Croatian Social Scientists' Productivity and a Bibliometric Study of Sociologists' Output

[Eugene Garfield]

Croatian Social Scientists' Productivity and a Bibliometric Study of Sociologists' 
Output

Author(s): Prpic, K (Prpic, Katarina); Petrovic, N (Petrovic, Nikola)

Source: SOCIOLOGIJA I PROSTOR  Volume: 48  Issue: 188  Pages: 437-459  
Published: SEP-DEC 2010  

Abstract: According to (pseudo)longitudinal empirical studies, the publication 
productivity of Croatian social scientists has been following the main global 
trends, especially the increase in co-authored and international/foreign 
publications. However, it shows more similarities to the social science output of 
other post-socialist countries than to the techno-scientifically developed 
European regions. 
The most recent bibliometric study of sociologists' publication productivity 
offers a more detailed picture of social science publication practices, as well as 
a specific disciplinary culture. Books form an essential part of sociological and 
SS&H output and thus they should also be included in any system of research 
productivity monitoring and evaluation. Web of Science (WoS) and Google 
Scholar (GS) bibliographical and citation data bases differ in covering 
sociological publications (especially books), which results in considerably 
different indicators of the quantity and visibility of published output. Empirical 
typology of visibility of sociologists' publications detects the difference 
between article and book visibility, as well as local and international visibility 
combined with WoS and GS coverage. The predictors of visibility types suggest 
that increasing the impact of Croatian sociological research should be based on 
stimulating publication by sociologists in both international books and journals.

Language: English
Document Type: Article; Proceedings Paper
Author Keywords: publication productivity; productivity patterns; productivity 
predictors; social scientists; questionnaire studies; bibliometric studies; 
sociologists
KeyWords Plus: AUSTRALIAN SOCIOLOGY; INFLUENTIAL BOOKS; CITATION 
PATTERNS; SCIENCES; HUMANITIES; PUBLICATION; DISCIPLINES; 
COLLABORATION; DETERMINANTS; DEPARTMENTS

Addresses: [Prpic, K; Petrovic, N] Inst Social Res, Zagreb, Croatia
Reprint Address: Prpic, K (reprint author), Inst Social Res, Zagreb, Croatia

E-mail Address: katarina at idi.hr, nikola at idi.hr
ISSN: 1846-5226
PDF: http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/100512