Braun, T; Zsindely, S; Diospatonyi, I; Zador, E "Gatekeeping patterns in nano-titled journals " SCIENTOMETRICS 70 (3). MAR 2007. p.651-667

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: braun at mail.iif.hu 

TITLE:          Gatekeeping patterns in nano-titled journals (Article,
                English)
AUTHOR:         Braun, T; Zsindely, S; Diospatonyi, I; Zador, E
SOURCE:         SCIENTOMETRICS 70 (3). MAR 2007. p.651-667 SPRINGER,
                DORDRECHT

SEARCH TERM(S):  PRICE DJD  rauth; SCIENTOMETR*  rwork;
                 JOURNALS  item_title

KEYWORDS+:       NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARITY;
                COLLABORATION; NANOSCIENCE

ABSTRACT:       Activities on nanoscale research have seen a
skyrocketting growth beginning during the nineties. This can be documented 
by the birth of no less than 16 science journals dedicated entirely to this 
field of science. The topics of these journals reflect the true 
interdisciplinary character of nanoscale research. In this paper the 
decision-makers on what and when appears in those journals, the 
gatekeepers, i.e., the editorial members of those journals and their 
national identity are analyzed and some conclusions are drawn on the 
decisional power of the countries these gatekeepers are located in.

It came out that although the United States is still the leading power in 
the nanoscale research field, the EU is strongly catching up and due to 
intensive efforts in this directions by some Far East countries as China 
and Japan but also of India, Asia is nearing and in some cases even 
overtaking the big powers.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: T Braun, Hungarian Acad Sci, Inst Res Policy Studies,
                ISSRU, POB 123, H-1443 Budapest, Hungary