Tian, YG (Tian, Yangge); Wen, C (Wen, Cheng); Hong, S (Hong, Song) Global scientific production on GIS research by bibliometric analysis from 1997 to 2006 JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (1): 65-74 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: songhongpku at 126.com

Author(s): Tian, YG (Tian, Yangge); Wen, C (Wen, Cheng); Hong, S (Hong, 
Song) 

Title: Global scientific production on GIS research by bibliometric 
analysis from 1997 to 2006 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (1): 65-74 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: GIS; bibliometric; research trend; author keyword 
analysis 

Keywords Plus: CITATION ANALYSIS; INDICATORS; DATABASE; QUALITY; IMPACT; 
WEB 

Abstract: A bibliometric analysis was applied in this work to evaluate 
global scientific production of geographic information system (GIS) papers 
from 1997 to 2006 in any journal of all the subject categories of the 
Science Citation Index compiled by Institute for Scientific Information 
(ISI), Philadelphia, USA. 'GIS' and 'geographic information system' were 
used as keywords to search parts of titles, abstracts, or keywords. The 
published output analysis showed that GIS research steadily increased over 
the past 10 years and the annual paper production in 2006 was about three 
times 1997s paper production. There are clear distinctions among author 
keywords used in publications from the five most productive countries 
(USA, UK, Canada, Germany and China) in GIS research. Bibliometric methods 
could quantitatively characterize the development of global scientific 
production in a specific research field. The analytical results eventually 
provide several key findings. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples 
R China; Wuhan Univ, Int Sch Software, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China 

Reprint Address: Hong, S, Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 
430079, Peoples R China. 

E-mail Address: songhongpku at 126.com 

Cited Reference Count: 26 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

ISSN: 1751-1577 

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