Articles from Scientometrics November 2010
Eugene Garfield
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TITLE: A new author's productivity index: p-index (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Assimakis, N; Adam, M
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.415-427 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; ZUCKERMAN HA rauth
KEYWORDS: Metrics; Productivity; Author rank; Co-authorship
KEYWORDS+: MULTIPLE AUTHORSHIP; CITATION MEASURES; PUBLICATION;
COLLABORATION; COAUTHORS; CREDIT; SCIENTISTS; ARTICLES;
PATTERNS; ORDER
ABSTRACT: In this paper a new author's productivity index is
introduced, namely the golden productivity index. The proposed index
measures the productivity of an individual researcher evaluating the
number of papers as well as the rank of co-authorship. It provides an
efficient method to measure the author's contribution in articles
writing, compared to other ordinary methods. It gives emphasis to the
first authors contributions due to the fact that traditionally the rank
of each author shows the magnitude of his contribution in the article.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: N Assimakis, Technol Educ Inst Lamia, Dept Elect, Lamia,
Greece
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TITLE: The iceberg hypothesis revisited (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Lancho-Barrantes, BS; Guerrero-Bote, VP; Moya-Anegon, F
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.443-461 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth;
MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56
1968;
PUDOVKIN AI J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53:1113 2002
KEYWORDS: Knowledge export; Scientometrics; Journal impact factor;
Citation analysis
KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL IMPACT MEASURES; SCIENCE; PATHFINDER;
CATEGORIES;
FIELDS
ABSTRACT: A study is described of the rank/JIF (Journal Impact
Factor) distributions in the high-coverage Scopus database, using recent
data and a three-year citation window. It includes a comparison with an
older study of the Journal Citation Report categories and indicators,
and
a determination of the factors most influencing the distributions. While
all the specific subject areas fit a negative logarithmic law fairly
well, those with a greater External JIF have distributions with a more
sharply defined peak and a longer tail-something like an iceberg. No S-
shaped distributions, such as predicted by Egghe, were found. A strong
correlation was observed between the knowledge export and import ratios.
Finally, data from both Scopus and ISI were used to characterize the
rank/JIF distributions by subject area.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: VP Guerrero-Bote, Univ Extremadura, Fac Bibliotecon &
Documentac, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain
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TITLE: Improvements in productivity based on co-authorship: a
case study of published articles in China (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Cho, CC; Hu, MW; Liu, MC
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.463-470 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): MORAVCSIK MJ rauth; PRICE DJD rauth;
ZUCKERMAN HA rauth
KEYWORDS: Co-authorship; Collaboration; Knowledge production
function
KEYWORDS+: REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION;
ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; DETERMINANTS; KNOWLEDGE;
JOURNALS; SCIENCE
ABSTRACT: The issue of primary interest to this study is the
collaboration that has taken place in science and technology (S&T)
research in China. Due to our empirical evidences, the regions with
higher relationship (network) capital enjoy higher knowledge
productivity
in terms of published articles. Our purpose in this paper is to
investigate the relationships that exist between regional published
articles and co-authorship in China covering the period from 1998 to
2007
by using Stata to investigate the relation between the regional
publications and co-authored published articles. As main findings, the
greater the number of co-authored articles that a region has, the
greater
their success, in terms of the number of articles published. Indeed,
both
domestic and international co-authorship have had positive effects on
published article levels in China.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: CC Cho, Tamkang Univ, Grad Inst Ind Econ, Taipei 25137,
Taiwan
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TITLE: Citation analysis and peer ranking of Australian social
science journals (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Haddow, G; Genoni, P
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.471-487 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): LINE MB rauth; PRICE DJD rauth;
HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569
2005;
JOURNALS item_title; CITATION item_title;
CITATION ANALYS* item_title; CITATION* item_title
KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Social science journals; Research
Assessment; Citation sources; Australia; Journal ranking
KEYWORDS+: WEB-OF-SCIENCE; RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE; GOOGLE-
SCHOLAR; H-INDEX; SCOPUS; COUNTS; IMPACT; INFORMATION;
DIFFUSION; COVERAGE
ABSTRACT: Citation analyses were performed for Australian social
science journals to determine the differences between data drawn from
Web
of Science and Scopus. These data were compared with the tier rankings
assigned by disciplinary groups to the journals for the purposes of a
new
research assessment model, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA),
due to be implemented in 2010. In addition, citation-based indicators
including an extended journal impact factor, the h-index, and a modified
journal diffusion factor, were calculated to assess whether subsequent
analyses influence the ranking of journals. The findings suggest that
the
Scopus database provides higher number of citations for more of the
journals. However, there appears to be very little association between
the assigned tier ranking of journals and their rank derived from
citations data. The implications for Australian social science
researchers are discussed in relation to the use of citation analysis in
the ERA.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Haddow, Curtin Univ Technol, Dept Informat Studies,
POB
U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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TITLE: The impact of the socio-economic crisis of 2001 on the
scientific system of Argentina from the scientometric
perspective
(Article, English)
AUTHOR: Miguel, S; Moya-Anegon, F; Herrero-Solana, V
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.495-507 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title
KEYWORDS: Scientific system; Scientometric indicators; Socio-
economic crisis; 2001; Argentina
KEYWORDS+: LATIN-AMERICA
ABSTRACT: In recent years a number of studies have focused on
Argentina's 2001 economic crisis and its political, social, and
institutional repercussions. To date, however, no studies have analyzed
its effects upon the country's scientific system from a scientometric
perspective, in terms of resources dedicated to scientific activity and
the final output and impact. The present study does so by means of a set
of scientometric indicators that reflect economic effort, human
resources
dedicated to research, publications, collaborative relations, and the
international visibility of scientific contributions.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: S Miguel, Natl Univ La Plata, Lib Sci Dept, 48 E-6 & 7,
RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina
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TITLE: Cardiovascular research in Spain. A comparative
scientometric study (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Bolanos-Pizarro, M; Thijs, B; Glanzel, W
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.509-526 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title
KEYWORDS: Cardiovascular research; Research performance;
International collaboration; Spain
KEYWORDS+: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; CO-AUTHORSHIP;
BIBLIOMETRIC APPROACH; JOURNAL IMPACT; SCIENCE;
INDICATORS; CITATIONS; OUTPUT
ABSTRACT: A bibliometric analysis of Spanish cardiovascular
research is presented. The study focuses on the productivity, visibility
and citation impact in an international, notably European context.
Special attention is given to international collaboration. The
underlying
bibliographic data are collected from Thomson Reuters's Web of Science
on
the basis of a 'hybrid' search strategy combining core journals, lexical
terms and citation links especially developed for the field of
cardiology.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Glanzel, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr R&D Monitoring
ECOOM, Louvain, Belgium
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TITLE: Can applied science be 'good science'? Exploring the
relationship between patent citations and citation
impact in nanoscience
(Article, English)
AUTHOR: Meyer, M; Debackere, K; Glanzel, W
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.527-539 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; CITATION item_title;
CITATION* item_title
KEYWORDS: Nanoscience; Nanotechnology; Patent citations; Citation
impact; Science-technology linkage
KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; EMERGING FIELD; NANO-SCIENCE;
TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARITY;
COLLABORATION; EXPLORATION; PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION
ABSTRACT: There is a rich literature on how science and technology
are related to each other. Patent citation analysis is amongst the most
frequently used to tool to track the strengths of links. In this paper
we
explore the relationship between patent citations and citation impact in
nanoscience. Our observations indicate that patent-cited papers perform
better in terms of standard bibliometric indicators than comparable
publications that are not linked to technology in this way. More
specifically, we found that articles cited in patents are more likely to
be cited also by other papers. The share of highly cited papers is the
most striking result. Instead of the average of 4% of all papers, 13.8%
of the papers cited once or twice in patents fall into this category and
even 23.5% of the papers more frequently cited in patents receive
citation rates far above the standard. Our analyses further demonstrate
the presence and the relevance of bandwagon effects driving the
development of science and technology.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Glanzel, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr R&D Monitoring,
Dekenstr 2, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
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TITLE: The iCE approach for journal evaluation (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Prathap, G
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.561-565 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNAL item_title;
GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90
2006;
GARFIELD E rauth;
HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005
KEYWORDS: Journal evaluation; Eigenfactor (TM); Article Influence
(TM); Impact factor; p-index; h-index
KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTOR; EIGENFACTOR
ABSTRACT: Recent research has shown that simple graphical
representations of research performance can be obtained using two-
dimensional maps based on impact (i) and citations (C). The product of
impact and citations leads to an energy term (E). Indeed, using E as the
third coordinate, three-dimensional landscape maps can be prepared. In
this paper, instead of using the traditional impact factor and total
citations received for journal evaluation, Article Influence(TM) and
Eigenfactor(TM) are used as substitutes. Article Influence becomes a
measure of quality (i.e. a proxy for impact factor) and Eigenfactor is a
proxy for size/quantity (like citations) and taken together, the product
is an energy-like term. This can be used to measure the
influence/prestige of a journal. It is also possible to propose a p-
factor (where p = E (1/3)) as an alternative measure of the prestige or
prominence of a journal which plays the equivalent role of the h-index.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Prathap, Natl Inst Sci Commun & Informat Resources,
New
Delhi 110012, India
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TITLE: Deconstructing doctoral dissertations: how many papers
does it take to make a PhD? (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Hagen, NT
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.567-579 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): CRONIN B rauth
KEYWORDS: Bibliometry; Bibliometric counting; Bias; Baseline;
Benchmark
KEYWORDS+: FACULTY-STUDENT COLLABORATIONS; AUTHORSHIP CREDIT;
PUBLICATION; GRADUATE; ETHICS; THESES
ABSTRACT: A collection of coauthored papers is the new norm for
doctoral dissertations in the natural and biomedical sciences, yet there
is no consensus on how to partition authorship credit between PhD
candidates and their coauthors. Guidelines for PhD programs vary but
tend
to specify only a suggested range for the number of papers to be
submitted for evaluation, sometimes supplemented with a requirement for
the PhD candidate to be the principal author on the majority of
submitted
papers. Here I use harmonic counting to quantify the actual amount of
authorship credit attributable to individual PhD graduates from two
Scandinavian universities in 2008. Harmonic counting corrects for the
inherent inflationary and equalizing biases of routine counting methods,
thereby allowing the bibliometrically identifiable amount of authorship
credit in approved dissertations to be analyzed with unprecedented
accuracy. Unbiased partitioning of authorship credit between graduates
and their coauthors provides a post hoc bibliometric measure of current
PhD requirements, and sets a de facto baseline for the requisite
scientific productivity of these contemporary PhD's at a median value of
approximately 1.6 undivided papers per dissertation. Comparison with
previous census data suggests that the baseline has shifted over the
past
two decades as a result of a decrease in the number of submitted papers
per candidate and an increase in the number of coauthors per paper. A
simple solution to this shifting baseline syndrome would be to benchmark
the amount of unbiased authorship credit deemed necessary for successful
completion of a specific PhD program, and then monitor for departures
from this level over time. Harmonic partitioning of authorship credit
also facilitates cross-disciplinary and inter-institutional analysis of
the scientific output from different PhD programs. Juxtaposing
bibliometric benchmarks with current baselines may thus assist the
development of harmonized guidelines and transparent transnational
quality assurance procedures for doctoral programs by providing a robust
and meaningful standard for further exploration of the causes of intra-
and inter-institutional variation in the amount of unbiased authorship
credit per dissertation.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: NT Hagen, Bodo Univ Coll, Fac Biosci & Aquaculture,
Bodo,
Norway
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TITLE: Counting the citations: a comparison of Web of Science
and Google Scholar in the field of business and
management (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Mingers, J; Lipitakis, EAECG
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 85 (2). NOV 2010. p.613-625 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569
2005;
CITATION* item_title
KEYWORDS: Citations; Google Scholar; Research impact; Web of
Science
KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX; JOURNALS; SCOPUS; DATABASES; IMPACT
ABSTRACT: Assessing the quality of the knowledge produced by
business and management academics is increasingly being metricated.
Moreover, emphasis is being placed on the impact of the research rather
than simply where it is published. The main metric for impact is the
number of citations a paper receives. Traditionally this data has come
from the ISI Web of Science but research has shown that this has poor
coverage in the social sciences. A newer and different source for
citations is Google Scholar. In this paper we compare the two on a
dataset of over 4,600 publications from three UK Business Schools. The
results show that Web of Science is indeed poor in the area of
management
and that Google Scholar, whilst somewhat unreliable, has a much better
coverage. The conclusion is that Web of Science should not be used for
measuring research impact in management.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Mingers, Univ Kent, Kent Business Sch, Canterbury CT7
2PE, Kent, England
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TITLE: The citation field of evolutionary economics (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Dolfsma, W; Leydesdorff, L
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS 20 (5). OCT 2010.
p.645-664 SPRINGER, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MACROBERTS MH rauth;
PRICE DJD rauth;
HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569
2005;
MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56
1968;
CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title;
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972
KEYWORDS: Evolutionary economics; Citation analysis;
Interdisciplinarity; Journal of Evolutionary Economics
(JEE); Betweenness centrality
KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; SCIENCE; CENTRALITY; NETWORK;
INTERDISCIPLINARITY; IMPACT; GROWTH; INDEX; TERMS
ABSTRACT: Evolutionary economics has developed into an academic
field of its own, institutionalized around, amongst others, the Journal
of Evolutionary Economics (JEE). This paper analyzes the way and extent
to which evolutionary economics has become an interdisciplinary journal,
as its aim was: a journal that is indispensable in the exchange of
expert
knowledge on topics and using approaches that relate naturally with it.
Analyzing citation data for the relevant academic field for the Journal
of Evolutionary Economics, we use insights from scientometrics and
social
network analysis to find that, indeed, the JEE is a central player in
this interdisciplinary field aiming mostly at understanding
technological
and regional dynamics. It does not, however, link firmly with the
natural
sciences (including biology) nor to management sciences,
entrepreneurship, and organization studies. Another journal that could
be
perceived to have evolutionary acumen, the Journal of Economic Issues,
does relate to heterodox economics journals and is relatively more
involved in discussing issues of firm and industry organization. The JEE
seems most keen to develop theoretical insights.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Dolfsma, Univ Groningen, Sch Business & Econ, POB 800,
NL-9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
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