From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 1 13:24:47 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:24:47 -0500 Subject: Sharp D. "As we said it..." Lancet 364(9436). p.744, August 28, 2004. Message-ID: TITLE : As we said ... (Editorial Material) AUTHOR: Sharp D SOURCE: Lancet 364(9436). p.744, August 28, 2004 Author Address : D. Sharp, The Lancet, London NW1 7BY, England REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ELSEVIER (THE LANCET, 2004, 364(9436) PAGE 744. http://www.lancet.com As we said... Any author or editor who looks closely at citation statistics will find temptations for self-advancement. Stick to review articles or methods in the hope of striking occasional gold; the most cited Lancet paper (hereby acquiring yet another hit) is a method,(1) and second and third prizes go to publications of this sort too. Why not cite another research group more often than science or common decency demands, provided of course they do the same for you? Editors could encourage journal self-citation or tease out the advantages to be had from the different bases for an impact factor's numerator and denominator.(2) If no one else wants to refer to your published efforts you had better do so yourself lest they sink without trace, the fate of about a quarter of mainstream science.(3) and (4) Apoor Gami and colleagues(5) recently estimated the frequency of author self-citation but we do not know what proportion, if any, is unworthy. George Bernard Shaw almost said: "I often quote myself. It adds spice to my career prospects." For 266 papers on diabetes published in clinical journals in 2000 and receiving one or more citations by April, 2003, Gami and colleagues5 found an average self-citation rate of 18% (median 7%). In the infancy of modern citation analysis, the self-citation rate was 8% for first authors alone(6)and a massive study on Norwegian data revealed self-citations running at 17% for clinical medicine,(7) which is very close to what Gami and colleagues found for diabetes. A ban on self-citation is clearly ridiculous as it would remove much of the "why?" of a study and would lead to wasteful repetition of the "how?" if the detailed methodology had been published already. Garfield and Welljams-Dorof(8)thought that excessive self-citation would be corrected by the editorial and peer-review process. The potential for such correction is there-but the reality? Asknes7 wants "Normative limits for how often one can cite oneself". Yet no one knows what normal or excessive mean in this context. The detailed table linked to Gami and colleagues' paper5 suggests that calling a guillotine into play when self-citations rise above, say, one in five would not make a lot of difference, and self-citations can be eliminated from literature searches.9 Similarly, a recent essay10 points to only a weak correlation between journal self-citation and impact, and any editor succumbing to the temptation to urge authors to cite his or her own journal could be in for a disappointment. The Selfcite 2.0 and Egocite programs11 and 12 remind us that the subject can be taken too seriously. No one would worry much, and studies such as Gami and colleagues' might not be needed were it not for the fact that, despite severe criticism13 and some attempts to do things differently, citation indices are still used to judge science and scientists. How did anyone get appointed or promoted before citation analysis expanded from the 1960s? I write a regular column for the Thomson ISI publication Science Watch. References 1 JM Bland and DG Altman, Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement, Lancet 1 (1986), pp. 307-310. 2 C Jennings, Citation data: the wrong impact?, Neuroendocrinol Lett 20 (1999), pp. 7-10. 3 D Hamilton, Research papers: who's uncited now?, Science 251 (1991), p. 25. 4 D Pendlebury, Science, citation, and funding, Science 251 (1991), pp. 1410-1411. 5 AS Gami, VM Montori, NL Wilczynski and RB Haynes, Author self-citation in the diabetes literature, CMAJ 170 (2004), pp. 1925-1927. 6 E Garfield and IH Sher, New factors in the evolution of scientific literature through citation indexing, Am Documentation 14 (1963), pp. 195-201. 7 DW Aksnes, A macro study of self-citation. Seventh Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy (www.nifo.no/bibliometri/Aksnes%20Self-citation.pdf) (Oct 11-12, 2002) (accessed July 13, 2004). 8 E Garfield and A Welljams-Dorof, Citation data: their use as quantitative indicators for science and technology evaluation and policy-making, Sci Publ Policy 19 (1992), pp. 321-327. 9 National University of Singapore Libraries, How to search WOS: eliminating self-citation search (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/slb/d/wos/wsselfcite.hml) (accessed July 8, 2004). 10 ME McVeigh, Journal self-citation in the Journal Citation Reports(r)- Science edition (2002): a citation study from the Thomson Corporation (http://www.isinet.com.ezproxy.library.drexel.edu/essays/journalcitationrepo rts/8236411/) (accessed Aug 12, 2004). 11 N Craddock, MC O'Donovan and MJ Owen, Introducing Selfcite 2.0-career enhancing software, BMJ 313 (1996), pp. 1659-1660. 12 PJ Morrison, Making the most of self-citation, BMJ 314 (1997), p. 832. 13. PO Seglen, Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research, BMJ 314 (1997), pp. 498-502. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 1 14:54:16 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:54:16 -0500 Subject: Beile PM, Boote DN, Killingsworth EK "A microscope or a mirror?: A question of study validity regarding the use of dissertation citation analysis for evaluating research collections" JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 30 (5): 347-353 SEP 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: P.M. Beile : pbeile at mail.ucf.edu D.N. Boote : dboote at mail.ucf.edu E.K. Killingsworth: ekilling at mail.ucf.edu Title : A microscope or a mirror?: A question of study validity regarding the use of dissertation citation analysis for evaluating research collections Author(s): Beile PM, Boote DN, Killingsworth EK Source: JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 30 (5): 347-353 SEP 2004 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 40 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Use of dissertation citation analysis for collection evaluation was investigated. Analysis of 1842 education dissertation citations from three institutions suggests the assumption of doctoral student expertise in their use of the scholarly literature may be overstated. For purposes of developing research collections, dependence on dissertation citation analyses should proceed cautiously. Addresses: Beile PM (reprint author), Univ Cent Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 USA Univ Cent Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 USA Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA IDS Number: 869PZ ISSN: 0099-1333 Cited References: 2000, US NEWS WORLD REPORT, V128, P93. BARRY C, 1997, J INFORMATION SCI, V23, P229. BROADUS RN, 1977, ADV LIBRARIANSHIP, V7, P328. BUTTLAR L, 1999, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V21, P227. BUTTLAR, INFORMATION SOURCES, V227. BUTTLAR, INFORMATION SOURCES, V242. DAVIS PM, 2001, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V52, P312. DAVIS PM, 2002, COLL RES LIB, V63, P57. DIODATO V, 1994, DICT BIBLIOMETRICS, P33. DIODATO, DICT BIBLIOMETRICS, V24. EDWARDS S, 1999, SERIALS REV, V25, P11. EDWARDS, CITATION ANAL COLL D, V11. GOODEN AM, 2001, SCI TECHNOLOGY LIBRA. GOODEN, CITATION ANAL CHEM D. HAYCOCK LA, 2003, UNPUB. HAYCOCK, CITATION ANAL ED DIS. HERRING SD, 2002, COLL RES LIB, V63, P339. HERUBEL JPVM, 1991, SERIALS LIBR, V20, P65. HERUBEL, PHILOS DISSERTATION, V66. 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From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 1 15:02:57 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:02:57 -0500 Subject: aCHAFFER t. "Psychology citations revisited: Behavioral research in the age " JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 30 (5): 354-360 SEP 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: tschaffe at tamu.edu Title: Psychology citations revisited: Behavioral research in the age of electronic resources Author(s): Schaffer T Source: JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 30 (5): 354-360 SEP 2004 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 25 Abstract: This bibliometric study focused on the research needs of psychology faculty and quantified the availability throughout the library of articles cited recently by the faculty. More than social sciences faculty generally, psychology faculty report relying on the journal literature rather than on the monographic literature. Less than one- third of the articles cited were available online and 89% of these were found in Ebsco databases, Science Direct, JSTOR, or society publications with deep backfiles. Addresses: Schaffer T (reprint author), Texas A&M Univ Lib, College Stn, TX 77843 USA Texas A&M Univ Lib, College Stn, TX 77843 USA Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA IDS Number: 869PZ ISSN: 0099-1333 CITED REFERENCES: 2000, US NEWS WORLD REPORT, V128, P93 BARRY C, 1997, J INFORMATION SCI, V23, P229 BROADUS RN, 1977, ADV LIBRARIANSHIP, V7, P328 BUTTLAR L, 1999, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V21, P227 BUTTLAR, INFORMATION SOURCES, V227 BUTTLAR, INFORMATION SOURCES, V242 DAVIS PM, 2001, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V52, P312 DAVIS PM, 2002, COLL RES LIB, V63, P57 DIODATO V, 1994, DICT BIBLIOMETRICS, P33 DIODATO, DICT BIBLIOMETRICS, V24 EDWARDS S, 1999, SERIALS REV, V25, P11 EDWARDS, CITATION ANAL COLL D, V11 GOODEN AM, 2001, SCI TECHNOLOGY LIBRA GOODEN, CITATION ANAL CHEM D HAYCOCK LA, 2003, UNPUB HAYCOCK, CITATION ANAL ED DIS HERRING SD, 2002, COLL RES LIB, V63, P339 HERUBEL JPVM, 1991, SERIALS LIBR, V20, P65 HERUBEL, PHILOS DISSERTATION, V66 HERUBEL, PHILOS DISSERTATION, V71 HERUBEL, PHILOS DISSERTION BI, V65 KOHL DF, 1986, RQ, V26, P208 KUYPERRUSHING L, 1999, COLL RES LIBR, V60, P153 KUYPERRUSHING, IDENTIFYING UNIFORM, V161 KUYPERRUSHING, IDENTIFYING UNIFORM, V162 PAISLEY W, 1990, SCHOLARLY COMMUNICAT, P281 PAISLEY, FUTURE BIBLIOMETRICS, V28 PAISLEY, FUTURE BIBLIOMETRICS, V287 PERITZ BC, 1990, COLLECTION MANAGEMEN, V12, P11 PERITZ, USE LIB FRADUATE STU, V11 STROHL B, 1999, COLLECTION EVALUATIO, P28 SUMMERS EG, 1986, ACEHI J, V12, P112 WALCOTT R, 1994, SCI TECHNOLOGY LIB, V14, P1 WALCOTT, LOCAL CITATION STUDI, V6 WALLACE DP, 1989, PRINCIPLES APPL INFO, P10 WALLACE DP, 2001, LIB EVALUATION CASEB, P153 WALLACE, BIBLIOMETRICS CITATI, V13 WALLACE, BIBLIOMETRICS CITATI, V18 WALLACE, LIB EVALUATION, V153 WILLIAMS BA, 1997, ERIC ED413933, P27 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 1 15:22:05 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:22:05 -0500 Subject: Agudelo D, Breton-Lopez J, Buela-Casal G "Bibliometric analysis of journals related to health psychology published in Spanish" SALUD MENTAL 27 (2): 70-85 APR 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: G. Buela-Casal: gbuela at ugr.es Title: Bibliometric analysis of journals related to health psychology published in Spanish. Author(s): Agudelo D, Breton-Lopez J, Buela-Casal G Source: SALUD MENTAL 27 (2): 70-85 APR 2004 Document Type: Review Language: Spanish Cited References: 239 Abstract: Nowadays, scientific production has been given,in enormous importance, and, as a consequence interest has been focused also on journals and works itself as mere instruments of knowledge divulgation that contribute to the development of Science. Thus, bibliometric studies have great relevance within the scope of evaluation and assessment of the scientific contents. At the same time, they are most useful to allow a detailed approximation to the object of analysis and, in addition, to the data offered in regard to a given area of knowledge. A bibliometric analysis is achieved in the present work. Moreover, it is made oil the basis of four journals which are directly related to Health Psychology and Mental Health published in Spanish (Rerista Internacional de Psicologia Clinical de la Salud / International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Clinina y Salud, Salud Mental, y Psiciologia y Salud) during 2001 -2002. Several factors have been taken into account when dealing with the detailed study of these journals. In these journals, first of all, it has been analysed, the number of articles which have been published in the selected and previously specified period of time; secondly, the nationality of the authors who have written the different articles, and after, the number of authors who have taken part in each of the works and the area to which their contents belong according to the classification achieved by the authors, and hearing in mind the type of examined articles. Different sections are included Under this classification; so it's worth mentioning Mental Health, to begin with. Under this heading should be included all those articles focused on psychiatric or psychological interventions related to the mental processes, their attention, pervention and promotion. The second place of the classification is occupied by the heading of physical Health. In this area are grouped all those written articles regarding psychiatric and psychological interventions focused oil physical alteration. In the third place, and under the category of Neurosciences, have been classified the articles focussed on the neuropsychology, experimental pschiatry, neuro and psychophysiology, prescribed drugs and all those areas concerned with the basic processes of the functioning of the brain. Finally, another category was added up. It was the so-called Inter-Area that included all those works that clue to their characteristics, could not be considered as proper or specific of a single area of knowledge. Information obtained after the analysis, reflects the fact that there are substantial differences between the journals, in regard to the number of articles being published. In such a way it is worth mentioning the detached journals of Salud Mental with a total of 85 articles published in these two years. We are lead to think that a having a larger number of annual editions implies to publish larger number of written articles, though this is not necessarily the case. It is, rather, a consequence of other priorities and characteristics pertaining to different journals. On the other hand, as a result of the analysis of different journals, substantial differences can be found in regard to the interventions of authors whose nationalities are not the same as that of the journal's. In this way, it is worth mentioning the Revista Internacional de Psicologia Clinica y de la Salud / International Journal of Clinical and Healh Psychology, with a contribution of ten different countries -in addition, to the Spanish authors- stressing the contributions of South and Central American Countries and, questioning, as with the other journals, the scarce representation from other European Countries. In contrast to this statement it is important to mention the relevance of the scientific collaboration between the different countries that may be observed in the shared scientific production. This fact also indicates the need to make known the different publications in order to increase the number of contributions from countries other than the journal's. In this same way, consideration is given to the influence of the diversity of languages in which each journal is published, in order to obtain some contributions from different countries. The index of authorship or the number of signers in each work also reflects different patterns among the journals; however, the great majority of them are oriented towards the so-called multiple,tutorship in,wich the works are signed by several authors, mostly two of them. The analysis of the contents shows the variety of areas of knowledge represented in the works which have been published in the analysed journals. So, in the journal Psicologia y Salud, we call observe a high degree of representation of articles of the area of Physical Health; however, in the Revista Internacional de Psicologia Clinica y de la Salud / International of Clinical and Health Psychology and in Salud Mental the contents are shared among various areas, a fact possibly due to the interests and profile of these journals. Any way, in the three above mentioned journals there is a larger number of written articles related to Mental Health. In addition to this, it is important to indicate that the varied richness of their contents shows the interdisciplinarity that exists in the treatment of Mental Health and also the difficulty in classifying the different treatments in the general and specific categories themselves. Focusing our attention in Salud Mental, it is convenient to point out how among the analysed journals this is the one that Publishes more contributions pertaining to different areas of knowledge, there is a greater number of articles in each of the marked categories; data in the area of Neurosciences is outstanding in comparisson to the rest of the analysed journals. Several final reflections may be made bearing in mind the information provided by this data, its usefulness and implications. Besides, we may point out their practical value for authors, readers and editors of the journals. As far as authorship is concerned, not only do they offer relevant information, in the face of the charcteristics of different journals -dealing with the thematic blocks preferably treated in their publications- but also, they illustrate the rules for publication suggested by each of the journals. Making known these rules, is a useful and valuable contribution, because sometimes the difficulties for publishing arise from to the author's lack of knowledge regarding publising requirements or even, to and, consequently, they make the wrong selection when sending their works. Taking into account the readers' positions, these works have a special interest as they orientate the bibliographic search offering a more concrete panorama of the type of available thematic blocks in the different publications. The journals acquire special importance for editors because they produce relevant information about the general characteristics showed in their publications. This could be very useful to implement strategies to give space to a determined type of articles that fit into the journal's profile. Author Keywords: mental health; health psychology; descriptive study though data analysis; bibliometric analysis; index of authorship Addresses: Buela-Casal G (reprint author), Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Dept Personalidad Evaluac & Tratamiento Psicol, Campus Carruja S-N, Granada, E-18071 Spain Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Dept Personalidad Evaluac & Tratamiento Psicol, Granada, E-18071 Spain Publisher: INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA, CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO IDS Number: 822CK ISSN: 0185-3325 Ref: 87. GARFIELD E, 2003, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V3, P363 Garfield E, "The meaning of the Impact Factor" Interview published in International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology (Revista Internacional de Psicologia Clinica y de la Salud) 3(2): 363-369, 2003. Abstract also available in Spanish and Portugese. 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V11, P27 PEREZ L, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P127 PEREZALVAREZ M, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P15 PERONAGARCELAN S, 2001, CLIN SALUD, V12, P145 PINA JA, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P219 PINAR MJ, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P237 PROSPEROGARCIA O, 2001, SALUD MENT, V24, P58 RAMOS MB, 2001, SALUD MENT, V24, P24 RAMOS MB, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P53 RANGELHENRIQUES M, 2002, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V2, P91 RASMUSSEN A, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P9 REYES AG, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P147 RICARDOGARCELL J, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P25 RIVAS T, 2001, SALUD MENT, V24, P25 ROALESNIETO JG, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P431 ROBLES E, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P95 RODRIGO M, 2002, EUR J APPL MATH 2, V13, P195 RODRIGUEZLANDA JF, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P175 ROMERO M, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P10 ROMEROOGAWA T, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P41 SALINAS JM, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P353 SALINPASCUAL RJ, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P16 SANCHEZ CD, 2002, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V2, P425 SANCHEZHUESCA R, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P1 SANTELICES MP, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P57 SANTIAGOLOPEZ S, 2001, CLIN SALUD, V12, P367 SANTIN C, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P227 SANTOS A, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P475 SARDUY C, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P17 SEBASTIAN MJQ, 2001, CLIN SALUD, V12, P199 SEBASTIAN RW, 2002, REV INT PSICOL CLIN, V2, P173 SEBASTIANI RW, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P73 SIERRA JC, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P225 SIERRA JC, 2002, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V2, P351 SIERRA JC, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P35 SPIELBERGER CD, 2002, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V2, P51 SPIELBERGER CD, 2002, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V2, P71 THACHER I, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P159 TORRES EM, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P44 TORRES IA, 2001, PSICOL SALUD, V11, P39 TORRES IA, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P295 TORRES J, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P27 TORRICO E, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P41 TORTELLAFELIU M, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P547 TRUJILLO HM, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P413 ULLOA RE, 2001, SALUD MENT, V24, P50 UNIKEL C, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P49 URQUIDI LE, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P125 VALLEJO A, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P101 VAZQUEZ R, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P73 VERA PE, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P57 VERDUGO MA, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P68 VILLATORO J, 2002, SALUD MENT, V25, P43 VINACCIA S, 2001, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V1, P317 VINACCIA S, 2002, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V12, P253 VINAS F, 2002, CLIN SALUD, V13, P235 WEIDENHEIM KM, 2001, SALUD MENT, V24, P3 YARYURATOBIAS JA, 2001, SALUD MENT, V24, P11 YBARRASAGARDUY JL, 2002, REV INT PSICOLOGIA C, V2, P137 ZAMORA ZEH, 2001, PSICOLOGIA SALUD, V11, P31 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 1 15:34:35 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:34:35 -0500 Subject: Godin B. "Measurement and Statistics on Science and Technology: 1920 to the Present" published by Routledge, London, Series on Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Message-ID: Beno?t Godin Professeur, INRS (514) 499 4074 benoit.godin at inrs-ucs.uquebec.ca Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium http://www.csiic.ca/ Project on the history and sociology of S&T Statistics www.csiic.ca/Pubs_histoire.html Dear Colleagues, I have the pleasure to inform you that "Measurement and Statistics on Science and Technology: 1920 to the Present" by Beno?t Godin has been published by Routledge, London, Series on Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. B. Godin (INRS, Montreal) has written extensively on this topic for the last five years (see http://www.csiic.ca/Pubs_Histoire.html). Contents: Introduction Part One: Constructing Science and Technology Statistics Section One: The Number Makers 1. Seventy Years of Science and Technology Statistics 2. Taking Demand Seriously: NESTI and the Role of National Statisticians Section Two: Defining Science and Technology 3. Is Research Always Systematic 4. Neglected Scientific Activities: The (Non) Measurement of Related Scientific Activities 5. What's So Difficult About International Statistics? UNESCO and the Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities Section Three: Imagining New Measurements 6. The Emergence of Science and Technology Indicators: Why did Governments Supplement Statistics with the Indicators 7. Measuring Output: When Economics Drives Science and Technology Measurement 8. The Rise of Innovation Surveys: Measuring a Fuzzy Concept Section Four: Dealing with Methodological Problems 9. Metadata: How Footnotes make for Doubtful Numbers 10. Tradition and Innovation: The Historical Contingency of Science and Technology Statistical Classifications Part Two: Using Science and Technology Statistics 11. The Most Cherished Indictor: Gross Domestic Expenditures on R&D (GERD) 12. Technological Gaps: Between Quantitative Evidence and Qualitative Arguments 13. Highly Qualified Personnel: Should we Really Believe in Shortages? 14. Is There Basic Research Without Statistics? 15. Are Statistics Really Useful? Myths and Politics of Science and Technology Indicators For further details, please, refer to the following url: http://www.csiic.ca/Pubs_Histoire.html From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 1 15:49:08 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:49:08 -0500 Subject: Jones T, Hanney S, Buxton M, Burns T "What British psychiatrists read - Questionnaire survey of journal usage among clinicians" BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 185: 251-257 SEP 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: TERESA JONES: teresa.jones at brunel.ac.uk Title: What British psychiatrists read - Questionnaire survey of journal usage among clinicians Author(s): Jones T, Hanney S, Buxton M, Burns T Source: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 185: 251-257 SEP 2004 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 17 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Background The role of journals in disseminating research to clinicians is increasingly debated. Current measures of esteem for journals (e.g. impact factors) may not indicate clinical penetration. Aims To assess the perceived importance of different mental health journals to psychiatrists' clinical practice and compare this with impact factors. Method Random samples of psychiatrists providing child and adolescent, adults of working age and old age services chose up to ten journals read or consulted with regard to their clinical work, ranking the top three. For these journals, comparisons were made with impact factors and importance as outlets for UK psychiatry research. Results A total of 560 questionnaires were completed (47%). Two membership journals (the British journal of Psychiatry and the BMJ) were most read and highest ranked. Associations between impact factors, clinicians' ratings and importance as outlets for psychiatry papers varied. Conclusions The results could lead to reconsideration of the importance of some journals. Academic assessments of the status of journals should not be assumed to reflect their influence on clinicians. Declaration of interest T.B. is on the editorial board of the British journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine. The National Health Service Executive, London, funded the study. Addresses: Jones T (reprint author), Brunel Univ, Hlth Econ Res Grp, Uxbridge, Middx UB8 3PH England Brunel Univ, Hlth Econ Res Grp, Uxbridge, Middx UB8 3PH England Univ Oxford, Warneford Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Oxford, England E-mail Addresses: teresa.jones at brunel.ac.uk Publisher: ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 17 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PG, ENGLAND IDS Number: 853IC ISSN: 0007-1250 CITED REFERENCES: *MED RES COUNC, 2002, MRC ANN REP ACC 01 0 *WELLC TRUST NHS E, 2001, PUTT NHS RES MAP AN BOWKER RR, 2003, ULRICHS INT PERIODIC BUXTON M, 1996, J HLTH SERV RES POLI, V1, P35 COOMARASAMY A, 2001, HLTH INFO LIB J, V18, P183 DAWSON G, 1998, MAPPING LANDSCAPE NA GARFIELD E, 1994, CURRENT CONTENT 0620 GRANT J, 2000, BRIT MED J, V320, P1107 GRIMSHAW JM, 2001, MED CARE S2, V39, P2 HANNEY S, 2003, EVALUATION NHS R D I LEWISON G, 2001, RES EVALUAT, V10, P97 LEWISON G, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P229 RAFFERTY A, 2000, MEASURING OUTPUTS NU SCHEIN M, 2000, CURR SURG, V57, P252 SCHWARTZ S, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V35, P119 TOMLINSON S, 2000, BRIT MED J, V320, P636 TYRER P, 2003, BRIT J PSYCHIAT, V183, P459 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Fri Mar 4 22:54:46 2005 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 03:54:46 +0000 Subject: Download impact predicts citation impact In-Reply-To: <42290939.1040302@lanl.gov> Message-ID: On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, herbert van de sompel wrote: > hi Stevan, > > I thought you might be interested in the following paper: > > Johan Bollen, Herbert Van de Sompel, Joan Smith, Rick Luce. 2005. Toward > alternative metrics of journal impact: A comparison of download and citation > data. 34 pages, accepted by Information Processing and Management, special issue > on Informetrics. preprint at http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.DL/0503007 > > The first author, Johan Bollen (see cc), has recently joined my team in Los > Alamos to continue work in the realm of what is described in the paper. We hope > to have some more interesting things to report on in a few months. And we will > be happy to keep you posted. Hi Herb, Thanks for your very interesting paper, which I am branching to the OAI-citation and Sigmetrics groups. We will cite it in the following paper, which you may also find of interest: Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2005) Earlier Web Usage Statistics as Predictors of Later Citation Impact. Technical Report, ECS, University of Southampton http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10647/ You may also like to look at Tim's download/citation correlator: http://citebase.eprints.org/analysis/correlation.php which has now been up for several years, as well as the latest feature he has added to citebase, allowing download stats to be displayed, along with citation stats: http://citebase.eprints.org/cgi-bin/downloads?author=Bollen,J You will not be too satisfied with the data for Johan, but that is only because we have alas still not succeeded (despite trying for several years now) in persuading Simeon Warner & Paul Ginsparg that this is a valuable enough statistic to warrant letting us use the US ArXiv usage stats; as it stands, it is just based on the data from our UK ArXiv mirror. To get an idea of its true potential power, try: http://citebase.eprints.org/cgi-bin/downloads?author=Witten,E The download/citation correlator would of course also be substantially more powerful, sensitive and useful if it were based on the US ArXiv data instead of just the UK mirror data. (In my opinion, this is just one further reason why it is an *extremely* bad idea to allow a vast collective database like ArXiv to become the "property" and prerogative of one person. This is also one of the many reasons why I am working so hard to ensure that self-archiving generalizes as distributed and institution-based rather than central...) I look forward to seeing more of your and Johan's work. Cheers, Stevan > > cheers > > herbert > > -- > Herbert Van de Sompel > Digital Library Research & Prototyping > Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library > http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/ > tel. +1 505 667 1267 > > From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sat Mar 5 02:54:08 2005 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:54:08 +0100 Subject: STS Colloquia at the University of Amsterdam Message-ID: Friday, 18 March 2005, 3-5 pm. Anthropology and STS Discussants: ? Birgit Meyer (religion and society): Some points of reflection ? Stuart Blume (science & technology dynamics) Anthropology and STS chair: Anita Hardon ( anthropology) Location: Oost-Indisch Huis, Heren XVII Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam See for the full program of the series at http://www.leydesdorff.net/sts05 ** apologies for cross-postings _____ Loet Leydesdorff Universit? de Lausanne, School of Economics; Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adm1 at VIABCP.COM Wed Mar 9 07:43:18 2005 From: adm1 at VIABCP.COM (=?iso-8859-1?B?Q2FybG9zIFbtbGNoZXogUm9t4W4=?=) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:43:18 -0500 Subject: Impact factor studies to evaluate full-text databases, esp. Proquest Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Sorry if this has been posted before. Right now we are evaluating the subscription to two full-text databases (Proquest and Ebsco) and the criteria are focused on support for HTML, PDF, help screen and similar stuff. Certainly they are important, but I think it would be better if we can estimate the proportion of the journal (of these databases) included in ISI indexes or which of these has the high impact factor. For that reason I ask you if know any study focused on the im- pact factor (total & average) of the Proquest journals. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks for your time. Best regards, Carlos Vilchez-Rom?n Library university UNMSM From notsjb at LSU.EDU Wed Mar 9 09:13:36 2005 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:13:36 -0600 Subject: Impact factor studies to evaluate full-text databases, esp. Proquest Message-ID: I have done analyses of Proquest and Ebsco databases for possible subscription by the Louisiana academic library network. In particular, I analyzed the following databases: EBSCO Academic Search Elite, InfoTrac OneFile, and ProQuest Academic Research Library Core. In general, I found these databases to contain journals of the more popular type that would not be very amenable to citation analysis. A far better measure would be numbers of libraries holding these journals. If you want to look at what I did, I can send you my reports. Please contact me directly at notsjb at lsu.edu, so we won't have to bother the rest of the list about these analyses. SB Carlos V?lchez Rom?n @listserv.utk.edu> on 03/09/2005 06:43:18 AM Please respond to ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics Sent by: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu cc: (bcc: Stephen J Bensman/notsjb/LSU) Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Impact factor studies to evaluate full-text databases, esp. Proquest Dear colleagues, Sorry if this has been posted before. Right now we are evaluating the subscription to two full-text databases (Proquest and Ebsco) and the criteria are focused on support for HTML, PDF, help screen and similar stuff. Certainly they are important, but I think it would be better if we can estimate the proportion of the journal (of these databases) included in ISI indexes or which of these has the high impact factor. For that reason I ask you if know any study focused on the im- pact factor (total & average) of the Proquest journals. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks for your time. Best regards, Carlos Vilchez-Rom?n Library university UNMSM From kberberi at MPI-SB.MPG.DE Wed Mar 9 09:30:53 2005 From: kberberi at MPI-SB.MPG.DE (Klaus Berberich) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:30:53 +0100 Subject: Impact of conferences (,seminars, workshops...) Message-ID: Dear All, I was wondering whether there is any work about determining the impact of a scientific conference, a seminar or the like. My intuition is that not only the citations to the proceedings (if there are any) should be taken into account, but also artifacts like participants citing each other or collaborating after the conference should be considered. Any information is appreciated. Thanks in advance! Klaus Berberich From christian.schloegl at UNI-GRAZ.AT Wed Mar 9 09:33:58 2005 From: christian.schloegl at UNI-GRAZ.AT (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christian_Schl=F6gl?=) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:33:58 +0100 Subject: Impact factor studies to evaluate full-text database s, esp. Proquest In-Reply-To: <001d01c524a5$91b6b080$6701a8c0@adsl> Message-ID: Dear Carlos, If I remember correctly, a similar study was conducted at the library of Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. The results of the study (in German language only) are available at http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/bib/bilder/proquest_ebsco.pdf For further information please refer to georg.fessler at wu-wien.ac.at Yours, Christian Schloegl Carlos V?lchez Rom?n schrieb: > Dear colleagues, > > Sorry if this has been posted before. > > Right now we are evaluating the subscription to > two full-text databases (Proquest and Ebsco) and > the criteria are focused on support for HTML, PDF, > help screen and similar stuff. > > Certainly they are important, but I think it would > be better if we can estimate the proportion of the > journal (of these databases) included in ISI indexes > or which of these has the high impact factor. For that > reason I ask you if know any study focused on the im- > pact factor (total & average) of the Proquest journals. > > Any information will be appreciated. > > Thanks for your time. > > Best regards, > > Carlos Vilchez-Rom?n > Library university UNMSM > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blar at DB.DK Thu Mar 10 11:27:23 2005 From: blar at DB.DK (Larsen Birger) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:27:23 +0100 Subject: CFP - Doctoral Forum at ISSI2005 - deadline extension Message-ID: --- Apologies for cross postings --- Call for Participation Doctoral Forum at the ISSI2005 conference 24 July, 2005 Stockholm, Sweden *** Note that the deadline has been extended to April 1st, 2005. Please forward this message to relevant PhD students and supervisors. For the first time a Doctoral Forum is offered at the biannual conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI). The Doctoral Forum at the ISSI2005 conference in Stockholm, Sweden is a chance for doctoral students to present their research projects to senior researchers and to their colleagues, and in return receive constructive feedback. The primary objective of the Doctoral Forum is to provide doctoral students with a forum to present and discuss their research projects with senior researchers and fellow students and to develop their relationships with other scientists. Doctoral Forum Committee ------------------------ Dr. Judit Bar-Ilan, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Dr. Katherine McCain, Drexel University College of Information Science & Technology, USA Dr. Bluma Peritz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Ronald Rousseau, Catholic School for Higher Education Bruges-Ostend (KHBO), Belgium Dr. Henry Small, Thomson Scientific, USA Dr. Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, UK Doctoral Forum Chairs --------------------- Associate professor, Rickard Danell, Ume? University, Ume? - Sweden. E-mail: rickard.danell at soc.umu.se Assistant professor, Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library & Information Science, Copenhagen - Denmark. E-mail: blar at db.dk Location -------- Hotel Scandic Continental Klara Vattugr?nd 4 101 22 Stockholm Time ---- July 24 between 9.00-17.00 Applications ------------ To apply to the workshop, please submit an application of 1500 words containing: * Description of doctoral research project - including research questions; and * Motivation for student participation at the Doctoral Forum. The first page of the application must contain the name, affiliation and full address of the doctoral student including phone and fax numbers and email address. The application should be electronically submitted by 1st April 2005 in Word, RTF or PDF format directly by email to Dr. Birger Larsen, email: blar at db.dk We recommend that student participation and presentation of research project at the Doctoral Forum are credited 3 ECTS by their home department. We also recommend that doctoral students register for the ISSI 2005 main conference (see http://www.umu.se/inforsk/ISSI2005/ ). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 10 15:41:54 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:41:54 -0500 Subject: Glaser J. "Why are the most influential books in Australian sociology necessarily the most cited ones?" JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 40 (3): 261-282 SEP 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Jochen.Glaser at anu.edu.au Title: Why are the most influential books in Australian sociology necessarily the most cited ones? Author(s): Glaser J Source: JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 40 (3): 261-282 SEP 2004 Cited References: 32 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The vote by TASA members on the 'Most Influential Book in Australian Sociology' (MIBAS) provides an opportunity to compare quantitative indicators based on citations with the peer review represented by the MIBAS votes. While it is generally agreed that citations are only a partial indicator of such a complex phenomenon as quality, citations are regarded as a reflection of a publication's, author's or research group's 'impact' or influence. This assumption is explored by applying several interpretations and operationalizations of the concept of 'influence', by discussing their validity, and by comparing the respective citation rankings to the MIBAS poll. The major lessons of the comparison are that citation-based indicators should not be applied in diachronic comparisons, for evaluating publications on nationally specific topics, or in fields in which books are an important part of the research output. Addresses: Glaser J (reprint author), Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social Sci, Res Evaluat & Policy Project, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social Sci, Res Evaluat & Policy Project, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND IDS Number: 862OM ISSN: 0004-8690 CITED REFERENCES : *ISI, 1998, SOC SCI CIT IND 1997 ALBERT M, 2003, HIGH EDUC, V45, P147 ANDERSON RC, 1978, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V29, P91 BEYER JM, 1978, SOCIOLOGICAL Q, V19, P68 BOTT DM, 1991, AM SOCIOL, V22, P147 BUTLER L, 2001, MONITORING AUSTR SCI COLE S, 1967, AM SOCIOL REV, V32, P377 COLE S, 1983, AM J SOCIOL, V89, P111 COZZENS SE, 1985, SOC STUD SCI, V15, P127 DIEKS D, 1976, SOC STUD SCI, V6, P247 HARGENS LL, 2000, AM SOCIOL REV, V65, P846 HARLEY S, 1997, HUM RELAT, V50, P1427 LEWISON G, 2001, RES EVALUAT, V10, P89 LODAHL JB, 1972, AM SOCIOL REV, V37, P57 MACROBERTS MH, 1989, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V40, P342 MACROBERTS MH, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V36, P435 MOED HF, 1985, SCIENTOMETRICS, V8, P149 MOED HF, 1985, SCIENTOMETRICS, V8, P177 MOED HF, 2002, LIBR TRENDS, V50, P498 NAJMAN JM, 2003, J SOCIOL, V39, P62 NEDERHOF AJ, 1989, SCIENTOMETRICS, V15, P423 NEDERHOF AJ, 1991, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V42, P332 NOCK DA, 2001, CAN J SOCIOL, V26, P469 PFEFFER J, 1977, SOC FORCES, V55, P938 PHELAN TJ, 2000, J SOCIOL, V36, P345 PRICE DD, 1986, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI B SEGLEN PO, 1992, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V43, P628 TIJSSEN RJW, 2003, RES EVALUAT, V12, P91 VANRAAN AFJ, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V36, P397 VANRAAN FJ, 2000, WEB KNOWLEDGE, P301 WHITLEY R, 1984, INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL WIBERLEY SE, 2003, LIBR QUART, V73, P121 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 10 15:59:02 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:59:02 -0500 Subject: Meadows AJ "The citation characteristics of astronomical research literature" Journal of Documentation 60(6): 597-600, 2004. Message-ID: This article was previously published in Journal of Documentation, Vol:23, No:1 (1967) pp. 28-33. It has been included in this issue as part of a series of articles celebrating 60 years of the best in information research in Journal of Documentation. A. J. Meadows : e-mail : a.j.meadows at lboro.ac.uk Title: The citation characteristics of astronomical research literature Author(s): Meadows AJ Source: JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 60 (6): 597-600 2004 Cited References: 4 Abstract: The citation characteristics of papers in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (especially for the years 1963-1965) have been examined as a means of studying the usage of astronomical literature in the UK. The decrease of usage with age has been investigated and the decay half-life determined Particular attention has been paid to the immediacy effect, and to its possible variation in different sub-fields of astronomy. The citations have also been separated according to journal of origin. As a result of this study, a quantitative estimate has been made of the titles and backruns that are required to satisfy a given percentage of the demand for astronomical research literature in this country. Addresses: Meadows AJ (reprint author), Univ Leicester, Leicester, Leics LE1 7RH England Univ Leicester, Leicester, Leics LE1 7RH England Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 60/62 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD BD8 9BY, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND IDS Number: 872AF ISSN: 0022-0418 Cited Author Cited Year Volume Page Work COLE PF J DOC 1963 19 1 DESOLLAPRICE DJ SCIENCE 1965 149 510 FUSSLER HH LIBRARY Q 1949 19 FUSSLER HH LIBRARY Q 1949 19 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 10 16:42:12 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:42:12 -0500 Subject: Nederhof AJ, Visser MS " Quantitative deconstruction of citation impact indicators - Waxing field impact but waning journal impact" JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 60 (6): 658-672 2004 Message-ID: A.J. NEDERHOF : NEDERHOF at CWTS.leidenuniv.nl M.S. VISSER : VISSER at CWTS.leidenuniv.nl Title: Quantitative deconstruction of citation impact indicators - Waxing field impact but waning journal impact Author(s): Nederhof AJ, Visser MS Source: JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 60 (6): 658-672 2004 Cited References: 11 Abstract: In two case studies of research units, reference values used to benchmark research performance appeared to show contradictory results: the average citation level in the subfields (FCSm) increased world-wide, while the citation level of the journals (JCSm) decreased, where concomitant changes were expected. Explanations were sought in: a shift in preference of document types; a change in publication preference for subfields; and changes in journal coverage. Publishing in newly covered journals with a low impact had a negative effect on impact ratios. However, the main factor behind the increase in FCSm was the distribution of articles across the five-year block periods that were studied. Publication in lower impact journals produced a lagging JCSm. Actual values of JCSm, FCSm, and citations per publication (CPP) values are not very informative either about research performance, or about the development of impact over time in a certain subfield with block indicators. Normalized citation impact indicators are free from such effects and should be consulted primarily in research performance assessments. Addresses: Nederhof AJ (reprint author), Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, CWTS, Leiden, Netherlands Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, CWTS, Leiden, Netherlands Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 60/62 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD BD8 9BY, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND IDS Number: 872AF ISSN: 0022-0418 CITED REFERENCES : 2003, SCI WATCH, V14, P1 ADAIR JG, 2003, AM PSYCHOL, V58, P15 INGWERSEN P, 2001, J DOC, V57, P715 LEYDESDORFF L, 2003, J DOC, V59, P84 MOED HF, 1995, SCIENTOMETRICS, V33, P381 NEDERHOF AJ, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P487 NEDERHOF AJ, 1999, VET ANIMAL SCI VSNU, P51 SCHUBERT A, 1983, SCIENTOMETRICS, V5, P59 SCHUBERT A, 1989, SCIENTOMETRICS, V16, P3 VANRAAN AFJ, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V36, P396 ZITT M, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V56, P259 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 10 16:50:03 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:50:03 -0500 Subject: Boutin F, Hascoet M "Multi-level exploration of citation graphs" RESEARCH AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 3232: 366-377 2004 Message-ID: E-Mail : Francois Boutin : Francois.boutin at univ-montpl.fr Mountaz Hascoet : mountaz at lirmm.fr Title: Multi-level exploration of citation graphs Author(s): Boutin F, Hascoet M Source: RESEARCH AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 3232: 366-377 2004 Cited References: 17 Abstract: In previous work, we proposed a focus-based multi-level clustering technique. It consists in computing a particular clustered graph from a given graph and a focus. The resulting clustered graph is called multi-level outline tree. It is a tree whose meta-nodes are sub-sets of nodes. A meta-node is itself hierarchically clustered depending on its connectivity. In this paper we introduce a cluster cohesiveness measure to enhance the results of the previously proposed algorithm. We further propose an optimization of this algorithm to support fluid interaction when focus changes. Finally, we report the results of a case study that consists in applying the enhanced algorithm to citation graphs where documents are considered as vertices and citation links as edges. Addresses: Boutin F (reprint author), Univ Montpellier 3, CNRS, UMR 5506, LIRMM, Montpellier, F-34000 France Univ Montpellier 3, CNRS, UMR 5506, LIRMM, Montpellier, F-34000 France E-mail Addresses: francois.boutin at univ-montpl.fr, mountaz at lirmm.fr Publisher: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, D-14197 BERLIN, GERMANY IDS Number: BAX48 ISSN: 0302-9743 CITED REFERENCES : AN Y, IICS 2002, P97 BOUTIN F, AVI 2004 BOUTIN F, P C INF VIS 4 2004 BOUTIN F, P C INF VIS IV 2003, P53 BRANDES U, 2002, P 4 JOINT EUR IEEE T, P159 BROCKENAUER R, 2001, LNCS, V2025, P194 CHEN CM, 1999, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V35, P401 EADES P, 1996, P GRAPH DRAW 96 BERK HAN EH, 2000, P 4 EUR C PRINC PRAC HASCOET M, 2001, INTERACTION VISUALIZ, P413 KOHONEN T, 1997, SELF ORG MAPS LAWRENCE S, RESERACHINDEX PLAISANT C, 2002, DESIGN EVOLUTION EMP, P57 ROXBOROUGH T, 1998, LECT NOTES COMPUTER, V1353, P291 STEINBACH M, 2000, P TEXTMINING WORKSH WANG YT, LECT NOTES COMPUTER, V2118, P225 WEISS R, 1996, P 7 ACM C HYP From willieezi at YAHOO.COM Fri Mar 11 06:16:50 2005 From: willieezi at YAHOO.COM (Williams Nwagwu) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:16:50 -0800 Subject: CFP - Doctoral Forum at ISSI2005 - deadline extension In-Reply-To: <991DCD1CCB9CD3118B38009027AA429E020F1DF2@LOEN> Message-ID: Dear Larsen Could you please check our records to confirm whether I have actually for the doctoral degree forum in the ISSI conference holding in Sweden. My records do not show whether I have or not./ THanks very much. Willie --- Larsen Birger wrote: > --- Apologies for cross postings --- > > Call for Participation > Doctoral Forum at the ISSI2005 conference > 24 July, 2005 > Stockholm, Sweden > > *** Note that the deadline has been extended to > April 1st, 2005. Please > forward this message to relevant PhD students and > supervisors. > > For the first time a Doctoral Forum is offered at > the biannual conference of > the International Society for Scientometrics and > Informetrics (ISSI). The > Doctoral Forum at the ISSI2005 conference in > Stockholm, Sweden is a chance > for doctoral students to present their research > projects to senior > researchers and to their colleagues, and in return > receive constructive > feedback. The primary objective of the Doctoral > Forum is to provide doctoral > students with a forum to present and discuss their > research projects with > senior researchers and fellow students and to > develop their relationships > with other scientists. > > Doctoral Forum Committee > ------------------------ > Dr. Judit Bar-Ilan, Bar-Ilan University, Israel > Dr. Katherine McCain, Drexel University College of > Information Science & > Technology, USA > Dr. Bluma Peritz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, > Israel > Dr. Ronald Rousseau, Catholic School for Higher > Education Bruges-Ostend > (KHBO), Belgium > Dr. Henry Small, Thomson Scientific, USA > Dr. Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, UK > > Doctoral Forum Chairs > --------------------- > Associate professor, Rickard Danell, Ume? > University, Ume? - Sweden. E-mail: > rickard.danell at soc.umu.se > Assistant professor, Birger Larsen, Royal School of > Library & Information > Science, Copenhagen - Denmark. E-mail: blar at db.dk > > Location > -------- > Hotel Scandic Continental > Klara Vattugr?nd 4 > 101 22 Stockholm > > Time > ---- > July 24 between 9.00-17.00 > > Applications > ------------ > To apply to the workshop, please submit an > application of 1500 words > containing: > * Description of doctoral research project - > including research questions; > and > * Motivation for student participation at the > Doctoral Forum. > > The first page of the application must contain the > name, affiliation and > full address of the doctoral student including phone > and fax numbers and > email address. > > The application should be electronically submitted > by 1st April 2005 in > Word, RTF or PDF format directly by email to Dr. > Birger Larsen, email: > blar at db.dk > > We recommend that student participation and > presentation of research project > at the Doctoral Forum are credited 3 ECTS by their > home department. > > We also recommend that doctoral students register > for the ISSI 2005 main > conference (see http://www.umu.se/inforsk/ISSI2005/ > ). > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR Fri Mar 11 11:31:00 2005 From: Michel.Menou at WANADOO.FR (Michel J. Menou) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:31:00 +0100 Subject: CFP - Doctoral Forum at ISSI2005 - deadline extension In-Reply-To: <20050311111650.66284.qmail@web30706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: You should send this to the organizers not to a list that is just re-sending the annoucement Best regards Michel J. Menou Mail to: Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr Friday, March 11, 2005, 12:16:50 PM, you wrote: WN> Dear Larsen WN> Could you please check our records to confirm whether WN> I have actually for the doctoral degree forum in the WN> ISSI conference holding in Sweden. My records do not WN> show whether I have or not./ WN> THanks very much. WN> Willie WN> --- Larsen Birger wrote: >> --- Apologies for cross postings --- >> >> Call for Participation >> Doctoral Forum at the ISSI2005 conference >> 24 July, 2005 >> Stockholm, Sweden >> >> *** Note that the deadline has been extended to >> April 1st, 2005. Please >> forward this message to relevant PhD students and >> supervisors. >> >> For the first time a Doctoral Forum is offered at >> the biannual conference of >> the International Society for Scientometrics and >> Informetrics (ISSI). The >> Doctoral Forum at the ISSI2005 conference in >> Stockholm, Sweden is a chance >> for doctoral students to present their research >> projects to senior >> researchers and to their colleagues, and in return >> receive constructive >> feedback. The primary objective of the Doctoral >> Forum is to provide doctoral >> students with a forum to present and discuss their >> research projects with >> senior researchers and fellow students and to >> develop their relationships >> with other scientists. >> >> Doctoral Forum Committee >> ------------------------ >> Dr. Judit Bar-Ilan, Bar-Ilan University, Israel >> Dr. Katherine McCain, Drexel University College of >> Information Science & >> Technology, USA >> Dr. Bluma Peritz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, >> Israel >> Dr. Ronald Rousseau, Catholic School for Higher >> Education Bruges-Ostend >> (KHBO), Belgium >> Dr. Henry Small, Thomson Scientific, USA >> Dr. Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, UK >> >> Doctoral Forum Chairs >> --------------------- >> Associate professor, Rickard Danell, Ume? >> University, Ume? - Sweden. E-mail: >> rickard.danell at soc.umu.se >> Assistant professor, Birger Larsen, Royal School of >> Library & Information >> Science, Copenhagen - Denmark. E-mail: blar at db.dk >> >> Location >> -------- >> Hotel Scandic Continental >> Klara Vattugr?nd 4 >> 101 22 Stockholm >> >> Time >> ---- >> July 24 between 9.00-17.00 >> >> Applications >> ------------ >> To apply to the workshop, please submit an >> application of 1500 words >> containing: >> * Description of doctoral research project - >> including research questions; >> and >> * Motivation for student participation at the >> Doctoral Forum. >> >> The first page of the application must contain the >> name, affiliation and >> full address of the doctoral student including phone >> and fax numbers and >> email address. >> >> The application should be electronically submitted >> by 1st April 2005 in >> Word, RTF or PDF format directly by email to Dr. >> Birger Larsen, email: >> blar at db.dk >> >> We recommend that student participation and >> presentation of research project >> at the Doctoral Forum are credited 3 ECTS by their >> home department. >> >> We also recommend that doctoral students register >> for the ISSI 2005 main >> conference (see http://www.umu.se/inforsk/ISSI2005/ >> ). >> >> >> WN> __________________________________ WN> Do you Yahoo!? WN> Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. WN> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 11 15:34:50 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:34:50 -0500 Subject: Chen KH "The construction of the Taiwan Humanities Citation Index" Online Information Review 286):410-419 2004. Message-ID: Kuang-Hua Cheng : khchen at ccms.ntu.edu.tw Taiwan Humanities Citation Index - online service: http://www.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/thci.htm Title: The construction of the Taiwan Humanities Citation Index Author(s): Chen KH Source: ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 28 (6): 410-419 2004 Cited References: 10 Abstract: The Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI) is Taiwan's effort to construct a search, research, and evaluation tool for research in the arts and humanities. This article describes the design, framework, features, and policies and rules of the THCI. Citation analysis has been regarded as a systematic way to investigate research developments and trends. Since the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) indexes mostly English journals, the THCI could become an auxiliary citation index of the A&HCI for Taiwanese researchers. Author Keywords: software tools; research; Taiwan Addresses: Chen KH (reprint author), Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Taipei, 10764 Taiwan Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Taipei, 10764 Taiwan Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 60/62 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD BD8 9BY, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 887SZ ISSN: 1468-4527 CITED REFERENCES: CR CHUI SL, 1998, APPL CONSTRUCTION TA GARFIEL E, 1979, CITATION INDEXING IT GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 GARFIELD E, 2001, COMMUNICATION 1127 HENRY S, 1973, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V24, P265 HENRY S, 1993, SCIENTOMETRICS, V26, P5 MENG LS, 1995, J CHINA SOC SCI TECH, V14, P206 PRICE DJD, 1986, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI B SU XN, 2001, ONLINE INFORM REV, V25, P365 WEINSTOCK M, 1971, ENCY LIBRARY INFORMA, V5, P16 From lopez_manest at GVA.ES Mon Mar 14 03:05:52 2005 From: lopez_manest at GVA.ES (Manuel Lopez Estornell) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:05:52 +0100 Subject: states publications Message-ID: Dear colleagues: I am looking for rankings of USA states related to scientific publications and their citations during the past decade (90's). Please, may you inform me be about any document, paper or free source to obtain these data? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Manuel Lopez-Estornell High Advisor Council on S&T Regional Government of Valencia Juristas, 10 46001-Valencia Spain lopez_manest at gva.es -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prabirgd11 at REDIFFMAIL.COM Mon Mar 14 03:18:35 2005 From: prabirgd11 at REDIFFMAIL.COM (Prabir G. Dastidar) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:18:35 -0000 Subject: states publications Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PAPERJAN04.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1039144 bytes Desc: not available URL: From isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES Mon Mar 14 03:31:32 2005 From: isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:31:32 +0100 Subject: states publications In-Reply-To: <006601c5286c$a426c370$7059a8c0@PRESIDENCIA.AD> Message-ID: Dear Manuel: The US Science and Technology Indicators, edition 2004 are freely available from: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind04/start.htm Best regards, Manuel Lopez Estornell escribi?: > Dear colleagues: > > I am looking for rankings of USA states related to scientific > publications and their citations during the past decade (90's). > > Please, may you inform me be about any document, paper or free source > to obtain these data? > > Thanks in advance. > Best regards, > > Manuel Lopez-Estornell > High Advisor Council on S&T > Regional Government of Valencia > Juristas, 10 > 46001-Valencia > Spain > > lopez_manest at gva.es -- *************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo isidro at cindoc.csic.es Ph:(+34) 91-5635482 ext. 313 Laboratorio de Internet. CINDOC-CSIC Joaquin Costa, 22 28002 Madrid. 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Aguillo To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] states publications Dear Manuel: The US Science and Technology Indicators, edition 2004 are freely available from: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind04/start.htm Best regards, Manuel Lopez Estornell escribi?: Dear colleagues: I am looking for rankings of USA states related to scientific publications and their citations during the past decade (90's). Please, may you inform me be about any document, paper or free source to obtain these data? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Manuel Lopez-Estornell High Advisor Council on S&T Regional Government of Valencia Juristas, 10 46001-Valencia Spain lopez_manest at gva.es -- *************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo isidro at cindoc.csic.es Ph:(+34) 91-5635482 ext. 313 Laboratorio de Internet. CINDOC-CSIC Joaquin Costa, 22 28002 Madrid. 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SOURCE: The Physiologist Vol. 47, No. 6, 2004 ABSTRACT: In 2004, the Journal Citation Reports on Web (JCR Web) features a new interface providing considerably more information about each journal's citation dynamics, the degree and type of its interactions with the broader scientific literature, and how citations contribute to the calculation of performance metrics. This article will provide an overview of two new features in the 2003 Journal Citation Reports Web - navigational links to category information and the Cited Journal graph - and some explanation of their use in understanding the citation behavior of individual journals. Address: Marie McVeigh, Thomson ISI Products, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Mar 14 15:53:07 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:53:07 -0500 Subject: Sharp D. "As we said ..." Lancet 364(9436):744, August 28 2004. Message-ID: REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ELSEVIER (The Lancet, 2004, Vol 364 No 9436, page 744 LANCET Homepage at http://www.lancet.com. TITLE : As we said ... (Editorial Material) AUTHOR: Sharp D SOURCE: Lancet 364(9436). p.744, August 28, 2004 Author Address : D. Sharp, The Lancet, London NW1 7BY, England As we said... Any author or editor who looks closely at citation statistics will find temptations for self-advancement. Stick to review articles or methods in the hope of striking occasional gold; the most cited Lancet paper (hereby acquiring yet another hit) is a method,1 and second and third prizes go to publications of this sort too. Why not cite another research group more often than science or common decency demands, provided of course they do the same for you? Editors could encourage journal self-citation or tease out the advantages to be had from the different bases for an impact factor's numerator and denominator.2 If no one else wants to refer to your published efforts you had better do so yourself lest they sink without trace, the fate of about a quarter of mainstream science.3 and 4 Apoor Gami and colleagues5 recently estimated the frequency of author self-citation but we do not know what proportion, if any, is unworthy. George Bernard Shaw almost said: "I often quote myself. It adds spice to my career prospects." For 266 papers on diabetes published in clinical journals in 2000 and receiving one or more citations by April, 2003, Gami and colleagues5 found an average self-citation rate of 18% (median 7%). In the infancy of modern citation analysis, the self-citation rate was 8% for first authors alone6 and a massive study on Norwegian data revealed self-citations running at 17% for clinical medicine,7 which is very close to what Gami and colleagues found for diabetes. A ban on self-citation is clearly ridiculous as it would remove much of the "why?" of a study and would lead to wasteful repetition of the "how?" if the detailed methodology had been published already. Garfield and Welljams-Dorof8 thought that excessive self-citation would be corrected by the editorial and peer-review process. The potential for such correction is there-but the reality? Asknes7 wants "Normative limits for how often one can cite oneself". Yet no one knows what normal or excessive mean in this context. The detailed table linked to Gami and colleagues' paper5 suggests that calling a guillotine into play when self-citations rise above, say, one in five would not make a lot of difference, and self-citations can be eliminated from literature searches.9 Similarly, a recent essay10 points to only a weak correlation between journal self-citation and impact, and any editor succumbing to the temptation to urge authors to cite his or her own journal could be in for a disappointment. The Selfcite 2.0 and Egocite programs11 and 12 remind us that the subject can be taken too seriously. No one would worry much, and studies such as Gami and colleagues' might not be needed were it not for the fact that, despite severe criticism13 and some attempts to do things differently, citation indices are still used to judge science and scientists. How did anyone get appointed or promoted before citation analysis expanded from the 1960s? I write a regular column for the Thomson ISI publication Science Watch. References 1 JM Bland and DG Altman, Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement, Lancet 1 (1986), pp. 307-310. 2 C Jennings, Citation data: the wrong impact?, Neuroendocrinol Lett 20 (1999), pp. 7-10. 3 D Hamilton, Research papers: who's uncited now?, Science 251 (1991), p. 25. 4 D Pendlebury, Science, citation, and funding, Science 251 (1991), pp. 1410-1411. 5 AS Gami, VM Montori, NL Wilczynski and RB Haynes, Author self-citation in the diabetes literature, CMAJ 170 (2004), pp. 1925-1927. 6 E Garfield and IH Sher, New factors in the evolution of scientific literature through citation indexing, Am Documentation 14 (1963), pp. 195-201. 7 DW Aksnes, A macro study of self-citation. 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From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Tue Mar 15 15:08:11 2005 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:08:11 +0100 Subject: The Emergence of China as a Leading Nation in Science -- preprint version Message-ID: The Emergence of China as a Leading Nation in Science Ping Zhoua *& Loet Leydesdorff b aInformation Research and Analysis Center. Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China. 15 Fuxing Road. Beijing 100038. P. R. China; zhoup at istic.ac.cn & bAmsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR). University of Amsterdam Kloveniersburgwal 48. 1012 CX Amsterdam. The Netherlands. Within only five years, China has become the fifth leading nation in terms of its share of the world?s scientific publications. The citation rate of papers with a Chinese address for the corresponding author also exhibits exponential growth. More specifically, China has become a major player in critical technologies like nanotechnology. Although it is difficult to delineate nanoscience and nanotechnology, we show that China has recently achieved a position second only to that of the USA. Funding for R&D has been growing exponentially, but since 1997 even more in terms of business expenditure than in terms of government expenditure. It seems that the Chinese government has effectively used the public-sector research potential to boost the knowledge-based economy of the country. Thus, China may be achieving the (?Lisbon?) objectives of the transition to a knowledge-based economy more broadly and rapidly than its western counterparts. Because of the sustained increase in Chinese government funding and the virtually unlimited reservoir of highly-skilled human resources, one may expect a continuation of this exponential growth pattern in the near future. ________________________________ Loet Leydesdorff Honory Chair of the City of Lausanne (March - July) Universit? de Lausanne, School of Economics (HEC), BFSH 1, 1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland Tel.:+41-21-6923469 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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OA advantage = EA + AA + QB + OA + UA http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3977.html (2) The OA advantage is not just an artifact of the algorithm used to trawl the web to look for the full-text version of articles: A signal detection analysis on a random sample of 100 articles the algorithm classed as OA and 100 it classed as non-OA revealed a detection-sensitivity (d') of 1.936 (which is very high) and almost zero bias (between positive and negative errors: B = 0.988 which is near a perfect 1). http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/validation.htm (3) The proportion of articles that are OA varies from country to country (10-20%), but not substantially; there appear to be no systematic national differences. Nor are there systematic differences between disciplines in the practise of OA provision, which also varies between 10-20%. There do seem to be some discipline differences, however, in the size of the OA advantage, but it is not clear how this may interact with discipline differences in article or citation numbers. http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/analyse_pays.htm These findings complement Chawki's findings on the OA advantage in Biology and Social Sciences http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/OA_NOA_biologie.htm http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/sociologie.htm Which confirm and extend Tim Brody's findings in Physics/Maths: http://citebase.eprints.org/isi_study/ From ebroch at PRINCETON.EDU Wed Mar 16 11:26:48 2005 From: ebroch at PRINCETON.EDU (Elana Broch) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:26:48 -0500 Subject: SIGNOFF SIGMETRICS In-Reply-To: <200503160501.j2G0g9nB028748@panther.mail.utk.edu> Message-ID: SIGMETRICS Digest - 14 Mar 2005 to 15 Mar 2005 (#2005-38) -----Original Message----- From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]On Behalf Of Automatic digest processor Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:03 AM To: Recipients of SIGMETRICS digests Subject: SIGMETRICS Digest - 14 Mar 2005 to 15 Mar 2005 (#2005-38) SIGMETRICS Digest - 14 Mar 2005 to 15 Mar 2005 (#2005-38) Table of contents: a.. The Emergence of China as a Leading Nation in Science -- preprint version b.. Three new findings on the OA Impact Advantage a.. The Emergence of China as a Leading Nation in Science -- preprint version a.. The Emergence of China as a Leading Nation in Science -- preprint version (03/15) From: Loet Leydesdorff b.. Three new findings on the OA Impact Advantage a.. Three new findings on the OA Impact Advantage (03/16) From: Stevan Harnad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Browse the SIGMETRICS online archives. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Mar 16 17:25:44 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:25:44 -0500 Subject: Pudovkin AI, Garfield EG. "Rank-normalized impact factor: A way to compare journal performance across subject categories" ASIST 2004: Proceedings of the 67th ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Vol:41, 2004 41. 2004. p.507-515. Information Today Inc. Medford. Message-ID: Alexander I. Pudovkin : aipud at imb.dvo.ru Eugene Garfield : garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu or Eugene.garfield at thomson.com FULL TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE AVAILABLE : PUBLISHED PAPER : http:// garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/ranknormalizationasist2004published.pdf PRESENTATION: http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/asistranknormalization2004.pdf _______________________________________________________________________ TITLE : Rank-normalized impact factor: A way to compare journal performance across subject categories AUTHOR: Pudovkin AI, Garfield E. SOURCE: ASIST 2004: Proceedings of the 67th ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Vol:41, 2004 41. 2004. p.507-515. Information Today Inc. Medford. ABSTRACT: It is well known that uniformed science administrators often use ISI's journal impact factor without taking into account the inherent citation characteristics of individual scientific disciplines. A rank normalized impact factor (rnIf) is proposed which involves use of order statistics for the complete set of journals within each JCR category. We believe the normalization procedure provides reliable and easily interpretable values. For any journal j, its rnIF is designated as rnIF1 and equals (K ? r1 + 1)/K1 where R1 is the descending rank of journal j in its JCR category and K is the number of journals in the category. Note: JCR Impact Factor listings are published in descending order. The proposed rnIF is compared with normalized Impact Factors proposed by earlier authors. The efficacy of the rnIF is illustrated in the cases of seven highly-cited scientists, one each from seven different fields. ADDRESSES: Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Marine Biology, Palchevskogo Street 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia Thomson (formerly Institute for Scientific Information) 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Thu Mar 17 02:19:47 2005 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:19:47 +0100 Subject: the disciplinary classification of scientific journals -- preprint version Message-ID: Can Scientific Journals be Classified in terms of Aggregated Journal-Journal Citation Relations using the Journal Citation Reports? Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (forthcoming) The aggregated citation relations among journals included in the Science Citation Index provide us with a huge matrix which can be analyzed in various ways. Using principal component analysis or factor analysis, the factor scores can be used as indicators of the position of the cited journals in the citing dimensions of the database. Unrotated factor scores are exact, and the extraction of principal components can be made stepwise since the principal components are independent. Rotation may be needed for the designation, but in the rotated solution a model is assumed. This assumption can be legitimated on pragmatic or theoretical grounds. Since the resulting outcomes remain sensitive to the assumptions in the model, an unambiguous classification is no longer possible in this case. However, the factor-analytic solutions allow us to test classifications against the structures contained in the database. This will be demonstrated for the delineation of a set of biochemistry journals. ** apologies for cross-postings _____ Loet Leydesdorff Universit? de Lausanne, School of Economics (HEC); Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCor) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: clip_image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 1101 bytes Desc: not available URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 17 16:06:12 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:06:12 -0500 Subject: Larry Summers about women in science and citation analysis Message-ID: The following article contains an interest reference to citation analysis. For those of you out side the USA who are not familiar with the controversy at Harvard University, as reported in the NY Times today the faculty of Harvard voted ?no confidence? in President Larry Summers. This vote is not binding on the Board of Governors and he will continue in his post. http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_6985.shtml HARVARD'S LARRY SUMMERS IS PRO-WOMEN AND PRO-SCIENCE By Michael J. Gaynor MichNews.com Feb 23, 2005 From yzhang at CSM.VU.EDU.AU Fri Mar 18 00:10:08 2005 From: yzhang at CSM.VU.EDU.AU (Yanchun Zhang) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:10:08 +1100 Subject: SIGMETRICS Digest - 16 Mar 2005 to 17 Mar 2005 (#2005-40) In-Reply-To: <200503180459.j2H9GHa0022104@panther.mail.utk.edu> Message-ID: We could have a WISe meeting if you were there, since Marek is also coming. Yanchun -----Original Message----- From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Automatic digest processor Sent: Friday, 18 March 2005 4:00 PM To: Recipients of SIGMETRICS digests Subject: SIGMETRICS Digest - 16 Mar 2005 to 17 Mar 2005 (#2005-40) There are 2 messages totalling 211 lines in this issue. 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For those of you out side the USA who are not familiar with the controversy at Harvard University, as reported in the NY Times today the faculty of Harvard voted "no confidence" in President Larry Summers. This vote is not binding on the Board of Governors and he will continue in his post. http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_6985.shtml HARVARD'S LARRY SUMMERS IS PRO-WOMEN AND PRO-SCIENCE By Michael J. Gaynor MichNews.com Feb 23, 2005 ------------------------------ End of SIGMETRICS Digest - 16 Mar 2005 to 17 Mar 2005 (#2005-40) **************************************************************** From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 18 16:45:30 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:45:30 -0500 Subject: Buela-Casal G, Medina A, Viedma MI, Godoy V, Lozano S, Torres G.. "Impact factor of three Spanish journals of psychology. " PSICOTHEMA 16 (4): 680-688 NOV 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses G. Buela-Casal : gbuela at ugr.es Mario A. Nascimento : mn at cs.ualberta.ca Jorg Sander : joerg at cs.ualberta.ca Jeffrey Pound : pound at cs.ualberta.ca HistCite Files on "Small World" are available at : http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/histcomp/index-small-world.html Papers on Algorithmic Historiography (HistCite) are available at : http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/algorithmichistoriographyhistcite.html Title: Analysis of SIGMOD's (Special Interest Group on Management of Data) co-authorship graph Author(s): Nascimento MA, Sander J, Pound J Source: SIGMOD RECORD 32 (3): 8-10 SEP 2003 Abstract: In this paper we investigate the co-authorship graph obtained from all papers published at SIGMOD between 1975 and 2002. We find some interesting facts, for instance, the identity of the authors who, on average, are "closest" to all other authors at a given time. We also show that SIGMOD's co-authorship graph is yet another example of a small world-a graph topology which has received a lot of attention recently. A companion web site for this paper can be found at http://db.cs.ualberta.ca/coauthorship. Addresses: Nascimento MA (reprint author), Univ Alberta, Dept Comp Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7 Canada Univ Alberta, Dept Comp Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7 Canada Publisher: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036 USA IDS Number: 732MD ISSN: 0163-5808 Cited References: Cited Author Cited Work Year Volume Page SMEATON AF SIGIR FORUM 2002 36 39 WATTS D SMALL WORLDS DYNAMIC 1999 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 14:17:08 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:17:08 -0500 Subject: Levia DF, Underwood SJ "Hydrological research and the status of physical geography journals: Increasing the impact of physical geography in the academy" PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER 56 (3): 345-349 AUG 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Delphis F. Levia : dlevia at udel.edu S. Jeffrey Underwood: jeffreyu at unr.edu Title: Hydrological research and the status of physical geography journals: Increasing the impact of physical geography in the academy Author(s): Levia DF, Underwood SJ Source: PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER 56 (3): 345-349 AUG 2004 Abstract: Physical geographers are often confronted with the decision of whether to publish in geography or nongeography journals. The present study seeks to quantify the number of articles with a significant hydrology content published in geography versus hydrology journals by physical geographers from 1997 to 2002 using the ISI Web of Knowledge electronic database. Of 690 articles published in the 10 selected geography and hydrology journals during the period of study, over four-fifths were published in hydrology journals. Based on our interpretation of the data, the comparatively smaller audience in geography and the risk of acquiring fewer citations compels physical geographers to publish in hydrology journals for increased visibility. A critical mass of physical geographers should consider publishing some of their work in physical geography journals to elevate the status of geography in the academy. Addresses: Levia DF (reprint author), Univ Delaware, Dept Geog, Newark, DE 19716 USA Univ Delaware, Dept Geog, Newark, DE 19716 USA Univ Delaware, Ctr Climat Res, Newark, DE 19716 USA Univ Nevada, Dept Geog, Reno, NV 89557 USA E-mail Addresses: dlevia at udel.edu, jeffreyu at unr.edu Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS, 350 MAIN STREET, STE 6, MALDEN, MA 02148 USA Subject Category: GEOGRAPHY IDS Number: 840ZJ ISSN: 0033-0124 CITED REFERENCES : BONELL M, 2002, HYDROLOG SCI J, V47, P809 CLIFFORD NJ, 2002, PROG PHYS GEOG, V26, P290 HANSON S, 1999, ANN ASSOC AM GEOGR, V89, P133 KUNDZEWICZ ZW, 2002, HYDROLOG SCI J, V47, P799 NUTTLE WK, 2002, HYDROLOG SCI J, V47, P805 PORPORATO A, 2002, HYDROLOG SCI J, V47, P811 TURNER BL, 1988, PROF GEOGR, V40, P15 TURNER BL, 1989, ANN ASSOC AM GEOGR, V79, P88 TURNER BL, 2002, ANN ASSOC AM GEOGR, V92, P52 WILBY RL, 1995, PROG PHYS GEOG, V19, P351 WILBY RL, 1997, CONT HYDROLOGY HOLIS, P1 ZALEWSKI M, 2002, HYDROLOG SCI J, V47, P823 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 14:32:57 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:32:57 -0500 Subject: Gordillo V, Marques JG, Muniz J "Evaluation of research projects by the Spanish agency of evaluation and prospective" PSICOTHEMA 16 (3): 343-349 AUG 2004 Message-ID: Victoria Gordillo: E-mail Addresses: gordillo at edu.ucm.es Title: Evaluation of research projects by the Spanish agency of evaluation and prospective Author(s): Gordillo V, Marques JG, Muniz J Source: PSICOTHEMA 16 (3): 343-349 AUG 2004 Abstract: Evaluation of research projects by the Spanish Agency of Evaluation and Prospective. This paper describes the procedure used by the Spanish Agency of Evaluation and Prospective (ANEP) to evaluate research projects. The problems involved in the peer review system used by the ANEP are analysed, and the following parameters used in the evaluation process, and the weights assigned to them, are discussed: experience of the research team, relevance of the objectives, viability of the proposal, coordination between research groups, dissemination of results, budget suitability, research group training capability, assignment of technicians, final report, and final evaluation of the research project. Recent descriptive data from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, in the research areas of Psychology and Education, are presented, providing an overview of cur-rent Spanish research in psychology and education. Results show that psychology research projects receive more favourable evaluations than projects in education. Results are disaggregated by sex, university, autonomous region, specific academic field, and other variables of interest. Finally, some tentative conclusions are drawn and future perspectives are discussed. Addresses: Gordillo V (reprint author), Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Psicol, Madrid, 28223 Spain Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Psicol, Madrid, 28223 Spain Univ Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain E-mail Addresses: gordillo at edu.ucm.es Publisher: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS, ILDEFONSO S. DEL RIO, 4-1 B, 33001 OVIEDO, SPAIN Subject Category: PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY IDS Number: 841AK ISSN: 0214-9915 CITED REFERENCES : AGUDELO D, 2003, PSICOTHEMA, V15, P507 BUELACASAL G, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P455 BUELACASAL G, 2003, PSICOTHEMA, V15, P23 ECHEBURUA E, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P391 GARFIELD E, 1996, BRIT MED J, V313, P411 GILROALES J, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P431 MCCARTY R, 2002, AM PSYCHOL, V57, P198 PELECHANO V, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P323 PEREZ M, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P405 POLAINO A, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P363 SEGLEN PO, 1997, BRIT MED J, V314, P498 SIGUAN M, 2002, ANAL MODIFICACION CO, V28, P317 SOKAL A, 1999, IMPOSTURAS INTELECTU STERNBERG RJ, 2003, INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC, V3, P159 To UNSUBSCRIBE, go to : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 14:49:57 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:49:57 -0500 Subject: Murali NS, Murali HR, Auethavekiat P, Erwin PJ, Mandrekar JN, Manek NJ, Ghosh AK "Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research" MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS 79 (8): 1001-1006 AUG 2004 Message-ID: FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=611&UID= Title: Impact of FUTON and NAA bias on visibility of research Author(s): Murali NS, Murali HR, Auethavekiat P, Erwin PJ, Mandrekar JN, Manek NJ, Ghosh AK Source: MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS 79 (8): 1001-1006 AUG 2004 Cited References: 30 Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine whether availability of journals on MEDLINE as FUTON (full text on the Net) affects their impact factor. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A comprehensive search identified 324 cardiology, nephrology, and rheumatology/immunology journals on-line until May 2003. The status of these journals was ascertained in MEDLINE as having FUTON, abstracts only, and NAA (no abstract available). Impact factors for all available journals from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) were abstracted. RESULTS: Of the 324 journals, 124 (38.3%) were FUTON, 138 (42.6%) had abstracts only, and 62 (19.1%) had NAA. The mean (+/-SEM) impact factor was 3.24 (+/-0.32), 1.64 (+/-0.30), and 0.14 (+/-0.45), respectively. Of the 324 current journals, 159 existed in both the pre- and the post-Internet era. An analysis of the change (ie, delta) in impact factor from the pre- to post-Internet era revealed a trend between journals with FUTON and abstracts only (P = .17, Wilcoxon rank sum test). Similar analyses of the delta of cardiology journals revealed a statistically significant difference between journals with FUTON and abstracts only (P = .04, Wilcoxon rank sum test). CONCLUSION: FUTON bias is the tendency to peruse what is more readily available. This is the first study to show that on-line availability of medical literature may increase the impact factor and that such increase tends to be greater in FUTON journals. Failure to consider this bias may affect a journal's impact factor. Also, it could limit consideration of medical literature by ignoring relevant NAA articles and thereby influence medical education akin to publication or language bias. Addresses: Murali NS (reprint author), Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Div Nephrol & Hypertens, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Div Nephrol & Hypertens, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Div Child & Adolescent Neurol, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Div Rheumatol & Internal Med, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Mayo Clin Lib, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Div Biostat, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Mayo Clin, Coll Med, Div Gen Internal Med, Rochester, MN 55905 USA Publisher: MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS, 660 SIEBENS BLDG MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MN 55905 USA Subject Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL IDS Number: 843HH ISSN: 0025-6196 To UNSUBSCRIBE, go to : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 15:04:02 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:04:02 -0500 Subject: Sanz-Casado E, Martin-Moreno C, et al "Study of interdisciplinarity in chemistry research based on the production of Puerto Rican scientists 1992-2001" Information Research and Intnl. Electronic J. (4): Art. No. 182 JUL 2004 Message-ID: Full text available at : http://informationR.net/ir/9-4/paper182.html E-mail: Elias Sanz-Casado : elias at bib.uc3m.es Title: Study of interdisciplinarity in chemistry research based on the production of Puerto Rican scientists 1992-2001 Author(s): Sanz-Casado E, Martin-Moreno C, Garcia-Zorita C, Lascurain-Sanchez ML Source: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 9 (4): Art. No. 182 JUL 2004 Cited References: 16 Abstract: Determining the role played by interdisciplinarity in the generation of knowledge is a very fertile line of research in which synergies among different fields of science can be identified and their impact on research efficiency ascertained. A number of methods may be used to explore interdisciplinarity, from the sociological approach to those requiring the application of bibliometric indicators. In this paper, a bibliometric analysis of the research conducted by scientists with the Chemistry Department at the University of Puerto Rico was run on the basis of the subject matter of citing and cited papers, in order to ascertain how interdisciplinarity affects certain aspects of research, such as collaboration or visibility. The data used for this paper were taken from the Science Citation Index database, which lists the most significant contributions made by these scientists, along with the respective bibliographic references. The study revealed the existence of scientific areas that are highly dependent on the knowledge generated in the specific area itself. A positive, albeit weak, correlation was also observed between research interdisciplinarity and collaboration between researchers and institutions. Interdisciplinarity was not found to have any effect, however, on the visibility of research papers or to be correlated with international collaboration. Addresses: Sanz-Casado E (reprint author), Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Bibliotecon & Documentac, LEMI, Madrid, Spain Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Bibliotecon & Documentac, LEMI, Madrid, Spain Publisher: UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, UNIV SHEFFIELD, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKS, ENGLAND Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 842FJ ISSN: 1368-1613 CITED REFERENCES : CASADO ES, 1998, INVESTIGACION BIBLIO, V12, P24 CASADO ES, 2002, REV ESPANOLA DOCUMEN, V25, P421 CHUBIN DE, 1984, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V35, P360 DERVIN B, 2003, INFORMATION RES, V9 GREENACRE M, 1993, CORRES ANAL PRACTICE GREENACRE M, 1994, CORRES ANAL SOCIAL S, P3 HURD JM, 1992, COLL RES LIBR, V53, P283 HURD JM, 1992, SCI TECHNOLOGY LIB, V13, P17 MORILLO F, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V51, P203 MORILLO F, 2003, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V54, P1237 PORTER AL, 1985, SCIENTOMETRICS, V8, P161 QIN J, 1997, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V48, P893 SONG CH, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V58, P129 TIJSSEN RJW, 1992, RES POLICY, V21, P27 TOMOV DT, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V37, P267 VANRAAN AFJ, 2002, RES POLICY, V31, P611 To Unsubscribe : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 15:37:23 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:37:23 -0500 Subject: Waugh CK, Ruppel M. "Citation analysis of dissertation, thesis, and research paper references in workforce education and development" Journal of Academic Librarianship 30(4):276-284 July 2004. Message-ID: C. Keith Waugh : ckwaugh at siu.edu Margie Ruppel : mruppel at lib.siu.edu Title: Citation analysis of dissertation, thesis, and research paper references in workforce education and development Author(s): Waugh CK, Ruppel M Source: JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 30 (4): 276-284 JUL 2004 Cited References: 30 Abstract: Citation analysis of 265 Workforce Education and Development (WED) dissertations, theses, and graduate research papers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) was used to (1) determine core serials in the discipline, (2) provide Morris Library with a guide to serials acquisition and maintenance in the discipline, and (3) provide future WED students with a core list of WED journals. This study has applicability as a specific instance of applied citation analysis as well as for academic librarians faced with acquiring and maintaining serials in WED. KeyWords Plus: JOURNALS; PATTERNS; LIBRARY Addresses: Waugh CK (reprint author), So Illinois Univ, Dept Workforce Educ & Dev, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA So Illinois Univ, Dept Workforce Educ & Dev, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA So Illinois Univ, Morris Lib, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA E-mail Addresses: ckwaugh at siu.edu, mruppel at lib.siu.edu Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA IDS Number: 843HR ISSN: 0099-1333 CITED REFERENCES : CR 2003, ULRICHS PERIODICALS BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING-LONDON, V137, P85 BROADUS RN, 1952, AM SOCIOL REV, V17, P355 BROUDE J, 1978, SERIALS LIB, V4, P25 CALHOUN CC, 1982, VOCATIONAL ED CONCEP CAMPBELL DT, 1969, INTERDISCIPLINARY RE, P328 CHAMBERS GR, 1973, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V24, P397 EDWARDS S, 1999, SERIALS REV, V25, P11 GOLDMAN A, 1979, J MARKETING RES, V16, P485 GOLDSMITH EB, 1983, HOME ECON RES J, V11, P207 GROSS PLK, 1927, SCIENCE, V66, P385 HAMELMAN PW, 1972, INTERFACE, V2, P8 HARDESTY L, 1989, SERIALS LIBR, V16, P133 KRIZ HM, 1978, COLL RES LIB, V39, P105 KUYPERRUSHING L, 1999, COLL RES LIBR, V60, P153 LAWANI SM, 1973, INT LIBR REV, V5, P341 LOCKETT B, 1989, GUIDE EVALUATION LIB MAGRILL RM, 1990, COLLECTION MANAGEMEN, V12, P25 MARINKO RA, 1998, SERIALS LIBR, V35, P29 MCCAIN KW, 1981, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V32, P257 PERITZ BC, 1990, COLLECTION MANAGEMEN, V12, P11 RADHAKRISHNA RB, 1995, J AGR ED, V36, P48 RIGNEY D, 1980, SOCIAL SCI Q, V61, P114 SUBRAMANYAM K, 1979, ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL, V13, P927 SYLVIA MJ, 1995, COLL RES LIB, V56, P314 SYLVIA MJ, 1998, COLLECT BUILD, V17, P20 THOMAS J, 1993, BEHAV SOC SCI LIBR, V12, P1 TRUESWELL RL, 1969, WILSON LIBRARY B, V43, P458 ZIPP LS, 1996, LIBR RESOUR TECH SER, V40, P335 ZIVNEY TL, 1994, FINANCIAL PRACTICE E, V4, P77 To Unsubscribe : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 16:31:50 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:31:50 -0500 Subject: Smith AG " Web links as analogues of citations" Info Research 9 (4): Art. No. 188 JUL 2004 Message-ID: Email: Alaistair G. Smith : Alastair.Smith at vuw.ac.nz FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://InformationR.net/ir/9-4/paper188.html Title: Web links as analogues of citations Author(s): Smith AG Source: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 9 (4): Art. No. 188 JUL 2004 Cited References: 10 Abstract: This exploratory study investigates the extent to which Web links are analogues to the citations in traditional print literature. A classification of Web links is developed, using the nature of the source and target pages, and the reasons for linking. Links to a sample of research oriented Websites (universities, professional institutes, research institutes, electronic journals, and individual researchers) were classified. Overall, 20% of the Web links in the study could be regarded as research links analagous to citations. Addresses: Smith AG (reprint author), Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Informat Management, Wellington, New Zealand Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Informat Management, Wellington, New Zealand Publisher: UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, UNIV SHEFFIELD, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKS, ENGLAND Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 842FJ ISSN: 1368-1613 Cited References : CASE DO, 2000, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V51, P635 CHU H, 2003, INT C SCIENT INF 9 2 EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q, P211 GARFIELD E, 1965, NBS, V269, P189 KELLAND JL, 1998, ENCY LIB INFORMATION, V61, P62 KIM HJ, 2000, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V51, P887 OPPENHEIM C, 2001, ED INFORMATION, V19, P299 THELWALL M, 2003, INFORMATION RES, V8 VAUGHAN L, 2003, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V54, P1313 WILKINSON D, 2003, J INFORM SCI, V29, P49 To Unsubscribe : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 24 16:42:30 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:42:30 -0500 Subject: Man JP, Weinkauf JG, et al "Why do some countries publish more than others? An international comparison of research funding, English proficiency and publication output in highly ranked general medical journals" Europ. J. Epidem. 19 (8): 811-817 AUG 2004 Message-ID: E-mail: Don D. Sin: disin at mrl.ube.ca Title: Why do some countries publish more than others? An international comparison of research funding, English proficiency and publication output in highly ranked general medical journals Author(s): Man JP, Weinkauf JG, Tsang M, Sin DD Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 19 (8): 811-817 AUG 2004 Cited References: 31 Abstract: National factor(s) influencing publication output in the highest ranked medical journals are largely unknown. We sought to examine the relationship between national research funding and English proficiency on publication output. We identified all original research articles appearing in the five highest ranked general medical journals between 1997 and 2001. Using the country of the corresponding author as the source nation for each article, we determined a standardized publication rate across developed nations. We used multiple regression techniques to determine the influence of national expenditures on research and scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), a surrogate for English proficiency, on publication output. There was a significant relationship of national spending on research and TOEFL scores to publication output of developed countries (p = 0.04; p < 0.01, respectively). These two variables explained approximately 71.5% of the variation in publication rate across developed nations around the world (R = 0.85; p < 0.01). Normalized for population size, English-speaking nations and certain northern European countries such as Denmark, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden had the highest rate of publication in the five highest ranked general medical journals, while Asian countries had generally low rates of publication. Research spending and English proficiency were strongly associated with publication output in the highest ranked general medical journals. While these data cannot be considered definitive due to their observational nature, they do suggest that for English-language medical journals, research funding and English proficiency may be important determinants of publication. Author Keywords: international comparison; publication; research funding KeyWords Plus: CLINICAL-RESEARCH; SURGICAL JOURNALS; EUROPEAN-UNION; IMPACT FACTORS; ARTICLES Addresses: Sin DD (reprint author), St Pauls Hosp, James Hogg iCAPTURE Ctr Cardiovasc & Pulm Res, Room 368A,1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6 Canada St Pauls Hosp, James Hogg iCAPTURE Ctr Cardiovasc & Pulm Res, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6 Canada Univ British Columbia, Dept Med, Vancouver, BC Canada Univ Alberta, Dept Med, Edmonton, AB Canada E-mail Addresses: disin at mrl.ubc.ca Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 842ZY ISSN: 0393-2990 *ED TEST SERV, 1997, TOEFL TEST SCOR MAN *ED TEST SERV, 1998, TOEFL TEST SCOR DAT *I SCI INF, 2000, I SCI INF J CIT REP *OECD, 2001, MEAS EXP HLTH REL RE *OECD, 2001, NAT ACC OECD COUNTR, V2 *OECD, 2001, Q LAB FORC STAT 2000, V4 *ORG EC COOP DEV, 2001, OECD SCI TECHN IND S ALBERT T, 2001, LANCET, V358, P1388 BUCKLEY P, 1998, LANCET, V351, P1569 CHECK E, 2002, NATURE, V415, P459 FRIST WH, 2002, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V287, P1722 GAGNON RE, 2000, CAN MED ASSOC J, V162, P37 GARFIELD E, 1999, CAN MED ASSOC J, V161, P979 HACHINSKI V, 2001, STROKE, V32, P2729 HEFLER L, 1999, LANCET, V353, P1856 HOEFFEL C, 1998, ALLERGY, V53, P1225 HORTON R, 1998, LANCET, V352, P892 JOSEPH KS, 2003, BRIT MED J, V326, P283 KONDRO W, 2002, LANCET, V359, P684 LINK AM, 1998, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V280, P246 NAHRWOLD DL, 1995, ANN SURG, V222, P263 NATHAN DG, 1998, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V280, P1427 NELKIN D, 1998, LANCET, V352, P893 PORTA M, 1996, J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, V50, P606 RAY J, 2000, AM J MED, V109, P131 RENNIE D, 1997, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V278, P579 ROGERS A, 1998, LANCET, V352, P1997 STOSSEL TP, 1990, NEW ENGL J MED, V322, P739 THOMPSON JN, 1997, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V278, P241 TOMPKINS RK, 2001, ARCH SURG-CHICAGO, V136, P1345 YANK V, 1999, ANN INTERN MED, V130, P661 To Unsubscribe : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 12:21:26 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:21:26 -0500 Subject: Thelwall, Mike (2003) "What is this link doing here? Beginning a fine-grained process of identifying reasons for academic hyperlink creation."Information Research, 8(3), paper no. 151 Message-ID: E-mail: Mike Thelwall : M.Thelwall at wlv.ac.uk FULL TEXT AVAILABLE : Thelwall, Mike (2003) "What is this link doing here? Beginning a fine-grained process of identifying reasons for academic hyperlink creation."Information Research, 8(3), paper no. 151 [Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/8-3/paper151.html] Title: What is this link doing here? Beginning a fine-grained process of identifying reasons for academic hyperlink creation Author(s): Thelwall M Source: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 8 (3): Art. No. 151 APR 2003 Document Type: Article Cited References: 62 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: Analogies between Web links and citations have been used in information retrieval to improve search engine query matching and in information science to develop link metrics for academic and other Web spaces. The purpose of this paper is to begin a fine-grained process of differentiating between creation motivations for links in academic Web sites and citations in journals on the basis that they are very different phenomena. A sample of 100 random inter-site links to UK university home pages was used as a starting point for a qualitative exploration and four new types of motivation are postulated. The term 'ownership' is coined for links acknowledging authorship or co-authorship of are source, 'social' for links with a primarily social reinforcement role, 'general navigational' for those with a general information navigation function and 'gratuitous' for those that serve no communication function at all. It is argued that all of these form a role unique to the Web, albeit in varying degrees. Compared to citer motivations they are relatively trivial and instead of being primarily socio-cognitive, none are cognitive and the gratuitous are not even social. Addresses: Thelwall M (reprint author), Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, Wolverhampton, W Midlands WV1 1EQ England Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, Wolverhampton, W Midlands WV1 1EQ England Publisher: UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, UNIV SHEFFIELD, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKS, ENGLAND IDS Number: 726QQ ISSN: 1368-1613 CITED REFERENCES : *W3C, 2003, WORLD WID WEB CONS W BARILAN J, 2001, P 8 INT C SCI INF SY, V1, P63 BARILAN J, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V50, P7 BARNERSLEE T, 1993, WORLD WID WEB SEM BEBBINGTON L, 2001, J INFORM SCI, V27, P277 BJORNEBORN L, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V50, P65 BORGMAN CL, 2002, ANNU REV INFORM SCI, V36, P3 BOYLE R, 2000, APPL LINGUIST, V21, P26 BRIN S, 1998, COMPUT NETWORKS ISDN, V30, P107 BRODER A, 2000, COMPUT NETW, V33, P309 CASE DO, 2000, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V51, P635 COLE S, 1975, IDEA SOCIAL STRUCTUR, P175 CRONIN B, 1984, CITATION PROCESS CRONIN B, 2000, J DOC, V56, P440 CRONIN B, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V54, P31 CRONIN B, 2003, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V53, P1267 CROWSTON K, 2000, INFORM SOC, V16, P201 DAVENPORT E, 2000, ASIS MONOGRAPH SERIE, P517 EAGLETON T, 1996, LIT THEORY INTRO GAO J, 2003, NIST SPECIAL PUBLICA GARRIDO M, 2003, CYBERACTIVISMM ONLIN HAWKKING D, 2000, NIST SPECIAL PUBLICA HERMAN IL, 1991, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V13, P37 HYLAND K, 2000, DISCIPLINARY DISCOUR HYLAND K, 2003, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V54, P251 INGWERSEN P, 1998, J DOC, V54, P236 JAKOBSON, 1960, STYLE LANGUAGE, P350 JAWORSKI A, 1990, MULTILINGUA, V9, P397 KIM HJ, 2000, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V51, P887 KRIPPENDORFF K, 1980, CONTENT ANAL INTRO I KRIPPENDORFF K, 1980, J AM SOC INFORMATION LAWRENCE S, 1999, NATURE, V400, P107 LAWRENCE S, 2001, NATURE, V411, P521 LEVINSON SC, 1983, PRAGMATICS LEYDESDORFF L, 1998, SCIENTOMETRICS, V43, P5 LIU MX, 1993, J DOC, V49, P370 MALINOWSKI B, 1923, MEANING MEANING, P296 MANOVICH L, 1996, GLOBAL ALGORITHM 1 3 PARK HW, 2002, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V53, P592 PERITZ BC, 1983, SCIENTOMETRICS, V5, P303 REHM G, 2002, 35 ANN HAW INT C SYS RIVARD GE, 2001, HAEMOPHILIA S2, V7, P16 SCHUBERT A, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V50, P99 SMITH A, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V54, P363 SMITH JB, 1988, COMMUN ACM, V31, P816 SMITH S, 2002, INTRODUCTION STUBBS M, 1983, DISCOURSE ANAL SOCIO TANG R, 2003, IN PRESS LIB INFORMA TASHAKKORI A, 1998, MIXED METHODOLOGY THELWALL M, 2001, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V52, P1157 THELWALL M, 2001, J INFORM SCI, V27, P319 THELWALL M, 2001, PUBLICLYY ACCESSIBLE THELWALL M, 2002, INTERNET RES, V12, P124 THELWALL M, 2002, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V53, P995 THELWALL M, 2002, J DOC, V58, P60 THELWALL M, 2002, J INFORM SCI, V28, P485 THELWALL M, 2003, IN PRESS J AM SOC IN THELWALL M, 2003, IN PRESS J AM SOC IN, V54 THELWALL M, 2003, IN PRESS SCIENTOMETR WEARE C, 2000, SOC SCI COMPUT REV, V18, P272 WILKINSON D, 2003, J INFORM SCI, V29, P59 YITZHAKI M, 1998, SCIENTOMETRICS, V41, P243 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 13:34:51 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:34:51 -0500 Subject: Van der Sanden MCA, Meijman FJ "Evidence-based science communication - An essay " SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 25 (3): 272-287 MAR 2004 Message-ID: E-mail: Maarten C.A. Van Der Sanden : m.c.a.vandersanden at tudelft.nl FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://scx.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/25/3/272 Title : Evidence-based science communication - An essay Author(s): Van der Sanden MCA, Meijman FJ Source : SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 25 (3): 272-287 MAR 2004 Abstract: Use of the literature review in scientific publications is often poorly thought out and unsystematic. The reader therefore, has no insight into the quality of the conclusions that were drawn from the literature used. Those conclusions are often based on a coincidental, and not necessarily complete, set of articles. A set of empirical findings resulting from methodologically sound research, as well as a set of essays or editorials can be interesting and peer-reviewed, but the informational value, based on the validity and relevance of both types of literature, is different. This has consequences for which publications should weigh more heavily in the conclusions of a literature review or in the design of an educational science campaign, for example. We make a plea for a systematic literature search within the field of science communication. We will propose a system for evidence-based science communication based on the principles of evidence-based medicine. Addresses: Van der Sanden MCA (reprint author), Delft Univ Technol, Corp Commun Univ Corp Off, POB 5, Delft, NL-2600 AA Netherlands Delft Univ Technol, Corp Commun Univ Corp Off, Delft, NL-2600 AA Netherlands Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Amsterdam, Netherlands E-mail Addresses: m.c.a.vandersanden at tudelft.nl Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA IDS Number: 776QR ISSN: 1075-5470 CITED REFERENCES : ASSENDELFT WJJ, 1996, THESIS AMSTERDAM VRI ASSENDELFT WJJ, 1999, NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRI, V27, P13 ASSENDELFT WJJ, 1999, NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRI, V3, P14 ASSENDELFT WJJ, 2001, INLEIDING EVIDENCE B, P18 COOPER H, 1998, GUIDE LIT REV APPL S, V2 FINK A, 1998, CONDUCTING RES LIT R HART C, 1998, DOING LIT REV RELEAS LOCKE LF, 1998, READING UNDERSTANDIN MEIJMAN FJ, 1993, THESIS MEDITEKST MEIJMAN FJ, 1995, FAM PRACT, V12, P93 ROTHSCHILD LJ, 1989, J HIST BIOL, V22, P277 SACKETT DL, 2000, EVIDENCE BASED MED P VANDENBROUCKE JP, 1999, GEZONDHEIDSRAADLEZIN VANDERSANDEN MCA, 2002, P PCST 7 C CAP TOWN VANGENT B, 2000, VOORLICHTING RISOCOV TO UNSUBSCRIBE, GO TO : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 14:00:36 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:00:36 -0500 Subject: Taylor MZ. "Empirical evidence against varieties of capitalism's theory of technological innovation" International Organization 58(3):601-631 Summer 2004 Message-ID: email: mzak at mit.edu Of particular interest is Table 8 on page 627... "Relative prominence of scientific literature by country/economy and field (1999)" Title: Empirical evidence against varieties of capitalism's theory of technological innovation Author(s): Taylor MZ Source: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 58 (3): 601-631 SUM 2004 Cited References: 44 Abstract: How can one explain cross-national differences in innovative activity across the industrialized democracies? In this article, I examine the "varieties of capitalism" (VOC) response to this question. VOC theory predicts that societies with liberal-market economies will direct their inventive activity toward radical technological change, while societies with coordinated-market economies will direct their inventive activity toward incremental technological change. I find that these predictions are not supported by the empirical data, and that the evidence offered by VOC proponents depends heavily on the inclusion of a major outlier, the United States, in the class of liberal-market economies. My empirical investigation includes simple patent counts, patents weighted by forward citations, and scholarly publications (both simple counts and citations-weighted). I analyze data covering all of the VOC countries over the course of several decades, little of which reveals the innovative patterns predicted by VOC scholars. Addresses: Taylor MZ (reprint author), MIT, Dept Polit Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA MIT, Dept Polit Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA E-mail Addresses: mzak at mit.edu Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 40 WEST 20TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011-4211 USA IDS Number: 848DK ISSN: 0020-8183 CITED REFERENCE : *NAT BUR EC RES, 2001, NBER US PAT CIT DAT ARCHIBUGI D, 1996, TECHNOVATION, V16, P451 ARROW KJ, 1962, RATE DIRECTION INVEN, P609 BAUER M, 1995, RESISTANCE NEW TECHN BEASLEY D, 1988, SUPPRESSION AUTOMOBI BIMBER B, 1994, DOES TECHNOLOGY DRIV, P79 BOURGIN S, 1996, HUNG QUART, V37, P3 EATON J, 1999, INT ECON REV, V40, P537 EDQUIST C, 1997, SYSTEMS INNOVATION T EDWARDS PN, 1996, CLOSED WORLD COMPUTE GARFIELD E, 1979, CITATION INDEXING IT GLANZEL W, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P171 GRILICHES Z, 1984, R D PATENTS PRODUCTI GRILICHES Z, 1987, EC POLICY TECHNOLOGI, P68 GRILICHES Z, 1990, J ECON LIT, V28, P1661 HALL BH, 2000, 7741 NAT BUR EC RES HALL BH, 2001, 8498 NAT BUR EC RES HALL PA, 2001, VARIETIES CAPITALISM, P1 HARHOFF D, 1999, REV ECON STAT, V81, P511 HELPMAN E, 1984, HDB INT EC, V1, P325 HICKS D, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P193 JAFFE AB, 2000, 7631 NAT BUR EC RES KRUGMAN P, 1986, STRATEGIC TRADE POLI KRUGMAN P, 1991, GEOGRAPHY TRADE LANJOUW JO, 1997, 6297 NAT BUR EC RES LANJOUW JO, 1999, 7345 NAT BUR EC RES LUNDVALL BA, 1992, NATL SYSTEMS INNOVAT MCMILLAN GS, 2000, TECHNOL ANAL STRATEG, V12, P465 MOKYR J, 1990, LEVER RICHES TECHNOL MOWERY D, 1979, RES POLICY, V8, P102 NELSON RR, 1993, NATL INNOVATION SYST PAKES A, 1986, ECONOMETRICA, V54, P755 ROMER PM, 1990, J POLITICAL EC, V98, P71 ROSENBERG N, 1986, W GREW RICH EC TRANS SAMUELS RJ, 1994, RICH NATION STRONG A SAXENIAN AL, 1994, REGIONAL ADV CULTURE SCHERER FM, 1965, AM ECON REV, V55, P1097 SCHMOOKLER J, 1966, INVENTION EC GROWTH SOLOW RM, 1957, REV ECON STAT, V39, P312 TRAJTENBERG M, 1990, RAND J ECON, V21, P172 TYSON LD, 1993, WHOS BASHING WHOM TR UTTERBACK JM, 1994, MASTERING DYNAMICS I WILLIAMSON O, 1975, MARKETS HIERARCHIES WILLIAMSON O, 1985, EC I CAPITALISM FIRM TO UNSUBSCRIBE, GO TO : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 15:49:55 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:49:55 -0500 Subject: Stiftel B, Rukmana D, Alam B "Faculty quality at US graduate planning schools - A national research council-style study:" Journal of Planning Education and Research 24(1):6-22 FALL 2004 Message-ID: e-mAIL: Bruce Stiftel : bstiftel at coss.fsu.edu Deden Rukmana : dedenrukmana.cgpublisher.com Bhuiyan Alam : bhuiyan at eng.fsu.edu Title: Faculty quality at US graduate planning schools - A national research council-style study Author(s): Stiftel B, Rukmana D, Alam B Source: JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 24 (1): 6-22 FAL 2004 Cited References: 33 Times Cited: 5 Abstract: Faculty quality assessment methods of the National Research Council study of research doctorate programs are applied to U.S. Urban and regional planning graduate programs. Findings suggest that about. one-half of planning faculty actively publish and that there is considerable concentration of both Publication and citation activity among a relatively small group of scholars and schools. Accredited and nonaccredited schools show substantial differences, as do doctoral degree-graming schools compared with master's-only schools. The strengths and weaknesses of faculty quality measures used are discussed, leading to a call for other Studies rising different measures. Addresses: Stiftel B (reprint author), Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA IDS Number: 845QH ISSN: 0739-456X __________________________________________________________________ EXCERPT FROM PAPER : Notes: #4 In an effort to assess the completeness of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) database coverage of urban and regional planning journals, we constructed a list of English-language "core journals". Webegan with all journals categorized as both "housing and urban planning" and "refereed scholarly" in Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (Ulrich 2003). We then applied three tests (1) Is the journal published by a professional or scholarly organization concerned principally with urban and / or regional planning? (2) Is at least one editor of the journal a faculty member at an urban and / or regional planning school? And (3) Does the journal have the word "planning" in its title? To be retained in our list, a journal had to satisfy at least two of these three criteria. This search procedure produced a list of thirty-one journals, of which twenty (64.5 percent) are included in the ISI database. These thirty-one journals include eighteen titles published in the United Kingdom, eight published in the United States, three published in the Netherlands, and two published in Greece. The title, date of first publication, and ISI status of this list of core journals in urban and regional planning is as follows : Developments in Landscape Management and Urban Planning 1982 No Ekistics 1955 Yes Environment and Planning A 1969 Yes Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 1974 Yes Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 1983 Yes European Planning Studies 1993 Yes Growth and Change 1970 Yes Habitat International: A journal for the Study of Human Settlements 1976 Yes International Development Planning Review 1979 Yes International Planning Studies 1996 No Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 1984 Yes Journal of Community Development Society 1970 No Journal of Developing Areas 1966 Yes Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 1948 No Journal of Planning Education and Research 1981 Yes Journal of Planning History 2002 No Journal of Planning Literature 1986 Yes Journal of the American Planning Association 1925 Yes Journal of Urban Planning and Development 1956 Yes Landscape and Urban Planning 1974 Yes Planning and Administration 1974 Yes Planning Perspectives 1986 No Planning Practice and Research 1986 No Planning Theory 2002 No Planning Theory and Practice 2000 No Progress in Planning 1973 Yes Socio Economic Planning Sciences 1967 Yes Studies in Urban and Regional Planning 1994 No Town and Country Planning 2004 Yes Town Planning Review 1910 No _____________________________________________________________________ CITED REFERENCES: CR *I SCI INF, 2003, WEB SCI BERRY BJL, 2000, URBAN GEOGR, V21, P283 BINGHAM RD, 1981, URBAN AFF QUART, V16, P355 BIRCH EL, 1996, J PLAN EDUC RES, V15, P143 BRUNN SD, 1996, PROF GEOGR, V48, P103 CARTTER AM, 1966, ASSESSMENT QUALITY G COX RAK, 1991, REV ECON STAT, V73, P740 CRAMER JP, 2003, DESIGN INTELLIGENCE DUNFORD M, 2002, REG STUD, V36, P1053 DUSANSKY R, 1998, J ECON PERSPECT, V12, P157 EHRENBERG RG, 1998, ECON EDUC REV, V17, P137 GOLDBERGER ML, 1995, RES DOCTORATE PROGRA GROOP RE, 1997, PROF GEOGR, V49, P451 HARGENS LL, 1996, CONTEMP SOCIOL, V25, P729 HARMAN JR, 1996, PROF GEOGR, V48, P100 HODGSON GM, 1999, ECON J, V109, F165 HOPKINS LD, 2001, J PLAN EDUC RES, V20, P309 PUNTER J, 2002, TOWN PLANN REV, V73, P333 PUNTER J, 2003, JOINT C ASS COLL SCH REY SJ, 2000, INT REGIONAL SCI REV, V23, P323 ROSENBLOOM S, 2000, GUIDE UNDERGRADUATE ROSENBLOOM S, 2002, REPORT ACSP I DATA P STIFTEL B, 1995, J PLANNING ED RES 19, V9, P255 STIFTEL B, 1999, J PLAN EDUC RES, V19, P207 STIFTEL B, 2001, J PLAN EDUC RES, V20, P397 STRATHMAN JG, 1992, J REGIONAL SCI, V32, P501 STRATHMAN JG, 1992, J URBAN AFF, V14, P79 SURINACH J, 2003, REG STUD, V37, P351 SUSSKIND L, 1974, GUIDE GRADUATE ED UR TAYLOR J, 1992, REG STUD, V26, P93 TOUTKOUSHIAN RK, 1998, REV HIGH EDUC, V21, P427 ULRICH, 2003, ULRICHS INT PERIODIC WEBSTER DS, 1988, HIGHER ED HDB THEORY, V8, P234 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 16:01:04 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:01:04 -0500 Subject: Watts DJ The "new" science of networks, ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY 30: 243-270 2004 Message-ID: DUNCAN J. WATTS : djw24 at columbia.edu FROM THE PAPER: "Watts & Strogatz were not, in fact, the first to use the term small-world networks; that distinction belongs to Eugene Garfield (1979), who used it in a review article on the topic of small-world research. The term does not appear to have caught on, however, until Watts and Strogatz defined it to refer to networks with high local clustering and short global path lengths" Title: The "new" science of networks Author(s): Watts DJ Source: ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY 30: 243-270 2004 Cited References: 177 Abstract: In recent years, the analysis and modeling of networks, and also networked-dynamical systems, have been the subject of considerable interdisciplinary interest, yielding several hundred papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, biology, economics, and sociology journals (Newman:2003c), as well as a number of books (Barabasi 2002, Buchanan 2002, Watts 2003). Here I review the major findings of this emerging field and discuss briefly their relationship with previous work in the social and mathematical sciences. 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SMALL WORLDS DYNAMIC WATTS DJ, 2002, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V99, P5766 WATTS DJ, 2002, SCIENCE, V296, P1302 WATTS DJ, 2003, 6 DEGREES SCI CONNEC WEST DB, 1996, INTRO GRAPH THEORY WHITE DR, 2001, SOCIOL METHODOL, V31, P305 WILF H, 1994, GENERATING FUNCTIONO WILLER D, 1999, NETWORK EXCHANGE THE WILLIAMSON OE, 1975, MARKETS HIERARCHIES WU F, 2004, IN PRESS PHYS A WUCHTY S, 2002, PROTEOMICS, V2, P1715 YOOK SH, 2002, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V99, P13382 YOUNG HP, 1998, REV ECON STUD, V65, P773 YULE GU, 1924, PHILOS T ROY SOC B, V213, P21 ZIPF GK, 1949, HUMAN BEHAV PRINCIPL ISSN: 0360-0572 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 16:50:14 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:50:14 -0500 Subject: Meijer GA "Citations that count, an editorial address to the ISCO membership " Cellular Oncology 26(5-6), 2004. P.353-354, IOS Press, Amsterdam Message-ID: E-Mail: Gerrit A. Meijer : ga.meijer at VUmc.nl TITLE : Citations that count, an editorial address to the ISCO membership (Editorial Material) AUTHOR: Meijer, GA SOURCE: Cellular Oncology 26(5-6), 2004. P.353-354, IOS Press, Amsterdam ABSTRACT: Publications in biomedical science follow a vicious circle. The better the papers that are published in a journal, the more they are cited, the higher the impact factor of that journal will be, and thus the more attractive it is for authors of good papers to submit their manuscripts to that journal. Many members of ISCO are facing situations where impact factors of journals in which they publish have a major influence on their chances of successfully applying for research grants. In fact, this means that many of us not automatically will submit their manuscripts to a journal with an impact factor of 1.2, like Cellular Oncology. Despite this, the editor, associate editors and editorial board of Cellular Oncology have accepted the challenge to position Cellular Oncology as an attractive platform for publishing scientific communications in the field of oncology. With the present issue we feel that we certainly have succeeded, and we want to stimulate you to help us succeed in the future as well. One way of doing this is by showing the ISCO members that Cellular Oncology papers, and in the past Analytical Cellular Pathology Papers have a potential of being cited quite well. To this end we here provide you with an overview of the most-cited papers of the last five years, stratified by year. This proves that publishing in Cellular Oncology, which is listed in Medline, certainly is an excellent option to reach a large readership. Publisher: IOS PRESS, NIEUWE HEMWEG 6B, 1013 BG AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IDS Number: 893KF ISSN: 1570-5870 CITED REFERENCES: CR ALAIYA A, 2000, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V21, P1 AUBELE M, 1999, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V19, P53 AUBELE M, 2002, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V24, P77 BEST CJM, 2000, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V20, P1 DELLAMEA V, 2000, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V20, P33 GAO TY, 1999, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V18, P87 GERSTNER AOH, 2003, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V25, P51 GROTE HJ, 2003, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V25, P83 HAROSKE G, 2001, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V23, P89 HEINTZMANN R, 2000, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V20, P7 HEISKANEN M, 2001, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V22, P229 ILLGES H, 1999, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V19, P99 LEITE M, 1999, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V19, P139 LENANDER C, 2001, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V22, P201 MATTFELDT T, 2002, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V24, P167 MOTHERBY H, 2002, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V24, P5 NIELSEN B, 1999, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V19, P21 PETERSEN I, 2001, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V22, P111 REMMERBACH TW, 2001, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V22, P211 REMMERBACH TW, 2003, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V25, P139 REMMERBACH TW, 2003, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V25, P159 RODENACKER K, 2003, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V25, P1 SMOLLE J, 2002, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V24, P59 TUCCARI G, 1999, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V19, P163 WAHLBY C, 2002, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V24, P101 WANG NN, 2000, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V20, P49 WANG NN, 2001, ANAL CELL PATHOL, V23, P11 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Mar 25 17:36:22 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:36:22 -0500 Subject: Shin EJ "Measuring the impact of electronic publishing on citation indicators of education journals " Message-ID: Eun-Ja Shin : ejshin at sejong.ac.kr Title: Measuring the impact of electronic publishing on citation indicators of education journals Author(s): Shin EJ Source: LIBRI 54 (4): 221-227 DEC 2004 Cited References: 21 Abstract: With the growth in electronic availability and distribution of scholarly journals, citation indicators of these journals may be expected to change. This study estimated how electronic publishing affects citation indicators, Impact Factors and Immediacy Indexes, from 1995 to 2003. Two citation indicators of 70 journals in education, educational research, and special education in journal Citations Reports were analysed in this study. The result shows that Impact Factors remain essentially unchanged while Immediacy Indexes increased significantly For all journals, 75% had their Immediacy Indexes increase drastically recently and had higher Impact Factors than average. Because more journal articles are available in electronic form, both as part of complete electronic journals and within databases of separate articles, many more scientists access and use new articles without delay than in the past. Electronic publishing can be regarded as one of the factors affecting not only citation frequencies but also citation indicators. Digital access to scholarly journals promises to bring changes in citation indicators, especially Immediacy Indexes of well-established journals in education. Addresses: Shin EJ (reprint author), Sejong Univ, Dept Commun Art, 98 Kunja Dong, Seoul, 143747 South Korea Sejong Univ, Dept Commun Art, Seoul, 143747 South Korea E-mail Addresses: ejshin at sejong.ac.kr Publisher: K G SAUR VERLAG KG, ORTLERSTR 8, D-81373 MUNICH, GERMANY Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 889BV ISSN: 0024-2667 CITED REFERENCES : 2004, ULRICHS PERIODICALS *ISI, 2004, J CITATION REPORTS S ANDERSON K, 2001, J ELECT PUBLISHING, V6 BEVAN S, 2001, SERIALS, V14, P17 CASE DO, 2000, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V51, P635 GARFIELD E, 1976, ESSAYS INFORMATION S, V2, P419 GARFIELD E, 2004, ONLINE, V28, P38 GLANZEL W, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P171 GOODRUM AA, 2001, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V37, P661 HAMILTON DP, 1991, SCIENCE, V251, P25 HARTER SP, 1996, COLL RES LIBR, V57, P440 HARTER SP, 1998, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V49, P507 HAWKINS DT, 2001, INFORMATION RES, V7 HERRING SD, 2002, COLL RES LIBR, V63, P334 LAWRENCE S, 2001, NATURE, V411, P521 RAO MK, 2001, LIB REV, V50, P169 SHIN EJ, 2003, J KOREAN SOC INFORMA, V20, P33 TENOPIR C, 2001, LIB J, V126, P39 TENOPIR C, 2002, LEARN PUBL, V15, P259 YOUNGEN GK, 2001, LIBR COLLECT ACQUIS, V25, P211 ZHANG Y, 1998, J INFORM SCI, V24, P241 TO UNSUBSCRIBE : http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sigmetrics&A=1 From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Mar 27 11:38:02 2005 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:38:02 +0200 Subject: the codification of meaning Message-ID: Metaphors and Diaphors in Science Communication: Mapping the Case of Stem-Cell Research Science Communication (forthcoming) Loet Leydesdorff & Iina Hellsten click here for pdf ?Stem-cell research? has become a subject of political discussion in recent years because of its social and ethical implications. The intellectual research program, however, has a history of several decades. Therapeutic applications and patents on the basis of stem-cell research became available during the 1990s. Currently, the main applications of stem-cell research are found in marrow transplantation (e.g., for the treatment of leukemia). In this study, the various meanings of the words ?stem cell? are examined in these different contexts of research, applications, and policy debates. Translation mechanisms between contexts are specified and a quantitative indicator for the degree of codification is proposed. Anticipatory Systems and the Processing of Meaning: A Simulation Study Inspired by Luhmann?s Theory of Social Systems Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation vol. 8, no. 2 Meaning can be communicated in addition to -- and on top of -- underlying processes of the information exchange. Meaning is provided to observations from the perspective of hindsight, while information processing follows the time axis. Simulations of anticipatory systems enable us to show how an observer can be generated within an information process, and how expectations can also be exchanged. Cellular automata will be used for the visualization. The exchange of observations among observers generates (a) uncertainty about the delineations in the observed system at each moment in time and (b) uncertainty about the dynamics of the interaction over time. _____ Loet Leydesdorff Honory Chair of the City of Lausanne (March - July) Universit? de Lausanne, School of Economics (HEC), BFSH 1, 1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland Tel.:+41-21-6923469 Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-20-525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net; http://www.leydesdorff.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Addresses: Burrell QL (reprint author), Isle Of Man Int Business Sch, Nunnery,Old Castletown Rd, Douglas, Man IM2 1QB England Isle Of Man Int Business Sch, Douglas, Man IM2 1QB England Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 730VQ ISSN: 1532-2882 CITED REFERENCES : BRADFORD SC, 1934, ENGINEERING, P137 BURRELL QL, 1982, J ROYAL STAT SOC A, V154, P439 BURRELL QL, 1991, SCIENTOMETRICS, V21, P181 BURRELL QL, 1992, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V28, P19 BURRELL QL, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V57, P75 CALLAERT H, 1999, J STAT ED, V7 DAGUM C, 1980, ECON APPL, V33, P327 DUDEWICZ EJ, 1988, MODERN MATH STAT EGGHE L, 2003, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V54, P603 HERDAN G, 1960, TYPE TOKEN MATH TXB HERDAN G, 1966, ADV THEORY LANGUAGE LEIMKUHLER FF, 1967, J DOC, V23, P197 LOTKA AJ, 1926, J WASHINGTON ACADEMY, V16, P317 STIRZAKER D, 1994, ELEMENTARY PROBABILI From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Mar 28 12:38:11 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:38:11 -0500 Subject: Epstein RJ "Journal Impact Factors do not equitably reflect academic staff performance in different medical subspecialties" Journal of Intestigative Medicine 52(8):531-536 December 2004. Message-ID: Richard J. Epstein : E-mail Addresses: repstein at hku.hk Title: Journal impact factors do not equitably reflect academic staff performance in different medical subspecialties Author(s): Epstein RJ Source: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE 52 (8): 531-536 DEC 2004 Cited References: 26 Abstract: Background: The simplest variables to quantify on an academic curriculum vitae are the impact factors (IFs) of journals in which articles have been published. As a result, these measures are increasingly used as part of academic staff assessment. The present study tests the hypotheses that IFs exhibit patterns that are consistent between journals of different specialties and that these IFs reflect the quality of staff academic performance. Methods: The IFs of a sample of journals from each of four medical specialties-medicine, oncology, genetics, and public and occupational health-were downloaded from the Science Citation Index and compared. Overall and specialty-specific journal IF frequencies were analyzed with respect to distribution patterns, averages, and skew. Results: Approximately 91% of journal IFs fell within the 0 to 5 range, with 97% being less than 10. The overall IF distribution featured a positive skew and a mean of 2.5. Separate analysis of the journal specialty subsets revealed significant differences in IF means (genetics 3.4 > oncology 3.1 > medicine 2.0 > public health 1.6; p <.006), all of which well exceeded the respective IF medians. Journals from the general medicine category exhibited both the lowest IF median (0.7) and the most positively skewed distribution. Conclusion: The distribution of IFs exhibits degrees of skew, numeric average, and spread that differ significantly between journal specialty subsets. This suggests that factors other than random variations underlie much of the IF variation between specialty journals and reduces the plausibility of a reliable correlation between IFs and the quality of academic staff performance. It is concluded that a dominant emphasis on IFs in academic recruitment and promotion may select for long-term faculty characteristics other than academic quality alone. EXCERPT FROM PAPER : These conclusions strengthen and extend the concerns raised by many others concerning the hazards of overreliance on impact factors as academic quality surrogates. In an analysis of 204 published articles, Callaham and colleagues found that traditional "quality" measures of study methodology and design were poorly predictive of both citation frequency (i.e. impact) and the IF of the publishing journal; In fact, the only variable to prove highly predictive of article citation frequency was the IF of the publishing journal, suggesting that chance or nonquality variables relating to manuscript acceptance (eg. newsworthiness as perceived by the journal or the persistence or "gamesmanship" of an author) may determine the ultimate impact of a submission. In addition, Rostami-Hodjegan and Tucker demonstrated highly skewed citation frequency distributions of individual articles within journals of a given IF, casting further doubt on the interpretability of IFs as a measure of individual research output. Healy and Cattell reported that industry-linked studies on a given subject tend to have a sixfold higher IF than non-industry-linked studies, raising potential concerns about the long-term objectivity and interpretability of the present system. Addresses: Epstein RJ (reprint author), Univ Hong Kong, Dept Med, Queen Mary Hosp, Professorial Block,Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Peoples R China Univ Hong Kong, Dept Med, Queen Mary Hosp, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Peoples R China E-mail Addresses: repstein at hku.hk Publisher: B C DECKER INC, 20 HUGHSON ST SOUTH, PO BOX 620, L C D 1, HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8N 3K7, CANADA Subject Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL IDS Number: 887TD ISSN: 1081-5589 ANGELL M, 1986, ANN INTERN MED, V104, P261 ARCHER ZA, 2003, OBES RES, V11, P1376 CALLAHAM M, 2002, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V287, P2847 CLARK J, 2004, BRIT MED J, V328, P604 FEINBERG AP, 1983, ANAL BIOCHEM, V132, P6 GLADWELL M, 2003, TIPPING POINT GOLDBECKWOOD S, 2000, BRIT MED J, V320, P591 HEALY D, 2003, BRIT J PSYCHIAT, V183, P22 HECHT F, 1998, CANCER GENET CYTOGEN, V104, P77 JONES AW, 2002, J ANAL TOXICOL, V26, P2 JONES AW, 2003, FORENSIC SCI INT, V133, P1 KORN D, 2002, ACAD MED, V77, P1089 KURMIS AP, 2003, J BONE JOINT SURG A, V85, P2449 LANKHORST GJ, 2001, CLIN REHABIL, V15, P115 LEE KP, 2002, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V287, P2805 OJASOO T, 2002, PRESSE MED, V31, P775 OPTHOF T, 1997, CARDIOVASC RES, V33, P1 PEARSON H, 2003, NATURE, V426, P222 ROSTAMIHODJEGAN A, 2001, BRIT J CLIN PHARMACO, V51, P111 SAHA S, 2003, J MED LIBR ASSOC, V91, P42 SEGLEN PO, 1997, BRIT MED J, V314, P497 SINDERMANN CJ, 2001, WINNING GAMES SCI PL SWIFT L, 2001, QUANTITATIVE METHODS TUGWELL P, 2004, BRIT MED J, V328, P597 VANDIEST PJ, 2001, J CLIN PATHOL, V54, P817 WEALE AR, 2004, BMC MED RES METHODOL, V4, P14 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Mar 28 12:50:30 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:50:30 -0500 Subject: Sellers SL, Perry R. Mathiesen SG, Smith T. "Evaluation of social work journal quality : Citation versus reputation approaches" Journal of Social Work Education 40(1):143-160 WIN 2004 Message-ID: Sherrill L. Sellers : slsellers at wisc.edu Title: Evaluation of social work journal quality: Citation versus reputation approaches Author(s): Sellers SL, Perry R, Mathiesen SG, Smith T Source: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION 40 (1): 143-160 WIN 2004 Cited References: 43 Abstract: Although journals are the primary vehicle though which social work professionals explore innovative interventions, research strategies, and policy ideas, journal quality has received little attention in the literature. This project extends a 1990 study and presents multiple measures for assessing journal quality. The primary data source is a national survey of 556 faculty from accredited schools of social work; additional data were compiled from the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Findings indicate that journal rankings have changed since 1990 and are considerably different from the SSCI ratings. Multiple evaluation systems are recommended for assessing social work journal quality. Addresses: Sellers SL (reprint author), Univ Wisconsin, Sch Social Work, 1350 Univ, Madison, WI 53706 USA Univ Wisconsin, Sch Social Work, Madison, WI 53706 USA San Diego State Univ, Sch Social Work, San Diego, CA 92182 USA Florida State Univ, Sch Social Work, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA E-mail Addresses: slsellers at wisc.edu Publisher: COUNC SOC WORK EDUC, 1600 DUKE STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 USA Subject Category: EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK IDS Number: 770XK ISSN: 1043-7797 Cited References : 2001, J CITATION REPORTS *COUNC SOC WORK ED, 2002, STAT SOC WORK ED US ARCHIBALD RB, 1987, SCH PUBLISHING, V18, P131 BAKER DR, 1992, J SOCIAL SERVICE RES, V15, P153 BOOR M, 1973, AM PSYCHOL, V28, P1012 BROOKS CH, 1991, MED CARE, V29, P755 BUSH IR, 1997, SOC WORK RES, V21, P45 CHEUNG KFM, 1990, SOC WORK RES ABSTR, V26, P23 CNAAN RA, 1994, J SOC WORK EDUC, V30, P185 DOREIAN P, 1989, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V25, P205 EMERICK RE, 1993, CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGI, V16, P119 EUSTER GL, 1994, J SOC WORK EDUC, V30, P317 EXTEJT MM, 1990, J MANAGE, V16, P539 FLEXNER A, 1915, NAT C CHAR CORR FRANKE RH, 1990, STRATEGIC MANAGE J, V11, P243 FRY EH, 1985, J ACADEMY MARKETING, V13, P352 FURR LA, 1995, J SOC WORK EDUC, V31, P38 GARAND JC, 1990, PS, V23, P448 GILES MW, 1989, P S, V22, P613 GLENN ND, 1971, AM SOCIOL, V6, P298 GREEN RG, 1998, J SOC WORK EDUC, V34, P415 GYNTHER MD, 1973, AM PSYCHOL, V28, P1013 HARRISON DF, 1989, J SOC WORK EDUC, V25, P117 HOHN RL, 1973, AM PSYCHOL, V28, P1012 KOROBKIN R, 1999, FLA ST U L REV, V26, P851 LESTER JP, 1990, PS, V23, P445 LINDSEY D, 1978, J SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL W, V5, P273 LINDSEY D, 1992, SOC SERV REV, V66, P295 LINDSEY D, 1995, CHILDREN YOUTH SERVI, V17, P375 MACE KC, 1973, AM PSYCHOL, V28, P184 MARSH JC, 2002, SOC WORK, V47, P101 MCCRACKEN MJ, 1996, MED CARE RES REV, V53, P48 MEACHAM JA, 1984, AM PSYCHOL, V39, P1200 MILLER DA, 1978, J ED SOCIAL WORK, V14, P74 NELSON TM, 1983, RES HIGH EDUC, V19, P469 NISONGER TE, 1993, SERIALS REV, V19, P7 REAMER FG, 1992, J SOC WORK EDUC, V28, P129 SELLERS SL, 2003, UNPUB PERCEPTIONS PR STORANDT M, 1985, AM PSYCHOL, V40, P962 TEEVAN JJ, 1980, AM SOCIOL, V15, P109 WEISHEIT RA, 1984, SCHOLARLY PUBL, V15, P313 WEST CK, 1983, J EDUC RES, V77, P70 ZUCKERMAN H, 1970, SOCIOL INQ, V40, P235 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Mar 28 13:30:44 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:30:44 -0500 Subject: Schaffer T, Jackson KM "The use of online supplementary material, in high-impact scientific journals" Science & Technology Libraries 25(1-2):73-85, 2004 Message-ID: Thomas Schaffer : tschaffer at tamu.edu Kathy M. Jackson: kathy-jackson at tamu.edu TITLE : The use of online supplementary material, in high-impact scientific journals AUTHOR: Schaffer T, Jackson KM SOURCE: Science & Technology Libraries 25(1-2):73-85, 2004 ABSTRACT: An increasing number of journals are allowing scientists to submit supplementary material with their articles. The presentation of supplementary information is characterized by a variety of technologies and formats. This study examines the use of supplementary material in a selective sample of high-impact journals from the pure and applied sciences. The authors review publishers' policies concerning the submission of supplementary material and discuss the formats permitted. Recommendations for enhancing access to supplementary material and insuring its effective use by scholars are provided. EXERPT FROM PAPER : METHODOLOGY : A major goal of the present study was to determine how perevalent the use of supplementary material is in key journals in disciplines for which one of the authors has collection development and reference responsibilities. Those journals with the highest ten impact factors in 2001 and 2002 were selected for the study from the ISI Journal Citation Reports Science Edition lists for the following subject categories: (1) Astronomy and Astrophysics (2) Biochemical Research Methods; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (3) Analytical, Applied, Inorganic & Nuclear, Medicinal, Multidisciplinary, Organic, and Physical Chemistry (4) Chemical Engineering (5) Mechanical Engineering (6) Mathematics: Applied Mathematics; Interdisciplinary Applications (7) Applied, Mathematical, Nuclear & Multidisciplinary Physics; Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Fluids & Plasmas; Particles and Fields; (8) Statistics & Probability; and (9) ISI's "All" category, not broken down by subject. Some journals appeared on more than one list, and for the purpose of this study, such journals were assigned to the subject category in which the journal had the highest ranking. ISI's "All" listing provides the impact factors for all science and engineering titles in the ISI database. The authors wanted to be sure to include those journals with the highest impact factors, regardless of discipline. The resulting sample included 105 titles from 41 publishers. Of these, 11 were excluded because the authors did not have accessto the electronic versions, or the authors did not have access to the titles that only existed in print. The remaining 94 titles from 34 publishers were included in the study. The study included the following steps :(1) the instructions for authors for each journal were reviewed for information about supplementary material (2) recent online issues were checked for supplementary material; (3) for those journals for which the author instructions made no mention of supplementary material and exammination of the recent online issues revealed non, an inquiry was made via e-mail or phone as to whether the publisher permitted the use of supplemental material. AUTHOR ADDRESS : T. Schaffer, Texas A&M Univ. Sterline C. Evans Library, College Stn, TX 77843 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Mon Mar 28 16:49:02 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:49:02 -0500 Subject: Nisonger TE "The benefits and drawbacks of impact factor for journal collection management in libraries" Serials Librarian 47(1-2):57-75, 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Thomas E. Nisonger : nisonge at indiana.edu Title: The benefits and drawbacks of impact factor for journal collection management in libraries Author(s): Nisonger TE Source: SERIALS LIBRARIAN 47 (1-2): 57-75 2004 Cited References: 67 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: An overview and analysis of the Journal Citation Reports' impact factor is provided here. The historical development, calculation of, and alternatives to impact factor are briefly described. Nine general uses of impact factor, including library collection management decisions, journal rankings, journal decision models, and full-text database evaluation, are discussed. Ten benefits, such as its well-established authority, are listed. Finally, more than a dozen criticisms of citation data in general (e.g., self-citations are counted) and impact factor specifically (e.g., problems with the formula for its calculation) are analyzed. The author concludes that impact factor, if used appropriately and in combination with other criteria, is a valid tool that can assist journal collection management decisions in research libraries. Addresses: Nisonger TE (reprint author), Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, 1320 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA Publisher: HAWORTH PRESS INC, 10 ALICE ST, BINGHAMTON, NY 13904-1580 USA IDS Number: 886VG ISSN: 0361-526X CITED REFERENCES : 2002, JCR GLOSSARY ALLEN ES, 1929, SCIENCE, V70, P592 BARSCHALL HH, 1988, B AM PHYS SOC, V33, P1437 BICK D, 1991, COLL RES LIB NEWS, V52, P485 BLACK S, 1999, LIBR COLLECT ACQUIS, V23, P411 BYRD GD, 1978, B MED LIB ASS, V66, P397 CHRISTENSON JA, 1985, SOC SCI QUART, V66, P964 CLAUSEN H, 2001, J INFORM SCI, V27, P157 COLSON H, 1990, ADMIN SOC, V21, P452 COOPER MD, 1994, LIBR QUART, V64, P386 CRONIN B, 1994, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V45, P61 DALZIEL CF, 1937, LIB Q, V7, P354 DEURENBERG R, 1993, B MED LIBR ASSOC, V81, P316 DOMETRIUS NC, 1989, SOC SCI QUART, V70, P197 FEINGOLD A, 1989, AM PSYCHOL, V44, P961 FOSMIRE M, 2000, ISSUES SCI TECHNOLOG GARFIELD E, 1963, AM DOC, V14, P195 GARFIELD E, 1979, SCIENTOMETRICS, V1, P359 GARFIELD E, 1993, CAN J INFORM LIB SCI, V18, P14 GARFIELD E, 1998, SCIENTIST, V12, P10 GARFIELD E, 1999, CAN MED ASSOC J, V161, P979 GARFIELD, J IMPACT FACTOR GARFIELD, LONG TERM SHORT TERM GLANZEL W, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P171 GROSS PLK, 1927, SCIENCE, V66, P385 GROSS PLK, 1931, SCIENCE, V73, P660 HACKH I, 1936, B MED LIB ASS, V25, P109 HANE PJ, 2002, INFORMATION TODAY, V19, P1 HANE PJ, 2002, INFORMATION TODAY, V19, P51 HARTER SP, 1996, PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUT, V7 HARTER SP, 1997, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V48, P1147 HARTER SP, 1998, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V49, P507 HARTER, SCHOLARLY COMMUNICAT HE CP, 1986, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V22, P405 HIRST G, 1977, IEEE T PROFESSIONAL, V20, P233 HIRST G, 1978, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V29, P171 INGWERSEN P, 1998, J DOC, V54, P236 JACSO P, 2000, NAT ONL M P 2000 P 2, P169 JACSO P, 2002, ONLINE, V26, P72 JEWETT CC, 1849, 3 BOARD REG SMITHS I, P39 MCNEELY JK, 1930, SCIENCE, V72, P81 NISONGER TE, 1993, SERIALS REV, V19, P7 NISONGER TE, 1994, LIBR ACQUIS PRACT TH, V18, P447 NISONGER TE, 1995, 5 INT C INT SOC SCI, P393 NISONGER TE, 1998, MANAGEMENT SERIALS L NISONGER TE, 1999, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V50, P1004 NISONGER TE, 2000, COLL RES LIBR, V61, P263 NISONGER TE, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V54, P257 NISONGER, IMPACT FACTOR BASED NISONGER, MANAGEMENT SERIALS L PAN E, 1978, COLLECTION MANAGEMEN, V2, P29 PAN, J CITATION PREDICTOR RAMIREZ AM, 2000, SCIENTOMETRICS, V47, P3 RIBBE PH, 1988, AM MINERAL, V73, P449 ROUSSEAU R, 2002, LIBR TRENDS, V50, P418 ROUSSEAU, J EVALUATION SCHMIDT D, 1994, SERIALS REV, V20, P45 SCHMIDT, BIOL J USE ACAD LIB SCHOCH N, 1994, EC INF 1994 AS ANN M, P41 SRINIVASAN R, 1999, SCIENTOMETRICS, V44, P81 STACK S, 1987, JUSTICE Q, V4, P475 STANKUS T, 1982, COLLECTION MANAGEMEN, V4, P95 STEGMANN J, 1999, J DOC, V55, P310 TOMER C, 1986, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V22, P251 TUCKER BE, 1995, LIBR ACQUIS PRACT TH, V19, P313 VANHOOYDONK G, 1994, SCIENTOMETRICS, V30, P65 VINKLER P, 1986, SCIENTOMETRICS, V10, P157 From rodney.yancey at THOMSON.COM Tue Mar 29 09:00:08 2005 From: rodney.yancey at THOMSON.COM (Rodney Yancey) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:00:08 -0500 Subject: ListServ Positng Message-ID: I hope I have the correct email address to submit information for posting to your ListServ. I think your members will be interested in the information. Kind regards, Rodney Yancey Rodney Yancey Manager, Corporate Communications Thomson Scientific 3501 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 rodney.yancey at thomson.com 215-386-0100 x1396 (office phone) 267-243-5610 (cell phone) 215-243-2236 (fax) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ASISTAwards.doc Type: application/msword Size: 56832 bytes Desc: ASISTAwards.doc URL: From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 12:02:43 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:02:43 -0500 Subject: Fricke M. Fallis D, Jones M, Luszko GM "Consumer health information on the Internet about carpal tunnel syndrome: Indicators of accuracy" American Journal of Medicine 118(2):168-174 February 2005. Message-ID: Martin Fricke : mfricke at u.arizona.edu Title: Consumer health information on the Internet about carpal tunnel syndrome: Indicators of accuracy Author(s): Fricke M, Fallis D, Jones M, Luszko GM Source : AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 118 (2): 168-174 FEB 2005 Cited References: 33 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: PURPOSE: To identify indicators of accuracy for consumer health information on the Internet. METHODS: Several popular search engines were used to find websites on carpal tunnel syndrome. The accuracy and completeness of these sites were determined by orthopedic surgeons. It also was noted whether proposed indicators of accuracy were present. The correlation between proposed indicators of accuracy and the actual accuracy of the sites was calculated. RESULTS: A total of 116 websites and 29 candidate indicators were examined. A high Google toolbar rating of the main page of a site, many inlinks to the main page of a site, and an unbiased presentation of information on carpal tunnel syndrome were considered genuine indicators of accuracy. Many proposed indicators taken from published guidelines did not indicate accuracy (e.g., the author or sponsor having medical credentials). CONCLUSION: There are genuine indicators of the accuracy of health information on the Internet. Determining these indicators, and informing providers and consumers of health information about them, would be useful for public health care. Published guidelines have proposed many indicators that are obvious to unaided observation by the consumer. However, indicators that make use of the invisible link structure of the Internet are more reliable guides to accurate information on carpal tunnel syndrome. (C) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Excerpt from Paper : "Recently however, research has begun to consider whether the link structure of the Internet may be important as an indicator of the relevance and accuracy of web pages. Web pages are linked via Uniform Resource Locator (URL) links or references to other web pages. Citation counts are commonly used to identify quality information sources in scientific and academic literature. Indeed, empirical studies have found that a high citation count is a good indicator of the methodological quality of the articles published in medical journals. It is reasonable to think that this, or an elaboration of this, might apply to consumer health information on tje internet. The topoligical or link structure of the Internet is in large part invisible and hidden to the consumer. However, there are ways for users to gain information about it. For example, several search engines (e.g. Google and MSN) allow users to ask for the number of other web pages that link to a particular web page: the so-called "inlinks" (using the syntax link:). Also, Google provides a toolbar that can be downloaded and used to augment the Internet Explorer browser (running under Windows). This toolbar returns a number out of 10( e.g. 0/10, 10/10) that is intended to indicate the quality of the web page being viewed. This number is calculated using Google's PageRank algorithm, which makes use of the topological structure of the Web. A few empirical studies have found that topological indicators, such as a high Google toolbar rating or many inlinks, are indicative of the quality of websites. However, these studies have not looked specifically at whether they are indicative of the accuracy of sites that provide consumer health information. The current study empirically tests several manifest and topological indicators to determine if any of these candidate indicators are correlated with accurate information on a common consumer health information topic - carpal tunnel syndrome." Addresses: Fricke M (reprint author), Univ Arizona, Sch Informat Resources & Lib Sci, 1515 E 1st St, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA Univ Arizona, Sch Informat Resources & Lib Sci, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA Univ Arizona, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Orthoped Surg, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA E-mail Addresses: mfricke at u.arizona.edu Publisher: EXCERPTA MEDICA INC, 650 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10011 USA IDS Number: 893GE ISSN: 0002-9343 CITED REFERENCES: AGENTWEBRANKING SEAR HLTH NET FDN 2002, CONSUMER REPORTS, V67, P60 2002, GENERATION AARP JAN, P14 2004, WEBMD HLTH AMBRE J, 1997, CRITERIA ASSESSING Q AMENTO B, 2000, P 23 ANN INT ACM SIG, P296 BARABASI AL, 2003, SCI AM, V288, P60 BEREDJIKLIAN PK, 2000, J BONE JOINT SURG A, V82, P1540 BORODIN A, 2001, P 10 INT WORLD WID W BRIN S, 1998, 7 INT WORLD WID WEB CONNELL TH, 1999, REF USER SERV Q, V38, P360 EYSENBACH G, 2002, BRIT MED J, V324, P573 EYSENBACH G, 2002, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V287, P2691 FALLIS D, 1999, P AMIA ANN S, P1055 FALLIS D, 2002, J AM MED INFORM ASSN, V9, P73 FALLIS D, 2002, J ED LIB INF SCI, V43, P246 FOX S, 2000, PEW INTERNET AM LIFE FRICKE M, 2004, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V55, P238 GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 GOLDMAN AI, 1987, SYNTHESE, V73, P109 GOLDMAN AI, 1999, KNOWLEDGE SOCIAL WOR GREENE WB, 2001, ESSENTIALS MUSCULOSK GRIFFITHS KM, 2000, BRIT MED J, V321, P1511 IMPICCIATORE P, 1997, BRIT MED J, V314, P1875 KIM P, 1999, BRIT MED J, V318, P647 KLEINBERG JM, 1999, J ACM, V46, P604 KUNST H, 2002, BRIT MED J, V321, P581 LEE KP, 2002, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V287, P2805 LEMPEL R, 2000, 9 INT WORLD WID WEB MARTINFACKLAM M, 2002, AM J MED, V113, P740 SILBERG WM, 1997, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V277, P1244 SULLIVAN D, NIELSEN NETRATINGS S From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 12:08:26 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:08:26 -0500 Subject: Dunst KM, Burgdorf WHC, Huemer GM, Zelger B "Analysis of original contributions in three dermatology journals" Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 52(2): 355-359 February 2005. Message-ID: Bernhard Zelger : bernhard.zelger at ibk.ac.at Title: Analysis of original contributions in three dermatology journals Author(s): Dunst KM, Burgdorf WHC, Huemer GM, Zelger B Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY 52 (2): 355-359 FEB 2005 Cited References: 14 Abstract: In a cross-sectional analysis, the three top ranking dermatology journals (Archives of Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology) were evaluated for their scientific content, the characteristics of their authors, and funding aspects in 2002. A flood of scientific papers are published each year covering a broad variety of dermatologic topics. Aside from the actual content, a scientific article provides information about the number of authors, their nationality and affiliations, and, with some limitation, about previous presentations and funding. The present study analyzes this situation in dermatology by evaluating the content in the three top dermatologic journals. KeyWords Plus: DIAGNOSIS; UK Addresses: Zelger B (reprint author), Innsbruck Med Univ, Clin Dept Dermatol & Venereol, Anichstr 35, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria Innsbruck Med Univ, Clin Dept Dermatol & Venereol, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria Innsbruck Med Univ, Clin Dept Surg, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria Innsbruck Med Univ, Clin Dept Plast Surg, Innsbruck, A-6020 Austria Univ Munich, Dept Dermatol, Munich, D-8000 Germany E-mail Addresses: bernhard.zelger at uibk.ac.at Publisher: MOSBY, INC, 11830 WESTLINE INDUSTRIAL DR, ST LOUIS, MO 63146-3318 USA Subject Category: DERMATOLOGY IDS Number: 893EF ISSN: 0190-9622 CITED REFERENCES : 1993, J AM ACAD DERMATOL, V28, P993 ANGERMEYER MC, 2001, PSYCHIAT PRAX, V28, P368 DRUMMOND R, 2001, MUSCLE NERVE, V24, P1274 DUPUY A, 2003, ARCH DERMATOL, V139, P589 EISEN D, 2002, J AM ACAD DERMATOL, V46, P207 ELLABIB MS, 2002, BRIT J DERMATOL, V146, P1038 FUNG MA, 2002, J AM ACAD DERMATOL, V47, P898 GLOSTER HM, 2002, J AM ACAD DERMATOL, V47, P893 ISMAIL Y, 2002, BRIT J PLAST SURG, V55, P570 KANG N, 2002, BRIT J PLAST SURG, V55, P463 LEFFELL DJ, 2002, ARCH DERMATOL, V138, P1503 MELA GS, 2003, EUR RADIOL, V13, P657 PICCOLO D, 2002, ARCH DERMATOL, V138, P53 SADICK NS, 2002, J AM ACAD DERMATOL, V46, P66 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 12:25:44 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:25:44 -0500 Subject: Shumway M. Sentell TL "An examination of leading mental health journals for evidence to inform evidence-based practice" Psychiatric Services 55(6):649-653 June 2004. Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Martha Shumway : shumway at itsa.ucsf.edu Title: An examination of leading mental health journals for evidence to inform evidence-based practice Author(s): Shumway M, Sentell TL Source: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES 55 (6): 649-653 JUN 2004 Cited References: 18 Abstract: Objective: This study examined whether data needed to inform evidence-based practice can be found in leading mental health journals. Methods: Research studies described in articles that were Published in 12 leading mental health journals in 1999 were examined to determine whether they evaluated clinical interventions, used rigorous. designs, were conducted in routine practice settings, and included well-defined diagnostic groups and heterogeneous samples. Results: Twenty-seven percent (N=295) of the 1,076 articles that were reviewed described research that evaluated interventions.. Of these 295 articles, 64 percent evaluated pharmacologic interventions and,33 percent evaluated psychosocial or psychotherapeutic interventions. Of the articles that evaluated interventions, 60 percent described randomized designs, but samples were modest; 25 percent. of the studies reported 31 or fewer participants. Of the 295 articles, 84 percent described studies conducted in specialty mental health, settings; very few (4 percent) described studies conducted in public mental health or managed care environments, which are common practice Settings. Most samples were diagnostically well defined, but evidence of treatments for diagnoses other than schizophrenia and mood disorders was limited. Conclusions: This systematic re I view suggested that data needed to, inform and advance evidence-based practice does not have the prominent place it deserves in leading journals. Only a quarter of the research studies that were examined evaluated clinical interventions, and articles that described pharmacologic interventions were published twice as often as articles that described psychosocial or psychotherapeutic interventions. Rigorous research designs predominated, but sample sizes we re modest. Evidence was scarce on treatment effectiveness in routine practice settings. Addresses: Shumway M (reprint author), Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Psychiat, 2727 Mariposa St,Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Psychiat, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA E-mail Addresses: shumway at itsa.ucsf.edu Publisher: AMER PSYCHIATRIC PRESS, INC, 1000 WILSON BOULEVARD, STE 1825, ARLINGTON, VA 22209-3901 USA IDS Number: 839CD ISSN: 1075-2730 TABLE FROM PAGE 651 OF PAPER : Rank Journal 1998 Journal IF Number of articles included in study _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Archives of General Psychiatry 9.4 94 2. American Journal of Psychiatry 5.9 218 3. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 5.3 42 4. Schizophrenia Bulletin 4.5 33 5. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 4.1 98 6. Journal of Clinical Psychology 4.1 68 7. British Journal of Psychiatry 3.5 111 8. Journal of Consulting and Clinical 3.4 98 Psychology 9. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 3.1 55 10. Psychological Medicine 3.1 116 11. 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We investigated authorship. contributions in a small medical journal outside the scientific mainstream, to see if poor adherence to authorship criteria is common in biomedical journals. We analyzed statements on research contribution, as checked by the corresponding author, for individual authors of 114 research articles, representing 475 authors, submitted to the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) from 1999 to 2000. Only 40% of authors fulfilled the ICMJE authorship criteria. The authors listed first on the by-line were more likely to fulfill the authorship criteria than all other authors on the by-line. The percentage of authors fulfilling the ICMJE criteria of authorship decreased with the increase in the number of authors listed on the by-line. These results indicate that poor adherence to ICMJE authorship criteria is poor across biomedical journals, regardless of the size of the scientific community. Authorship and contributorship in biomedical journals, as well as editorial ethical responsibilities towards authorship criteria need critical redefinition and education of both editors and authors. 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This Web tracking program also examined the geographic distribution of users and usage patterns of the Web pages, the peak usage times, etc. In analysing Web site traffic and to report on activity and volume of visitors, three most common measurements, hits, page views and user sessions, are used. After a thorough and periodic study of the reports of TERI's Web page activity, it is found that TERI achieved a unique milestone of one million hits during the month of April 2002. Addresses: Jana S (reprint author), Shastri Indo Canadian Inst, New Delhi, India Shastri Indo Canadian Inst, New Delhi, India Tata Energy Res Inst, New Delhi, 110003 India Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, 60/62 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD BD8 9BY, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND IDS Number: 838LA ISSN: 1468-4527 CITED REFERENCES : AGOSTI M, 1996, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V32, P459 ALMIND TC, 1997, J DOC, V53, P404 BAUER C, 2000, INTERNET RES, V10, P31 CRONIN B, 2000, J DOC, V56, P440 GAROFALAKIS J, 2002, INTERNET RES, V12, P43 HARMSEN B, 2000, ELECTRON LIBR, V18, P109 IKPAAHINDI L, 1985, LIBRI, V35, P163 JARVELIN K, 2000, J DOC, V56, P250 LI X, 1999, BOTTOM LINE, V12, P153 NICHOLAS D, 1999, ONLINE CDROM REV, V23, P263 NICHOLSCASEBOLT A, 2002, J SOC SERV RES, V28, P1 ROUSSEAU R, 1997, CYBERMETRICS, V1, P1 SAVOLAINEN R, 2002, J DOC, V58, P211 SEN BK, 2002, WORKSH INF RES MAN E SPITERI LF, 2000, J INFORM SCI, V26, P173 THELWALL M, 2002, J DOC, V58, P66 THOMAS O, 2000, J INFORM SCI, V26, P421 WORMELL I, 1998, ASIAN LIB, V7, P257 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 13:09:47 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:09:47 -0500 Subject: Lin SD, Chalupsky H. "Unsupervised link discovery in multi-relational data via rarity analysis" Third IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Proceedings: 171-178, 2003 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Shou-de Lin : sdlin at isi.edu Hans Chalupsky : hans at isi.edu Title: Unsupervised link discovery in multi-relational data via rarity analysis Author(s): Lin SD, Chalupsky H Source: THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATA MINING, PROCEEDINGS : 171-178, 2003 Editor(s): Wu XD, Tuzhilin A, Shavlik J Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 20 Abstract: A significant portion of knowledge discovery and data mining research focuses on finding patterns of interest in data. Once a pattern is found, it can be used to recognize satisfying instances. The new area of link discovery requires a complementary approach, since patterns Of interest might not yet be known or might have too few examples to be learnable. This paper presents an unsupervised link discovery method aimed at discovering unusual, interestingly linked entities in multi-relational datasets. Various notions of rarity are introduced to measure the "interestingness" of sets of paths and entities. These measurements have been implemented and applied to a real-world bibliographic dataset where they give very promising results. Addresses: Lin SD (reprint author), Univ So Calif, Dept Comp Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA Univ So Calif, Dept Comp Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA Publisher: IEEE COMPUTER SOC, 10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720-1264 USA IDS Number: BY34Z ISBN: 0-7695-1978-4 CITED REFERENCES : AGGARWAL C, 2001, ACM SIGMOD C BREUNIG MM, P PKDD 99 BRIN S, 1998, P 7 INT WORLD WID WE CANDAN S, 2002, INT J DATA KNOWLEDGE, P121 FAYYAD U, 1996, COMMUN ACM, V39, P27 FREITAS AA, 1999, RULE INTERESTINGNESS HILDERMAN R, 1999, KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY HOLDER LB, 2000, IEEE INTELLIGENT SYS, V15 KIMBALL R, 1996, DBMS MAGAZINE KNORR EM, 1998, P VLDB C KOVALERCHUK B, 2002, 5 INT C FOR STAT VEN MOONEY RJ, 2002, P NAT SCI FDN WORKSH RAMASWAMY S, 2000, P ACM SIGMOD C SENATOR T, 2002, EVIDENCE EXTRACTION SHEKHAR S, 2001, 7 ACM SIGKDD SWANSON DR, 1986, PERSPECTIVES BIOL ME SWANSON DR, 1990, PERSPECTIVES BIOL ME TAN PN, 2000, INTERSTINGNESS MEASU VALDESPEREZ RE, 1999, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGE WASSERMAN S, 1994, SOCIAL NETWORK ANAL From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 13:18:20 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:18:20 -0500 Subject: kORTELAINEN t. "An analysis of the use of electronic journals and commercial journal article collections through the FinELib portal - art. no. 168" Information Research - An International Electronic Journal 9(2):168-168, January 2004. Message-ID: E-mail: Terttu Kortelainen : terttu.kortelainen at oulu.fi FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT : http://informationr.net/ir/9-2/paper168.html Title: An analysis of the use of electronic journals and commercial journal article collections through the FinELib portal - art. no. 168 Author(s): Kortelainen T Source: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 9 (2): 168-168, JAN 2004 Cited References: 18 Abstract: The contents and characteristics of the services of a national electronic library, the FinELIb, were studied in relation to their use. The indicator of the use of the digital library material was the number of printed articles per journal in a year. The sites characterized as e-journals provide developed services utilizing the hypertext structure, 'outlinks', and the possibility of navigating between different materials, and, at least to a certain degree, maintain the structure of a traditional scientific journal. In services characterized as article files, the hypertext structure is utilised less and the unit of information delivered is an article. E-journals are used more heavily, but the article files outnumber them in the number of journals they offer. The services of e-journals and article files complement each other. Addresses: Kortelainen T (reprint author), Univ Oulu, Dept Informat Studies, Oulu, Finland Univ Oulu, Dept Informat Studies, Oulu, Finland Publisher: UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, UNIV SHEFFIELD, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKS, ENGLAND IDS Number: 764ZR ISSN: 1368-1613 CITED REFERENCES : ALMIND TC, 1997, J DOC, V53, P404 BJORNEBORN L, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V50, P65 COLE TW, 2002, FIRSTMONDAY, V7 CRANE D, 1975, INVISIBLE COLL DIFFU CRAWFORD S, 1996, ASIS MONOGRAPH SERIE CURRAN C, 2002, FIRSTMONDAY, V7 GARFIELD E, 1983, CITATION INDEXING IT KAJBERG L, 1996, J DOC, V52, P69 KORTELAINEN TAM, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V51, P133 LANCASTER FW, 1985, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V36, P389 LEMPIAINEN E, 2001, THESIS U TAMPERE LIEW CL, 2000, ONLINE INFORM REV, V24, P302 LINDHOLMROMANTS.Y, 1994, THESIS U CALIFORNIA LUUKKONEN T, 1992, SCIENTOMETRICS, V24, P297 OROMANER M, 1986, INT J INFORM MANAGE, V6, P29 ROBERTS SA, 2001, INFORMATION SERVICES, V21, P223 ROGERS EM, 1995, DIFFUSION INNOVATION SCHAFFNER AC, 1994, INFORMATION TECHNOLO, V13, P239 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 13:23:04 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:23:04 -0500 Subject: Wren JD, Bekeredjian R, Stewart JA, Shohet RV, Garner HR "Knowledge discovery by automated identification and ranking of implicit relationships" BIOINFORMATICS 20 (3): 389-398 FEB 12 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Jonathan.Wren at ou.edu Title: Knowledge discovery by automated identification and ranking of implicit relationships Author(s): Wren JD, Bekeredjian R, Stewart JA, Shohet RV, Garner HR Source: BIOINFORMATICS 20 (3): 389-398 FEB 12 2004 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 36 Times Cited: 5 Abstract: Motivation: New relationships are often implicit from existing information, but the amount and growth of published literature limits the scope of analysis an individual can accomplish. Our goal was to develop and test a computational method to identify relationships within scientific reports, such that large sets of relationships between unrelated items could be sought out and statistically ranked for their potential relevance as a set. Results: We first construct a network of tentative relationships between 'objects' of biomedical research interest (e.g. genes, diseases, phenotypes, chemicals) by identifying their co-occurrences within all electronically available MEDLINE records. Relationships shared by two unrelated objects are then ranked against a random network model to estimate the statistical significance of any given grouping. When compared against known relationships, we find that this ranking correlates with both the probability and frequency of object co-occurrence, demonstrating the method is well suited to discover novel relationships based upon existing shared relationships. To test this, we identified compounds whose shared relationships predicted they might affect the development and/or progression of cardiac hypertrophy. When laboratory tests were performed in a rodent model, chlorpromazine was found to reduce the progression of cardiac hypertrophy. Addresses: Wren JD (reprint author), Univ Oklahoma, Dept Bot & Microbiol, Adv Ctr Genome Technol, 620 Parrington Oval Rm 106, Norman, OK 73019 USA Univ Oklahoma, Dept Bot & Microbiol, Adv Ctr Genome Technol, Norman, OK 73019 USA Univ Texas, SW Med Ctr, Dept Internal Med, Dallas, TX 75390 USA Univ Texas, SW Med Ctr, Div Cardiol, Dallas, TX 75390 USA Univ Texas, SW Med Ctr, McDermott Ctr Human Growth & Dev, Dept Biochem,Ctr Biomed Invent, Dallas, TX 75390 USA E-mail Addresses: Jonathan.Wren at ou.edu Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND IDS Number: 774PD ISSN: 1367-4803 CITED REFERENCES : BARBER MD, 2001, NUTRITION, V17, P751 BARDONI B, 2000, AM J MED GENET, V97, P153 BLASCHKE C, 1999, ISMB, V7, P60 CAUDLE RM, 2000, PAIN, V87, P235 COLUCCI WS, 1982, ANN INTERN MED, V97, P67 DIGIACOMO RA, 1989, AM J MED, V86, P158 DING J, 2002, PACIFIC S BIOCOMPUTI, V7, P326 GREEN JM, 2000, AM J RESP CELL MOL, V22, P261 HAMOSH A, 2000, HUM MUTAT, V15, P57 HASSELGREN PO, 2001, ANN SURG, V233, P9 HRISTOVSKI D, 2001, MEDINFO, V10, P1344 JENSSEN TK, 2001, NAT GENET, V28, P21 JIN P, 2000, HUM MOL GENET, V9, P901 KLIR G, 1995, FUZZY SETS FUZZY LOG KOOY RF, 2000, MOL MED TODAY, V6, P193 LOWE HJ, 1994, JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC, V271, P1103 MAGLOTT DR, 2000, NUCLEIC ACIDS RES, V28, P126 MARSHAK DR, 1981, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V78, P6793 MCCOY KD, 1999, IMMUNOL CELL BIOL, V77, P1 MOLKENTIN JD, 1998, CELL, V93, P215 MORGAN JP, 1980, ARCH INT PHARMACOD T, V247, P135 PEREZIRATXETA C, 2002, NAT GENET, V31, P316 POVEY S, 2001, HUM GENET, V109, P678 RINDFLESCH TC, 2000, PAC S BIOC, P517 SHEN WW, 1999, COMPR PSYCHIAT, V40, P407 SMALHEISER NR, 1998, COMPUT METH PROG BIO, V57, P149 STAPLEY BJ, 2000, PAC S BIOCOMPUT, V5, P529 STEIMANN F, 1997, ARTIF INTELL MED, V11, P1 STEINER H, 1998, EXP BRAIN RES, V123, P60 SWANSON DR, 1986, PERSPECT BIOL MED, V30, P7 TISDALE MJ, 2001, NUTRITION, V17, P438 TOMER Y, 2001, THYROID, V11, P167 WEEBER M, 2000, P AMIA S, P903 WEEBER M, 2003, J AM MED INFORM ASSN, V10, P252 WREN JD, 2002, METHOD INFORM MED, V41, P426 YANDELL MD, 2002, NAT REV GENET, V3, P601 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 13:28:06 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:28:06 -0500 Subject: Ulubasoglu MA, Hazari BR "Zipf's law strikes again: the case of tourism" JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 4 (4): 459-472 AUG 2004 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: maulubas at deakin.edu.au, hazari at deakin.edu.au Title: Zipf's law strikes again: the case of tourism Author(s): Ulubasoglu MA, Hazari BR Source: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 4 (4): 459-472 AUG 2004 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 25 Abstract: This paper examines the applicability of Zipf's law to tourism. It is established that a variation of this law holds in this case-a rank-size rule with concavity. Due to this non-linearity, it is shown that a spline regression provides an extremely convenient tool for predicting tourist arrivals in a country. The concavity is explained by appealing to random growth theory (lognormal distribution; Gibrat's law) and locational fundamentals. Addresses: Ulubasoglu MA (reprint author), Deakin Univ, Sch Accounting Econ & Finance, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Vic 3125 Australia Deakin Univ, Deakin Business Sch, Malvern, Vic 3144 Australia E-mail Addresses: maulubas at deakin.edu.au, hazari at deakin.edu.au Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND Subject Category: ECONOMICS; GENETICS & HEREDITY IDS Number: 847DF ISSN: 1468-2702 CITED REFERENCES : *WORLD BANK, 1999, WORLD DEV IND ALBERT R, 2002, REV MOD PHYS, V74, P47 BARABASI AL, 1999, SCIENCE, V286, P509 BARABASI AL, 2000, PHYSICA A, V281, P69 BLANK A, 2000, PHYSICA A, V287, P279 DAVIS DR, 2002, AM ECON REV, V92, P1269 EATON J, 1997, REG SCI URBAN ECON, V27, P443 FUJITA M, 1999, SPATIAL EC CITIES RE GABAIX X, 1999, Q J ECON, V114, P739 GIBRAT R, 1931, INEGALITES ECONOMIQU GREENE WH, 2002, ECONOMETRIC ANAL IJIRI Y, 1977, SKEW DISTRIBUTIONS S LEVY M, 1996, INT J MOD PHYS C, V7, P595 LEVY M, 1996, INT J MOD PHYS C, V7, P65 LEVY M, 1997, PHYSICA A, V242, P90 LOTKA AJ, 1925, ELEMENTS PHYS BIOL MANTEGNA RN, 1995, NATURE, V376, P46 NEWMAN MEJ, 2003, STRUCTURE DYNAMICS C PARETO V, 1896, COURS EC POLITIQUE PARR JB, 1973, URBAN STUD, V10, P335 PARR JB, 1976, REG STUD, V10, P285 SIMON HA, 1955, BIOMETRIKA, V42, P425 SUTTON J, 1997, J ECON LIT, V35, P40 VINING D, 1974, GEOGR ANAL, V6, P313 ZIPF G, 1949, HUMAN BEHAV PRINCIPL From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Mar 29 13:33:38 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:33:38 -0500 Subject: Thomaidis NS, Georgiou CA, Calokerinos AC "Analytical chemistry in Balkan and East Mediterranean countries during 1994-2001 " ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA 505 (1): 3-8 MAR 3 2004 Message-ID: Constantinos A. Georgiou : E-mail Addresses: cag at aua.gr Title: Analytical chemistry in Balkan and East Mediterranean countries during 1994-2001 Author(s): Thomaidis NS, Georgiou CA, Calokerinos AC Source: ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA 505 (1): 3-8 MAR 3 2004 Cited References: 13 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Research activity in the Balkan and East Mediterranean countries was evaluated on the basis of publications appearing in Analytical Abstracts (AA) during the cumulative 8-year period of 1994-2001. This was accomplished by assessing the scientific publication productivity in analytical chemistry as the number of publications from each country and the number of publications per population unit. To assess the impact in the scientific community, the mean impact factor for each country was calculated. The publication productivity trend was recorded for the 7-year period 1994-2000. Moreover, the preference to publish in specific journals per country was appraised. According to the total number of publications, Egypt (765 publications) and Greece (717 publications) are the most productive countries, while Slovenia shows the highest number of publications per million of population (140). Scientists from Israel published their work in the highest impact analytical journals with a mean impact factor of 2.02, followed by Slovenia (mean impact factor of 1.67) and Greece (mean impact factor of 1.53). Studies of scientists from different countries do not show any obvious preference to a single specific journal. It is interesting to note that preference for journals reveals the research interests of scientists from each country for sub-fields of analytical chemistry. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Addresses: Georgiou CA (reprint author), Agr Univ Athens, Chem Lab, 75 Iera Odos, Athens, 11855 Greece Agr Univ Athens, Chem Lab, Athens, 11855 Greece Univ Aegean, Dept Environm Studies, Lab Water & Air Qual, Mitilini, 81100 Greece Univ Athens, Dept Chem, Analyt Chem Lab, Athens, GR-15771 Greece E-mail Addresses: cag at aua.gr Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL IDS Number: 776EB ISSN: 0003-2670 CITED REFERENCES : *CENTR INT AG, 2002, WORLD FACT BOOK *ROYAL SOC CHEM, 2000, AN ABSTR US MAN SOUR BRAUN T, 1989, TRAC-TREND ANAL CHEM, V8, P316 BRAUN T, 1989, TRENDS ANAL CHEM, V8, P281 BRAUN T, 1990, ANAL P, V27, P262 BRAUN T, 1990, TRENDS ANAL CHEM, V9, P176 BRAUN T, 1990, TRENDS ANAL CHEM, V9, P278 BRAUN T, 1993, J CHEM INF COMP SCI, V33, P164 BRAUN T, 1993, TRENDS ANAL CHEM, V12, P309 BRAUN T, 2002, ANAL CHEM, V75, A477 DIOSPATONYI I, 2000, J CHEM INF COMP SCI, V40, P1085 DIOSPATONYI I, 2001, J CHEM INF COMP SCI, V41, P1446 GEORGIOU CA, 2001, TRAC-TREND ANAL CHEM, V20, P462 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 31 12:23:46 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:23:46 -0500 Subject: McKechnie LEF, Goodall GR, Lajoie-Paquette D, Julien H. "How human information behaviour researchers use each other's work: a basic citation analysis study" Information Research - An International Electronic Journal 10 (2): Art. No. 220 JAN 2005 Message-ID: FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://informationr.net/ir/10-2/paper 220.html Title: How human information behaviour researchers use each other's work: a basic citation analysis study Author(s): McKechnie LEF, Goodall GR, Lajoie-Paquette D, Julien H Source: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 10 (2): Art. No. 220 JAN 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Abstract: Introduction. The purpose of this study was to determine if and how human information behaviour (HIB) research is used by others. Method. Using ISI Web of Knowledge, a citation analysis was conducted on 155 English-language HIB articles published from 1993 to 2000 in six prominent LIS journals. The bibliometric core of 12 papers was identified. Content analysis was performed on papers citing the core ( n = 377) to determine how the papers were cited. A domain visualization was constructed of the citing relationships within the entire corpus. Analysis. Citation analysis, content analysis and social network analysis were used to analyse the data. Results. HIB literature is being cited, primarily (81.5%) by LIS authors. Fields outside of LIS citing HIB articles include engineering, psychology, education and medicine. Papers were cited generally (36.0%), for findings (28.5%) and for theory (25.3%) with few citations for method (6.0%). The domain visualization depicted a clear core of HIB scholarship surrounded by a periphery of largely uncited literature. Conclusion. HIB literature is yet to have a significant impact on other disciplines. It appears to be a second stage discipline, marked by theoretical consistency and exponential growth in publications and new researchers. More attention should be paid to writing and citation practices to allow HIB literature to become a rich guide to the act of doing HIB research. KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE RESEARCH; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; SEEKING; NEEDS; BIBLIOMETRICS; PERSPECTIVE; PERFORMANCE; PATTERNS; HISTORY; LIBRARY Addresses: McKechnie LEF (reprint author), Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON Canada Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON Canada Univ Alberta, Sch Lib & Informat Studies, Edmonton, AB Canada Publisher: UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, UNIV SHEFFIELD, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKS, ENGLAND Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 890DM ISSN: 1368-1613 Cited References : ALLEN B, 1990, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V12, P251 ATTFIELD S, 2003, J DOC, V59, P430 BATES MJ, 1993, LIBR QUART, V63, P1 BORGATTI SP, 2002, UCINET WINDOWS SOFTW BORNER K, 2003, ANNU REV INFORM SCI, V37, P179 BYSTROM K, 1995, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V31, P191 CASE DO, 2002, LOOKING INFORMATION CHATMAN EA, 1996, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V47, P193 CHEN HL, 2001, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V37, P701 CHOI Y, 2002, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V38, P695 CRANE D, 1972, INVISIBLE COLL DIFFU CRONIN B, 2000, J DOC, V56, P440 EGGHE L, 1990, INTRO INFORMETRICS Q ELLIS D, 1993, J DOC, V49, P356 GORMAN PN, 1995, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V46, P729 HERSBERGER J, 2003, CAN J INFORM LIB SCI, V27, P45 JARVELIN K, 1993, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V29, P129 JULIEN H, 1996, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V18, P53 JULIEN H, 2000, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V22, P291 KRIPPENDORF K, 1980, CONTENT ANAL INTRO I KUHLTHAU CC, 1993, J DOC, V49, P339 LECKIE GJ, 1996, LIBR QUART, V66, P161 MCKECHNIE L, 2001, NEW REV INFORMATION, V2, P47 MCKECHNIE L, 2003, NEW REV INFORMATION, V3, P113 MCKENZIE PJ, 2002, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V24, P31 PETTIGREW KE, 2001, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V52, P62 POWELL RR, 1999, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V21, P91 PRICE DJD, 1963, LITTLE SCI BIG SCI ROUSSEAU R, 1987, J DOC, V43, P322 SAVOLAINEN R, 1993, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V29, P13 SAVOLAINEN R, 1995, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V17, P259 SCHACTER J, 1998, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V49, P840 SONNENWALD DH, 1999, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V21, P429 STEFLMABRY J, 2003, J AM SOC INF SCI TEC, V54, P879 SUGAR W, 1995, ANNU REV INFORM SCI, V30, P77 VANLEEUWEN TN, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V51, P335 WANG PL, 1999, ANNU REV INFORM SCI, V34, P53 WHITE HD, 1989, ANNU REV INFORM SCI, V24, P119 WHITE HD, 1998, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V49, P327 WILSON TD, 1997, INFORM PROCESS MANAG, V33, P551 WILSON TD, 1999, J DOC, V55, P249 ZITT M, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V56, P259 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 31 12:32:23 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:32:23 -0500 Subject: "Key words, essential tools for bibliographic research: Analysis of usage in ArchiOrive JIDG, Rio FG, Vazquez FR, Sacristan JE, Jimenez TG, Sanchez LC Archivos de Bronconeumologia 41 (2): 78-83 Feb 2005 Message-ID: Dr. J.I.deGranda Orive : igo01m at saludalia.com Title: Key words, essential tools for bibliographic research: Analysis of usage in Archivos de bronconeumologia for respiratory system knowledge areas Author(s): Orive JIDG, Rio FG, Vazquez FR, Sacristan JE, Jimenez TG, Sanchez LC Source: ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA 41 (2): 78-83 FEB 2005 Cited References: 17 Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To analyze key word usage in ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA, by comparing words used in the journal to those used in the Index Medicus database within various respiratory system knowledge areas, and to determine whether usage has changed over time. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Original articles published in ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA from 1994 through 2001 were reviewed manually to gather the key words used. The list was translated to English and then compared to the medical subject heading (MeSH) terms used in the PubMed Browser. RESULTS: Seven hundred six original articles published in the study period used a total of 1163 key words. Matches with MeSH terms were found for 62% (n=46) of the key words in smoking research, 48% (n=52) in asthma, 39% (n=82) in respiratory insufficiency and sleep disorders, 60% (n=49) in diagnostic and treatment techniques, 61% (n=35) in tuberculosis, 65% (n=87) in nontuberculous infections, 61% (n=121) in oncology, 60% (n=37) in circulation, 55% (n=47) in pleural diseases, 48% (n=21) in pathophysiology, and 64% (n=68) in interstitial diseases. We did not see a clear tendency in the evolution of the journal's key word usage for the knowledge areas analyzed during the study period. The percentage of matching key words held steady around 50% over the last 3 years. CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory system key words in the knowledge areas we investigated are used correctly in ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA only about 50% of the time. Addresses: Orive JIDG (reprint author), Cavanilles 43, Madrid, E-28007 Spain Hosp Gen Basico Defensa, Serv Neumol, Valencia, Spain Hosp Univ La Paz, Serv Neumol, Madrid, Spain Hosp Cent Defensa, Serv Neumol, Madrid, Spain E-mail Addresses: igo01m at saludalia.com Publisher: EDICIONES DOYMA S/L, TRAV DE GRACIA 17-21, 08021 BARCELONA, SPAIN Subject Category: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IDS Number: 894VX ISSN: 0300-2896 CITED REFERENCES : *COM INT ED REV ME, 1991, MED CLIN-BARCELONA, V97, P181 ALAEZ LF, 1986, REV ESP DOC CIENT, V9, P24 BENAVENT RA, 2004, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL, V40, P563 DIEZ FG, 1999, MED CLIN-BARCELONA, V113, P58 GARCIA F, 2001, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL, V37, P465 MANZANO JR, 1999, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL S, V35, P34 OLMOS O, 1990, ATEN PRIMARIA, V7, P502 ORIVE JG, 2002, THESIS FACULTAD MED ORIVE JG, 2003, REV ESP SALUD PU BLIC, V77, P765 ORIVE JID, 2003, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL, V39, P287 ORIVE JJD, 2003, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL, V39, P409 PENUELAS JRL, MED SUBJECT HEADINGS RIO FG, 1999, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL S, V35, P27 SNEIDERMAN CA, 1983, FAM PRACT RES J, V3, P17 TOLEDO RB, 1994, 5 JORN INF DOC CIENC TORDERA MP, 2003, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL, V39, P1 TORDERA MP, 2004, ARCH BRONCONEUMOL, V40, P337 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Mar 31 13:17:23 2005 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:17:23 -0500 Subject: Cimmino MA, Tiziana, Maio, Ugolini D, Borasi F, Mela GS "Trends in otolaryngology research during the period 1995-2000: A bibliometric approach " OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 132 (2): 295-302 FEB 2005 Message-ID: Dr. Antoni Trilla : atrilla at clinic.ub.es Title: Trends in otolaryngology research during the period 1995-2000: A bibliometric approach Author(s): Cimmino MA, Tiziana, Maio, Ugolini D, Borasi F, Mela GS Source: OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 132 (2): 295-302 FEB 2005 Cited References: 14 Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the distribution and scope of papers published in the world in otolaryngology (ORL) journals and to compare the impact of this research among different countries. METHODS: Papers published in the 29 ORL journals screened by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI, Philadelphia, PA, USA) in the 6-year period 1995-2000 were considered. The journal impact factor (IF), the source country population, and gross domestic product (GDP) were recorded. All key words, both those assigned by the authors and those attributed by ISI, were identified and their frequency was calculated using a special-purpose program. RESULTS: The total number of papers in the ORL literature during the period 1995-2000 increased from 2036 to 3705. A percentage varying between 47.7% (1995) and 36.1% (2000) was published by EU authors whereas the USA accounted for a percentage varying between 28.1% (1995) and 38.8% (2000). In 2000, the leading countries were the USA, the EU, Japan, Canada, and Australia. In Europe the UK (28.5% of papers), Germany (26.2%), Italy (7.2%), Sweden (5.8 %), France (5.5%), and the Netherlands (4.9%) showed a very good performance trend. In the same year, the mean IF of EU papers was 0.8 in comparison with 1.1 for Australia and the USA and 0.9 for the world. In 1997, 1341 key words attributed by the authors and 696 attributed by ISI appeared in the ORL literature. Less than a tenth of them were cited more than twice. The leading key words were "cancer" for disease and "surgery" for treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Bibilometric findings are useful to follow research trends. Our data show high scientific production of relatively small countries. Dispersion of key words should be avoided and journal editors should promote their standardization. Addresses: Cimmino MA (reprint author), Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Med Interna & Specialta Med, Clin Reumatol, Viale Benedetto 15 6, Genoa, I-16132 Italy Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Med Interna & Specialta Med, Clin Reumatol, Genoa, I-16132 Italy Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Oncol Biol & Genet, Genoa, Italy Ist Nazl Ric Canc, Genoa, I-16132 Italy Osped San Martino Genova, Dipartimento Testa Collo, Genoa, Italy Univ Genoa, CIL News Grp, Genoa, Italy E-mail Addresses: cimmino at unige.it Publisher: MOSBY, INC, 11830 WESTLINE INDUSTRIAL DR, ST LOUIS, MO 63146-3318 USA ISSN: 0194-5998 CITED REFERENCE : CR 2000, RES DEV ANN STAT BENZER A, 1993, LANCET, V341, P227 ELDOR J, 1993, LANCET, V341, P634 FENTON JE, 2002, J LARYNGOL OTOL, V116, P494 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 HANSEN A, 1993, LANCET, V341, P634 HEFLER L, 1999, LANCET, V353, P1856 HUSSAIN SSM, 1993, SCIENTOMETRICS, V26, P255 LUUKKONEN T, 1990, ANN MED, V22, P145 MELA GS, 1998, ANN RHEUM DIS, V57, P643 MELA GS, 1999, EUR J CANCER, V35, P1182 MOTAMED M, 2002, CLIN OTOLARYNGOL, V27, P318 UGOLINI D, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V52, P45 WORMELL I, 1998, DATABASE, V21, P25