Science/NSF report

[Vladimir Pislyakov]

Dear Loet,

Thank you for the careful update! It's a pleasure when our conjectural 
hypotheses gain terra firma and mathematics agrees with them.

Kind regards,
Vladimir



On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:51:32 +0100, Loet Leydesdorff <loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET> 
wrote:

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>Dear Vladimir,
>
>Yes, this solves the issue. The SCI contained 3722 journals in 2005, the
>SSCI 1747. The sum is 5469, but there is some overlap, and therefore: 5341
>journals.
>
>The file of the NSF gives for 5394 journals a match with the JCR (including
>the expanded set). Thus, this seems OK.
>
>The IpIq Fieldname "Professional Fields" is attributed in 2005 to 446 of
>these journals.
>5469 - 446 = 4948 or alternatively: 5341 - 446 = 4895. The Indicators 2008
>(at p. 5-37) mention 4906 journals. Thus, this is OK.
>
>Thank you so much!
>
>Best wishes,
>
>
>Loet
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