From j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK Thu Jun 1 04:00:18 2006 From: j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK (James Hartley) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:00:18 +0100 Subject: Perceptions of abstracts Message-ID: I am writing to thank those members of the list who completed my electronic questionnaire on abstracts. The system I used did not allow me to reply separately to those who responded and to those who did not, so hence this general message to the list. If you did not complete the questionnaire and would still like to, you can find it at: www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ps/jimh/abstracts.htm Feel free to pass it on to colleagues. Many thanks Jim Hartley From notsjb at LSU.EDU Mon Jun 5 11:48:31 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:48:31 -0500 Subject: WSJ Article on the Impact Factor Message-ID: Pasted below is an article that appeared in today's Wall Street Journal on the impact factor. 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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit: www.djreprints.com. ??See a sample reprint in PDF format. ??Order a reprint of this article now. Science Journals Artfully Try To Boost Their Rankings By SHARON BEGLEY June 5, 2006;?Page?B1 John B. West has had his share of requests, suggestions and demands from the scientific journals where he submits his research papers, but this one stopped him cold. Dr. West, the Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, is one of the world's leading authorities on respiratory physiology and was a member of Sir Edmund Hillary's 1960 expedition to the Himalayas. After he submitted a paper on the design of the human lung to the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an editor emailed him that the paper was basically fine. There was just one thing: Dr. West should cite more studies that had appeared in the respiratory journal. If that seems like a surprising request, in the world of scientific publishing it no longer is. Scientists and editors say scientific journals increasingly are manipulating rankings -- called "impact factors" -- that are based on how often papers they publish are cited by other researchers. "I was appalled," says Dr. West of the request. "This was a clear abuse of the system because they were trying to rig their impact factor." Just as television shows have Nielsen ratings and colleges have the U.S. News rankings, science journals have impact factors. Now there is mounting concern that attempts to manipulate impact factors are harming scientific research. Conceived 40 years ago, impact factors are essentially a grading system of how important the papers a journal publishes are. "Importance" is measured by how many other papers cite it, indicating that the discoveries, methodologies or insights it describes are advancing science. Impact factors are calculated annually for some 5,900 science journals by Thomson Scientific, part of the Thomson Corp., of Stamford, Conn. Numbers less than 2 are considered low. Top journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, score in the double digits. Researchers and editors say manipulating the score is more common among smaller, newer journals, which struggle for visibility against more established rivals. Thomson Scientific is set to release the latest impact factors this month. Thomson has long advocated that journal editors respect the integrity of the rankings. "The energy that's put into efforts to game the system would be better spent publishing excellent papers," says Jim Testa, director of editorial development at the company. Impact factors matter to publishers' bottom lines because librarians rely on them to make purchasing decisions. Annual subscriptions to some journals can cost upwards of $10,000. The result, says Martin Frank, executive director of the American Physiological Society, which publishes 14 journals, is that "we have become whores to the impact factor." He adds that his society doesn't engage in these practices. Journals can manipulate impact factors with legitimate editorial decisions. One strategy is to publish many review articles, says Vicki Cohn, managing editor of Mary Ann Liebert Inc., a closely held New Rochelle, N.Y., company that publishes 59 journals. Reviews don't report new results but instead summarize recent findings in a field. Since it is easier for scientists to cite one review than the dozens of studies that it summarizes, reviews get a lot of citations, raising a journal's impact score. "Journal editors know how to increase their impact factor legitimately," says Ms. Cohn. "But there is growing suspicion that journals are using nefarious means to pump it up." One questionable tactic is to ask authors to cite papers the journal already has published, as happened to UCSD's Dr. West, who says that he has great respect for the journal and its editors despite this episode. He declined the request, and the journal published his paper anyway, in March. Richard Albert, the deputy editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, says that the request goes out to every scientist who submits a paper. "It's boilerplate, a form letter," he says. The letter has been in use for many years, according to Dr. Albert, who says he has always opposed the inclusion of the passage but was overruled by the journal's former editor. Journals also can resort to "best-of" features, such as running annual summaries of their most notable papers. When Artificial Organs did this in 2005, all 145 citations were to other Artificial Organs papers. Editor Paul Malchesky says the feature was conceived "as a service to the readership. It was not my intention to affect our impact factor. In terms of how we run our operation, I don't base that on impact factor." Self-citation can go too far. In 2005, Thomson Scientific dropped the World Journal of Gastroenterology from its rankings because 85% of the citations it published were to its own papers and because few other journals cited it. Editors of the journal, which is based in Beijing, did not answer emails requesting comment. Journals can limit citations to papers published by competitors, keeping the rivals' impact factors down. An analysis of citations in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare shows very few citations of papers in a competitor, Telemedicine and e-Health, "while we cited them liberally," says editor Rashid Bashshur, director of telemedicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Richard Wootton, editor of JTT, says that he believes it's true that his journal cites its competitor less frequently than Dr. Bashshur's journal cites JTT, "but it doesn't seem to me that there is a sinister explanation." Dr. Wootton adds that "when we edit a paper...we sometimes ask authors to ensure that the relevant literature is cited." But "I can state unequivocally that we do not attempt to manipulate the JTT's impact factor. For a start, I wouldn't know how to." Scientists and publishers worry that the cult of the impact factor is skewing the direction of research. One concern, says Mary Ann Liebert, president and chief executive of her publishing company, is that scientists may jump on research bandwagons, because journals prefer popular, mainstream topics, and eschew less-popular approaches for fear that only a lesser-tier journal will take their papers. When scientists are discouraged from pursuing unpopular ideas, finding the correct explanation of a phenomenon or a disease takes longer. "If you look at journals that have a high impact factor, they tend to be trendy," says immunologist David Woodland of the nonprofit Trudeau Institute, of Saranac Lake, N.Y., and the incoming editor of Viral Immunology. He recalls one journal that accepted immunology papers only if they focused on the development of thymus cells, a once-hot topic. "It's hard to get into them if you're ahead of the curve." As examples of that, Ms. Liebert cites early research on AIDS, gene therapy and psychopharmacology, all of which had trouble finding homes in established journals. "How much that relates to impact factor is hard to know," she says. "But editors and publishers both know that papers related to cutting-edge and perhaps obscure research are not going to be highly cited." Another concern is that impact factors, since they measure only how many times other scientists cite a paper, say nothing about whether journals publish studies that lead to something useful. As a result, there is pressure to publish studies that appeal to an academic audience oriented toward basic research. Journals'?"questionable" steps to raise their impact factors "affect the public," Ms. Liebert says. "Ultimately, funding is allocated to scientists and topics perceived to be of the greatest importance. 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SB (See attached file: WSJImpFac.doc) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WSJImpFac.doc Type: application/msword Size: 76800 bytes Desc: not available URL: From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Mon Jun 5 14:18:29 2006 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:18:29 +0200 Subject: WSJ Impact Factor Article 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks! Loet > -----Original Message----- > From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen J Bensman > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:43 PM > To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU > Subject: [SIGMETRICS] WSJ Impact Factor Article 2 > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > > > A number of you have had trouble with the format, so I am > sending it pasted into a Word document. Sometimes this works better. > > SB > > (See attached file: WSJImpFac.doc) > From notsjb at LSU.EDU Mon Jun 5 14:46:21 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:46:21 -0500 Subject: WSJ Impact Factor Article 2 Message-ID: I see the Word document worked better. SB Loet Leydesdorff @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/05/2006 01:18:29 PM 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: Re: [SIGMETRICS] WSJ Impact Factor Article 2 Thanks! Loet > -----Original Message----- > From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen J Bensman > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:43 PM > To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU > Subject: [SIGMETRICS] WSJ Impact Factor Article 2 > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > > > A number of you have had trouble with the format, so I am > sending it pasted into a Word document. Sometimes this works better. > > SB > > (See attached file: WSJImpFac.doc) > From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 6 14:03:59 2006 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:03:59 -0400 Subject: FW: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors Message-ID: For those of you who do not subscribe to CHMINF-L this communication by Brian Simboli may be of interest. EG When responding, please attach my original message __________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 -----Original Message----- From: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Simboli Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:58 PM To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors Some reflections in the wake of the 6/5/06 WSJ article relating to impact factors etc. ("Science Journals Artfully Try to Boost Their Rankings" by Sharon Begley). (Incidentally, I posted another version of following to liblicense-l.) Given the oft-discussed potential abuses posed by, or problems inherent in, use of impact factors, perhaps professional associations (e.g., AMS and ACS) should play a significant role in providing guidelines for their members suggesting appropriate uses of them? Might they play a role in suggesting journal editorial guidelines to avoid abuses? If it is true that the shape of science is being influenced by their use (e.g., in relation to editorial policies and tenure decisions), it seems as if the associations have a vested interest in how impact factors are being used. Also, might associations work on creating discipline-specific metrics (including impact factors), based on data within databases for their disciplines (e.g., MathSciNet, or CAS)? Of course this is not an argument that ISI data should not also be used, just that a clearer or more comprehensive picture of things can be obtained by supplementing it with a variety of metrics from various sources. Perhaps these measures would help address potential problems in use of the factors? Finally, the question how Google Scholar and other publicly accessible citation count sources should be used is also something that professional associations could study. -- Brian Simboli Science Librarian Library & Technology Services E.W. Fairchild Martindale 8A East Packer Avenue Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015-3170 (610) 758-5003 E-mail: brs4 at lehigh.edu CHMINF-L Archives (also to join or leave CHMINF-L, etc.) http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html Search the CHMINF-L archives at: https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?S1=chminf-l Sponsors of CHMINF-L: http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/chminfsupport.htm From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 6 14:31:04 2006 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:31:04 -0400 Subject: " Research with purpose" by colin Steele in Australian Higher Education Message-ID: This article in Australian Higher Education discusses impact factors and related matters. EG http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19385536-12332,00.htm l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From notsjb at LSU.EDU Tue Jun 6 15:05:09 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:05:09 -0500 Subject: FW: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors Message-ID: Interesting concept, but there has been recently done an experiment that tests its basic hypothesis at the following web site: http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/broth.html SB Eugene Garfield @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/06/2006 01:03:59 PM 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] FW: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors For those of you who do not subscribe to CHMINF-L this communication by Brian Simboli may be of interest. EG When responding, please attach my original message __________________________________________________ Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu home page: www.eugenegarfield.org Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 -----Original Message----- From: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Simboli Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:58 PM To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors Some reflections in the wake of the 6/5/06 WSJ article relating to impact factors etc. ("Science Journals Artfully Try to Boost Their Rankings" by Sharon Begley). (Incidentally, I posted another version of following to liblicense-l.) Given the oft-discussed potential abuses posed by, or problems inherent in, use of impact factors, perhaps professional associations (e.g., AMS and ACS) should play a significant role in providing guidelines for their members suggesting appropriate uses of them? Might they play a role in suggesting journal editorial guidelines to avoid abuses? If it is true that the shape of science is being influenced by their use (e.g., in relation to editorial policies and tenure decisions), it seems as if the associations have a vested interest in how impact factors are being used. Also, might associations work on creating discipline-specific metrics (including impact factors), based on data within databases for their disciplines (e.g., MathSciNet, or CAS)? Of course this is not an argument that ISI data should not also be used, just that a clearer or more comprehensive picture of things can be obtained by supplementing it with a variety of metrics from various sources. Perhaps these measures would help address potential problems in use of the factors? Finally, the question how Google Scholar and other publicly accessible citation count sources should be used is also something that professional associations could study. -- Brian Simboli Science Librarian Library & Technology Services E.W. Fairchild Martindale 8A East Packer Avenue Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015-3170 (610) 758-5003 E-mail: brs4 at lehigh.edu CHMINF-L Archives (also to join or leave CHMINF-L, etc.) http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html Search the CHMINF-L archives at: https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?S1=chminf-l Sponsors of CHMINF-L: http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/chminfsupport.htm From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Tue Jun 6 15:35:35 2006 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:35:35 -0400 Subject: FW: [CHMINF-L] Journal impact factors free public access site Message-ID: http://online.wsj.com/public/us -----Original Message----- From: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of BOB BUNTROCK Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:54 PM To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [CHMINF-L] Journal's impact factors Interesting article by Sharon Begley in the Wall Street Journal for today (6/5/06, p. B1), "Science Journals Artfully Try to Boost Their Rankings: The ratings matter to publications' bottom lines because librarians use them to decide which journals to buy." The latter is not stressed very much but the fun and games of efforts to boost impact factors. Pros and cons of citation studies are weighed briefly. The article is timely because Thomson Corps annual list of impact factors for journals is due out later this month. -- Bob Buntrock Orono, ME From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Wed Jun 7 02:41:43 2006 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 08:41:43 +0200 Subject: FW: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors In-Reply-To: <311174B69873F148881A743FCF1EE5370182543D@TSHUSPAPHIMBX02.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, My measures for local citation impact provide (since 2004) values both before and after correction for "within-journal (self-)citation". The vertical axis of the node corresponds with the total number of citations and the horizontal one with the total number after these corrections. The corresponding numerical values indicate the percentages. (The measures can be found for the ISI-set at http://www.leydesdorff.net/jcr04 and for the Chinese set at http://www.leydesdorff.net/istic04.) Something similar can easily be done with impact factors. One can calculate impact factors after within-journal citations from the JCR straightforwardly. Perhaps, someone has already done this? Within-journal citations are not meaningless: for example, Scientometrics has a high rate of within-journal citations. It may mean that a community is forming a strong clique around a journal. With best wishes, Loet ________________________________ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Eugene Garfield > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 8:04 PM > To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU > Subject: [SIGMETRICS] FW: [CHMINF-L] professional > associations and impact factors > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > For those of you who do not subscribe to CHMINF-L this > communication by Brian Simboli may be of interest. EG > > When responding, please attach my original message > __________________________________________________ > Eugene Garfield, PhD. email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu > home page: www.eugenegarfield.org > Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST > [mailto:CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Simboli > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:58 PM > To: CHMINF-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > Subject: [CHMINF-L] professional associations and impact factors > > Some reflections in the wake of the 6/5/06 WSJ article > relating to impact factors etc. ("Science Journals Artfully > Try to Boost Their Rankings" by Sharon Begley). > (Incidentally, I posted another version of following to liblicense-l.) > > Given the oft-discussed potential abuses posed by, or > problems inherent in, use of impact factors, perhaps > professional associations (e.g., AMS and ACS) should play a > significant role in providing guidelines for their members > suggesting appropriate uses of them? Might they play a role > in suggesting journal editorial guidelines to avoid abuses? > If it is true that the shape of science is being influenced > by their use (e.g., in relation to editorial policies and > tenure decisions), it seems > > as if the associations have a vested interest in how impact > factors are being used. > > Also, might associations work on creating discipline-specific > metrics (including impact factors), based on data within > databases for their disciplines (e.g., MathSciNet, or CAS)? > Of course this is not an argument that ISI data should not > also be used, just that a clearer or more comprehensive > picture of things can be obtained by supplementing it > > with a variety of metrics from various sources. > > Perhaps these measures would help address potential problems > in use of the factors? > > Finally, the question how Google Scholar and other publicly > accessible citation count sources should be used is also > something that professional associations could study. > > > -- > Brian Simboli > Science Librarian > Library & Technology Services > E.W. Fairchild Martindale > 8A East Packer Avenue > Lehigh University > Bethlehem, PA 18015-3170 > (610) 758-5003 > E-mail: brs4 at lehigh.edu > > CHMINF-L Archives (also to join or leave CHMINF-L, etc.) > http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html > Search the CHMINF-L archives at: > https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?S1=chminf-l > Sponsors of CHMINF-L: > http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/chminfsupport.htm > From kretschmer.h at T-ONLINE.DE Wed Jun 7 13:04:45 2006 From: kretschmer.h at T-ONLINE.DE (kretschmer.h@t-online.de) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:04:45 +0200 Subject: : Call for Papers: International Conference on WIS & 8th COLLNET Meeting, March 2007 In-Reply-To: <311174B69873F148881A743FCF1EE5370182543E@TSHUSPAPHIMBX02.ERF.THOMSON.COM> Message-ID: Dear colleague, Please, find the following Call for Papers in the attachment: Call for Papers International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics: Collaboration in Science and in Technology & Eighth COLLNET Meeting 6-9 March, 2007, New Delhi, India With best regards, Hildrun Kretschmer COLLNET Co-ordinator -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The user may wish to adapt this to one's own preference. . The cited patterns are used as the row variables and the citing patterns as the column variables; the measures thus provide centrality in terms of "being cited." See for more information about the data: . Mapping Interdisciplinarity at the Interfaces between the Science Citation Index and the Social Science Citation Index, Paper presented at the International Conference on Network Science, NetSci 2006, Bloomington, IN, May 22-25, 2006; > . Visualization of the Citation Impact Environments of Scientific Journals: An online mapping exercise, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (forthcoming). > . "Betweenness as an Indicator of Interdisciplinarity of Scientific Journals." Paper to be presented at the 9th International S&T Indicators Conference. Leuven (Belgium), September 7-9, 2006. 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URL: From katy at INDIANA.EDU Thu Jun 8 23:56:57 2006 From: katy at INDIANA.EDU (Katy Borner) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 23:56:57 -0400 Subject: CFP: SPIE - Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA 2007) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA 2007) San Jose Marriott and San Jose Convention Center Santa Jose, CA January 28 - February 1, 2007 Call for Papers (Due Date: July 17, 2006) Chairs: Robert F. Erbacher, Utah State University Katy Borner, Indiana University Matti Grohn, CSC - Scientific Computing Ltd Jonathan C. Roberts, University of Kent at Canterbury Co-chairs: Ming C. Hao, Hewlett-Packard Labs Pak C. Wong, Pacific Northwest National Labs Program Committee: Uwe Brinkschulte, Univ. Karlsruhe (Germany); L. E. Greenwade, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab.; Hans-Georg Pagendarm, German Aerospace Research Establishment DLR (Germany); Alex Pang, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz; Aaron Q?uigley, Univ. of Sydney; Christopher D. Shaw, Georgia Institute of Technology; Deborah Silver, Rutgers Univ.; Kalpathi R. Subramanian, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; Yinlong Sun, Purdue Univ.; J. E. Swan II, Mississippi State Univ.; Craig M. Wittenbrink, NVIDIA; Yingcai Xiao, Univ. of Akron; William J. Yurcik, Univ. of Illiunois at Urbana-Champaign This conference covers all aspects of data analysis and visualization as well as issues affecting successful visualizations. The conference has grown rapidly over the years and has attracted participants from throughout the world. We invite you to contribute quality papers covering research results as well as commericial applications and works-in-progress. The papers from this conference will be published in a bound proceedings available from SPIE. Authors of the best papers in the conference will have the option of having extended versions of their papers reviewed for publication in the Journal of Electronic Imaging or a future special issue of the Journal of Electronic Imaging focusing on visualization. Additional information and submission information can be found at: http://vw.indiana.edu/vda2007/. # Full papers (8-12 pages) are due from authors by July 17, 2006. # Short papers and abstracts will be considered for poster presentation only. # As with last years conference we expect to provide onsite proceedings. Example topics include, but are not limited to: * Analysis Techniques and Data Mining * Visual Analytics * Biomedical Visualization and Applications * Data Exploration Using Classical and Novel approaches * Databases and Visualization * High Performance Computing and Parallel Rendering * Information and Scientific Visualization * Interaction Paradigms and Human Factors * Internet Imaging, Medical Imaging, Image Processing * Internet, Web, and Security Visualizations * Perceptual Issues covering Visual and Auditorial Representations of Data * Tools and Applications (including case studies) * Virtual Environments and Data Visualization * Visual Data Mining * Volume and Flow Visualization * Generic Visualization Frameworks and Infrastructures * Knowledge Domain Visualizations The conference organizers will also accept poster only presentations, suggestions on panel topics, and suggestions for invited speakers. Submission Information If you would like to submit a paper for publication in the SPIE & IS&T Conference Proceedings on the subject of visualization and data analysis please submit your paper online at: http://electronicimaging.org/call/07/submitAbstract/ Follow the link under Imaging, Visualization, and Perception: EI108 Visualization and Data Analysis 2007 Please ignore the fact that the submisison website discusses submitting an abstract and upload your full paper as an attachment. This will be steps 5-6 in the process. Please upload you file as a .pdf (preferred) or Microsoft Word .doc file. Please contact IS&T/SPIE (ei at imaging.org) or Robert Erbacher (Robert (dot) Erbacher (at) usu (dot) edu) if you have any questions or require further information. -- Katy Borner, Associate Professor Information Science & Cognitive Science Indiana University, SLIS 10th Street & Jordan Avenue Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166 Main Library 019 E-mail: katy at indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47405, USA WWW: ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy Check out the new InfoVis Lab Gallery at http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~katy/gallery/ From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jun 14 08:05:15 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:05:15 +0100 Subject: Future UK RAEs to be Metrics-Based In-Reply-To: Message-ID: "Statistics to dominate research assessment" Donald MacLeod, Guardian (Educations) Tuesday June 13, 2006 http://education.guardian.co.uk/RAE/story/0,,1796532,00.html As announced earlier, the costly and time-consuming UK Research Assessment Exercise will be scrapped as of 2008 and replaced by "metrics". This is a splendid move overall, both for UK researchers and institutions (who can at last stop wasting all that research and researcher time preparing elaborate RAE returns that are already highly correlated with -- hence predictable from -- metrics that can be gathered cheaply and semi-automatically, and can devote that time and energy to doing the research itself instead!) and for the Open Access movement (because the Open Access database will be the richest source for deriving those metrics, and will even contribute to increasing some of the metric values themselves!). (I hope the RCUK will now take a cue from the RAE and adopt their long-promised and long-awaited proposal to mandate OA self-archiving for all RCUK-funded research, as recommended by the UK Select Committee on Science and Technology at long last!) But which metrics? The RAE outcomes (and their accompanying top-sliced research funding) are most highly correlated with prior research funding. But relying on that metric alone, or predominantly, would just make the RAE into a one-dimensional Matthew Effect and a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy instead of a semi-independent assessment, supplementing the research-proposal peer review that already goes into primary research funding. If the UK does that, it may as well scrap the RAE altogether and just crank up the amount of the primary grants it awards But that would be foolish, and throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The dual funding system should be retained. The sensible way to use metrics is to have a rich, diverse, multiple-regression equation of weighted assessment metrics, and to adjust the weights of each according to field and further analysis and experience. For this there are many other candidate metrics over and above prior grant funding, such as citation counts, download counts, co-citation counts, hub/authority counts, semantic-web measures, endogamy/exogamy indices and many, many other rich, new harvestable metrics that will be spawned by the Open Access digital database of all UK research output (and many countable metrics, such as doctoral student counts, patents, invited keynotes, can be listed in and harvested from a standardised RAE CV linked to each researcher's OA Institutional Repository): Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2006) The Open Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable, in Jacobs, N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects, chapter 21. Chandos. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12453/ Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. and Oppenheim, C. (2003) Mandated online RAE CVs Linked to University Eprint Archives. Ariadne 35. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/7725/ One last word about "peer review": Research grant proposals are peer-reviewed; journal articles are peer-reviewed. But RAE submissions are not, and never were "peer-reviewed": The submissions (4 already peer-reviewed articles plus a congeries of other evaluables) were "assessed" by an RAE panel of peers in each field. But skimming, reading or re-reviewing already peer-reviewed articles is not only not peer review, but it is a waste of the RAE panel's time. Research proposal submissions and journal paper submissions have each been peer-reviewed already by content-specific custom selection among the most relevant and best qualified experts in the world, not just one small RAE panel (although this of course depends on the quality standards of the grant funding council and especially the journal that peer-reviews the journal article -- hence journal parameters such as the journal's impact factor should be among the metrics in the RAE weighted metric equation). Hence the needless and blunted RAE re-review never made much sense, and it is about time it was replaced by the objective post-hoc metrics that already predict its outcome. Peer-reviewing once -- properly -- at the research proposal stage, and once again -- properly -- at the journal publication stage -- is enough. The rest is far better assessed by post-hoc metrics. "Future UK RAEs to be Metrics-Based" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5275 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5251 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5238 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5122 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#4455 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#2326 Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 14 14:51:30 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:51:30 -0400 Subject: Jones TH, Hanney S. and Buxton MJ "The journals of importance to UK clinicians: a questionnaire survey of surgeons" BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2006, 6:24 June 8, 2006 - doi:10.1186/1472-6947-6-24 Message-ID: E-mail addresses: Teresa.Jones at brunel.ac.uk Stephen.Hanney at brunel.ac.uk Martin.Buxton at brunel.ac.uk Open Access - Article available at : http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6947-6-24.pdf TITLE : The journals of importance to UK clinicians: a questionnaire survey of surgeons AUTHORS : Teresa H Jones , Steve Hanney and Martin J Buxton SOURCE : BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2006, 6:24 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-6-24 Published 8 June 2006 Abstract (provisional) Background Peer-reviewed journals are seen as a major vehicle in the transmission of research findings to clinicians. Perspectives on the importance of individual journals vary and the use of impact factors to assess research is criticised. Other surveys of clinicians suggest a few key journals within a specialty, and sub-specialties, are widely read. Journals with high impact factors are not always widely read or perceived as important. In order to determine whether UK surgeons consider peer-reviewed journals to be important information sources and which journals they read and consider important to inform their clinical practice, we conducted a postal questionnaire survey and then compared the findings with those from a survey of US surgeons. Methods A questionnaire survey sent to 2,660 UK surgeons asked which information sources they considered to be important and which peer-reviewed journals they read, and perceived as important, to inform their clinical practice. Comparisons were made with numbers of UK NHS-funded surgery publications, journal impact factors and other similar surveys. Results Peer-reviewed journals were considered to be the second most important information source for UK surgeons. A mode of four journals read was found with academics reading more than non-academics. Two journals, the BMJ and the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, are prominent across all sub-specialties and others within sub-specialties. The British Journal of Surgery plays a key role within three sub-specialties. UK journals are generally preferred and readership patterns are influenced by membership journals. Some of the journals viewed by surgeons as being most important, for example the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, do not have high impact factors. Conclusions Combining the findings from this study with comparable studies highlights the importance of national journals and of membership journals. Our study also illustrates the complexity of the link between the impact factors of journals and the importance of the journals to clinicians. This analysis potentially provides an additional basis on which to assess the role of different journals, and the published output from research. From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Wed Jun 14 14:56:34 2006 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:56:34 +0200 Subject: Future UK RAEs to be Metrics-Based In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > But that would be foolish, and throwing out the baby with the > bathwater. The dual funding system should be retained. The > sensible way to use metrics is to have a rich, diverse, > multiple-regression equation of weighted assessment metrics, > and to adjust the weights of each according to field and > further analysis and experience. For this there are many > other candidate metrics over and above prior grant funding, > such as citation counts, download counts, co-citation counts, > hub/authority counts, semantic-web measures, endogamy/exogamy > indices and many, many other rich, new harvestable metrics > that will be spawned by the Open Access digital database of > all UK research output (and many countable metrics, such as > doctoral student counts, patents, invited keynotes, can be > listed in and harvested from a standardised RAE CV linked to > each researcher's OA Institutional Repository): Yes, we may have the data, but we don't have the "rich, diverse, multiple-regression equation of weighted assesment metrics" and "the weights adjusted according to field and further analysis and experience." I agree that a number of parameters have to be field-specific, but this does not make the job easier. With best wishes, Loet ________________________________ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 14 15:08:53 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:08:53 -0400 Subject: Nerur S, Sikora R, Mangalaraj G, Balijepally V "Assessing the relative influence of journals in a citation network " COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 48 (11): 71-74 NOV 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Sridhar Nerur : snerur at uta.edu Riyaz Sikora : rsikora at uta.edu George Mangalaraj : mangalaraj at uta.edu VenuGopal Balijepally : bvenugopal at gmail.com Title: Assessing the relative influence of journals in a citation network Author(s): Nerur S, Sikora R, Mangalaraj G, Balijepally V Source: COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 48 (11): 71-74 NOV 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 12 Times Cited: 1 Addresses: Nerur S (reprint author), Univ Texas, Arlington, TX 76019 USA Univ Texas, Arlington, TX 76019 USA Prairie View A&M Univ, Prairie View, TX USA E-mail Addresses: snerur at uta.edu, rsikora at uta.edu, mangalaraj at uta.edu, bvenugopal at gmail.com Publisher: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036 USA IDS Number: 977EA ISSN: 0001-0782 CITED REFERENCES: CLOGG C STAT MODELS ORDINAL : 1994 HARDGRAVE BC Forums for MIS scholars COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 40 : 119 1997 KATERATTANAKUL P Objective quality ranking of computing journals COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 46 : 111 2003 MYLANOPOULOS N COMMUN ACM 44 : 29 2001 PEFFERS K J INFORMATION TECHNO 5 : 63 2003 PIETERS R Importance and similarity in the evolving citation network of the International Journal of Research in Marketing INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MARKETING 16 : 113 1999 PIETERS R Who talks to whom? Intra- and interdisciplinary communication of economics journals JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE 40 : 483 2002 PUNJ G CLUSTER-ANALYSIS IN MARKETING-RESEARCH - REVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS FOR APPLICATION JOURNAL OF MARKETING RESEARCH 20 : 134 1983 SHAW WM INFORMATION-THEORY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION SCIENTOMETRICS 3 : 235 1981 VERMUNT J IEM GEN PROGRAM ANAL : 1997 WALSTROM KA Forums for information systems scholars: III INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT 39 : 117 2001 ZINKHAN GM Assessing the quality ranking of the Journal of Advertising, 1986-1997 JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING 28 : 51 1999 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 14 15:12:42 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:12:42 -0400 Subject: Littner Y, Mimouni FB, Dollberg S, Mandel D "Negative results and impact factor - A lesson from neonatology " ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 159 (11): 1036-1037 NOV 2005 Message-ID: E-mail address: Shaul Dollberg : dollberg at tasmc.health.gov.il Title: Negative results and impact factor - A lesson from neonatology Author(s): Littner Y, Mimouni FB, Dollberg S, Mandel D Source: ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 159 (11): 1036-1037 NOV 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 11 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Objective: To test the hypothesis that articles with negative results are more likely than articles with positive results to be published in journals with lower impact factor. Design and Setting: We selected all of the randomized, placebo-controlled trials conducted during the neonatal period between October 1, 1998, and October 1, 2003. Trials were classified as having positive results or negative results (significant or no significant difference, respectively). Only studies dealing with primary outcomes (efficacy) were included. Main Outcome Measures: The impact factor of each journal was determined, and the sample size for each study was noted. Results: There were 233 articles that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There was a significant difference between the 2 groups in terms of impact factor (P=.03) but not sample size (P=.30). Impact factor correlated with both sample size and the type of study results (positive results vs negative results; P <.05). Addresses: Dollberg S (reprint author), Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Neonatol, Tel Aviv Sourasky Med Ctr, Lis Matern Hosp, 6 Weitzman St, Tel Aviv, IL-64239 Israel Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Neonatol, Tel Aviv Sourasky Med Ctr, Lis Matern Hosp, Tel Aviv, IL-64239 Israel Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Fac Med, Tel Aviv, IL-64239 Israel E-mail Addresses: dollberg at tasmc.health.gov.il Publisher: AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, 515 N STATE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610-0946 USA Subject Category: PEDIATRICS IDS Number: 980XK ISSN: 1072-4710 CITED REFERENCES: *THOMS CORP SCI CIT IND CALLAHAM ML Positive-outcome bias and other limitations in the outcome of research abstracts submitted to a scientific meeting JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 280 : 254 1998 DICKERSIN K FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS - FOLLOW-UP OF APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO 2 INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 267 : 374 1992 DICKERSIN K THE EXISTENCE OF PUBLICATION BIAS AND RISK-FACTORS FOR ITS OCCURRENCE JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 263 : 1385 1990 EASTERBROOK PJ PUBLICATION BIAS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH LANCET 337 : 867 1991 HARTLING L Factors influencing the publication of randomized controlled trials in child health research ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 158 : 983 2004 OLSON CM Publication bias in editorial decision making JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287 : 2825 2002 SEGLEN PO Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 314 : 498 1997 SIMES RJ CONFRONTING PUBLICATION BIAS - A COHORT DESIGN FOR METAANALYSIS STATISTICS IN MEDICINE 6 : 11 1987 STERN JM Publication bias: evidence of delayed publication in a cohort study of clinical research projects BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 315 : 640 1997 TAUBES G MEASURE FOR MEASURE IN SCIENCE SCIENCE 260 : 884 1993 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 14 15:14:58 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:14:58 -0400 Subject: Barnett R. "A horse named 'Twilight Sleep': the language of obstetric anaesthesia in 20th century Britain " International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 14(4):310-315, October 2005. Message-ID: This is a fascinating study and I think readers of SIG-Metrics will find it interesting. Since I cannot reproduce tables/figures here, I have listed the captions only. E-mail Address: Richard Barnett : ucgarba at ucl.ac.uk Title: A horse named 'Twilight Sleep': the language of obstetric anaesthesia in 20th century Britain Author(s): Barnett R Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA 14 (4): 310-315 OCT 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 26 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Historians of medicine frequently marginalize or completely ignore the importance of linguistics in the development and dissemination of medical theories and clinical techniques, both in professional culture and in society at large. This is particularly true in the history of pain relief in labour, despite the significant role played by popular attitudes to birth and pain relief in the development of clinical services. This paper uses a simple form of citation analysis to examine shifts in the usage of terms related to regional nerve block techniques in The Lancet and The Times from 1900 to 1999. Graphical representations of these data are used to relate changes in the incidence of citations to key events in the 20 (th) century history of obstetric anaesthesia in Britain. A study of the rise and fall of 'twilight sleep' in the early part of the century is used to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages associated with this approach to medical history. Conclusions from this analysis are used to suggest (tentative) models for the acceptance and diffusion of medical words in professional and popular vocabularies. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Addresses: Barnett R (reprint author), Univ Coll London, Wellcome Trust Ctr Hist Med, 210 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2B3 England Univ Coll London, Wellcome Trust Ctr Hist Med, London, NW1 2B3 England E-mail Addresses: ucgarba at ucl.ac.uk Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, JOURNAL PRODUCTION DEPT, ROBERT STEVENSON HOUSE, 1-3 BAXTERS PLACE, LEITH WALK, EDINBURGH EH1 3AF, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND Subject Category: ANESTHESIOLOGY; OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY IDS Number: 978LF ISSN: 0959-289X CAPTIONS OF FIGURES / TABLES: Figure 1: Citation relating to regional pain relief in The Times and The Lancet, 1900-1999. Search terms: ?epidural,? ?epidurals?, ?epidural analgesia?, ?spinal anaesthesia?, and ?spinal analgesia?. Figure 2: ?Epidural? and ?spinal? in The Lancet, 1900-1999. Search terms: ?epidural?, ?epidurals?, ?epidural analgesia?, ?caydak anakgesua?, ?caudal anaesthesia?, ?spinal analgesia,? ?spinal anaesthesia?, and ?spinal anaesthetic?. Figure 3: ?Twilight sleep? and ?Dammerschlaf? in The Times and The Lancet, 1900-1999. Search terms : ?twilight sleep? and ?Dammerschlaf? EXCERPT : ?Discussion: What conclusions can we draw from this limited historical survey? Taking first the example of regional nerve block techniques, I suggest that what has been observed here may be one model for the acceptance and dissemination of medical terms within the professional and public consciousness. In the early part of the period a majority of references to the techniques are found in professional publications: the idea is vague, still under development, and so the term is poorly understood and rarely used. Only when the technique is more widely accepted in the professional world does the word begin to enter the public vocabulary, at firs through high-profile events such as criminal trials and litigation, and then through a more general process in which the technique?s place in medical practice is negotiated by both the profession and the public. In the case of twilight sleep, however, this model must be extended to include the exit of a term from the medical vocabulary as the technique falls out of use, and the renegotiations of its usage and meaning in the popular consciousness ? the horse named Twilight Sleep. An extension of this survey to include 1850 to 1900, the inclusion of a wider range of periodicals and the extension of the survey into an international context, or a breakdown of The Lancet and Times citations by authorship or article type, would provide an opportunity to flesh out this description (in particular the details of the process of negotiation) and to work out more fully its implications for the history of anaesthesia. In writing the history of medicine, words are often neglected in favour of more concrete subjects for study: techniques, equipment, individuals or organizations. This insular approach ignores the central role of language in definition, communication, education and dissemination of knowledge. It is also one-sided: medical words may be created by medical practitioners, but their usage and acceptance is determined by the interaction not only of clinicians but also of patients, journalists, legislators and many other groups. Words are not simply vectors, carrying information from one mind to another. They can themselves transform our thoughts, our understanding and our practices.? 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Table 1: Comparison of Frequency and References Cited, 1978-1980 and 2000- 2002, Table 2: Comparison of Age of Cited References, 1978-1980 and 2000-2002 Table 3: Comparison of Types of Sources Cited, 1978-1980 and 2000-2002 Table 4: Comparison of Most-cited Journals, 1978-1980 and 2000-2002 Table 5: The Thirty-Seven Most-Cited References, 2000-2002 Figure 1: Co-citation network for the Thirty-Seven Most-Cited Sources as they are co-cited by articles in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2000-2002 Title: Mass communication research and the invisible college revisited: The changing landscape and emerging fronts in journalism-related studies Author(s): Chang TK, Tai ZX Source: JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY 82 (3): 672-694 FAL 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 68 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to chart the changing landscape of mass communication research in journalism-related studies over the past two decades and, second, to determine the contemporary form and content of the invisible college in the field through its intellectual configuration and structural interaction. A simple citation count is inadequate; the analysis of co-citation networks should be a better indication of the field's effort to build on its theoretical foundation. The findings suggest that there is some sort of theoretical and methodological convergence in contemporary journalism-related studies. Addresses: Chang TK (reprint author), Univ Minnesota, Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA Univ Minnesota, Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA So Illinois Univ, Dept Mass Commun, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA Publisher: ASSN EDUC JOURNALISM MASS COMMUNICATION, UNIV SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM, COLUMBIA, SC 29208 USA IDS Number: 993ID ISSN: 1077-6990 CITED REFERENCES : ALEXANDER JC SOCIAL THEORY TODAY : 11 1987 BALDI S Re-examining Price's conjectures on the structure of reference networks: Results from the special relativity, spatial diffusion modeling and role analysis literatures SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE 27 : 669 1997 BAUM WC AMERICAN POLITICAL-SCIENCE BEFORE MIRROR - WHAT OUR JOURNALS REVEAL ABOUT PROFESSION JOURNAL OF POLITICS 38 : 895 1976 CAWKELL AE ESSAYS INFORMATION S 2 : 543 1977 CHASE LJ ASSESSMENT OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN MASS-COMMUNICATION JOURNALISM QUARTERLY 53 : 308 1976 CHUBIN DE CONTENT-ANALYSIS OF REFERENCES - ADJUNCT OR ALTERNATIVE TO CITATION COUNTING SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE 5 : 423 1975 CLEMENS ES CAREERS IN PRINT - 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EVALUATION SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE 7 : 223 1977 TANKARD JW CITATION NETWORKS AS INDICATORS OF JOURNALISM RESEARCH ACTIVITY JOURNALISM QUARTERLY 61 : 89 1984 TANKARD JW JOURNALISM QUART 61 : 124 1984 TANNENBAUM P JQ REFERENCES - A STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL CHANGE JOURNALISM QUARTERLY 38 : 203 1961 TOMASELLO TK The status of Internet-based research in five leading communication journals, 1994-1999 JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY 78 : 659 2001 VINCENT RC BROADCAST RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF UNITED-STATES COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS, 1976-83 JOURNALISM QUARTERLY 61 : 841 1984 WAHLJORGENSEN K MASS COMMUNICATION S 3 : 87 2000 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 14 15:19:11 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:19:11 -0400 Subject: Rajendram R, Lewison G, Preedy VR "Worldwide alcohol-related research and the disease burden " ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 41 (1): 99-106 JAN-FEB 2006 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk Title: Worldwide alcohol-related research and the disease burden Author(s): Rajendram R, Lewison G, Preedy VR Source: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 41 (1): 99-106 JAN-FEB 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 36 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the international commitment to alcohol-related research relative to its global burden of disease, which is 4% of disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Methods: The worldwide literature indexed in the Science Citation Index(R) and the Social Sciences Citation Index(R) during 1992-2003 was analysed using advanced bibliometric techniques. Results: Biomedical research and the global disease burden due to alcohol both increased during 1992-2003, whilst the number of papers from alcohol- related research remained static and declined to < 0.7% of all biomedical research literature. Nearly 58% of all alcohol-related research papers were from Canada and the United States, 30% from Western Europe, and 10% from Australia, New Zealand, or Japan. However, these regions suffer only 13% of the global burden of disease due to alcohol; meanwhile, the rest of the world contributed only 8% of the total research whilst suffering from 87% of the disease burden. The estimated annual expenditure on alcohol-related research in 2001 was $730 million, or about $12 per DALY due to alcohol. Conclusions: The global commitment to alcohol-related research is only one- sixth of that warranted by the burden of disease due to alcohol. Most such research is conducted in the developed world but is still less than that appropriate to the regional burden of disease. There is a need for more interest in alcohol-related research in the developing world, particularly in Latin America and Eastern Europe in view of their high burden of disease due to alcohol. Addresses: Lewison G (reprint author), City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London, EC1V 0HB England City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London, EC1V 0HB England Univ London Kings Coll, Sch Life Sci, Nutr Sci Res Div, London, SE1 8WA England E-mail Addresses: g.lewison at soi.city.ac.uk Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND IDS Number: 000AV ISSN: 0735-0414 Cited References: *CAT HLTH CONS ALC MIS SCOTL TRENDS : 2001 *GLOB FOR HLTH RES MON FIN FLOWS HLTH R : 2004 *PRIM MIN STRAT UN ALC MIS MUCH DOES IT : 2003 *PROJ MATCH RES GR ALCOHOLISM CLIN EXPT 22 : 1300 1998 *WHO WORLD HLTH REP 2000 : 2000 *WHO WORLD HLTH REP 2002 : 2002 BERGLUND M A better widget? 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Biehl : mbiehl at schulich.yorku.ca Title: Relationships among the academic business disciplines: a multi- method citation analysis Author(s): Biehl M, Kim H, Wade M Source: OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 34 (4): 359-371 AUG 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 34 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: A great number of papers have been published that compare the quality or impact of academic journals. This article seeks to broaden the debate on journal evaluation by showing how top journals in various academic business disciplines, as defined by the Financial Times list of top research outlets, relate to one other. Using large-scale sociometric analyses on about 140,000 citations we found that the integration of the citation network has increased over time. Moreover, the information flow from Finance and Economics to Management has become stronger and, within Management, a polarization between information generators and users has taken place. We also found that most business academics published in distinct and mostly nonoverlapping disciplines. The only exceptions were Finance and Economics as well as Strategic Management and OB/HR. Surprisingly, we also found that the general business journals, which could be assumed to be cited by most other journals across the management disciplines, are not central to the entire field. For instance, they are not complementary at all to Finance and Economics. Instead, Operations Research (OR) and Management Information Systems journals occupy the central space on the perceptual map. This indicates that these disciplines (and OR in particular) are complementary with Management and with Finance and Economics. Crown Copyright (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Author Keywords: management journals; management disciplines; sociometric analysis; citation analysis; multivariate methods Addresses: Biehl M (reprint author), York Univ, Schulich Sch Business, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada York Univ, Schulich Sch Business, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada E-mail Addresses: mbiehl at schulich.yorku.ca Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND Subject Category: MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE IDS Number: 998KJ ISSN: 0305-0483 CITED REFERENCES: FINANDIAL TIMES 1102 : 2003 *AMJ UNPUB STAT *HERO RES ASS EX : 2001 BAUMGARTNER H The structural influence of marketing journals: A citation analysis of the discipline and its subareas over time JOURNAL OF MARKETING 67 : 123 2003 BENBASAT I Research commentary: Rethinking ''diversity'' in information systems research INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH 7 : 389 1996 BIEHL M INT J TECHNOLOGY POL 3 : 262 2003 BORGATTI SP NETDRAW VS 1 0 : 2002 BORGATTI SP UCINETT WINDOWS SOFT : 2002 COE R EVALUATING THE MANAGEMENT JOURNALS - A 2ND LOOK ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 27 : 660 1984 COMMANDEUR JJF MATH DERIVATIONS PRO : 1993 DING Y Journal as markers of intellectual space: Journal co-citation analysis of information Retrieval area, 1987-1997 SCIENTOMETRICS 47 : 55 2000 DONOHUE JM A multi-method evaluation of journals in the decision and management sciences by US academics OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 28 : 17 2000 DOYLE JR JUDGING THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS - THE UK AS A CASE-STUDY OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 23 : 257 1995 FIELD A DISCOVERING STAT USI : 2000 GOH CH An empirical assessment of influences on POM research OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 24 : 337 1996 GOLDMAN A PUBLISHING ACTIVITY IN MARKETING AS AN INDICATOR OF ITS STRUCTURE AND DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES JOURNAL OF MARKETING RESEARCH 16 : 485 1979 GRANOVETTER M AM J SOCIOL 6 : 1360 1973 GUADAGNOLI E PSYCHOL BULL 86 : 1255 1988 HAIR JF MULTIVARIATE DATA AN : 1995 HANNEMAN RA INTRO SOCIAL NETWORK : 2001 HANSEN MT The search-transfer problem: The role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY 44 : 82 1999 HOFFMAN BJ SOC NEUR ABSTR 19 : 4 1993 JOHNSON JL JOURNAL INFLUENCE IN THE FIELD OF MANAGEMENT - AN ANALYSIS USING SALANCIK INDEX IN A DEPENDENCY NETWORK ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 37 : 1392 1994 JONES C CRIT CARE MED 27 : 3 1999 JONES MJ OMEGA 24 : 605 1996 MACCALLUM RC Sample size in factor analysis PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS 4 : 84 1999 MCCAIN KW MAPPING AUTHORS IN INTELLECTUAL SPACE - A TECHNICAL OVERVIEW JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 41 : 433 1990 MOWDAY RT Celebrating 40 years of the Academy of Management Journal ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 40 : 1400 1997 REDMAN AL A normalized citation analysis of real estate journals REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS 27 : 169 1999 REISMAN A THE DEVOLUTION OF OR/MS - IMPLICATIONS FROM A STATISTICAL CONTENT-ANALYSIS OF PAPERS IN FLAGSHIP JOURNALS OPERATIONS RESEARCH 42 : 577 1994 SHARPLIN AD THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF JOURNALS USED IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH - AN ALTERNATIVE RANKING HUMAN RELATIONS 38 : 139 1985 STAHL MJ PUBLICATION IN LEADING MANAGEMENT JOURNALS AS A MEASURE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 31 : 707 1988 TAHAI A A revealed preference study of management journals' direct influences STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 20 : 279 1999 VASTAG G Journal characteristics, rankings and social acculturation in operations management OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 30 : 109 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 14 15:37:27 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:37:27 -0400 Subject: Kostoff RN, del Rio JA, Cortes HD, Smith C, Smith A, Wagner C, Leydesdorff L, Karypis G, Malpohl G, Tshiteya R "The structure and infrastructure of Mexico's science and technology " Technological Forecasting and Social Change 72 (7): 798-814 SEP 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: kostofr at onr.navy.mil Title: The structure and infrastructure of Mexico's science and technology Author(s): Kostoff RN, del Rio JA, Cortes HD, Smith C, Smith A, Wagner C, Leydesdorff L, Karypis G, Malpohl G, Tshiteya R Source: TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 72 (7): 798-814 SEP 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 54 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: The structure and infrastructure of the Mexican technical literature was determined. A representative database of technical articles was extracted from the Science Citation Index for the year 2002, with each article containing at least one author with a Mexican address. Many different manual and statistical clustering methods were used to identify the structure of the technical literature (especially the science and technology core competencies). One of the pervasive technical topics identified from the clustering, thin films research, was analyzed further using bibliometrics, in order to identify the infrastructure of this technology. Published by Elsevier Inc. Author Keywords: Mexico; science and technology; bibliometrics; computational linguistics; core competencies; research evaluation; factor analysis; concept clustering; document clustering; data compression; network analysis; Leximancer; CLUTO; greedy string tiling Addresses: Kostoff RN (reprint author), Off Naval Res, 800 N Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22217 USA Off Naval Res, Arlington, VA 22217 USA UNAM, Ctr Invest & Energia, Temixco, Morelos Mexico Booz Allen Hamilton, Bethesda, MD USA Univ Queensland, Brisbane, Qld Australia Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA Univ Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D-76128 Germany DDL OMNI Engn LLC, Mclean, VA 22102 USA E-mail Addresses: kostofr at onr.navy.mil Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010- 1710 USA IDS Number: 956MN ISSN: 0040-1625 CITED REFERENCES: AHLGREN P Requirements for a cocitation similarity measure, with special reference to Pearson's correlation coefficient JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 54 : 550 2003 BENEDETTO D Language trees and zipping PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 88 : Art. 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Message-ID: Peter Jacso : jacso at hawaii.edu Title: Options for presenting search results - Part 2: options for citation searching Author(s): Jacso P Source: ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 29 (4): 412-418 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 6 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the growing importance of information available when searching for cited papers Design/methodology/approach - Looks at the different formats available when searching for cited papers and how these formats can be manipulated to provide more relevant information. Findings - Although progress has been made to provide user-friendly citation information, it seems there are more features that might prove useful that have not as yet been implemented. Originality/value - Provides an overview of various options available for searching for cited articles and any relevant information. Addresses: Jacso P (reprint author), Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA 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: 971AW ISSN: 1468-4527 Cited references: BOLLACKER K P 2 INT C AUT AG : 116 1998 GARFIELD E CITATION INDEXES FOR SCIENCE - NEW DIMENSION IN DOCUMENTATION THROUGH ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS SCIENCE 122 : 108 1955 JACSO P Citedness scores for filtering information and ranking search results ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 28 : 371 2004 JACSO P ONLINE INFORMATION R 29 : 208 2005 PRICE G RESOURCE SHELF : 2005 PRICE G RESOURCESHELF : 2004 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Thu Jun 15 16:58:02 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:58:02 +0100 Subject: Future UK RAEs to be Metrics-Based In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Larry Hurtado wrote: > Stevan Harnad is totally in favour of a "metrics based" approach to > judging research merit with a view toward funding decisions, and greets > the news of such a shift from past/present RAE procedure with unalloyed > joy. No, metrics is definitely *not* for all or most research funding decisions -- which, as noted, are done by peer review for grant proposals. Metrics is intended for the other component in the UK dual funding system, in which, in addition to directly funded research, based on competitive peer review of research bids, there is also a smaller, secondary (but prestigious) top-slicing system, the RAE. It is the RAE that needed to be converted to metrics from the absurd, wasteful and costly juggernaut that it used to be. > Well, hmmm. I'm not so sure (at least not yet). Perhaps there is more > immediate reason for such joy in those disciplines that already rely > heavily on a metrics approach to making decisions about researchers. No discipline uses metrics systematically yet; moreover, many metrics are still to be designed and tested. However, the only thing really "metrics" means is the objective measurement of quantifiable performance indicators. Surely all disciplines have measurable performance indicators. Surely it is not true of any discipline that the only way, or the best way, to assess all of its annual research output is by having each piece individually re-reviewed after it has already been peer-reviewed twice -- before execution, by a funding council's peer-reviewers as a research proposal, and after execution, by a journal's referees as a research publication. > In the sciences, and also now social sciences, there are > citation-services that count publications and citations thereof in a > given list of journals deemed the "canon" of publication venues for a > given discipline. And in these disciplines journal articles are deemed > the main (perhaps sole) mode of research publication. Ok. Maybe it'll > work for these chaps. First, with an Open Access database, there need be no separate "canon": articles in any of the world's 24,000 peer-reviewed journals and congresses can count -- though some will (rightly) count for more than others, based on the established and known quality standards and impact of the journal in which it appeared (this too can be given a metric weight). Alongside the weighted impact factor of the journal, there will be the citation counts for each article itself, its author, the co-citations in and out, the download counts, the hub/authority weights, the endogamy/exogamy weights. etc. etc. All these metrics (and many more) will be derivable for all disciplines from an Open Access database (no longer just restricted to ISI's Web of Knowledge). That includes, by the way, citations of books by journal articles -- and also citations of books and journal articles *by* books, because although most book authors may not wish to make their books' full-texts OA, they can and should certainly make their books' bibliographic metadata, including their bibliography of cited references, OA. Those book-impact metrics can then be added to the metric harvest, citation-linked, counted, and duly weighted, along with all the other metrics. There are even Closed-Access ways of self-archiving books' digital full-texts so they can be processed for semiometric analysis (endogamy/exogamy, content overlap, proximity, lineage, chronometric trends) by harvesters that do not make the full text available openly. All disciplines can benefit from this. > But I'd like to know how it will work in Humanities fields such as > mine. Some questions, for Stevan or whomever. First, to my knowledge, > there is no such citation-count service in place. So, will the govt > now fund one to be set up for us? Or how will the metrics be compiled > for us? I.e., there simply is no mechanism in place for doing > "metrics" for Humanities disciplines. All the government needs to do is to mandate the self-archiving of all UK research output in each researcher's own OAI-compliant institutional (or central) repository. (The US and the rest of Europe will shortly follow suit, once the prototype policy model is at long last adopted by a major player!) The resulting worldwide interoperable database will be the source of all the metric data, and a new generation of scientometric and semiometric harvesters and analysers will quickly be spawned to operate on it, to mine it to extract the rich new generation of metrics. There is absolutely nothing exceptional about the humanities (as long as book bibliographies are self-archived too, alongside journal-article full-texts). Research uptake and usage is a generic indicator of research performance, and citations and downloads are generic indicators of research uptake and usage. The humanities are no different in this regard. Moreover, inasmuch as OA also enhances research uptake and usage itself, the humanities stand to benefit from OA, exactly like the other disciplines. > Second, for us, journal articles are only one, and usually not deemed > the primary/preferred, mode of research publication. Books still count > quite heavily. So, if we want to count citations, will some > to-be-imagined citation-counting service/agency comb through all the > books in my field as well as the journal articles to count how many of > my publications get cited and how often? If not, then the "metrics" > will be so heavily flawed as to be completing misleading and useless. All you need to do is self-archive your books' metadata and cited reference lists and all your journal articles in your OAI-compliant Institutional repository. The scientometric search engines -- like citebase, citeseer, google scholar, and more to come -- will take care of all the rest. If you want to do even better, scan in, OCR and self-archive the legacy literature too (the journal articles plus the metadata and cited reference lists of books of yore too; if you're worried about variations in reference citing styles: don't worry! Just get the digital texts in and algorithms can start sorting them out and improving themselves). > Third, in many sciences, esp. natural and medical sciences, research > simply can't be conducted without significant external funding. But in > many/most Humanities disciplines truly groundbreaking and highly > influential research continues to be done without much external > funding. So what is your point? That the authors of unfunded research, uncoerced by any self-archiving mandate, will not self-archive? Don't worry. They will. They may not be the first ones, but they will follow soon afterwards, as the power and potential of self-archiving to measure as well as to accelerate and increase research impact and progress become more and more manifest. > (Moreover, no govt has yet seen fit to provide funding for > the Humanities constituency of researchers commensurate with that > available for Sciences. So, it's a good thing we don't have to depend > on such funding!) Funding grumbles are a worthy topic, but they have nothing whatsoever to do with OA and the benefits of self-archiving, or metrics. > My point is that the "metrics" for the Humanities > will have to be quite a bit different in what is counted, at the very > least. No doubt. And the metrics used, and their weights, will be adjusted accordingly. But metrics they will be. No exceptions there. And no regression back to either human re-evaluation or delphic oracles: Objective, countable performance indicators (for the bulk research output: of course for special prizes and honours individual human judgment will have to be re-invoked, in order to compare like with like, individually). > Fourth, I'm not convinced (again, not yet; but I'm open to persuasion) > that counting things = research quality and impact. Example: A number > of years ago, coming from a tenure meeting at my previous University I > ran into a colleague in Sociology. He opined that it was unnecessary > to labour over tenure, and that he needed only two pieces of > information: number of publications and number of citations. I > responded, "I have two words for you: Pons and Fleischman". Remember > these guys? They were cited in Time and Newsweek and everywhere else > for a season as discovers of "cold fusion". And over the next couple > of years, as some 50 or so labs tried unsuccessfully to replicate their > alleged results, they must have been among the most frequently-cited > guys in the business. And the net effect of all that citation was to > discredit their work. So, citation = "impact". Well, maybe, but in > this case "impact" = negative impact. So, are we really so sure of > "metrics"? Not only do citations have to be weighted, as they can and will be, recursively, by the weight of their source (Proceedings of the Royal Society vs. The Daily Sun, citations from Nobel Laureates vs citations from uncited authors), but semiometric algorithms will even begin to have a go at sorting positive citations from negative ones, disinterested ones from endogamous ones, etc. Are you proposing to defer to individual expert opinion in some (many? most? all?) cases, rather than using a growing wealth and diversity of objective performance indicators? Do you really think it is harder to find individual cases of subjective opinion going wrong than objective metrics going wrong? > Perhaps, however, Stevan can help me see the light, and join him in > acclaiming the advent of metrics. > > L. W. Hurtado, Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology > Director of Postgraduate Studies > School of Divinity, New College > University of Edinburgh I suggest that the best way to see the light on the subjective of Open Access Digitometrics is to start self-archiving and sampling the (few) existing digitometric engines, such as http://www.citebase.org/. You might also wish to have a look at the chapter I recommended (no need to by the book: it's OA: Just click!): Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2006) The Open Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable, in Jacobs, N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects, chapter 21. Chandos. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12453/ Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 16 16:44:23 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:44:23 -0400 Subject: Tbahriti I, Chichester C, Lisacek F, Ruch P "Using argumentation to retrieve articles with similar citations: An inquiry into improving related articles search in the MEDLINE digital library " Intnl. J. Med Informatics 75 (6): 488-495 Jun 2006 Message-ID: E-mail: Patrick Ruch : patrick.ruch at sim.hcuge.ch The author has made the full text of this article available at : http://www.genisis.ch/~natlang/PruMIE05-IJMI.pdf Other papers by Patrick Ruch are available at : http://www.natlang.hcuge.ch/People/ruch/papers/selection.html Title: Using argumentation to retrieve articles with similar citations: An inquiry into improving related articles search in the MEDLINE digital library Author(s): Tbahriti I, Chichester C, Lisacek F, Ruch P Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS 75 (6): 488-495 JUN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 37 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between citations and the scientific argumentation found abstracts. We design a related article search task and observe how the argumentation can affect the search results. We extracted citation lists from a set of 3200 full-text papers originating from a narrow domain. In parallel, we recovered the corresponding MEDLINE records for analysis of the argumentative moves. Our argumentative model is founded on four classes:. er trained on PURPOSE, METHODS, RESULTS and CONCLUSION. A Bayesian classes: explicitly structured MEDLINE abstracts generates these argumentative categories. The categories are used to generate four different argumentative indexes. A fifth index contains the complete abstract, together with the title and the list of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms. To appraise the relationship of the moves to the citations, the citation lists were used as the criteria for determining relatedness of articles, establishing a benchmark; it means that two articles are considered as "related" if they share a significant set of co-citations. Our results show that the average precision of queries with the PURPOSE and CONCLUSION features is the highest, while the precision of the RESULTS and METHODS features was relatively tow. A linear weighting combination of the moves is proposed, which significantly improves retrieval of related articles. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Addresses: Ruch P (reprint author), Univ & Hosp Geneva, SIM, 24 Micheli Crest, Geneva, CH-1211 Switzerland Univ & Hosp Geneva, SIM, Geneva, CH-1211 Switzerland Geneva Bioinformat GeneBio SA, Geneva, Switzerland Swiss Inst Bioinformat, Geneva, Switzerland E-mail Addresses: patrick.ruch at sim.hcuge.ch Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS IDS Number: 044XL ISSN: 1386-5056 CITED REFERENCES : ALBERT S J MOL ENDOCRINOL 17 : 1555 2003 AMATI G ACM T INFORM SYST 20 : 357 2001 BHARAT K IEEE INT C DAT MIN : 51 2001 BRAAM RR MAPPING OF SCIENCE BY COMBINED COCITATION AND WORD ANALYSIS .1. STRUCTURAL ASPECTS JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 42 : 233 1991 BUCKLEY C ACM SIGIR : 33 2000 CAMON E BMC BIOINFORMATIC S1 6 : 2005 CARMEL D TEXT RETR C : 2001 COLLIER N EXTRACTING NAMES GEN : 201 2000 DEBRUIJN B Getting to the (c)ore of knowledge: mining biomedical literature INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS 67 : 7 2002 DOBROKHOTOV PB INT S MOL BIOL ISMB : 91 2003 EHRLER F BMC BIOINFORMATIC S1 6 : 2005 HERSH W TEXT RETR C TREC : 2003 HIRSCHMAN L Accomplishments and challenges in literature data mining for biology BIOINFORMATICS 18 : 1553 2002 HUMPHREYS K P WORKSH NAT LANG PR : 2000 KAYAALP M TEXT RETR C TREC GAI : 175 2003 MCKNIGHT L P 2003 AMIA C : 2003 MITTENDORF E SDAIR P : 1996 NAKOV P SIGIR 04 WORKSH SEAR NAZARENKO A RECENT ADV COMPUTATI : 2001 NEDELLEC C P PKDD BERL : 326 2001 NENADIC G Terminology-driven literature mining and knowledge acquisition in biomedicine INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS 67 : 33 2002 NOYONS ECM Combining mapping and citation analysis for evaluative bibliometric purposes: A bibliometric study JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 50 : 115 1999 ORASAN C P CORP LING : 433 2001 PETERS HPF COGNITIVE RESEMBLANCE AND CITATION RELATIONS IN CHEMICAL-ENGINEERING PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 46 : 9 1995 RUCH P COLING 2002 : 2002 RUCH P Learning-free text categorization ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE, PROCEEDINGS 2780 : 199 2003 RUCH P TREC 2003 EXP GEN TR : 2004 SAVOY J DATA FUSION EFFECTIV : 2004 SOBORROF I SIGIR : 66 2001 SRINIVASAN P MEDINFO 2004 SAN FRA : 2004 STAPLEY BJ P PAC S BIOC 5 : 526 2000 SWALES J GENRE ANAL ENGLISH A : 1990 TEUFEL S Summarizing scientific articles: Experiments with relevance and rhetorical status COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS 28 : 409 2002 WHITE HD Pathfinder networks and author cocitation analysis: A remapping of paradigmatic information scientists JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 54 : 423 2003 WU S METHODS RANKING INFO : 811 2003 YAMAMOTO K ACL WORKSH NAT LANG : 65 2003 YU H INT S MOL BIOL ISMB : 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 16 17:03:19 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:03:19 -0400 Subject: Wohlin C. "An analysis of the most cited articles in software engineering journals - 1999 " Information & Software Technology 47(15): 957-964, Dec 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Address : Claes Wohlin : claes.wohlin at bth.se I reproduce below an interesting short editorial and provide a link to the actual analysis ...Wohlin, C. "An analysis of the most cited articles in software engineering journals - 1999" Information & Software Technology 47 (15): 957-964, December 2005... published by Elsevier B.V. With the permission of the publisher... doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2005.09.001 Copyright ? 2005 Published by Elsevier Information and Software Technology Volume 47, Issue 15, December 2005, Page 955 Editorial Most cited journal articles in software engineering C. Wohlin Department of Systems and Software Engineering, School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Box 520, SE-372 25 Ronneby, Sweden Available online 17 October 2005. Citations are important to position an investigators' research, to retrospectively evaluate research performance, to detect scientific trends, and to acknowledge the contribution of others. In this context, the most cited articles are of particular importance, since a high citation count is an indication of high impact on the research community. Based on the above, Information and Software Technology has decided to launch an annual special issue presenting the most cited articles in software engineering five years previously, in order to provide a picture of which research is most influential and which areas attract most attention. The annual special issue will be the final issue of the journal each year. The current special issue includes an analysis and report of the most cited journal articles in software engineering with publication dates in 1999 and five invited articles. The analysis is conducted using the ISI Web of Science, which is the same database as is used to determine impact factors for different journals in different research disciplines. This tool was chosen for several other reasons too, including possibility for automation and also to make the study replicable to a certain degree (limitations include that the citation count is done a specific date). The analysis also includes a comparison between 1999 and 1994 in terms of topics and research methods for the most cited articles. Five authors ranked highly on the list emerging from the analysis were invited to contribute with a new article as part of this special issue. The five articles are as follows with invited authors in italics: ? ?Engineering a Software Tool for Gene Structure Prediction in Higher Organisms? by G. Gremme, V. Brendel, M. E. Sparks and S. Kurtz ? ?A Measurement Framework for Object-Oriented Software Testability? by S. Mouchawrab, L. C. Briand and Y. Labiche ? ?British Petroleum's Multi-Enterprise Asset Management System? by C. P. Holland, D. R. Shaw and P. Kawalek ? ?Software Project Management Using PROMPT: a Hybrid Metrics, Modeling and Utility Framework? by D. Raffo ? ?Simulating Families of Studies to Build Confidence in Defect Hypotheses? by F. Shull, D. Cruzes, V. Basili and M.Mendon?a On behalf of Information and Software Technology Claes Wohlin (e-mail: claes.wohlin at bth.se) Sebastian Elbaum (e-mail: elbaum at cse.unl.edu) Martin Shepperd (e-mail: martin.shepperd at brunel.ac.uk) ------------------------------------------------------- FULL TEXT OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525444/descript ion#description Title: An analysis of the most cited articles in software engineering journals - 1999 Author(s): Wohlin C Source: INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY 47 (15): 957-964 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 11 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Citations and related work are crucial in any research to position the work and to build on the work of others. A high citation count is an indication of the influence of specific articles. The importance of citations means that it is interesting to analyze which articles are cited the most. Such an analysis has been conducted using the ISI Web of Science to identify the most cited software engineering journal articles published in 1999. The objective of the analysis is to identify and list the articles that have influenced others the most as measured by citation count. An understanding of which research is viewed as most valuable to build upon may provide valuable insights into what research to focus on now and in the future. Based on the analysis, a list of the 20 most cited articles is presented here. The intention of the analysis is twofold. First, to actually show the most cited articles, and second, to invite the authors of the most cited articles in 1999 to contribute to a special issue of Information and Software Technology. Five invited authors have accepted the invitation and their articles are appearing in this special issue. Moreover, the research topics and methods of the most cited articles in 1999 are compared with those from the most cited articles in 1994 to provide a picture of similarities and differences between the years. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Addresses: Wohlin C (reprint author), Blekinge Inst Technol, Sch Engn, Dept Syst & Software Engn, POB 520, Ronneby, S-37225 Sweden Blekinge Inst Technol, Sch Engn, Dept Syst & Software Engn, Ronneby, S- 37225 Sweden E-mail Addresses: claes.wohlin at bth.se Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IDS Number: 998MH ISSN: 0950-5849 CITED REFERENCES : CHIDAMBER SR IEEE T SOFTWARE ENG 20 : 474 1994 FENTON N SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT - A NECESSARY SCIENTIFIC BASIS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 20 : 199 1994 GLANZEL W SCIENTOMETRICS 52 : 171 2002 GLASS RL Research in software engineering: an analysis of the literature INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY 44 : 491 2002 GLASS RL An assessment of systems and software engineering scholars and institutions (1999-2003) JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE 76 : 91 2005 JONES AW INT J LEGAL MED 119 : 53 2005 MCBURNEY MK P PROF COMM C 2002 : 108 TICHY WF EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION IN COMPUTER-SCIENCE - A QUANTITATIVE STUDY JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE 28 : 9 1995 VESSEY I A unified classification system for research in the computing disciplines INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY 47 : 245 2005 ZELKOWITZ MV Experimental validation in software engineering INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY 39 : 735 1997 ZITT M Relativity of citation performance and excellence measures: From cross- field to cross-scale effects of field-normalisation SCIENTOMETRICS 63 : 373 2005 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 16 17:20:43 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:20:43 -0400 Subject: Coats AJS "Top of the charts: Download versus citations in the International Journal of Cardiology " International J. of Cardiology 105(2):123-125, Nov 2, 2005. Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: ajscoats at aol.com Title: Top of the charts: Download versus citations in the International Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Coats AJS Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 105 (2): 123-125 NOV 2 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 21 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: The medical literature is growing at an alarming rate. Research assessment exercises, research quality frameworks, league tables and the like have attempted to quantify the volume, quality and impact of research. Yet the established measures (such as citation rates) are being challenged by the sheer number of journals, variability in the "gold standard" of peer-review and the emergence of open-source or web-based journals. In the last few years, we have seen a growth in downloads to individual journal articles that now easily exceeds formal journal subscriptions. We have recorded the 10 top cited articles over a 12-month period and compared them to the 10 most popular articles being downloaded over the same time period. The citation-based listing included basic and applied, observational and interventional original research reports. For downloaded articles, which have shown a dramatic increase for the International Journal of Cardiology from 48,000 in 2002 to 120,000 in 2003 to 200,000 in 2004, the most popular articles over the same period are very different and are dominated by up-to- date reviews of either cutting-edge topics (such as the potential of stem cells) or of the management of rare or unusual conditions. There is no overlap between the two lists despite covering exactly the same 12-month period and using measures of peer esteem. Perhaps the time has come to look at the usage of articles rather than, or in addition to, their referencing. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Addresses: Coats AJS (reprint author), Univ Sydney, Fac Med, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia Univ Sydney, Fac Med, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia E-mail Addresses: ajscoats at aol.com Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND Subject Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS IDS Number: 981BG ISSN: 0167-5273 Cited References: BETTENCOURT P Prognostic information provided by serial measurements of brain natriuretic peptide in heart failure INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 93 : 45 2004 BODI V Why does C-reactive protein increase in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes? 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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 90 : 133 2003 QUAINI F The regenerative potential of the human heart INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 95 : S26 2004 SALUKHE TV Cardiac resynchronisation may reduce all-cause mortality: meta-analysis of preliminary COMPANION data with CONTAK-CD, InSync ICD, MIRACLE and MUSTIC INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 93 : 101 2004 SZACHNIEWICZ J Anaemia is an independent predictor of poor outcome in patients with chronic heart failure INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 90 : 303 2003 TAYLOR DA Cell-based myocardial repair: How should we proceed? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 95 : S8 2004 TZIAKAS DN Serum profiles of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitor in patients with acute coronary syndromes. The effects of short-term atorvastatin administration INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 94 : 269 2004 VASSALLI G Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors achieve prolonged transgene expression in mouse myocardium and arteries in vivo: a comparative study with adenovirus vectors INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 90 : 229 2003 WEXLER D Prevalence of anemia in patients admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 96 : 79 2004 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 16 17:30:51 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:30:51 -0400 Subject: Wang ZQ, Wang YC, Gao K "A mathematic model for automatic summarization " Fuzzy Systems And Knowledge Discovery , PT 1, Proceedings Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence 3613: 199-202 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Wang ZQ : shrimpwang at sjtu.edu.cn Wang YC : ycwang at sjtu.edu.cn Gao K : gaokai at sjtu.edu.cn Title: A mathematic model for automatic summarization Author(s): Wang ZQ, Wang YC, Gao K Source: FUZZY SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY, PT 1, PROCEEDINGS LECTURE NOTES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 3613: 199-202 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 3 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Automatic Summarization is need of the era. Mathematics is an important tool of nonfigurative thinking. A mathematic model of automatic summarization is established and discussed in the paper. The model makes use of meta-knowledge to describe the composition of the summary and help to calculate the semantic distance between summary and source document. It is proposed that how to get meta-knowledge aggregate and their weight are the key problems in the model. Addresses: Wang ZQ (reprint author), Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Shanghai, 200030 Peoples R China Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Shanghai, 200030 Peoples R China E-mail Addresses: shrimpwang at sjtu.edu.cn, ycwang at sjtu.edu.cn, gaokai at sjtu.edu.cn Publisher: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, D-14197 BERLIN, GERMANY IDS Number: BDA15 ISSN: 0302-9743 CITED REFERENCES : CUNNINGHAM AM GUIDE CAREERS ABSTRA : 1992 EDMUNDSON HP NEW METHODS IN AUTOMATIC EXTRACTING JOURNAL OF THE ACM 16 : 264 1969 LIU GS J INF SCI 21 : 2 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 16 17:34:54 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:34:54 -0400 Subject: Hakansson A "The Impact Factor- a dubious measure of scientific quality" Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 23(4): 193-194, December 2005. Message-ID: E-mail: A. Hakansson : anders.hakansson at med.lu.se Title: The Impact Factor - a dubious measure of scientific quality Author(s): Hakansson A Source: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 23 (4): 193-194 DEC 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 2 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: Hakansson A (reprint author), Lund Univ, Malmo Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Sci Gen Practice Family Med, Malmo, Sweden Lund Univ, Malmo Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Sci Gen Practice Family Med, Malmo, Sweden E-mail Addresses: anders.hakansson at med.lu.se Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS, PO BOX 12 POSTHUSET, NO-0051 OSLO, NORWAY Subject Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES IDS Number: 980VR ISSN: 0281-3432 CITED REFERENCES : CAMERON BD LIB ACAD 5 : 105 2005 SEGLEN PO Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 314 : 498 1997 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 16 17:57:58 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:57:58 -0400 Subject: Carretero-Dios H, Santos-Roig MDL, Buela-Casal G " Scientific quality of journals of psychology published in Spain" PSICOTHEMA 17 (4): 669-675 NOV 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: hugocd at ugr.es Title: Scientific quality of journals of psychology published in Spain. Author(s): Carretero-Dios H, Santos-Roig MDL, Buela-Casal G Source: PSICOTHEMA 17 (4): 669-675 NOV 2005 Document Type: Article Language: Spanish Cited References: 33 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Scientific quality of journals of psychology published in Spain. The aim of this study is focused on the current topic about the scientific quality of journals of psychology published in Spain. Alcain's work (Alcain y Roman, 2005), whose aims were to analyze Spanish journals of Psychology in order to determine their scientific quality and to obtain the great quality journals' impact factor indexes, is analyzed in detail and comment. The commentaries are ordered in three structured blocks: a) Methodological comments about sample selection and Alcain's results; b) Journals' assessment procedures; and c) Alcain's results limitations and considerations. It is considered that of Alcain's work results are inappropriate to determine either quality or impact of Spanish journals. Addresses: Carretero-Dios H (reprint author), Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Granada, E-18071 Spain Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Granada, E-18071 Spain E-mail Addresses: hugocd at ugr.es Publisher: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS, ILDEFONSO S. DEL RIO, 4-1 B, 33001 OVIEDO, SPAIN Subject Category: PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY IDS Number: 977YW ISSN: 0214-9915 Cited references : INDICE IMPACTO REVIS : 2004 AGUDELO D Bibliometric analisis of the reviews of Clinical Psychology published in Spanish PSICOTHEMA 15 : 507 2003 ALCAIN MD INDICES IMPACTO REVI : 2003 ALCAIN MD Towards an integrated evaluation of the Spanish journals on Social and Human Sciences. The journals of psychology PSICOTHEMA 17 : 179 2005 BUELACASAL G ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 455 2002 BUELACASAL G An overview of scientific productivity of Spanish Universities INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5 : 175 2005 BUELACASAL G PAPELES PSICOLOGO 17 : 41 2003 BUELACASAL G PAPELES PSICOLOGO 79 : 53 2001 BUELACASAL G Impact factor of three Spanish journals of psychology. PSICOTHEMA 16 : 680 2004 BUELACASAL G Evaluating quality of articles and scientific journals. Proposal of weighted impact factor and a quality index? PSICOTHEMA 15 : 23 2003 BUELACASAL G Comparative study of the Psychology journals with impact factor written in Spanish. PSICOTHEMA 14 : 837 2002 BUELACASAL G REV LATINOAMERICANA 37 : 211 2005 DEROVIRA JB MUNDO CIENTIFICO 154 : 124 1995 FINE BJ OBSERVER 15 : 3 2002 FRIAS MD PAPELES PSICOLOGO 85 : 11 2003 GARFIELD E INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 3 : 363 2003 GOMEZ A PSICOTHEMA 15 : 433 2003 GONZALEZ S THESIS U GRANADA : 2002 MONTERO I A classification system for method within research reports in Psychology INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5 : 115 2005 MUNIZ J PAPELES PSICOLOGO 76 : 41 2000 MUNIZ J Psychological measurement. PSICOTHEMA 10 : 1 1998 MUSILECHUGA B Scientific production of professors of Psychology at Spanish Universities in journals included in Web of Sciences database PSICOTHEMA 17 : 539 2005 OSTERLIND S CONSTRUCTING TEST IT : 1989 PELECHANO V ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 311 2002 PELECHANO V ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 323 2002 PELECHANO V PSICOLOGIA SISTEMATI : 23 2000 PEREZ M ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 405 2002 POLAINO A ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 363 2002 PRIETO G PAPELES PSICOLOGO 77 : 65 2000 ROALESNIETO JG ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 431 2002 ROJAS A INVESTIGAR MED ENCUE : 1998 STERNBERG RJ INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 3 : 159 2003 YELA M PAPELES PSICOLOGO 46 : 50 1990 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Sat Jun 17 10:03:51 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:03:51 +0100 Subject: Book-impact index: Self-archiving books' cited-reference bibliographies Message-ID: For all disciplines -- but especially for disciplines that are more book-based than journal-article-based -- it would be highly advisable for authors to self-archive the metadata as well as the cited-references lists for their books. That way, scientometric search engines like citebase http://www.citebase.org/ will be able to harvest and link their reference lists, just as they do the reference lists of articles whose full texts have been self-archived. Books cite and are cited by books; moreover, books cite articles and are cited by articles. It is already possibly to scrape together a rudimentary book-impact index from Thompson-ISI's Web of Knowledge as well as from Google Books and Google Scholar, but a worldwide Open Access database, across all disciplines, indexing both the article output and the book output self-archived in all the world's institutional repositories could do infinitely better than that: All that's need is to mandate institutional (author) self-archiving of (1) the metadata and full-texts of all their article output along with (2) the metadata and reference lists of all their book output. We can even do better than that, because although many book authors may not wish to make their books' full-texts OA, they can instead make the full-texts Closed Access -- accessible only to scientometric full-text harvesters and indexers (like google books) for full-text inversion, boolean search, and semiometric analysis (text endogamy/exogamy, text-overlap, text similarity/proximity, semantic lineage, latent semantic analysis, etc.) -- without making the full-text text itself OA to individual users (i.e., potential book-buyers) if they do not wish to. This will help provide the UK's new metrics-based Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) with research performance indicators better suited for the disciplines whose research is not as journal-article (and conference-paper) based as that of the physical, biological and engineering sciences. Can journal-based research impact assessment be generalised to book-based disciplines? Carr, L,, Oppenheim, C., McDonald, J.W., Champion, T. & Harnad, S. (U. Southampton and U. Loughborough) SUMMARY: The "impact" of academic research is typically measured by how much it is read, used and cited, and by how much new work it influences. Services that measure impact work well for journal-based disciplines. Book-based disciplines can now benefit from online tools and methods of impact analysis too.These analyses also predict fruitful directions for future research, and so can inform research assessment and funding. This project will extend tools for online bibliometric data collection of publications and their citations with the aim of testing and evaluating new Web metrics to assist research assessment in book-based disciplines. http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Temp/bookcite.htm Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Tue Jun 20 07:38:52 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:38:52 +0100 Subject: Australia stirs on metrics (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:47:05 +1000 From: Arthur Sale To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Subject: Australia stirs on metrics The following extract from an email from Bradley Smith, Executive Director of the Federation of Australian Science & Technology Societies (FASTS), may be of interest internationally. Note: * The first Research Quality Framework (RQF, similar to UK's RAE) round will be delayed to 2008. * It appears that Australia is going to take advantage of delaying the RQF by taking a shortcut straight to the type of metrics proposed for the UK's RAE. The panels' roles may be limited to assessing the "soft impact" measures, not capable of being incorporated into metrics, and possibly an integrative role. * Boldface is mine to highlight OA-relevant information. * Read "impact" to mean things like membership of learned societies, Nobel Prizes and similar awards, industry development, keynote addresses, TV presence, and other unquantifiable matters. Citations, publications, funding etc are subsumed under "quality" and measured by discipline-specific metrics. Arthur Sale >>>> BEGINS 2. Speech by Julie Bishop - RQF - Knowledge Transfer On Friday morning, Minister Julie Bishop gave a speech at a conference on knowledge transfer-engagement which I attended. She made a number of important comments on the RQF and the prospect and scope of a knowledge transfer/engagement/third stream funding. In addition, she flagged a clear Government agenda - "greater diversification is, in my mind, the next important undertaking of the higher education sector". RQF The Minister has accepted the initial recommendation of the RQF Development Advisory Group (RQFDAG) that implementation be delayed. The new timetable is: * 2006 - RQFDAG establish 4 working groups to examine Metrics; Impact; Information Technology; and Modelling and provide final advice on the RQF to the Minister in October. * 2007 - universities refine the process and finalise details of data gathering * 2008 - first iteration of the RQF * 2009 - Changes to funding come into effect. * 2014 - second iteration of RQF The Minister also stressed some key points: * She is committed to assessing impact; * Sees the RQF as a "tool for greater diversity in the higher education sector, focussing universities' attention on their strengths ... The Dawkins era is over". * Notes "worst perversions" of overseas equivalents. * Does not want the RQF to take the best researchers out of teaching; * Postgraduate research students "both regarded and considered towards RQF outcomes"; and * RQF should not create disincentives for collaboration between university researchers and industry. In my view, there is a distinct possibility that the final RQF model will be rather different to the original model with quality being assessed by metrics but retaining some form of panel assessment of impact - impact is clearly central to Govt objectives both in terms of verification and resource allocation. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Jun 20 16:10:12 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:10:12 -0400 Subject: Musi-Lechuga B, Olivas-Avila JA, Portillo-Reyes V, Villalobos-Galvis F "Scientific production of professors of Psychology at Spanish Universities in journals included in Web of Sciences database " PSICOTHEMA 17 (4): 539-548 NOV 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: B. Musi-Lechuga : bmusi at ugr.es Title: Scientific production of professors of Psychology at Spanish Universities in journals included in Web of Sciences database Author(s): Musi-Lechuga B, Olivas-Avila JA, Portillo-Reyes V, Villalobos- Galvis F Source: PSICOTHEMA 17 (4): 539-548 NOV 2005 Document Type: Article Language: Spanish Cited References: 17 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: Scientific production of professors of Psychology at Spanish Universities in journals included in Web of Sciences database. The present study analyzes the scientific production of Spanish Psychology throughout records of articles in journals included in Web of Science database of University Professors (Catedraticos de Universidad -CU- and Profesores Titulares de Universidad -PTU-) from the different academic areas of Psychology in Spain. A descriptive study of document analysis was carried out, and used as units of analysis: records of articles in the Web of Science database, CU and PTU, Psychology's academic areas in Spain, and the public Spanish universities in which a Psychology Bachelor is offered. The results show that: the professors with the higher production, who represent 5% overall, contribute with 30% out of the total of articles found; differences in the production, depending on the academic areas, are found, in this way while Psychobiology has an average of 15,73 articles per professor, Developmental and Educational Psychology has an average of 1,5 1; weighted by professor's number, the universities of Oviedo, Rovira i Virgili and Granada have the superior production; the temporary evolution shows a great increase that begins at the end of the eighties, which becomes stable since the 2000; finally an important trend to publish in journals printed in English was identified, nevertheless, 20% of the found records were published in Psicothema. Addresses: Musi-Lechuga B (reprint author), Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Granada, E-18071 Spain Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, Granada, E-18071 Spain Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA E-mail Addresses: bmusi at ugr.es Publisher: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS, ILDEFONSO S. DEL RIO, 4-1 B, 33001 OVIEDO, SPAIN Subject Category: PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY IDS Number: 977YW ISSN: 0214-9915 CITED REFERENCES : *IN RECS IND IMP REV ESP CIEN : 2005 AGUDELO D INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 3 : 565 2003 AGUDELO D Analysis of the scientific productivity of the Spanish psychology through the doctoral thesis PSICOTHEMA 15 : 595 2003 BUELACASAL G ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 455 2002 BUELACASAL G An overview of scientific productivity of Spanish Universities INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5 : 175 2005 BUELACASAL G PAPELES PSICOLOGO 21 : 53 2001 BUELACASAL G PSICOTHEMA 16 : 681 2004 BUELACASAL G Evaluating quality of articles and scientific journals. Proposal of weighted impact factor and a quality index? PSICOTHEMA 15 : 23 2003 GARFIELD E INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 3 : 363 2003 GORDILLO V Evaluation of research projects by the Spanish agency of evaluation and prospective PSICOTHEMA 16 : 343 2004 JIMENEZHEFFERNAN JA Cytologic features of oncocytic pleomorphic adenoma DIAGNOSTIC CYTOPATHOLOGY 24 : 147 2001 MONTERO I A classification system for method within research reports in Psychology INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5 : 115 2005 PELECHANO V ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 323 2002 PEREZ M ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 405 2002 RAMOSALVAREZ MM INT J CLIN HLTH PSYC 4 : 173 2004 ROALESNIETO JG ANAL MODIFICACION CO 28 : 431 2002 RUIZPEREZ R Spanish personal name variations in national and international biomedical databases: implications for information retrieval and bibliometric studies JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 90 : 411 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Jun 20 16:13:19 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:13:19 -0400 Subject: Fenton JE, O'Connor A, Ullah I, Ahmed I, Shaikh M "Do citation classics in rhinology reflect utility rather than quality? " RHINOLOGY 43 (3): 221-224 SEP 2005 Message-ID: J.E. Fenton : john.fenton at mailh.hse.ie Title: Do citation classics in rhinology reflect utility rather than quality? Author(s): Fenton JE, O'Connor A, Ullah I, Ahmed I, Shaikh M Source: RHINOLOGY 43 (3): 221-224 SEP 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 25 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Citation rates have been suggested to be more of an indicator of utility than quality. The aim of this study was to apply measures of utility and quality to articles identified as citation classics in rhinology/anterior skull base surgery. There were 14 articles analysed in the study. The assessment of quality was performed by combining factors from previous publications on quality assessment and the various elements were categorised into four groups; quality of written article and publication, quality of research, quality of evidence-based methodology and quality of outcome. This study revealed that citation classics in rhinology/anterior skull base surgery were well-written and satisfied peer review in reputable journals in the specialty. Quality is satisfied by clarity of exposition and patient numbers. The research was generally asking an important question and the methodology overall was adequate and appropriate for the type of study performed. A good quality of research and outcome was demonstrated with a definite historical importance, and reports that stimulated further research and enquiry. Quality is not satisfied by the lack of randomised controlled trials, appropriate statistical analysis or patient criteria. In conclusion citation rates when considered as an individual measure, reflect utility rather than quality. Addresses: Fenton JE (reprint author), Mid Western Reg Gen Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Limerick, Ireland Mid Western Reg Gen Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Limerick, Ireland Natl Inst Hlth Sci, Limerick, Ireland E-mail Addresses: john.fenton at mailh.hse.ie Publisher: INT RHINOLOGIC SOC, UNIV MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT, RM G05 127, DEPT OTORHINOL, HEIDELBERGLAAN 100, 3584 CX UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY IDS Number: 972IR ISSN: 0300-0729 Cited references : Q J MED 95 : 197 2002 ARYA J Evidence-based science - A worthwhile mode of surgical inquiry ARCHIVES OF SURGERY 137 : 1301 2002 BALTUSSEN A Citation classics in critical care medicine INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 30 : 902 2004 BENTSIANOV BL Evidence-based medicine in otolaryngology journals OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 126 : 371 2002 BERGSJO P ON CASE-REPORTS ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 71 : 257 1992 BHATTACHARYYA N Academic otolaryngology in the new millennium: Are we falling behind? OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 124 : 4 2001 CALLAHAM M Journal prestige, publication bias, and other characteristics associated with citation of published studies in peer-reviewed journals JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287 : 2847 2002 DUBIN D CITATION-CLASSICS IN CLINICAL DERMATOLOGICAL JOURNALS - CITATION ANALYSIS, BIOMEDICAL JOURNALS, AND LANDMARK ARTICLES, 1945-1990 ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY 129 : 1121 1993 FENTON JE A century of citation classics in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery journals JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY 116 : 494 2002 GARFIELD E 100 CITATION-CLASSICS FROM THE JOURNAL-OF-THE-AMERICAN-MEDICAL-ASSOCIATION JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 257 : 52 1987 GLASZIOU P Assessing the quality of research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 328 : 39 2004 HALL GM BJA citation classics 1945-1992 BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA 80 : 4 1998 JADAD A RANDOMISED CONTROLLE : 1 1998 JUSTICE AC DO READERS AND PEER REVIEWERS AGREE ON MANUSCRIPT QUALITY JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 272 : 117 1994 MARAN AGD Is there an evidence base for the practice of ENT surgery? CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY 22 : 152 1997 MOHER D The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomised trials LANCET 357 : 1191 2001 PALADUGU R One hundred citation classics in general surgical journals WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY 26 : 1099 2002 ROSENFELD RM CLINICAL RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY JOURNALS ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY 117 : 164 1991 SEGLEN PO CITATION FREQUENCY AND JOURNAL IMPACT - VALID INDICATORS OF SCIENTIFIC QUALITY? JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 229 : 109 1991 SLACK MK Establishing the internal and external validity of experimental studies AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY 58 : 2173 2001 THAKUR A Methodology standards associated with quality reporting in clinical studies in pediatric surgery journals JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY 36 : 1160 2001 VANDENBROUCKE JP In defense of case reports and case series ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 134 : 330 2001 VERHAGEN AP The art of quality assessment of RCTs included in systematic reviews JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 54 : 651 2001 WALTER G Counting on citations: a flawed way to measure quality MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 178 : 280 2003 WEIJER C For and against - Clinical equipoise and not the uncertainty principle is the moral underpinning of the randomised controlled trial BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 321 : 756 2000 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Jun 20 16:20:51 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:20:51 -0400 Subject: Adusumilli PS, Chan MK, Ben-Porat L, Mullerad M, Stiles BM, Tuorto S, Fong Y "Citation characteristics of basic science research publications in general surgical journals " Journal of Surgical Research 128 (2): 168-173 Sp. Iss. SI, OCT 2005 Message-ID: Y. Fong : E-mail Addresses: fongy at mskee.org Title: Citation characteristics of basic science research publications in general surgical journals Author(s): Adusumilli PS, Chan MK, Ben-Porat L, Mullerad M, Stiles BM, Tuorto S, Fong Y Source: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH 128 (2): 168-173 Sp. Iss. SI, OCT 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 16 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Background. Basic science research (BSR) publications in general surgical (GS) journals are an important "translational bridge" for practicing surgeons and surgical trainees. The purpose of this study is to characterize the BSR publications in GS journals and to analyze their citation frequencies. Methods. In 1996, all (224) BSR publications in the five highest rated U.S. GS journals (by impact factor) were reviewed, characterized, and their citation frequencies were compared to BSR publications in non-GS journals. Results. On average, a BSR publication from these journals is cited 32 times (range 1-141, median 11). Half of the publications were cited more than 10 times in 6 years and 22% were cited twice, or more, within I year of publication. One in four publications were cited twice or more in journals with an impact factor greater than five. Citation frequencies of BSR publications in GS journals were related to the journal impact factor (P = 0.07), and to having a basic scientist (i.e., Ph.D.) as one of the authors (P < 0.01). Citation characteristics of BSR publications in GS journals were similar to those of BSR publications in non-GS journals with similar impact factors. Conclusions. We found that BSR publications in the U.S. GS journals studied had significant citation frequencies. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Author Keywords: translational research; surgical research; citation frequency; impact factor Addresses: Fong Y (reprint author), Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Surg, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Surg, New York, NY 10021 USA E-mail Addresses: fongy at mskee.org Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA Subject Category: SURGERY IDS Number: 979RS ISSN: 0022-4804 CITED REFERENCES : BROOKFIELD J The system rewards a dishonest approach NATURE 423 : 480 2003 CALLAHAM M Citation characteristics of research published in emergency medicine versus other scientific journals ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 38 : 513 2001 CALLAHAM M Journal prestige, publication bias, and other characteristics associated with citation of published studies in peer-reviewed journals JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287 : 2847 2002 COLQUHOUN D Challenging the tyranny of impact factors NATURE 423 : 479 2003 CONTOPOULOSIOANNIDIS DG Translation of highly promising basic science research into clinical applications AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 114 : 477 2003 CROWLEY WF Translation of basic research into useful treatments: How often does it occur? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 114 : 503 2003 FASSOULAKI A Self-citations in six anaesthesia journals and their significance in determining the impact factor BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA 84 : 266 2000 HECHT F The journal "impact factor": A misnamed, misleading, misused measure CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 104 : 77 1998 LAWRENCE PA The politics of publication - Authors, reviewers and editors must act to protect the quality of research. NATURE 422 : 259 2003 PALADUGU R One hundred citation classics in general surgical journals WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY 26 : 1099 2002 RANGEL SJ Recent trends in National Institutes of Health funding of surgical research ANNALS OF SURGERY 236 : 277 2002 SCHEIN M CURR SURG 57 : 252 2000 SEGLEN PO Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 314 : 498 1997 SOUBA WW Judging surgical research: How should we evaluate performance and measure value? ANNALS OF SURGERY 232 : 32 2000 SUNG NS Central challenges facing the national clinical research enterprise JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 289 : 1278 2003 TOMPKINS RK Internationalization of general surgical journals - Origin and content of articles published in North America and Great Britain from 1983 to 1998 ARCHIVES OF SURGERY 136 : 1345 2001 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Jun 20 16:24:53 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:24:53 -0400 Subject: "Free radical biology & medicine the last 20 years: The most highly cited papers " Free Radical Biology and Medicine 39 (10): 1265-1290 NOV 15 2005 Message-ID: Doi: 10:1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.09.002 FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : www.sfrbm.org/pdf/FRBM20year.pdf Title: Free radical biology & medicine the last 20 years: The most highly cited papers Author(s): [Anon] Source: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 39 (10): 1265-1290 NOV 15 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 0 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010- 1710 USA IDS Number: 984RV ISSN: 0891-5849 Abstracts: The relative importance of scientific articles is always of interest. As part of a look back over the last 20 years, the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, was asked to use the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) information and to provide a list of the most highly cited papers published in Free Radical Biology & Medicine since the journal started. In the period from when the journal started 20 years ago until the end of 2004, a total of 7,354 papers and editorials were published, attracting a total of 82,229 citations. Below are listed the 100 highest ranked papers over this period, with title, authors, abstracts and keywords for the top 50 papers and title and authors for the remaining 50 papers. There is also a link through into ScienceDirect to access the abstracts of the remaining papers, and also the full papers, if your institute subscribes. The ranking is based on the total of all of the citings, totalled over the period since publication. The most highly cited paper, by Hermann Esterbauer et al., for example, received almost 1400 citations to date, as per the 2004 data, made available in June 2005. Members of the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) may also access these past papers plus all of the rest of the entire back- volume collection by using their society username and password within the ScienceDirect Society Service. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Tue Jun 20 16:29:31 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:29:31 -0400 Subject: Wertheimer AB. "Quantifying the "goodness" of library history research: A bibliometric study of the 'Journal of Library History/Libraries & Culture' " Libraries & Culture 40(3): 267-284 Summer 2005 Message-ID: Andrew B. Wertheimer : wertheim at hawaii.edu Title: Quantifying the "goodness" of library history research: A bibliometric study of the 'Journal of Library History/Libraries & Culture' Author(s): Wertheimer AB Source: LIBRARIES & CULTURE 40 (3): 267-284 SUM 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 85 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Library historians use primarily qualitative research methods, unlike most in LIS, who adopt social science research methods. This contrast becomes problematic when evaluating the goodness of historical research. This article briefly explores this conflict and crosses the methodological divide by adapting both bibliometrics and qualitative approaches to examine four volumes from the Journal of Library History (1967, 1977) and its successor, Libraries & Culture (1987, 1997), in order to observe transitions. The sample, 497 citations from 53 articles, was tabulated by age, self-citation, and other factors to examine the goodness of historical research. Addresses: Wertheimer AB (reprint author), Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA Publisher: UNIV TEXAS PRESS, BOX 7819, AUSTIN, TX 78713-7819 USA IDS Number: 981CM ISSN: 0894-8631 EXCERPT FROM PAPER : Conclusion This article has shown several possible avenues for further investigation in terms of analysis of library history research, but I also hope that this can be seen as a call for a more holistic evaluation of research efforts by LIS faculty. Since L&C mandated peer review and other scholarly standards, one can at least note the progress since the journal's early days, when Shores praised its first volume: "A review of its 270 pages, reveals a higher ratio of 'why' to 'how to' than any equal number of pages in any other library journal."(50) While we always have room for progress (perhaps especially in terms of theory, as Wiegand suggested for the field at large), the journal has certainly advanced greatly since these early days. It is fitting to include this essay here, as credit for much of the journal's development should be given to Donald G. Davis, Jr., who edited L&C from 1977 to 2005. Davis worked tirelessly with the University of Texas Press and others to increase the number of subscriptions and article submissions. He also raised the journal's status and growth by encouraging new authors to contribute research. Davis did this by participating actively in the ALA, the Library Association (UK), and IFLA. Although many possibilities lie ahead for Libraries & Culture, one of the most relevant questions remaining pertains to how the research it has published will be cited and evaluated. 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Message-ID: E-mail : Teresa Welsh : Teresa.Welsh at usm.edu DOI: 10.1300/J122v25n03_03 TITLE : The Literature of Telemedicine: A Bibliometric Study AUTHOR : Welsh TS SOURCE: Science & Technology Libraries 25(3): 21-34, 2005. Author address: TS Welsh, University So. Mississippi, School of Library & Information Science, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 USA Abstract: A specialized body of telemedicine/telehealth literature has developed in recent years, fueled by research and the development of telemedicine as a field of study. This bibliometric study examines the publishing and citing patterns of telemedicine literature indexed by the Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE), an online database maintained by the Telemedicine Research Center (TRC) with major support from the National Library of Medicine. Citation counts in the TIE bibliographic database trace the growth and development of telemedicine literature and identify the most prolific authors. Citation counts in SciSearch cited reference science database indicate the most cited telemedicine journals and authors and are used to compute journal impact factors. Seventy percent of the telemedicine literature was published since 1995; 86 percent was published since 1990. Core telemedicine journals, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare and Telemedicine Journal, are peer-reviewed, research-oriented, highly cited in SCI, and have a high Journal Impact Factor. The most prolific authors are not necessarily the most cited (only 30 percent of top ten most prolific telemedicine authors are also among the top ten most cited in SCI). EXCERPT FROM PAPER : Data from : Table 4 Most Cited Telemedicine Authors in SciSearch (Ranked by Number of Cited Reference Counts, August 2000) Author/Specialty/Location : Douglas Perednia, MD, Portland OR Position : Pres., Assn. Of Telemedicine Service Providers. Dir, Telemedicine Res. Ctr. SCI Cites: 123 Author/Specialty/Location : Rashid L. Bashshur, Ph.D., Ann Arbor, MI Position : Editor-in-Chief, Telemedicine Journal. Director of Telemedicine, University of Michigan. SCI Cites: 73 Author/Specialty/Location : Jim Grigsby, Ph.D., Denver CO. Position : Senior Editor, Telemedicine Journal, Research Associate, Univ. of Colorado SCI Cites: 62 Author/Specialty/Location : Ace Allen, MD. Overland Park, KS Position : President & Editor, Telemedicine Today. Dir, Telemedicine Res. Univ. of Kansas SCI Cites: 54 Author/Specialty/Location : Richard Wootton, Ph.D., DSc., Brisbane, Australia Position : Editor. Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare. Dir. Of Health Research, Univ. of Queensland. SCI Cites: 52 Author/Specialty/Location : Gary C. Doolittle, MD. Kansas City, KS Position : Director, Telemedicine Services, University of Kansas Medical Center SCI Cites: 29 Author/Specialty/Location : Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, Tucson, AZ Position : Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program. Univ. of Arizona, Health Sci. Ctr. SCI Cites: 26 Author/Specialty/Location : Richard Satava, MD, New Haven, CN Position : Professor of Surgery, Yale University Medical Center SCI Cites:21 Author/Specialty/Location : Pam Whitten PhD. East Lansing, MI Position : Director, Telemedicine Services, Michigan State University SCI Cites: 20 Author/Specialty/Location : Seong K. Mun, Ph.D. East Lansing, MI. Position : Director, ISIS Center, Radiology Dept. Georgetown Univ. Medical Ctr. SCI Cites:15 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 07:10:32 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:10:32 +0100 Subject: Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Message-ID: Comment on: UK plans research funding overhaul by Stephen Pinfield The Scientist, Wednesday 21 June, 2006 http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23683/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy by Stevan Harnad The conversion of the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) from the present costly, wasteful exercise to time-saving and cost-efficient metrics is welcome and overdue, but the worrying thing is that the RAE planners currently seem to be focused on just one metric -- prior research funding -- instead of the full and rich spectrum of new (and old) metrics that will become available in an Open Access world, with all the research performance data digitally available online for analysis and use. Mechanically basing the future RAE rankings exclusively on prior funding would just generate a Matthew Effect (making the rich richer and the poor poorer), a self-fulfilling prophecy that is simply equivalent to increasing the amount given to those who were previously funded (and scrapping the RAE altogether, as a separate, semi-independent performance evaluator and funding source). What the RAE *should* be planning to do is to look at weighted combinations of all available research performance metrics -- including the many that are correlated, but not so tightly correlated, with prior RAE rankings, such as author/article/book citation counts, article download counts, co-citations (co-cited with and co-cited by, weighted with the citation weight of the co-citer/co-citee), endogamy/exogamy metrics (citations by self or collaborators versus others, within and across disciplines), hub/authority counts (in-cites and out-cites, weighted recursively by the citation's own in-cite and out-cite counts), download and citation growth rates, semantic-web correlates, etc. It would be both arbitrary and absurd to blunt the sensitivity, power, predictivity and validity of metrics a priori by biasing them toward the prior-funding counts metric alone, which should just be one out of a full battery of weighted metrics, adjusted to each discipline and validated against one another (and against human judgment too). Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2006) The Open Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable, in Jacobs, N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects, chapter 21. Chandos. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12369/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From notsjb at LSU.EDU Wed Jun 21 09:23:17 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:23:17 -0500 Subject: Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Message-ID: That's not a good saying to launch your RAE metric reform. Below is the origins of your campaign slogan. You will note that it is a quote from Chairman Mao. If it follows its model, it can lead to the forced rustication of numerous British academics. SB 1956-7 Hundred Flowers and Anti-rightist Campaigns. As part of the effort to encourage the participation of intellectuals in the new regime, cultural and intellectual figures were encouraged to speak their minds on the state of CCP rule and programs. Mao personally took the lead in the movement, which was launched under the classical slogan "Let a hundred flowers bloom, let the hundred schools of thought contend". At first the party's repeated invitation to air constructive views freely and openly was met with caution. By mid-1957, however, the movement unexpectedly mounted, bringing denunciation and criticism against the party in general and the excesses of its cadres in particular. Startled and embarrassed, leaders turned on the critics as "bourgeois rightists" and launched the Anti-Rightist Campaign, resulting in a year-long purge of party members, sending officials "down" to the countryside (xiafang), and persecuting intellectuals who spoke out against the party. Stevan Harnad @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 06:10:32 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] Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Comment on: UK plans research funding overhaul by Stephen Pinfield The Scientist, Wednesday 21 June, 2006 http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23683/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy by Stevan Harnad The conversion of the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) from the present costly, wasteful exercise to time-saving and cost-efficient metrics is welcome and overdue, but the worrying thing is that the RAE planners currently seem to be focused on just one metric -- prior research funding -- instead of the full and rich spectrum of new (and old) metrics that will become available in an Open Access world, with all the research performance data digitally available online for analysis and use. Mechanically basing the future RAE rankings exclusively on prior funding would just generate a Matthew Effect (making the rich richer and the poor poorer), a self-fulfilling prophecy that is simply equivalent to increasing the amount given to those who were previously funded (and scrapping the RAE altogether, as a separate, semi-independent performance evaluator and funding source). What the RAE *should* be planning to do is to look at weighted combinations of all available research performance metrics -- including the many that are correlated, but not so tightly correlated, with prior RAE rankings, such as author/article/book citation counts, article download counts, co-citations (co-cited with and co-cited by, weighted with the citation weight of the co-citer/co-citee), endogamy/exogamy metrics (citations by self or collaborators versus others, within and across disciplines), hub/authority counts (in-cites and out-cites, weighted recursively by the citation's own in-cite and out-cite counts), download and citation growth rates, semantic-web correlates, etc. It would be both arbitrary and absurd to blunt the sensitivity, power, predictivity and validity of metrics a priori by biasing them toward the prior-funding counts metric alone, which should just be one out of a full battery of weighted metrics, adjusted to each discipline and validated against one another (and against human judgment too). Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2006) The Open Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable, in Jacobs, N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects, chapter 21. Chandos. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12369/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 10:09:46 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:09:46 -0400 Subject: Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I wouldn't worry too much about the pedigree of the quote/cliche. It has pretty much become generic now. (I had forgotten or perhaps never knew its provenance!). The sentiment was obviously bogus in Mao's case. He had no intention of letting all voices be heard. In the case of OA metrics, in contrast, we are not even talking about freedom to voice opinions, we are talking about making published research freely accessible online, along with all the objective metrics that that will generate. The rest of the terms of the analogy simply do not hold. (One must make too much of the irrelevant details of a metaphor, nor be too superstitious...) Stevan Harnad On 21-Jun-06, at 9:23 AM, Stephen J Bensman wrote: > > That's not a good saying to launch your RAE metric reform. Below > is the > origins of your campaign slogan. You will note that it is a quote > from > Chairman Mao. If it follows its model, it can lead to the forced > rustication of numerous British academics. > > SB > > > 1956-7 Hundred Flowers and Anti-rightist Campaigns. As part of the > effort to encourage the participation of > intellectuals in the new regime, cultural and intellectual figures > were encouraged to speak their minds on the state > of CCP rule and programs. Mao personally took the lead in the > movement, which was launched under the classical > slogan "Let a hundred flowers bloom, let the hundred schools of > thought contend". At first the party's repeated > invitation to air constructive views freely and openly was met > with caution. By mid-1957, however, the movement > unexpectedly mounted, bringing denunciation and criticism against > the party in general and the excesses of its > cadres in particular. Startled and embarrassed, leaders turned on > the critics as "bourgeois rightists" and launched > the Anti-Rightist Campaign, resulting in a year-long purge of > party members, sending officials "down" to the > countryside (xiafang), and persecuting intellectuals who spoke out > against the party. > > > > > > > > > Stevan Harnad @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > 06:10:32 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] Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid > Matthew > Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Comment on: > > UK plans research funding overhaul > by Stephen Pinfield > The Scientist, Wednesday 21 June, 2006 > http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23683/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: > Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy > > by Stevan Harnad > > The conversion of the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) from the > present costly, wasteful exercise to time-saving and cost-efficient > metrics is welcome and overdue, but the worrying thing is that > the RAE planners currently seem to be focused on just one metric -- > prior research funding -- instead of the full and rich spectrum of new > (and old) metrics that will become available in an Open Access world, > with all the research performance data digitally available online > for analysis and use. > > Mechanically basing the future RAE rankings exclusively on prior > funding > would just generate a Matthew Effect (making the rich richer and the > poor poorer), a self-fulfilling prophecy that is simply equivalent to > increasing the amount given to those who were previously funded (and > scrapping the RAE altogether, as a separate, semi-independent > performance > evaluator and funding source). > > What the RAE *should* be planning to do is to look at weighted > combinations of all available research performance metrics -- > including > the many that are correlated, but not so tightly correlated, with > prior > RAE rankings, such as author/article/book citation counts, article > download counts, co-citations (co-cited with and co-cited by, weighted > with the citation weight of the co-citer/co-citee), endogamy/exogamy > metrics (citations by self or collaborators versus others, within > and across disciplines), hub/authority counts (in-cites and out-cites, > weighted recursively by the citation's own in-cite and out-cite > counts), > download and citation growth rates, semantic-web correlates, etc. > > It would be both arbitrary and absurd to blunt the sensitivity, power, > predictivity and validity of metrics a priori by biasing them > toward the > prior-funding counts metric alone, which should just be one out of > a full > battery of weighted metrics, adjusted to each discipline and validated > against one another (and against human judgment too). > > Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2006) The Open > Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable, in > Jacobs, > N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic > Aspects, > chapter 21. Chandos. > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12369/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Stevan Harnad > AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: > A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing > open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online > (1998-2005) > is available at: > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ > To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription > address: > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open- > Access-Forum.html > > Post discussion to: > american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org > > UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional > policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, > please describe your policy at: > http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php > > UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: > BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access > journal > http://romeo.eprints.org/ > OR > BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal > if/when > a suitable one exists. > http://www.doaj.org/ > AND > in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article > in your institutional repository. > http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ > http://archives.eprints.org/ > http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From notsjb at LSU.EDU Wed Jun 21 10:48:57 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:48:57 -0500 Subject: Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Message-ID: Then, too, forced rustication may result in British academics performing work that is actually useful for the first time in their lives. SB Stevan Harnad @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 09:09:46 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: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy I wouldn't worry too much about the pedigree of the quote/cliche. It has pretty much become generic now. (I had forgotten or perhaps never knew its provenance!). The sentiment was obviously bogus in Mao's case. He had no intention of letting all voices be heard. In the case of OA metrics, in contrast, we are not even talking about freedom to voice opinions, we are talking about making published research freely accessible online, along with all the objective metrics that that will generate. The rest of the terms of the analogy simply do not hold. (One must make too much of the irrelevant details of a metaphor, nor be too superstitious...) Stevan Harnad On 21-Jun-06, at 9:23 AM, Stephen J Bensman wrote: > > That's not a good saying to launch your RAE metric reform. Below > is the > origins of your campaign slogan. You will note that it is a quote > from > Chairman Mao. If it follows its model, it can lead to the forced > rustication of numerous British academics. > > SB > > > 1956-7 Hundred Flowers and Anti-rightist Campaigns. As part of the > effort to encourage the participation of > intellectuals in the new regime, cultural and intellectual figures > were encouraged to speak their minds on the state > of CCP rule and programs. Mao personally took the lead in the > movement, which was launched under the classical > slogan "Let a hundred flowers bloom, let the hundred schools of > thought contend". At first the party's repeated > invitation to air constructive views freely and openly was met > with caution. By mid-1957, however, the movement > unexpectedly mounted, bringing denunciation and criticism against > the party in general and the excesses of its > cadres in particular. Startled and embarrassed, leaders turned on > the critics as "bourgeois rightists" and launched > the Anti-Rightist Campaign, resulting in a year-long purge of > party members, sending officials "down" to the > countryside (xiafang), and persecuting intellectuals who spoke out > against the party. > > > > > > > > > Stevan Harnad @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > 06:10:32 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] Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: Avoid > Matthew > Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Comment on: > > UK plans research funding overhaul > by Stephen Pinfield > The Scientist, Wednesday 21 June, 2006 > http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23683/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Let 1000 RAE Metric Flowers Bloom: > Avoid Matthew Effect as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy > > by Stevan Harnad > > The conversion of the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) from the > present costly, wasteful exercise to time-saving and cost-efficient > metrics is welcome and overdue, but the worrying thing is that > the RAE planners currently seem to be focused on just one metric -- > prior research funding -- instead of the full and rich spectrum of new > (and old) metrics that will become available in an Open Access world, > with all the research performance data digitally available online > for analysis and use. > > Mechanically basing the future RAE rankings exclusively on prior > funding > would just generate a Matthew Effect (making the rich richer and the > poor poorer), a self-fulfilling prophecy that is simply equivalent to > increasing the amount given to those who were previously funded (and > scrapping the RAE altogether, as a separate, semi-independent > performance > evaluator and funding source). > > What the RAE *should* be planning to do is to look at weighted > combinations of all available research performance metrics -- > including > the many that are correlated, but not so tightly correlated, with > prior > RAE rankings, such as author/article/book citation counts, article > download counts, co-citations (co-cited with and co-cited by, weighted > with the citation weight of the co-citer/co-citee), endogamy/exogamy > metrics (citations by self or collaborators versus others, within > and across disciplines), hub/authority counts (in-cites and out-cites, > weighted recursively by the citation's own in-cite and out-cite > counts), > download and citation growth rates, semantic-web correlates, etc. > > It would be both arbitrary and absurd to blunt the sensitivity, power, > predictivity and validity of metrics a priori by biasing them > toward the > prior-funding counts metric alone, which should just be one out of > a full > battery of weighted metrics, adjusted to each discipline and validated > against one another (and against human judgment too). > > Shadbolt, N., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2006) The Open > Research Web: A Preview of the Optimal and the Inevitable, in > Jacobs, > N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic > Aspects, > chapter 21. Chandos. > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12369/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Stevan Harnad > AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: > A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing > open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online > (1998-2005) > is available at: > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ > To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription > address: > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open- > Access-Forum.html > > Post discussion to: > american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org > > UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional > policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, > please describe your policy at: > http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php > > UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: > BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access > journal > http://romeo.eprints.org/ > OR > BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal > if/when > a suitable one exists. > http://www.doaj.org/ > AND > in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article > in your institutional repository. > http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ > http://archives.eprints.org/ > http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From i.rowlands at UCL.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 14:17:24 2006 From: i.rowlands at UCL.AC.UK (Ian Rowlands) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:17:24 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled access articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a powerful argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open access leads to MORE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are the plausible cause and effect arguments here? Ian Rowlands UCL Centre for Publishing www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From notsjb at LSU.EDU Wed Jun 21 15:08:16 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:08:16 -0500 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI JCR and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. SB Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 01:17:24 PM 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] Early citation advantage? Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled access articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a powerful argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open access leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are the plausible cause and effect arguments here? Ian Rowlands UCL Centre for Publishing www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From i.rowlands at UCL.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 15:31:39 2006 From: i.rowlands at UCL.AC.UK (Ian Rowlands) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:31:39 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a bit more that there are semantic problems here. In the case of a gold OA journal vs a traditional tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and effect for an early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I would be very grateful. Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If I finish a paper today and seek publication through a traditional tolled journal and take no further action, I might well expect to see it published and date stamped in 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, that version would be date stamped today, 2006. That version might well be cited, giving me an apparent advantage over peers in the same issue who did not archive. This might explain the claimed temporal advantage. It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage self-archiving to help to up their ISI immediacy index (but it would only work in cases where the formal publication happened to fall in the next calendar year). Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for sets of (gold) IA and tolled articles would be very interesting. Ian Quoting Stephen J Bensman : > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI JCR > and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and > "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means > test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. > > SB > > > > > Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > 01:17:24 PM > > 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] Early citation advantage? > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated > that > open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled access > articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a powerful > argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone > supply > a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open > access > leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are > the > plausible cause and effect arguments here? > > Ian Rowlands > UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > Dr Ian Rowlands Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 15:44:40 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:44:40 +0100 Subject: OA advantage = EA + (AA) + (QB) + QA + (CA) + UA In-Reply-To: <20060621191724.x9v4oigg04ko0okc@www.webmail.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Pertinent Prior AmSci Topic Threads: "Early Download Impact Predicts Later Citation Impact" (Sep 2004) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3951.html "OA advantage = EA + AA + QB + OA + UA" (Sep 2004) http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3978.html On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ian Rowlands wrote: > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have > indicated that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner > than tolled access articles. This is an argument that, on the face > of it, provides a powerful argument for open access: it speeds up > scientific workflow. Can anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? > I can quite easily understand how open access leads to MORE use, thus > higher citation. But speedier citation? What are the plausible cause > and effect arguments here? OA not only increases but accelerates citations for the following reasons: (1) OA can start before publication, at the preprint stage. Preprints can be self-archived, used, and cited even before they have reached the article (postprint) stage. (2) Both preprints and postprints can be cited by (subsequent) preprints, and preprints can be updated many times, unlike a published postprint, which is etched in stone (although the the practice of posting a postpublication revision -- a post-postprint -- in increasing too). (3) Brody et al. (2005) showed that the interval between first posting of either preprints or postprints and the peak of curve for first citations of them has been getting earlier and earlier across the years as self-archiving has grown (in physics): papers are citing and getting cited earlier and earlier in the research/publication cycle. (4) This "Early Access" (EA) advantage is so great that some (e.g. Kurtz 2004) have concluded that it may be the biggest factor in the OA citation advantage (Harnad 2005). (5) Before there can be citation, there has to be access (at least in the case of serious scholarship). That means downloads precede citations: They also correlate with citations later on. Downloads can now happen earlier and earlier (Brody et al. 2005) (6) For most papers, even in disciplines that do not self-archive preprints, the self-archiving of a postprint means earlier and wider accessibility to potential users than publishing alone does. Note, however, that there have been *many* more and earlier reports of the OA impact advantage (both in terms of increased citations/downloads and accelerated citations/downloads) than the two studies just mentioned by Rowlands, and that most of them are based on OA self-archiving rather than on OA publishing. See Steve Hitchcock's longstanding Bibliography of Findings on the OA Advantage (and the sample studies below): http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2004) Comparing the Impact of Open Access (OA) vs. Non-OA Articles in the Same Journals. D-Lib Magazine 10(6). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10207/ Brody, T., Harnad, S. and Carr, L. (2005) Earlier Web Usage Statistics as Predictors of Later Citation Impact. Journal of the American Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10713/ Hajjem, C., Harnad, S. and Gingras, Y. (2005) Ten-Year Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it Increases Research Citation Impact. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin 28(4) 39-47. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11688/ Harnad, S. (2005) OA Impact Advantage = EA + (AA) + (QB) + QA + (CA) + UA. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12085/ Kurtz, M. J., Eichhorn, G., Accomazzi, A., Grant, C. S., Demleitner, M., Murray, S. S. (2004) The Effect of Use and Access on Citations. Information Processing and Management, 41 (6): 1395-1402 http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kurtz/IPM-abstract.html Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From Christina.Pikas at JHUAPL.EDU Wed Jun 21 15:45:00 2006 From: Christina.Pikas at JHUAPL.EDU (Pikas, Christina K.) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:45:00 -0400 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: Interesting topic. I have a few comments: 1) Would you have to control on subject? Math journals which have citation half lives of >10 should not be compared to say biomed journals. 2) In fact, would you want to keep "letters" journals separate from the more slow to publish? So if you were looking at optics, I believe Optics Express (open access 62-day turnaround journal from OSA) is there in the JCR list with Physics Review A. I'm not sure comparing the immediacy of the two is fair. 3) How do you handle the many examples of journals that make articles available months before the issue is released? You might see an article with a citation to a 2007 volume that's posted on the ejournal site. There's the problem, too, of citing forthcoming articles and deduping them with the published version. I think the e-mail that I just received addresses these points, but I'm going to go ahead recklessly and send ... Christina K. Pikas, MLS R.E. Gibson Library & Information Center The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Voice 240.228.4812 (Washington), 443.778.4812 (Baltimore) Fax 443.778.5353 -----Original Message----- From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen J Bensman Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:08 PM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI JCR and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. SB Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 01:17:24 PM 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] Early citation advantage? Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled access articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a powerful argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open access leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are the plausible cause and effect arguments here? Ian Rowlands UCL Centre for Publishing www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Wed Jun 21 15:45:09 2006 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:45:09 +0200 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <20060621203139.otr72sie4g0ok44o@www.webmail.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: I remember a paper by Grant Lewison in which he showed that papers from projects funded by the European Commission peaked earlier in the citation window because they were circulating in the projects before being published. However, it did not change the total citations in that case. Perhaps, it does with OA, but the effects may be also field-dependent. With best wishes, Loet ________________________________ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics > [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Ian Rowlands > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:32 PM > To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU > Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a > bit more that there are semantic problems here. In the case > of a gold OA journal vs a traditional tolled journal, I would > be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and effect for an > early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I > would be very grateful. > > Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If > I finish a paper today and seek publication through a > traditional tolled journal and take no further action, I > might well expect to see it published and date stamped in > 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, > that version would be date stamped today, 2006. That version > might well be cited, giving me an apparent advantage over > peers in the same issue who did not archive. This might > explain the claimed temporal advantage. > > It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage > self-archiving to help to up their ISI immediacy index (but > it would only work in cases where the formal publication > happened to fall in the next calendar year). > > Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for > sets of (gold) IA and tolled articles would be very interesting. > > Ian > > Quoting Stephen J Bensman : > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or > > SSCI JCR and containing large enough subsets of both > "tolled access" > > journals and "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of > > comparison of means test on the immediacy indexes of the > two subsets. > > > > SB > > > > > > > > > > Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > > 01:17:24 PM > > > > 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] Early citation advantage? > > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have > > indicated that open access articles are more likely to be > cited sooner > > than tolled access articles. This is an argument that, on > the face of > > it, provides a powerful argument for open access: it speeds up > > scientific workflow. Can anyone supply a testable hypothesis for > > this? I can quite easily understand how open access leads to MOPE > > use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are the > > plausible cause and effect arguments here? > > > > Ian Rowlands > > UCL Centre for Publishing > > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > > > > > > Dr Ian Rowlands > Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 15:49:54 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:49:54 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Stephen J Bensman wrote: > If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI JCR > and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and > "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means > test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. Worth doing, but risks comparing apples and oranges (as it is hard to equate OA and NOA journals). Why be constrained by comparing OA and NOA journals when one can compare OA and NOA articles in the same journal? Using the ISI database, once you have a sample of OA and NOA articles (I suggest finding them with a robot, as we did), you can compare the average first-citation or citation-peak latency. Stevan Harnad From notsjb at LSU.EDU Wed Jun 21 15:55:42 2006 From: notsjb at LSU.EDU (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:55:42 -0500 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: I am totally confused as to what you mean by "gold" versus "green" OA journals. Are those some sort of stamps handed out with use like the green stamps one used to collect with purchases and paste into little books? There have always problems with the immediacy index due to differences in frequency of publication. A journal published weekly has an advantage over a journal published semi-annually. The problem is to determine precise point of publication. However, the only citation data is readily available for your problem is the immediacy index, and I am sure you can solve the point of publication problem by randomizing the sample, etc. It seems that your null hypothesis is contained in your statement, "In the case of a gold OA journal vs a traditional tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and effect for an early OA citation advantage." It is just a question of setting up the data to test. Harder problems than that have been solved. SB Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 02:31:39 PM 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: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a bit more that there are semantic problems here. In the case of a gold OA journal vs a traditional tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and effect for an early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I would be very grateful. Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If I finish a paper today and seek publication through a traditional tolled journal and take no further action, I might well expect to see it published and date stamped in 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, that version would be date stamped today, 2006. That version might well be cited, giving me an apparent advantage over peers in the same issue who did not archive. This might explain the claimed temporal advantage. It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage self-archiving to help to up their ISI immediacy index (but it would only work in cases where the formal publication happened to fall in the next calendar year). Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for sets of (gold) IA and tolled articles would be very interesting. Ian Quoting Stephen J Bensman : > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI JCR > and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and > "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means > test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. > > SB > > > > > Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > 01:17:24 PM > > 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] Early citation advantage? > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated > that > open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled access > articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a powerful > argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone > supply > a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open > access > leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are > the > plausible cause and effect arguments here? > > Ian Rowlands > UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > Dr Ian Rowlands Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From dgoodman at PRINCETON.EDU Wed Jun 21 16:00:29 2006 From: dgoodman at PRINCETON.EDU (David Goodman) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:00:29 -0400 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I believe Michael Kurtz from Harvard has done some work on this--see his papers listed at his home page, findable by Google. Dr. David Goodman Associate Professor Palmer School of Library and Information Science Long Island University and formerly Princeton University Library dgoodman at liu.edu dgoodman at princeton.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen J Bensman Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:56 pm Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > I am totally confused as to what you mean by "gold" versus "green" OA > journals. Are those some sort of stamps handed out with use like > the green > stamps one used to collect with purchases and paste into little books? > There have always problems with the immediacy index due to > differences in > frequency of publication. A journal published weekly has an > advantage over > a journal published semi-annually. The problem is to determine > precisepoint of publication. However, the only citation data is > readily available > for your problem is the immediacy index, and I am sure you can > solve the > point of publication problem by randomizing the sample, etc. It > seemsthat your null hypothesis is contained in your statement, "In > the case of a > gold OA journal vs a traditional tolled journal, I would be hard > pressed to > see a plausible cause and effect for an early OA citation > advantage." It > is just a question of setting up the data to test. Harder problems > thanthat have been solved. > > SB > > > > > Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > 02:31:39 PM > > 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: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a bit more > that there > are semantic problems here. In the case of a gold OA journal vs a > traditional > tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and > effect for > an early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I > would be > very > grateful. > > Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If I > finish a > paper > today and seek publication through a traditional tolled journal and > take no > further action, I might well expect to see it published and date > stamped in > 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, that > versionwould > be date stamped today, 2006. That version might well be cited, > giving me > an > apparent advantage over peers in the same issue who did not > archive. This > might explain the claimed temporal advantage. > > It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage self- > archivingto help > to up their ISI immediacy index (but it would only work in cases > where the > formal publication happened to fall in the next calendar year). > > Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for sets > of (gold) > IA > and tolled articles would be very interesting. > > Ian > > Quoting Stephen J Bensman : > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI > or SSCI > JCR > > and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" > journals and > > "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison > of means > > test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. > > > > SB > > > > > > > > > > Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > > 01:17:24 PM > > > > 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] Early citation advantage? > > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have > indicated > > that > > open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled > access > > articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a > powerful > > argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can > anyone> supply > > a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand > how open > > access > > leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? > Whatare > > the > > plausible cause and effect arguments here? > > > > Ian Rowlands > > UCL Centre for Publishing > > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > > > > > > Dr Ian Rowlands > Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 16:06:12 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:06:12 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Stephen J Bensman wrote: > I am totally confused as to what you mean by "gold" versus "green" OA > journals. GOLD road to OA: publish in an OA journal. GREEN road to OA: Publish in a NOA journal and self-archive your article: GOLD journals (9%) GREEN journals (includes GOLD journals as subset) (94%), give authors "green light" to self-archive immediately. GREY journals do not yet give authors the green light to self-archive immediately. http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php http://www.doaj.org/ Harnad, S., Brody, T., Vallieres, F., Carr, L., Hitchcock, S., Gingras, Y., Oppenheim, C., Stamerjohanns, H. and Hilf, E. (2004) The green and the gold roads to Open Access. Nature Web Focus. http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/accessdebate/21.html > There have always problems with the immediacy index due to differences in > frequency of publication. That's nothing compared to the problem of equating apples and oranges (GOLD and GREEN and GREY). For more rigorous to compare *within* journals rather than between. Stevan Harnad From i.rowlands at UCL.AC.UK Wed Jun 21 16:22:32 2006 From: i.rowlands at UCL.AC.UK (Ian Rowlands) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:22:32 +0100 Subject: OA advantage = EA + (AA) + (QB) + QA + (CA) + UA In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Stevan Thanks, that's very helpful. Ian Quoting Stevan Harnad : > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Pertinent Prior AmSci Topic Threads: > > "Early Download Impact Predicts Later Citation Impact" (Sep 2004) > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3951.html > > "OA advantage = EA + AA + QB + OA + UA" (Sep 2004) > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3978.html > > On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ian Rowlands wrote: > >> Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have >> indicated that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner >> than tolled access articles. This is an argument that, on the face >> of it, provides a powerful argument for open access: it speeds up >> scientific workflow. Can anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? >> I can quite easily understand how open access leads to MORE use, thus >> higher citation. But speedier citation? What are the plausible cause >> and effect arguments here? > > OA not only increases but accelerates citations for the following reasons: > > (1) OA can start before publication, at the preprint stage. Preprints > can be self-archived, used, and cited even before they have reached > the article (postprint) stage. > > (2) Both preprints and postprints can be cited by (subsequent) > preprints, and preprints can be updated many times, unlike a > published postprint, which is etched in stone (although the the > practice of posting a postpublication revision -- a post-postprint -- > in increasing too). > > (3) Brody et al. (2005) showed that the interval between first > posting of either preprints or postprints and the peak of curve for > first citations of them has been getting earlier and earlier across the > years as self-archiving has grown (in physics): papers are citing and > getting cited earlier and earlier in the research/publication cycle. > > (4) This "Early Access" (EA) advantage is so great that some > (e.g. Kurtz 2004) have concluded that it may be the biggest factor > in the OA citation advantage (Harnad 2005). > > (5) Before there can be citation, there has to be access (at least > in the case of serious scholarship). That means downloads precede > citations: They also correlate with citations later on. Downloads > can now happen earlier and earlier (Brody et al. 2005) > > (6) For most papers, even in disciplines that do not self-archive > preprints, the self-archiving of a postprint means earlier and wider > accessibility to potential users than publishing alone does. > > Note, however, that there have been *many* more and earlier reports of > the OA impact advantage (both in terms of increased citations/downloads > and accelerated citations/downloads) than the two studies just mentioned > by Rowlands, and that most of them are based on OA self-archiving rather > than on OA publishing. See Steve Hitchcock's longstanding Bibliography > of Findings on the OA Advantage (and the sample studies below): > > http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html > > Brody, T. and Harnad, S. (2004) Comparing the Impact of Open Access (OA) > vs. Non-OA Articles in the Same Journals. D-Lib Magazine 10(6). > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10207/ > > Brody, T., Harnad, S. and Carr, L. (2005) Earlier Web Usage Statistics > as Predictors of Later Citation Impact. Journal of the American > Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10713/ > > Hajjem, C., Harnad, S. and Gingras, Y. (2005) Ten-Year > Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it > Increases Research Citation Impact. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin 28(4) > 39-47. > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11688/ > > Harnad, S. (2005) OA Impact Advantage = EA + (AA) + (QB) + QA + (CA) + UA. > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12085/ > > Kurtz, M. J., Eichhorn, G., Accomazzi, A., Grant, C. S., Demleitner, > M., Murray, S. S. (2004) The Effect of Use and Access on Citations. > Information Processing and Management, 41 (6): 1395-1402 > http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kurtz/IPM-abstract.html > > Stevan Harnad > AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: > A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing > open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) > is available at: > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ > To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html > Post discussion to: > american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org > > UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional > policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, > please describe your policy at: > http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php > > UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: > BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal > http://romeo.eprints.org/ > OR > BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when > a suitable one exists. > http://www.doaj.org/ > AND > in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article > in your institutional repository. > http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ > http://archives.eprints.org/ > http://openaccess.eprints.org/ > Dr Ian Rowlands Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From ksc at LIBRARY.IISC.ERNET.IN Wed Jun 21 23:51:19 2006 From: ksc at LIBRARY.IISC.ERNET.IN (K.S. Chudamani) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:21:19 +0530 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <20060621203139.otr72sie4g0ok44o@www.webmail.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Citation has many flaws. May be a subject of current or potential interest may get more citations where as low interest areas may get low citations how to balance these two. May be by defininf a variable which divides low impact articles cited by their subject impact factors which may have to be defined Chudamani On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ian Rowlands wrote: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a bit more > that there > are semantic problems here. In the case of a gold OA journal vs a traditional > tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and > effect for > an early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I would be very > grateful. > > Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If I finish a paper > today and seek publication through a traditional tolled journal and take no > further action, I might well expect to see it published and date stamped in > 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, that version would > be date stamped today, 2006. That version might well be cited, giving me an > apparent advantage over peers in the same issue who did not archive. This > might explain the claimed temporal advantage. > > It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage self-archiving > to help > to up their ISI immediacy index (but it would only work in cases where the > formal publication happened to fall in the next calendar year). > > Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for sets of (gold) IA > and tolled articles would be very interesting. > > Ian > > Quoting Stephen J Bensman : > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI JCR > > and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and > > "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means > > test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. > > > > SB > > > > > > > > > > Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 > > 01:17:24 PM > > > > 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] Early citation advantage? > > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated > > that > > open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled access > > articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a powerful > > argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone > > supply > > a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open > > access > > leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What are > > the > > plausible cause and effect arguments here? > > > > Ian Rowlands > > UCL Centre for Publishing > > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > > > > > > Dr Ian Rowlands > Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Thu Jun 22 01:09:05 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:09:05 -0400 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yes, this sort of intelligent transformation and weighting is precisely what the process of validating evaluative scientometrics is all about. The process is very similar to psychometrics, as in validating intelligence tests or neuropsychological tests of brain injury: Tests and test items are constructed, included, excluded or weighted according to the degree to which they correlate with the criterion that we are trying to measure or predict. No, this is not circular. In the case of intelligence, for example, we have the fact that when a younger child can do things only an older child can usually do ("IQ"), it tends to mean the child is more intelligent; or we may have a face-valid later-performance index of intelligence, against which we can then validate early predictors. Same with brain injury: We pick test items that correlate selectively with later (surgical or autopsy -- or, these days, neural imagery) evidence of brain injury and its localisation. The trouble with scientometrics (and sometimes also psychometrics) is that we tend to construct or derive the metric but never bother going through the step of validating it! We just baptize it as having face validity. With pure quantity measures such as publication counts, this might possibly be legitimate (if we really which to treat publications as products, and ends in themselves.) But starting already with citations, validating needs to be done. Metrics cannot be declared valid by a-priori fiat. (Having said that, I have no doubt that citation counts, co-citation counts, hub/authority measures. endogamy.exogamy measures, recursively weighted citation counts, field-normalised citation counts, downloads, download/citation latency measures, and many other scientometric measures can and will be successfully validated against the kinds of things we want them to correlate with and predict. But adjustment and weighting by domain will no doubt be a big factor in metric validation too.) Stevan Harnad On 21-Jun-06, at 11:51 PM, K.S. Chudamani wrote: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Citation has many flaws. May be a subject of current or potential > interest > may get more citations where as low interest areas may get low > citations > how to balance these two. May be by defininf a variable which > divides low > impact articles cited by their subject impact factors which may > have to > be defined > > Chudamani > > On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ian Rowlands wrote: > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a bit more >> that there >> are semantic problems here. In the case of a gold OA journal vs a >> traditional >> tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and >> effect for >> an early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I >> would be very >> grateful. >> >> Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If I >> finish a paper >> today and seek publication through a traditional tolled journal >> and take no >> further action, I might well expect to see it published and date >> stamped in >> 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, that >> version would >> be date stamped today, 2006. That version might well be cited, >> giving me an >> apparent advantage over peers in the same issue who did not >> archive. This >> might explain the claimed temporal advantage. >> >> It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage self- >> archiving >> to help >> to up their ISI immediacy index (but it would only work in cases >> where the >> formal publication happened to fall in the next calendar year). >> >> Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for sets >> of (gold) IA >> and tolled articles would be very interesting. >> >> Ian >> >> Quoting Stephen J Bensman : >> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>> >>> If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI >>> or SSCI JCR >>> and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" >>> journals and >>> "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison >>> of means >>> test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. >>> >>> SB >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 >>> 01:17:24 PM >>> >>> 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] Early citation advantage? >>> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>> >>> Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have >>> indicated >>> that >>> open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than >>> tolled access >>> articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides >>> a powerful >>> argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can >>> anyone >>> supply >>> a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand >>> how open >>> access >>> leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? >>> What are >>> the >>> plausible cause and effect arguments here? >>> >>> Ian Rowlands >>> UCL Centre for Publishing >>> www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk >>> >> >> >> >> Dr Ian Rowlands >> Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing >> www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk >> From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Thu Jun 22 03:00:37 2006 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:00:37 +0200 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <430AB684-C511-496E-91EF-09F01548A89F@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Message-ID: > The trouble with scientometrics (and sometimes also > psychometrics) is that we tend to construct or derive the > metric but never bother going through the step of validating > it! We just baptize it as having face validity. With pure > quantity measures such as publication counts, this might > possibly be legitimate (if we really which to treat > publications as products, and ends in themselves.) But > starting already with citations, validating needs to be done. > Metrics cannot be declared valid by a-priori fiat. Dear Stevan, You use the word "metrics" sometimes for descriptive statistics (e.g., citation countes) and in other emails for multiple regression analysis which would have predictive power on the basis of an explanatory model. The descriptive statistics do not have predictive power unless one adds a theoretical assumption. For example, one can make the assumption that the Markov property holds for the UK system: If we would know nothing more about the UK publication system, the best prediction of the next stage of the system would be the state of this system today.(1) Given that assumption, it makes sense to extrapolate citation counts of today to tomorrow. If one would have reasons to assume, however, that policy interventions (e.g., the RAE) matter, the Markov assumption might become less valid because the system would be disturbed. :-) Let me also note that quite a few of us have spent many years on validating the descriptive indicators. As has been noted in other mails, there are serious problems with their validity. Most of these studies ("citation context analysis") were done in the 1980s. Nowadays--as then--there is a lot of pressure to provide policy-makers and managers with relatively simple numbers for making allocation decisions. However, there may be other considerations (e.g., portfolio analysis) which may be as worthwile for policy decisions as previous citation counts. Indeed, one should go in the direction of a multiple regression analysis, but this can only be done step-by-step because each equation requires a theory in the background. With best wishes, Loet (1) Loet Leydesdorff, On the "Scientometric Decline" of British Science. Scientometrics 20 (1991) 363-367 ________________________________ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 22 13:42:02 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:42:02 -0400 Subject: Godoy LA "Differences between experts and novices in the review of engineering journal papers " J. of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 132(1): 24-28 Jan. 2006 Message-ID: Luis A. Godoy : E-mail Addresses: lgodoy at uprm.edu Title: Differences between experts and novices in the review of engineering journal papers Author(s): Godoy LA Source: JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 132 (1): 24-28 JAN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 18 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This paper reports on a controlled experiment carried out to investigate the differences between novices and experts during the review of papers for engineering journals. A total of 17 young faculty members with PhD degrees were given instruction on the peer review process, and then had to review a short paper, for which the actual reviews were available. The quality of the reviews was assessed using criteria developed by editors of medical journals. The evidence obtained from this study helps to identify the critical areas in which reviewers fail to perform a good review, and then to develop strategies to overcome such limitations. Addresses: Godoy LA (reprint author), Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Civil Engn & Surveying, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Civil Engn & Surveying, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA E-mail Addresses: lgodoy at uprm.edu Publisher: ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS, 1801 ALEXANDER BELL DR, RESTON, VA 20191-4400 USA Subject Category: ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY IDS Number: 998OO ISSN: 1052-3928 CITED REFERENCES: NATURE 413 : 93 2001 BAXT WG ACAD EMERG MED 3 : 504 1996 BLACK N What makes a good reviewer and a good review for a general medical journal? JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 280 : 231 1998 BRANSFORD JD PEOPLE LEARN BRAIN M : 1999 CALLAHAM ML Reliability of editors' subjective quality ratings of peer reviews of manuscripts JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 280 : 229 1998 CALLAHAN ML Effect of written feedback by editors on quality of reviews - Two tandomized trials JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287 : 2781 2002 GODOY LA Initiative to strengthen publications by young faculty JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 127 : 116 2001 HARNAD S PEER COMMENTARY PEER : 1982 HO TBL J ROY SOC MED 95 : 571 2002 JUDSON HF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SCIENCES AND THE END OF PEER-REVIEW JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 272 : 92 1994 KASSIRER JP PEER-REVIEW - CRUDE AND UNDERSTUDIED, BUT INDISPENSABLE JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 272 : 96 1994 MCCUEN RH ELEMENTS ACAD RES : 1996 MILLER LT P AM SOC ENG ED SE S : 2004 NARAYANAN RM Academic leadership strategies for engineering faculty INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 19 : 241 2003 PETERS DP PEER-REVIEW PRACTICES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNALS - THE FATE OF ACCEPTED, PUBLISHED ARTICLES, SUBMITTED AGAIN BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 5 : 187 1982 PETERSON GA RES ETHICS MANUSCRIP : 1992 VANROOYEN S Development of the Review Quality Instrument (RQI) for assessing peer reviews of manuscripts JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 52 : 625 1999 WOODWARD J Conduct, misconduct and the structure of science AMERICAN SCIENTIST 84 : 479 1996 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 22 13:44:37 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:44:37 -0400 Subject: Godoy LA "Differences between experts and novices in the review of engineering journal papers " J. of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 132(1): 24-28 Jan. 2006 Message-ID: Luis A. Godoy : E-mail Addresses: lgodoy at uprm.edu doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2006)132:1(24) Title: Differences between experts and novices in the review of engineering journal papers Author(s): Godoy LA Source: JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 132 (1): 24-28 JAN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 18 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This paper reports on a controlled experiment carried out to investigate the differences between novices and experts during the review of papers for engineering journals. A total of 17 young faculty members with PhD degrees were given instruction on the peer review process, and then had to review a short paper, for which the actual reviews were available. The quality of the reviews was assessed using criteria developed by editors of medical journals. The evidence obtained from this study helps to identify the critical areas in which reviewers fail to perform a good review, and then to develop strategies to overcome such limitations. Addresses: Godoy LA (reprint author), Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Civil Engn & Surveying, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Civil Engn & Surveying, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA E-mail Addresses: lgodoy at uprm.edu Publisher: ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS, 1801 ALEXANDER BELL DR, RESTON, VA 20191-4400 USA Subject Category: ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY IDS Number: 998OO ISSN: 1052-3928 CITED REFERENCES: NATURE 413 : 93 2001 BAXT WG ACAD EMERG MED 3 : 504 1996 BLACK N What makes a good reviewer and a good review for a general medical journal? JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 280 : 231 1998 BRANSFORD JD PEOPLE LEARN BRAIN M : 1999 CALLAHAM ML Reliability of editors' subjective quality ratings of peer reviews of manuscripts JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 280 : 229 1998 CALLAHAN ML Effect of written feedback by editors on quality of reviews - Two tandomized trials JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287 : 2781 2002 GODOY LA Initiative to strengthen publications by young faculty JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 127 : 116 2001 HARNAD S PEER COMMENTARY PEER : 1982 HO TBL J ROY SOC MED 95 : 571 2002 JUDSON HF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SCIENCES AND THE END OF PEER-REVIEW JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 272 : 92 1994 KASSIRER JP PEER-REVIEW - CRUDE AND UNDERSTUDIED, BUT INDISPENSABLE JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 272 : 96 1994 MCCUEN RH ELEMENTS ACAD RES : 1996 MILLER LT P AM SOC ENG ED SE S : 2004 NARAYANAN RM Academic leadership strategies for engineering faculty INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 19 : 241 2003 PETERS DP PEER-REVIEW PRACTICES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNALS - THE FATE OF ACCEPTED, PUBLISHED ARTICLES, SUBMITTED AGAIN BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 5 : 187 1982 PETERSON GA RES ETHICS MANUSCRIP : 1992 VANROOYEN S Development of the Review Quality Instrument (RQI) for assessing peer reviews of manuscripts JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 52 : 625 1999 WOODWARD J Conduct, misconduct and the structure of science AMERICAN SCIENTIST 84 : 479 1996 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 22 14:41:19 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:41:19 -0400 Subject: Nicholas D, Rowlands I, Huntington P, Russell B. "Opening up the digital box: What deep log analysis can tell us about our digital journal users " Charleston Conference Proceedings 2003: 118-138, 2004. Editor Bazirjian R, Speck V. Message-ID: E-mail addresses : David Nicholas : david.nicholas at ucl.ac.uk Ian Rowlands : i.rowlands @ ucl.ac.uk Paul Huntington: paulh at city.ac.uk Bill Russell : BRussell at emeraldinsight.com Title: Opening up the digital box: What deep log analysis can tell us about our digital journal users Author(s): Nicholas D, Huntington P, Rowlands I, Russell B Source: CHARLESTON CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2003 : 118-138, 2004 Editor(s): Bazirjian R, Speck V Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 7 Conference Information: 23rd Annual Charleston Conference Charleston, SC, 2003 Abstract: This two-part chapter considers the implications of log data for publishers and librarians. In this connection it reports on ongoing research into the use of two digital journal libraries, those of Emerald, a business and information studies publisher, and Blackwell, a scientific journal publisher. Employing deep log analysis techniques and adopting a strong consumer perspective, the first part of the chapter examines the information seeking behavior and background characteristics of the users of these two systems. Among the information traits examined are "site penetration," repeat use (perhaps, signs of current awareness and loyalty), and number of journals consulted. Users are characterized, among other things, according to their type of subscription, the type of university they come from, and the nature of their job. The concept of information promiscuity in the age of massive consumer choice is raised and reflected upon. A small case study is also included highlighting the relationship between log and citation data. The second part of the chapter features the publishers telling us what this all means to them, and what actions they propose to take. Addresses: City Univ London, London EC1V 0HB, England Publisher: LIBRARIES UNLIMITED INC, PO BOX 3988, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80155 USA IDS Number: BDL21 ISBN: 1-59158-217-2 CITED REFERENCES : INGWERSEN P WEB KNOWLEDGE FESTSC : 373 2000 KURTZ M J AM SOC INFORM SCI : 2003 NICHOLAS D title not available ASLIB PROC 55 : 84 2003 NICHOLAS D title not available J DOC 60 : 24 2004 NICHOLAS D title not available J INFORM SCI 29 : 391 2003 QUESTER P J PRODUCT BRAND MANA 12 : 22 2003 ROBINETTE S EMOTION MARKETING HA : 115 2001 From havemanf at CMS.HU-BERLIN.DE Thu Jun 22 15:26:42 2006 From: havemanf at CMS.HU-BERLIN.DE (Frank Havemann) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:26:42 +0200 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <20060621191724.x9v4oigg04ko0okc@www.webmail.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear collegues, the use of eprints can significantly accelerate the scientific communication. This was demonstrated by me with a small sample of articles in theoretical High Energy Physics published 1998 and 1999 in Physical Review D. Typically the eprints in this sample are available eight months before the printed issue is published. Three quarters of them are cited in eprints authored by other researchers before the journal issue appears (among them all highly cited eprints). My results are until now only published in German. But the figures are in English: http://www.ib.hu-berlin.de/~fhavem/E-prints.pdf Frank Havemann *************************** Dr. Frank Havemann Department of Library and Information Science Humboldt University Dorotheenstr. 26 D-10099 Berlin Germany tel.: (0049) (030) 2093 4228 http://www.ib.hu-berlin.de/inf/havemann.html Ian Rowlands: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have indicated > that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled > access articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a > powerful argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can > anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily > understand how open access leads to MORE use, thus higher citation. But > speedier citation? What are the plausible cause and effect arguments here? > > Ian Rowlands > UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 22 15:28:52 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:28:52 -0400 Subject: Bakkalbasi N, Goodman D. "Do science researchers use books?" Charleston Conference Proceedings 2004: 55-62, 2006. Message-ID: Nisa Bakkalbasi : Nisa.Bakkalbasi at purchase.edu David Goodman : david.goodman at liu.edu _____________ Title: Do science researchers use books? Author(s): Bakkalbasi N, Goodman D Source: CHARLESTON CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2004 : 55-62, 2006 Editor(s): Bazirjian R, Speck V, Bernhardt BR Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 7 Conference Information: 24th Annual Charleston Conference Charleston, SC, NOV 03-06, 2004 Abstract: Books, as well as journals, are cited in scientists' journal articles. We examined the books cited in the journal articles that were published by authors at a large university during 1981-2001. We found that (1) the citation data conform to Zipf's Law, (2) most citations are to recent titles, and (3) there are differences between different disciplines that appear to conform to traditional assumptions about user practices in different scientific disciplines. Addresses: SUNY Coll Purchase, New York, NY USA Publisher: LIBRARIES UNLIMITED INC, PO BOX 3988, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80155 USA IDS Number: BDK24 ISBN: 1-59158-339-X CITED REFERENCES : BENSMAN SJ title not available J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 52 : 714 2001 BLECIC DD title not available B MED LIBR ASSOC 88 : 145 2000 BOWMAN M COLLECT BUILD 11 : 2 1991 BROOKES BC title not available J DOC 33 : 180 1977 BUDD J COLLECTION MANAGEMEN 8 : 49 1986 FUSSLER HH PATTERNS USE BOOKS L : 1969 WEHMEYER JM title not available B MED LIBR ASSOC 87 : 187 1999 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 22 15:47:46 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:47:46 -0400 Subject: Jogaratnam G, Chon K, McCleary K, Mena M, Yoo J "An analysis of institutional contributors to three major academic tourism journals: 1992-2001 " Tourism Management 26 (5): 641-648 OCT 2005 Message-ID: Giri Jogaratnam : giri.jogaratnam at emich.edu Title: An analysis of institutional contributors to three major academic tourism journals: 1992-2001 Author(s): Jogaratnam G, Chon K, McCleary K, Mena M, Yoo J Source: TOURISM MANAGEMENT 26 (5): 641-648 OCT 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 20 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The purpose of this research is to replicate an earlier study that analyzed tourism research contributions during the decade of the 1980s (Sheldon, 1991) using a time frame of 1992-2001, the most recent 10-year period for which complete publication information was available. The three refereed travel and tourism journals, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, and Tourism Management were the focus of analysis. The results of a productivity analyses pertaining to author affiliation, repeat authorship, and research contributions from different regions of the world are presented. There has been considerable movement in the ranking of employing institutions when compared to the decade of the 1980s as well as significant change in contributions from different regions of the world. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Addresses: Jogaratnam G (reprint author), Eastern Michigan Univ, Roosevelt Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 USA Eastern Michigan Univ, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 USA Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Sch Hotel & Tourism Management, Kowloon, Hong Kong Peoples R China Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Pamplin Coll Business, Dept Hospitality & Tourism Management, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA E-mail Addresses: giri.jogaratnam at emich.edu Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND Subject Category: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; MANAGEMENT IDS Number: 959MK ISSN: 0261-5177 CITED REFERENCES : BARRY TE PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITY IN THE 3 LEADING UNITED-STATES ADVERTISING JOURNALS - INAUGURAL ISSUES THROUGH 1988 JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING 19 : 52 1990 CLARK GL AMA ED P : 250 1986 COX LA LEADING CONTRIBUTORS TO INSURANCE RESEARCH JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE 57 : 260 1990 DALE C INT J CONT HOSPITALI 13 : 30 2001 HECK JL MOST FREQUENT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FINANCE LITERATURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 17 : 100 1988 HOWEY RM Tourism and hospitality research journals: cross-citations among research communities TOURISM MANAGEMENT 20 : 133 1999 LABAND DN AN EVALUATION OF 50 RANKED ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS - BY QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF FACULTY PUBLICATIONS AND GRADUATE STUDENT PLACEMENT AND RESEARCH SUCCESS SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL 52 : 216 1985 LOSEKOOT E INT J HOSPITALITY MA 20 : 233 2001 MOORE LJ A STUDY OF INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS IN BUSINESS-RELATED ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 1972-78 QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS 20 : 87 1980 NIEMI AW REV BUSINESS EC RES 23 : 1 1987 OPPERMANN M HOSPITALITY TOURISM 7 : 55 1995 ROBERTS C J HOSPITALITY TOURIS 10 : 56 1998 RUTHERFORD DG HOSPITALITY RES J 16 : 23 1992 SAMENFINK WH J HOSPITALITY TOURIS 14 : 5 2002 SCHMIDGALL RS J HOSPITALITY TOURIS 4 : 74 1997 SHELDON PJ AN AUTHORSHIP ANALYSIS OF TOURISM RESEARCH ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH 18 : 473 1991 SHELDON PJ J TOURISM STUDIES 1 : 42 1990 WEAVER PA HOSPITALITY TOURISM 2 : 30 1990 WEAVER PA OHIO HOSPITALITY J 2 : 6 1989 WOODS RH HOSPITALITY TOURISM 7 : 33 1995 From eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM Thu Jun 22 16:08:41 2006 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSON.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:08:41 -0400 Subject: FW: [Asis-l] Prof. Vladimir Slamecka passed away Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: asis-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:asis-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Michel J. Menou Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:46 PM To: asis-l at asis.org; eurchap Subject: [Asis-l] Prof. Vladimir Slamecka passed away Vladimir Slamecka, 78, Professor Emeritus, founder and long time Director of the School of information and computer science, Georgia Institute of Technology, died on June 17 pm after a long illness. The memorial Mass is 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atlanta Ga. Vlad has played a prominent role in the development of our field nationally and internationally. He was a true pioneer, a visionary and a humanist. He combined the sharpest intellect with humility, empathy and high sense of social responsibility. -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos at Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the founding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/372 - Release Date: 21/06/2006 ____ ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l at asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Thu Jun 22 16:17:09 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:17:09 -0400 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <200606222126.42123.havemanf@cms.hu-berlin.de> Message-ID: Here is the consistent decrease in citation latency Tim Brody first reported in 2000: http://opcit.eprints.org/tdb198/opcit/citationage/ It is published in: Brody, T., Harnad, S. and Carr, L. (2006) Earlier Web Usage Statistics as Predictors of Later Citation Impact. Journal of the American Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 57(8) pp. 1060-1072. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10713/ as well as in Tim's doctoral dissertation. Stevan Harnad ? On 22-Jun-06, at 3:26 PM, Frank Havemann wrote: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Dear collegues, > > the use of eprints can significantly accelerate the scientific > communication. > This was demonstrated by me with a small sample of articles in > theoretical > High Energy Physics published 1998 and 1999 in Physical Review D. > Typically > the eprints in this sample are available eight months before the > printed > issue is published. Three quarters of them are cited in eprints > authored by > other researchers before the journal issue appears (among them all > highly > cited eprints). > > My results are until now only published in German. But the figures > are in > English: > http://www.ib.hu-berlin.de/~fhavem/E-prints.pdf > > Frank Havemann > > > *************************** > Dr. Frank Havemann > Department of Library and Information Science > Humboldt University > Dorotheenstr. 26 > D-10099 Berlin > Germany > > tel.: (0049) (030) 2093 4228 > http://www.ib.hu-berlin.de/inf/havemann.html > > > Ian Rowlands: >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have >> indicated >> that open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than >> tolled >> access articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, >> provides a >> powerful argument for open access: it speeds up scientific >> workflow. Can >> anyone supply a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily >> understand how open access leads to MORE use, thus higher >> citation. But >> speedier citation? What are the plausible cause and effect >> arguments here? >> >> Ian Rowlands >> UCL Centre for Publishing >> www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pastedGraphic.tiff Type: image/tiff Size: 121206 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sally.morris at ALPSP.ORG Thu Jun 22 14:37:11 2006 From: sally.morris at ALPSP.ORG (Sally Morris (ALPSP)) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:37:11 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: Might one factor be the age of the journal? Typically (I recognise it's not always true) newer journals have less (or no) publication backlog, so the time lag between availability of a self-archived preprint and the published version would likely be less Sally Sally Morris, Chief Executive Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK Tel: +44 (0)1903 871 686 Fax: +44 (0)1903 871 457 Email: sally.morris at alpsp.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Rowlands" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Thanks for that Stephen, I guess, having thought about it a bit more > that there > are semantic problems here. In the case of a gold OA journal vs a > traditional > tolled journal, I would be hard pressed to see a plausible cause and > effect for > an early OA citation advantage. If anyone could advise on this I would be > very > grateful. > > Perhaps this is an issue specific to the green OA route. If I finish a > paper > today and seek publication through a traditional tolled journal and take > no > further action, I might well expect to see it published and date stamped > in > 2007. If I self- or institutionally archive the preprint, that version > would > be date stamped today, 2006. That version might well be cited, giving me > an > apparent advantage over peers in the same issue who did not archive. This > might explain the claimed temporal advantage. > > It might also be an argument FOR PUBLISHERS to encourage self-archiving > to help > to up their ISI immediacy index (but it would only work in cases where the > formal publication happened to fall in the next calendar year). > > Certainly your suggestion of comparing immediacy indexes for sets of > (gold) IA > and tolled articles would be very interesting. > > Ian > > Quoting Stephen J Bensman : > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> If you can define a large enough subject set covered by the SCI or SSCI >> JCR >> and containing large enough subsets of both "tolled access" journals and >> "open access" journals, I would suggest some sort of comparison of means >> test on the immediacy indexes of the two subsets. >> >> SB >> >> >> >> >> Ian Rowlands @LISTSERV.UTK.EDU> on 06/21/2006 >> 01:17:24 PM >> >> 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] Early citation advantage? >> >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> Several recent studies (e.g. Thomson Scientific, Eysenbach) have >> indicated >> that >> open access articles are more likely to be cited sooner than tolled >> access >> articles. This is an argument that, on the face of it, provides a >> powerful >> argument for open access: it speeds up scientific workflow. Can anyone >> supply >> a testable hypothesis for this? I can quite easily understand how open >> access >> leads to MOPE use, thus higher citation. But speedier citation? What >> are >> the >> plausible cause and effect arguments here? >> >> Ian Rowlands >> UCL Centre for Publishing >> www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk >> > > > > Dr Ian Rowlands > Director of Research, UCL Centre for Publishing > www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Fri Jun 23 04:37:03 2006 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:37:03 +0200 Subject: Triple Helix indicators of knowledge-based innovation systems Message-ID: Triple Helix indicators of knowledge-based innovation systems Introduction to the special issue Research Policy (forthcoming) Loet Leydesdorff & Martin Meyer When two selection environments operate upon each other, mutual shaping in a co-evolution along a particular trajectory is one possible outcome. When three selection environments are involved, more complex dynamics can be expected as a result of interactions involving bi-lateral and tri-lateral relations. Three selection environments are specified in the Triple Helix model: (1) wealth generation (industry), (2) novelty production (academia), and (3) public control (government). Furthermore, this model somewhat reduces the complexity by using university-industry-government relations for the specification of the historical conditions of the non-linear dynamics. Whereas the historical analysis informs us about how institutions and institutional arrangements carry certain functions, the evolutionary analysis focuses on the functions of selection environments in terms of outputs. One can no longer expect a one-to-one correspondence between institutions and functions; a statistics is needed for the evaluation of how, for how long, and to what extent institutional arrangements enhance synergies among different selection environments. The empirical contributions to this Triple Helix issue point in the direction of "rich ecologies": the construction of careful balances between differentiation and integration among the three functions. click here for pdf See for the Table of Contents at http://www.leydesdorff.net/rp06th5/toc.htm ** apologies for cross-postings _____ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Methods: The world was divided into nine regions based on a combination of geographic, economic, and scientific criteria. Using the PubMed database, we retrieved information about the origin of articles from 30 journals included in the Respiratory System category of the journal Citation Reports database for a 9-year period (1995 to 2003). We estimated the total number of publications, their mean impact factor, the product of these two parameters, and the research productivity per million of population of the world area divided by, the gross national income per capita (GNIPC), for every year and the whole period of the study, for all defined world regions. Measurements and results: Data on the country of origin of the publications was available for 48,614 of 49,382 retrieved articles (98.5%). The majority of articles published between 1995 and 2003 originated from Western Europe (40.4%) and the United States (35.4%). The research productivity compared to population and the GNIPC was found to be higher for Canada and Oceania compared to the United States and Western Europe. The rate of increase of the total published research product (number of published articles multiplied by the impact factor) was higher in the United States and Europe. The total research contribution of Asia, Eastern Europe, Central and Latin America, and Africa regarding the number of published articles was notably very low (approximately 8%). Conclusions: The data suggest that there was a significant research activity in the field of respiratory medicine during the studied period. Although leaders of production of respiratory medicine research were from Western Europe and the United States, Canada, and Oceania hail the best performance after adjustment for population and GNIPC. Addresses: Michalopoulos A (reprint author), Alfa Inst Biomed Sci, 9 Neapoleos St, Maroussi, 15123 Greece Alfa Inst Biomed Sci, Athens, Greece Tufts Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Boston, MA 02111 USA E-mail Addresses: amichalopoulos at hol.gr Publisher: AMER COLL CHEST PHYSICIANS, 3300 DUNDEE ROAD, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062-2348 USA Subject Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IDS Number: 997HK ISSN: 0012-3692 CITED REFERENCES : *I SCI INF SCI CIT IND J CIT RE : 2004 *NATL LIB MED IND MED DAT PUBM : 2004 *WORLD BANK WORLD DEV IND : 2004 BOLDT J Changes in the impact factor of anesthesia/critical care journals within the past 10 years ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 44 : 842 2000 COATES R Language and publication in Cardiovascular Research articles CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 53 : 279 2002 GENSINI GF ANN ITAL MED INT 14 : 130 1999 GERGEN PJ NATIONAL SURVEY OF PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA AMONG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED- STATES, 1976 TO 1980 PEDIATRICS 81 : 1 1988 HALBERT RJ Interpreting COPD prevalence estimates: What is the true burden of disease? CHEST 123 : 1684 2003 JEMAL A Cancer statistics, 2003 CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS 53 : 5 2003 JETT JR Screening for lung cancer: Current status and future directions - Thomas A. Neff lecture CHEST 125 : S158 2004 LUUKKONEN T BIBLIOMETRICS AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PERFORMANCE ANNALS OF MEDICINE 22 : 145 1990 MARRIE TJ COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 18 : 501 1994 MICHALOPOULOS A CRIT CARE 9 : 258 2005 NIELSON FE UGESKRIFT LAEGER 160 : 4644 1998 PETTY TL J RESP DIS 18 : 365 1997 RAHMAN M Biomedical publication - global profile and trend PUBLIC HEALTH 117 : 274 2003 RIES LAG SEER CANC STAT REV 1 : 2000 SEGLEN PO Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 314 : 498 1997 WARNER JO THORAX S2 54 : 46 1999 WERNER HA Status asthmaticus in children - A review CHEST 119 : 1913 2001 WHITEHOUSE GH Impact factors: facts and myths EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY 12 : 715 2002 WINKMANN G Biomedical databases and the journal impact factor DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 125 : 1133 2000 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:21:02 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:21:02 -0400 Subject: Jette AM "How do you measure a journal's worth?" Physical Therapy 85(12): 1275-1276 December 2005 Message-ID: FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://www.ptjournal.org/Dec2005/Dec05_EdNote.cfm JOURNAL URL: http://www.ptjournal.org Title: How do you measure a journal's worth? Author(s): Jette AM Source: PHYSICAL THERAPY 85 (12): 1275-1276 DEC 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 3 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOC, 1111 N FAIRFAX ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 USA Subject Category: ORTHOPEDICS; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION IDS Number: 997RG ISSN: 0031-9023 CITED REFERENCES APTA READERSHIP SURV : 2005 GARFIELD E 5 INT C PEER REV BIO : 2005 SAHA S Impact factor: a valid measure of journal quality? JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 91 : 42 2003 EXCERPT FROM PAPER : The IF is a simple yet elegant measurement that is based on the frequency with which a journal?s substantive articles are cited in the scientific literature. To generate the IF for a particular journal (Physical Therapy) in a given year (2004), we calculate the ratio of the number of citations to any items published in that journal in the previous 2 years (201) relative to the total number of substantive articles published in the journal during that same 2-year period (103). By dividing the 201 citations by the 103 articles, we arrive at an impact factor of 1.95. We can interpret the meaning of an IF for a particular journal by comparing it to the IFs of other journals that are placed in the same category by Journal Citation Reports (JCR). So, how good is an IF of 1.95? Physical Therapy?s impact factor currently is #2 among the top 25 rehabilitation journals published in the world as ranked by JCR, surpassed only by the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology in the #1 position (IF=2.1). In 2003 and 2002, Physical Therapy was ranked #1 among all 20 rehabilitation journals, and its IF has improved consistently over the past 7 years, from 1.192 in 1998 to its current value of just under 2.0. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:24:58 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:24:58 -0400 Subject: Bergh DD, Perry J, Hanke R " Some predictors of SMJ article impact " STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 27 (1): 81-100 JAN 2006 Message-ID: E-mail : DDBergh at mgmt.purdue.edu Title: Some predictors of SMJ article impact Author(s): Bergh DD, Perry J, Hanke R Source: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 27 (1): 81-100 JAN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 48 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Article impact is becoming an increasingly popular metric for assessing a scholar's influence, yet little is known about its properties or the factors that affect it. This study tests whether author, article, and methodological attributes influence the impact of SMJ articles, defined as summed counts of article citations. Findings reveal that authors having fewer, more-often cited articles tended to have SMJ articles that received the most citations. In addition, whether an article appears in a regular or a special issue is not a stable predictor of its impact. Moreover, empirical articles that test primary data, control for more threats to internal validity, and have higher statistical power tend to receive more citations. Further, an article's long-term impact oftentimes becomes apparent shortly after its publication. Overall, the findings provide new insights into the determinants of impact and its temporal qualities and help explain some of the differences between high and average impact articles. The findings also underscore the need for transparency between author publication strategies (article volume, impact) and the requirements of his/her institution. Implications for authors, reviewers, editors, and administrative evaluation are offered. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Addresses: Bergh DD (reprint author), Purdue Univ, Krannert Sch Management, 403 W State St, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Purdue Univ, Krannert Sch Management, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Wichita State Univ, Barton Sch Business, Wichita, KS USA Bowling Green State Univ, Coll Business, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA E-mail Addresses: Ddbergh at mgmt.purdue.edu Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER PO19 8SQ, W SUSSEX, ENGLAND Subject Category: BUSINESS; MANAGEMENT IDS Number: 997XY ISSN: 0143-2095 CITED REFERENCES: ALLISON PD DEPARTMENTAL EFFECTS ON SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 55 : 469 1990 BARR PS R METHODOL STRATEGY 1 : 165 2004 BERGH DD Problems with repeated measures analysis: Demonstration with a study of the diversification and performance relationship ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 38 : 1692 1995 BERGH DD Measuring and testing change in strategic management research STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 23 : 359 2002 BERGH DD Assessment and redirection of longitudinal analysis: Demonstration with a study of the diversification and divestiture relationship STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 18 : 557 1997 BOWEN HP Matching method to paradigm in strategy research: Limitations of cross- sectional analysis and some methodological alternatives STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 20 : 625 1999 BOYD BK Construct measurement in strategic management research: Illusion or reality? STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 26 : 239 2005 BOYD BK Consequences of measurement problems in strategic management research: The case of AMIHUD and LEV STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 26 : 367 2005 BOYD BK How advanced is the strategy paradigm? 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"Using citation checking of undergraduate honors thesis bibliographies to evaluate library collections " College & Research Libraries 66(5): 417-429, 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: leidinrm at jmu.edu Title: Using citation checking of undergraduate honors thesis bibliographies to evaluate library collections Author(s): Leiding R Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 66 (5): 417-429 SEP 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 24 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This study utilizes citation checking of advanced undergraduate research papers as a method for evaluating library collections at an institution with growing undergraduate and graduate research demands. A random sample of 101 honors thesis bibliographies from the period 1993-2002 was examined for format, discipline, and local availability rates. The proportion of journal citations in relation to books increased slightly over the period, but no other clear trends emerged. The incidence of Web citations began during the period but did not steadily increase. The study highlighted specific use patterns and collection weaknesses. Results serve as a baseline for further study of the library's undergraduate user population; further citation studies are encouraged to assess continued use of online resources as the Internet and electronic technologies evolve. KeyWords Plus: STUDENTS; BEHAVIOR; WEB; JOURNALS; FACULTY Addresses: Leiding R (reprint author), James Madison Univ Lib, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA James Madison Univ Lib, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA E-mail Addresses: leidinrm at jmu.edu Publisher: ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 50 E HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 USA Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 965IU ISSN: 0010-0870 CITED REFERENCES COLL RES LIB 65 : 6 2004 BOLGIANO CE PROFILING A PERIODICALS COLLECTION COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 39 : 99 1978 BROADUS RN ADV LIB : 299 1977 DAVIS EFFECT WEB UNDERGRAD DAVIS PM The effect of the web on undergraduate citation behavior: A 2000 update COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 63 : 53 2002 DAVIS PM The effect of the Web on undergraduate citation behavior 1996-1999 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 52 : 309 2001 DAVIS PM Effect of the web on undergraduate citation behavior: Guiding student scholarship in a networked age PORTAL-LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY 3 : 41 2003 DEVIN RB THE SERIAL MONOGRAPH RATIO IN RESEARCH-LIBRARIES - BUDGETING IN LIGHT OF CITATION STUDIES COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 51 : 46 1990 DILEVKO J Improving collection development and reference services for interdisciplinary fields through analysis of citation patterns: An example using tourism studies COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 65 : 216 2004 EDWARDS S SERIALS REV 25 : 11 1999 HAYCOCK LA Citation analysis of education dissertations for collection development LIBRARY RESOURCES & TECHNICAL SERVICES 48 : 102 2004 HOVDE K RES STRATEGIES 17 : 3 2000 JOSWICK KE The core list mirage: A comparison of the journals frequently consulted by faculty and students COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 58 : 48 1997 JOSWICK KE COLL UNDERGRADUATE L 1 : 43 1994 KRIZ HM CITATION COUNTING AND FUTURE OF ENGINEERING LIBRARIES ENGINEERING EDUCATION 67 : 707 1977 MAGRILL RM COLLECTION MANAGEMEN 12 : 25 1990 MOSHER PH ADV LIB : 211 1984 NISONGER TE A TEST OF 2 CITATION CHECKING TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING POLITICAL-SCIENCE COLLECTIONS IN UNIVERSITY-LIBRARIES LIBRARY RESOURCES & TECHNICAL SERVICES 27 : 163 1983 SMITH ET Assessing collection usefulness: An investigation of library ownership of the resources graduate students use COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 64 : 344 2003 SMITH LC CITATION ANALYSIS LIBRARY TRENDS 30 : 83 1981 SYLVIA M WHAT JOURNALS DO PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE-STUDENTS NEED - A CITATION ANALYSIS OF THESIS REFERENCES COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 56 : 313 1995 SYLVIA MJ COLLECT BUILD 17 : 20 1998 WALCOTT R SCI TECHNOLOGY LIB 14 : 1 1994 ZIPP LS Thesis and dissertation citations as indicators of faculty research use of university library journal collections LIBRARY RESOURCES & TECHNICAL SERVICES 40 : 335 1996 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:31:55 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:31:55 -0400 Subject: Djulbegovic B, Soares HP, Kumar A "Citation impact of breakthrough interventions for malignant blood disorders. " BLOOD 106 (11): 871A-871A 3115 Part 1, NOV 16 2005 Message-ID: Benjamin Djulbegovic : bdjulbeg at hsc.usf.edu Title: Citation impact of breakthrough interventions for malignant blood disorders. Author(s): Djulbegovic B, Soares HP, Kumar A Source: BLOOD 106 (11): 871A-871A 3115 Part 1, NOV 16 2005 Document Type: Meeting Abstract Language: English Cited References: 0 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: H Lee Moffit Canc Ctr & Res Inst, Dept Interdisciplinary Oncol, Tampa, FL USA Publisher: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY, 1900 M STREET. NW SUITE 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA Subject Category: HEMATOLOGY IDS Number: 986CF ISSN: 0006-4971 Abstract Background: Citation count is a widely accepted measure of how much a study has drawn attention of other scientists and clinicians. The studies that have generated new, breakthrough interventions that potentially can affect the lives of many patients are expected to be widely disseminated. In this work, we test hypothesis if the breakthrough interventions as discovered in the NCI sponsored phase III hematological malignancies trials received high citation count. NCI trials account for almost 100% of publicly sponsored phase III trials in the US. Methods: We evaluated all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that have been conducted by six NCI sponsored cooperative oncology groups (COGs). We included all trials that were completed by 2002. Here, we focus on hematological malignancies trials. We arbitrarily defined as "breakthrough interventions" those interventions that were judged by the investigators highly preferred so they should become standard of care and/or had an effect size was so large that their log hazard ratio for survival or event- free survival was ?1 or less. The study which received more than 1,000 citations is considered as highly-cited clinical research paper. (Ioannidis JPA, JAMA 2005) Results: We evaluated 133 hematological-malignancy trials/comparisons. Ninety-two trials studied leukemias, 38 lymphomas and 3 either multiple myeloma or myelodysplastic syndrome. 26 (20%) interventions were found to meet the criteria for the "breaktrough interventions". None of the papers met criteria for highly-cited research. Citation counts ranged from 4?311 (median: 62). The highest-cited paper reported the use of All-trans- retinoic acid for induction and maintanence of acute promyelocytic leukemia. This paper is currently cited in NCCN guidelines and the NCI PQD? treatment website. Conclusions: The best clinical research in hematological malignancies has received relatively little scientific attention. Elucidating the factors that could explain these findings may help identify the barriers that prevent generation and dissemination of evidence of vital importance for improving outcomes of patients with malignant blood disorders. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:36:38 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:36:38 -0400 Subject: Soteriades ES, Rosmarakis ES, Paraschakis K, Falagas ME "Research contribution of different world regions in the top 50 biomedical journals (1995-2002)" FASEB JOURNAL 20 (1): 29-34 JAN 2006 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: matthew.falagas at tufts.edu DOI : 10.1096/fj.05-4711lsf Title: Research contribution of different world regions in the top 50 biomedical journals (1995-2002) Author(s): Soteriades ES, Rosmarakis ES, Paraschakis K, Falagas ME Source: FASEB JOURNAL 20 (1): 29-34 JAN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 22 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: We evaluated all articles published by different world regions in the top 50 biomedical journals in the database of the Journal Citation Reports- Institute for Scientific Information for the period between 1995 and 2002. The world was divided into 9 regions [United States of America (the U. S.), Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Africa] based on a combination of geographic, economic and scientific criteria. The number of articles published by each region, the mean impact factor, and the product of the above two parameters were our main indicators. The above numbers were also adjusted for population size, gross national income per capita of each region, and other factors. Articles published from the U. S. made up about two-thirds of all scientific papers published in the top 50 biomedical journals between 1995 and 2002. Western Europe contributed approximately a quarter of the published papers while the remaining one-tenth of articles came from the rest of the world. Canada, however, ranked second when number of articles was adjusted for population size. The U. S. is by far the highest-ranking country/region in publications in the top 50 biomedical journals even after adjusting for population size, gross national product, and other factors. Canada and Western Europe share the second place while the rest of the world is far behind. Soteriades, E. S., Rosmarakis, E. S., Paraschakis, K., Falagas, M. E. Research contribution of different world regions in the top 50 biomedical journals (1995-2002). Author Keywords: research productivity; world regions; top journals; publications' quality KeyWords Plus: EUROPEAN-UNION; IMPACT FACTORS; PUBLICATIONS; GEOGRAPHY; SCIENCE; INDEXES Addresses: Falagas ME (reprint author), AIBS, 9 Neapoleos St, Maroussi, 15123 Greece AIBS, Maroussi, 15123 Greece Cyprus Int Inst Environm & Publ Hlth, Nicosia, Cyprus Tufts Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Boston, MA 02111 USA E-mail Addresses: matthew.falagas at tufts.edu Publisher: FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814-3998 USA Subject Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CELL BIOLOGY IDS Number: 021PU ISSN: 0892-6638 CITED REFERENCES UN STAT YB : 2004 *I SCI INF SCI CIT IND J CIT RE : 2004 *NAT LIB MED IND MED DAT PUBM : 2004 *WORLD BANK WORLD DEV IND 2002 : 2004 BENNER M AUST HLTH REV 28 : 161 2004 BENZER A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS IN 1990 LANCET 341 : 247 1993 COATES R Language and publication in Cardiovascular Research articles CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 53 : 279 2002 GALLAGHER EJ Evidence of methodologic bias in the derivation of the Science Citation Index impact factor ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 31 : 83 1998 GARFIELD E CITATION INDEXES FOR SCIENCE - NEW DIMENSION IN DOCUMENTATION THROUGH ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS SCIENCE 122 : 108 1955 HEFLER L Geography of biomedical publications in the European Union, 1990-98 LANCET 353 : 1856 1999 KEISER J Representation of authors and editors from countries with different human development indexes in the leading literature on tropical medicine: Survey of current evidence BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 328 : 1229 2004 LUUKKONEN T BIBLIOMETRICS AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PERFORMANCE ANNALS OF MEDICINE 22 : 145 1990 MELA GS Radiological research in Europe: a bibliometric study EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY 13 : 657 2003 NEUBERGER J Impact factors: uses and abuses EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY 14 : 209 2002 RAHMAN M Biomedical publication - global profile and trend PUBLIC HEALTH 117 : 274 2003 ROSMARAKIS ES Estimates of global production in cardiovascular diseases research INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 100 : 443 2005 SARAVIA NG Plumbing the brain drain BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 82 : 608 2004 SEGLEN PO Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 314 : 498 1997 THOMPSON DF Geography of US biomedical publications, 1990 to 1997 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 340 : 817 1999 UGOLINI D Oncological research overview in the European Union. A 5-year survey EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER 39 : 1888 2003 VERGIDIS PI IN PRESS EUR J CLIN : 2005 WHITEHOUSE GH Impact factors: facts and myths EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY 12 : 715 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:41:21 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:41:21 -0400 Subject: Katerattanakul P, Han B, Hong SG "Objective quality ranking of computing journals " Communications of the ACM 46(10): 111-114 October 2003 Message-ID: pairin at wmich.edu bernard.han at wmich.edu shong at daunet.donga.ac.kr Title: Objective quality ranking of computing journals Author(s): Katerattanakul P, Han B, Hong SG Source: COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 46 (10): 111-114 OCT 2003 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 12 Times Cited: 5 Addresses: Katerattanakul P (reprint author), Western Michigan Univ, CIS Program, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA Western Michigan Univ, CIS Program, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA Dong A Univ, MIS Dept, Pusan, South Korea E-mail Addresses: pairin at wmich.edu, bernard.han at wmich.edu, shong at daunet.donga.ac.kr Publisher: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036 USA IDS Number: 742XL ISSN: 0001-0782 EXCERPT FROM PAPER : CONCLUSION: Based on the average ranking scores derived for each journal across all seven citation-based indices, the top five computing journals are MISQ, ISR, CACM, JACM, and IEEESE. Our findings closely resemble results reported in several previous studies [6, 9?10, 11]; that is, this study confirms that MISQ, ISR, and CACM are the top three journals of IS and computing areas. In addition, the ranking results of this study reveal an important finding supported by most of our quality indices: on average, journals with a technical or a specialty focus attain high rankings. As verified, technically oriented journals such as JACM, IEEESE, AI, HCI, IBM, AIMag, ACMDB, HCS, and JCSS all achieved high rankings based on their final average ranking scores. While these journals may not receive much recognition by general audiences, their publications are frequently used and cited by researchers whose interests are in the journals' niche areas. While our research tends to be more objective, readers should be aware that our study is confined to journals with a strong focus in the IS and computing areas. Some top-quality multidisciplinary journals, such as Management Science, in which seminal IS articles are published, are not included in this study, and neither are those journals with insufficient citation data, such as the Journal of Management Information Systems. This exclusion might underrate the contribution of those journals in the IS field. Another potential limitation in citation-based ranking is that its quality indices could be skewed by excessive citation of controversial articles that may not make true contributions in the IS or computing fields. Thus, readers should cautiously exercise their judgment in interpreting results produced in this study, with no exclusion of other non- IS or computing journals that publish high-quality IS articles. 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Academic rewards for teaching, research, and service: Data and discourse INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH 10 : 99 1999 ZINKHAN GM Assessing the quality ranking of the Journal of Advertising, 1986-1997 JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING 28 : 51 1999 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 23 17:46:02 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:46:02 -0400 Subject: Souza MFSE, Foresti MCPP, Vidotti SABG "Criteria for analysis of the structure of electronic scientific journals" FROM INFORMATION TO KNOWLEDGE : 180-188, 2003 Message-ID: E-mail: Fernanda_sarmento at yahoo.com or fsarmento at cevap.org.br foresti at laser.com.br vidotti at marilia.unesp.br or vidotti at flash.tv.br Title: Criteria for analysis of the structure of electronic scientific journals Author(s): Souza MFSE, Foresti MCPP, Vidotti SABG Source: FROM INFORMATION TO KNOWLEDGE : 180-188, 2003 Editor(s): SouzaCosta SM, Carvalho JA, Baptista AA, Moreira ACS Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 27 Conference Information: 7th International Conference on Electronic Publishing UNIV MINHO, GUIMARAES, PORTUGAL, JUN 25-28, 2003 ICCC; Int Federat Informat Proc; Univ Brasilia Abstract: This paper is the result of the Masters dissertation studying the role and history of scientific communication, especially the changes that have occurred after the appearance of electronic communication and computer networks. This study showed that hypertext systems are increasingly being used in the scientific and academic world in the production of electronic journals; this makes it possible for the user to rapidly access information in their area. However, these systems need to be improved to help the user during search and access to information. Both printed journals migrating to electronic media, and the exclusively electronic journals should present the current quality indicators. The attempt was made to discover whether characteristics related to printed journals are being maintained in their electronic counterparts. For this, a prototype model was developed to analyze the structure of electronic scientific journals; it composes 14 criteria expressing aspects of quality for these journals. It includes elements of Website Information Architecture and those already in place in printed scientific journals in order to ensure that basic functions - archiving and dissemination - are maintained in electronic publishing. Each criterion consists of variables, which measure the maintenance of these functions both in the migrating printed journals and the exclusively electronic ones. This prototype model was used to analyze Ciencia da Informacao On-line and DataGramaZero - Revista de Ciencia da Informacao. Results indicate that this model is able to find out if the basic functions of archiving and dissemination are being maintained in electronic journals. Therefore, its implementation is justified in electronic journals. The model can help librarians, authors, and users of electronic journals to identify quality journals, and assist editors in developing their projects. The material from the study may be included in the preservice and inservice education of Information Science professionals and to support editors of scientific journals. Author Keywords: electronic scientific journal; quality criteria; analysis of structure of electronic journal; web site Information Architecture; Information Science Addresses: Souza MFSE (reprint author), Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Ctr Study Venoms & Venomous Anim, Rua Cardoso Almeida 1431, BR-18600005 Botucatu, SP Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Ctr Study Venoms & Venomous Anim, BR- 18600005 Botucatu, SP Brazil Publisher: UNIVERSIDADE MINHO DEPT SISTEMAS INFORMACAO, CAMPUS DE AZUREM, GUIMARAES 4800, PORTUGAL IDS Number: BX82Z ISBN: 972-98921-2-1 CITED REFERENCES *AAAS UNESC ICSU W AAAS UNESCO ICSU WOR : 1998 *BRAS MIN SAUD COM 5 BRAS MIN SAUD COM : 2002 *BRASIL CONS NAC S 19696 BRAS CONS NAC *IBICT ISSN NUM INT NORM PU : 2001 *INT CONS ADV AC P SOC ICAAP J DAT DIST *JSTOR NEED JSTOR *SCIELO CRIT SCIELO BRAS CRI ARENDS T title not available ACTA CIENT VENEZ 19 : 148 1968 BRAGA GM REV LATINOAMERICAN D 2 : 27 1982 CASTRO RCF CIENCIA INFORMACAO 25 : 357 1996 CLEVELAND G SELECTING ELECT DOCU : 1999 GAFFNEY G USABILITY DOES MATTE : 2001 GARFIELD E ESSAYS INFORMATION S 13 : 185 1990 KING DW CIENCIA INFORMACAO 27 : 176 1998 KRZYZANOWSKI RF CI INF BRASILIA 20 : 137 1991 KRZYZANOWSKI RF CIENCIA INFORMACAO 27 : 165 2000 MARTIN SG S EL REV EL 2 2001 B : 2001 MCKNIGHT C title not available ASLIB PROC 45 : 7 1993 NIELSEN J ZDZET DEVELOPER : 1998 RODRIGUES B WEBWORLD JUN : 1998 ROSENFELD L INFORMATION ARCHITEC : 1988 SARMENTO E THESIS U ESTADUAL PA : 2002 STRAJOTO F ARQUITETURA INFORMAC : 2002 TENOPIR C ELECT J REALITIES SC : 2000 TESTA J CIENCIA INFORMACAO 27 : 233 1998 TESTA J ISI DATABASE J SELEC TRZESNIAK P CURSO EDITORACAO CIE 10 : 2001 From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Mon Jun 26 16:49:28 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:49:28 +0100 Subject: Forthcoming OA Developments in France Message-ID: ** Apologies for Cross-Posting ** Below is a synoptic translation of an important French Press release about forthcoming OA developments in France. I would add only that CNRS is mistaken in its worry that CNRS researchers would resist a self-archiving mandate: Multiple author surveys -- international and multisciplinary -- as well as repeated experience with actual mandates have shown that there will be very high rates of compliance. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11006/ http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php Second, legal issues are mooted if the mandate is an immediate *deposit* mandate, but the author has the option to set access to as Open Access or Closed Access: 94% of journals already endorse setting access immediately to Open Access. For the remaining 6%, the HAL repository software should implement the semi-automatic EMAIL EPRINT that has already been implemented in tje GNU Eprints and DSpace repository software. That will tide over access during any embargo period (and embargoes will fade away once everything is being systematically self-archived and used). http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12078/ https://secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk/notices/publicnotices.php?notice=902 ---------------- The STI 'Professional Days' 2006 (4th edition) conference on "Archives institutionnelles et archives ouvertes" took place in Nancy from 19 - 21 June. http://rpist.inist.fr/article.php3?id_article=29 All the major French research organizations were represented: CNRS, INSERM, INRIA, INRA, INERIS, IRD, and ADEME are to sign a Joint Draft Agreement (already finalised), defining a coordinated approach, at the national level, for open-access self-archiving of French research output. Also to sign the agreement are the conference of university presidents (CPU), the conference of Grandes Ecoles (France's Elite Universities), and the Pasteur Institute. This marks an important advance in the implementation of a French national policy for open access institutional archives (OA/IA). There is also a protocol of agreement about metadata to enrich the articles and some assistance to depositers on legal matters. Elsewhere, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has also recommended that making results open access in open archives should be made a condition of R&D funding, and so have NIH and FRPAA in the US and RCUK in the UK. In France there is first to be a 'statement' as a prelude to a 'directive'. The difference is important. NIH and CERN have different deposit rates, reflecting the difference between a request and a requirement. NIH, with only a request, has a deposit rate of, 4%, whereas CERN, with a requirement, is approaching 100%. OA cannot achieve its objectives unless deposit rates approach 100%. A laisser-faire policy, only requesting self-archiving, generates a deposit rate of a few percent. Systematic activism from librarians and information professionals (informing, encouraging, helping with deposits) raises the rate to about 12%. Adding a 'carrot and stick' component (e.g., making the deposit rate one of the criteria in annual evaluation) might raise rates to 20% but not much more. By contrast, organizations that have a contractual obligation to deposit (such as CEMAGREF, since 1992, and INERIS) have deposit rates near 100%, fulfilling their contract to have open institutional archives which reflect the full research output of their organizations. The Joint Draft Agreement is being formulated at a time when France is considering many other questions about legal aspects, voluntary vs. obligatory deposit, and the purpose of knowledge repositories. For fear that restive researchers might resent the imposition of administrative rules, the question is mostly evaded (especially by the CNRS), but there is evidence of progress: at the Nancy conference, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), announced that it plans to make self-archiving in its open-access archive compulsory within the next few years -- but this progress is far too slow. A sense of legal uncertainty is one of the factors holding back deposit rates. Paradoxically, it is information professionals (librarians and documentalists) -- not researchers or management -- who have been pressing for a clear legal framework on open access archiving from the directorate of the CNRS. There is a French call for proposals (drawing on a total source of only 1 million euros) for studies on the creation and support of new Open Access Journals. In contrast, in the UK, the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) is spending approximately 115 million euros, much of it devoted to studies on the creation and support of the infrastructure for open access archives in British universities and research institutions. According to some of the participants at the Nancy conference, France's new National Agency of Research (ANR) refers in its contracts to requirement (or is it a request') linking its research funding to the provision of 'Open Access' to the results. Groupement Fran?ais de l'Industrie de l'Information 25 rue Claude Tillier 75012 Paris. France T?l : 33 1 43 72 96 52 Fax : 33 1 43 72 56 04 http://www.gfii.asso.fr M?l gfii AT gfii.asso.fr Kiosque IST - INIST From pmd8 at CORNELL.EDU Tue Jun 27 12:07:31 2006 From: pmd8 at CORNELL.EDU (Phil Davis) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:07:31 -0400 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <000301c69648$e1e1ef50$0300000a@samsung> Message-ID: In our study of math articles deposited in the arXiv, we could not detect an Early View advantage. Mathematics articles have very long citation half-lives and don't get cited nearly as often as biomedical articles, so the effect may be there, but just not detectable in our dataset. There were stronger explanatory variables to explain the citation advantage. See: Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads for mathematics articles? Philip M. Davis and Michael J. Fromerth Scientometrics (2007 forthcoming) http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs.DL/0603056 An analysis of 2,765 articles published in four math journals from 1997 to 2005 indicated that articles deposited in the arXiv received 35% more citations on average than non-deposited articles (an advantage of about 1.1 citations per article), and that this difference was most pronounced for highly-cited articles. The most plausible explanation is not Open Access or Early View, but Self-Selection, which has led to higher quality articles being deposited in the arXiv. Yet in spite of their citation advantage, arXiv-deposited articles received 23% fewer downloads from the publisher's website (about 10 fewer downloads per article) in all but the most recent two years after publication. The data suggest that arXiv and the publisher's website may be fulfilling distinct functional needs of the reader. --Phil Davis From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Tue Jun 27 13:06:54 2006 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:06:54 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20060627120243.02aedeb0@postoffice8.mail.cornell.edu> Message-ID: Readers may want to see the commentaries on the Davis & Fromerth (2007) article at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5221 In summary, no study has yet succeeded in eliminating the possibility of some Self-selection Bias contributing to the Open Access (OA) citation advantage, but no study has shown that all or most of the OA citation advantage is dues to Self-selection Bias either. (Self-selection Bias, SB, or Quality Bias, QB, would occur if authors selectively tended to self-archive the articles that they felt were of higher quality. Eysenbach (2006) asked authors whether this was the case, and they said no, but of course that doesn't quite settle the matter either! http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157 ). In particular, Davis & Fromerth certainly have not settled the matter. They found no Early Access advantage in the subset of journals in mathematics that they analysed, and this could well be, for a long-turn-around-time discipline like mathematics, compared to shorter turnaround fields like physics and biology (though subfields differences might over-ride this in some cases). Davis & Fromerth also showed that in his sample of math journals, articles deposited in Arxiv (hence OA) had 35% more citations than non-OA articles, and that the proportion of OA to non-OA articles was bigger for more highly cited articles. That certainly doesn't demonstrate that the OA advantage is due to self-selection! It is just as likely that the advantage of being OA is greater for higher quality articles! (Conversely, for low quality articles, making them more accessible won't help!) (We found the same correlation in our studies of a million and a half articles across 12 years and 10 different disciplines): Hajjem, C., Harnad, S. and Gingras, Y. (2005) Ten-Year Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How it Increases Research Citation Impact. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin 28(4) pp. 39-47. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11688/ But because Arxiv is a central archive with a 15-year history of joint usage by the field, the OA advantage is confounded with what Michael Kurtz has called the "Arxiv advantage" (AA): Many users will prefer to consult the Arxiv version rather than the publisher's version, even when they have subscription access to the publisher's version, because they prefer a one-stop-shop. The Arxiv advantage probably explains the lower number of downloads at the publisher's site for papers self-archived in Arxiv. Harnad, S. (2005) OA Impact Advantage = EA + (AA) + (QB) + QA + (CA) + UA. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12085/ Stevan Harnad On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Phil Davis wrote: > In our study of math articles deposited in the arXiv, we could not detect > an Early View advantage. Mathematics articles have very long citation > half-lives and don't get cited nearly as often as biomedical articles, so > the effect may be there, but just not detectable in our dataset. There > were stronger explanatory variables to explain the citation advantage. See: > > Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads for > mathematics articles? > Philip M. Davis and Michael J. Fromerth > Scientometrics (2007 forthcoming) http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs.DL/0603056 > > An analysis of 2,765 articles published in four math journals from 1997 to > 2005 indicated that articles deposited in the arXiv received 35% more > citations on average than non-deposited articles (an advantage of about 1.1 > citations per article), and that this difference was most pronounced for > highly-cited articles. The most plausible explanation is not Open Access or > Early View, but Self-Selection, which has led to higher quality articles > being deposited in the arXiv. Yet in spite of their citation advantage, > arXiv-deposited articles received 23% fewer downloads from the publisher's > website (about 10 fewer downloads per article) in all but the most recent > two years after publication. The data suggest that arXiv and the > publisher's website may be fulfilling distinct functional needs of the reader. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 13:05:53 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:05:53 -0400 Subject: Garcia-Garcia P, Lopez-Munoz F, Callejo J, et al. "Evolution of Spanish scientific production in international obstetrics and gynecology journals during the period 1986-2002 " Europ J. Obstet Gynecol & Reprod Biol. 123 (2): 150-156 Dec 1 2005 Message-ID: E-Mail : pigarcia at juste.net AUTHOR : Garcia-Garcia P, Lopez-Munoz F, Callejo J, et al. TITLE : Evolution of Spanish scientific production in international obstetrics and gynecology journals during the period 1986-2002 SOURCE : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY 123 (2): 150-156 DEC 1 2005 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The present bibliometric study analyzes Spanish scientific work published in the field of obstetrics and gynecology in the most important journals during the period 1986-2002. STUDY DESIGN: The material studied (779 original documents) was selected in accordance with the science citation index (SCI) of 2001, obstetrics and gynecology section, using the EMBASE: Obstetrics and Gynecology database. We applied the customary rules of bibliometrics: Price's Law of increase in scientific literature, Bradford's Law of scattering of scientific literature and Lotka's Law of author productivity. Furthermore, we analyzed participation index (PaI), the collaboration index and the superior (%SUP). RESULTS: The material studied is closer to an exponential adjustment (r = 0.958) than to a linear adjustment (r = 0.856). The journal with the largest number of originals is Human Reproduction (Bradford's first area), with 217 articles and that with the highest PaI is Menopause (4.07). The total number of authors is 1829, who are responsible for 3938 authorships (2.79% of the authors have a productivity index (PI) > or = 1 and 70.09% have a PI = 0). The majority of the studies were carried out in hospitals (47.62%) and universities (23.36%). CONCLUSION: Spanish productivity in the field of obstetrics and gynecology increased considerably in the period 1986-2002. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 13:00:02 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:00:02 -0400 Subject: El-Munshid HA "The theory and uses of citation indexing " Saudi Medical Journal 26(10): 1643-1645, October 2005 Message-ID: H.A. El-Munshid : E-mail Addresses: munshid at yahoo.com Title: The theory and uses of citation indexing Author(s): El-Munshid HA Source: SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL 26 (10): 1643-1645 OCT 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material language: English Cited References: 5 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: El-Munshid HA (reprint author), King Faisal Univ, Coll Med, Dept Physiol, POB 2114, Dammam, 31451 Saudi Arabia King Faisal Univ, Coll Med, Dept Physiol, Dammam, 31451 Saudi Arabia E-mail Addresses: munshid at yahoo.com Publisher: SAUDI MED J, ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL, PO BOX 7897,, RIYADH 11159, SAUDI ARABIA Subject Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL IDS Number: 984NT ISSN: 0379-5284 CITED REFERENCES: BRADFORD SC DOCUMENTATION : 1953 GARFIELD E CITATION INDEXING IT : 1979 GARFIELD E Use of Journal Citation Reports and Journal Performance Indicators in measuring short and long term journal impact CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL 41 : 368 2000 GARFIELD E CITATION ANALYSIS AS A TOOL IN JOURNAL EVALUATION - JOURNALS CAN BE RANKED BY FREQUENCY AND IMPACT OF CITATIONS FOR SCIENCE POLICY STUDIES SCIENCE 178 : 471 1972 ROMESBURG HC If the NFL can do it, so can scientists SCIENTIST 17 : 60 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 13:11:09 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:11:09 -0400 Subject: Gupta HM, Campanha JR, Pesce RAG "Power-law distributions for the citation index of scientific publications and scientists " Brazilian J. of Physics 35 (4A): 981-986 DEC 2005 Message-ID: These authors appear to be totally oblivious to the literature on this subject from Derek Price onwards! Full text available at : http://www.sbfisica.org.br/bjp/files/v35_981.pdf e-mail : Jose R. Campanha : campanha at rc.unesp.br Title: Power-law distributions for the citation index of scientific publications and scientists Author(s): Gupta HM, Campanha JR, Pesce RAG Source: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 35 (4A): 981-986 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 42 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The number of citations of a scientific publication or of an individual scientist has become an important factor of quality assessment in science. We report a study of the statistical distribution of the citation index of both scientific publications and scientists. We give numerical evidence that Tsallis (power law) statistics explains the entire distribution over eight orders of magnitude (10(-4) to 10(4)). Also, we draw Zipf plots in order to analyze the statistical distribution of the citation index of Brazilian and international physicists and chemists. The relatively small group of Brazilian scientists seems more adequate to explain the dynamics of the citation index. In this case, we find that the distribution of the citation index can also be explained by a gradually truncated power law with similar parameters. We finally discuss possible mechanisms behind the citation index of scientists and scientific publications. Addresses: Gupta HM (reprint author), UNESP, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Fis, Caixa Postal 178, Rio Claro, SP BR-13500970 Brazil UNESP, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Fis, Rio Claro, SP BR- 13500970 Brazil Publisher: SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA FISICA, CAIXA POSTAL 66328, 05315-970 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL Subject Category: PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY IDS Number: 995ZE ISSN: 0103-9733 CITED REFERENCES : *OLS ASS P 1 INT C HIGH FREQ : 1995 ARNEODO A EUROPEAN PHYS J B 2 : 227 1998 BADII R COMPLEXITY HIERARCHI : 1997 BAK P NATURE WORKS : 1997 BASSINGTHWAIGHT.JB FRACTAL PHYSL : 1994 BOUCHAUD JP THEORIE RISQUES FINA : 1997 CHABAUD B TRANSITION TOWARD DEVELOPED TURBULENCE PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 73 : 3227 1994 DAVIES JA The individual success of musicians, like that of physicists, follows a stretched exponential distribution EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B 27 : 445 2002 FAMA EF PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS IN A STABLE PARETIAN MARKET MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 11 : 404 1965 FRISH U LEVY FLIGHTS RELATED : 1994 GALAMBOS J ASSYMPTOTIC THEORY E : 1978 GHASHGHAIE S Turbulent cascades in foreign exchange markets NATURE 381 : 767 1996 GUPTA HM Power law distribution in education: Effect of economical, teaching, and study conditions in university entrance examination INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C 14 : 449 2003 GUPTA HM Power law distribution in education: University entrance examination INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C 11 : 1273 2000 GUPTA HM Power-law distribution in a learning process: competition, learning and natural selection PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS 345 : 267 2005 GUPTA HM The gradually truncated Levy flight: stochastic process for complex systems PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS 275 : 531 2000 GUPTA HM The gradually truncated Levy flight for systems with power-law distributions PHYSICA A 268 : 231 1999 HURST HE LONG-TERM STORAGE CAPACITY OF RESERVOIRS TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 116 : 770 1951 LAHERRERE J EUR PHYS J B 13 : 777 2000 LEVY P THEORIE ADDITION VAR : 1937 LUX T Scaling and criticality in a stochastic multi-agent model of a financial market NATURE 397 : 498 1999 MANDELBROT BB FRACTAL GEOMETRY NAT : 1982 MANDELBROT BB SCIENCE 156 : 637 1967 MANTEGNA RN SCALING BEHAVIOR IN THE DYNAMICS OF AN ECONOMIC INDEX NATURE 376 : 46 1995 NELKIN M UNIVERSALITY AND SCALING IN FULLY-DEVELOPED TURBULENCE ADVANCES IN PHYSICS 43 : 143 1994 OLAMI Z SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY IN A CONTINUOUS, NONCONSERVATIVE CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODELING EARTHQUAKES PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 68 : 1244 1992 OTT A ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION IN LIVING POLYMERS - A GENUINE LEVY FLIGHT PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 65 : 2201 1990 PARETO V COURS EC POLIT : 1896 PENG CK LONG-RANGE ANTICORRELATIONS AND NON-GAUSSIAN BEHAVIOR OF THE HEARTBEAT PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 70 : 1343 1993 POON L CONTROLLING COMPLEXITY PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 75 : 4023 1995 REDNER S How popular is your paper? 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Of the 31,696 unique works cited in the journal, only 22 were referenced at least 20 times, with the vast majority (92%) cited only once or twice. We divided the citations into the 10 most-cited books (i.e., complete volumes) and 10 most-cited papers (i.e.,journal articles, book chapters, reports). A total of 23 different researchers were responsible for the 20 works, with one (Wolman) being an author or co-author of a quarter of them. Seven of the ten most-cited papers were based on work in the USGS in the mid-twentieth century, indicating a particularly fruitful time of geomorphic research and a particularly important cohort of scientists. Based on our citation analysis and author commentaries, we suggest that classic works in geomorphology are most likely to be those that provide useful knowledge and those that incorporate interdisciplinary perspectives. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Addresses: Doyle MW (reprint author), Univ N Carolina, Dept Geog, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA Univ N Carolina, Dept Geog, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA E-mail Addresses: mwdoyle at email.unc.edu Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL; GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; GEOLOGY IDS Number: 994QH ISSN: 0169-555X CITED REFERENCES: BAGNOLD RA PHYS BLOWN SAND DESE : 1941 BIRKELAND PW SOILS GEOMORPHOLOGY : 1984 CARSON MA HILLSLOPE FORM PROCE : 1972 CHORLEY R Classics in physical geography revisited - Horton, R.E. 1945: Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins: Hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphology. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 56, 275-370 PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 19 : 533 1995 CLIFFORD NJ Classics in physical geography revisited - Leopold,LB and Maddock,TM jr 1953: The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications. 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Rahm : rahm at informatik.uni-leipzig.de A. Thor : thor at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Title: Citation analysis of database publications Author(s): Rahm E, Thor A Source: SIGMOD RECORD 34 (4): 48-53 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 5 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: We analyze citation frequencies for two main database conferences (SIGMOD, VLDB) and three database journals (TODS, VLDB Journal, Sigmod Record) over 10 years, The citation data is obtai ned by integrating and cleaning data from DBLP and Google Scholar. Our analysis considers different comparative metrics per publication venue, in particular the total and average number of citations as well as the impact factor which has so fat only been considered for journals. We also determine the most cited papers, authors, author institutions and their countries. Addresses: Rahm E (reprint author), Univ Leipzig, Leipzig, D-7010 Germany Univ Leipzig, Leipzig, D-7010 Germany E-mail Addresses: rahm at informatik.uni-leipzig.de, thor at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Publisher: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036 USA Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IDS Number: 991JT ISSN: 0163-5808 CITED REFERENCES : AMIN M PERSPECTIVES PUB OCT : 2000 BERNSTEIN PA P 31 VLDB C : 2005 NASCIMENTO SIGMOD RECORD 32 : 2003 RAHM E P 8 WEBDB : 2005 SNODGRASS R SIGMOD RECORD 32 : 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 16:50:05 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:50:05 -0400 Subject: Bunz U. "Publish or perish: A limited author analysis of ICA and NCA journals" Journal of Communication 55(4): 703-720, Dec. 2005. Message-ID: The author used Web of Science, End Note and Ingenta E-mail: ubunz at fsu.edu Title: Publish or perish: A limited author analysis of ICA and NCA journals Author(s): Bunz U Source: JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION 55 (4): 703-720 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 20 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The study reported in this article investigated some of the communication discipline's publication conventions to provide information that can shape hiring, promotion, and/or tenure practices, particularly at highly research- oriented universities. The study investigates 349 research articles by 125 authors published in eight International Communication Association (ICA) and National Communication Association (NCA) journals between January 1999 and June 2004. The analyses focus on authors, their gender, academic rank, and university affiliations. Results show that full professors have significantly higher rates of productivity than either associate or assistant professors, even though assistant professors as a group are associated with the most manuscripts. The study reveals a short list (n = 12) of universities whose faculty and/or alumni have published more than their peers and those scholars' preferred publication outlets; recognizes especially productive scholars by academic rank (n = 11); and presents data that indicate a potential trend towards dissolving gender differences. KeyWords Plus: RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; COMMUNICATION Addresses: Bunz U (reprint author), Florida State Univ, Dept Commun, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA Florida State Univ, Dept Commun, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA Subject Category: COMMUNICATION IDS Number: 991WG ISSN: 0021-9916 CITED REFERENCES : *AM PSYCH ASS PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS : 2001 *NAT CTR ED STAT BEG YOUR COLL SEARCH : 2004 *US DEP ED GEN INF SURV INT POS BARKER L ASS COMMUNICATION AD 65 : 31 1988 BLAIR C DISCIPLINING THE FEMININE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH 80 : 383 1994 COHEN J A POWER PRIMER PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN 112 : 155 1992 COOPER PJ ACA B 67 : 46 1989 EDWARDS R COMMUN EDUC 32 : 63 1983 ERICKSON KV SO COMMUNICATION J 61 : 271 1996 FUNKHOUSER ET The evaluative use of citation analysis for communication journals HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 22 : 563 1996 HICKSON M ACTIVE PROLIFIC SCHOLARS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES - ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY .2. COMMUNICATION EDUCATION 42 : 224 1993 HICKSON M AN ANALYSIS OF PROLIFIC SCHOLARSHIP IN SPEECH-COMMUNICATION, 1915-1985 - TOWARD A YARDSTICK FOR MEASURING RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY COMMUNICATION EDUCATION 38 : 230 1989 HICKSON M The status of research productivity in communication: 1915-1995 COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS 66 : 178 1999 HICKSON M COMMUNICATION Q 4 : 350 1992 ROSENFELD LB ACA B 79 : 36 1992 SOLEY LC ADVERTISING ARTICLE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE UNITED-STATES ACADEMIC COMMUNITY JOURNALISM QUARTERLY 60 : 464 1983 STACKS DW PERCEPTIONS OF REGIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATIONS COMMUNICATION EDUCATION 38 : 144 1989 STEPHEN T Concept analysis of gender, feminist, and women's studies research in the communication literature COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS 67 : 193 2000 STEPHEN T Computer-assisted concept analysis of HCR's first 25 years HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 25 : 498 1999 VINCENT RC BROADCAST RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF UNITED-STATES COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS, 1976-83 JOURNALISM QUARTERLY 61 : 841 1984 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 17:07:27 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:07:27 -0400 Subject: Cartwright VA, McGhee CNJ "Ophthalmology and vision science research - Part 1: Understanding and using journal impact factors and citation indices " Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 31 (10): 1999-2007 OCT 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: c.mcghee at auckland.ac.nz Title: Ophthalmology and vision science research - Part 1: Understanding and using journal impact factors and citation indices Author(s): Cartwright VA, McGhee CNJ Source: JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY 31 (10): 1999-2007 OCT 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 46 Times Cited: 4 Abstract: In an increasingly "publish or perish" clinical and academic environment, all clinicians and clinician-scientists involved in research must have a firm understanding of the measures commonly used to assess the quality of scientific journals and, by default, those extended to grade individual articles and authors. The publication of research is a vital part of clinical and experimental research, and citation analyses of research publications have increasingly been adopted as a means of assessing the apparent quality of journals and the research published therein. In the first of a series of articles for those embarking on ophthalmic and vision science research, this paper discusses the key features of citation analysis, concentrating on the 2004 Journal Citation Report figures for the field of ophthalmology that include 42 ophthalmology, vision science, physiological optics, and optometry journals. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) calculates a number of parameters including citation counts, Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Immediacy Index, and cited/citing half- life. This article discusses the methods of calculation and possible uses along with current controversies and potential abuses. The JIF and its relevance, potential bias, and limitations are discussed in depth as it has become the most widely used analysis of journal quality. The possible alternatives to ISI citation analysis are presented, and we conclude that citation analysis can be considered a reasonable measure of journal research quality only if used correctly. Addresses: McGhee CNJ (reprint author), Univ Auckland, Dept Ophthalmol, Chair Ophthalmol, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1 New Zealand Univ Auckland, Dept Ophthalmol, Chair Ophthalmol, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Auckland, 1 New Zealand E-mail Addresses: c.mcghee at auckland.ac.nz Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010- 1710 USA Subject Category: OPHTHALMOLOGY; SURGERY IDS Number: 996PK ISSN: 0886-3350 CITED REFERENCES : CALLAHAM M Journal prestige, publication bias, and other characteristics associated with citation of published studies in peer-reviewed journals JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 287 : 2847 2002 CHEW FS HOW RESEARCH BECOMES KNOWLEDGE IN RADIOLOGY - AN ANALYSIS OF CITATIONS TO PUBLISHED PAPERS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY 150 : 31 1988 COELHO PMZ The use and misuse if the "impact factor" as a parameter for evaluation of scientific publication quality: a proposal to rationalize its application BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 36 : 1605 2003 COLE S CITATIONS AND THE EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES 14 : 9 1989 DAVIS M Research contributions in ophthalmology: Australia's productivity CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY 31 : 286 2003 DECKER O Deep impact - evaluation in the sciences SOZIAL-UND PRAVENTIVMEDIZIN 49 : 10 2004 FASSOULAKI A Impact factor bias and proposed adjustments for its determination ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 46 : 902 2002 FAVA GA How citation analysis can monitor the progress of research in clinical medicine PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS 73 : 331 2004 FOSTER WR LANCET 346 : 1300 1995 FRANK E AUTHORS CRITERIA FOR SELECTING JOURNALS JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 272 : 163 1994 GARFIELD E WHICH MEDICAL JOURNALS HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 105 : 313 1986 GARFIELD E How can impact factors be improved? 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BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY 74 : 1 2001 ZETTERSTROM R Impact factor and the future of Acta Paediatrica and other European medical journals ACTA PAEDIATRICA 88 : 793 1999 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 17:01:01 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:01:01 -0400 Subject: Matson JL, Malone CJ, Gonzalez ML, McClure DR, Laud RB, Minshawi NF "Clinical psychology Ph.D. program rankings: evaluating eminence on faculty publications and citations " Research in Developmental Disabilities 26 (6): 503-513 Nov- Dec. 2005 Message-ID: Johnny L. Matson : E-mail Addresses: johnmatson at aol.com Title: Clinical psychology Ph.D. program rankings: evaluating eminence on faculty publications and citations Author(s): Matson JL, Malone CJ, Gonzalez ML, McClure DR, Laud RB, Minshawi NF Source: RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 26 (6): 503-513 NOV-DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 16 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Program rankings and their visibility have taken on greater and greater significance. Rarely is the accuracy of these rankings, which are typically based on a small subset of university faculty impressions, questioned. This paper presents a more comprehensive survey method based on quantifiable measures of faculty publications and citations. The most frequently published core clinical faculty across 157 APA-approved clinical programs are listed. The implications of these data are discussed. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Addresses: Matson JL (reprint author), Louisiana State Univ, Dept Psychol, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Louisiana State Univ, Dept Psychol, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA E-mail Addresses: johnmatson at aol.com Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND Subject Category: REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION IDS Number: 994WT ISSN: 0891-4222 CITED REFERENCES: CAREER SERVICES RESO : 2004 DATABASE PSYCINFO : 2004 GRADUATE SCH RANKING : 2004 RECENT RANKINGS ACAD : 2004 U VIRGINIA FACTS GLA : 2004 US NEWS AM BEST GRAD : 2004 BULLOCK M PSYCHOL SCI AGENDA S 17 : 2004 CHITTY H CUS GRADUATE PROGRAM : 2004 FEIST GJ Quantity, quality, and depth of research as influences on scientific eminence: Is quantity most important? CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 10 : 325 1997 FEIST GJ Distinguishing 'good' science from 'good enough' science SCIENTIST 14 : 31 2000 GARFIELD E ONE IMPERFECT APPLICATION DOES NOT DESTROY VALUE OF CITATION ANALYSIS CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE CANADIENNE 18 : 372 1977 HAGGBLOOM SJ The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 6 : 139 2002 MATSON JL HIGHER ED POLICY 16 : 109 2003 TOMSHO R WALL STREET J 0407 : D1 2004 TOMSHO R WALL STREET J 0407 : D4 2004 VLAHAKIS G IU GRADUATE PROGRAMS : 2004 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 16:57:12 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:57:12 -0400 Subject: Bornmann L, Daniel HD "Criteria used by a peer review committee for selection of research fellows - A boolean probit analysis " International Journal of Selection and Assessment 13(4): 296-303, December 2005. Message-ID: E-mail : bornmann at gess.ethz.ch Title: Criteria used by a peer review committee for selection of research fellows - A boolean probit analysis Author(s): Bornmann L, Daniel HD Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT 13 (4): 296-303 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 38 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: An international foundation for the promotion of basic research in biomedicine, the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (B.I.F.), reports that fellowships are awarded to post-graduate researchers according to the following main criteria: (1) scientific quality as demonstrated by the applicant's achievements to date, (2) the originality of the proposed research project, and (3) the scientific standing of the laboratory where the research will be conducted. Using the Boolean probit statistical technique, this study examines the multiple conjunctural causation that a fellowship will be awarded only if all three of these criteria are assessed positively by the B.I.F. peer review committee. In agreement with the prescriptive principles of the foundation the results suggest that the B.I.F. approves applications only if all of the three criteria are rated positively. Addresses: Bornmann L (reprint author), ETH, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Zanhringerstr 24, Zurich, CH-8092 Switzerland ETH, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Zurich, CH-8092 Switzerland Univ Zurich, Zurich, CH-8006 Switzerland E-mail Addresses: bornmann at gess.ethz.ch Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND Subject Category: PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED; MANAGEMENT IDS Number: 995GN ISSN: 0965-075X CITED REFERENCES: *CYT SOFTW CORP STATXACT VERS 6 : 2004 *CYT SOFTW CORP STATXACT VERS 6 CYT : 2004 *R DEV COR TEAM R LANG ENV STAT COMP : 2005 *STATACORP STAT STAT SOFTW REL : 2005 *US GEN ACC OFF PEER REV PRACT FED S : 1999 ABRAMS PA THE PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF PEER-REVIEW OF GRANT PROPOSALS - THE CASE OF ECOLOGY AND THE UNITED-STATES-NATIONAL-SCIENCE-FOUNDATION SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE 21 : 111 1991 AGRESTI A CATEGORICAL DATA ANA : 2002 BORNMANN L BIF FUTURA 19 : 7 2004 BORNMANN L Selection of research fellowship recipients by committee peer review. 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LANCET 352 : 301 1998 WIENER SL PEER REVIEW - INTER-REVIEWER AGREEMENT DURING EVALUATION OF RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS CLINICAL RESEARCH 25 : 306 1977 WOOD FQ PEER REV HLTH SCI : 14 2003 ZIMAN J REAL SCI WHAT IT IS : 2000 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 17:16:40 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:16:40 -0400 Subject: Sidiropoulos A, Manolopoulos Y. "A citation-based system to assist prize awarding" Sigmod Record 34(4): 54-60 Dec 2005. Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: asidirop at csd.auth.gr, manolopo at csd.auth.gr Title: A citation-based system to assist prize awarding Author(s): Sidiropoulos A, Manolopoulos Y Source: SIGMOD RECORD 34 (4): 54-60 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 13 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Citation analysis is performed-to evaluate the impact of scientific collections (journals and conferences), publications and scholar authors. In this paper we investigate alternative methods to provide a generalized approach to rank scientific publications. We use the SCEAS system [12] as a base platform to introduce new methods that can be used for ranking scientific. publications. Moreover, we tune our approach along the reasoning of the prizes 'VLDB- 10 Year Award' and 'SIGMOD Test of Time Award', which have been awarded in the course of the top two database conferences. Our approach can be used to objectively suggest the publications and the respective authors the are more likely to. be awarded in the near future at these conferences. EXCERPT : CONCLUSION In this report we proposed and experimentally examined SCEAS Rank, a new alternative method for scientific publications evaluation, besides the known algorithms of Page Rank and HITS. We also presented SCEAS Rank tuned variations. However, detailed algorithm descriptions and performance tuning appears in [13]. We also evaluated the above method by using the DBLP digital theory as a training set and the awarded publications of ?VLDB 10 year Award? and ?SIGMOD Test of Time Award? as an evaluation set for the publications rank method. Additionally, we presented author ranking based on the publication rank results and we used the ?SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award? as an evaluation set. In both cases the performance of SCEAS Rank was in general better than the other methods. This might be helpful to short-list candidate authors for awarding during the next few years. Addresses: Sidiropoulos A (reprint author), Aristotle Univ Salonika, Data Engn Lab, Dept Informat, Thessaloniki, 54124 Greece Aristotle Univ Salonika, Data Engn Lab, Dept Informat, Thessaloniki, 54124 Greece E-mail Addresses: asidirop at csd.auth.gr, manolopo at csd.auth.gr Publisher: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036 USA Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IDS Number: 991JT ISSN: 0163-5808 CITED REFERENCES : BRIN S P 7 INT WORLD WID WE : 107 1998 CHAKRABRTI S MINING WEB DISCOVERI : 205 2003 GARFIELD E ESSAYS INFORMATION S 1 : 527 1972 GARFIELD E IMPACT FACTOR : 1994 GARFIELD E SCI CITATION INDEX KAMVAR SD CONDITION NUMBER PAG : 2003 KLEIJNEN JPC Measuring the quality of publications: new methodology and case study INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 36 : 551 2000 KLEINBERG JM Authoritative sources in a hyperlinked environment JOURNAL OF THE ACM 46 : 604 1999 KLEINBERG JM P 5 INT C COMP COMB : 1 1999 MYLONOPOULOS NA Global perceptions of IS journals - Where is the best IS research published? COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 44 : 29 2001 RAINER RK Examining differences across journal rankings COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 48 : 91 2005 SIDIROPOULOS A A new perspective to automatically rank scientific conferences using digital libraries INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 41 : 289 2005 SIDIROPOULOS A UNPUB RANKING ALOGIR : 2005 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 17:14:25 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:14:25 -0400 Subject: Lau GT, Law KH, Widerhold G. "Analyzing government regulations using structural and domain information" Computer 38(12): 70- + December 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: glau at stanford.edu law at stanford.edu, gio at stanford.edu Title: Analyzing government regulations using structural and domain information Author(s): Lau GT, Law KH, Wiederhold G Source: COMPUTER 38 (12): 70-+ DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 11 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: To address the difficulties encountered in comparing regulatory documents with multiple authoritative sources, the Regnet project is developing a relatedness analysis system that exploits such documents' unique computational properties. Addresses: Stanford Univ, Engn Informat Grp, Stanford, CA 94305 USA Stanford Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA E-mail Addresses: glau at stanford.edu, law at stanford.edu, gio at stanford.edu Publisher: IEEE COMPUTER SOC, 10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014, LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720-1314 USA Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IDS Number: 990WY ISSN: 0018-9162 CITED REFERENCES : FED REG 68 : 67388 2003 BALMER DC P SPAC REQ WHEEL MOB : 2003 BRANTING LK P 3 INT C ART INT LA : 145 1991 COGLIANESE C Information technology and regulatory policy - New directions for digital government research SOCIAL SCIENCE COMPUTER REVIEW 22 : 85 2004 DEERWESTER S INDEXING BY LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 41 : 391 1990 GARFIELD E THE SWEET AND BITTERSWEET EXPERIENCE OF RECEIVING AN HONORARY DEGREE SCIENTIST 9 : 11 1995 KERRIGAN S THESIS STANFORD U : 2003 LAU G THESIS STANFORD U : 2004 LEITER RA NATL SURVEY STATE LA : 2005 RASKOPF RL NEW YORK LAW J 0729 : 2003 RISSLAND EL AI and Law: A fruitful synergy ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 150 : 1 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 17:20:22 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:20:22 -0400 Subject: Obremskey WT, Pappas N, Attallah-Wasif E, Tornetta P, Bhandari M "Level of evidence in orthopaedic journals" Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume 87A (12): 2632-2638 Dec. 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: william.obremskey at vanderbilt.edu Title: Level of evidence in orthopaedic journals Author(s): Obremskey WT, Pappas N, Attallah-Wasif E, Tornetta P, Bhandari M Source: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME 87A (12): 2632- 2638 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 22 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Background: The American edition of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS-A) has included a level-of-evidence rating for each of its clinical scientific papers published since January 2003. The purpose of this study was to assess the type and level of evidence found in nine different orthopaedic journals by applying this level-of-evidence rating system. Methods: We reviewed all clinical articles published from January through June 2003 in nine orthopaedic journals. Studies of animals, studies of cadavera, basic-science articles, review articles, case reports, and expert opinions were excluded. The remaining 382 clinical articles were randomly assigned to three experienced reviewers and two inexperienced reviewers, Who rated them with the JBJS-A grading system. Each reviewer determined whether the studies were therapeutic, prognostic, diagnostic, or economic, and each rated the level of evidence as I, II, III, or IV. Reviewers were blinded to the grades assigned by the other reviewers. Results: According to the reviewers' ratings, 70.7% of the articles were therapeutic, 19.9% were prognostic, 8.9% were diagnostic, and 0.5% were economic. The reviewers graded 11.3% as Level I, 20.7% as Level II, 9.9% as Level III, and 58.1% as Level IV. The kappa values for the interobserver agreement between the experienced reviewers and the inexperienced reviewers were 0.62 for the level of evidence and 0.76 for the study type. The kappa values for the interobserver agreement between the experienced reviewers were 0.75 for the level of evidence and 0.85 for the study type. The kappa values for the agreement between the reviewers' grades and the JBJS-A grades were 0.84 for the level of evidence and 1.00 for the study type. All kappa values were significantly different from zero (p < 0.0001 for all). The percentage of articles that were rated Level I or II increased in accordance with the 2003 journal impact factors for the individual journals (p = 0.0061). Conclusions: Orthopaedic journals with a higher impact factor are more likely to publish Level-I or II articles. The type and level of information in orthopaedic journals can be reliably classified, and clinical investigators should pursue studies with a higher level of evidence whenever feasible. Addresses: Obremskey WT (reprint author), Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Orthopaed Surg, 131 Med Ctr S,2100 Pierce Ave, Nashville, TN 37212 USA Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Nashville, TN 37212 USA Boston Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Boston, MA 02118 USA McMaster Univ, Dept Clin Epidemiol & Biostat, Hamilton Hlth Sci, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2 Canada E-mail Addresses: william.obremskey at vanderbilt.edu Publisher: JOURNAL BONE JOINT SURGERY INC, 20 PICKERING ST, NEEDHAM, MA 02192 USA Subject Category: ORTHOPEDICS; SURGERY IDS Number: 991JW ISSN: 0021-9355 CITED REFERENCES : BHANDARI M Interobserver agreement in the application of levels of evidence to scientific papers in The American Volume of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME 86 : 1717 2004 CURTI M Impact factor and electronic versions of biomedical scientific journals HAEMATOLOGICA 86 : 1015 2001 GALLAGHER EJ Evidence of methodologic bias in the derivation of the Science Citation Index impact factor ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 31 : 83 1998 GARFIELD E Journal impact factor: a brief review CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 161 : 979 1999 HANSSO S IMPACT FACTOR AS A MISLEADING TOOL IN EVALUATION OF MEDICAL JOURNALS (VOL 346, PG 906, 1995) LANCET 346 : 1172 1995 HANSSON S IMPACT FACTOR AS A MISLEADING TOOL IN EVALUATION OF MEDICAL JOURNALS LANCET 346 : 906 1995 HECHT F The journal "impact factor": A misnamed, misleading, misused measure CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 104 : 77 1998 JACSO P A deficiency in the algorithm for calculating the impact factor of scholarly journals: The journal impact factor CORTEX 37 : 590 2001 KURMIS AP Current concepts review - Understanding the limitations of the journal impact factor JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME 85 : 2449 2003 LANDIS JR MEASUREMENT OF OBSERVER AGREEMENT FOR CATEGORICAL DATA BIOMETRICS 33 : 159 1977 LEHRL S Evaluating scientific performances by impact factors - the right for equal chances STRAHLENTHERAPIE UND ONKOLOGIE 175 : 141 1999 LINDE A On the pitfalls of journal ranking by impact factor (R) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCES 106 : 525 1998 LUBOWITZ JH Understanding evidence-based arthroscopy ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY 20 : 1 2004 MANSKE PR J HAND SURG-AM 29 : 983 2004 NOWICKI SA AAOS B 53 : 45 2005 REIDER B Read early and often AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE 33 : 21 2005 ROGERS LF Impact factor: The numbers game AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY 178 : 541 2002 SACKETT DL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE USE OF ANTITHROMBOTIC AGENTS CHEST 89 : S2 1986 THOMSEN NO J ORTHOP SCI 7 : 163 2002 WALSH EF Spine: Scientific citation index and its impact factor SPINE 23 : 1087 1998 WHITEHOUSE GH Impact factors: facts and myths EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY 12 : 715 2002 WRIGHT JG Introducing levels of evidence to The Journal JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME 85 : 1 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 28 17:26:43 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:26:43 -0400 Subject: Shanker AK, Shanker C. "Impact factor: Is it dragging science off course? " Current Science 89(11): 1782-1783 Dec. 10 2005. Message-ID: E-Mail : arunshanker at mailcan.com Full text is available at : http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/dec102005/1782a.pdf Current Science : http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/welcome.htm Title: Impact factor: Is it dragging science off course? Author(s): Shanker AK, Shanker C Source: CURRENT SCIENCE 89 (11): 1782-1783 DEC 10 2005 Document Type: Letter Language: English Cited References: 3 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: Shanker AK (reprint author), Natl Res Ctr Agroforestry, Gwalior Rd, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003 India Natl Res Ctr Agroforestry, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003 India E-mail Addresses: arunshanker at mailcan.com Publisher: CURRENT SCIENCE ASSN, C V RAMAN AVENUE, PO BOX 8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA Subject Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES IDS Number: 995GO ISSN: 0011-3891 CITED REFERENCES : 1. Monastersky, R., http://chronicle.com/free/ v52/i08/08a01201.htm, 14 October 2005. 2. Lange, L. L., J. Doc., 2002, 58, 175?184. 3. Schoonbaert, D. and Roelants, G., Nature, 1998, 391, 222. 4. Shin, E. J., J. Inf. Sci., 2003, 29, 527?533. From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 29 14:39:51 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:39:51 -0400 Subject: Lundberg J, Fransson A, Brommels M, Skar J, Lundkvist I "Is it better or just the same? Article identification strategies impact bibliometric assessments " Scientometrics 66 (1): 183-197 Dec 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Jonas.Lundberg at cmi.ki.se Title: Is it better or just the same? Article identification strategies impact bibliometric assessments Author(s): Lundberg J, Fransson A, Brommels M, Skar J, Lundkvist I Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 66 (1): 183-197 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 41 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: This study demonstrates that the choice of search strategy for article identification has an impact on evaluation and policy analysis of research areas. We have assessed the scientific production in two areas at one research institution during a ten-year period. We explore the recall and precision of three article identification strategies: journal classifications, keywords and authors. Our results show that the different search strategies have varying recall (0.38-1.00) and precision (0.50- 1.00). In conclusion, uncritical analysis based on rudimentary article identification strategies may lead to misinterpretation of the development of research areas, and thus provide incorrect data for decision-making. Addresses: Lundberg J (reprint author), Karolinska Inst, Ctr Med Innovat, Nobels Vag 15A, Stockholm, S-17177 Sweden Karolinska Inst, Ctr Med Innovat, Stockholm, S-17177 Sweden Karolinska Inst, Med Management Ctr, Stockholm, S-17177 Sweden Karolinska Univ Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Ctr Hearing & Commun Res, Stockholm, Sweden Univ Helsinki, Dept Publ Hlth, Helsinki, Finland E-mail Addresses: Jonas.Lundberg at cmi.ki.se Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 002HZ ISSN: 0138-9130 CITED REFERENCES : CLISTAT COMPUTER PRO : 2004 *THOMS CORP WEB SCI *US NAT LIBR MED PUBMED *US NAT LIBR MED US NAT LIB MED ADAMS J BENCHMARKING INT STA : 174 1997 BARRE R HDB QUANTITATIVE SCI : 115 2004 BELINCHON I Dermatological scientific production from European Union authors (1987-2000) SCIENTOMETRICS 61 : 271 2004 BLAND M INTRO MED STAT : 2000 BLOCH S AUST NZ J PSYCHIAT 5 : 563 2001 BUTLER L AUSTR BIOMEDICAL RES : 1998 CALLON M FROM TRANSLATIONS TO PROBLEMATIC NETWORKS - AN INTRODUCTION TO CO-WORD ANALYSIS SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES 22 : 191 1983 DAVIS M CLIN EXPT OPHTHALMOL 4 : 286 2003 DEBACKERE K Using a bibliometric approach to support research policy making: The case of the Flemish BOF-key SCIENTOMETRICS 59 : 253 2004 FLEISS JL STAT METHODS RATES P : 1981 GARCIARIO F EUR RESPIR J 6 : 1175 2001 GARFIELD E How can impact factors be improved? 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This makes it difficult to build up a true picture of a researcher's publication record, as publications by another researcher with the same name will be included in search results. Using additional information such as title and author addresses, an expert in the field can generally tell if a paper is by a researcher or a namesake; however, manual checking is not practical in large scale studies. Previously various methods have been used to address this problem, chiefly based on filtering by subject, funding acknowledgement or author address. Co-author inclusion is a novel algorithmic method based on co-authorship for dealing with problems of homonyms in large bibliometric surveys. We compared co-author inclusion and subject and funding based filter against the manual assignment of papers by a subject expert (which we assumed to be correct). The subject and funding based filtering identifies only 75% as many papers as assigned by manual scoring. By using co-author inclusion once we increase this to 95%, two further rounds produces 99% as many papers as manual filtering. Although the number of papers identified that were not assigned to the PIs manually also increases, the absolute number is low: rising from 0.2% papers with subject and funding filtering, to 3% papers for three rounds of co-author inclusion. Addresses: Wooding S (reprint author), RAND Europe, Westbrook Ctr, Milton Rd, Cambridge, CB4 1YG England RAND Europe, Westbrook Ctr, Cambridge, CB4 1YG England City Univ London, Dept Informat Sci, London, EC1V 0HB England E-mail Addresses: wooding at rand.org Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 002HZ ISSN: 0138-9130 Cited references : HANNEY S HLTH RES POLICY SYST 1 : 2003 LEWISON G Bibliometric methods for the evaluation of arthritis research RHEUMATOLOGY 38 : 13 1999 WOODING S MG251ARC RAND EUR : 2004 WOODING S TR176ARC RAND EUR : 2004 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 29 14:44:49 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:44:49 -0400 Subject: Butler L, Visser MS "Extending citation analysis to non-source items " Scientometrics 66(2): 327-343, January 2006 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: linda.butler at anu.edu.au Title: Extending citation analysis to non-source items Author(s): Butler L, Visser MS Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 66 (2): 327-343 JAN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 10 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: This paper reports the first results of the extension of citation analysis to 'non-source' items, which is one strand of an extensive study of quantitative performance indicators used in the assessment of research. It would be presumptuous to draw firm conclusions from this first foray into the realm of non-source citations, however our analysis is based on an extensive experimental database of over 30,000 publications, so the results can be viewed as strong pointers to possible generalised outcomes. We show that it is possible to mine ISI databases for references to a comprehensive oeuvre of items from whole institutions. Many types of publications are visible in the ISI data - books, book chapters, journals not indexed by ISI, and some conference publications. When applied to the assessment of university departments, they can have a significant effect on rankings, though this does not follow in all cases. The investment of time, effort, and money in a significantly extended analysis will not be equally beneficial in all fields. However, a considerable amount of testing is required to confirm our initial results. Addresses: Butler L (reprint author), Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social Sci, Res Evaluat & Policy Project, Canberra, ACT Australia Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social Sci, Res Evaluat & Policy Project, Canberra, ACT Australia Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies CWTS, Leiden, Netherlands E-mail Addresses: linda.butler at anu.edu.au Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 002IA ISSN: 0138-9130 CITED REFERENCES : BOURKE P Institutions and the map of science: matching university departments and fields of research RESEARCH POLICY 26 : 711 1998 CRONIN B Comparative citation rankings of authors in monographic and journal literature: A study of sociology JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 53 : 263 1997 GLANZEL W A bibliometric study of reference literature in the sciences and social sciences INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 35 : 31 1999 GLANZEL W A bibliometric approach to social sciences, national research performances in 6 selected social science areas, 1990-1992 SCIENTOMETRICS 35 : 291 1996 HICKS D The difficulty of achieving full coverage of international social science literature and the bibliometric consequences SCIENTOMETRICS 44 : 193 1999 KOREVAAR JC Validation of bibliometric indicators in the field of mathematics SCIENTOMETRICS 37 : 117 1996 LEPAIR C HDB QUANTITATIVE STU : 537 1988 MOED HF NEW BIBLIOMETRIC TOOLS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL RESEARCH PERFORMANCE - DATABASE DESCRIPTION, OVERVIEW OF INDICATORS AND FIRST APPLICATIONS SCIENTOMETRICS 33 : 381 1995 VANRAAN AFJ RES EVALUAT 7 : 1 1998 VANRAAN AFJ Assessment of the scientific basis of interdisciplinary, applied research - Application of bibliometric methods in Nutrition and Food Research RESEARCH POLICY 31 : 611 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 29 14:47:19 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:47:19 -0400 Subject: Evangelou E, Trikalinos TA, Ioannidis JPA "Unavailability of online supplementary scientific information from articles published in major journals " FASEB JOURNAL 19 (14): 1943-1944 DEC 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: me01760 at cc.uoi.gr Title: Unavailability of online supplementary scientific information from articles published in major journals Author(s): Evangelou E, Trikalinos TA, Ioannidis JPA Source: FASEB JOURNAL 19 (14): 1943-1944 DEC 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 7 Times Cited: 1 Abstract: Printed articles increasingly rely on online supplements to store critical scientific information, but such data may eventually become unavailable. We checked the current availability of online supplementary scientific information published in six top-cited scientific journals ( Science, Nature, Cell, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA). Here we show that in 4.7% and 9.6% of articles with online supplementary material, some of the supplements became unavailable within 2 and 5 years of their publication, respectively. Author Keywords: supplementary information; broken links; internet; scientific journals Addresses: Evangelou E (reprint author), Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, Ioannina, GR-45110 Greece Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, Ioannina, GR-45110 Greece Tufts New England Med Ctr, Inst Clin Res & Hlth Policy Studies, Boston, MA USA Fdn Res & Technol Hellas, Biomed Res Inst, Ioannina, Greece E-mail Addresses: me01760 at cc.uoi.gr Publisher: FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814-3998 USA Subject Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CELL BIOLOGY IDS Number: 999QR ISSN: 0892-6638 Cited references : *ISI J CIT REP : 2003 DELAMOTHE T Pleasing both authors and readers - A combination of short print articles and longer electronic ones may help us do this BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 318 : 888 1999 DELLAVALLE RP Information science - Going, going, gone: Lost Internet references SCIENCE 302 : 787 2003 IOANNIDIS JPA Standardized retrieval of side effects data for meta-analysis of safety outcomes - A feasibility study in acute sinusitis JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 55 : 619 2002 KOEHLER W Web page change and persistence - A four-year longitudinal study JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 53 : 162 2002 KOEHLER W An analysis of Web page and Web site constancy and permanence JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 50 : 162 1999 MARKWELL J "Link rot" limits the usefulness of web-based educational materials in biochemistry and molecular biology BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION 31 : 69 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 29 14:55:59 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:55:59 -0400 Subject: Kurmis AP, Kurmis TP "Exploring the relationship between impact factor and manuscript rejection rates in radiologic journals " Academic Radiology 13 (1): 77-83 JAN 2006 Message-ID: E-mail Addresse: andrew.kurmis at flinders.edu.au Title: Exploring the relationship between impact factor and manuscript rejection rates in radiologic journals Author(s): Kurmis AP, Kurmis TP Source: ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY 13 (1): 77-83 JAN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 29 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Rationale and Objectives. Stratifying candidates objectively on the merit Of publication portfolios is an onerous and difficult task. Institutional committees are under increasing pressure to rank applicants based on previous achievements for appointments/promotions, funding, and awards, and must do so within unforgiving time constraints. The journal impact factor (IF) has been loosely adopted in many circles for assessing article "quality," circumventing detailed review of individual articles. The premise supporting such practice often hinges on assuming that high-IF journals are harder to publish in, for example, have higher rejection rates (RRs), and therefore, authors achieving publication in such periodicals should be "recognized" for their achievement. There is no evidence of previous research linking IF and RR. Materials and Methods. A subset of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-listed radiology journals, for which IF data were available, was identified and a direct- contact survey approach (63.3% response rate) used to ascertain journal manuscript RR. Results. Of the sample reviewed, the ISI-listed IF values ranged from 4.759 to 0.056 (mean 1.491), and editor-reported manuscript RRs from 80.0% to 8.0% (mean 47.8%). Statistical comparison of IF and RR using linear regression yielded an r(2) value of 0.223. Conclusions. In summary, this study demonstrates poor linear agreement between IF and RR for manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed radiology journals. This suggests that journal IF is a poor predictor of RR, and vice versa. This finding may be of interest to institutional committees who have adopted the IF as an indicator of merit in reviewing publication curriculum vitae, and may encourage rethinking of currently practiced candidate assessment approaches. 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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 411 : 1 1999 SEGLEN PO Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 314 : 498 1997 SIECK GC The "impact factor": what it means to the impact of applied physiology JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY 89 : 865 2000 TALAMANCA AF B GROUP INT RECH SCI 44 : 2 2002 WALSH EF Spine: Scientific citation index and its impact factor SPINE 23 : 1087 1998 WHITEHOUSE GH Impact factors: facts and myths EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY 12 : 715 2002 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 29 14:53:07 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:53:07 -0400 Subject: McGhee CNJ, Cartwright VA "Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology: reflecting on journal evolution " Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 33 (6): 559-561 DEC 2005 Message-ID: E-Mail :P c.mcghee at auckland.ac.nz Title: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology: reflecting on journal evolution Author(s): McGhee CNJ, Cartwright VA Source: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY 33 (6): 559-561 DEC 2005 Document Type: Editorial Material Language: English Cited References: 16 Times Cited: 0 Addresses: McGhee CNJ (reprint author), Univ Auckland, Dept Ophthalmol, Auckland, 1 New Zealand Univ Auckland, Dept Ophthalmol, Auckland, 1 New Zealand Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND Subject Category: OPHTHALMOLOGY IDS Number: 002ZT ISSN: 1442-6404 CITED REFERENCES : CLIN EXPT OPHTHALMOL : 2004 *I SCI INF J CIT REP : 2004 CARTWRIGHT VA IN PRESS J CATARACT 31 : 2005 GARFIELD E WHICH MEDICAL JOURNALS HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 105 : 313 1986 GILLIES M Is it time yet for intravitreal triamcinolone to be used in routine clinical practice? 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SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY 134 : 410 2004 SIMS JL Citation analysis and journal impact factors in ophthalmology and vision science journals CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY 31 : 14 2003 UNG CYJ An enigmatic eye: the histology of the tuatara pineal complex CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY 32 : 614 2004 WALTER G Counting on citations: a flawed way to measure quality MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 178 : 280 2003 From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Thu Jun 29 15:01:53 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:01:53 -0400 Subject: Kroger M "Publication specific impact of articles published by rheological journals " Applied Rheology 15(6): 406-409 2005 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: mk at mat.ethz.ch Title: Publication specific impact of articles published by rheological journals Author(s): Kroger M Source: APPLIED RHEOLOGY 15 (6): 406-409 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 48 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: The Impact Factor of a journal is a quantitative way of assessing its worth and relevance to the academic community it serves. Many librarians see the ratio between Impact Fact, or and price as a suitable yardstick by which to measure the value of their collections. In addition, the research assessment exercises which, in many countries, are now being carried out on a more formal basis mean that authors submitting original research Must publish it in a journal with the highest perceived worth possible in order to secure future funding, job promotions and peer recognition. It has been suspected [T. Opthof, Cardiovasc. Res. 33 (1997) 1; J. Stegmann, Nature 390 (1990) 550], however, that a particular author's impact is not much related to the journals in which her/he publishes. As will be demonstrated in this letter, the impact of articles published in rheological journals is largely influenced by criteria such as length of article, number of authors, number of cited references. 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"Citation Analysis of scientific journals and journal impact measures" Current Science 89(12): 1990-1996 December 25 2005 Message-ID: FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT : http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/dec252005/1990.pdf CURRENT SCIENCE HOME PAGE : http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/welcome.htm E-mail Addresses: moed at cwts.leidenuniv.nl Title: Citation analysis of scientific journals and journal impact measures Author(s): Moed HF Source: CURRENT SCIENCE 89 (12): 1990-1996 DEC 25 2005 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 15 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Eugene Garfield's creative work on journal impact measures served more than one function. These measures were originally designed and applied to monitor the journal coverage of the Science Citation Index (SCI). They constituted a tool to identify on a permanent basis, the most important journals in the scientific communication system, and to highlight candidates to be included or dropped in view of the need to establish a cost-effective Citation Index. Addresses: Moed HF (reprint author), Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, Leiden, Netherlands Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, Leiden, Netherlands E-mail Addresses: moed at cwts.leidenuniv.nl Publisher: CURRENT SCIENCE ASSN, C V RAMAN AVENUE, PO BOX 8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA Subject Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES IDS Number: 999HX ISSN: 0011-3891 CITED REFERENCES : ABT HA B AAS 36 : 576 2004 GARFIELD E How can impact factors be improved? BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 313 : 411 1996 GARFIELD E CITATION ANALYSIS AS A TOOL IN JOURNAL EVALUATION - JOURNALS CAN BE RANKED BY FREQUENCY AND IMPACT OF CITATIONS FOR SCIENCE POLICY STUDIES SCIENCE 178 : 471 1972 GLANZEL W Journal impact measures in bibliometric research SCIENTOMETRICS 53 : 171 2002 MARSHAKOVASHAIKEVICH I The standard impact factor as an evaluation tool of science fields and scientific journals SCIENTOMETRICS 35 : 283 1996 MOED HF CITATION ANAL RES EV : 346 2005 MOED HF A new classification system to describe the ageing of scientific journals and their impact factors JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 54 : 387 1998 MOED HF Impact factors can mislead NATURE 381 : 186 1996 PINSKI G CITATION INFLUENCE FOR JOURNAL AGGREGATES OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS - THEORY, WITH APPLICATION TO LITERATURE OF PHYSICS INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT 12 : 297 1976 PUDOVKIN AI ASIST M 17 NOV : 2004 SANDQVIST AA IN PRESS ORG STRATEG : 2004 SEGLEN PO CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARTICLE CITEDNESS AND JOURNAL IMPACT JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 45 : 1 1994 SEN BK DOCUMENTATION NOTE NORMALIZED IMPACT FACTOR JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 48 : 318 1992 VANLEEUWEN TN THESIS LEIDEN U : 2004 VANRAAN AFJ HDB QUANTITATIVE SCI : 19 2004 From sally.morris at ALPSP.ORG Thu Jun 29 03:00:50 2006 From: sally.morris at ALPSP.ORG (Sally Morris (ALPSP)) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:00:50 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: The reduced publisher downloads are worrying for the future viability of journals - particularly since some repositories (e.g. PubMed Central) refuse to provide sufficiently detailed download statistics for publishers and/or libraries to combine with the usage on the publisher's site Sally Sally Morris, Chief Executive Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK Tel: +44 (0)1903 871 686 Fax: +44 (0)1903 871 457 Email: sally.morris at alpsp.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Davis" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > In our study of math articles deposited in the arXiv, we could not detect > an Early View advantage. Mathematics articles have very long citation > half-lives and don't get cited nearly as often as biomedical articles, so > the effect may be there, but just not detectable in our dataset. There > were stronger explanatory variables to explain the citation advantage. > See: > > Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads > for > mathematics articles? > Philip M. Davis and Michael J. Fromerth > Scientometrics (2007 forthcoming) http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs.DL/0603056 > > An analysis of 2,765 articles published in four math journals from 1997 to > 2005 indicated that articles deposited in the arXiv received 35% more > citations on average than non-deposited articles (an advantage of about > 1.1 > citations per article), and that this difference was most pronounced for > highly-cited articles. The most plausible explanation is not Open Access > or > Early View, but Self-Selection, which has led to higher quality articles > being deposited in the arXiv. Yet in spite of their citation advantage, > arXiv-deposited articles received 23% fewer downloads from the publisher's > website (about 10 fewer downloads per article) in all but the most recent > two years after publication. The data suggest that arXiv and the > publisher's website may be fulfilling distinct functional needs of the > reader. > > --Phil Davis > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ From sally.morris at ALPSP.ORG Thu Jun 29 02:58:40 2006 From: sally.morris at ALPSP.ORG (Sally Morris (ALPSP)) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:58:40 +0100 Subject: Early citation advantage? Message-ID: Apologies if I've missed this, but are there any studies looking at whether authors who self-archive some but not all of their papers are typically more highly cited in their non-self-archived papers than are those who don't? That would help us to clarify whether certain authors self-select (though not, of course, whether authors select certain articles for self-archiving) Sally Sally Morris, Chief Executive Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK Tel: +44 (0)1903 871 686 Fax: +44 (0)1903 871 457 Email: sally.morris at alpsp.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stevan Harnad" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Early citation advantage? > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Readers may want to see the commentaries on the Davis & Fromerth (2007) > article at: > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5221 > > In summary, no study has yet succeeded in eliminating the possibility of > some Self-selection Bias contributing to the Open Access (OA) citation > advantage, but no study has shown that all or most of the OA citation > advantage is dues to Self-selection Bias either. (Self-selection Bias, > SB, or Quality Bias, QB, would occur if authors selectively tended to > self-archive the articles that they felt were of higher quality. Eysenbach > (2006) asked authors whether this was the case, and they said no, but > of course that doesn't quite settle the matter either! > http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157 > ). > > In particular, Davis & Fromerth certainly have not settled the > matter. They found no Early Access advantage in the subset of journals > in mathematics that they analysed, and this could well be, for a > long-turn-around-time discipline like mathematics, compared to shorter > turnaround fields like physics and biology (though subfields differences > might over-ride this in some cases). > > Davis & Fromerth also showed that in his sample of math journals, > articles deposited in Arxiv (hence OA) had 35% more citations than non-OA > articles, and that the proportion of OA to non-OA articles was bigger for > more highly cited articles. That certainly doesn't demonstrate that > the OA advantage is due to self-selection! It is just as likely that the > advantage of being OA is greater for higher quality articles! (Conversely, > for low quality articles, making them more accessible won't help!) (We > found the same correlation in our studies of a million and a half articles > across 12 years and 10 different disciplines): > > Hajjem, C., Harnad, S. and Gingras, Y. (2005) Ten-Year > Cross-Disciplinary Comparison of the Growth of Open Access and How > it Increases Research Citation Impact. IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin > 28(4) pp. 39-47. > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11688/ > > But because Arxiv is a central archive with a 15-year history of joint > usage by the > field, the OA advantage is confounded with what Michael Kurtz has called > the "Arxiv > advantage" (AA): Many users will prefer to consult the Arxiv version > rather than the > publisher's version, even when they have subscription access to the > publisher's > version, because they prefer a one-stop-shop. The Arxiv advantage probably > explains > the lower number of downloads at the publisher's site for papers > self-archived in > Arxiv. > > Harnad, S. (2005) OA Impact Advantage = EA + (AA) + (QB) + QA + (CA) + > UA. > http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12085/ > > Stevan Harnad > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Phil Davis wrote: > >> In our study of math articles deposited in the arXiv, we could not detect >> an Early View advantage. Mathematics articles have very long citation >> half-lives and don't get cited nearly as often as biomedical articles, so >> the effect may be there, but just not detectable in our dataset. There >> were stronger explanatory variables to explain the citation advantage. >> See: >> >> Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads >> for >> mathematics articles? >> Philip M. Davis and Michael J. Fromerth >> Scientometrics (2007 forthcoming) http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs.DL/0603056 >> >> An analysis of 2,765 articles published in four math journals from 1997 >> to >> 2005 indicated that articles deposited in the arXiv received 35% more >> citations on average than non-deposited articles (an advantage of about >> 1.1 >> citations per article), and that this difference was most pronounced for >> highly-cited articles. The most plausible explanation is not Open Access >> or >> Early View, but Self-Selection, which has led to higher quality articles >> being deposited in the arXiv. Yet in spite of their citation advantage, >> arXiv-deposited articles received 23% fewer downloads from the >> publisher's >> website (about 10 fewer downloads per article) in all but the most recent >> two years after publication. The data suggest that arXiv and the >> publisher's website may be fulfilling distinct functional needs of the >> reader. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ From garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU Fri Jun 30 16:32:33 2006 From: garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:32:33 -0400 Subject: Lariviere V, Archambault E, Gingras Y, Vignola-Gagne E "The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities " JASIST 57 (8): 997-1004 JUN 2006 Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Vincent Lariviere : lariviere.vincent at uqam.ca Eric Archambault : eric.archambault at science-metrix.com Yves Gingras : gingras.yves at uqam.ca Etienne Vignola-Gagne: etienne.vignolagagne at science-metrix.com Title: The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities Author(s): Lariviere V, Archambault E, Gingras Y, Vignola-Gagne E Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 57 (8): 997-1004 JUN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 18 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Journal articles constitute the core documents for the diffusion of knowledge in the natural sciences. It has been argued that the same is not true for the social sciences and humanities where knowledge is more often disseminated in monographs that are not indexed in the journal-based databases used for bibliometric analysis. Previous studies have made only partial assessments of the role played by both serials and other types of literature. The importance of journal literature in the various scientific fields has therefore not been systematically characterized. The authors address this issue by providing a systematic measurement of the role played by journal literature in the building of knowledge in both the natural sciences and engineering and the social sciences and humanities. Using citation data from the CD-ROM versions of the Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) databases from 1981 to 2000 (Thomson ISI, Philadelphia, PA), the authors quantify the share of citations to both serials and other types of literature. Variations in time and between fields are also analyzed. The results show that journal literature is increasingly important in the natural and social sciences, but that its role in the humanities is stagnant and has even tended to diminish slightly in the 1990s. Journal literature accounts for less than 50% of the citations in several disciplines of the social sciences and humanities; hence, special care should be used when using bibliometric indicators that rely only on journal literature. 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Message-ID: E-mail Addresses: Umut Al : umutal at hacettepe.edu.tr Mustafa Sahiner : msahiner at hacettepe.edu.tr Yasar Tonta : tonta at hacettepe.edu.tr Title: Arts and humanities literature: Bibliometric characteristics of contributions by Turkish authors Author(s): Al U, Sahiner M, Tonta Y Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 57 (8): 1011-1022 JUN 2006 Document Type: Article Language: English Cited References: 53 Times Cited: 0 Abstract: Scholarly communication in arts and humanities differs from that in the sciences. Arts and humanities scholars rely primarily on monographs as a medium of publication whereas scientists consider articles that appear in scholarly journals as the single most important publication outlet. The number of journal citation studies in arts and humanities is therefore limited. In this article, we investigate the bibliometric characteristics of 507 arts and humanities journal articles written by authors affiliated with Turkish institutions and indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) between the years 1975-2003. Journal articles constituted more than 60% of all publications. One third of all contributions were published during the last 4 years (1999-2003) and appeared in 16 different journals. An overwhelming majority of contributions (91%) were written in English, and 83% of them had single authorship. Researchers based at Turkish universities produced 90% of all publications. Two thirds of references in publications were to monographs. The median age of all references was 12 years. Eighty percent of publications authored by Turkish arts and humanities scholars were not cited at all while the remaining 20% (or 99 publications) were cited 304 times (an average of three citations per publication). Self-citation ratio was 31%. Two thirds of the cited publications were cited for the first time within 2 years of their publications. Addresses: Al U (reprint author), Hacettepe Univ, Dept Informat Management, Ankara, TR-06532 Turkey Hacettepe Univ, Dept Informat Management, Ankara, TR-06532 Turkey Hacettepe Univ, Dept English Language & Literature, Ankara, TR-06532 Turkey Hacettepe Univ, Dept Informat Management, Ankara, TR-06532 Turkey E-mail Addresses: umutal at hacettepe.edu.tr, msahiner at hacettepe.edu.tr, tonta at hacettepe.edu.tr Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE IDS Number: 049GW ISSN: 1532-2882 CITED REFERENCES: *ISI CIT REF SEARCH ARTS : 2004 *ISI GLOSS : 2004 *ISI ISI DAT J SEL PROC : 2005 *ISI J CIT REP : 2005 *ISI THOMS ISI ARTS HUM C : 2004 *ISI THOMS ISI CIT PROD : 2004 *TUBITAK WEB SCI IND YAYIN SA : 2003 BRAUN T THE SCIENTOMETRIC WEIGHT OF 50 NATIONS IN 27 SCIENCE AREAS, 1989-1993 .2. 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