SV: [SIGMETRICS] Enough is enough!

Thu Jan 31 00:26:00 EST 2008

On 1/31/08, Eugene Garfield <eugene.garfield at thomson.com> wrote:
>
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> The Sigmetrics listserv is open for discussions of bibliometric matters.
> It is not required to be member of ASIS&T to subscribe. It not only provides
> an alerting service for subscribers but also a platform for commenting on
> the use of misuse of quantitative data. It also serves to educate newer
> readers to past work. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to get comments
> about subjects unless they are they are controversial.
> The recent spate of abstracts from the ISSI Conference in Madrid 2007 was
> meant to aid those who could not attend. They would not have access to the
> two Proceedings volumes which were distributed to all participants. It is
> planned to post the full text to a web site in the near future.
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Eugene Garfield  email:  garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:
> SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeppe Nicolaisen
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
> Subject: [SIGMETRICS] SV: [SIGMETRICS] Enough is enough!
>
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> I thought that the list served as a forum for discussions, but thanks to
> the kind replies, I now understand that the list primarily functions as a
> bibliographic database. I stand corrected.
>
>
>
> /jeppe
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Fra: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics på vegne af David E. Wojick
> Sendt: on 30-01-2008 16:32
> Til: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
> Emne: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Enough is enough!
>
>
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> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe):
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> These notices are the reason I subscribe to this list. Given that article
> notices are 90+% of the traffic I imagine it is the reason most of us are
> here. Nicolaisen is mistaken.
> Keep it up Gene.
> David Wojick
> DOE OSTI
> >
> >I believe Gene and his team do a great service to the sigmentrics
> community by sending out information on recently published, relevant works.
> >It takes time and care to do this and is very generous of them to spent
> their resources on this.
> >Sunny regards,
> >k
> >
> >Jeppe Nicolaisen wrote:
> >
>
> >>Dear Eugene Garfield,
> >>
> >>Could you please tell your secretary to stop spamming the list with
> these random peeks from the ISSI 2007. It has been going on for weeks now.
> >>
> >>/Jeppe Nicolaisen
> >>
> >>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> >>Fra: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:
> SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] På vegne af Eugene Garfield
> >>Sendt: 30. januar 2008 15:06
> >>Til: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
> >>Emne: [SIGMETRICS] Bar-Ilan, J (Bar-Ilan, Judit) The h-index of h-index
> and of other informetric topics
> >>
> >>
> >>Email address: barilaj at mail.biu.ac.il
> >>
> >>Author(s): Bar-Ilan, J (Bar-Ilan, Judit)
> >>Title: The h-index of h-index and of other informetric topics
> >>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
> 826-827, 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
> >>Addresses: Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Informat Sci, Ramat Gan, IL-52900 Israel.
> >>Publisher Name: INT SOC SCIENTOMETRICS & INFORMETRICS-ISSI Publisher
> Address: KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN, FACULTEIT E T E W, DEKENSTRAAT 2, LEUVEN,
> B-3000, BELGIUM
> >>Cited Reference Count: 5
> >> *NAT NEWSBL
> >>TOP FIV PHYS : 2006  BALL P
> >>Index aims for fair rankings of scientists
> >>NATURE 436 : 900 2005
> >> BANKS MG
> >>An extension of the Hirsch index: Indexing scientific topics and
> compounds
> >>SCIENTOMETRICS 69 : 161 2006
> >>
> >> BRAUN T
> >>A Hirsch-type index for journals
> >>SCIENTIST 19 : 8 2005
> >>
> >> HIRSCH JE
> >>An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output
> >>P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102 : 16569 2005
> >
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Gene is doing a great service. I regularly derive benefits
from  his postings. It is very useful.
Thank you, Gene.

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