Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Sun Aug 5 18:04:37 EDT 2012
TITLE: Scientific production in cancer rehabilitation grows
higher: a bibliometric analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Ugolini, D; Neri, M; Cesario, A; Bonassi, S; Milazzo, D;
Bennati, L; Lapenna, LM; Pasqualetti, P
SOURCE: SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER 20 (8). AUG 2012. p.1629-1638
SPRINGER, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title
KEYWORDS: Rehabilitation; Neoplasms; Publications; Bibliometrics
KEYWORDS+: EUROPEAN-UNION
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to evaluate scientific
production in the field of cancer rehabilitation comparing publication
trends and impact factor (IF) among countries.
The PubMed database was searched. Publications numbers and IF were
evaluated both as absolute values and after standardization by population
and gross domestic product (GDP). A dedicated software was developed to
create a relational database containing all information about considered
publications (Research Management System).
Some 1,743 publications were retrieved from 1967 to 2008. Cancer
rehabilitation publications have grown 11.6 times, while the whole field
of disease rehabilitation has grown 7.8 times. Breast neoplasms, squamous
cell carcinoma, treatment outcome, endosseous dental implantation, follow-
up studies, and surgical flaps were the most commonly used keywords. From
1994 to 2008, 946 citations were retrieved: 36.8% came from the European
Union (EU) (Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands ranking at the top) and
36.9% from the USA. The highest mean IF was reported for the USA (3.384)
followed by Canada (3.265) and Australia (2.643). The EU has a mean IF of
0.839 with the Netherlands ranking first. Canada, Australia, and the USA
had the best ratio between IF (sum) and resident population or GDP.
Cancer rehabilitation is an expanding area with a growing scientific
production. The rapidly ageing population, the higher number of cancer
survivors, and the increasing need of resources for the after treatment
of cancer patients contribute to explain the interest for this field.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Ugolini, Ist Nazl Ric Canc, Dipartimento Oncol Biol &
Genet, Largo R Benzi 10, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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TITLE: How is occupational medicine represented in the major
journals in general medicine? (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Gehanno, JF; Rollin, L; Ladner, J; Darmoni, SJ
SOURCE: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 69 (8). AUG
2012. p.603-605 B M J PUBLISHING GROUP, LONDON
KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTOR; HEALTH; MEDLINE; UK
ABSTRACT: Objectives Most physicians have received only limited
training in occupational medicine (OM) during their studies. Since they
rely mainly on one 'general medical' journal to keep their medical
knowledge up to date, it is worthwhile questioning the importance of OM
in these journals. The aim of this study was to measure the relative
weight of OM in the major journals of general medicine and to compare the
journals.
Methods The 14 091 articles published in the Lancet, the NEJM, the JAMA
and the BMJ in 1997, 2002 and 2007 were analysed. The relative weight of
OM and the other medical specialties was determined by categorisation of
all the articles, using a categorisation algorithm, which inferred the
medical specialties relevant to each MEDLINE article file from the major
medical subject headings (MeSH) terms used by the indexers of the US
National Library of Medicine to describe each article.
Results The 14 091 articles included in this study were indexed by 22 155
major MeSH terms, which were categorised into 73 different medical
specialties. Only 0.48% of the articles had OM as a main topic. OM ranked
44th among the 73 specialties, with limited differences between the four
journals studied. There was no clear trend over the 10-year period.
Conclusions The importance of OM is very low in the four major journals
of general and internal medicine, and we can consider that physicians get
a very limited view of the evolution of knowledge in OM.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: JF Gehanno, Rouen Univ Hosp, Inst Occupat Hlth, 1 Rue
Germont, F-76000 Rouen, France
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TITLE: Transitions in Fertility for Brazilian Women: An Analysis
of Impact Factors (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Madalozzo, R
SOURCE: PLOS ONE 7 (7). JUL 13 2012. p.NIL_525-NIL_532 PUBLIC
LIBRARY SCIENCE, SAN FRANCISCO
SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR*
KEYWORDS+: EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: The labor participation of Brazilian women has increased
during the last few decades. According to the World Bank, the percentage
of Brazilian women participating in the labor market rose from 20% in the
early 1970s to 65% (for women between 16 and 64 years of age) in 2009.
The fertility profile has also changed, the fertility rate has decreased
from 6.2 in 1960 to 1.9 in 2009, below the replacement rate, according to
the World Bank. This paper will present Brazilian fertility trends during
the previous (20th) and present (21st) centuries and, emphasize the
importance of individual profiles for fertility decisions. This work uses
Brazilian data from PNAD (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra por Domicilios) to
understand the cause of this relationship and to predict the consequences
of these choices on women's economic development.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Madalozzo, Insper Inst Educ & Res, Dept Econ, Sao Paulo,
Brazil
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TITLE: Promotion of research articles to the lay press: a
summary of a three-year project (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Mathelus, S; Pittman, G; Yablonski-Crepeau, J
SOURCE: LEARNED PUBLISHING 25 (3). JUL 2012. p.207-212 ASSOC
LEARNED PROFESSIONAL SOC PUBL, W SUSSEX
SEARCH TERM(S):
GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006
KEYWORDS+: IMPACT
ABSTRACT: The promotion of scholarly journal articles to
journalists and bloggers via the dissemination of press releases
generates a positive impact on the number of citations that publicized
journal articles receive. Research by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. shows that
article-level publicity efforts and media coverage boosts downloads by an
average of 1.8 times and were found to increase citations by as much as
2.0-2.2 times in the articles analyzed in this study. We evaluated
scholarly journal articles published in nearly 100 Wiley journals, which
were also covered in 296 press releases. The results in this case study
suggest a need for greater investment in media support for scholarly
journals publishing research that sparks interest to a broad news
audience, as it could increase citations. (C) Sharon Mathelus, Ginny
Pittman and Jill Yablonski-Crepeau 2012
AUTHOR ADDRESS: S Mathelus, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, NJ USA
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TITLE: The Skewed Few: Does "Skew" Signal Quality Among
Journals, Articles, and Academics? (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Baum, JAC
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY 21 (3). JUL 2012.
p.349-354 SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, THOUSAND OAKS
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title
KEYWORDS: research quality; journal quality; skewness
ABSTRACT: We tend to reify a few high-impact journals as top-tier,
articles that appear in them as high quality (often without regard to
their individual impact), and the small number of authors (and their
institutions) who publish in them frequently as distinguished (and
elite). Although such praise is warranted at times, the author hopes to
encourage some skepticism in its granting and direct greater attention to
"the many" authors, articles, and journals not found among "the few.".
AUTHOR ADDRESS: JAC Baum, Univ Toronto, Rotman Sch Management, 105 St
George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6, Canada
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TITLE: A framework for automatic TRIZ level of invention
estimation of patents using natural language processing, knowledge-
transfer and patent citation metrics (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Li, Z; Tate, D; Lane, C; Adams, C
SOURCE: COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN 44 (10 SP ISS). OCT 2012.
p.987-1010 ELSEVIER SCI LTD, OXFORD
SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title
KEYWORDS: Computer-aided Design (CAD); Level of invention (LOI);
Data mining; Machine learning; Theory of inventive
problem solving (TRIZ); Natural language processing (NLP)
KEYWORDS+: CROSS-VALIDATION ANALYSIS; OF-THE-ART; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;
ENGINEERING DESIGN; NEURAL-NETWORKS; FUTURE-TRENDS;
INFORMATION; PRINCIPLES; PREDICTION; ALGORITHM
ABSTRACT: Patents provide a wealth of information about design
concepts, their physical realization, and their relationship to prior
designs in the form of citations. Patents can provide useful input for
several goals of next-generation computer-aided design (CAD) systems, yet
more efficient tools are needed to facilitate patent search and ranking.
In this paper, a novel framework is presented and implemented for
classifying patents according to level of invention (LOI) as defined in
the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ). Level of invention
characterizes the creativity of a design concept based on the resolution
of a design conflict and the disciplines used in resolving the conflict.
The assessment of LOI for a series of patents provides a useful input for
screening and ranking patents in databases to identify high-impact
patents. However, the manual effort required for assigning LOI to each
patent is laborious and time-consuming. In this paper, a novel method
that combines text mining, natural language processing, creation of
knowledge-transfer metrics, and application of machine learning
approaches is presented and implemented for classifying patents according
to LOI. Two case studies are presented in which LOI data is compiled for
patents: dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval using Giant
Magnetoresistive (GMR) or Colossal Magnetoresistive (CMR) sensors formed
of multiple thin films (USPC 360/324) and arbitration for access to a
channel (USPC 370/462). The peak performance in 5-fold stratified cross-
validation was found to be 73.38% in the first case study and 77.12% for
the second. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Tate, Texas Tech Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Box 41021,7th &
Boston, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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TITLE: Creative Thinking (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Chen, CM
SOURCE: TURNING POINTS: THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY. 2011. p.21-41
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth
KEYWORDS+: THOUGHT; BLIND
AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Chen, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, 3141
Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
E-mail: chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu<mailto:chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu>
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TITLE: Knowledge Domain Analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Chen, CM
SOURCE: TURNING POINTS: THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY. 2011.
p.139-175 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth;
SMALL HG SOC STUD SCI 7:139 1977;
SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973;
GARFIELD E J INFORM SCI 30:119 2004
KEYWORDS+: COMBINING BIBLIOMETRICS; INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL;
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; RELEVANCE THEORY; RESEARCH FRONTS;
CENTRALITY; ALGORITHM; NETWORKS; VISUALIZATION;
BETWEENNESS
AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Chen, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, 3141
Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
E-mail: chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu<mailto:chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu>
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TITLE: Transformative Potential (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Chen, CM
SOURCE: TURNING POINTS: THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY. 2011.
p.219-252 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth;
MEADOWS AJ SCI STUD 1:95 1971
AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Chen, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, 3141
Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
E-mail: chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu<mailto:chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu>
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TITLE: Models of Science Dynamics Encounters Between Complexity
Theory and Information Sciences Foreword (Editorial Material, English)
AUTHOR: Scharnhorst, A; Borner, K; van den Besselaar, P
SOURCE: MODELS OF SCIENCE DYNAMICS: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN
COMPLEXITY THEORY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES. 2012.
p.VII-X SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): NALIMOV VV rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; EDITORIAL doctype
KEYWORDS+: SCIENTOMETRICS; EVOLUTION; NETWORKS
AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Scharnhorst, Royal Netherlands Acad Arts & Sci, Data
Archiving Serv, Anna van Saksenlaan 10, NL-2593 HT The
Hague, Netherlands
E-mail : andrea.scharnhorst at dans.knaw.nl<mailto:andrea.scharnhorst at dans.knaw.nl>
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TITLE: Mathematical Approaches to Modeling Science from an
Algorithmic-Historiography Perspective (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Lucio-Arias, D; Scharnhorst, A
SOURCE: MODELS OF SCIENCE DYNAMICS: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN
COMPLEXITY THEORY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES. 2012.
p.23-66 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): MACROBERTS MH rauth;
PRICE DJD rauth;
GARFIELD E P ASIST ANNU 39:14 2002;
GARFIELD E INFORM TECHNOL LIBR 22:183 2003;
GARFIELD E J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 54:400 2003;
PUDOVKIN AI J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53:1113 2002
KEYWORDS+: CITATION; NETWORKS; SYSTEM; GOFFMAN,WILLIAM; KNOWLEDGE;
DYNAMICS; IMPACT; GROWTH; IDEAS; FIELD
AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Lucio-Arias, Colombian Observ Sci & Technol, Carrera 15
37-59, Bogota, DC, Colombia
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TITLE: Knowledge Epidemics and Population Dynamics Models for
Describing Idea Diffusion (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Vitanov, NK; Ausloos, MR
SOURCE: MODELS OF SCIENCE DYNAMICS: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN
COMPLEXITY THEORY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES. 2012.
p.69-125 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth;
HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005;
SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 38:275 1997
KEYWORDS+: 3 COMPETING POPULATIONS; STOCHASTIC-MODEL; SCIENTIFIC
DISCIPLINES; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;
LOGISTIC GROWTH; POWER LAWS; SCIENCE; SYSTEM; NETWORKS
AUTHOR ADDRESS: NK Vitanov, Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Mech, Akad G Bonchev
Str,Bl 4, BU-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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TITLE: Citation Networks (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Radicchi, F; Fortunato, S; Vespignani, A
SOURCE: MODELS OF SCIENCE DYNAMICS: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN
COMPLEXITY THEORY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES. 2012.
p.233-257 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth;
HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005;
SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43:628 1992;
CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title;
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955
KEYWORDS+: COMPLEX NETWORKS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION; PREFERENTIAL
ATTACHMENT; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS; EVOLUTION;
COMPETITION; ADVANTAGE; PAGERANK; SCIENCE
AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Radicchi, Northwestern Univ, Howard Hughes Med Inst,
Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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