Papers of potential interest to Sig Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Mon Apr 16 15:30:31 EDT 2012
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TITLE: Response to Sasso L (2011) Commentary on Thompson DR &
Watson R (2010) Guest editorial: h-indexes and the performance of nursing
professors of nursing in the UK. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 2957-
2958. Journal of Clinical Nursing 20, 2685-2686 (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Watson, R; Thompson, DR
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING 21 (7-8). APR 2012.
p.1193-1194 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN
SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005;
JOURNAL item_title
AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Watson, Univ Western Sydney, Sch Nursing & Midwifery,
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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TITLE: Impact of Self-citation on the H Index in the Field of
Academic Radiology (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Rad, AE; Shahgholi, L; Kallmes, D
SOURCE: ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY 19 (4). APR 2012. p.455-457 ELSEVIER
SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005;
CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title
KEYWORDS: Hindex; self citation; radiology
ABSTRACT: Rationale and Objectives: The Hirsch Index (H index) is
widely applied as a metric of scientific productivity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of self-citation on the H index in academic radiology.
Materials and Methods: Through the National Resident Matching Program's Web site, one third (47/139) of radiology residency programs were selected randomly. All chairpersons and full professors were included.
Using the Scopus database, we calculated the H index as well as the number of cumulative citations with and without inclusion of self- citations. We determined the proportion of academic staff in which H index increased by one, two, or greater than two integers. We also correlated the proportional increase in H index before and after inclusion of self citations with the number of publications.
Results: A total of 487 academic staff (47 chair and 440 professors) was identified. Because of self-citation, mean +/- SD of the H index increased from 13.7 +/- 9.9 to 14.0 +/- 10.2; mean SD of cumulative citations increased from 1804 +/- 1889 to 1870 +/- 1971. H index numbers did not change in 376/487 (77%) authors as a result of self-citation.
There was no correlation between number of publications and proportional change of H index.
Conclusion: The effect of self-citation is minimal in academic radiology, as evidenced by the fact that cumulative citations increase by only 2% and the large majority of H index values do not change by even a single integer after inclusion of self-citation.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Shahgholi, Mayo Clin, Dept Neuroradiol, 200 1st St SW,
Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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TITLE: Trends in literature on new oilseed crops and related
species: Seeking evidence of increasing or waning interest (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Cruz, VMV; Dierig, DA
SOURCE: INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS 37 (1). MAY 2012.
p.141-148 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM
SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005
KEYWORDS: Brassicaceae; Asteraceae; Lythraceae; Limnanthaceae;
Bibliometrics; h-Index
KEYWORDS+: BIBLIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; OIL
ABSTRACT: Bibliographic records on eight new crop species Camelina,
Crambe, Cuphea, Physaria, Limnanthes, Stokesia, Thlaspi, and Vernonia from Agricola, CAB Abstracts, Scopus, and Web of Science were analyzed for historical and recent trends on the areas of research, author distribution, and quantity and impact of publications. A total of 6786 non-redundant bibliographic records were curated and used in the analyses with about 59% of the records pertaining to the primary oilseed species.
The highest number of records was found to be on Thlaspi while the least on Stokesia. Authors representing a total of 110 countries were determined to have worked in these new crops and their relative species during the past six decades with those from United States contributing about 27% in the total number of publications. There was an increase of more than ten-fold in the number of publications on new crops and relatives from 1950 to 2010 and this was paralleled by a similar increase on articles in popular and news media. The h-index values, indicating the collective impact of publications by researchers in the crop groups, show an increasing trend until the year 2000 then followed by a decline. It was determined that in recent times, there are fewer papers in the areas of chemistry, agronomy and horticulture, and more publications dealing with genetics and plant biology. Published by Elsevier B.V.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: VMV Cruz, ARS, USDA, Natl Ctr Genet Resources Preservat,
1111 S Mason St, Ft Collins, CO 80521 USA
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TITLE: Solicited self-referencing undermines the credibility of
researchers and journals (Letter, English)
AUTHOR: Avanzini, F; Bertele, V; Pistotti, V; Mannucci, PM;
Garattini, S
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS 10 (3). MAR 2012.
p.481-482 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth;
AUTHOR ADDRESS: PM Mannucci, IRCCS Ca Granda Maggiore Policlin Hosp Fdn,
Via Pace 9, I-20122 Milan, Italy
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TITLE: What Are the Correlates of Interdisciplinary Research
Impact? The Case of Corporate Governance Research (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Judge, WQ; Weber, T; Muller-Kahle, MI
SOURCE: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT LEARNING & EDUCATION 11 (1). MAR
2012. p.82-98 ACAD MANAGEMENT, BRIARCLIFF MANOR
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS :5 1977
KEYWORDS+: RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORKS; RESEARCH
PERFORMANCE; ACADEMIC ECONOMISTS; RESEARCH OUTCOMES;
MANAGEMENT; FACULTY; SCIENCE; SCHOLARSHIP; RANKING
ABSTRACT: We explore the concept of interdisciplinary research
impact and better understand what factors might be associated with it.
Using the field of corporate governance research as a case study and linking our research impact concept to a novel measure of scholarly citation rates, we seek to understand why some corporate governance scholars are cited more than others. We first developed a comprehensive ranking of the top-100 scholars cited for their research in corporate governance and then compared that "high-impact" group with scholars who had published governance research that was not yet cited. We hypothesized that indicators from the social network perspective would be predictive of interdisciplinary research impact. Our data largely supported our hypotheses using this new and improved measure of research impact, and robustness tests also supported our results.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: WQ Judge, Old Dominion Univ, Norfolk, VA 23529 USA
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TITLE: Non-Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organizational
Effectiveness: A Modern Synthesis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Lecy, JD; Schmitz, HP; Swedlund, H
SOURCE: VOLUNTAS 23 (2). JUN 2012. p.434-457 SPRINGER, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; PRICE DJD rauth;
GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS :5 1980
KEYWORDS: Non-for-profit organizations; Non-governmental
organizations; Structured literature review
KEYWORDS+: NETWORKS; PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; CRITERIA; SYSTEM
ABSTRACT: NGO/NPO effectiveness remains a prominent concern for
scholars and practitioners, but the literature on this issue is increasingly fragmented along disciplinary lines. We address this problem by presenting a comprehensive and interdisciplinary review of the literature on NGO and NPO effectiveness using citation analysis. In order to uncover commonalities across disciplines concerned with similar questions, we deploy a structured literature review using snowball sampling within citation networks. This approach limits author biases, fosters an interdisciplinary perspective, and adds a different methodological approach to conventional content-based literature reviews.
Our review uncovers three trends: (1) there is broad scholarly consensus that unidimensional measures of effectiveness are not useful-even though such measures are commonly used by NGO/NPO rating agencies; (2) the scholarship on NGO/NPO effectiveness is dominated by conceptual works, while empirical studies remain rare; (3) a consensus on how to operationalize effectiveness remains elusive. These results suggest that progress in our understanding of NGO/NPO effectiveness requires enhanced efforts at crossing disciplinary divides, adding empirical analyses, and increasing attention to develop shared categories and methodologies.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: JD Lecy, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
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