Meho, L; Yang, K Fusion approach to citation-based quality assessment PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTL. CONF. OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II 568-581, 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

Email address: meho at indiana.edu

Author(s): Meho, L (Meho, Lokman); Yang, K (Yang, Kiduk) 

Title: Fusion approach to citation-based quality assessment 

Editor(s): TorresSalinas, D; Moed, HF 

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMETRICS, VOLS I AND II 
568-581, 2007 

Language: English 
Document Type: Article 

Conference Title: 11th International Conference of the International-
Society-for-Scientrometrics-and-Informetrics 

Conference Date: JUN 25-27, 2007 

Conference Location: Madrid, SPAIN 

Conference Sponsors: Int Soc Scientrometr & Informetr, CSIC, Minist Educ & 
Ciencia, FECYT, Comunidad Madrid, Eugene Garfield Fdn, Thomson Sci, 
Elsevier, Journal Informetr, Scopus, Ayuntamiento Madrid, Sci Metrix, Univ 
Carlos III Madrid 

Author Keywords: citation analysis; quality assessment; fusion 

KeyWords Plus: US LIS FACULTY; SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIVITY; GOOGLE-SCHOLAR; 
IMPACT FACTORS; EXERCISES; COVERAGE; SCIENCE; INDEX 

Abstract: Citation analysis is one of the most widely used methods in 
evaluating the research performance of scholars. Despite the widespread 
use, critics claim that citation analysis has serious limitations in both 
data and methodology. The problems reported in literature point to two 
fundamental shortcomings with the typical citation analysis approach. 
First, conventional citation analysis methods yield one-dimensional and 
sometimes misleading evaluation as a result of not taking into account 
differences in citation quality, not filtering out citation noise such as 
self-citations, and not considering non-numeric aspects of citations such 
as language, culture, and time. Second, the coverage of citations in 
citation databases of today is disjoint and incomplete, which can result 
in conflicting quality assessment outcomes across different data sources. 
To address these limitations, we are developing a multi-faceted fusion 
approach to quality assessment that employs a range of citation-based 
methods to analyze data from multiple sources. The paper briefly describes 
a work-in-progress prototype system called CiteSearch, and discusses a 
citation analysis pilot study, which measures the impact of scholarly 
publications based on the data mined from Web of Science, Scopus, and 
Google Scholar. 

Addresses: Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Bloomington, IN 47401 
USA. 

Publisher Name: INT SOC SCIENTOMETRICS & INFORMETRICS-ISSI 
Publisher Address: KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN, FACULTEIT E T E W, DEKENSTRAAT 
2, LEUVEN, B-3000, BELGIUM 

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