Comparison of universities' scientific performance using bibliometric indicators

[Eugene Garfield]

Comparison of universities' scientific performance using bibliometric indicators

Author(s): Wang, MH (Wang, Ming-Huang); Fu, HZ (Fu, Hui-Zhen); Ho, YS (Ho, 
Yuh-Shan)
Source: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE  Volume: 
16  Issue: 2  Pages: 1-19  Published: AUG 2011  

Abstract: The scientific performance of National Taiwan University (NTU) and 
Peking University (PKU) were compared by two indicators, namely citations per 
publication and h-index, based on the data extracted from the Science Citation 
Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts 
& Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) Web of Science from 2000 to 2009. 
Analyzed aspects covered publication outputs, publication patterns, and 
international and inter-institutional collaborations of the two universities. The 
two universities were in the same scale based on the number of publications. 
Articles from electrical and electronic engineering dominated the other articles 
in NTU while PKU researchers published a great number of articles in the basic 
science fields. Material science was the new field for these two universities. 
The USA had the greatest number of collaborated articles accounting for 15% 
and 12% of total articles with NTU and PKU respectively. Article impact 
followed a decreasing order of international collaboration, inter-institutional 
collaboration, and independent articles for both universities. PKU articles had 
higher visibility. In addition, the Essential Science Indicators were applied to 
investigate the research activities of NTU and PKU.

Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: Scientometrics; Research Performance; Citations per 
Publication; h-index; Science indicators; web of science
KeyWords Plus: INDEX

Addresses: [Wang, MH] Peking Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples 
R China
[Fu, HZ; Ho, YS] Peking Univ, Dept Environm Engn, Key Lab Water & Sediment 
Sci, Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[Ho, YS] Asia Univ, Trend Res Ctr, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
Reprint Address: Wang, MH (reprint author), Peking Univ, Dept Environm Sci, 
Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

E-mail Address: ysho at asia.edu.tw
ISSN: 1394-6234
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