Misc articles of possible interest to Scientometricians

[Eugene Garfield]

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TITLE:          Top-cited Articles in Endodontic Journals (Review,
                English)
AUTHOR:         Fardi, A; Kodonas, K; Gogos, C; Economides, N
SOURCE:         JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS 37 (9). SEP 2011. p.1183-1190
                ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK

SEARCH TERM(S):   
                 HIRSCH JE          P NATL ACAD SCI USA   102:16569 2005;
                  
                 GARFIELD E         JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC   257:52    1987

KEYWORDS:       Bibliometrics; citation analysis; endodontics
KEYWORDS+:       100 CITATION-CLASSICS; EXPERIMENTAL LESIONS; SURGERY
                JOURNALS; DENTAL-PULP; TRAUMA; IMPACT; BONE

ABSTRACT:       Introduction: The purpose of this study was to identify
the 100 top-cited articles published in journals dedicated to endodontology and analyze their characteristics to describe the quality and evolution of research in the field of endodontology. Methods: The Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge Database and the Journal Citation Report Science Editions were used to retrieve the. 100 most cited articles published in journals dedicated to endodontics. The top-cited articles were selected and analyzed with regard to journals, authors, institution, country of origin, publication title and year, number of citations, article type, study design, level of evidence, and field of study. Results: The top 100 articles were cited between 87 and
554 times. These articles appeared in 4 different journals, with more than half in the Journal of Endodontics, followed by the journals Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology, the International Endodontic Journal, and Endodontics & Dental Traumatology. Forty-eight articles were published between 1990 and 1999.
All articles were published in English and primarily originated from the United States (n = 52). The majority of articles were basic science articles (n = 55), followed by clinical research studies (n = 28) and nonsystematic reviews (n = 17). Uncontrolled case series with level IV of evidence and narrative reviews with level V of evidence were the most frequent types of study design. The main topics covered by the top-cited articles were microleakage and endodontic microbiology. Conclusions: This analysis of citation rates reveals useful and interesting information about scientific progress in the field of endodontics. Basic research and observational studies published in high-impact endodontic journals had the highest citation rates. (J Endod 2011;37:1183-1190)

AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Fardi, Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Endodontol, Sch
                Dent, Vas Sofias 115, Thessaloniki 11521, Greece

 
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TITLE:          Physical and economic bias in climate change research: a
                scientometric study of IPCC Third Assessment Report (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Bjurstrom, A; Polk, M
SOURCE:         CLIMATIC CHANGE 108 (1-2). SEP 2011. p.1-22 SPRINGER,
                DORDRECHT

SEARCH TERM(S):  SCIENTOMETRIC*  item_title

KEYWORDS+:       GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL;
                SCIENTIFIC ADVICE; PROTECTION POLICY; CHANGE SCIENCE;
                CONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY; SOCIOLOGY; SOCIETY; DOMAINS

ABSTRACT:       This study demonstrates that IPCC Third Assessment Report
is strongly dominated by Natural sciences, especially the Earth sciences.
The Social sciences are dominated by Economics. The IPCC assessment also results in the separation of the Earth, Biological and Social sciences.
The integration that occurs is mainly between closely related scientific fields. The research community consequently imposes a physical and economic bias and a separation of scientific fields that the IPCC reproduces in the policy sphere. It is argued that this physical and economic bias distorts a comprehensive understanding of climate change and that the weak integration of scientific fields hinders climate change from being fully addressed as an integral environmental and social problem. If climate change is to be understood, evaluated and responded to in its fullness, the IPCC must broaden its knowledge base and challenge the anthropocentric worldview that places humans outside of nature.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Bjurstrom, Univ Gothenburg, Sch Global Studies, SE-40530
                Gothenburg, Sweden

 
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TITLE:          The Presence of Matthew Effects in Dutch Primary
                Education, Development of Language Skills Over a Six-Year Period
                (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Luyten, H; ten Bruggencate, G
SOURCE:         JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES 44 (5). SEP-OCT 2011.
                p.444-458 SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, THOUSAND OAKS

SEARCH TERM(S):  MERTON RK  rauth;
                 MERTON RK          SCIENCE               159:56    1968

KEYWORDS:       Matthew effect; reading skills; longitudinal research
KEYWORDS+:       INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; CHILDREN; ACHIEVEMENT; IQ

ABSTRACT:       Using a nationally representative sample of 5,150 Dutch
students who have been followed over a 6-year period, the presence of the Matthew effect was investigated for general language skills. The analyses do not reveal unmistakable evidence for the supposition that the rich get richer and the poor poorer. On the contrary, in schools with low starting levels students make more progress than in schools with higher starting levels. On the other hand, the analyses do show a widening gap between students with well educated and poorly educated parents. The gap between delayed and accelerated students was found to increase as well, but the initial disadvantage of boys was found to disappear.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: H Luyten, Univ Twente, Fac Behav Sci, Dept Educ Org &
                Management, POB 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands

  
  
 
 
 
  
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