Various papers of interest to SIG Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Fri Nov 4 13:51:43 EDT 2011
TITLE: Do discounted journal access programs help researchers in
sub-Saharan Africa? A bibliometric analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Davis, PM
SOURCE: LEARNED PUBLISHING 24 (4). OCT 2011. p.287-298 ASSOC
LEARNED PROFESSIONAL SOC PUBL, W SUSSEX
SEARCH TERM(S): MORAVCSIK MJ rauth; BIBLIOMETR* item_title;
JOURNAL item_title
KEYWORDS+: LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; SCIENCE; IMPACT; CITATIONS; TEEAL;
STRATEGIES; DATABASE; NATIONS; BIOLOGY; ONLINE
ABSTRACT: Prior research has suggested that providing free and
discounted access to the scientific literature to researchers in low- income countries increases article production and citation. Using traditional bibliometric indicators for institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, we analyze whether institutional access to TEEAL (a digital collection of journal articles in agriculture and allied subjects)
increases: (i) article production; (ii) reference length; and (iii) number of citations to journals included in the TEEAL collection. Our analysis is based on nearly 20,000 articles containing half a million references published between 1988 and 2009 at 70 institutions in 11 African countries. We report that access to TEEAL does not appear to result in higher article production, although it does lead to longer reference lists (an additional 2.6 references per paper) and a greater frequency of citations to TEEAL journals (an additional 0.4 references per paper), compared to non-subscribing institutions. We discuss how traditional bibliometric indicators may not provide a full picture of the effectiveness of free and discounted literature programs. (C) Philip M.
Davis 2011
AUTHOR ADDRESS: PM Davis, Cornell Univ, Dept Commun, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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TITLE: The extent of concentration in journal publishing
(Article, English)
AUTHOR: Didegah, F; Gazni, A
SOURCE: LEARNED PUBLISHING 24 (4). OCT 2011. p.303-310 ASSOC
LEARNED PROFESSIONAL SOC PUBL, W SUSSEX
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNAL item_title
ABSTRACT: This study examines the extent of concentration in the
journal publishing industry. A number of aspects are considered:
publishers, journal impacts, countries, and languages. For journals indexed in JCR from 1997 to 2009, just 0.2% of publishers produce 50% of journals and articles, and 0.3% of publishers account for the top 50% of citations, impact factors and immediacy indices. More than a half of publishers in JCR are from four countries: USA, UK, Germany and Japan. In addition, more than a half of journals come from the USA and UK.
Examining the publishers' interactions in terms of buying and selling journals shows the extent of change by acquisition, and the acquisition links between publishers. The findings confirm that the international market of journal publishing is essentially dominated by a few publishers. (C) Fereshteh Didegah and Ali Gazni 2011
AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Didegah, Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Technol, Res Inst
Informat & Language Proc, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, W
Midlands, England
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TITLE: CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF PUBLICATION OF THE BULLETIN OF
MARINE SCIENCE: A BIBLIOMETRIC HISTORY (1951-2010) (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Araujo, RJ; Shideler, G
SOURCE: BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE 87 (4). OCT 2011. p.707-726
ROSENSTIEL SCH MAR ATMOS SCI, MIAMI
SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title
ABSTRACT: To commemorate the 60(th) anniversary of the Bulletin of
Marine Science, we used a bibliometric approach to trace the history and present status of the journal. Our analysis included the 4303 papers and notes published from 1951 to 2010 and is based on data contained in the Thompson Reuters Web of Knowledge(SM) database, our in-house database, and miscellaneous online sources. The analysis revealed that through time, the publication has changed from a predominantly US-dominated journal to a more international outlet for science. Although current trends still rank the US at the top of most metrics (number of contributions, most authors, top institutions, top cities for online use, etc.), the journal has a strong international presence, with subscriptions in 46 countries, authors hailing from most geographical regions, and increasing numbers of emerging countries using our content and/or sending contributions to the journal.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: RJ Araujo, Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher
Sci, Div Marine Biol & Fisheries, 4600 Rickenbacker
Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA
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TITLE: SWEEPSTAKES REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN HIGHLY FECUND MARINE
FISH AND SHELLFISH: A REVIEW AND COMMENTARY (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Hedgecock, D; Pudovkin, AI
SOURCE: BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE 87 (4). OCT 2011. p.971-1002
ROSENSTIEL SCH MAR ATMOS SCI, MIAMI
SEARCH TERM(S):
GARFIELD E P ASIST ANNU 39:14 2002;
GARFIELD E J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 54:400 2003
KEYWORDS+: EFFECTIVE POPULATION-SIZE; COD GADUS-MORHUA; TEMPORAL
GENETIC-VARIATION; EEL ANGUILLA-ANGUILLA; URCHIN
STRONGYLOCENTROTUS-PURPURATUS; SKEWED OFFSPRING
DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA VARIATION; OYSTER
CRASSOSTREA-GIGAS; NEW-ZEALAND SNAPPER; ADULT CENSUS SIZE
ABSTRACT: Most marine animal species are very abundant, relatively
long-lived, and late-maturing, with highly fecund adults adapted to spatially and temporally fluctuating ocean environments. Adults typically produce millions of small eggs that develop rapidly, without parental care, into planktonic larval stages that suffer high early mortality (Type III survivorship). Yet, large marine populations generally have only fractions of the genetic diversity expected from their sheer abundance, and despite widely dispersing larvae and geographically weakly structured adult populations, often show chaotic genetic heterogeneity on small spatial scales. These paradoxical observations can be explained by the hypothesis of Sweepstakes Reproductive Success (SRS), which posits extremely large variance in individual reproductive success, owing to sweepstakes-like chances of matching reproductive activity with oceanographic conditions conducive to gamete maturation, fertilization, larval development, settlement, and recruitment to the adult spawning population. The primary genetic consequence of SRS is reduction of N-e/N, the ratio of effective to actual population numbers, to a value usually much smaller than 0.01. Published nearly 30 yrs ago, SRS has gained traction, with numerous papers verifying specific predictions of the hypothesis in a broad array of marine animal taxa. Moreover, the hypothesis and empirical data from marine systems have stimulated modifications of coalescence population genetics theory, which can now account for low molecular diversity and chaotic patchiness. Here, we review the empirical and theoretical support for SRS, concluding that it plays a major role in shaping marine biodiversity, comment on issues related to hypothesis testing and data interpretation, and clarify some misconceptions.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Hedgecock, Univ So Calif, Dept Biol Sci, Los Angeles, CA
90089 USA
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TITLE: The structure and evolution of business-to-business
marketing: A citation and co-citation analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Backhaus, K; Lugger, K; Koch, M
SOURCE: INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT 40 (6 SP ISS). AUG 2011.
p.940-951 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth;
SMALL H SCI STUD 4:17 1974;
SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973;
SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 2:277 1980;
SMITH LC LIBR TRENDS 30:83 1981;
WADE N SCIENCE 188:429 1975;
WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981;
CITATION item_title; CITATION ANALYS* item_title;
CITATION* item_title; CO CITATION* item_title;
GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979
KEYWORDS: B2B marketing; Citation analysis; Author co-citation
analysis; Intellectual development
KEYWORDS+: BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIPS; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE;
AUTHOR COCITATIONS; CONSUMER RESEARCH; RELATIVE PRESENCE;
MANAGEMENT; NETWORKS; JOURNALS; BEHAVIOR; MODEL
ABSTRACT: The field of business-to-business (B2B) marketing has
grown considerably in the past four decades. However the state of knowledge about its structure and evolution remains limited. Who are the key players and what are the key papers in B2B marketing? What main research topics have been investigated over time? This article answers these questions by applying bibliometric methods for the first time to the existing body of scholarly B2B research. The key findings reveal a highly dynamic discipline in the 1970s and 1980s, when new knowledge was being intensively exchanged among an increasing number of B2B researchers. Since that time, the pace of development has slowed, and diversification in the discipline manifested itself in a distinctive number of core research subfields. Yet initial research topics such as organizational buying behavior, where much research is still undone, are to a large extent not addressed by modern B2B scholars. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Backhaus, Univ Munster, Inst Business To Business Mkt,
Stadtgraben 13-15, D-48143 Munster, Germany
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TITLE: What do we know about buyer-seller negotiations in
marketing research? A status quo analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Herbst, U; Voeth, M; Meister, C
SOURCE: INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT 40 (6 SP ISS). AUG 2011.
p.967-978 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50:799 1999
KEYWORDS: Buyer-seller negotiations; Status quo analysis; Content
analysis; Co-citation analysis
KEYWORDS+: BARGAINING BEHAVIOR; BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS; EXCHANGE
PROCESSES; INDUSTRIAL BUYERS; SALES NEGOTIATION; UNITED-
STATES; OUTCOMES; POWER; COMMUNICATION; MODEL
ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study is to provide an
overview of the current status quo of negotiation research in marketing.
In this context, we first conduct a quantitative analysis of existing literature on buyer-seller negotiations. Specifically, we undertake a screening of 10 high-ranking marketing journals so as to identify the body of negotiation-related articles within marketing. In a next step, the identified articles are subjected to both content and co-citation analyses. To this end, we modify the interaction model of the IMP Group in order to comprehensibly structure the existing findings. In a last step, these findings are presented to various negotiation experts to verify their practical relevance. From this multi-step procedure, we derive sound implications for research and practice. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: U Herbst, Univ Tubingen, Dept Mkt, Nauklerstr 47, D-72074
Tubingen, Germany
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