Walters GD " Predicting subsequent citations to articles published in twelve crime-psychology journals: Author impact versus journal impact " SCIENTOMETRICS 69 (3): 499-510 DEC 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: gwalters at bop.gov 

Title: Predicting subsequent citations to articles published in twelve 
crime-psychology journals: Author impact versus journal impact 

Author(s): Walters GD (Walters, Glenn D.) 

Source: SCIENTOMETRICS 69 (3): 499-510 DEC 2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 

Cited References: 29      Times Cited: 0      


Abstract: 
Four hundred and twenty-eight articles published in 12 crime-psychology 
journals during the 2003 calendar year were reviewed for subsequent 
citations in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Fifteen potential 
predictors were reduced to nine after subjecting the 15 variables to a 
principal components analysis with varimax rotation. The nine predictors 
included author characteristics - gender, occupational affiliation 
(acadeinic-nonacademic), national affiliation (U.S.-other), citations per 
2001-2002 first author publications - article characteristics collaboration 
(single author-multiple author), article length, reviews, subject matter 
(coffectioiis/criminology-legal/foreiisic) - and journal characteristics - 
journal impact. Negative binomial regression of the citations earned by 
these 428 journal articles in a 23 to 34 month follow-up (M = 28 months) 
revealed significant effects for citations per 2001-2002 first author 
publications, national affiliation, and review articles. These results 
suggest that author impact may be a more powerful predictor of citations 
received by a journal article than the periodical in which the article 
appears. 


Addresses: Walters GD (reprint author), Fed Correct Inst, Minersville, PA 
17954 USA
Fed Correct Inst, Minersville, PA 17954 USA

E-mail Addresses: gwalters at bop.gov 

Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS 

IDS Number: 114NF 
ISSN: 0138-9130 

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