Papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Tue Jul 10 17:16:48 EDT 2012
TITLE: Torsten Hagerstrand in the Citation Time Web (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Persson, O; Ellegard, K
SOURCE: PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER 64 (2). 2012. p.250-261
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ABINGDON
SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973;
WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981;
KEYWORDS: citation analysis; Hagerstrand; time geography;
visualization
KEYWORDS+: SPACE-TIME; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL-ANALYSIS;
DIFFUSION; GEOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; INFORMATION; INNOVATION;
MIGRATION; PATTERNS
ABSTRACT: Time and space are fundamental to science dynamics, as
science concerns not only what but also where and when. We examine the
application of a time-geographical approach in a study of articles citing
the works of Torsten Hagerstrand. Citation links between these articles
were identified and the links were assigned weights based on shared
references and cocitations. The main result is that adding a space-time
dimension to traditional bibliometric mapping yields new insight into the
dynamics of a research field. It became obvious that change in research
is both cognitive and spatial; that is, science changes when it moves.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: O Persson, Umea Univ, Dept Sociol, SE-90187 Umea, Sweden
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TITLE: Growing Stem Cells: The Impact of Federal Funding Policy
on the US Scientific Frontier (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Furman, JL; Murray, F; Stern, S
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT 31 (3). SUM
2012. p.661-NIL_151 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; PRICE DJD rauth;
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955;
GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979
KEYWORDS+: ACADEMIC LIFE SCIENCES; CUMULATIVE RESEARCH; MOUSE
EMBRYOS; LINES; INSTITUTIONS; ECONOMETRICS; PRODUCTIVITY;
SHOULDERS; COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS
ABSTRACT: This paper articulates a citation-based approach to
science policy evaluation and employs that approach to investigate the
impact of the United States 2001 policy regarding the federal funding of
human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. We evaluate the impact of the
policy on the level of U.S. hESC research, the U.S. position at the
knowledge frontier, and the strategic response of U.S. scientists.
Consistent with recent research on the science of science and innovation
policy, we employ a difference-in-differences approach using bibliometric
data with the aim of analyzing the causal impact of the policy on
cumulative research. Our estimates suggest that in the aftermath of the
2001 policy, U.S. production of hESC research lagged 35 to 40 percent
behind anticipated levels. However, this relative decline was largely
concentrated in the years 2001 to 2003 and ameliorated over time. The
rebound in U.S. hESC research after 2003 was driven by contributions by
researchers at elite U.S. institutions and U.S. researchers who
collaborated with international partners. The results suggest that
scientists respond strategically to research funding restrictions and
that modest science policy shifts can have a significant influence on the
within-country composition of research and the pattern of global research
collaboration. (C) 2012 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: JL Furman, Boston Univ, Sch Management, 595 Commonwealth
Ave,653A, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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TITLE: FROM KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TO STRATEGIC COMPETENCE
Measuring Technological, Market and Organisational Innovation Preface to
the Second Edition (Editorial Material, English)
AUTHOR: Tidd, J
SOURCE: FROM KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TO STRATEGIC COMPETENCE:
MEASURING TECHNOLOGICAL, MARKET AND ORGANISATIONAL
INNOVATION, 2ND EDITION 3. 2006. p.V-IX,401-434 IMPERIAL
COLL PRESS, COVENT GARDEN
SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth;
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955;
EDITORIAL doctype
KEYWORDS+: RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS;
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONTINUOUS-IMPROVEMENT;
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS; MULTITECHNOLOGY
CORPORATIONS; INTANGIBLE RESOURCES; PATENTED INVENTIONS;
CORE COMPETENCES
AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Tidd, Univ Sussex, SPRU, SPRU Sci & Technol Policy Res,
Freeman Ctr, Brighton BN1 9QE, E Sussex, England
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TITLE: Trends in Fisheries Science from 2000 to 2009: A
Bibliometric Study (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Jaric, I; Cvijanovic, G; Knezevic-Jaric, J; Lenhardt, M
SOURCE: REVIEWS IN FISHERIES SCIENCE 20 (2). 2012. p.70-79
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, PHILADELPHIA
SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title
KEYWORDS: fishery; fisheries science; bibliometry; bibliometric
analysis; trend
KEYWORDS+: CONSERVATION-BIOLOGY; WORLD FISHERIES; FUTURE; AGE
ABSTRACT: The present study applies a bibliometric approach to
identify recent patterns and trends in the methods, subjects, and
authorships in the literature published in fisheries science (2000-2009).
The results indicate that the most frequently studied group of species
were Salmonidae, although the interest for these species seems to be
diminishing. The studies of the marine habitat and inland habitats,
respectively, have revealed a marked increase and decrease in frequency.
Genetics represents the most rapidly growing area of research. The model
development was the most frequently applied method in fisheries science,
although such publications have had a generally lower number of
citations. The number of experimental studies was markedly low, but they
were also the most frequently cited. The United States was the most
productive country over the last decade with a gradually increasing
output over the time, but it was surpassed by the total European Union
output. An apparent difference in the research output has been recorded
between the developed and developing countries. The findings of this
study, however, indicate a positive tendency in this direction. A growing
rate of publications based on international collaboration was recorded,
and such publications also demonstrate a higher number of citations than
the single-country publications.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: I Jaric, Univ Belgrade, Inst Multidisciplinary Res, Kneza
Viseslava 1, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
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TITLE: Research Trends in Technology-based Learning from 2000 to
2009: A content Analysis of Publications in Selected Journals (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Hsu, YC; Ho, HNJ; Tsai, CC; Hwang, GJ; Chu, HC; Wang, CY;
Chen, NS
SOURCE: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY 15 (2). APR 2012.
p.354-370 IEEE COMPUTER SOC, LEARNING TECHNOLOGY TASK
FORCE, PALMERSTON NORTH
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title
KEYWORDS: Research trends; Technology-based learning; Content
analysis
KEYWORDS+: CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTS; METAANALYSIS;
PREFERENCES; TEACHERS
ABSTRACT: This paper provides a content analysis of studies in
technology-based learning (TBL) that were published in five Social
Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journals (i.e. the British Journal of
Educational Technology, Computers & Education, Educational Technology
Research & Development, Educational Technology & Society, the Journal of
Computer Assisted Learning) from 2000 to 2009. A total of 2,976 articles
were cross-analyzed by three categories including research topic,
research sample group, and learning domain. It was found that
"Pedagogical design and theories" was the most popular research topic,
"Higher Education" was the most utilized sample group, and "Non-
specified" and "Engineering/Computer sciences" were the most selected
learning domains in the last decade. However, topics in "Motivation,
Perceptions and Attitudes" drew more attention in the latest five years,
while the number of articles in "Digital game and intelligent toy
enhanced learning" and "Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning" grew
significantly between 2005 and 2009. Furthermore, the Chi-square analysis
results showed that there were significant associations among these three
categories. The results of the analysis provide insights for educators
and researchers into research trends and patterns of technology-based
learning.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: HNJ Ho, Natl Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Grad Inst Digital
Learning & Educ, 43,Sec 4,Keelung Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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TITLE: Scientific Value of Systematic Reviews: Survey of Editors
of Core Clinical Journals (Review, English)
AUTHOR: Meerpohl, JJ; Herrle, F; Antes, G; von Elm, E
SOURCE: PLOS ONE 7 (5). MAY 1 2012. p.NIL_191-NIL_195 PUBLIC
LIBRARY SCIENCE, SAN FRANCISCO
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title
KEYWORDS+: MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; METAANALYSIS; TRIALS
ABSTRACT: Background: Synthesizing research evidence using
systematic and rigorous methods has become a key feature of evidence-
based medicine and knowledge translation. Systematic reviews (SRs) may or
may not include a meta-analysis depending on the suitability of available
data. They are often being criticised as 'secondary research' and denied
the status of original research. Scientific journals play an important
role in the publication process. How they appraise a given type of
research influences the status of that research in the scientific
community. We investigated the attitudes of editors of core clinical
journals towards SRs and their value for publication.
Methods: We identified the 118 journals labelled as "core clinical
journals'' by the National Library of Medicine, USA in April 2009. The
journals' editors were surveyed by email in 2009 and asked whether they
considered SRs as original research projects; whether they published SRs;
and for which section of the journal they would consider a SR manuscript.
Results: The editors of 65 journals (55%) responded. Most respondents
considered SRs to be original research (71%) and almost all journals
(93%) published SRs. Several editors regarded the use of Cochrane
methodology or a meta-analysis as quality criteria; for some respondents
these criteria were premises for the consideration of SRs as original
research. Journals placed SRs in various sections such as "Review'' or
"Feature article''. Characterization of non-responding journals showed
that about two thirds do publish systematic reviews.
Discussion: Currently, the editors of most core clinical journals
consider SRs original research. Our findings are limited by a non-
responder rate of 45%. Individual comments suggest that this is a grey
area and attitudes differ widely. A debate about the definition of
'original research' in the context of SRs is warranted.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: JJ Meerpohl, Univ Med Ctr Freiburg, Inst Med Biometry & Med
Informat, German Cochrane Ctr, Freiburg, Germany
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TITLE: The role of references in scientific papers: Cited papers
as objects of research (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Kosmulski, M
SOURCE: RESEARCH EVALUATION 21 (2). JUN 2012. p.87-88 OXFORD
UNIV PRESS, OXFORD
KEYWORDS: impact factor; citation analysis; journal self-citations;
Web of Science; information ethics
KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL IMPACT FACTORS
ABSTRACT: Scientific papers are often cited because they were
selected as objects of research, rather than because of their contents.
This practice may substantially affect journal impact factors.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Kosmulski, Lublin Univ Technol, Dept Electrochem,
Nadbystrzycka 38, PL-20618 Lublin, Poland
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TITLE: Sub-field normalization in the multiplicative case: High-
and low-impact citation indicators (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Herranz, N; Ruiz-Castillo, J
SOURCE: RESEARCH EVALUATION 21 (2). JUN 2012. p.113-125 OXFORD
UNIV PRESS, OXFORD
SEARCH TERM(S): 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
KEYWORDS: citation analysis; high- and low-impact indicators;
subfield normalization; multiplicative approach; US/EU
scientific gap
KEYWORDS+: CHARACTERISTIC SCORES; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; SCALES;
DISTRIBUTIONS; JOURNALS; POVERTY; RANKING; SCIENCE;
NATIONS
ABSTRACT: This article uses high- and low-impact citation
indicators for the evaluation of the citation performance of research
units at different aggregate levels using a dataset of about 3.6 million
articles published in 1998-2002 in the natural and the social sciences
with a 5-year citation window. The difficulty is that a large proportion
of individual articles are assigned to multiple subfields. To control for
wide differences in citation practices at the subfield level, we apply a
novel normalization procedure in the multiplicative approach in which
each paper is wholly counted as many times as necessary in the several
categories to which it is assigned at each aggregation level. The
methodology is applied to a partition of the world into three
geographical areas: the USA, the European Union (EU), and the Rest of the
World. The main findings are the following two. (1) Although
normalization does not systematically bias the results against any area,
it reduces the US/EU high-impact gap in the all-sciences case by a non-
negligible 14.4%. (2) The dominance of the USA over the EU in the basic
and applied research published in the periodical literature is almost
universal at all aggregation levels. From the high-impact perspective,
for example, the USA is ahead of the EU in 77 out of 80 disciplines, and
all of 20 fields. For all sciences as a whole, the US high-impact
indicator is 61% greater than that of the EU.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Ruiz-Castillo, Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econ, Madrid
126, E-28903 Getafe, Spain
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TITLE: Research status and characteristics of library and
information science in Taiwan: a bibliometric analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Lin, WYC
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (1). JUL 2012. p.7-21 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title
KEYWORDS: Library and information science (LIS); Research status;
Journal article; Thesis; Research project; Taiwan
KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL-OF-DOCUMENTATION; JASIST; SPAIN
ABSTRACT: This study determines how library and information science
(LIS) research in Taiwan has changed between 2001 and 2010. The major
research questions address the research status of LIS in Taiwan, how the
Taiwanese government supports the field, and the collaborative authorship
of LIS journal articles in Taiwan. Bibliometric and content analysis
methods were conducted to analyze 2,494 journal articles, 983 theses, and
191 research projects between 2001 and 2010. The results show LIS and
Technology to be the most popular topics in journal articles. The most
well-received thesis topics are LIS and Technology and User Services,
accounting for more than 50 % of graduate theses. The same is true for
research projects, with the subjects of LIS and Technology, LIS Theory
and Foundation, and User Services having a ratio of more than 70 %. In
government-sponsored research projects, the average amount of funding
obtained had no significant differences or tendencies for various
subjects over time. In authorship of journal articles, individual
researchers conducted 66.11 % of articles in key LIS scholarly journals
in Taiwan between 2001 and 2010.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: WYC Lin, Tamkang Univ, Dept Informat & Lib Sci, 151
Yingzhuan Rd, New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan
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TITLE: A comparative study on world university rankings: a
bibliometric survey (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Chen, KH; Liao, PY
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (1). JUL 2012. p.89-103 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
KEYWORDS: Bibliometrics; Ranking indicators; World university
rankings
ABSTRACT: Recently there are many organizations conducting projects
on ranking world universities from different perspectives. These ranking
activities have made impacts and caused controversy. This study does not
favor using bibliometric indicators to evaluate universities'
performances, but not against the idea either. We regard these ranking
activities as important phenomena and aim to investigate correlation of
different ranking systems taking bibliometric approach. Four research
questions are discussed: (1) the inter-correlation among different
ranking systems; (2) the intra-correlation within ranking systems; (3)
the correlation of indicators across ranking systems; and (4) the impact
of different citation indexes on rankings. The preliminary results show
that 55 % of top 200 universities are covered in all ranking systems. The
rankings of ARWU and PRSPWU show stronger correlation. With inclusion of
another ranking, WRWU (2009-2010), these rankings tend to converge. In
addition, intra-correlation is significant and this means that it is
possible to find out some ranking indicators with high degree of
discriminativeness or representativeness. Finally, it is found that there
is no significant impact of using different citation indexes on the
ranking results for top 200 universities.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: KH Chen, Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, 1,Sec
4,Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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TITLE: The development and empirical study of a literature
review aiding system (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Chen, TT
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (1). JUL 2012. p.105-116 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth;
SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973;
WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981
KEYWORDS: Literature review; Intellectual structure; Citation
analysis; Empirical study
KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION-SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY; MODEL; ACCEPTANCE;
COCITATION; EXTENSION; QUALITY
ABSTRACT: Literature review is an important but time-consuming task
that involves many disparate steps. A simple query to a library database
may return voluminous literature that often bewilders novices.We believe
the bibliographic techniques developed by the information scientists
provide useful process and methods that facilitate literature analysis
and review. We thereby developed a citation-based literature analyzing
and structuring system, which may facilitate novices to perform tasks
that are usually carried out by trained professionals. A field study was
carried out to gauge the utility as well as users' perception using a
questionnaire adopted from relevant empirical studies. Graduate students
participated in the field study are able to publish papers in their first
semester by utilizing this system. The utility and usefulness of the
intellectual structuring system are demonstrated by the objective
evidence of the high acceptance rate of papers utilizing the system as
well as the subjective positive response from the users. A system
utilization model utilizing the structure equation modeling technique
found the task characteristics construct affects the information quality
construct, which in turn affects the perceive usefulness of the system.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: TT Chen, Natl Taipei Univ, Grad Inst Informat Management,
151 Univ Rd, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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TITLE: Bibliometric characteristics of highly cited papers from
Taiwan, 2000-2009 (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Miyairi, N; Chang, HW
SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (1). JUL 2012. p.197-205 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
KEYWORDS: Bibliometrics; Highly cited papers; Taiwan; Indicators;
Science
KEYWORDS+: CITATION PATTERNS; INDICATORS; EXCELLENCE; SCIENCE;
UNIVERSITIES
ABSTRACT: The present study analyzes bibliometric characteristics
of Taiwan's highly cited papers published from 2000 to 2009. During this
period, Taiwan ranked within the top 30 countries by number of highly
cited papers, defined in Thomson Reuters' Essential Science Indicators
(ESI) as those that rank in the top 1 % by citations for their category
and year of publication. Taiwan made notable progress in world-class
research in the two consecutive 5-year periods 2000-2004 and 2005-2009.
For the group of highly cited papers from Taiwan, USA, China, Germany,
and Japan were the top collaborating countries over the decade. In recent
years, Taiwan has increasingly collaborated with European countries whose
output of highly cited papers is relatively high and increasing, rather
than with its neighboring countries in Asia. Overall, Taiwan produced
highly cited papers in all the 22 ESI subject categories during the 10-
year period. Taiwan's output of highly cited papers was greatest in the
categories of Engineering, Clinical Medicine, and Physics, while those in
Agricultural Sciences and Mathematics exceeded the expected output level
in relative terms. More detailed analyses would be useful for a holistic
understanding of Taiwan's research landscape and their progress in world-
class research, combining both bibliometric and non-bibliometric data,
such as researcher mobility, research grants, and output from
internationally-collaborated research programs.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: HW Chang, Thomson Reuters, 9F, 196,Chien Kuo N Rd,Sec 2,
Taipei 10483, Taiwan
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TITLE: Bibliometric analysis of carbon dioxide reduction
research trends during 1999-2009 (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Wan, TJ; Shen, SM; Bandyopadhyay, A; Shu, CM
SOURCE: SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY 94. JUN 19 2012.
p.87-91 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM
KEYWORDS: Bibliometric analysis; CO2 reduction; Information Science
Institute (ISI); Subject categories; CO2 fixation
KEYWORDS+: CO2; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; BIOFIXATION; SEPARATION; FIXATION;
VULGARIS; SOLVENTS; TIO2
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to conduct a bibliometric
analysis of the literature regarding CO2 reduction trends published in
the Science Citation Index-listed periodicals from 1999 to 2009. These
documents were obtained by subscription from the Information Science
Institute (ISI) Web of Science, Philadelphia, PA, USA. A total of 3,177
authors from 56 different countries wrote 855 articles published in 355
journals in 102 subject categories. Of these, the most titles were found
in Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (3.9%). The most
frequently cited paper was "Chemical CO2 fixation: Cr(III) salen
complexes as highly efficient catalysts for the coupling of CO2 and
epoxides", and the same paper contained the most often-used keyword. (C)
2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Shu, NYUST, Dept Safety Hlth & Environm Engn, Touliu
64002, Yunlin, Taiwan
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TITLE: How to write research papers and grants: 2011 Asian
Pacific Society for Respirology Annual Scientific Meeting Postgraduate
Session (Review, English)
AUTHOR: Eastwood, PR; Naughton, MT; Calverley, P; Zeng, GQ;
Beasley, R; Robinson, B; Lee, YCG
SOURCE: RESPIROLOGY 17 (5). JUL 2012. p.792-801 WILEY-BLACKWELL,
HOBOKEN
SEARCH TERM(S):
GARFIELD E INT MICROBIOL 10:65 2007;
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955
KEYWORDS: clinical research; grant writing; journal impact factor;
manuscript writing
KEYWORDS+: OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE; ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC
LEUKEMIA; IMPACT FACTORS; TRIALS; JOURNALS; SCIENCE;
PEACE; COPD
ABSTRACT: This review article summarizes the content of a series of
interrelated workshop presentations from the Annual Scientific Meeting of
the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology held in Shanghai in November,
2011. The article describes tips and strategies for writing research
papers and research grant applications and includes discussion of: the
role of pulmonologists in research; the debates around the use of the
journal impact factor; tips for writing manuscripts and publishing
research in high-impact journals; how journals assess manuscripts and the
most common reasons editors reject manuscripts; how to write grant
applications and what grant panels look for in successful proposals; and
how to undertake research in resource-limited countries.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: PR Eastwood, Sir Charles Gairdner Hosp, Dept Pulm Physiol &
Sleep Med, Hosp Ave, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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TITLE: Influential Publications in Social Work Discourse: The
100 Most Highly Cited Articles in Disciplinary Journals: 200009 (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Hodge, DR; Lacasse, JR; Benson, O
SOURCE: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK 42 (4). JUN 2012.
p.765-782 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD
SEARCH TERM(S): MACROBERTS MH rauth;
KEYWORDS: Bibliometrics; professional discourse; social work
literature; highly cited articles
KEYWORDS+: GOOGLE-SCHOLAR; CITATION-CLASSICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY JOURNALS;
SURGICAL JOURNALS; SCIENCE; IMPACT; WEB; SCOPUS;
INDICATORS; PROFESSION
ABSTRACT: Examinations of highly cited articles are common in
professions such as medicine as a way to enhance professional self-
reflection. Yet, little research has examined influential articles in
social work. In light of the emergence of a distinct disciplinary
knowledge base over the past few decades, this study identifies the 100
most cited articles in disciplinary social work journals (N 79) published
during 200009. Analysis revealed twelve citation classics spanning a
relatively diverse array of subjects. Among the various topics that
appeared among the 100 most cited articles, the results suggest that
evidence-based practice/social work research plays a particularly
important role in professional discourse. Also notable is the fact that
some two-thirds of the most highly cited articles were published in just
four journals.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: DR Hodge, Arizona State Univ, Sch Social Work, CoPP, Mail
Code 3920,411 N Cent Ave,Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004 USA
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TITLE: Ethos and symbolic violence among women of science: An
empirical study (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Cerroni, A; Simonella, Z
SOURCE: SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES 51
(2). JUN 2012. p.165-182 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; ZUCKERMAN H rauth
KEYWORDS: ethos; gender; gender habit; knowledge society;
scientific community; scientific habit; symbolic violence
KEYWORDS+: MERTON THESIS; NORMS; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTISTS; SOCIOLOGY
ABSTRACT: While scientific challenges raise relevant debates about
the ethics of science, the scientific ethos, shattered by post-Mertonian
studies, has received neither due attention nor further
conceptualizations in view of the transition to knowledge society. On the
contrary, in our investigation of Italian women scientists, it appears to
have survived as a reference for scientists, even if the context has
changed. Indeed, the ethos of scientists is no longer conceivable as
exclusive, but is instead seen as open and dynamic in interaction with
other symbolic references. Therefore, instead of scientific ethos, it is
preferable to speak of scientific habit, including the individual
symbolic universe and the social practices linked to the scientific role.
In so doing, other habits come into focus and interact. In particular, we
investigated the interaction between the scientific habit and the gender
habit. We argue for a conflict between two such habits and for the
existence of a symbolic violence suffered by women scientists. Lastly, a
new dimension of the scientific ethos is defined which is not included in
the Mertonian definition: a scientific responsibility among scientists in
society. Such a picture could shape a new perspective of re-gendering
science in society from the standpoint of women's experience as
scientists in the knowledge society.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Cerroni, Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Sociol & Social Res,
Ctr MaCSIS, 8 Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, I-20126 Milan,
Italy
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TITLE: Publications, Contributions, and the Social Dilemma of
Scholarly Productivity: A Reaction to Aguinis, Debruin, Cunningham, Hall,
Culpepper, and Gottfredson (2010) (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Northcraft, GB; Tenbrunsel, AE
SOURCE: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT LEARNING & EDUCATION 11 (2). JUN
2012. p.303-308 ACAD MANAGEMENT, BRIARCLIFF MANOR
SEARCH TERM(S): ZUCKERMAN H rauth
ABSTRACT: In their article What Does Not Kill You (Sometimes) Makes
You Stronger: Productivity Fluctuations of Journal Editors, Aguinis et
al. (2010) find that major journal editors publish fewer journal articles
(for a while) after being editors. The real story in Aguinis et al.
(2010) is how the academic community defines what constitutes
productivity for a scholar. Aguinis et al.'s (2010) apparently narrow
focus on publications as scholarly productivity may reflect a reluctance
by the academic community to acknowledge the critical importance of
nonpublication scholarly contributions. If nonpublication contributions
are necessary for the success of academia, that success is more likely
when the nonpublication contributions that provide the foundation for
publication excellence are measured, acknowledged, and rewarded.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: GB Northcraft, Univ Illinois, Coll Business, Champaign, IL
61820 USA
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TITLE: The Publish or Perish Book: Your Guide to Effective and
Responsible Citation Analysis, by A.W. Harzing (Book Review, English)
AUTHOR: Trau, RNC
SOURCE: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT LEARNING & EDUCATION 11 (2). JUN
2012. p.314-315 ACAD MANAGEMENT, BRIARCLIFF MANOR
SEARCH TERM(S): PUBLISH OR PERISH item_title; CITATION item_title;
CITATION ANALYS* item_title; CITATION* item_title
AUTHOR ADDRESS: RNC Trau, Univ Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009,
Australia
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TITLE: Measuring the Surgical Academic Output of an Institution:
The "Institutional" H-Index (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Turaga, KK; Gamblin, TC
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION 69 (4). JUL-AUG 2012.
p.499-503 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK
SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005
KEYWORDS: ranking; academic surgery; research; education
ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: The Hirsch index is a novel index that
combines the number of publications and citations in measuring the
research output of researchers. We hypothesized that the h-index can be
used to measure the academic success of an institution in a subject area
(surgery) and compared this measure to previously published measures of
ranking institutions.
METHODS: We identified the top 10 research medical schools as designated
by the United States News and World Report 2010. The h-index for an
institution was obtained in 3-year periods for articles published in
surgery. Independent rankings from the NIH and other web sites were then
used to compare with our newly generated rankings.
RESULTS: The median h-index for institutions was 52.5 (46-54) for 2000-
2002, 50 (44-52) for 2003-2005, 35.5 (33-40) for 2006-2008, and 15.5 (13-
16) for 2009-2011. The percentage of self citations was the highest in
publications from Harvard University (22.2%) and the lowest from Columbia
University (10%) in the years 2009-11. Our ranking closely mirrored the
United States News and World Report, and Harvard Medical School remains
the top ranking in the field of surgery, although NIH funding-based
ranking may suggest otherwise.
CONCLUSIONS: The institutional h-index appears to be a viable indicator
for the measure of academic success of institutions in a subject area.
Despite limitations, it yields objective data regarding the citations and
number of articles published by an institution in a subject area and
could be used to measure performance. (J Surg 69:499-503. (C) 2012
Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc.
All rights reserved.)
AUTHOR ADDRESS: KK Turaga, Med Coll Wisconsin, Div Surg Oncol, 9200 W
Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA
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TITLE: Changes in Relative Material Deprivation in Regions of
Slovakia and the Czech Republic (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Zelinsky, T
SOURCE: PANOECONOMICUS 59 (3). 2012. p.335-353 SAVEZ EKONOMISTA
VOJVODINE, NOVI SAD
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth
KEYWORDS: Poverty; Relative material deprivation; Czech Republic;
Slovakia; EU SILC
KEYWORDS+: POVERTY
ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to assess the level of
relative material deprivation in the Czech and Slovak Republics and their
regions. The first part of the article describes the level of households'
equipment with utilities and durables using the 1991 and 2001 censuses.
The second part is aimed at estimating the relative material deprivation
in the Czech and Slovak regions using EU SILC 2006-2008 microdata, i.e.
approximately 15 years after the split. The results indicate that there
are significant differences in the relative material deprivation rates
between the Czech Republic and Slovakia and among their regions.
According to the results, the level of deprivation is higher in Slovakia,
and deprived households are highly concentrated in the eastern part of
Slovakia. The regions can be divided into five clusters, while the Czech
Capital Prague Region has a special position. It has the highest level of
housing deprivation and the lowest level of durables/economic strain
deprivation.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: T Zelinsky, Tech Univ Kosice, Fac Econ, Dept Reg Sci &
Management, Kosice, Slovakia
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TITLE: The effect of instant messaging services on society's
mental health (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Rosenbaum, MS; Wong, IA
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF SERVICES MARKETING 26 (2-3). 2012. p.124-135
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, BINGLEY
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth
KEYWORDS: Social support; Instant messaging; Internet addiction;
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Cyber-addiction;
Third places
KEYWORDS+: INTERNET ADDICTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; COMMERCIAL
FRIENDSHIPS; ONLINE; ADOLESCENTS; QUALITY; CANCER; PLACES;
LIVES; LIFE
ABSTRACT: Purpose - This paper aims to show how instant messaging
(IM) service providers are helping and hindering societal mental health
among young adults. That is, IM services provide users with an ability to
obtain instantaneous and inexpensive support in their time of need.
However, excessive internet usage may place IM users at risk of
experiencing symptoms associated with internet addiction and adult
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Design/methodology/approach - The authors propose a framework obtained
from coding qualitative data. They test the framework with structural
equation methodology and latent mean analysis from data collected from
younger-aged Chinese and American IM users in two studies.
Findings - Younger-aged IM users in both China and the US obtain social
support from their virtual networks. However, both groups of IM users
show signs of elevated levels of internet addiction and of being at risk
of experiencing symptoms associated with ADHD.
Research limitations/implications - Excessive IM and internet usage may
hinder young adults' mental health, and the problem is likely to grow in
the future. The work confirms recent trends in US psychology to consider
internet addiction a mental health disorder.
Social implications - Both service and public health researchers are
encouraged to consider the impact of technological services, including
internet usage and IM, on consumer health and well-being. People with
ADHD are particularly susceptible to internet addiction; thus,
technological services may be damaging society's mental health.
Originality/value - The paper illustrates how researchers can engage in
transformative service research, referring to research with implications
that affect global consumer health and well-being. The work also shows a
"dark side" to services and the unintended consequences of service
technology on public health. Both topics have not been explored in
service research.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: MS Rosenbaum, No Illinois Univ, Dept Mkt, De Kalb, IL 60115
USA
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