, as a masters dissertation. But as a scientific research paper? With NINE authors? I feel that somebody, somewhere is pulling somebody's (our?) leg. Maybe I am being harsh. What do other listmembers think? Quentin Dr Quentin L Burrell Isle of Man International Business School The Nunnery Old Castletown Road Douglas IM2 1QB via United Kingdom 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 Eugene Garfield Sent: 06 July 2004 20:23 To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Moser PL, Hauffe H, Lorenz IH, Hager M, Tiefenthaler W, Lorenz HM, Mikuz G, Soegner P, Kolbitsch C. "Publication output in telemedicine during the period January 1964 to July 2003" Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 10(2):72-77 2004 Patrizia L. Moser : patrizia.moser at uibk.ac.at TITLE : Publication output in telemedicine during the period January 1964 to July 2003 AUTHOR : Moser PL, Hauffe H, Lorenz IH, Hager M, Tiefenthaler W, Lorenz HM, Mikuz G, Soegner P, Kolbitsch C JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE 10 (2): 72-77 2004 Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 10 Times Cited: 1 Explanation Abstract: The MEDLINE database was used to survey the period January 1964 to July 2003 for the number of publications relating to telemedicine (n=5911), as well as their distribution by country (n=42). Publications per million inhabitants were then correlated with each country's population density, gross national product, human development index (HDI) and number of PCs per 1000 inhabitants. Telemedicine publications made up 0.05% of all medical publications cited in MEDLINE. American and European countries along with others classified as industrialized produced 97% of all telemedicine publications. In terms of publications per million inhabitants, Norway and Finland took the lead. There were significant correlations between telemedicine publications per capita and HDI (r=-0.60), number of PCs per 1000 inhabitants (r=0.73) and gross national product per capita (r=0.69), but not population density (r=-0.12). Addresses: Moser PL, Innsbruck Univ, Dept Pathol, Univ Lib, Muellerstr 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Innsbruck Univ, Dept Pathol, Univ Lib, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Innsbruck Univ, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care Med, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Innsbruck Univ, Dept Radiol 2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Publisher: ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD, 1 WIMPOLE STREET, LONDON W1G 0AE, ENGLAND IDS Number: 810XT ISSN: 1357-633X Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year *EUR COMM RES TECHN DEV TEL SY 18 1993 *INT TEL UN ITU D IMP TEL HLTH CAR OTH 1995 *UN DEV PROGR HUM DEV REP OFF ANNAN K GEN ASS OFF REC 5 S1 2000 GARFIELD E ANN INTERN MED 105 313 1986 JUTRA A AM J ROENTGENOL 82 1099 1959 KOLBITSCH C ANASTH INTENSIV NOTF 34 214 1999 PEREDNIA DA JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 273 483 1995 VONBARATTA M FISCHER WELTALMANACH 27 2003 WEINSTEIN RS HUM PATHOL 32 1283 2001 From Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR Wed Jul 7 08:06:55 2004 From: Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR (Michel J. Menou) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:06:55 +0200 Subject: Moser PL, Hauffe H, Lorenz IH, Hager M, Tiefenthaler W, Lorenz HM, Mikuz G, Soegner P, Kolbitsch C. "Publication output in telemedicine during the period January 1964 to July 2003" Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 10(2):72-77 2004 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 9:59:39 PM, Quentin Burrell wrote: QLB> Gene QLB> Thanks for bringing this to our attention but, at the risk of sounding QLB> ungrateful, it is not a paper that I will pursue. My reaction to the QLB> "findings" is - "So what? Where is the mention of BigMac consumption?" Actually one might find a correlation between the consumption of BigMac's and the inflation of national pride, or the number of self-citations :-) QLB> (Maybe there were some interesting hypotheses being tested, but these are QLB> not stated.) May be they are spelled out in the paper (assuming the comments were prompted by reading of the abstract) In any case, I feel that a ponderation of the "country" factor through a number of relevant coefficients that prevent San Marin to be treated as equal to China, with no offense to either countries, is a practice that might be worth generalizing. snip Michel Menou From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jul 7 14:36:38 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Henry Small) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:36:38 -0400 Subject: [ISSI] Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship Message-ID: >From Henry Small henry.small at thomson.com We are pleased to announce the availability of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship to be awarded in conjunction with the 10th International Conference of ISSI in 2005. Please see www.umu.se/inforsk/ISSI2005/award/award_intro.htm for further information and instructions on how to apply. From rodney.yancey at THOMSON.COM Wed Jul 7 14:42:08 2004 From: rodney.yancey at THOMSON.COM (Yancey, Rodney) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:42:08 -0400 Subject: [ISSI] Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Sch olarship Message-ID: Hi Henry-- Your email reminded me of our donation to ISSI. Can you check to ensure they received our contribution? Rodney Rodney Yancey Manager, Corporate Communications Thomson Scientific 3501 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 rodney.yancey at thomson.com 215-386-0100 x1396 (office phone) 267-243-5610 (cell phone) 215-243-2235 (fax) -----Original Message----- From: Henry Small [mailto:garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:37 PM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] [ISSI] Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship >From Henry Small henry.small at thomson.com We are pleased to announce the availability of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship to be awarded in conjunction with the 10th International Conference of ISSI in 2005. Please see www.umu.se/inforsk/ISSI2005/award/award_intro.htm for further information and instructions on how to apply. ________________________________________________________________________ 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 Wed Jul 7 15:38:22 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:38:22 -0400 Subject: White HD. "Citation analysis and discourse analysis revisited" Applied Linguistics 25(1):89-116 March 2004 Message-ID: Howard D. White : whitehd at drexel.edu. TITLE : Citation analysis and discourse analysis revisited AUTHOR : White HD JOURNAL : APPLIED LINGUISTICS 25 (1): 89-116 MAR 2004 Cited References: 95 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: John Swales's 1986 article 'Citation analysis and discourse analysis' was written by a discourse analyst to introduce citation research from other fields, mainly sociology of science, to his own discipline. Here, I introduce applied linguists and discourse analysts to citation studies from information science, a complementary tradition not emphasized by Swales. Using replicable bibliometric techniques, I show that interdisciplinary ties have grown among citation researchers from discourse analysis, sociology of science, and information science in the years since Swales wrote. Key authors, journals, articles, and books are presented in tables based on cocitation data from the Institute for Scientific Information. While theoretical integration of the different strands of research is far from complete, this article carries the effort forward by reviewing contributions from the 1970s to the present in three major lines of research: citation classification, content analysis of citation contexts, and studies of citer motivations. I pay particular attention to ideas that bear on teaching the art of citing-for example, in courses in English for research purposes-and to controversies in citation research of interest to discourse analysts. KeyWords Plus: INFORMATION-SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES, CITER MOTIVATIONS, SELF-CITATIONS, MODEL, DOCUMENTS, KNOWLEDGE, BEHAVIOR, JOURNALS, CLASSIFICATION Addresses: White HD, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND IDS Number: 772BF ISSN: 0142-6001 Cited Author Cited Work Volume Page Year ALLEN B SOC STUD SCI 24 279 1994 BAIRD LM J INFORM SCI 20 2 1994 BALDI S AM SOCIOL REV 63 829 1998 BARNBROOK G LANGUAGE COMPUTERS P 1996 BAZERMAN C SHAPING WRITTEN KNOW 1988 BECKER HS COMMUNICATION 2003 BERKENKOTTER C PROFESSIONAL COMMUNI 109 1993 BONZI S SCIENTOMETRICS 21 245 1991 BROOKS TA ENCY LIB INFORMAT S8 43 48 1988 BROOKS TA J AM SOC INFORM SCI 37 34 1986 BROOKS TA J AM SOC INFORM SCI 36 223 1985 CANO V J AM SOC INFORM SCI 40 284 1989 CASE DO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 51 635 2000 CHUBIN DE SOC STUD SCI 5 423 1975 COLE J AM SOCIOL 6 23 1971 COLE S IDEA SOCIAL STRUCTUR 175 1975 COZZENS SE J AM SOC INFORM SCI 33 233 1982 COZZENS SE SCIENTOMETRICS 15 437 1989 COZZENS SE SOC STUD SCI 15 127 1985 CRONIN B CITATION PROCESS ROL 1984 CRONIN B J AM SOC INFORM SCI 45 537 1994 CRONIN B J INFORM SCI 3 27 1981 CRONIN B SCIENTOMETRICS 54 31 2002 DIMITROFF A J DOC 51 44 1995 DONG YR RES TEACH ENGL 30 428 1996 FINNEY B THESIS CITY U LONDON 1979 GARFIELD E CITATION INDEXING IT 1979 GARFIELD E ESSAYS INFORMATION S 3 1 1977 GARFIELD E ESSAYS INFORMATION S 2 396 1977 GARFIELD E LIBR QUART 66 449 1996 GARFIELD E NBS 269 189 1965 GILBERT GN OPENING PANDORAS BOX 1984 GILBERT GN SOC STUD SCI 7 113 1977 HALLIDAY MAK COHESION ENGLISH 1976 HARGENS LL AM SOCIOL REV 65 846 2000 HAWES T RES TEACH ENGL 31 394 1997 HEMAIS B ENGL SPECIF PURP 20 39 2001 HERLACH G J AM SOC INFORM SCI 29 308 1978 HODGES TL THESIS U CALIFORNIA 1972 HOOTEN PA J AM SOC INFORM SCI 42 397 1991 HYLAND K APPL LINGUIST 20 341 1999 HYLAND K DISCIPLINARY DISCOUR 2000 HYLAND K ENGL SPECIF PURP 20 206 2001 HYLAND K J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 54 251 2003 LATOUR B SCI ACTION FOLLOW SC 1987 LAW J SOC STUD SCI 12 535 1982 LINDSEY D SCI PUBLICATION SYST 1978 LIU MX J DOC 49 370 1993 LUUKKONEN T SCIENTOMETRICS 38 27 1997 MACROBERTS MH SOC STUD SCI 14 91 1984 MCCAIN KW SCIENTOMETRICS 17 126 1989 MERTON RK CITATION INDEXING IT 1979 MERTON RK ISIS 79 606 1988 MERTON RK SCIENCE 159 56 1968 MORAVCSIK MJ SOC STUD SCI 5 86 1975 MURUGESAN P J AM SOC INFORM SCI 29 141 1978 MYERS G J PRAGMATICS 17 295 1992 MYERS G WRITING BIOL TEXTS S 1990 NANBA H IJCAI 99 P 16 INT JO 926 1999 NANBA H P AM SOC INF SCI SIG 117 2000 OCONNOR J INFORMATION PROCESSI 18 125 1982 PAUL D J BUS TECH COMMUN 14 185 2000 PERITZ BC SCIENTOMETRICS 5 211 1983 PERITZ BC SCIENTOMETRICS 5 303 1983 PICKERING A SOC STUD SCI 17 87 1987 PIERCE SJ LIBR INFORM SCI RES 9 143 1987 ROSE SK LANGUAGE LEARNING DI 1 34 1996 SALAGERMEYER F ENGL SPECIF PURP 18 279 1999 SHADISH WR SOC STUD SCI 25 477 1995 SMALL H PROGR COMMUNICATION 3 287 1982 SMALL HG SOC STUD SCI 8 327 1978 SMITH LC LIBR TRENDS 30 83 1981 STEWART JA SOC FORCES 62 166 1983 SWALES J APPL LINGUIST 7 39 1986 SWALES J COMMUNICATION 2002 SWALES J GENRE ANAL ENGLISH A 1990 SWALES J TESOL Q 22 151 1988 SWALES JM ENGLISH TODAYS RES W 2000 TAGLIACOZZO R J DOC 33 251 1977 TEUFEL S COMPUT LINGUIST 28 409 2002 TEUFEL S THESIS U EDINBURGH 1999 THOMPSON P LANGUAGE LEARNING TE 5 91 2001 VALLE E ANGLICANA TURKUENSIA 17 1999 VANDALEN HP SCIENTOMETRICS 50 455 2001 VINKLER P SCIENTOMETRICS 43 107 1998 WANG PL J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50 98 1999 WEINSTOCK M ENCY LIBRARY INFORMA 5 16 1971 WHITE HD ANNU REV INFORM SCI 32 99 1997 WHITE HD ANNU REV INFORM SCI 24 119 1989 WHITE HD J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 52 87 2001 WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 49 327 1998 WHITE HD SCHOLARLY COMMUNICAT 84 1990 WHITE MD LIBR QUART 67 122 1997 YOUNG KM WRIT COMMUN 15 25 1998 ZUCKERMAN H SCIENTOMETRICS 12 329 1987 From isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES Thu Jul 8 08:13:53 2004 From: isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:13:53 +0200 Subject: New paper published in Cybermetrics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: A Statistical Analysis of UK Academic Web Links Nigel Payne mailto:n.c.payne at wlv.ac.uk Mike Thelwall School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, 35/49 Lichfield Street Wolverhampton. WV1 1EQ, UK Cybermetrics,2004, 8(1): Paper 2 http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v8i1p2.html Abstract The analysis of web-based documents using quantitative techniques is a well-established area of research within the realm of information science. This paper builds on some of that work and presents the results of statistical analysis carried out on the web link structure text files of 111 UK universities. Summary statistics are produced using Alternative Document Models and the results of the statistical analysis are also graphically displayed, including trendline equations. Mathematical linear relationships were observed between certain bivariate data with subsequent Pearson correlation analysis revealing a number of very strong correlation relationships, particularly between site size and number of source / target directories and pages. This seems to support previous research by suggesting that the directory Alternative Document Model has some advantages over the domain Alternative Document Model. -- *************************************** 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 Fri Jul 9 14:14:04 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:14:04 -0400 Subject: Semenzato G. Rizzato G. Agoostini C. "Impact factor as measure of scientific quality" American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 169(9):1070 May 1, 2004. Message-ID: Gianpietro Semenzato [g.semenzato at unipd.it] The author has kindly provided a full-text version of the above mentioned Letter. The text follows at the end. TITLE : Impact Factor as measure of scientific quality (Letter) AUTHOR : SEMENZATO g. rIZZATO g. aGOSTINI c. SOURCE : American Jopurnal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 169(9):1070 May 1,2004. American Thoracic Society New York AUTHOR : G. Semenzato Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse LungDis. Editorial Office, Padua, Italy. ______________________________________________________________ Letter to the Editor Copyedited by MJ Tobin February 4, 2004-02-04 Impact Factor as Measure of Scientific Quality of Journals Dear Dr. Tobin, We read with interest your recent Editorial on impact factor (1). As you outlined, editors are attentive to problems related to the impact factor of their journal. Speaking on behalf of the Editorial Office of Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease (SVDLD), we were a bit surprised at not seeing our journal included in figure 2 of your editorial, which showed the impact factors of journals listed in the respiratory system category as ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information (2). Although SVDLD does not encompass the spectrum of all respiratory system and critical care medicine, our journal provides an interesting choice for publication in the area of interstitial lung disease. Our opinion is reinforced by the growing interest of members of the pneumology community who, by publishing outstanding papers in our journal, have caused our impact factor to grow impressively in only a few years. In 2002 the impact factor of SVDLD was 2.83, just a notch below that of Chest (2.97) and European Respiratory Journal (2.93). More importantly, the increase in impact factor of SVDLD is very similar to that of AJRCCM (see Figure), and has increased by approximately 100% since 1998. Aside from the above consideration, our feelings on the value of impact factor are entirely consistent with the ideas presented in your Editorial (3). People display two lines of thinking on this subject: some strongly support the value of impact factor (we belong to this group), and others are very critical of the measurement (4, 5). We admit, however, that there are disadvantages to the use of the impact factor, although these are linked to inappropriate use of this bibliographic parameter rather than to an intrinsic defect in the parameter (4). The first problem relates to the transposition of the use of the impact factor from the evaluation of a journal to the rating of authors. Also, in the case of academic evaluation, expecially when rank of a journal is being used in deciding the appropriateness of promoting an individual or the awarding a grant application, it is sometimes inappropriate to compare authors working in different areas through use of the simple ?numbers? of impact factor. Nevertheless, two points are undeniable: the most quoted journals are those most widely read and distributed; and a low or high international rating can make the difference between success and failure of a journal. Everybody has experienced increased difficulty in being accepted by journals with the highest impact factor because of the high number of competing manuscripts. It is commonly understood that journals with the highest impact factor are those that are forced to make a more accurate selection, ultimately choosing the best papers. Why should we not consider the impact factor as an index of the quality of manuscripts published and thus of the prestige of the authors? In conclusion, we believe that the impact factor can decide the success or failure of a journal. Arguments raised by detractors of impact factor are frequently without a solid basis, since it is clear that the limitations of this parameter are linked to its misleading use rather than an intrinsic defect of the parameter. Gianpietro Semenzato, MD Gianfranco Rizzato, MD Carlo Agostini, MD Editorial Office, Sarcoidosis Vasculitis Diffuse Lung Disease Padua University School of Medicine Dept. Clinical & Experimental Medicine Clinical Immunology Branch Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 PADOVA - Italy From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Jul 18 04:18:55 2004 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:18:55 +0200 Subject: FW: 5th triple helix conference - call for paper Message-ID: ** apologies for cross-postings _____ Please find in attachment a second announcement and detailed call for paper for the upcoming triple helix conference. Please note that the track titles list is not exhaustive as they are still being defined. Suggestions are welcome. I would be grateful if you could kindly circulate this document to your mailing lists. A poster is also available for billposting (see attached pdf). If you would like to receive some, please write to this address, indicating the number and full postal address they should me mailed to. I will send you more information soon on other organization developments. In the meantime, for more information, you may visit the official website www.triplehelix5.com Do not hesitate to contact me for any additional information or clarifications. 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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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jul 21 09:33:42 2004 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:33:42 +0100 Subject: The UK Committee Report on OA Message-ID: I am forwarding this because of the general interest and implications of the UK report. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:01:34 +0100 From: Stevan Harnad To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Subject: Re: Mandating OA around the corner? [I have now seen the report, and the positive rumour indeed proved correct!] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/39909.htm **Written July 19, posted July 20 2004** I am at the Barcelona 2004 Forum on the biology of conflict and cooperation http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/eventos/dialogos/ficha.cfm?IdEvento=164 so I have not seen the UK Select Committee Report (embargoed till tomorrow, July 20, four hours from now). But if the rumour is false that it will only recommend support for OA publishing, "Re: UK Select Committee Inquiry into Scientific Publication" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3836.html and the rumour is true that it will also recommend mandating the self-archiving of all UK-funded research, then the outcome could not have been better -- though it could have come 10 years earlier! "June 27 2004: The 1994 "Subversive Proposal" at 10" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3809.html http://www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/toc.html Mandated self-archiving for UK-funded research output had been precisely what our own written testimony (with Tony Hey, Charles Oppenheim, and numerous other co-signatories) had recommended: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/ukparl.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/ukparl.doc And this UK recommendation would perfectly complement the steps NIH is beginning to take in the same direction in the US: "Re: Mandating OA around the corner?" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3851.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3854.html Now the recommendation needs only implementation: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php and then I *guarantee* that all the rest of the OA dominoes will rapidly fall, worldwide. Best wishes, Stevan Harnad UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/ UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a suitable open-access journal whenever one exists. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm#journals BOAI-1 ("green"): Otherwise, publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal and also self-archive it. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESSS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2004) is available at: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/index.html To join the Forum: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access- Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jul 22 12:49:27 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Henry Small, Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, PA) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:49:27 -0400 Subject: Job Posting - Philadelphia - Senior Contract Researcher Sales Rep Message-ID: Posted by : Henry Small, Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, PA Senior Contract Researcher Sales Rep Thomson Scientific is a leading global database information provider, a strong technology company whose growth has been built by successfully developing products for the worldwide web. We have an exciting opening available in our Philadelphia office for a Sr. Contract Researcher Sales Representative. The primary role is to sell, market and promote the products and services of Contract Research. This is a consultative sales position requiring in-depth knowledge of the Web of Science and citation analysis. Consult with customers in government agencies, academia, and research institutes to identify appropriate Contract Research products and services to meet their research evaluation requirements. Achieve and exceed assigned sales targets and objectives. Prepare proposals and cost estimates for projects and maintain database of client contracts prospects. Some travel required. We are looking for a Bachelor degree, preferably Masters, in Information Science, Policy studies or equivalent experience. Knowledge of bibliometric principles. Strong communication skills and knowledge of MS Access preferred. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute in a fast-paced technical organization. We provide an excellent salary and benefits. For immediate, confidential consideration, please send your resume to: Diana.cassel at thomson.com http://www.isinet.com http://www.thomson.com EOE M/F/D/V From m.s.meyer at SUSSEX.AC.UK Fri Jul 23 04:38:54 2004 From: m.s.meyer at SUSSEX.AC.UK (Martin Meyer) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:38:54 +0100 Subject: Call for Papers: 5th International Triple Helix Conference - Track on Indicators Message-ID: Call For Papers 5th International Triple Helix Conference The Capitalization of Knowledge: cognitive, economic, social & cultural aspects Track on Triple Helix Indicators Turin, Italy - 18-21 May 2005 The Triple Helix provides a platform for researchers from a variety of disciplines with a common interest in university-industry-government relations. There has been an increasing interest in developing new and improving established indicators in a number of areas especially related to the Triple Helix. These include the following: a.. Mapping Scientific and Technological Communication and Collaboration b.. Dynamics of University-Industry-Government Relations c.. Intellectual Organization of Knowledge-based Innovations d.. Evolution of Boundary-crossing Intellectual Spaces e.. Simulation Studies f.. Analyzing Science-Technology Interaction g.. Evaluating University-Industry Collaboration h.. Indicators of Academic Entrepreneurship and Science-based Innovation i.. Measuring the Impact of Universities as Regional Innovation Organizers j.. Assessing the function of science parks, business incubators and other intermediaries in the capitalization of knowledge The analysis of bibliometric, patent, or webometric data can make important contributions to our understanding of these aspects of the Triple Helix. Additional insights can be gained from extending informetric analyses using other quantitative and also qualitative approaches. This track on Triple Helix Indicators welcomes informetric and other quantitative contributions addressing the above issues. Also papers of a more qualitative nature are invited in so far as they contribute towards a better understanding of indicators in this area. We aim to publish a selection of contributions in a dedicated issue of a relevant journal to ensure the widest-possible distribution of the papers presented. Young researchers and Ph.D students, particularly from transitional and developing countries are encouraged to participate. Grants are available upon request depending on resources available. The selection of relevant presentations will be made on the basis of extended abstracts (1500 words or 3 full pages). The deadline for submission is November 1, 2004. Full papers are to be submitted by February 1, 2005 and should not exceed 7000 words. All submissions (preferably in MS Word format) should be sent to Paola Caretta or Rocio Ribelles Zorita at organization at triplehelix5.com and copied to loet at leydesdorff.net and m.s.meyer at sussex.ac.uk. Further information about the conference is available at http://www.triplehelix5.com. -- Dr Martin Meyer SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research University of Sussex, Freeman Centre Brighton BN1 9QE, United Kingdom Steunpunt O&O Statistieken K.U. Leuven, Dekenstraat 2 B-3000 Leuven, Belgium E-mail: m.s.meyer at sussex.ac.uk, martin.meyer at econ.kuleuven.ac.be Internet: www.techtransfer.org.uk, www.steunpuntoos.be -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Fri Jul 23 16:43:27 2004 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:43:27 +0100 Subject: self-citations In-Reply-To: <6EBCA2135886B74E9B13FDDD6A926FF601EF0812@CASEVS01.cas.anu.edu.au> Message-ID: I'm not surprised that self-citations journal self-citations are too weak to have much effect on the journal impact factor, but I'll bet author self-citations have a somewhat bigger effect on author (or article) citation counts. (Tim Brody is doing the OA/non-OA citation stats both ways: with and without (author) self-citations, just to be sure. Good to know we need not bother doing a control on journal self-citations. Chrs, S On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Colin Steele wrote: > http://www.thomson.com/common/view_news_release.jsp?body_include=press_room/news_releases/scientific_healthcare_mg/Study_Reveals_Weak_Impact_Factor_of_Self_Citations§ion=corp&secondary=pr_market_group&tertiary=scientific&subsection=pressroom&title=New_Thomson_Study_Reveals_Weak_Correlation_Between_Self-Citations_and_Impact_Factor > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Colin Steele > Emeritus Fellow > University Librarian, Australian National University (1980-2002) > and Director Scholarly Information Strategies (2002-2003) > W.K. Hancock Building (043) > The Australian National University > Canberra ACT 0200 > Australia > > Tel +61 (0)2 612 58983 > Fax +61 (0)2 612 55526 > Email: colin.steele at anu.edu.au > > From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sat Jul 24 02:50:03 2004 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 08:50:03 +0200 Subject: self-citations In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Steve, This message amazed me and therefore I looked it up. The press release says only that it had "little effect on the relative rank of high impact journals." This means probably that these journals are all subject to a relatively similar (downward) effect, but only on the high impact end. I expect that smaller and more specialist journals will be more heavily affected by this "correction" than larger ones. Note that journal self-citations are no "self-citations", but only citations among authors working in the same field. In specialist areas these self-citations can be highly functional to the development of the respective research fronts. In aggregated journal-journal citation matrices the function of the main diagonal ("self-citations") on the structure is usually neglegible. The factor structure, for example, is robust against using Pearson correlations or rank-order correlations. Thus, the structure of science is not affected by these effects. One may wish to use these journal self-citations as an indicator of the restrictedness of the scientific communication in a specialty area. 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 Stevan Harnad > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:43 PM > To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu > Subject: [SIGMETRICS] self-citations > > I'm not surprised that self-citations journal self-citations > are too weak to have much effect on the journal impact > factor, but I'll bet author self-citations have a somewhat > bigger effect on author (or article) citation counts. (Tim > Brody is doing the OA/non-OA citation stats both ways: with > and without (author) self-citations, just to be sure. Good to > know we need not bother doing a control on journal > self-citations. Chrs, S > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Colin Steele wrote: > > > > http://www.thomson.com/common/view_news_release.jsp?body_include=press_room/ news_releases/scientific_healthcare_mg/Study_Reveals_Weak_Impact_Factor_of_S elf_Citations§ion=corp&secondary=pr_market_group&tertiary=scientific&sub section=pressroom&title=New_Thomson_Study_Reveals_Weak_Correlation_Between_S elf-Citations_and_Impact_Factor > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Colin Steele > > Emeritus Fellow > > University Librarian, Australian National University > (1980-2002) and > > Director Scholarly Information Strategies (2002-2003) W.K. Hancock > > Building (043) The Australian National University Canberra > ACT 0200 > > Australia > > > > Tel +61 (0)2 612 58983 > > Fax +61 (0)2 612 55526 > > Email: colin.steele at anu.edu.au > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Jul 26 11:20:31 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:20:31 -0400 Subject: Bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature published in " Ciencia" 1940-74 Message-ID: An?lisis bibliom?trico de la literatura cient?fica publicada en "Ciencia. Revista hispano-americana de ciencias puras y aplicadas" (1940-1974) Information Research, Vol. 9 No. 4, July 2004 (electronic journal)at http://InformationR.net/ir/ An?lisis bibliom?trico de la literatura cient?fica publicada en "Ciencia. Revista hispano-americana de ciencias puras y aplicadas" (1940-1974) Antonio Pulgar?n, Cristina Carapeto, and Jos? M. Cobos Facultad de Biblioteconom?a y Documentaci?n, Universidad de Extremadura Badajoz, Espa?a This paper reports the pilot stage of a Project whose objective is to analyse the scientific output of the journal "Ciencia" from its appearance (1940) until its closure (1974). The journal constituted the formal channel for the dissemination of science among Spanish researchers in exile in Hispano-America due to the Spanish civil War (1936-1939). The original articles published in three of the seven sections into which the journal was divided - Modern science (section I), Original communications (section II), and Applied science (section IV) - are studied, together with the bibliographical references contained in those articles. The number of articles analysed was 972, and of bibliographical references 14,184. http://informationr.net/ir/9-4/paper193.html#abs Resumen El estudio es el avance de un proyecto, que tiene como objetivo el an?lisis de la producci?n cient?fica de la revista Ciencia, desde su aparici?n (1940) hasta su desaparici?n (1974). La revista Ciencia constituy?, como fuente de informaci?n, el canal formal de difusi?n cient?fica entre los investigadores espa?oles exiliados en Hispanoam?rica, debido a la Guerra Civil Espa?ola (1936-1939). Se analizan los trabajos originales publicados por la revista, contenidos en tres de las siete secciones en que esta se divide: Ciencia moderna (secci?n I), Comunicaciones originales (secci?n II) y Ciencia aplicada (secci?n IV). Igualmente se estudiaron las referencias bibliogr?ficas contenidas en esos art?culos. El total de art?culos analizados fue de 972 y el de referencias bibliogr?ficas de14.184. ______________________________________________________________________ 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 Jul 26 11:36:09 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:36:09 -0400 Subject: Web links as analogues of citations by Alastair G. Smith Message-ID: Information Research, Vol. 9 No. 4, July 2004 http://informationr.net/ir/9-4/paper188.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Web links as analogues of citations Alastair G. Smith School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Abstract This exploratory study investigates the extent to which Web links are analogues to the citations in traditional print literature. A classification of Web links is developed, using the nature of the source and target pages, and the reasons for linking. Links to a sample of research oriented Websites (universities, professional institutes, research institutes, electronic journals, and individual researchers) were classified. Overall, 20% of the Web links in the study could be regarded as research links analagous to citations. Introduction Citations in conventional print publications have traditionally been used as indicators of links between researchers, and it is tempting to regard Web links as analogues of citations. To what extent do hypertext links between Websites indicate research links? This exploratory study examines the nature of Web links made to research oriented Websites, to determine the extent to which the Web links are made for research-related reasons and are, therefore, analagous to citations. One obvious difference is the nature of the documents that are linked. Citations in conventional print publications are generally between research publications, while Web links may be between a wide variety of publication types: personal home pages, subject resource guides, etc. Why are citations and Web links made? Bibliometric literature contains many studies that examine the motivation behind citing. Egghe and Rousseau (1990) review a number of studies of citation motivation. Garfield (1964) identifies reasons that include paying homage, identifying methodology, providing background, correcting, criticising, substantiating or authenticating, alerting to forthcoming or poorly disseminated work, identifying original concepts, and disclaiming or disputing previous work. Kelland and Young (1998) list several motivations, including acknowledging prior work, identifying methodology, providing background reading, correcting or criticising, substantiating claims, alerting readers to forthcoming work, authenticating data, identifying original publication of a term or concept, disclaiming work of others, and disputing priority claims. Case and Higgins (2000) found that citations might be made because the cited work (1) was a 'concept-marker', (2) promoted the authority of the citing work or (3) deserved criticism. Oppenheim and Smith (2001) studied citations in students' dissertations and found that while their motivations for citing were similar to academics, there was a trend towards citing Internet sources. Studies of linking motivation on the Web, on the other hand, are more recent, and indicate that Web links are made for different reasons. Kim (2000) studied links from Web based scholarly publications and found a wide range of motivations for linking, some echoing citations, but also including: publicity, credit to an institution, providing an immediate access mechanism, to provide a graphical image, and an editorial policy of encouraging hyperlinks. Thelwall (2003) studied 100 Web links between university home pages, and classified them into 'ownership', 'social', 'general navigational' and 'gratuitous'; arguing that the majority of Web linking motivations were trivial compared with citing motivation. Chu (2003) analysed links to academic Websites, and found that 50% of links were to resource or directory information, while only 27% were motivated by research or teaching/learning. Because of these wider reasons for Web linking, and the more eclectic range of documents that Web links are made between, motivations are different for Web links and citations. Wilkinson et al. (2003) found that less than 1% of links to university department Websites were formal research citations. Vaughan and Shaw (2003) studied bibliographic and Web citations to articles in LIS journals and found that many Web citations represented intellectual impact and that for most journals there was a correlation between Web citations and the Journal Impact Factor. The increasing use of Web links in Webmetric research means that the nature of these links, and the extent to which they serve the same function as citations, is important. The current study undertook to classify links made to a sample of research oriented Websites, to test a trial classification and to estimate the extent to which the Web links were analagous to citations. Methodology Fifteen research-oriented sites were studied, taking three examples of each of five types of sites. These were: University Websites (Victoria University of Wellington , Australian National University, and MIT) Professional institute Websites (The Royal Society of New Zealand, Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand, and the New Zealand Law Society ) Research institute Websites (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, and the New Zealand Institute for Economic Research) Electronic Journals (British Medical Journal , Journal of Internet Law and Technology , and AtP (AntePodium)) Individual researchers' Web pages (an NZ artificial intelligence researcher, a US library and information management researcher, and a US mathematical statistician) These sites were chosen as being representative of a range of ways in which research appears on the Web, and representing both academic and professional research. This approach to selection was appropriate for an exploratory study testing the classification and methodology. Links to each of the target sites were determined by using the AltaVista command in advanced mode (http://altavista.com/Web/adv): link:xxx and not host:xxxwhere xxx is the target domain. This excluded Web links made within the site itself. Site collapse was off, and the search was set to be world wide, for documents in English (to avoid having to classify sites in languages the researcher was not familiar with). Every twentieth item on the list was examined, up to a total of ten linking sites, except where fewer than 200 linking sites were found, when every tenth site was examined. If a site or link was no longer valid, the next link on the results list was chosen. 150 links were studied in total. Searches were carried out in January 2003. As this was an exploratory study, classification was carried out by the researcher without independent verification of the classifications. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ From Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR Mon Jul 26 16:23:47 2004 From: Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR (Michel J. Menou) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:23:47 +0200 Subject: Workshop on information society metrics at AoIR conference Message-ID: We are pleased to inform that the first submissions to the above mentioned workshop have been posted on the web site of the ASIS&T European Chapter (EC) http://www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/announcements/WorkshopMirror.htm Information and background materials are also available. Further contributions are welcome. No need to be an expert in the measurement of information society. As citizens or scholars all those concerned with ICT policies do have a stake at the way needs, programs and results are presented through statistics, indicators and other measurements. Those interested to attend should send as soon as possible a summary of a position statement to the undersigned. Registration for the workshop should be made as part of the registration for the conference. The listerv of the chapter for will be used for discussions in preparation for the workshop. You may suscribe at the following address http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/eurchap The list is moderated. The archives are public and can be found at http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/eurchap/ In order to make the messages more easy to identify, and thus to discard for the members of the list who are not interested, please begin the Subject line of your messages with "ISM" followed by any appropriate mention. We look forward for an exciting discussion in preparation for the workshop which will be on Saturday Sept. 18 afternoon. Web site of the conference : http://www.aoir.org/2004/ On behalf of the workshop organizers Michel Menou From j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK Tue Jul 27 03:57:21 2004 From: j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK (J. Hartley) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:57:21 +0100 Subject: Two recent publications Message-ID: Here are references to two recent publications of mine. If you e-mail me (j.hartley at psy.keele.ac.uk) I can send you copies. Jim Hartley Hartley, J. (2004). Current findings from research on structured abstracts. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 92, 3, 368-371. (This is also online at the journal's website.) (A review of the findings of 31 studies with a discussion of their strengths and weakenesses.) Hartley, J. (2004). On requesting reprints electronically. Journal of Information Science, 30, 3, 280-284. (The response rate was somewhat higher and somewhat faster to electronic requests than that reported in earlier literature where postal methods were used. Higher response rates were found from colleagues sent a copy of my publications with the request.) James Hartley Department of Psychology Keele University Staffordshire ST5 5BG UK Tel 01782 583383 / 011 44 1782 583383 Fax 01782 583387 / 011 44 1782 583387 j.hartley at psy.keele.ac.uk From willieezi at YAHOO.COM Tue Jul 27 11:48:12 2004 From: willieezi at YAHOO.COM (Williams Nwagwu) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:48:12 -0700 Subject: Call for Papers: 5th International Triple Helix Conference - Track on Indicators In-Reply-To: <000001c470a3$4a85cf40$3ae0b88b@SPRUPC354> Message-ID: Dear Meyer, I will meet all deadlines for the meeting. But I had requested before that my attendance will only be possible if there is a funding support. I wish that you consider this as a reminder. My names are Dr Williams Nwagwu Africa regional Center for informatin science University of Ibadan Nigeria --- Martin Meyer wrote: > Call For Papers > 5th International Triple Helix Conference > The Capitalization of Knowledge: cognitive, > economic, social & cultural aspects > > Track on Triple Helix Indicators > > Turin, Italy - 18-21 May 2005 > > > The Triple Helix provides a platform for researchers > from a variety of disciplines with a common interest > in university-industry-government relations. There > has been an increasing interest in developing new > and improving established indicators in a number of > areas especially related to the Triple Helix. These > include the following: > > > > a.. Mapping Scientific and Technological > Communication and Collaboration > b.. Dynamics of University-Industry-Government > Relations > c.. Intellectual Organization of Knowledge-based > Innovations > d.. Evolution of Boundary-crossing Intellectual > Spaces > e.. Simulation Studies > f.. Analyzing Science-Technology Interaction > g.. Evaluating University-Industry Collaboration > h.. Indicators of Academic Entrepreneurship and > Science-based Innovation > i.. Measuring the Impact of Universities as > Regional Innovation Organizers > j.. Assessing the function of science parks, > business incubators and other intermediaries in the > capitalization of knowledge > > > The analysis of bibliometric, patent, or webometric > data can make important contributions to our > understanding of these aspects of the Triple Helix. > Additional insights can be gained from extending > informetric analyses using other quantitative and > also qualitative approaches. > > > > This track on Triple Helix Indicators welcomes > informetric and other quantitative contributions > addressing the above issues. Also papers of a more > qualitative nature are invited in so far as they > contribute towards a better understanding of > indicators in this area. > > > > We aim to publish a selection of contributions in a > dedicated issue of a relevant journal to ensure the > widest-possible distribution of the papers > presented. > > > > Young researchers and Ph.D students, particularly > from transitional and developing countries are > encouraged to participate. Grants are available upon > request depending on resources available. > > > > The selection of relevant presentations will be made > on the basis of extended abstracts (1500 words or 3 > full pages). The deadline for submission is November > 1, 2004. Full papers are to be submitted by February > 1, 2005 and should not exceed 7000 words. > > > > All submissions (preferably in MS Word format) > should be sent to Paola Caretta or Rocio Ribelles > Zorita at organization at triplehelix5.com and copied > to loet at leydesdorff.net and m.s.meyer at sussex.ac.uk. > > Further information about the conference is > available at http://www.triplehelix5.com. > > -- > Dr Martin Meyer > > SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research > University of Sussex, Freeman Centre > Brighton BN1 9QE, United Kingdom > > Steunpunt O&O Statistieken > K.U. Leuven, Dekenstraat 2 > B-3000 Leuven, Belgium > > E-mail: m.s.meyer at sussex.ac.uk, > martin.meyer at econ.kuleuven.ac.be > Internet: www.techtransfer.org.uk, > www.steunpuntoos.be > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Thu Jul 29 14:17:24 2004 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:17:24 +0100 Subject: http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ Message-ID: Dear Sigmetrics colleagues: Your feedback on these cumulating results would be very welcome. Stevan Harnad Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:09:00 +0100 (BST) From: Stevan Harnad On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, "Frederick Friend" wrote: > Congratulations to Tim and his colleagues for this very valuable work! And > it is clearly presented even to somebody like myself who is not used to > looking at graphs. > > Can I check out one conclusion? Do the graphs show that in most cases the OA > advantage is greater when there are few OA articles? If so, do we know - > apart from the nuclear and particle physics example - what will happen as > the number of OA articles grows? Fred, It's probably premature to draw any conclusion on a correlation between the OA impact advantage and the proportion OA until Tim has done the actual correlations. I believe he is doing them now. (It is tricky, statistically, because sample-size is varying by year and field, and in general it is not really effect-magnitude or direction that covaries with sample-size, but effect detectability. There is also a covariate effect of time that has to be taken into account: The proportion of OA grows across the years; a second time effect is that the OA advantage seems to be biggest in the first year or two. But that is also where the N's are smallest, because the data are not yet complete. So a separate analysis for the latest 3 years is probably also desirable.) Hence Tim will need to look at the correlations among the following variables: (1) Number of articles (2) Number (and proportion) of OA articles (3) OA citation advantage (4) year (5) field These are all different correlations, and to understand some of them pairwise, we have to partial out the effects of the others. The design (it seems to me) is a kind of 3-way analysis of co-variance (articles (1) by year (4) by field (5)) with 2 dependent variables (proportion OA (3) and OA advantage (4)) and then proportion (and/or perhaps number of articles) used as a covariate to be partialled out. (Tim, please consult with Mac to confirm this stat design and consult on how to apply it.) Cheers, Stevan From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jul 30 13:33:24 2004 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Garfield, Eugene) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:33:24 -0400 Subject: FW: Impact factor Message-ID: This message was just posted to the Chemical Information Listserv of the American Chemical Society by yours truly. When responding, please attach my original message __________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org T -----Original Message----- From: Garfield, Eugene Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:32 PM To: 'CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST' Subject: RE: Impact factor Michael Engel brings up an interesting question. The answer is yes, there are plenty of journals that have had a decrease in impact factor. And there is a way that you can observe increase of decrease in the latest 2003 version of the Journal Citation Reports. For each journal there is a new "trend" graphic which shows the impact factor for the last five years. Choosing which titles to use for illustration is not so simple. But I decided to concentrate on the largest journals in terms of citation frequency, not necessarily highest impact factor. Starting with the J. Biol Chem. which is the most cited journal (384,000 cites in 2003) you can observe that the impact factor has gone down from 7.67 in 1999 to 6.48 in 2003. The journal CELL has gone down from 36.2 to 26.8. One should keep in mind Robert's Matthew effect, which Manfred Bonitz has studied with respect to journals, which suggests that the rich get richer. So normally one might expect that the largest journals might get an undue increase due to the increase in the literature. After all there has been significant growth in the number of articles published in the same five year period. Some people also feel that the availability of electronic full text online has increased citation over exclusively print media, but I feel this has not yet been definitively proven. I sorted the JCR file by impact factor. Most of the top journals are review journals. The 18th journal is Nature Genetics. It started with 30.0 in 1999 and has gone down to 26.0 in 2003 which might be due to the general phenomenon that early issues of new journals attract some hot papers but then may taper off as the journal gets older. The 20th journal on the list, Annual Review of Cell Biology and Developmental Biology has gone down from 26.2 to 22.3. Neuron has gone down from 16.7 to 14.1. I think these examples are sufficient to give one a general idea. A remarkable number of the top journals have a steady slight growth each year consistent with the growth of the literature. With best wishes. Gene Garfield When responding, please attach my original message __________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 President, The Scientist LLC. www.the-scientist.com 3535 Market St., Phila. PA 19104-3389 Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3302 Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) www.asis.org -----Original Message----- From: Michael Engel [mailto:mkengel at WEB.DE] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:54 AM To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Impact factor One can hear everywhere that the impact factor of journals are increasing. Are there journals where the impact factor is actually decreasing ? (sorry, don't have access to the lists of impact factors) Michael Engel CHMINF-L Archives (also to join or leave CHMINF-L, etc.) http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html Search the CHMINF-L archives at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=chminf-l Sponsors of CHMINF-L: http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/chminf-l_support.html ________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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