From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Wed Jun 1 14:43:33 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:43:33 -0400 Subject: McGhee CN, Ormond SE " Considering journal impact factor and impact of the journal in the electronic age" Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 32 (5): 457-459 OCT 2004 Message-ID: The authors have very kindly made the full text of the editorial available to readers ... see below. The full citation for this editorial is : McGhee CN, Ormonde SE "Considering journal impact factor and impact of the journal in the electronic age" Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2004; 32: 457-459 CN. McGhee : c.mcghee at auckland.ac.nz Title: Considering journal impact factor and impact of the journal in the electronic age Author(s): McGhee CN, Ormonde SE Source: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY 32 (5): 457-459 OCT 2004 Cited References: 22 Addresses: McGhee CN (reprint author), Univ Auckland, Dept Ophthalmol, Auckland, 1 New Zealand Univ Auckland, Dept Ophthalmol, Auckland, 1 New Zealand Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING ASIA, 54 UNIVERSITY ST, P O BOX 378, CARLTON, VICTORIA 3053, AUSTRALIA IDS Number: 862IT ISSN: 1442-6404 Cited References: *I SCI INF, 2003, J CIT REP. DAVIS M, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P286. ELDER MJ, 2002, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V30, P394. FERNANDO GT, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P280. GOSBELL AD, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P212. GRUPCHEVA CN, 2001, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V29, P133. HOOPER CY, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P376. HUNGERFORD JL, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P8. JAROSS N, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P32. LANDERS J, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P248. LEE GA, 2002, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V30, P334. LIETH E, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P3. MCCARTY CA, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P77. PENFOLD PL, 2001, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V29, P188. PON JAMC, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P459. REICHELT M, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P61. ROLLING F, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P382. SAW VPJ, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P373. SIMS JL, 2003, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V31, P14. WANG JJ, 2000, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V28, P268. YOUNG S, 2001, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V29, P2. YU DY, 2001, CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, V29, P164. ______________________________________________________ Editorial Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2004; 32: 457-459 Considering journal impact factor and impact of the journal in the electronic age. Currently there are more than 70 periodicals in the field of ophthalmology, ranging from the cutting edge of clinical and laboratory science to the more journalistic ?news? format. To be successful each fulfils a niche but how might we assess the merit and weight of each periodical, or indeed any article contained therein? In the days of the Hearstian newspaper giants, ?circulation? or ?subscription? was the prime indicator of the impact of the written medium, however, although journal subscription might remain one indicator, access through electronic media vastly exceeds this measure in the electronic age. So how should we grade and select the ophthalmology journals we read to be best informed, yet avoid information overload? Although peer-evaluation or questionnaire surveys of professional groups might lead to useful categorization, two more objective resources are the Institute for Scientific Information Journal Citation Reports 1 and publishers? reports of the number of times an article is electronically accessed. The annual Institute for Scientific Information Journal Citation Reports provide, amongst other information, citation details of all peer-reviewed periodicals in ophthalmology, vision science and optometry that appear under the category ?Ophthalmology?. Currently, more than 30 periodicals do not meet the strict criteria of the Journal Citation reports and data are therefore reported on 41 peer-reviewed journals. One measure, the journal impact factor (JIF) indicates how frequently the average article published in a given journal will be cited within a specified time-frame. Specifically, the JIF is calculated by dividing the number of citations in a given year to any items published in the journal in the previous 2 years by the number of "substantive articles" published in the same 2 years.1 Under the expert guidance of the previous editor, Mark Gillies, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology (ANZJO), evolved both in style and content, culminating in a change of name in 2000, to Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. Over its final five years, ANZJO progressively increased its international standing and its JIF rose from 0.25 to 0.66, placing it 30th in peer-reviewed ophthalmic and vision science journals. Since emerging from the ANZJO banner in 2000, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology has further refined its role as a journal and significantly widened its readership. In 2002 the new journal held an equivalent JIF to the final year of ANZJO (JIF 0.709, JIF ranking 27th). However, the recently released Journal Citation Reports (2003) reveal a very significant rise in JIF (1.151) for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and as a corollary the journal is now JIF-ranked 20th of 41 international ophthalmology journals. Reviewing the more than 550 articles published in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology since 2000, it is interesting to consider those articles that have been cited most frequently. As one might expect, in a journal with both clinical and experimental interests, the top ten most cited articles are wide ranging in topic and include six clinical studies, three laboratory reports and one review article (on retinal neuro-degeneration in diabetes).2-11 The four most cited articles were concerned with: the effectiveness on intravitreal triamcinolone for cystoid macular oedema (CMO) in uveitis,2 age-specific prevalence and causes of visual impairment in the Blue Mountains Eye Study,3 operated and unoperated cataract in Australia4 and the effect of triamcinolone on microglial morphology and expression of MHC-II in exudative age-related macular degeneration.5 Of course, one must remember that these publications do not necessarily reflect the core interests of the readership of ophthalmologists in Australia, New Zealand and farther afield, since they highlight citation trends by those clinicians and scientists actively publishing research. Indeed, although both Australia and New Zealand have relatively high research productivity in ophthalmology12,13 it is unlikely that more than 20% of the regular readership of this journal is actively involved in research. Although many readers of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology still receive the journal in hard copy, the increasing electronic availability of the journal through publishers, university departments, libraries, and professional bodies has diversified and grown the readership beyond ophthalmologists and vision scientists in Australasia. Reviewing the data on Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology articles that have been electronically accessed demonstrates an exponential upward trend, from less than 2000 events per month in 2001, to more than 14,000 per month by the end of 2003. The 30 most frequently accessed articles have each been accessed between 100 and 500 times (compared to the top cited article with 36 citations). Although access does not necessarily connote in depth reading of said article, the top 30 accessed articles may more accurately reflect the more general readership interests than citation analysis alone. Surprisingly, and serendipitously in an Editorial considering journal impact, the most accessed article in the last four years is by Sims et al (2003)14 on citation analysis in ophthalmology and vision science journals. However, the top ten 2, 14-22 most accessed Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology articles cover diverse topics such as: corneal thickness and intraocular pressure,15 triamcinolone and CMO in uveitis,2 age related macular degeneration,18 retinal vascular endothelial growth factors,16 diabetic retinopathy in the Australian Aboriginal population,20 endophthalmitis19 and the treatment of ocular melanoma.22 Interestingly, five of these ten articles were review articles. Over the last two years, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology has reduced the mean time from acceptance of a manuscript to publication to around four months, thus enabling rapid publication of topical articles and any related correspondence. In this respect, another parameter reported by the Journal Citation Reports is the ?immediacy index?. This index indicates how quickly the average article in a journal is cited and is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published by the journal in that same year. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology published 86 substantive articles (excluding letters to the editor) in 2003 and 50 citations of these articles occurred in 2003 providing an immediacy index of 0.581. Of 41 ophthalmology journals, only Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science has a higher immediacy index. The 2003 Journal Citation Reports provide encouraging news for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology with an impact factor that breaks the 1.0 barrier and for the first time takes the publication into the top twenty JIF ranked, peer-reviewed ophthalmology journals. This is a reflection of the vision of the current and previous Editorial Board, the industry of the many expert reviewers and of course the increasingly high quality of original clinical and laboratory research and major reviews that are submitted to the journal. Based on current trends, the natural position for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology over the next three years might be equilibration with a JIF of 1.5 and a consistent ranking in the top 15 journals. However, whilst increasing external recognition of the journal?s success is encouraging, we must never lose sight of its prime purpose, which must be to best serve the diverse interests of its readership or, as Bertrand de Jouvenal wrote, ?year by year we are becoming better equipped to accomplish the things we are striving for. But what are we actually striving for?? Professor Charles NJ McGhee1,2 PhD FRANZCO and Dr Susan E Ormonde2 FRCOphth 1 Editor in Chief, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and 2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, New Zealand 1. Institute for Scientific Information. Science Citation Index. In: Journal Citation Reports. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information,2003. 2003. 2. Young S, Larkin G, Branley M, Lightman S. Safety and efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone for cystoid macular oedema in uveitis. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2001;29:2-6 3. Wang JJ, Foran S, Mitchell P. Age-specific prevalence and causes of bilateral and unilateral visual impairment in older Australians: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:268-273 4. McCarty CA, Nanjan MB, Taylor HR. Operated and unoperated cataract in Australia. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:77-82 5. Penfold PL, Wong JG, Gyory J, Billson FA. Effects of triamcinolone acetonide on microglial morphology and quantitative expression of MHC-II in exudative age-related macular degeneration. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2001;29:188-192 6. Grupcheva CN, Craig JP, Sherwin T, McGhee CN. Differential diagnosis of corneal oedema assisted by in vivo confocal microscopy. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2001;29:133-137 7. Rolling F, Shen WY, Barnett NL, Tabarias H, Kanagasingam Y, Constable I, Rakoczy PE. Long-term real-time monitoring of adeno-associated virus-mediated gene expression in the rat retina. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:382-386 8. Lieth E, Gardner TW, Barber AJ, Antonetti DA. Retinal neurodegeneration: early pathology in diabetes. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:3-8 9. Landers J, Goldberg I, Graham S. A comparison of short wavelength automated perimetry with frequency doubling perimetry for the early detection of visual field loss in ocular hypertension. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:248-252 10. Fernando GT, Crayford BB. Visually significant calcification of hydrogel intraocular lenses necessitating explantation. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:280-286 11. Gosbell AD, Favilla I, Baxter KM, Jablonski P. Insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate-1 in rat retinae. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:212-215 12. Davis M, Wilson CS. Research contributions in ophthalmology: Australia's productivity. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:286-93. 13. Pon J. New Zealand ophthalmologists' research productivity. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:459-60. 14. Sims JL, McGhee CN. Citation Analysis and Journal Impact Factors in Ophthalmology and Vision Science Journals. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:14-22. 15. Lee GA. Khaw PT. Ficker LA. Shah P. The corneal thickness and intraocular pressure story: where are we now? Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2002;30:334-7 16. Reichelt M. Shi S. Hayes M. Kay G. Batch J. Gole GA. Browning J. Vascular endothelial growth factor-B and retinal vascular development in the mouse. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:61-5 17. Saw VP. Canty PA. Green CM. Briggs RJ. Cremer PD. Harrisberg B. McCluskey P. O'Day J. Paine M. Wakefield D. Watson JD. Susac syndrome: microangiopathy of the retina, cochlea and brain. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2000;28:373-81 18. Hooper CY. Guymer RH. New treatments in age-related macular degeneration. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:376-91 19. Elder MJ. Morlet N. EPSWA. Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia. Endophthalmitis. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2002;30:394-8 20. Jaross N. Ryan P. Newland H. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in an Aboriginal Australian population: results from the Katherine Region Diabetic Retinopathy Study (KRDRS). Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:32-9 21. Yu DY. Cringle SJ. Su EN. Yu PK. Jerums G. Cooper ME. Pathogenesis and intervention strategies in diabetic retinopathy. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2001;29:164-6 22. Hungerford JL. Current trends in the treatment of ocular melanoma by radiotherapy. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:8-13 From katy at INDIANA.EDU Thu Jun 2 07:06:07 2005 From: katy at INDIANA.EDU (Katy Borner) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 06:06:07 -0500 Subject: Bibliometric analsysis of the development of a given subject area? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Bernie, We recently did a bibliometric analysis of the Information Visualization domain based on ACM data (covers one out of the three main InfoVis Conferences, no books, no journals). This domain is about 20 years old and the results at http://iv.slis.indiana.edu/ref/iv04contest/ report the birth and evolution of this domain. A more recent version of the animated visualization of the evolving co-author network is attached. Enjoy, k Sloan, Bernie wrote: >Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >Can someone recommend a few exemplary papers dealing with the >bibliometric analysis of the development of the literature in a given >subject area? > >I'd like to take an historical look at the development of the literature >in an area that has only really been around for 15 years or so, with >most of the publication occurring in the past ten years, especially the >past five years. And I'd specifically like to do it using data from the >ISI databases. > >Sorry to sound so vague, but it's only a general idea for me right now. >I'd just like to see what others have done with other subject areas. > >Thanks! > >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 > > -- Katy Borner, Assistant Professor Information Science & Cognitive Science Indiana University, SLIS 10th Street & Jordan Avenue Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166 Main Library 019 E-mail: katy at indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405, USA WWW: ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy Check out the new InfoVis Lab Gallery at http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/gallery/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Aronsky : dominik.aronsky at vanderbilt.edu Title : Accuracy of references in five biomedical informatics journals Author(s): Aronsky D, Ransom J, Robinson K Source : JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION 12 (2): 225-228 MAR-APR 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 29 Methods: References in articles from the first 2004 issues of five biomedical informatics journals, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Journal of Biomedical Informatics, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Methods of Information in Medicine, and artificial Intelligence in Medicine were compared with MEDLINE for journal, authors, title, year, volume, and page number accuracy. If discrepancies were identified, the reference was compared with the original publication. Two reviewers independently evaluated each reference. Results: The five journal issues contained 37 articles. Among the 656 eligible references, 225 (34.3%) included at least one error. Among the 225 references, 311 errors were identified. One or more errors were found in the bibliography of 31 (84%) of the 37 articles. The reference error rates by journal ranged from 22.1% to 40.7%. Most errors (39.0%) occurred in the author element, followed by the journal (31.2%), title (17.7%), page (7.4%), year (3.5%), and volume (1.3%) information. Conclusion: The study identified a considerable error rate in the references of five biomedical informatics journals. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references and should more carefully check them, possibly using informatics-based assistance. Addresses: Aronsky D (reprint author), Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Eskind Biol Lib, Dept Biomed Informat, 2209 Garland Ave, Nashville, TN 37232 USA Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Eskind Biol Lib, Dept Biomed Informat, Nashville, TN 37232 USA Meharry Med Coll, Sch Med, Nashville, TN 37208 USA Meharry Med Coll, Sch Dent, Nashville, TN 37208 USA E-mail Addresses: dominik.aronsky at vanderbilt.edu Publisher: HANLEY & BELFUS INC, 210 S 13TH ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 USA Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS IDS Number: 909EC ISSN: 1067-5027 Cited References: *INT COMM MED J ED, UN REQ MAN SUMB BIOM. *INT COMM MED J ED, 2003, UN REQ MAN SUBM BIOM. ARROWSMITH JE, 1996, ANAESTHESIA, V51, P517. ASANO M, 1995, ANAESTHESIA, V50, P1080. ASANO M, 1995, CAN J ANAESTH, V42, P370. BENNING SP, 1993, B MED LIBR ASSOC, V81, P56. CELAYIR AC, 2003, J PEDIATR SURG, V38, P653. 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From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Fri Jun 3 13:30:57 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:30:57 -0400 Subject: McWilliams A, Siegel D, Van Fleet DD "Scholarly journals as producers of knowledge: Theory and empirical evidence based on data envelopment analysis" Organizational Research Methods 8(2):185-201, April 2005. Message-ID: Abagail McWilliams : abby at uic.edu Title : Scholarly journals as producers of knowledge: Theory and empirical evidence based on data envelopment analysis Author(s): McWilliams A, Siegel D, Van Fleet DD Source : ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS 8 (2): 185-201 APR 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 35 Abstract: There have been numerous studies that rank journals based on relative quality. These have generally failed to address some important theoretical and empirical issues relating to productivity. As an alternative, the authors outline a theoretical framework in which an academic journal is considered to be a "producer" of intellectual output. Using the field of management as an example, the authors specify the inputs and outputs of the production process and estimate the relative efficiency of journals using Data Envelopment Analysis. The derived measures of relative productivity are then used to develop a productivity ranking of journals. To explain why some journals use inputs more efficiently than others, the authors regress the estimates of relative efficiency on a set of managerial factors and suggest means to increase relative efficiency. The authors find that increasing the size of the editorial board and reducing both the subscription price and the acceptance rate will enhance the relative performance of an academic journal. Addresses: McWilliams A (reprint author), Univ Illinois, Coll Business Adm, Chicago, IL USA Univ Illinois, Coll Business Adm, Chicago, IL USA Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Econ, Troy, NY 12181 USA Arizona State Univ W, Phoenix, AZ 85069 USA Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA IDS Number: 909YW ISSN: 1094-4281 Cited References: BANKER RD, 1984, MANAGE SCI, V30, P1078. BANKER RD, 1986, MANAGE SCI, V32, P30. BANKER RD, 1994, DATA ENVELOPMENT ANA, P97. BESSENT A, 1982, MANAGE SCI, V28, P1355. BOWLIN WF, 1985, ANN OPER RES, V2, P113. BURTON MP, 1995, ECON J, V105, P361. CABELL D, 1994, CABELLS DIRECTORY PU. CHARNES A, 1978, EUROPEAN J OPERATION, V2, P429. CHARNES A, 1994, DATA ENVELOPMENT ANA. COBB CW, 1928, AM ECON REV, V18, P139. COELLI T, 1996, 9608 CEPA. COELLI T, 1998, INTRO EFFICIENCY PRO. FARE R, 1985, APPL ECON, V17, P205. GANLEY J, 1992, PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICI. GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471. 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From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Fri Jun 3 13:35:14 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:35:14 -0400 Subject: Ugolini D, Garrucciu R "Low impact factor of Italian Journals: another aspect of the poor research funding?" European Journal of Cancer 41(4):485-488 March 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: donatella.ugolini at istge.it Title : Low impact factor of Italian Journals: another aspect of the poor research funding? Author(s): Ugolini D, Garrucciu R Source : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER 41 (4): 485-488 MAR 2005 Language : English Cited References: 6 Addresses: Ugolini D (reprint author), Univ Genoa, Dept Oncol Biol & Genet, Largo R Benzi 10, Genoa, I-16132 Italy Univ Genoa, Dept Oncol Biol & Genet, Genoa, I-16132 Italy Natl Canc Inst, Genoa, I-16132 Italy Univ Genoa, Dept Oncol Biol & Genet, Genoa, I-16132 Italy E-mail Addresses: donatella.ugolini at istge.it Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND IDS Number: 910NG ISSN: 0959-8049 Cited References: 1997, SCIENCE WATCH, V8, P1. *EUR COMM, 2003, EUR RES AR SPEC ED I. *I SCI INF, 2003, J CIT REP SCI ED. MAY RM, 1997, SCIENCE, V275, P793. MIQUEL JF, 1995, SCIENTOMETRICS, V33, P149. UGOLINI D, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V56, P345. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Fri Jun 3 16:49:39 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 16:49:39 -0400 Subject: Spanish Social Science Journals - Impact Index - more information Message-ID: Jim??nez-Contreras E., Delgado L??pez-C??zar E. Ruiz P??rez R. "Impact Index of Spanish Social Science journals (In-RECS: ??ndice de impacto de revistas espa??olas de Ciencias Sociales) Further to Message #002144 posted on May 19, 2005 the authors have provided a url for their website. http://ec3.ugr.es/in-recs/ E-Mail : evaristo at ugr.es AUTHORS: Dr. E. Jim??nez-Contreras Dr. E. Delgado L??pez-C??zar Dr. R. Ruiz P??rez and research team From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Thu Jun 9 12:54:57 2005 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:54:57 +0100 Subject: Open Access Self-archiving - an author study: Final Report (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:02:19 +0100 From: "Nike HOLMES [7427]" To: JISC-DEVELOPMENT at JISCMAIL.AC.UK * Apologies for cross posting* JISC's Scholarly Communications Group commissioned Key Perspectives Ltd to undertake an author study on open access to determine the current state of play with respect to author self-archiving behaviour. Open Access Self-archiving: an author study has produced its final report and this can now be found on the JISC website via the Scholarly Communications Group home page at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=jcie_scg or click here for a direct link to the report: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/Open%20Access%20Self%20Archiving-an%20author%20study.pdf ------------------------------------------------------ Note added by SH: This important and long-awaited JISC Report, destined to be very influential, is also available at: Swan, Alma and Brown, Sheridan (2005) Open access self-archiving: An author study. Technical Report, Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK FE and HE funding councils. http://cogprints.org/4385/ and at http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/2005_Open_Access_Report.pdf Excerpts from Executive Summary" "This, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. "Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. "There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. "Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. "Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. "Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words, researchers publish to have an impact on their field. "The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate." From gwhitney at UTK.EDU Thu Jun 9 21:48:57 2005 From: gwhitney at UTK.EDU (Gretchen Whitney) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:48:57 -0400 Subject: [ISSI] Call for Web Indicators for Innovation Systems papers (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:44:43 -0600 From: Sylvan Katz To: ISSI at LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES Subject: [ISSI] Call for Web Indicators for Innovation Systems papers Web Indicators for Innovation Systems This is a call for papers by the WISER project (http://www.wiserweb.org/) for Web Indicators for Innovation Systems to be published in a special issue of Research Evaluation in August 2006. Research Evaluation is a peer-reviewed, international journal. Papers in this journal range from the evaluation of individual research project to inter-country comparisons of research performance. Research projects, researchers, research centres, and the types of research output are all relevant. It includes public and private sectors, natural and social sciences. The term 'evaluation' applies to all stages from priorities and proposals, through the monitoring of on-going projects and programmes, to the use of the results of research. The focus of this special issue will be on the use of web based methods to construct indicators that may assist analysts and policy makers to evaluate research activities, structures and performance of e-science and innovation systems. Examples of areas of interest: - Evaluation of the size, visibility, linkages, etc of academic and research organization web sites - Co-link analysis of a research area (biotechnology, public policy, etc.) - Uses and abuses of search engines in evaluation processes - Content analysis of web pages - Downloads from digital libraries and open access research publication as an indicator of the future impact of research publications Time table October 1, 2005 Deadline for extended abstracts November 1, 2005 Notification to submit full papers January 15, 2006 Deadline for submitting full papers February 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance of papers April 15, 2006 Submission of revised papers Notes for authors are available at http://www.scipol.demon.co.uk/renotes.htm Send abstracts and papers for the special issue or correspondence to the guest editor, Sylvan Katz, at mailto:WebIndicators at sussex.ac.uk NOTE: Authors are discouraged from submitting images of web pages If you would like a free sample copy of Research Evaluation, contact Bill Page at mailto:page at scipol.demon.co.uk. The journal is included in the Social Science Citation Index and related products. Visit The Web Indicators Portal http://www.webindicators.org/ ---------------------------------------------------- The ISSI articles are distributed thanks to the support and technical collaboration of RedIRIS - Spanish Academic Network (http://www.rediris.es) ------------------------------------------------------ From j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK Mon Jun 13 04:06:26 2005 From: j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK (James Hartley) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:06:26 +0100 Subject: Papers on titles Message-ID: Colleagues may be interested to know that I have been involved in three papers on the titles of scientific articles. The first of these contains examples of attractive titles that do not inform the reader what the paper is about. The second, by Grant Lewison and myself, reports the results form a huge computer-based study that looks at the effects on titles of features like the number of authors and the use of colons in different disciplines. The third one is a brief summary of the first two and suggests that if you want to improve the title of an academic article you can attract and inform the reader by using a two-part title, divided by a colon. These papers are: 1). Hartley, J. (2005). To attract or to inform: What are titles for? Journal of Technical Writing & Communication, 35, 3, 203-213. 2). Lewison, G. & Hartley, J. (2005). What's in a title? Numbers of words and the presence of colons. Scientometrics, 63, 2, 341-356. 3). Hartley, J. (2005). Improving that title: The effect of colons. European Science Editing, 31, 2, 45-47. Copies of any or all of these papers are available from me but I can only send No. 2 by post. 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Their index will be referred as the Median Impact Factor (MIF). I explain every step in detail so that readers with little mathematical background can understand and apply the procedure. Illustrations of the procedure are presented. Some attention is given to the estimation of the median cited age in case it is larger than ten year. I think the idea introduced by Sombatsompop, Markpin and Premkamolnetr has a great theoretical value as they are - to the best of my knowledge - the first ones to consider impact factors not using years as a basic ingredient, but an element of the actual form of the citation curve. The MIF is further generalized to the notion of a percentile impact factor. Addresses: Rousseau R (reprint author), KHBO Ind Sci & Technol, Zeedijk 101, Oostende, B-8400 Belgium KHBO Ind Sci & Technol, Oostende, B-8400 Belgium LUC, Diepenbeek, Belgium E-mail Addresses: ronald.rousseau at khbo.be Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 924UH ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: ALONSO M, 1969, FUNDAMENTAL U PHYS, V3. BROOKES BC, 1970, J DOC, V26, P283. BROOKES BC, 1971, NATURE, V232, P458. BURTON RE, 1961, PHYS TODAY, V14, P35. EGGHE L, 1988, INFORMATION PROCESSI, V24, P567. EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q. EGGHE L, 2004, CONTINUOUS WEIGHTED. EISELE P, 1990, AM MATH MONTHLY, V97, P466. FRANDSEN TF, 2005, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V56, P58. FROHLICH C, 2001, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V52, P701. GARFIELD E, 1963, AM DOC, V14, P195. GARFIELD E, 1998, SCIENTIST, V12, P10. GLANZEL W, 1999, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V35, P31. INGWERSEN P, 2001, CHINESE SCI BULL, V46, P524. MCCAIN KW, 1997, ADV SERIAL, V6, P105. ROUSSEAU R, 1988, INFORMETRICS 87 88, P249. ROUSSEAU R, 2002, LIBR TRENDS, V50, P418. SEYMOUR CA, 1972, LIBRI, V22, P137. SEYMOUR CA, 1972, LIBRI, V22, P183. SOMBATSOMPOP N, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V60, P217. SZAVAKOVATS E, 2002, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V53, P1098. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Mon Jun 13 14:44:57 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:44:57 -0400 Subject: Altvater-Mackensen N, Balicki G, Bestakowa L, et al. "Science and technology in the region: The output of regional science and technology, its strengths and its leading institutions " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 463-529 JUN 2005 Message-ID: W.G. Stock : stock at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de Title: Science and technology in the region: The output of regional science and technology, its strengths and its leading institutions Author(s): Altvater-Mackensen N, Balicki G, Bestakowa L, Bocatius B, Braun J, Brehmer L, Brune V, Eigemeier K, Erdem F, Fritscher R, Jacobs A, Klingsporn B, Kosinski M, Kuntze J, Lee JR, Osterhage A, Probost M, Risch T, Schmitt T, Stock WG, Sturm A, Weller K, Werner K Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 463-529 JUN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 40 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: We operationalize scientific output in a region by means of the number of articles (as in the SciSearch database) per year and technology output by means of the number of patent applications (as in the database of the European Patent Office) per priority year. All informetric analyses were done using the DIALOG online-system. The main research questions are the following: Which scientific and technological fields or topics are most influent within a region and which institutions or companies are mainly publishing articles or holding patents? Do the distributions of regional science and technology fields and of publishing institutions follow the well-known informetric function? Are there - as it is expected - only few fields and few institutions which dominate the region? Is there a connection between the economic power of a region and the regional publication and patent output? Examples studied in detail are seven German regions: Aachen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Koln (Cologne), Leipzig - Halle - Dessau, Munchen (Munich), and Stuttgart. Three different indicators were used, science and technology attraction of a region (number of scientific articles and patents), science and technology intensity (articles and patents per 1,000 inhabitants), and science and technology density (articles and patents per 1 billion EURO gross value added). Top region concerning both attraction and intensity is Munich, concerning density it is Aachen. Addresses: Stock WG (reprint author), Univ Dusseldorf, Dept Informat Sci, Univ Str 1, Dusseldorf, D-40225 Germany Univ Dusseldorf, Dept Informat Sci, Dusseldorf, D-40225 Germany E-mail Addresses: stock at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924UH ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: *DIAL CORP, RANK. *DIAL CORP, 2000, EUR PAT FULLT 348. *DIAL CORP, 2001, SCISEARCH CIT REF SC. *IND HAND REG STUT, 2003, INN STUTTG REG STUTT. AKSNES DW, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V59, P213. AUDRETSCH DB, 1996, AM ECON REV, V86, P630. BEISE M, 1998, REGIONALEN KONZENTRA. BLIND K, 1999, RES POLICY, V28, P451. BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING-LONDON, V137, P85. DANELL R, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V58, P205. DEBRUIN RE, 1989, INFORMETRICS 8990 SE, P65. EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS. ENGLMANN FC, 1995, J REGIONAL SCI, V35, P3. FELDMAN M, 1994, GEOGRAPHY INNOVATION. FELDMAN MP, 1999, EUR ECON REV, V43, P409. FELDMAN MP, 2000, J COMP POLICY ANAL R, V2, P345. FRANZ P, 2002, WAS BRINGT WISSENSCH. FUNKE M, 2000, SPATIAL R D SPILLOVE. GARFIELD E, 1977, ESSAYS INFORMATION S, V1, P222. GREIF S, 1999, PATENTSCHUTZ INNOVAT, P147. GREIF S, 2002, PATENTATLAS DEUTSCHL. HOOD WW, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V58, P587. JAFFE AB, 1993, Q J ECON, V63, P577. KELLER D, 2004, WIRTSCHAFTSDIENST, V84, P121. KOSCHATZKY K, 2000, REGIONALE VERTEILUNG. LEGLER H, 2000, WIRTSCHAFTSDIENST, V80, P289. LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317. MATTHIESSEN CW, 1999, URBAN STUD, V36, P453. NAJMAN JM, 2003, J SOCIOL, V39, P62. NARIN F, 1976, EVALUATIVE BIBLIOMET. NARIN F, 1999, TECH LINE BACKGROUND. PFIRRMANN O, 1994, RAUMFORSCHUNG RAUMOR, V52, P203. SEGLEN PO, 1992, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V43, P628. SIMMIE J, 2003, REG STUD, V37, P607. STERNBERG R, 1999, REG STUD, V33, P367. STOCK M, 2003, PASSWORD, V4, P22. STOCK WG, 2000, INFORMATIONSWIRTSCHA. YGLESIAS E, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V57, P281. ZIPF GH, 1949, HUMAN BEHAV PRINCIPL. ZITT M, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V57, P295. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Mon Jun 13 14:48:26 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:48:26 -0400 Subject: Yalpani M, Heydari A, Mehrdad M "Application of scientometric methods to chemical research in Iran: Reflections on Iran's current science policy " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 531-547 JUN 2005 Message-ID: M. Yalpani : myalpani at gmx.de Title: Application of scientometric methods to chemical research in Iran: Reflections on Iran's current science policy Author(s): Yalpani M, Heydari A, Mehrdad M Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 531-547 JUN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 10 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Following a brief historical account of the initial difficulties of introducing modern sciences, especially the Western art of independent scientific inquiry, into Iran, using data obtained from the ISI (http://access.isiproducts.com/trials) an attempt is made to analyze the apparent present successes of Iranian scientists on the international science market. Using the corresponding ISI data of the publications (1990- 2003) of 24 selected young chemistry Ph.D. graduates and present faculty members at various internal academia, a quantitative and qualitative assessment (www.geocities.com/iipopescu) of their achievements has been attempted and the results related to the strengths and weaknesses of the present science policy of the country. Addresses: Yalpani M (reprint author), Ctr Int Res & Cooperat ISMO, POB 15875-7788, Tehran, Iran Ctr Int Res & Cooperat ISMO, Tehran, Iran Tarbiat Modarres Univ, Dept Chem, Tehran, Iran Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci, Environm Sci Res Inst, Tehran, Iran E-mail Addresses: myalpani at gmx.de Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924UH ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: GLANZEL W, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V59, P63. GRUSS P, 2004, M PLANCK FORSCHUNG, P4. SARBOLUKI MN, 2001, HAMSHAHRI DAILY, P23. SARBOLUKI MN, 2001, HAMSHAHRI DAILY, P5. SARBOLUKI MN, 2001, IRAN DAILY, P9. YALPANI M, UNPUB 10 MOST ACTIVE. YALPANI M, 1992, DAFTAR DANESH, V1, P115. YALPANI M, 2000, SHIMI VA TOSEH, V1, P16. YALPANI M, 2000, SHIMI VA TOSEH, V1, P25. YALPANI M, 2003, AFTAB, V3, P56. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Mon Jun 13 15:57:14 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:57:14 -0400 Subject: van Raan AFJ, "Reference-based publication networks with episodic memories " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 549-566 JUN 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: vanraan at cwts.leidenuniv.nl Title: Reference-based publication networks with episodic memories Author(s): van Raan AFJ Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 549-566 JUN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 32 Abstract: In this paper we report first results of our study on network characteristics of a reference-based, bibliographically coupled (BC) publication network structure. We find that this network of clustered publications shows different statistical properties depending on the age of the references used for building the network. A remarkable finding is that only the network based on all references within publications is characterized by a degree distribution with a power-law dependence. This structure, which is typical for scale-free networks, disappears when selecting references of a specific age for the clustering process. Changing the publication network as a function of reference age, allows "tuning through the episodic memory' of the nodes of the network. We find that the older the references, the more the network tends to change its structure towards a more exponential degree distribution. Addresses: van Raan AFJ (reprint author), Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52,POB 9555, Leiden, NL-2300 RB Netherlands Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, Leiden, NL-2300 RB Netherlands E-mail Addresses: vanraan at cwts.leidenuniv.nl Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924UH ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: ALBERT R, 2000, PHYS REV LETT, V85, P5234. ALBERT R, 2002, REV MOD PHYS, V74, P47. AMARAL LAN, 2000, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V97, P11149. BARABASI AL, 1999, PHYSICA A, V272, P173. BARABASI AL, 1999, SCIENCE, V286, P509. BARABASI AL, 2002, PHYSICA A, V311, P590. BORNHOLDT S, 2001, PHYS REV E 2, V64. DOROGOVTSEV SN, 2000, PHYS REV E A, V62, P1842. DOROGOVTSEV SN, 2002, ADV PHYS, V51, P1079. JEONG H, 2003, EUROPHYS LETT, V61, P567. KLEMM K, 2002, PHYS REV E 2, V65. KLEMM K, 2002, PHYS REV E 2A, V65. KRAPIVSKY PL, 2000, PHYS REV LETT, V85, P4629. LAHERRERE J, 1998, EUR PHYS J B, V2, P525. LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317. MOSSA S, 2002, PHYS REV LETT, V88. NABESHIMA T, 2004, BIOSYSTEMS, V73, P131. NARANAN S, 1971, J DOC, V27, P83. NEWMAN MEJ, 2001, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V98, P404. NEWMAN MEJ, 2001, PHYS REV E 2, V64. NEWMAN MEJ, 2001, PHYS REV E 2, V64. NEWMAN MEJ, 2003, CONDMAT0303516. PRICE DJD, 1965, SCIENCE, V149, P510. PRICE DJD, 1976, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V27, P292. REDNER S, 1998, EUR PHYS J B, V4, P131. SIMON HA, 1955, BIOMETRIKA, V42, P425. TSALLIS C, 2000, EUR PHYS J B, V13, P777. VANRAAN AFJ, 1990, NATURE, V347, P626. VANRAAN AFJ, 2000, SCIENTOMETRICS, V47, P347. VANRAAN AFJ, 2001, PHYSICA A, V298, P530. VAZQUEZ A, 2001, CONDMAT0105031. WATTS DJ, 1998, NATURE, V393, P440. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Mon Jun 13 16:12:41 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:12:41 -0400 Subject: Adams J. "Early citation counts correlate with accumulated impact " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 567-581 JUN 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: jonathan.adams at evidence.co.uk Title: Early citation counts correlate with accumulated impact Author(s): Adams J Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 567-581 JUN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 9 Abstract: The present paper addresses the objective of developing forward indicators of research performance using bibliometric information on the UK science base. Most research indicators rely primarily on historical time series relating to inputs to, activity within and outputs from the research system. Policy makers wish to be able to monitor changing research profiles in a more timely fashion, the better to determine where new investment is having the greatest effect. Initial (e.g. 12 months from publication) citation counts might be useful as a forward indicator of the long-term (e.g. 10 years from publication) quality of research publications, but - although there is literature on citation-time functions - no study to evaluate this specifically has been carried out by Thomson ISI or any other analysts. Here, I describe the outcomes of a preliminary study to explore these citation relationships, drawing on the UK National Citation Report held by Evidence Ltd under licence from Thomson ISI for OST policy use. Annual citation counts typically peak at around the third year after publication. I show that there is a statistically highly significant correlation between initial (years 1-2) and later (years 3-10) citations in six research categories across the life and physical sciences. The relationship holds over a wide range of initial citation counts. Papers that attract more than a definable but field dependent threshold of citations in the initial period after publication are usually among the top 1% (the most highly cited papers) for their field and year. Some papers may take off slowly but can later join the high impact group. It is important to recognise that the statistical relationship is applicable to groups of publications. The citation profiles of individual articles may be quite different. Nonetheless, it seems reasonable to conclude that leading indicators of research excellence could be developed. This initial study should now be extended across a wider range fields to test the initial outcomes: earlier papers suggest the model holds in economics. Additional statistical tests should be applied to explore and model the relationship between initial, later and total citation counts and thus to create a general tool for policy application. Addresses: Adams J (reprint author), Evidence Ltd, 103 Clarendon Rd, Leeds, W Yorkshire LS2 9DF England Evidence Ltd, Leeds, W Yorkshire LS2 9DF England E-mail Addresses: jonathan.adams at evidence.co.uk Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924UH Cited References: *OST, 2004, PSA TARG METR UK RES. GLANZEL W, 1995, J INFORM SCI, V21, P37. GLANZEL W, 1997, SCIENTOMETRICS, V40, P481. GLANZEL W, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V59, P63. KING DA, 2004, NATURE, V430, P311. OROMANER M, 1983, RES HIGH EDUC, V19, P351. PRICE DJD, 1965, SCIENCE, V149, P510. SMALL H, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V60, P305. VLACHY J, 1985, SCIENTOMETRICS, V7, P505. ISSN: 0138-9130 From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Mon Jun 13 16:28:57 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:28:57 -0400 Subject: Leta J, Pereira JCR, Chaimovich H "The Life Sciences - the relative contribution of the Univ. of Sao Paulo to the highest impact factor journals and to those with the largest number of articles, 1980 to 1999" Scientometrics 63 (3): 599-616 June 2005 Message-ID: Leta J, Pereira JCR, Chaimovich H "The Life Sciences - the relative contribution of the Univ. of Sao Paulo to the highest impact factor journals and to those with the largest number of articles, 1980 to 1999" Scientometrics 63 (3): 599-616 June 2005 E-mail Addresses: jleta at bioqmed.ufrj.br Title: The Life Sciences - the relative contribution of the University of Sao Paulo to the highest impact factor journals and to those with the largest number of articles, 1980 to 1999 Author(s): Leta J, Pereira JCR, Chaimovich H Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 599-616 JUN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 13 Abstract: The contribution of Brazil to the database of the Institute for Scientific Information, ISI, has increased remarkably during the last years. Among the Brazilian research institutions, the publications of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) have been around 30% of the country's total publication within the ISI database. A similar share was found for USP's publications published in the 1980-1999 period and classified in the Life Sciences. This was observed in publications from both the highest impact factor journals and from those with the largest number of articles. We have found that the present share of USP's publications in some of the fields of the Life Sciences was much less than 30%, suggesting a gradual decentralization of the scientific activity in Brazil. The data point out that this set of USP's publications were concentrated in traditional and basic fields of biological research, where the focus is mainly oriented by international trends. The data suggest that USP's researchers have not been much devoted to some of the fields where research is oriented toward national issues. Addresses: Leta J (reprint author), Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Programa Educ Gestao & Difusao Biociencias, Inst Bioquim Med, Bloco B,Sala 39,Predio CCS,Cidade Univ, Rio De Janeiro, BR-21941590 Brazil Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Programa Educ Gestao & Difusao Biociencias, Inst Bioquim Med, Rio De Janeiro, BR-21941590 Brazil Inst Dante Pazzanese Cardiol, Lab Epidemiol & Estat, Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Quim, Dept Bioquim, Sao Paulo, BR-01498 Brazil E-mail Addresses: jleta at bioqmed.ufrj.br Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924UH ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: *FAPESP, 2002, IND C T IN SAO PAUL. *MIN CIENC TECN CO, 2000, DIR GRUP PESQ. *MIN ED COORD AP P, PERF POS GRAD. AZEVEDO ES, 1984, CIENCIA CULTURA, V36. DEMEIS L, 1996, PERFIL CIENCIA BRASI. KRZYZANOWSKI RF, 1998, CIENCIA INFORMACAO, V27, P165. LETA J, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V35, P33. LETA J, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V50, P241. MENEGHINI R, 1992, SCIENTOMETRICS, V23, P21. MENEGHINI R, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V35, P367. MOREL RL, 1977, CIENCIA INFORMACAO, V7, P79. RUMJANEK VM, 1996, BRAZ J MED BIOL RES, V29, P923. SPAGNOLO F, 1990, SCIENTOMETRICS, V18, P3. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Mon Jun 13 17:03:28 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:03:28 -0400 Subject: Leydesdorff L, Zhou P. "Are the contributions of China and Korea upsetting the world system of science?" Scientometrics 63 (3): 617-630 June 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: loet at leydesdorff.net Title: Are the contributions of China and Korea upsetting the world system of science? Author(s): Leydesdorff L, Zhou P Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (3): 617-630 JUN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 28 Abstract: Institutions and their aggregates are not the right units of analysis for developing a science policy with cognitive goals in view. Institutions, however, can be compared in terms of their performance with reference to their previous stages. KING's (2004) 'The scientific impact of nations' has provided the data for this comparison. Evaluation of the data from this perspective along the time axis leads to completely different and hitherto overlooked conclusions: a new dynamic can be revealed which points to a group of emerging nations. These nations do not increase their contributions marginally, but their national science systems grow endogenously. In addition to publications, their citation rates keep pace with the exponential growth patterns, albeit with a delay. The center of gravity of the world system of science may be changing accordingly. Addresses: Leydesdorff L (reprint author), Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sch Commun Res, Kloveniersburgwal 48, Amsterdam, NL-1012 CX Netherlands Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sch Commun Res, Amsterdam, NL-1012 CX Netherlands Inst Sci & Technol Informat China, Informat Res & Anal Ctr, Beijing, Peoples R China E-mail Addresses: loet at leydesdorff.net Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924UH ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: 2003, PSA TARGET METRICS U. *ISTIC, 2003, STAT CHIN SCI TECHN. *ISTIC, 2004, STAT CHIN SCI TECHN. ANDERSON J, 1988, SCI PUBL POLICY, V15, P153. AOKI M, 2001, TOWARDS COMP I ANAL. BRAUN T, 1991, SCIENTOMETRICS, V20, P359. COLLINS HM, 1985, SOC STUD SCI, V15, P554. JIN B, 2004, HDB QUANTITATIVE SCI, P497. KAMADA T, 1989, INFORM PROCESS LETT, V31, P7. KING DA, 2004, NATURE, V430, P311. KOSTO RN, 2004, SCIENTIST, V18, P10. LEYDESDORFF L, 1987, SCIENTOMETRICS, V11, P291. LEYDESDORFF L, 1989, SCIENTOMETRICS, V17, P111. 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From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 15:48:52 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:48:52 -0400 Subject: Bailon-Moreno R, Jurado-Alameda E, Ruiz-Banos RR, Courtial JP "Bibliometric laws: Empirical flaws of fit " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 209-229 APR 2005 Message-ID: Bailon-Moreno R - bailonm at ugr.es Title: Bibliometric laws: Empirical flaws of fit Author(s): Bailon-Moreno R, Jurado-Alameda E, Ruiz-Banos RR, Courtial JP Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 209-229 APR 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 29 Abstract: The bibliometric laws of Zipf, Bradford, and Lotka, in their various mathematical expressions, frequently present difficulties in the fitting of empirical values. The empirical flaws of fit take place in the frequency of the words, in the productivity of the authors and the journals, as well as in econometric and demographic aspects. This indicates that the underlying fractal model should be revised, since, as shown, the inverse power equations (of the Zipf-Mandelbrot type) are not adequate, as they need to include exponential terms. These modifications not only affect Bibliometrics and Scientometrics, but also, for the generality of the fractal model, apply to Economy, Demography, and even Natural Sciences in general. Addresses: Bailon-Moreno R (reprint author), Univ Granada, Fac Ciencias, Dept Ingn Quim, Campus Fuentenueva, Granada, 18701 Spain Univ Granada, Fac Ciencias, Dept Ingn Quim, Granada, 18701 Spain Univ Granada, Fac Bibliotecon & Documentac, Dept Bibliotecon & Documentac, Granada, Spain Univ Nantes, LabECD, Nantes, France E-mail Addresses: bailonm at ugr.es Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924RX ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING-LONDON, V137, P85. BROOKES BC, 1969, NATURE, V224, P653. BROOKES BC, 1979, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V30, P233. BROOKES BC, 1981, J DOC, V37, P77. BROOKES BC, 1984, INFORMATION PROCESSI, V20, P16. CONDON EU, 1928, SCIENCE, V68, P1733. EGGHE L, 1985, J DOC, V41, P173. EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q. EGGHE L, 1990, J INFORM SCI, V16, P17. EVARISTO JC, 1993, DIFUSION LIT CIENTIF. FEDEROWICZ JE, 1982, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V33, P223. FEDEROWICZ JE, 1982, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V33, P285. FERREIROALAEZ L, 1980, REV ESPANOLA DOCUMEN, V3, P201. GROOS OV, 1967, AM DOC, V18, P46. LEIMKUHLER FF, 1967, J DOC, V23, P197. LEIMKUHLER FF, 1980, J DOC, V36, P285. LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317. MANDELBROT B, 1953, COMMUN THEORY, P486. MANDELBROT BB, 1954, WORD, V11, P424. MANDELBROT BB, 1977, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT. MANDLEBROT BB, 1954, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT, V11, P424. MEADOW CT, 1993, J INF SCI, V19, P247. PAO ML, 1985, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V21, P305. PRICE DJD, 1963, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI. ROUSSEAU R, 1987, J DOC, V43, P322. ROUSSEAU R, 1988, LIBRARY SCI SLANT DO, V25, P150. RUIZBANOS R, 1997, THESIS U GRANADA. RUIZBANOS R, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P235. ZIPF GK, 1949, HUMAN BEHAV PRICIPLE. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 15:58:22 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:58:22 -0400 Subject: Bailon-Moreno, R; Jurado-Alameda, E; Ruiz-Banos, R; Courtial, JP "The unified scientometric model. Fractality and transfractality " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2). APR 2005. p.231-257 Message-ID: TITLE: The unified scientometric model. Fractality and transfractality (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bailon-Moreno, R; Jurado-Alameda, E; Ruiz-Banos, R; Courtial, JP SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2). APR 2005. p.231-257 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT ABSTRACT: A unified scientometric model has been developed on the basis of seven principles: the actor-network principle, the translation principle, the spatial principle, the quantativity principle, the composition principle, the centre-periphery or nucleation principle, and the unified principle of cumulative advantages. The paradigm of the fractal model has been expanded by introducing the concept of fractality index and transfractality. In this work, as the first demonstration of the power of the model proposed, all the bibliometric laws known and all their mathematical expressions are deduced, both the structural distributions (Zipf, Bradford and Lotka) as well as the Price's Law of the exponential growth of science and Brookes' and Avramescu's Laws of ageing. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Bailon-Moreno, Univ Granada, Fac Ciencias, Dept Ingn Quim, Campus Fuentenueva, Granada 18701, Spain Cited References: BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING-LONDON, V137, P85. BROOKES BC, 1969, NATURE, V224, P653. BROOKES BC, 1979, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V30, P233. BROOKES BC, 1981, J DOC, V37, P77. BROOKES BC, 1984, INFORMATION PROCESSI, V20, P16. CONDON EU, 1928, SCIENCE, V68, P1733. EGGHE L, 1985, J DOC, V41, P173. EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q. EGGHE L, 1990, J INFORM SCI, V16, P17. EVARISTO JC, 1993, DIFUSION LIT CIENTIF. FEDEROWICZ JE, 1982, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V33, P223. FEDEROWICZ JE, 1982, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V33, P285. FERREIROALAEZ L, 1980, REV ESPANOLA DOCUMEN, V3, P201. GROOS OV, 1967, AM DOC, V18, P46. LEIMKUHLER FF, 1967, J DOC, V23, P197. LEIMKUHLER FF, 1980, J DOC, V36, P285. LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317. MANDELBROT B, 1953, COMMUN THEORY, P486. MANDELBROT BB, 1954, WORD, V11, P424. MANDELBROT BB, 1977, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT. MANDLEBROT BB, 1954, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT, V11, P424. MEADOW CT, 1993, J INF SCI, V19, P247. PAO ML, 1985, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V21, P305. PRICE DJD, 1963, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI. ROUSSEAU R, 1987, J DOC, V43, P322. ROUSSEAU R, 1988, LIBRARY SCI SLANT DO, V25, P150. RUIZBANOS R, 1997, THESIS U GRANADA. RUIZBANOS R, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P235. ZIPF GK, 1949, HUMAN BEHAV PRICIPLE. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 16:04:32 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:04:32 -0400 Subject: Egghe L. "An explanation of disproportionate growth using linear 3-dimensional informetrics and its relation with the fractal dimension" SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2). APR 2005. p.277-296 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: lco.cgghc at luc.ac.bc TITLE: An explanation of disproportionate growth using linear 3- dimensional informetrics and its relation with the fractal dimension (Article, English) AUTHOR: Egghe, L SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2). APR 2005. p.277-296 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT ABSTRACT: We study new and existing data sets which show that growth rates of sources usually are different from growth rates of items. Examples: references in publications grow with a rate that is different (usually higher) from the growth rate of the publications themselves; article growth rates are different from journal growth rates and so on. In this paper we interpret this phenomenon of "disproportionate growth"; in terms of Naranan's growth model and in terms of the self-similar fractal dimension of such an information system, which follows from Naranan's growth model. The main part of the paper is devoted to explain disproportionate growth. We show that the "simple" 2-dimensional informetrics models of source- item relations are not able to explain this but we also show that linear 3- dimensional informetrics (i.e. adding a new source set) is capable to model disproportionate growth. Formulae of such different growth rates are presented using Lotkaian informetrics and new and existing data sets are presented and interpreted in terms of the used linear 3-dimensional model. Addresses: Egghe L (reprint author), Limburgs Univ Ctr, Univ Campus, Diepenbeek, B-3590 Belgium Limburgs Univ Ctr, Diepenbeek, B-3590 Belgium Univ Instelling Antwerp, Antwerp, B-2610 Belgium E-mail Addresses: lco.cgghc at luc.ac.bc Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924RX ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING-LONDON, V137, P85. BROOKES BC, 1969, NATURE, V224, P653. BROOKES BC, 1979, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V30, P233. BROOKES BC, 1981, J DOC, V37, P77. BROOKES BC, 1984, INFORMATION PROCESSI, V20, P16. CONDON EU, 1928, SCIENCE, V68, P1733. EGGHE L, 1985, J DOC, V41, P173. EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q. EGGHE L, 1990, J INFORM SCI, V16, P17. EVARISTO JC, 1993, DIFUSION LIT CIENTIF. FEDEROWICZ JE, 1982, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V33, P223. FEDEROWICZ JE, 1982, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V33, P285. FERREIROALAEZ L, 1980, REV ESPANOLA DOCUMEN, V3, P201. GROOS OV, 1967, AM DOC, V18, P46. LEIMKUHLER FF, 1967, J DOC, V23, P197. LEIMKUHLER FF, 1980, J DOC, V36, P285. LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317. MANDELBROT B, 1953, COMMUN THEORY, P486. MANDELBROT BB, 1954, WORD, V11, P424. MANDELBROT BB, 1977, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT. MANDLEBROT BB, 1954, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT, V11, P424. MEADOW CT, 1993, J INF SCI, V19, P247. PAO ML, 1985, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V21, P305. PRICE DJD, 1963, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI. ROUSSEAU R, 1987, J DOC, V43, P322. ROUSSEAU R, 1988, LIBRARY SCI SLANT DO, V25, P150. RUIZBANOS R, 1997, THESIS U GRANADA. RUIZBANOS R, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P235. ZIPF GK, 1949, HUMAN BEHAV PRICIPLE. Cited References: EGGHE L, 1989, THESIS CITY U LONDON. EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q. EGGHE L, 1990, J INFORM SCI, V16, P17. EGGHE L, 2003, P 9 INT C SCIENT INF, P47. EGGHE L, 2004, IN PRESS J AM SOC IN. EGGHE L, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V60, P497. EGGHE L, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V61, P103. EGGHE L, 2005, POWER LAWS INFORMATI. FALCONER KJ, 1985, GEOMETRY FRACTAL SET. FEDER J, 1988, FRACTALS. MANDELBROT B, 1977, FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT. NARANAN S, 1970, NATURE, V227, P631. PERSSON O, 2003, P 9 INT C SCIENT INF, P411. WU Y, 2003, P 9 INT C SCI INF DA, P352. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 16:19:10 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:19:10 -0400 Subject: Lewison G, Hartley J "What's in a title? Numbers of words and the presence of colons " SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 341-356 APR 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk Title: What's in a title? Numbers of words and the presence of colons Author(s): Lewison G, Hartley J Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 341-356 APR 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 30 Abstract: Much has been written about titles in scientific journal articles but little research has been carried out. We aimed to assess in two studies how factors like the length of a title and its structure might vary in different scientific fields, and whether or not these features have changed over time. Statistical analyses were made of 216,500 UK papers from science journals, and of 133,200 international oncology papers. Factors examined included title length, the use of colons in the titles, and the number of authors. All of these factors increased over time for both sets of papers, although there were some disciplinary differences in the findings. In both studies, titles with colons occurred more frequently with single than with multiple authors except when the numbers of co-authors were large. Certain features of titles can be related to different disciplines, different journals, the numbers of authors and their nationalities. Addresses: Lewison G (reprint author), City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London, EC1V 0HB England City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London, EC1V 0HB England Keele Univ, Dept Psychol, Keele, Staffs England E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924RX ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: ANTHONY L, 2001, IEEE T PROF COMMUN, V44, P187. BERKENKOTTER C, 1995, GENRE KNOWLEDGE DISC. CRONIN B, 2001, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V52, P558. DAY RA, 1998, WRITE PUBLISH SCI PA. DIERS D, 1994, NURS RES, V43, P316. DILLON JT, 1981, AM PSYCHOL, V36, P879. DILLON JT, 1982, AM PSYCHOL, V37, P716. FONTANET I, 1997, LENGUAS APLICADAS CI, P155. FONTANET I, 1998, PERSPECTIVAS PRAGUIE, P443. HALL GM, 2003, WRITE PAPER. HARTLEY J, 2002, SCI COMMUN, V26, P188. 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From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 16:25:02 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:25:02 -0400 Subject: Zitt, M; Ramanana-Rahary, S; Bassecoulard, E "Relativity of citation performance and excellence measures: From cross-field to cross-scale effects of field-normalization" Scientometrics 63 (2). APR 2005. p.373-401 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: zitt at nantes.inra.fr TITLE: Relativity of citation performance and excellence measures: From cross-field to cross-scale effects of field- normalisation (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zitt, M; Ramanana-Rahary, S; Bassecoulard, E SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2). APR 2005. p.373-401 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT ABSTRACT: As citation practices strongly depend on fields, field normalisation is recognised as necessary for fair comparison of figures in bibliometrics and evaluation studies. However fields may be defined at various levels, from small research areas to broad academic disciplines, and thus normalisation values are expected to vary. The aim of this project was to test the stability of citation ratings of articles as the level of observation - hence the basis of normalisation - changes. A conventional classification of science based on ISI subject categories and their aggregates at various scales was used, namely at five levels: all science, large academic discipline, sub-discipline, speciality and journal. Among various normalisation methods, we selected a simple ranking method (quantiles), based on the citation score of the article in each particular aggregate (journal, speciality, etc.) it belonged to at each level. The study was conducted on articles in the full SCI range, for publication year 1998 with a four-year citation window. Stability is measured in three ways: overall comparison of article rankings; individual trajectory of articles; survival of the top-cited class across levels. Overall rank correlations on the observed empirical structure are benchmarked against two fictitious sets that keep the same embedded structure of articles but reassign citation scores either in a totally ordered or in a totally random distribution. These sets act respectively as a 'worst case' and 'best case' for the stability of citation ratings. The results show that: (a) the average citation rankings of articles substantially change with the level of observation (b) observation at the journal level is very particular, and the results differ greatly in all test circumstances from all the other levels of observation (c) the lack of cross-scale stability is confirmed when looking at the distribution of individual trajectories of articles across the levels; (d) when considering the top-cited fractions, a standard measure of excellence, it is found that the contents of the 'top-cited' set is completely dependent on the level of observation. The instability of impact measures should not be interpreted in terms of lack of robustness but rather as the co- existence of various perspectives each having their own form of legitimacy. A follow-up study will focus on the micro levels of observation and will be based on a structure built around bibliometric groupings rather than conventional groupings based on ISI subject categories. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Zitt, INRA, Lereco, Nantes, France [Addresses: Zitt M (reprint author), INRA, Lereco, Nantes, France INRA, Lereco, Nantes, France OST, Paris, France E-mail Addresses: zitt at nantes.inra.fr Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924RX ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: BARRE R, 2002, SCI TECHNOLOGY INDIC. BASSECOULARD E, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P323. CZAPSKI G, 1997, SCIENTOMETRICS, V40, P437. EGGHE L, 2002, CAN J INFORM LIB SCI, V27, P29. FISHER D, 2001, MINERVA, V39, P299. GARFIELD E, 1986, CURR CONTENTS, P182. GLANZEL W, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P171. HAITUN SD, 1982, SCIENTOMETRICS, V4, P89. KATZ JS, 1999, RES POLICY, V28, P501. KOSTOFF RN, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P49. MARSHAKOVASHAIKEVI, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V35, P283. MCROBERTS MH, 1989, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V40, P342. MOED HF, 2002, NATURE, V415, P731. MURUGESAN P, 1978, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V29, P141. NARIN F, 1978, EVALUATIVE BIBLIOMET. PINSKI G, 1976, INFORMATION PROCESSI, V12, P297. RAMIREZ AM, 2000, SCIENTOMETRICS, V47, P3. SCHUBERT A, 1986, SCIENTOMETRICS, V9, P281. SCHUBERT A, 1988, HDB QUANTITATIVE STU, P137. SCHUBERT A, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V36, P311. SEGLEN PO, 1997, ALLERGY, V52, P1050. SEN BK, 1992, J DOC, V48, P318. SIEGEL S, 1956, NONPARAMETRIC STAT B. SMALL H, 1985, SCIENTOMETRICS, V7, P391. SOLARI A, 2000, SCIENTOMETRICS, V47, P605. TUSSEN RJW, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V54, P381. VANRAAN AFJ, 2000, SCIENTOMETRICS, V47, P347. VANRAAN AFJ, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V51, P347. VINKLER P, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P267. VINKLER P, 2004, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V55, P431. WASMER E, 2001, SEARCH SCI EXCELLENC. ZITT M, 1994, SCIENTOMETRICS, V30, P333. ZITT M, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V56, P259. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 16:29:18 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:29:18 -0400 Subject: Trimble V. "Productivity and impact analysis: Rediscovering the obvious " Scientometrics 63 (2): 413-416 APR 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: vtrimble at uci.edu Title: Productivity and impact analysis: Rediscovering the obvious Author(s): Trimble V Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 413-416 APR 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 11 Addresses: Trimble V (reprint author), Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USA Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USA E-mail Addresses: vtrimble at uci.edu Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 924RX ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited References: 2004, ECONOMIST. BRAUN T, 2005, SCIENTOMETRICS, V63, P407. GILMOZZI R, 2004, ESO MESSENGER, P13. KING DA, 2004, NATURE, V430, P311. KLAIC ZB, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V61, P221. SANCHEZ SF, 2004, ASTRON NACHR, V325, P445. SMECKERHANE T, 2004, COMMUNICATION. TRIMBLE V, 2004, Q J ROY ASTRON SOC, V34, P301. TRIMBLE V, 2005, IN PRESS PUBLICATION. WHITE HD, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V60, P93. ZUCKERMAN H, 1988, HDB SOCIOLOGY, P511. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 14 16:35:04 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:35:04 -0400 Subject: Chen, CM "Measuring the movement of a research paradigm " VISUALIZATION AND DATA ANALYSIS 2005 5669. 2005. p.63-76 SPIE-INT SOCIETY OPTICAL ENGINEERING, BELLINGHAM Message-ID: TITLE: Measuring the movement of a research paradigm (Article, English) AUTHOR: Chen, CM SOURCE: VISUALIZATION AND DATA ANALYSIS 2005 5669. 2005. p.63-76 SPIE-INT SOCIETY OPTICAL ENGINEERING, BELLINGHAM ABSTRACT: A research paradigm is a dynamical system of scientific works, including their perceived values by peer scientists, and governed by intrinsic intellectual values and associated citation endurance and decay. Identifying an emerging research paradigm and monitoring changes in an existing paradigm have been a challenging task due to the scale and complexity involved. In this article, we describe an exploratory data analysis method for identifying a research paradigm based on clustering scientific articles by their citation half life and betweenness centrality as well as citation frequencies. The Expectation Maximization algorithm is used to cluster articles based on these attributes. It is hypothesized that the resultant clusters correspond to dynamic groupings of articles manifested by a research paradigm. The method is tested with three example datasets: Social Network Analysis (1992-2004), Mass Extinction (1981-2004), and Terrorism (19892004). All these subject domains have known emergent paradigms identified independently. The resultant clusters are interpreted and assessed with reference to clusters identified by co-citation links. The consistency and discrepancy between the EM clusters and the link-based co-citation clusters are also discussed. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Chen, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA From isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES Wed Jun 15 04:20:46 2005 From: isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:20:46 +0200 Subject: Lewison G, Hartley J What's in a title? Numbersof words and the presence of colons SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 341-356 APR 2005 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear all: Regarding these research topics, I would like to locate similar papers about number of bibliographic references and the relation with impact of the journals. Especially interested in global analysis, involving evolution of the number of cited papers and discipliny-related differences. Thanks in advance, Eugene Garfield escribi?: >E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk > >Title: What's in a title? Numbers of words and the presence of colons > >Author(s): Lewison G, Hartley J > >Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 63 (2): 341-356 APR 2005 > > >Cited References: 30 > >-- >*************************************** >Isidro F. Aguillo >isidro at cindoc.csic.es >Ph:(+34) 91-5635482 ext. 313 > >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 harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Fri Jun 17 17:00:26 2005 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:00:26 +0100 Subject: note from stephen strauss In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, stephen strauss wrote: > Hi Stevan:: > > I have a couple of questions you likely know the > answers to. Do you know how many scholarly papers are published in a > year, Hi Stephen, Nice to hear from you. Using Bowkers/Ulrich's to estimate about 24,000 peer-reviewed journals, and the ISI subset to get a ball-park idea of the average number of articles per year per journal (a but over 100, though it varies widely by field), I've been using the figure of 2.5 million articles per year. > and what is the average output of these per researcher. I don't have data on annual number of articles per researcher, though it might exist. (I branch this to Alma Swan, who may have some data.) My guess is that it varies between 2 and 10+ for a productive researcher, with mode at around 3 or 4.) I've also heard that the number of research universities worldwide is about 8000. I'm also branching your query to the sigmetrics list: an expert there may have better estimates for all of these. > I guess > it is different in different disciplines, and if you knew that it would > be delish. > > Stephen Strauss > > P.S. Do you know about the effort to include holograms in scholarly > papers for people who need 3D views of objects? Yes, and various forms of stereochemistry and crystallographic structures. (A very welcome specialty advantage of the online medium, but not its revolutionary essence!) Cheers, Stevan From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Sat Jun 18 07:40:51 2005 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:40:51 +0100 Subject: Average number of annual articles per researcher Message-ID: Forwarding, in case Dr. Swan's direct posting did not get through because she is not on the sigmet list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 05:47:30 +0100 From: Alma Swan To: 'Stevan Harnad' 'stephen strauss' Subject: RE: note from stephen strauss > > and what is the average output of these per researcher. > > I don't have data on annual number of articles per > researcher, though it might exist. (I branch this to Alma > Swan, who may have some data.) My guess is that it varies > between 2 and 10+ for a productive researcher, with mode at > around 3 or 4.) Data extracted from our recent report are attached here. These are actual answers from actual researchers, rather than one of the estimates frequently made by industry-watchers (like me!). It varies considerably by discipline, as would be expected. You're probably not far off with your estimate of the overall mode, Stevan. Alma __________________________ Alma P Swan, BSc, PhD, MBA Director Key Perspectives Ltd 2 Denver Place Elm Grove Road Topsham Devon EX3 0EP Tel: +44 (0)1392 879702 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Articles published.doc Type: application/msword Size: 121856 bytes Desc: URL: From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Mon Jun 20 06:35:48 2005 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:35:48 +0100 Subject: The Harvards, the Have-Nots, and Open Access Message-ID: Prior AmSci Thread: "The Harvards, the Have-Nots, and Open Access" (began Nov 2003) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3177.html The following is an (anonymized) exchange with a journal editor in a particular discipline/specialty ("X") who challenged -- for his particular journal's disicplime/specialty -- my often repeated estimate -- based on the data (1) from Ulrich's on the worldwide number of peer-reviewed journals, (2) from ARL on the size of library journal subscriptions, (3) from estimates of the worldwide number of universities and research institutions, (4) from (guess-)estimates of average and min/max journal subscription sizes and (5) from data on the size of the citation impact advantage for published articles (in the same journal) that have also been self-archived by their authors -- that it is true of *every* one of the 2.5 million articles published annually in the world's 24,000 peer-reviewed journals that it is inaccessible to many (or even most) of its potential users/citers worldwide. http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/analysis/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/arlbin/arl.cgi?task=3Dsetuprank http://www.aneki.com/universities.html http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/ch.htm http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html This is a strong claim (and far stronger than what one would need to claim in order to argue that 100% self-archiving would be beneficial, hence desirable, for research, researchers, their institutions, and their funders -- (5) alone would be enough for that); but it is nevertheless of some historic and demographic interest to test how true the stronger claim actually is. That is the subject of this exchange. > I'm sorry to quibble, but showing that nobody subscribes to all > journals just says that THERE EXIST papers that are inaccessible to > many potential users, not that this is the case for EVERY SINGLE > paper. But I didn't say nobody subscribes to all journals: I said (and cited the ARL/Ulrichs statistical evidence to the effect that) most institutions can only subscribe to a very few, and that no journal is subscribed to by most, let alone all. Only such a journal could say that it is not the case that it is inaccessible to many or most of its potential users. > that they are unaffordable for some institutes doesn't say anything > about specialist journals. What would say something to that would be reliable, objective data on (1) the worldwide number of institutions and their institutional researchers in that particular specialty relative to (2) the wordlwide number of institutions (or individuals) that subscribe/license that particular journal. (If you have such reliable, objective worldwide data for your own particular journal speciality, and it does indicate that it is *not* the case that the articles are inaccessible to many or most of their potential users worldwide, I would be most interested to see those data, and happy to announce them henceforth as the happy exception to my general contention!) >sh> On the other side of the access/impact ledger, the evidence -- across >sh> all disciplines and journals -- that self-archived articles have >sh> 50-300+% more citations than non-self-archived articles (in the same >sh> journal and year) confirms that open-access enhances usage and impact. > > I'm not disputing this. And [my publisher] allows self-archiving so there > is no barrier for authors in my journal. That's fine -- and highly commendable that your publisher's journals are among the the 92% of journals that are green on self-archiving: it is the research community that is entirely to blame for that fact that it currently only self-archives 15% of its annual output! (But does it not make you wonder -- if the publisher's official toll-version were indeed accessible to all or most of its would-be users -- why there should be this usage/impact advantage to the author's self-archived home-brew? If most institutions (in a specialty) already had an online license to the publisher's deluxe PDF, why on earth would there be any citation advantage to those articles that also had a self-archived freebie? Is it not more likely that the freebie is taken up by those who cannot access the journal version, because their institutions happen to be unable to afford that particular journal?) >sh> (What is the size of the institutional subscribership of your journal? >sh> And how many institutions worldwide do you think there are that have >sh> researchers in its area -- and how many researchers?) > > I'll try to find the answer to the first question. The number is > changing (growing) constantly because of [electronic bundling]. > Anyway, that number, whatever it is, is probably not very meaningful since > some of those institutions have no [X discipline-name deleted] departments. The data would be useful in any case. The lack of a pertinent department would increase the numbers and make the estimate of have-nots more conservative, which is fine: You also need a worldwide tally of institutions with X departments and/or X researchers too, by the way, and a specific enough one to be able to estimate from it and the worldwide subscriber data the number of have-nots, based on those that do and don't subscribe to your journal! > I don't know the answer to the second question and I don't have any > way of finding out. But I would guess that most academic [X] > departments would have somebody working in the [specialty] area, and > probably the number that don't is of a similar order as the number of > non-academic research institutions with somebody in the area. So, how > many academic [X] departments are there in the world? Good question! Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org 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/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ From leo.egghe at UHASSELT.BE Mon Jun 20 10:45:23 2005 From: leo.egghe at UHASSELT.BE (Leo Egghe) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:45:23 +0200 Subject: SECOND SPECIAL ISSUE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT ON INFORMETRICS - CALL FOR PAPERS - JUNE 20, 2005 Message-ID: SECOND SPECIAL ISSUE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT ON INFORMETRICS CALL FOR PAPERS JUNE 20, 2005 The journal Information Processing and Management (IPM) will publish, mid 2006, a second special issue on the general topic "informetrics". Issue guest editor is Leo Egghe of the Limburgs Universitair Centrum in Belgium. Note that from June 15, 2005 on the name of LUC is changed into "Universiteit Hasselt" (UHasselt) (see coordinates below). There is no restriction on informetric topics, for reasons explained in the second part of this call but one seeks papers of high quality on either one or both of the following aspects: * professional data gathering * explanation of regularities found in the data (mathematical modelling). As such we expect informetric papers on the following possible topics: * bibliographies (authors, journals) * indexing and information retrieval * libraries and other information centres * citation analysis and performance indicators * growth and aging (obsolescence) of literature * scientific communication (incl. collaboration), social networks among which the Internet, incl. webometrics * links (topical as well as methodological) with other -metrics fields such as sociometrics, econometrics, biometrics, quantitative linguistics and the study of complex, self-organising systems. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2005. The papers should be sent to Prof. Dr. Leo Egghe Issue guest editor IPM Universiteit Hasselt Agoralaan - Gebouw D B-3590 Diepenbeek Belgium tel.: +32 11 26.81.21 fax: +32 11 26.81.26 e-mail: leo.egghe at uhasselt.be Papers should be sent, preferably, by e-mail. 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Diagnostica as a German psychology journal on its way into the third millenium Author(s): Leutner D Source: DIAGNOSTICA 50 (1): 18-21 2004 Document Type: Article Language: German Cited References: 12 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: From the perspective of the editor of Diagnostica from 1995 to 2002, editorial measures for improving and A controlling the journal's quality are described. These measures were concerned with adapting international standards of scientific publishing while maintaining German as the publishing language, focusing on empirical papers and maintaining the,competition with the "Zeitschrift fur Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie". After all these changes, however, there remains a large amount of constancy, so that the journal still fits many of the goals which had been written down by its founder in 1955. Addresses: Leutner D (reprint author), Univ Duisburg Essen, Lehrstuhl Lehr Lernpsychol, FB 2, Essen, D-45117 Germany Univ Duisburg Essen, Lehrstuhl Lehr Lernpsychol, Essen, D-45117 Germany E-mail Addresses: leutner at uni-essen.de Publisher: HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS, ROHNSWEG 25, D-37085 GOTTINGEN, GERMANY IDS Number: 771WK ISSN: 0012-1924 Cited References: BRAHLER A, 2002, BRICKENKAMP HANDBUCH. BRICKENKAMP R, 1958, DIAGNOSTICA, V4, P17. BRICKENKAMP R, 1974, HDB PSYCHOL PADAGOGI. BRICKENKAMP R, 1997, HDB PSYCHOL PADAGOGI. EID M, 2003, DIAGNOSTICA, V49, P1. LEUTNER D, 1997, DIAGNOSTICA, V43, P1. LEUTNER D, 1998, DIAGNOSTICA, V44, P1. LEUTNER D, 1999, DIAGNOSTICA, V45, P1. LEUTNER D, 2000, DIAGNOSTICA, V46, P1. LEUTNER D, 2001, DIAGNOSTICA, V47, P1. LEUTNER D, 2002, DIAGNOSTICA, V48, P1. WILDE K, 1955, DIAGNOSTICA, V1, P1. From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Wed Jun 29 15:58:36 2005 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:58:36 -0400 Subject: BioMed Central impact factors Message-ID: New Impact Factors announced Journals published by BioMed Central have again received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, with five titles in the top five of their specialty. BMC Bioinformatics , with an impact factor of 5.42, has reinforced its reputation as one of the top journals in its field. Launched in 2000, it is the second highest ranked bioinformatics journal, and already has an impact factor comparable to that of Bioinformatics (5.74), the most established journal in the field, which has been publishing for more than two decades and is supported by a major society. Critical Care's impact factor jumped from 1.9 to 3.21, and the journal is now third in the critical care medicine field having leap-frogged the competitor title Intensive Care Medicine, the official journal of the major European society. Breast Cancer Research also increased it's impact factor from 2.93 to 2.98 and remains the second highest ranking breast cancer journal. Arthritis Research & Therapy maintains its rank of second in the rheumatology field with an impact factor of 4.55. With an impact factor of 4.03, Respiratory Research is the fifth most cited journal in the highly competitive respirology field. Other journals published by BioMed Central also received revised impact factors this year, including: BMC Cancer 2.29 BMC Cell Biology 2.62 BMC Genomics 3.25 BMC Health Services Research 1.23 BMC Infectious Diseases 2.07 BMC Molecular Biology 3.12 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 1.00 BMC Public Health 1.55 The impact factors, which are calculated by ISI, look at citations in 2004 of articles published in the journals in the period 2002-2003. The high impact factors for these journals affirm that they are respected by researchers, and are fast becoming the place for authors to submit important research findings. For full details, please read our press release or visit our impact factor FAQ . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From quentinburrell at MANX.NET Thu Jun 30 08:03:06 2005 From: quentinburrell at MANX.NET (Quentin L. Burrell) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:03:06 +0100 Subject: [ISSI] Access to Research Outputs Message-ID: Here's a news release on this statement. Includes some links that might be of interest. Research councils back free online access Thousands of British academics in every subject from art history to zoology will soon be required to make their research freely available online, the UK research councils have announced. http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1517381,00.html Quentin Dr Quentin L Burrell Isle of Man International Business School The Nunnery Old Castletown Road Douglas Isle of Man IM2 1QB via United Kingdom www.ibs.ac.im ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:31 AM Subject: [ISSI] Access to Research Outputs Friends: Please visit http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/cover.asp for a statement on access to research outputs released by the Research Councils UK. This is something that research councils/ funding agencies/ governments in every developing country should adopt. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Covering note on Access to Research Outputs: Further Consultation Details. Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a strategic partnership through which the UK's eight Research Councils work together to champion the research, training and innovation they support. Dissemination of and access to UK research outputs is crucial to ensure impact of RCUK funded research. The development of internet technologies providing access to a range of distributed information resources has enabled new possibilities for the delivery of information as an output of research. E-print repositories and open access journals have both developed as part of this change in technology, and RCUK considers that both can help improve access to the results of publicly funded research. RCUK is therefore further consulting on its proposed position on access to research outputs. The position is based on four principles: a.. Ideas and knowledge derived from publicly-funded research must be made available and accessible for public use, interrogation, and scrutiny, as widely, rapidly and effectively as practicable. b.. Effective mechanisms are in place to ensure that published research outputs must be subject to rigorous quality assurance, through peer review. c.. The models and mechanisms for publication and access to research results must be both efficient and cost-effective in the use of public funds. d.. The outputs from current and future research must be preserved and remain accessible not only for the next few years but for future generations. Specifically, it proposes to: a.. Require for all grants awarded from 1 October 2005 that, subject to copyright and licensing arrangements, a copy of any resultant published journal articles or conference proceedings should be deposited in an appropriate e-print repository (either institutional or subject-based) wherever such a repository is available to the award-holder. Deposit should take place at the earliest opportunity, wherever possible at or around the time of publication. b.. Research Councils will also encourage, but not formally oblige, award-holders to deposit articles arising from grants awarded before 1 October 2005. c.. Councils will ensure that applicants for grants are allowed, subject to justification of cost-effectiveness, to include in the costing of their projects the predicted costs of any publication in author-pays journals. The statement is intended as a broad framework, which will serve as the basis for RCUK to draw up more detailed guidance and to determine good practice, in close collaboration with a range of key stakeholders as set out in this document. By the end of 2008, RCUK will review its framework. RCUK has already undertaken extensive consultation with key stakeholders, including universities, publishers (profit, no-for-profit, open access), JISC, the British Library, HEFCE, and learned societies, to inform its current position. RCUK is very pleased with the useful feedback received and would like to thank everyone who has commented so far. The current proposed statement is now being circulated for a final round of public consultation. RCUK would in specific welcome further comments from learned societies. The deadline for this round of consultation is 31 August 2005. Responses should be sent to Drs. 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