Contents of Scientometrics Vol:80, No:2 (August 2009)
Eugene Garfield
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Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (August 2009)
Listing of individual papers + abstracts follows this contents page
CONTENTS
Obituary
Hariolf Grupp -- 3rd July 1950–20th Janguary 2009 page 305
Weiwei Zhang, Weihong Qian, Yuh-Shan Ho
A bibliometric analysis of research related to ocean
circulation 307
Richard s. J. Tol
The h-index and its alternatives: An application to the 100 most prolific
economists 319
Thierry Marchant
An axiomatic characterization of the ranking based on the
h-index and some other bibliometric rankings of
authors 327
Michael s. Patterson, Simon Harris
The relationship between reviewers’ quality-scores and number of citations
for papers published in the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology from
2003–2005 345
K. Brad Wray
The salaries of Italian Renaissance professors 353
Liming Liang, Ronald Rousseau
Bibliometric characteristics of the journal Science:Pre-Koshland, Koshland
and post-Koshland period 361
Julia Osca-Lluch, Elena Velasco, Mayte López, Julia Haba
Co-authorship and citation networks in Spanish history of science
research 375
Eli m. Blatt
Differentiating, describing, and visualizing scientific space:
A novel approach to the analysis of published scientific abstracts 387
Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent, Gregorio González-Alcaide, Alberto Miguel-
Dasit, Carolina Navarro-Molina, Juan Carlos Valderrama-Zurián
Full-text publications in peer-reviewed journals derived from presentations
at three ISSI Conferences 409
Radhamany Sooryamoorthy
Collaboration and publication: How collaborative are scientists in South
Africa? 421
Joaquín m. Azagra-caro, Ignacio Fernández-de-Lucio, François Perruchas,
Pauline Mattsson What do patent examiner inserted citations indicate
for a region with low absorptive capacity? 443
Anselmo Garcia Cantú, Marcel Ausloos
Organizational and dynamical aspects of a small network with two distinct
communities: Neo-creationists vs. Evolution Defenders 459
B. M. Gupta, S. M. Dhawan
Status of India in science and technology as reflected in its publication
output in the Scopus international database, 1996– 2006 475
Tomislav Hengl, Budiman Minasny, Michael Gould
A geostatistical analysis of geostatistics 493
Antonia Andrade, Raúl González-Jonte, Juan Miguel Campanario
Journals that increase their impact factor at least fourfold in a few years:
The role of journal self-citations 517
Renata r. Gonçalves, Christian Kieling, Rodrigo A. Bressan,
Jair J. Mari, Luis A. Rohde
The evaluation of scientific productivity in Brazil: An assessment of the
mental health field 531
Jenny-Ann Brodin Danell, Rickard Danell
Publication activity in complementary and alternative medicine 541
András Schubert, Mihály Schubert
Outperform your neighbors 555
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TITLE : A bibliometric analysis of research related to ocean circulation
AUTHOR : WEIWEI ZHANG,a WEIHONG QIAN,a YUH-SHAN HOb,c
a Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University,
Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
b Trend Research Centre, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
c Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 307–318
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1863-0
ABSTRACT:
This study is a bibliometric analysis on ocean circulation-related research
for the period 1991– 2005. Selected documents included “ocean circulation,
sea circulation, seas circulation, marine circulation, and circulation
ocean” as a part of the title, abstract or keywords. Analyzed parameters
included the document type, the article output, the article distribution in
journals, the publication activity of countries, and institutes and the
authorship. An indicator, citation per publication (CPP) was applied to
evaluate the scientific impact of a publication. The relationship between
cumulative articles and the year was modeled. Three dominant categories
were picked out, and their output increase was modeled. The USA was found
to be leading the research with 47% share of total articles, with a CPP up
to 5.9. Woods Hole Oceanography Institute in the USA was the most
productive institute with a CPP of 6.8. In the citation analysis, a 5th
year citation mode was found. A paper life model was applied to compare the
cumulative citations increasing rates of different years.
Address for correspondence:
YUH-SHAN HO
E-mail: ysho at asia.edu.tw
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TITLE : The h-index and its alternatives: An application to the 100 most
prolific economists
AUTHOR : RICHARD S. J. TOLa,b,c,d
a Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland
b Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
c Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
d Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 319–326
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2079-7
ABSTRACT:
The h-index is a recent but already quite popular way of measuring research
quality and quantity. However, it discounts highly-cited papers. The g-
index corrects for this, but it is sensitivity to the number of never-cited
papers. Besides, h- or g-index-based rankings have a large number of ties.
Therefore, this paper introduces two new indices, and tests their
performance for the 100 most prolific economists. A researcher has a t-
number (f-number) of t (f) if t (f) is the largest number for which it
holds that she has t (f) publications for which the geometric (harmonic)
average number of citations is at least t (f). The new indices overcome the
shortcomings of the old indices.
Address for correspondence:
RICHARD S. J. TOL
E-mail: richard.tol at esri.ie
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TITLE : An axiomatic characterization of the ranking based on the
h-index and some other bibliometric rankings of authors
AUTHOR : THIERRY MARCHANT
Ghent University, Dunantlaan 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 327–344
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2075-y
ABSTRACTS:
In the last few years, many new bibliometric rankings or indices have been
proposed for comparing the output of scientific researchers. We propose a
formal framework in which rankings can be axiomatically characterized. We
then present a characterization of some popular rankings. We argue that
such analyses can help the user of a ranking to choose one that is adequate
in the context where she/he is working.
Address for correspondence:
THIERRY MARCHANT
E-mail: thierry.marchant at ugent.be
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TITLE : The relationship between reviewers’ quality-scores and number of
citations for papers published in the journal Physics in Medicine and
Biology from 2003–2005
AUTHOR : MICHAEL S. PATTERSON,a SIMON HARRISb
a Juravinski Cancer Centre and McMaster University,
699 Concession Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2, Canada
b Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 345–351
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2064-1
ABSTRACT:
For each of the years 2003, 2004, and 2005 the number of citations for
individual papers published in Physics in Medicine and Biology was compared
to the mean quality-score assigned to the manuscript by two independent
experts as part of the normal peer review process. A low but statistically
significant correlation was found between citations and quality score (1
best to 5 worst) for every year: 2003: –0.227 (p < 0.001); 2004: –0.238 (p
< 0.001); 2005: –0.154 (p < 0.01). Papers in the highest quality category
(approximately 10 per cent of those published) were cited about twice as
often as the average for all papers. Data were also examined
retrospectively by dividing the papers published in each year into five
citation quintiles. A paper of the highest quality is about ten times more
likely to be found in the most cited quintile than in the least cited
quintile. By making the assumption that the mean number of citations per
paper is a reasonable surrogate for the impact factor, it was also shown
that the impact factor for Physics in Medicine and Biology could be
increased substantially by rejecting more papers based on the reviewers’
scores. To accomplish this, however, would require a reduction in the
acceptance rate of manuscripts from about 50 per cent to near 10 per cent.
Address for correspondence:
MICHAEL S. PATTERSON
E-mail: mike.patterson at jcc.hhsc.ca
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TITLE : The salaries of Italian Renaissance professors
AUTHOR : K. BRAD WRAY
Department of Philosophy, State University of New York, 211 Campus Center,
Oswego, NY, 13126, USA
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 353–359
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2073-0
ABSTRACT:
I offer insight into the principles by which the salaries of Italian
Renaissance professors were determined. There is a longstanding fascination
with the fact that some professors during the Renaissance had extremely
high salaries. It has been suggested that at the top of the salary scale
were the superstars, professors who could attract many students and raise
the prestige of the university. Through an analysis of data on the salaries
of professors at Padua in 1422–1423, I argue that much of the differences
in salaries can be explained in terms of the stage of career of professors.
Those professors who have taught the longest tend to be paid the most.
Hence, there is little evidence for the superstar thesis.
Address for correspondence:
K. BRAD WRAY
E-mail: kwray at oswego.edu
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TITLE : Bibliometric characteristics of the journal Science:
Pre-Koshland, Koshland and post-Koshland period
AUTHOR : LIMING LIANG,a,b RONALD ROUSSEAUc,d,e
a Institute for Science, Technology and Society, Henan Normal University,
Xinxiang, 453002, P.R. China
b School of Humanities and Social Science, Dalian University of Technology,
Dalian, 116024, P.R.China
c KHBO (Association K.U.Leuven), Industrial Sciences and Technology, B-
8400, Oostende, Belgium
d K.U.Leuven, Department of Mathematics, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001 Leuven
(Heverlee), Belgium
e Universiteit Hasselt (UHasselt), Agoralaan, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 361–374
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2086-8
ABSTRACT:
During the period 1985–1995 Daniel Koshland was Editor-in-Chief of the
journal Science. As such he exerted a huge influence on all aspects related
to content and lay-out of the journal. This study compares Science’s
bibliometric characteristics between three periods: a pre-Koshland (1975–
1984) period, the Koshland period (1985–1995) and the post-Koshland period
(1996–2006). The distributions of document types, the country/territory and
institutional distribution of authors, co-authorship data and disciplinary
impact measured by subject categories of citations are studied. These
bibliometric characteristics unveil some of the changes the journal went
through under the leadership of Daniel Koshland.
Address for correspondence:
LIMING LIANG
E-mail: liangliming1949 at sina.com
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TITLE : Co-authorship and citation networks in Spanish history of science
research
AUTHOR : JULIA OSCA-LLUCH, ELENA VELASCO, MAYTE LÓPEZ, JULIA HABA
Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero (UV-CSIC),
Plaza de Cisneros 4, 46003 Valencia, Spain
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 375–385
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2089-5
ABSTRACT:
This paper studies cooperation patterns in Spain between science history
researchers by analysing co-authorship in the scientific publications of
the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and the Science Citation Index
(SCI) databases.
Address for correspondence:
JULIA OSCA-LLUCH
E-mail: m.julia.osca at uv.es
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TITLE : Differentiating, describing, and visualizing scientific space:
A novel approach to the analysis of published scientific abstracts
AUTHOR : ELI M. BLATT
Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA,
USA
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 387–408
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2070-3
ABSTRACT:
This paper will develop and demonstrate a novel method for analyzing
scientific indexes called Latent Semantic Differentiation. Using two
distinct datasets comprised of scientific abstracts, it will demonstrate
the procedure’s ability to identify the dominant themes, cluster the
articles accordingly, visualize the results, and provide a qualitative
description of each cluster. Combined, the analyses will highlight the
utility of the procedure for scientific document indexing, structuring
university departments, facilitating grant administration, and augmenting
ongoing research on scientific citation. Because the procedure is
extensible to any textual domain, there are numerous avenues for continued
research both within the sciences and beyond.
Address for correspondence:
ELI M. BLATT
350 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
E-mail: emblatt at stanford.edu
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TITLE : Full-text publications in peer-reviewed journals derived
from presentations at three ISSI Conferences
AUTHOR : RAFAEL ALEIXANDRE-BENAVENT,a GREGORIO GONZÁLEZ-ALCAIDE,a ALBERTO
MIGUEL-DASIT,b CAROLINA NAVARRO-MOLINA,a JUAN CARLOS VALDERRAMA-ZURIÁNa
a Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación López Piñero (CSIC-
Universidad de Valencia), Cerveró Palace, Cisneros Square, 4. 46003 –
Valencia, Spain
b Unidad de Resonancia Magnética. Hospital de La Plana, Vila-Real
(Castellón), Spain
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 409–420
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2066-z
ABSTRACT:
This study analyses the bibliometric characteristics of the presentations
at the 5th, 8th and 10th Conferences of the International Society for
Scientometrics and Informetrics, which were subsequently published in peer-
reviewed journals covered by the Science Citation Index, Social Science
Citation Index and LISA databases. 31.7% of all the papers presented at the
three conferences were published. Scientometrics was the journal that
published the highest proportions. A low rate of publication deprives
researchers of potentially interesting results and points up the role of
the ISSI Conference proceedings as a primary source of information.
Address for correspondence:
RAFAEL ALEIXANDRE-BENAVENT
E-mail: Rafael.Aleixandre at uv.es
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TITLE : Collaboration and publication:
How collaborative are scientists in South Africa?
AUTHOR : RADHAMANY SOORYAMOORTHY
Sociology Programme, Howard Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
4041, South Africa
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 421–441
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2074-z
ABSTRACT:
Using bibliographic records from the Science Citation Index, the paper
examines the publication of South African scientists. The analysis shows
that collaboration research in South Africa has been growing steadily and
the scientists are highly oriented towards collaborative rather than
individualistic research. International collaboration is preferred to
domestic collaboration while publication seems to be a decisive factor in
collaboration. The paper also looks at the collaboration dimensions of
partnering countries, sectors and disciplines, and examines how
collaboration can be predicted by certain publication variables.
Characteristic features are evident in both the degree and nature of
collaboration which can be predicted by the number of countries involved,
number of partners and the fractional count of papers.
Address for correspondence:
RADHAMANY SOORYAMOORTHY
E-mail: sooryamoorthyr at ukzn.ac.za
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TITLE : What do patent examiner inserted citations indicate
for a region with low absorptive capacity?
AUTHOR : JOAQUÍN M. AZAGRA-CARO,a,b IGNACIO FERNÁNDEZ-DE-LUCIO,b FRANÇOIS
PERRUCHAS,b PAULINE MATTSSONa,c
a European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective
Technological Studies (IPTS)
Edificio Expo, C/Inca Garcilaso, s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
b INGENIO, CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain
c UBE-LIME, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 443–457
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2081-0
ABSTRACT:
Most studies of patents citations focus on national or international
contexts, especially contexts of high absorptive capacity, and employ
examiner citations. We argue that results can vary if we take the region as
the context of analysis, especially if it is a region with low absorptive
capacity, and if we study applicant citations and examiner-inserted
citations separately. Using a sample from the Valencian Community (Spain),
we conclude that (i) the use of examiner-inserted citations as a proxy for
applicant citations, (ii) the interpretation of non-patent references as
indicators of science-industry links, and (iii) the traditional results for
geographical localization are not generalizable to all regions with low
absorptive capacity.
Address for correspondence:
JOAQUÍN M. AZAGRA-CARO
E-mail: joaquin-maria.azagra-caro at ec.europa.eu
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TITLE : Organizational and dynamical aspects of a small network with two
distinct communities: Neo-creationists vs. Evolution Defenders
AUTHOR : ANSELMO GARCIA CANTÚ, MARCEL AUSLOOS
GRAPES, SUPRATECS, Université de Liége, B5 Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liége,
Belgium
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 459–474
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2065-0
ABSTRACT:
Social impacts and degrees of organization inherent to opinion formation
for interacting agents on networks present interesting questions of general
interest from physics to sociology. We present a quantitative analysis of a
case implying an evolving small size network, i.e. that inherent to the
ongoing debate between modern creationists (most are Intelligent Design
(ID) proponents (IDP) and Darwin’s theory of Evolution Defenders (DED)).
This study is carried out by analyzing the structural properties of the
citation network unfolded in the recent decades by publishing works
belonging to members of the two communities. With the aim of capturing the
dynamical aspects of the interaction between the IDP and DED groups, we
focus on two key quantities, namely, the degree of activity of each group
and the corresponding degree of impact on the intellectual community at
large. A representative measure of the former is provided by the rate of
production of publications (RPP), whilst the latter can be assimilated to
the rate of increase in citations (RIC). These quantities are determined,
respectively, by the slope of the time series obtained for the number of
publications accumulated per year and by the slope of a similar time series
obtained for the corresponding citations. The results indicate that in this
case, the dynamics can be seen as geared by triggered or damped
competition. The network is a specific example of marked heterogeneity in
exchange of information activity in and between the communities,
particularly demonstrated through the nodes having a high connectivity
degree, i.e. opinion leaders.
Address for correspondence:
MARCEL AUSLOOS
E-mail: marcel.ausloos at ulg.ac.be
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TITLE : Status of India in science and technology as reflected in its
publication output in the Scopus international database, 1996–2006
AUTHOR : B. M. GUPTA,a S. M. DHAWANb
a National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, Dr. K.
S.Krishnan Marg, New Delhi – 11012, India
b National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 475–492
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2083-y
ABSTRACT:
This paper seeks to provide current indicators on Indian science and
technology for measuring the country’s progress in research. The study uses
for the purpose 11 years publications data on India and top 20 productive
countries as drawn from the Scopus database for the period 1996 to 2006.
The study examines country performance on several measures including
country publication share in the world research output, country publication
share in various subjects in the national context and in the global
context, patterns of research communication in core Indian domestic and
international journals, geographical distribution of publications, share of
international collaborative papers at the national level as well as across
subjects and characteristics of high productivity institutions, scientists
and cited papers. The paper also compares the similarity of Indian research
profile with top 20 productive countries. The findings of the study should
be of special significance to the planners & policy-makers as they have
implications for the long term S&T planning of the country.
Address for correspondence:
B. M. GUPTA
E-mail: bmgupta1 at yahoo.com, bmgupta at nistads.res.in
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TITLE : A geostatistical analysis of geostatistics
AUTHOR : TOMISLAV HENGL,a BUDIMAN MINASNY,b MICHAEL GOULDc
a Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of
Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
b Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, The University of
Sydney, Sydney, Australia
c Michael Gould Associates, Arnhem, The Netherlands
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 493–516
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2088-6
ABSTRACT:
The bibliometric indices of the scientific field of geostatistics were
analyzed using statistical and spatial data analysis. The publications and
their citation statistics were obtained from the Web of Science (4000 most
relevant), Scopus (2000 most relevant) and Google Scholar (5389). The focus
was on the analysis of the citation rate (CR), i.e. number of citations an
author or a library item receives on average per year. This was the main
criterion used to analyze global trends in geostatistics and to extract the
Top 25 most-cited lists of the research articles and books in
geostatistics. It was discovered that the average citation rate for
geostatisticians has stabilized since 1999, while the authors’ n-index
seems to have declined ever since. One reason for this may be because there
are more and more young authors with a lower n-index. We also found that
the number of publications an author publishes explains only 60% of the
variation in the citation statistics and that this number progressively
declines for an author with a lower number of publications. Once the
geographic location is attached to a selection of articles, an isotropic
Gaussian kernel smoother weighted by the CR can be used to map scientific
excellence around the world. This revealed clusters of scientific
excellence around locations such as Wageningen, London, Utrecht, Hampshire,
UK, Norwich, Paris, Louvain, Barcelona, and Zürich (Europe); Stanford, Ann
Arbor, Tucson, Corvallis, Seattle, Boulder, Montreal, Baltimore, Durham,
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles (North America); and Canberra, Melbourne,
Sydney, Santiago (Chile), Taipei, and Beijing (other continents). Further
correlation with socio-economic variables showed that the spatial
distribution of CRs in geostatistics is independent of the night light
image (which represents economic activity) and population density. This
study demonstrates that the commercial scientific indexing companies could
enhance their service by assigning the geographical location to library
items to allow spatial exploration and analysis of bibliometric indices.
Address for correspondence:
TOMISLAV HENGL
E-mail: T.Hengl at uva.nl
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TITLE : Journals that increase their impact factor at least fourfold in a
few years: The role of journal self-citations
AUTHOR : ANTONIA ANDRADE,a RAÚL GONZÁLEZ-JONTE,b JUAN MIGUEL CAMPANARIOc
a Departamento de Geología, Edificio de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá,
28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
b Departamento de Química Física Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco,
28049 Madrid, Spain
c Departamento de Física, Edificio de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá,
28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
SOURCE: Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 517–530
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2085-9
ABSTRACT:
The aim of this study was to ascertain the possible effect of journal self-
citations on the increase in the impact factors of journals in which this
scientometric indicator rose by a factor of at least four in only a few
years. Forty-three journals were selected from the Thomson–Reuters
(formerly ISI) Journal Citation Reports as meeting the above criterion.
Eight journals in which the absolute number of citations was lower than 20
in at least two years were excluded, so the final sample consisted of 35
journals. We found no proof of widespread manipulation of the impact factor
through the massive use of journal self-citations.
Address for correspondence:
ANTONIA ANDRADE
E-mail: antonia.andrade at uah.es
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TITLE : The evaluation of scientific productivity in Brazil:
An assessment of the mental health field
AUTHOR : RENATA R. GONÇALVES,a CHRISTIAN KIELING,a RODRIGO A. BRESSAN,b
JAIR J. MARI,b LUIS A. ROHDEa,c
a Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio
Grande do Sul, Brazil
b Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo,
Brazil
c Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90035-003,
Porto Alegre, Brazil
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 531–539
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2077-9
ABSTRACT:
Brazilian scientific production has increased significantly over the last
decade, and mental health has been a leading research field in the country,
with a growing number of articles published in high quality international
journals. This article analyses the scientific output of mental health
research between 2004 and 2006 and estimates individual research
performance based on four different strategies. A total of 106 mental
health scientists were included in the analysis; together they published
1,209 articles indexed in Medline or ISI, with over 65% of the production
in journals with impact factor ≥1. Median impact factor of publications was
2. Spearman correlation coefficient showed a large positive correlation
between all four different measures used to estimate individual research
output. Ten investigators were together responsible for almost 30% of the
articles published in the period, whereas 65% of the sample contributed
with less than 10 articles.
Address for correspondence:
LUIS A. ROHDE
E-mail: lrohde at terra.com.br
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TITLE : Publication activity in complementary and alternative medicine
AUTHOR : JENNY-ANN BRODIN DANELL, RICKARD DANELL
Department of Sociology, Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 541–553
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2078-8
ABSTRACT:
In this article we analyse how research on complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) break through into one established scientific arena, namely
academic journals. With help from bibliometric methods we analyse
publication of CAM articles, in the Medline database, during the period
1966–2007. We also analyse the general content of the articles and in what
journals they get published. We conclude that the publication activity of
CAM articles increases rapidly, especially in the late 1990s, and that the
changing growth rate is not due to the general expansion of Medline. The
character of CAM articles has changed towards more clinical oriented
research, especially in subfields such as acupuncture and musculoskeletal
manipulations. CAM articles are found both in core clinical journals and in
specialized CAM journals. Even though a substantial part of the articles
are published in CAM journals, we conclude that the increasing publication
activity is not restricted to the expansion of these specialized journals.
Address for correspondence:
JENNY-ANN BRODIN DANELL
E-mail: jenny-ann.brodin at soc.umu.se
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TITLE : Outperform your neighbors
AUTHOR : ANDRÁS SCHUBERT,a MIHÁLY SCHUBERTb
a Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Research Policy Studies,
Budapest, Hungary
b ELTE Radnóti Miklós School, Budapest, Hungary
SOURCE : Scientometrics, Vol. 80, No. 2 (2009) 555–560
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2209-2
ABSTRACT:
A new framework of international comparisons is advised: each country is
gauged against its bordering countries. This approach has several
undeniable drawbacks, but by revealing some otherwise hidden patterns,
advantageously supplements the customary comparison methods.
Address for correspondence:
ANDRÁS SCHUBERT
E-mail: schuba at iif.hu
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