From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Mar 1 11:34:08 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:34:08 +0000 Subject: papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: TITLE: Network model of knowledge diffusion (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gao, X; Guan, JC SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.749-762 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Network model; Knowledge diffusion; h-Index KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX; CITATION NETWORK; FIELDS ABSTRACT: This paper introduces a diffusion network model: an individual-citation-based directed network model with a time dimension, as a potentially useful approach to capture the diffusion of research topics. The approach combines social network analysis, network visualization and citation analysis to discuss some of the issues concerning the spread of scientific ideas. The process of knowledge diffusion is traced from a network point of view. Using research on the h- index as a case study, we built detailed networks of individual publications and demonstrated the feasibility of applying the diffusion network model to the spread of a research. The model shows the specific paths and associations of individual papers, and potentially complementing issues raised by epidemic models, which primarily deal with average properties of entire scientific communities. Also, based on the citation-based network, the technique of main path analysis identified the articles that influenced the research for some time and linked them into a research tradition that is the backbone of the h-index field. AUTHOR ADDRESS: X Gao, Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Hohhot, Peoples R China ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Shapley values for assessing research production and impact of schools and scholars (Article, English) AUTHOR: Tol, RSJ SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.763-780 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Rankings; Individuals; Departments KEYWORDS+: RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; ECONOMICS LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC- RESEARCH; RESEARCH OUTPUT; DEPARTMENTS; INDIVIDUALS; MANAGEMENT; CITATIONS; INDEX ABSTRACT: Performance measures of individual scholars tend to ignore the context. I introduce contextualised metrics: cardinal and ordinal pseudo-Shapley values that measure a scholar's contribution to (perhaps power over) her own school and her market value to other schools should she change job. I illustrate the proposed measures with business scholars and business schools in Ireland. Although conceptually superior, the power indicators imply a ranking of scholars within a school that is identical to the corresponding conventional performance measures. The market value indicators imply an identical ranking within schools and a very similar ranking between schools. The ordinal indices further contextualise performance measures and thus deviate further from the corresponding conventional indicators. As the ordinal measures are discontinuous by construction, a natural classification of scholars emerges. Averaged over schools, the market values offer little extra information over the corresponding production and impact measures. The ordinal power measure indicates the robustness or fragility of an institution's place in the rank order. It is only weakly correlated with the concentration of publications and citations. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RSJ Tol, Econ & Social Res Inst, Dublin, Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Estimate of global research trends and performance in family therapy in Social Science Citation Index (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lou, YC; Lin, HF SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.807-823 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENCE CITATION INDEX GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 32:5 1990; KEYWORDS: Family therapy; Scientometrics; SSCI; Research trend; Web of science KEYWORDS+: ADOLESCENT ANOREXIA-NERVOSA; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY; SUBSTANCE-ABUSE; SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENTS; MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE-OFFENDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOMES ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the global progress and quantitative assessment of current research trends on family therapy, using a bibliometric approach and exploring related literature in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) database from 1992 to 2009. This study used the bibliometric arrropach to learn about the subject categories, core journals, top countries and leading research institutes in publication, most frequently used author keywords, and most frequently used KeyWords Plus. Also, this study used a "word cluster analysis" method to locate research hot topics. A majority of the subject categories were located in clinical psychology and family studies. The core journals for family therapy located in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Contemporary Family Therapy, and Journal of Family Therapy. The US ranked as the top country of world articles with the highest h-index, followed distantly by the UK and Germany. The leading research institutes were Purdue University, University of Miami, and Brigham Young University. "Adolescents" and "adolescent" were highly used words in article titles. Next, the top three most frequently used author keywords were "anorexia nervosa", "adolescents", and "psychotherapy". Finally, the top three most frequently used KeyWords Plus were "psychotherapy", "children", and "intervention". Based on "word cluster analysis" to determine the research hotspots, the research hot topics of family therapy fall into three categories: treated subjects, treated matters, and treatment issues. The research trend in family therapy seems to involve the therapist often treating adolescents or children for eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, or schizophrenia. During treatment or therapy, therapists and researchers must pay attention to the issues of gender, training, and therapeutic alliance. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YC Lou, Asia Univ, Dept Social Work, 500 Lioufeng Rd, Taichung 41354, Taiw -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Future publication success in science is better predicted by traditional measures than by the h index (Article, English) AUTHOR: Honekopp, J; Khan, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.843-853 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Science; Evaluation; Creativity; Bibliometry; h index KEYWORDS+: STANDARD BIBLIOMETRIC MEASURES; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; INDICATORS; VARIANTS; JUDGMENT; MODEL ABSTRACT: Although the use of bibliometric indicators for evaluations in science is becoming more and more ubiquitous, little is known about how future publication success can be predicted from past publication success. Here, we investigated how the post-2000 publication success of 85 researchers in oncology could be predicted from their previous publication record. Our main findings are: (i) Rates of past achievement were better predictors than measures of cumulative achievement. (ii) A combination of authors' past productivity and the past citation rate of their average paper was most successful in predicting future publication success (R-2 approximate to 0.60). (iii) This combination of traditional bibliographic indicators clearly outperformed predictions based on the rate of the h index (R-2 between 0.37 and 0.52). We discuss implications of our findings for views on creativity and for science evaluation. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Honekopp, Northumbria Univ, Dept Psychol, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, Englan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Scientific collaboration in Library and Information Science viewed through the Web of Knowledge: the Spanish case (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ardanuy, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.877-890 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth KEYWORDS: Bibliometrics; Library and Information Science; Scientific collaboration; Co-authorship KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL LITERATURE; QUALITY; COAUTHORSHIP; AUTHORSHIP; 20TH-CENTURY; UNIVERSITY; PATTERNS; CHINA ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the level of co-authorship of Spanish research in Library and Information Science (LIS) until 2009, the chronological development that has taken place, and the level of local, domestic and international cooperation. This bibliometric study was made using the data retrieved from the Web of Knowledge (WoK) following a dual strategy-on the one hand through the filter of the category Information Science & Library Science, and on the other hand through a subject search. In this way a significant number of works has been retrieved, some of which are in journals indexed in SCI or A&HCI and not in the SSCI. The results show a significant increase in all co-authorship, including publications in English and those involving international collaboration. As with the increase in Spanish participation in social science (WoK), this growth, coupled with the significant increase in Spanish scientific production in the area of LIS, suggests that the discipline in Spain has entered a more mature phase-although so far it has focused particularly on bibliometric studies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Ardanuy, Univ Barcelona, Dept Bibliotecon & Documentacio, Edifici UB Sants,C Melcior de Palau 140, Barcelona 08014, Catalonia, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Specific character of citations in historiography (using the example of Polish history) (Article, English) AUTHOR: Kolasa, WM SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.905-923 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; NALIMOV VV rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Historiography; Historical science; Poland KEYWORDS+: HUMANITIES; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: The first part of the paper deals with the assessment of international databases in relation to the number of historical publications (representation and relevance in comparison with the model database). The second part is focused on providing answer to the question whether historiography is governed by similar bibliometric rules as exact sciences or whether it has its own specific character. Empirical database for this part of the research constituted the database prepared ad hoc: The Citation Index of the History of Polish Media (CIHPM). Among numerous typically historical features the main focus was put on: linguistic localism, specific character of publishing forms, differences in citing of various sources (contributions and syntheses) and specific character of the authorship (the Lorenz Curve and the Lotka's Law). Slightly more attention was devoted to the half-life indicator and its role in a diachronic study of a scientific field; also, a new indicator (HL14), depicting distribution of citations younger then half-life was introduced. Additionally, the comparison and correlation of selected parameters for the body of historical science (citations, HL14, the Hirsch Index, number of publications, volume and other) were also conducted. AUTHOR ADDRESS: WM Kolasa, Pedag Univ Cracow, Inst Informat & Lib Sci, Ul Podchorazych 2, PL-30084 Krakow, Poland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: On first quartile journals which are not of highest impact (Article, English) AUTHOR: Garcia, JA; Rodriguez-Sanchez, R; Fdez-Valdivia, J; Martinez-Baena, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.925-943 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006 KEYWORDS: Publication analysis; Quartiles of ISI impact factor; Journal classification; Impact factor; SJR; Fuzzy clustering; Multivariate indicator space KEYWORDS+: FUZZY ABSTRACT: Here we study the relationship between journal quartile rankings of ISI impact factor (at the 2010) and journal classification in four impact classes, i.e., highest impact, medium highest impact, medium lowest impact, and lowest impact journals in subject category computer science artificial intelligence. To this aim, we use fuzzy maximum likelihood estimation clustering in order to identify groups of journals sharing similar characteristics in a multivariate indicator space. The seven variables used in this analysis are: (1) Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR); (2) H-Index (H); (3) ISI impact factor (IF); (4) 5-Year Impact Factor (5IF); (5) Immediacy Index (II); (6) Eigenfactor Score (ES); and (7) Article Influence Score (AIS). The fuzzy clustering allows impact classes to overlap, thereby accommodating for uncertainty related to the confusion about the impact class attribution for a journal and vagueness in impact classes definition. This paper demonstrates the complex relationship between quartiles of ISI impact factor and journal impact classes in the multivariate indicator space. And that several indicators should be used for a distinct analysis of structural changes at the score distribution of journals in a subject category. Here we propose it can be performed in a multivariate indicator space using a fuzzy classifier. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JA Garcia, Univ Granada, Dept Ciencias Computac & IA, CITIC UGR, E-18071 Granada, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The blockbuster hypothesis: influencing the boundaries of knowledge (Article, English) AUTHOR: Brouthers, KD; Mudambi, R; Reeb, DM SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.959-982 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43:628 1992 KEYWORDS: Knowledge creation; High impact knowledge; Knowledge gatekeepers; Academic journal quality KEYWORDS+: PATENT CITATIONS; INNOVATION; SCIENCE; JOURNALS; FIRMS; PATTERNS; CREATION; NUMBER ABSTRACT: We argue that the creation of new knowledge is both difficult and rare. More specifically, we posit that the creation of new knowledge is dominated by a few key insights that challenge the way people think about an idea; generating high interest and use. We label this the blockbuster hypothesis. Using two large samples of published management studies over the period 1998-2007 we find support for the blockbuster hypothesis. We also find that numerous studies in the leading management journals are flops, having little impact on the profession as measured using citation data. Additional tests indicate that journal "quality" is related to the ratio of blockbusters to flops a journal publishes and that journal rankings are a poor proxy for study influence. Consistent with the notion that editorial boards are able to identify new knowledge, we find that research notes significantly under-perform articles in both the same journal and articles published in lower ranked journals. Taken together, the results imply that only a few scientific studies, out of the thousands published in a given area, change or influence the boundaries of knowledge, with many appearing to have little impact on the frontiers of knowledge. Overall, this analysis indicates that the development of new knowledge is rare even though it appears to be recognizable to knowledge gatekeepers like journal editors. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Mudambi, Temple Univ, Dept Finance, Fox Sch Business, Alter Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Mapping the research on aquaculture. A bibliometric analysis of aquaculture literature (Article, English) AUTHOR: Natale, F; Fiore, G; Hofherr, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.983-999 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H SCI STUD 4:17 1974; KEYWORDS: Aquaculture; Bibliometrics; Computational semantic; Topic model; Latent semantic analysis; Co-citation analysis ABSTRACT: Research on aquaculture is expanding along with the exceptional growth of the sector and has an important role in supporting even further the future developments of this relatively young food production industry. In this paper we examined the aquaculture literature using bibliometrics and computational semantics methods (latent semantic analysis, topic model and co-citation analysis) to identify the main themes and trends in research. We analysed bibliographic information and abstracts of 14,308 scientific articles on aquaculture recorded in Scopus. Both the latent semantic analysis and the topic model indicate that the broad themes of research on aquaculture are related to genetics and reproduction, growth and physiology, farming systems and environment, nutrition, water quality, and health. The topic model gives an estimate of the relevance of these research themes by single articles, authors, research institutions, species and time. With the co-citation analysis it was possible to identify more specific research fronts, which are attracting high number of co-citations by the scientific community. The largest research fronts are related to probiotics, benthic sediments, genomics, integrated aquaculture and water treatment. In terms of temporal evolution, some research fronts such as probiotics, genomics, sea-lice, and environmental impacts from cage aquaculture, are still expanding while others, such as mangroves and shrimp farming, benthic sediments, are gradually losing weight. While bibliometric methods do not necessarily provide a measure of output or impact of research activities, they proved useful for mapping a research area, identifying the relevance of themes in the scientific literature and understanding how research fronts evolve and interact. By using different methodological approaches the study is taking advantage of the strengths of each method in mapping the research on aquaculture and showing in the meantime possible limitations and some directions for further improvements. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Natale, Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Protect & Secur Citizen, Via E Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The organization of scientific knowledge: the structural characteristics of keyword networks (Article, English) AUTHOR: Yi, S; Choi, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. p.1015-1026 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD KEYWORDS: Organization of knowledge; Keyword network; Small-world network; Power-law distribution; Hierarchy KEYWORDS+: PATENT CITATION NETWORK; COMPLEX NETWORKS; MODULARITY; MANAGEMENT; EVOLUTION; DESIGN ABSTRACT: The understanding of scientific knowledge itself may promote further advances in science and research on the organization of knowledge may be an initiative to this effort. This stream of research, however, has been mainly driven by the analysis of citation networks. This study uses, as an alternative knowledge element, information on the keywords of papers published in business research and examines how they are associated with each other to constitute a body of scientific knowledge. The results show that, unlike most citation networks, keyword networks are not small-word networks but, rather, locally clustered scale- free networks with a hierarchic structure. These structural patterns are robust against the scope of scientific fields involved. In addition, this paper discusses the origins and implications of the identified structural characteristics of keyword networks. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Choi, Sejong Univ, Sch Business, 98 Gunja Dong, Seoul 143747, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Self-citation: comparison between Radiology, European Radiology and Radiology for 1997-1998 (vol 87, pg 347, 2011) (Correction, English) AUTHOR: Larcombe, AN; Voss, SC SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 90 (3). MAR 2012. DORDRECHT AUTHOR ADDRESS: AN Larcombe, Univ Western Australia, Div Clin Sci, Ctr Child Hlth Res, Telethon Inst Child Hlth Res, POB 855, Perth, WA 6872, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Knowledge structure in international marketing: a multi- method bibliometric analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Samiee, S; Chabowski, BR SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE 40 (2). MAR 2012. p.364-386 SPRINGER, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50:799 1999; SMITH LC LIBR TRENDS 30:83 1981; KEYWORDS: International marketing literature; Bibliometrics; Co- citation analysis; Knowledge structure KEYWORDS+: BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIPS; AUTHOR COCITATION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; CITATION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; CONSUMER ETHNOCENTRISM; EMPIRICAL-EXAMINATION; PRODUCT PURCHASE; PSYCHIC DISTANCE ABSTRACT: This study examines the underlying forces that shape the international marketing (IM) field using three bibliometric methods: exploratory factor analysis (EFA), hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), and metric multidimensional scaling (MDS). We apply these techniques to evaluate the knowledge structure of IM publications for the 1999-2008 period and to concurrently provide a supplemental examination of the findings for the 2009-2010 period. Overall, our database contains 228,929 citations used in 3,632 IM articles from 34 academic journals in which marketing publications appear. We initially trace the underpinning knowledge structure in the literature in five-year increments for all influential IM publications. We then refine our analysis and examine marketing-centered scholarly influences on the IM literature and undertake an examination of the developments in later years. The results indicate that the IM field is expanding and is considerably more inclusive, sophisticated, and increasingly more complex than in earlier periods. Our findings also demonstrate that other disciplines (principally management) have had a profound influence on the development of the IM literature during the 12-year period under investigation. Using the bibliometric results derived from our data, we provide guidelines for future research and contrast them with those forwarded in review studies of the international marketing literature. AUTHOR ADDRESS: S Samiee, Univ Tulsa, Collins Coll Business, 800 S Tucker Dr, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation Classic: Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Breathing Not Properly: The Merger of 2 BNPs (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Maisel, A SOURCE: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 58 (2). FEB 2012. p.469-470 AMER ASSOC CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, WASHINGTON KEYWORDS+: HEART-FAILURE; DIAGNOSIS AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Maisel, Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Med, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr,Cardiol 111 A, San Diego, CA 92161 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Core/periphery scientific collaboration networks among very similar researchers (Article, English) AUTHOR: Rubi-Barcelo, A SOURCE: THEORY AND DECISION 72 (4). APR 2012. p.463-483 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS: Network formation game; Scientific collaboration networks; Inequality; Hierarchy KEYWORDS+: SOCIAL NETWORKS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; MODEL; ECONOMICS ABSTRACT: Empirical studies such as Goyal et al. (J Polit Econ 114(2):403-412, 2006) or Newman (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101(Suppl. 1):5200-5205, 2004) show that scientific collaboration networks present a highly unequal and hierarchical distribution of links. This implies that some researchers can be much more active and productive than others and, consequently, they can enjoy a much better scientific reputation. One may think that big intrinsical differences among researchers can constitute the main driving force behind these inequalities. Nevertheless, this model shows that, under specific circumstances, very similar individuals may self-organize themselves forming unequal and hierarchical structures. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Rubi-Barcelo, Univ Illes Balears, Cra Valldemossa Km 7-5, Palma De Mallorca 07122, Spai --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The journals of higher impact on accounting research in Brazil and USA. A comparative analysis based on doctoral theses citations (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: Neto, ORD; Cardoso, RL; Oyadomari, JCT SOURCE: PERSPECTIVAS EM CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO 16 (3). JUL-SEP 2011. p.93-115 ESCOLA CIENCIA INFORM UFMG, BELO HORIZONTE MG SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; KEYWORDS: Accounting research; Journal ranking; Citation analysis ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this paper is the construction of a ranking of the English language journals that most influences formation of the accounting thought in Brazil, based on citations in doctoral theses. The paper has a descriptive characteristic; an archival procedure and quantitative approach has been adopted. In the construction of this journal ranking, we have used the methodology of Chan and others (2009) based on citations analysis to facilitate a comparative analysis with their study which was the American case. The data base used was the doctoral theses on accounting from the Faculty of Economy, Business and Accounting of Sao Paulo University defended between 1996 and 2009. The results are in accordance with those of Chan and others (2009), and also provide evidence that rankings of top journals vary by specialty area and research method. In the Brazilian case, the top journals cited are Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, The Accounting Review, The Journal of Finance, Accounting, Organizations and Society. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ORD Neto, Univ Presbiteriana Mackenzie CCSA, Nucleo Pesquisas Controladoria, Sao Paulo, Brazil - From chni at INDIANA.EDU Mon Mar 5 18:19:42 2012 From: chni at INDIANA.EDU (Chaoqun Ni) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:19:42 -0500 Subject: CFP: 2012 SIGMET Student Paper Contest Message-ID: Dear All, Please submit to 2012 SIG/MET Student Paper Contest. Apologies for cross-posting. *2012 ASIS&T SIG/MET Student Paper Contest SIG/MET, the Special Interest Group for the measurement of information production and use (http://www.asis.org/SIG/met.html) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T ) is pleased to announce its second student paper contest. The contest is designed to recognize promising student research relating to the SIG. Purpose SIG/MET seeks to encourages the development and networking of all those interested in the measurement of information. It is holding this contest in order to promote amongst students the generation of new ideas and the conduct of new research in metric-related topics, including bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, webometrics and other related domains. EligibilityThe author of the paper contest must be a full-time student at the time the paper is submitted, irrespective of whether they are members of ASIS&T. Only single-authored manuscripts will be accepted, in order to ensure that the work was conducted primarily by a student. SIG/MET reserves the right to request proof of enrollment as part of the submission and evaluation process. All submissions should be original and not have been published in a journal, or been accepted by a journal, or be in the process of being considered by a journal at the time they are submitted to this contest. ThemePapers could discuss theories, methods, policies, case studies, etc. on different aspects of measurement of information production and use. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: ? Metric-Related Theory ? Methods and new techniques ? Citation and co-citation analysis ? Indicators ? Altmetrics ? Webometrics ? Mapping & visualization ? Research policy ? Productivity & publications ? Journals, databases and electronic publications ? Collaboration/Co-authorship ? Patent analysis ? Knowledge and topic diffusion Selection There will be a winner, runner-up and, depending on the quantity of strong papers, a number of commended papers. The judges will particularly reward well-written, original research that has potential for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or for presentation at a refereed conference. PrizesThe winner and runner-up will be awarded a one-year individual membership to ASIS&T and the winner will also be awarded a cash prize. Authors of highly rated papers will be invited to submit a short biographical piece to be featured on the SIG/MET Website. In addition, if SIG/MET holds a pre-conference workshop at the 2012 Annual Meeting, these authors will be invited to present their research at the workshop. FormatThe SIG/MET student paper contest committee requires that submissions are no longer than ten pages (including figures, tables and references) and follow the template of 2012 ASIS&T annual conference. Detailed information about the template is available at: http://www.asis.org/asist2012/ Submission & DeadlineAuthors are invited to submit manuscripts by midnight EST on Sunday, the 30th April 2012, to the following website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmetspc2012 The students will be notified about the results by the end of May. If you have any queries, please email Chaoqun Ni (chni at indiana.edu), or Carrie Chang (carriehc at gmail.com).* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CFP.2012SIGMET.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 142030 bytes Desc: CFP.2012SIGMET.pdf URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Mar 5 18:31:11 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 23:31:11 +0000 Subject: Papers related to Sig Metrics Message-ID: TITLE: Global biopesticide research trends: a bibliometric assessment (Review, English) AUTHOR: Sinha, B SOURCE: INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 82 (2). FEB 2012. p.95-101 INDIAN COUNC AGRICULTURAL RES, NEW DELHI SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 32:5 1990; GARFIELD E NATURE 227:669 1970 KEYWORDS: Agriculture; Bacillus thuringiensis; Biological control; Biopesticides; Botanical pesticides; Environment ABSTRACT: Combined realization of the negative effects of chemical pesticides and the positive attributes of biopesticide led to intensive research programmes on the later by both public and private institutions across nations. This has generated a knowledge pool and accumulated vast scientific literature. This paper tries to capture the nature of basic research in biopesticide and growth of the discipline during the last four decades. Bibliometric methods such as analysis of title-word and author keywords have been used to capture direction of research and to identify thrust areas of research. Growth of biopesticide research output has been encouraging, particularly since 1996. Microbial pesticides, particularly Bacillus thuringiensis-related research has dominated the discipline so far. The paper also identifies the leading institutes, countries, and the nature of inter-country as well as inter-institutional collaboration. As in most other disciplines of science, United States had an upper hand in biopesticide research, followed distantly by India. Two aspects that need immediate attention are the decline in participation of industry and international collaboration in biopesticide research, both of which are critical for developing cost-effective and environment- friendly pesticides having world-wide application. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Sinha, Zool Survey India, Arunachal Pradesh Reg Ctr, Senki Valley 791113, Itanagar, India ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation classics in main pain research journals (Article, English) AUTHOR: Li, Z; Wu, FX; Yang, LQ; Sun, YM; Lu, ZJ; Yu, WF SOURCE: JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA 26 (1). FEB 2012. p.85-93 SPRINGER TOKYO, TOKYO SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 257:52 1987 KEYWORDS: Citation classic; Pain; Literature survey KEYWORDS+: ARTICLES ABSTRACT: The number of citations of an article in scientific journals reflects its impact on a specific biomedical field and its recognition in the scientific community. In the present study, we identified and analyzed the characteristics of the 100 most frequently cited articles published between 1970 and 2010 in journals pertaining to pain research and related fields. These articles were identified using the database of the Science Citation Index (1970 to present). The most cited article received 3,017 citations and the least cited article received 302 citations, with a mean of 585 citations per article. These citation classics were published in six high-impact journals, led by Pain (84 articles). Of the 100 articles, 39 were observational studies, 25 were review articles, and 20 concerned basic science. The articles originated from 14 countries, with the United States contributing 47 articles; 67 institutions produced these 100 top-cited articles, led by National Institutes of Health of the United States (8 articles) and University College London (6 articles); 18 persons authored 2 or more of the top-cited articles. This analysis of the top citation classics allows for the recognition of major advances in pain research and gives a historical perspective on the scientific progress of this specialty. AUTHOR ADDRESS: WF Yu, Mil Med Coll 2, Dept Anesthesiol, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surg Hosp, Shanghai, Peoples R China ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation success: Evidence from economic history journal publications (Article, English) AUTHOR: Di Vaio, G; Waldenstrom, D; Weisdorf, J SOURCE: EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY 49 (1). JAN 2012. p.92-104 ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, SAN DIEGO SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968; BIBLIOMETR* ; KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Scientific impact; Economic history; Bibliometrics; Research diffusion; Poisson regression KEYWORDS+: SCIENCE ABSTRACT: This study examines the determinants of citation success among authors who have recently published their work in economic history journals. Besides offering clues about how to improve one's scientific impact, our citation analysis also sheds light on the state of the field of economic history. Consistent with our expectations, we find that full professors, authors appointed at economics and history departments, and authors working in Anglo-Saxon and German countries are more likely to receive citations than other scholars. Long and co-authored articles are also a factor for citation success. We find similar patterns when assessing the same authors' citation success in economics journals. As a novel feature, we demonstrate that the diffusion of research publication of working papers, as well as conference and workshop presentations - has a first-order positive impact on the citation rate. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Waldenstrom, Uppsala Univ, Dept Econ, POB 513, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden [ From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Tue Mar 6 02:35:21 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 08:35:21 +0100 Subject: Bibliometric Perspectives on Medical Innovation using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of PubMed Message-ID: Bibliometric Perspectives on Medical Innovation using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of PubMed Loet Leydesdorff,* Daniele Rotolo,** and Ismael Rafols** Multiple perspectives on the nonlinear processes of medical innovations can be distinguished and combined using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of the Medline database. Focusing on three main branches--"diseases," "drugs and chemicals," and "techniques and equipment"--we use base maps and overlay techniques to investigate the translations and interactions and thus to gain a bibliometric perspective on the dynamics of medical innovations. To this end, we first analyze the Medline database, the MeSH index tree, and the various options for a static mapping from different perspectives and at different levels of aggregation. Following a specific innovation (RNA interference) over time, the notion of a trajectory which leaves a signature in the database is elaborated. Can the detailed index terms describing the dynamics of research be used to predict the diffusion dynamics of research results? Possibilities are specified for further integration between the Medline database, on the one hand, and the Science Citation Index and Scopus (containing citation information), on the other. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1006 ; apologies for cross-postings. _____ * University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) ** University of Sussex; SPRU (Science & Technology Policy Research). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Mar 6 12:54:22 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 17:54:22 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics Listserv Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Library and Information Science research areas: A content analysis of articles from the top 10 journals 2007-8 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Aharony, N SOURCE: JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 44 (1). MAR 2012. p.27-35 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): LIPETZ BA rauth; JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS: content analysis; LIS research areas; top journals KEYWORDS+: WEB; EVOLUTION; INTERNET; SITES ABSTRACT: The current study seeks to describe and analyze journal research publications in the top 10 Library and Information Science journals from 2007-8. The paper presents a statistical descriptive analysis of authorship patterns (geographical distribution and affiliation) and keywords. Furthermore, it displays a thorough content analysis of keywords and abstracts extracted from 10 leading Information Science journals in 2007-8, using Zins' (2007) classification scheme of Information Science. The main results suggest the tendency of authors towards collaboration in authorship. North American and European authors - from the core discipline of Librarianship and Information Science - can be considered as leaders in the top 10 LIS journals. Furthermore, there are three major cores of research in these journals: information technology, methodology and social information science. It is important that LIS researchers, professionals, teachers and students be keenly aware of the updated main spheres of research in top leading LIS journals. AUTHOR ADDRESS: N Aharony, Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Informat Sci, IL-52900 Ramat Gan, Israel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The FAO global capture production database: A six-decade effort to catch the trend (Article, English) AUTHOR: Garibaldi, L SOURCE: MARINE POLICY 36 (3). MAY 2012. p.760-768 ELSEVIER SCI LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth KEYWORDS: FAO capture database; Catch statistics; Trend studies; FAO fishing areas; ASFIS list of species KEYWORDS+: FISHERIES CATCHES ABSTRACT: With data series extending for 60 years, including catch data for almost 1850 species items, and reflecting geo-political, historical and natural events, the FAO capture database provides a service to the community interested in fishery information. Over 600 articles from refereed journals cited the database in the last 15 years. Species included grew significantly in the last decade and an analysis of annual reporting showed more timely data submissions, although the number of non-reporting countries remained stable throughout the years. An evaluation of data quality found over half developing countries reporting inadequately but also one-fourth of reports by developed countries were not satisfactory. This article also provides meta information on historical developments, data sources and coverage, and advice on what should be kept in mind when using the database for trend studies. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Garibaldi, Food & Agr Org United Nations, Fisheries & Aquaculture Stat & Informat Serv, Rome, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Governing knowledge in the scientific community: Exploring the role of retractions in biomedicine (Article, English) AUTHOR: Furman, JL; Jensen, K; Murray, F SOURCE: RESEARCH POLICY 41 (2). MAR 2012. p.276-290 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MERTON RK rauth; ZUCKERMAN H rauth; ZUCKERMA.H MINERVA 9:66 1971; GARFIELD E SCIENTIST 2:12 1988 KEYWORDS: Retractions; Knowledge production; Scientific institutions; Science policy; False science KEYWORDS+: COMBINED ESTROGENIC PESTICIDES; MISCONDUCT; SCIENCE; FRAUD; ECONOMICS; POTENCY; FUSION; IMPACT ABSTRACT: Although the validity of knowledge is critical to scientific progress, substantial concerns exist regarding the governance of knowledge production. While research errors are as relevant to the knowledge economy as defects are to the manufacturing economy, mechanisms to identify and signal "defective" or false knowledge are poorly understood. In this paper, we investigate one such institution - the system of scientific retractions. We analyze the universe of peer- reviewed scientific articles retracted from the biomedical literature between 1972-2006 and comparing with a matched control sample in order to identify the correlates, timing, and causal impact of scientific retractions. This effort provides insight into the workings of a distributed, peer-based system for the governance of validity in scientific knowledge. Our findings suggest that attention is a key predictor of retraction - retracted articles arise most frequently among highly-cited articles. The retraction system is expeditious in uncovering knowledge that is ever determined to be false (the mean time to retraction is less than two years) and democratic (retraction is not systematically affected by author prominence). Lastly, retraction causes an immediate, severe, and long-lived decline in future citations. Conditional on the obvious limitation that we cannot measure the absolute amount of false science in circulation, these results support the view that distributed governance systems can be designed to uncover false knowledge relatively swiftly and to mitigate the costs that false knowledge for future generations of producers. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JL Furman, Boston Univ, Sch Management, Boston, MA 02215 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The long-term dynamics of co-authorship scientific networks: Iberoamerican countries (1973-2010) (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lemarchand, GA SOURCE: RESEARCH POLICY 41 (2). MAR 2012. p.291-305 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968 KEYWORDS: Co-authorship networks; Self-organization; Iberoamerican; Long-term dynamics; Preferential attachment KEYWORDS+: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; SELF- ORGANIZATION; LATIN-AMERICA; SCIENCE; COOPERATION; INDICATORS; EVOLUTION ABSTRACT: We analyse the national production of academic knowledge in all Iberoamerican and Caribbean countries between 1973 and 2010. We show that the total number of citable scientific publications listed in the Science Citation Index (SCI), the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) follow an exponential growth, the same as their national productivity (number of publications per capita). During the last 38 years, Portugal shows the highest growth rate in both indicators. We explore the temporal evolution of the co-authorship patterns within a sample of 12 Iberoamerican countries (responsible for 98% of the total regional publications between 1973 and 2010) with a group of 46 other different nations. We show that the scientific co-authorship among countries follows a power-law and behaves as a self-organizing scale-free network, where each country appears as a node and each co-publication as a link. We develop a mathematical model to study the temporal evolution of co-authorship networks, based on a preferential attachment strategy and we show that the number of co-publications among countries grows quadraticly against time. We empirically determine the quadratic growth constants for 352 different co-authorship networks within the period 1973-2006. We corroborate that the connectivity of Iberoamerican countries with larger scientific networks (hubs) is growing faster than that of other less connected countries. We determine the dates, t(0), at which the co- authorship connectivities trigger the self-organizing scale-free network for each of the 352 cases. We find that the latter follows a normal distribution around year 1981.4 +/- 2.2 and we connect this effect with a brain-drain process generated during the previous decade. We show how the number of co-publications P-k(i)(t) between country k and country i, against the coupling growth-coefficients a(k)(i), follows a power-law mathematical relation. We develop a methodology to use the empirically determined growth constants for each co-authorship network to predict changes in the relative intensity of cooperation among countries and we test its predictions for the period 2007-2010. We finally discuss the implications of our findings on the science and technology policies. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: GA Lemarchand, UNESCO, Div Sci Policy & Capac Bldg, 1 Rue Miollis, F-75732 Paris, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From andrea.scharnhorst at DANS.KNAW.NL Tue Mar 6 13:07:31 2012 From: andrea.scharnhorst at DANS.KNAW.NL (Andrea Scharnhorst) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:07:31 +0100 Subject: The evolution of classification systems - the case of wikipedia categories - new paper Message-ID: Evolution of Wikipedia's Category Structure Krzysztof Suchecki, Alkim Almila Akdag Salah, Cheng Gao, Andrea Scharnhorst (Submitted on 4 Mar 2012) Wikipedia, as a social phenomenon of collaborative knowledge creating, hasbeen studied extensively from various points of views. The category system of Wikipedia, introduced in 2004, has attracted relatively little attention. In this study, we focus on the documentation of knowledge, and the transformation of this documentation with time. We take Wikipedia as a proxy for knowledge in general and its category system as an aspect of the structure of this knowledge. We investigate the evolution of the category structure of the English Wikipedia from its birth in 2004 to 2008. We treat the category system as if it is a hierarchical Knowledge Organization System, capturing the changes in the distributions of the top categories. We investigate how the clustering of articles, defined by the category system, matches the direct link network between the articles and show how it changes over time. We find the Wikipedia category network mostly stable, but with occasional reorganization. We showthat the clustering matches the link structure quite well, except short periods preceding the reorganizations. Comments: Preprint of an article submitted for consideration in Advances in Complex Systems (2012) this http URL, 19 pages, 7 figures Subjects: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph); Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Social and Information Networks (cs.SI) Cite as: arXiv:1203.0788v1 [physics.soc-ph] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vincent.lariviere at UMONTREAL.CA Tue Mar 6 16:27:09 2012 From: vincent.lariviere at UMONTREAL.CA (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Larivi=E8re_Vincent?=) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:27:09 -0500 Subject: Final Call for Papers - STI Conference 2012 Message-ID: *****Apologies for cross posting***** Final Call for Papers 17th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators (STI), 5-8 September, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In part due to a growing global trend in evidence-based decision-making, the use of S&T indicators for the evaluation of research-not to mention for research planning and policy-is increasing in nearly every country. New indicators and databases continue to emerge and a growing number of scholars hailing from a wide range of disciplines have joined the ranks of the S&T indicators community. The STI conference has become the main yearly venue for the S&T indicators community of practitioners, researchers and users. The International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, informally known as the "Leiden Conference", was traditionally held every other year. In 2010, it merged with the conference series organised by ENID (European Network of Indicator Designers), which was held in the alternate years. The resulting STI conference series will continue presenting high-quality scholarly work while also providing a venue for networking and the promotion of cooperation between researchers, international organisations and other S&T indicator users. Held for the first time outside Europe, the 2012 STI conference is jointly organised by Science-Metrix and the Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) and will be held at the Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al (UQAM). The 2012 edition will be organised around the three following themes: - Theoretical, historical, practical and social aspects of S&T indicator development and use - Methodological aspects in the use of S&T indicators and the production of statistics - Use of S&T indicators in R&D management and S&T strategy development and evaluation The 17th STI conference will be preceded by the 2th Global TechMining Conference http://www.gtmconference.org/ . Participants to the STI conference are encouraged to attend both conferences. The working language of the conference will be English. Please note that in contrast to previous STI conferences, researchers and practitioners are asked to submit full papers (from 6 to 12 pages). The selected papers will be made available in open access on the STI conference website. Key Dates: -Deadline for submission of full papers or research in progress papers-March 9th, March 19th, 2012 (final strict deadline) -Notification of acceptance of papers-April 13th, April 20th, 2012 -Deadline for posters submission-May 4th, 2012 -Notification of acceptance of posters-May 25th, 2012 Registration is now open at http://sticonference.org/index.php?page=reg Accommodation information is available at http://sticonference.org/index.php?page=acc For more information: info at 2012.sticonference.org Honorary President Francis Narin Chairs Eric Archambault, Yves Gingras, Vincent Larivi?re ________________________ Vincent Larivi?re Professeur adjoint ?cole de biblioth?conomie et des sciences de l'information (EBSI) Universit? de Montr?al Membre r?gulier Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Universit? du Qu?bec ? 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Message-ID: Medline Abstract [cover] Biomedical research in the Middle Eastern countries: update and insight using SCImago Journal Rank indicator. FQ Alenzi, M Lotfy, W Nasif, M El-Shahat, H Abusini, M Alenazi, FA Alenazi, WG Tamimi, and LS Mohamed J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad, July 1, 2010; 22(3): 100-5. Index Full text via Infotrieve Alert me wh en cited Find more like this College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Salman University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. fqalenzi at ksu.edu.sa BACKGROUND: There is a dire need in the Arab world and Middle Eastern countries to reform the higher education, research policy and planning for improving the quality to meet the needs of modern society. The impact factor (IF) was developed in the 1960s by Eugene Garfield of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the USA. It has been extensively used for more than 40 years. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator belongs to this new family of indicators based on eigenvector centrality was introduced since 2007. The SJR indicator is a size-independent metric aimed at measuring the current 'average prest (se text) per paper' of journals for use in research evaluation processes. METHODS: We present the status o the biomedical scientific research in the Middle Eastern countries through the newly developed SJR indicator showing some of the proposed ways that clearly can be applied for enhancing and development of that field in the Middle Eastern countries. RESULTS: During the period from 1996 to 2008, Northern America, Western Europe and Asiatic region are the major contributors of the scientific research Worldwide. In the Middle East, the prominent two main Arab countries are Egypt and Saudi Arabia, nevertheless, they need more planned strategies for optimal contribution to their Middle East, Arab region and the World, despite the tangible achievements of the Arab states in the higher education and scientific research during the last decade. CONCLUSION: The SJR is seemingly satisfactory for ranking the countries for their scientific contribution and impact. Publication Type: * Journal article PMID: 22338430 ________________________________ MEDLINE data is licensed by HighWire Press from the National Library of Medicine. Some material in the NLM databases is from copyrighted publications of the respective copyright claimants. 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JAN-FEB 2012. p.43-49 EPI, BARCELONA SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J INF SCI 11:147 1985 KEYWORDS: World share of publications; EU-27; China; USA; Cross- over; Measurement; Scopus; Science citation index; SCIE; Thomson-Reuters KEYWORDS+: PERFORMANCE; INDICATORS; JOURNALS; SYSTEM; KOREA ABSTRACT: The new interface of the Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) enables users to retrieve sets larger than 100,000 documents in a single search. This makes it possible to compare publication trends for China, the USA, EU-27, and smaller countries with the data in the Scopus (Elsevier) database. China no longer grew exponentially during the 2000s, but linearly. Contrary to previous predictions on the basis of exponential growth, the cross-over of the lines for China and the USA is postponed to the next decade (after 2020) according to this data. These long extrapolations, however, should be used only as indicators and not as predictions. Uncertainty in trends can be specified using the coefficient of determination of the regression (R-2) and confidence intervals. Along with the dynamics in the publication trends, one also has to take into account the dynamics of the databases used for the measurement. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Leydesdorff, Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sch Commun Res ASCoR, Kloveniersburgwal 48, NL-1012 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citations: not all measures are equal (Letter, English) AUTHOR: Hooper, SL SOURCE: NATURE 483 (7387). MAR 1 2012. p.36 NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; LETTER* doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: SL Hooper, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citations: results differ by database (Letter, English) AUTHOR: Alcaraz, C; Morais, S SOURCE: NATURE 483 (7387). MAR 1 2012. p.36 NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; LETTER* doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: C Alcaraz, Inst Agrifood Res & Technol IRTA, San Carlos de la Rapita, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Eysenbach, G SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH 13 (4). OCT-DEC 2011. p.NIL_1-NIL_20 JOURNAL MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH, TORONTO SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; CITATION* item_title; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; blogging; periodicals as topic; peer- review; publishing; social media analytics; scientometrics; infodemiology; infometrics; reproducibility of results; medicine 2.0; power law; Twitter KEYWORDS+: 4 SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; PUBLIC-HEALTH; SEARCH; INFODEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; INDEX ABSTRACT: Background: Citations in peer-reviewed articles and the impact factor are generally accepted measures of scientific impact. Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter, blogs or social bookmarking tools provide the possibility to construct innovative article-level or journal-level metrics to gauge impact and influence. However, the relationship of the these new metrics to traditional metrics such as citations is not known. Objective: (1) To explore the feasibility of measuring social impact of and public attention to scholarly articles by analyzing buzz in social media, (2) to explore the dynamics, content, and timing of tweets relative to the publication of a scholarly article, and (3) to explore whether these metrics are sensitive and specific enough to predict highly cited articles. Methods: Between July 2008 and November 2011, all tweets containing links to articles in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) were mined. For a subset of 1573 tweets about 55 articles published between issues 3/2009 and 2/2010, different metrics of social media impact were calculated and compared against subsequent citation data from Scopus and Google Scholar 17 to 29 months later. A heuristic to predict the top- cited articles in each issue through tweet metrics was validated. Results: A total of 4208 tweets cited 286 distinct JMIR articles. The distribution of tweets over the first 30 days after article publication followed a power law (Zipf, Bradford, or Pareto distribution), with most tweets sent on the day when an article was published (1458/3318, 43.94% of all tweets in a 60-day period) or on the following day (528/3318, 15.9%), followed by a rapid decay. The Pearson correlations between tweetations and citations were moderate and statistically significant, with correlation coefficients ranging from .42 to .72 for the log- transformed Google Scholar citations, but were less clear for Scopus citations and rank correlations. A linear multivariate model with time and tweets as significant predictors (P < .001) could explain 27% of the variation of citations. Highly tweeted articles were 11 times more likely to be highly cited than less-tweeted articles (9/12 or 75% of highly tweeted article were highly cited, while only 3/43 or 7% of less-tweeted articles were highly cited; rate ratio 0.75/0.07 = 10.75, 95% confidence interval, 3.4-33.6). Top-cited articles can be predicted from top-tweeted articles with 93% specificity and 75% sensitivity. Conclusions: Tweets can predict highly cited articles within the first 3 days of article publication. Social media activity either increases citations or reflects the underlying qualities of the article that also predict citations, but the true use of these metrics is to measure the distinct concept of social impact. Social impact measures based on tweets are proposed to complement traditional citation metrics. The proposed twimpact factor may be a useful and timely metric to measure uptake of research findings and to filter research findings resonating with the public in real time. AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Eysenbach, Univ Hlth Network, Ctr Global eHlth Innovat, 190 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON M4L 3Y7, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliometric indicators for the analysis of the research performance of a multidisciplinary institution: the CSIC (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gonzalez-Albo, B; Moreno, L; Morillo, F; Bordons, M SOURCE: REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA 35 (1). 2012. p.9-37 CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, MADRID SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: Bibliometric indicators; Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); research evaluation; scientific areas; institutional assessment; Web of Science (WoS) KEYWORDS+: NATIONAL-RESEARCH-COUNCIL; RESEARCH COLLABORATION; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SOCIAL-SCIENCES; DATABASES; PRODUCTIVITY; UNIVERSITIES; HUMANITIES; SEARCH; POLICY ABSTRACT: An overview is provided of CSIC's research performance in the context of Spain, through a study of its scholarly production in the Web of Science database, complemented with ICYT and ISOC, during the period 2004-2009. The eight scientific and technical areas in which CSIC's centers are organised differ as to their national or international research orientation, their basic or applied nature, the degree of their collaboration and the size of their research teams; all of which influences each area's publication and citation practices as well as its WoS-based productivity. The specific features of the different areas must be thoroughly understood in order to expound on and interpret properly the results of studies dealing with research evaluation. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Gonzalez-Albo, CSIC, CCHS, IEDCYT, Madrid, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The study of politics in germany: a bibliometric analysis of subfields and methods (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Pehl, M SOURCE: EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE 11 (1). MAR 2012. p.54-70 PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD, BASINGSTOKE SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS: political science; Germany; Politische Vierteljahresschrift; Zeitschrift fur Politikwissenschaft KEYWORDS+: SCIENCE; JOURNALS ABSTRACT: In this article, we present an inventory of the published articles in two German political science journals: the Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS) and the Zeitschrift fur Politikwissenschaft (ZPol, formerly Jahrbuch fur Politik) from 1960 to 2003 and from 1994 to 2003, respectively. Our focus is on the methodological orientations of the articles and the coverage of thematic subfields of political science. The resulting analysis shows that until the 1990s, German political science (as presented in these journals) was mainly non-comparative, non- quantitative, theoretical and inward-oriented. For one of the two journals, this long-term trend has significantly changed since the 1990s. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Pehl, Coll Charleston, Dept Int Studies, 66 George St, Charleston, SC 29424 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: On first quartile journals which are not of highest impact Authors: Garcia, JA; Rodriguez-Sanchez, R; Fdez-Valdivia, J; Martinez-Baena, J Author Full Names: Garcia, J. A.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Rosa; Fdez-Valdivia, J.; Martinez-Baena, J. Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 90 (3):925-943; 10.1007/s11192-011-0534-3 MAR 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Publication analysis; Quartiles of ISI impact factor; Journal classification; Impact factor; SJR; Fuzzy clustering; Multivariate indicator space KeyWords Plus: FUZZY Abstract: Here we study the relationship between journal quartile rankings of ISI *impact factor* (at the 2010) and journal classification in four impact classes, i.e., highest impact, medium highest impact, medium lowest impact, and lowest impact journals in subject category computer science artificial intelligence. To this aim, we use fuzzy maximum likelihood estimation clustering in order to identify groups of journals sharing similar characteristics in a multivariate indicator space. The seven variables used in this analysis are: (1) Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR); (2) H-Index (H); (3) ISI *impact factor* (IF); (4) 5-Year *Impact Factor* (5IF); (5) Immediacy Index (II); (6) Eigenfactor Score (ES); and (7) Article Influence Score (AIS). The fuzzy clustering allows impact classes to overlap, thereby accommodating for uncertainty related to the confusion about the impact class attribution for a journal and vagueness in impact classes definition. This paper demonstrates the complex rel! ationship between quartiles of ISI *impact factor* and journal impact classes in the multivariate indicator space. And that several indicators should be used for a distinct analysis of structural changes at the score distribution of journals in a subject category. Here we propose it can be performed in a multivariate indicator space using a fuzzy classifier. Reprint Address: Garcia, JA (reprint author), Univ Granada, Dept Ciencias Computac & IA, CITIC UGR, E-18071 Granada, Spain Addresses: [Garcia, J. A.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Rosa; Fdez-Valdivia, J.; Martinez-Baena, J.] Univ Granada, Dept Ciencias Computac & IA, CITIC UGR, E-18071 Granada, Spain E-mail Address: jags at decsai.ugr.es Funding Acknowledgement: Spanish Board for Science and Technology (MICINN)[TIN2010-15157]; European FEDER Funding Text: This research was sponsored by the Spanish Board for Science and Technology (MICINN) under grant TIN2010-15157 cofinanced with European FEDER funds. Thanks are due to the reviewers for their constructive suggestions. Cited Reference Count: 29 Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0534-3 Subject Category: Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science ======================================================================= Title: Iranian *research* *output* in pediatrics: 1975-2007 Authors: Malekahmadi, MR; Moazen, B; Khoshdel, A; Rahimzadeh, F; Lankarani, MM Author Full Names: Malekahmadi, Mohammad Reza; Moazen, Babak; Khoshdel, AbolfazI; Rahimzadeh, Fereshteh; Lankarani, Maryam Moghani Source: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, 16 (12):1605-1611; DEC 2011 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Periodicals as Topic; Biomedical Research; Pediatrics; Bibliometrics; Journal Impact Factor; Iran KeyWords Plus: BIOMEDICAL-RESEARCH; IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENCE Abstract: BACKGROUND: By providing a picture from published articles in a field, bibliometric studies can inform policy-makers in their challenging research funding decisions. In this regard, we applied bibliometric analysis to the Iranian pediatrics articles published in PubMed indexed journals between 1975 and 2007. METHODS: We evaluated all pediatric articles that had been published from Iran in different PubMed indexed journals from 1975 to 2007. Journal data (i.e. date of publishing, journal name, *impact factor* of the journal, language), authors data (i.e. number of authors, international collaboration, affiliation of the corresponding author), and paper characteristics [i.e. type of article, research design, study population (neonate, infant, child, and adolescent), and specialty] were registered. RESULTS: During this period of time, 819 articles from Iran had been published in PubMed indexed journals, with a sharp increasing trend after 2002. Impact factors were up to 25.8. Paper had an international co-author in 13.7%. Regarding study population, 24.1% of studies were published on neonates, 23.6% on infants, and the remaining 66.3% of studies were performed on children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years old. Infectious disease was the most frequent area of research, followed by public health and metabolic disease. Original articles were the most frequent type (89.7%) of the published articles. Study design was cross-sectional in 51.2%, retrospective in 36.3%, and prospective in 11.6%. Clinical trials made up 4.8% of the total papers. CONCLUSIONS: Contribution of Iran in production of pediatrics science is showing a sharp increase after 2002, this pattern is in parallel with other research fields. Reprint Address: Malekahmadi, MR (reprint author), Shahrekord Univ Med Sci, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Shahrekord, Iran Addresses: [Malekahmadi, Mohammad Reza; Khoshdel, AbolfazI] Shahrekord Univ Med Sci, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Shahrekord, Iran [Rahimzadeh, Fereshteh] Kashan Univ Med Sci, Kashan, Iran [Lankarani, Maryam Moghani] Med & Hlth Promot Inst, Tehran, Iran Univ Michigan, Dept Hlth Behav & Hlth Educ, Sch Publ Hlth, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA E-mail Address: cru-common at yahoo.com Funding Acknowledgement: Medicine and Health Promotion Institute, Tehran, Iran Funding Text: This paper is the result of a study funded by Medicine and Health Promotion Institute, Tehran, Iran. Universal Network for Health Information Dissemination and Exchange (UNHIDE) has provided assistance in manuscript preparation for the corresponding author. 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Message-ID: Just a reminder that the paper call for the Oxford Conference on Big Data (Sept 2012) closes this week (posters still have another month)... Best wishes, David ** Call for papers ** ** Internet, Politics, Policy 2012: Big Data, Big Challenges? ** ** 20-21 September 2012, University of Oxford ** ** http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/ipp2012 ** ** Rationale ** Recent years have seen an increasing buzz around how 'Big Data' can uncover patterns of human behaviour and help predict social trends. Most social activities today leave digital imprints that can be collected and stored in the form of large datasets of transactional data. These data are already being used to prevent epidemics or combat fraud and crime, but the research potential of these data is still underexploited. The impact of Big Data goes beyond academic research: the behavioural insights gained from transactional information can also be used to drive evidence-based policy making and 'nudge' political behaviour. However, the technical skills necessary to analyse large datasets often prevent social scientists from exploiting its potential. Much detail is also lost in the analysis of Big Data, which emphasises aggregated patterns over mechanisms operating at the individual level and lacks the demographic information of survey data, for example. This conference calls for papers that explore the new research frontiers opened up by Big Data as well as its limitations. We are looking for research that uses large datasets to inform old debates in political science, and papers that develop innovative methodological tools (from experiments, to crowd-sourcing, to online ethnography) to overcome the omissions of big datasets. The Internet, Politics, Policy 2012 conference aims to serve as a forum to encourage discussion across disciplinary boundaries on how to exploit Big Data to inform policy debates and advance social science research. ** Programme ** The conference aims to attract papers from a range of disciplines analysing Big Data or developing approaches that dig into the mechanisms that large datasets do not consider. Panels will be organised in twin tracks: - Papers in the Politics track will explore the insights that large datasets and complementary methodological tools offer in the analysis of political behaviour, including - but not limited to - mobilisations, collective action, or public opinion formation; - Papers in the Policy track will look at how behavioural insights gained from Big Data analysis, and from experiments in online settings, can inform policy debates and shape policy making, including e-health, on-line education, cybercrime, security and privacy. These two areas are intertwined, and will be merged in plenary sessions, investigating the intersection of policy and politics in the Big Data era. ** Keynotes ** - Duncan Watts, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research - Second keynote pending confirmation ** Submissions ** We welcome papers reporting on innovative research exploiting large datasets or applying novel methodological tools aimed to overcome the limitations of Big Data. We particularly welcome papers that report empirical results and employ analytical approaches that would not have been possible without access to digital information. Perspectives from any academic discipline are welcomed, particularly: political science, economics, law, sociology, information science, communications, philosophy, computer science, psychology, management, geography and medicine. Paper proposals: Proposals should include a title and a 1000 word abstract specifying the research question, describing the methods and data used, and summarising the main findings. Abstracts will be peer reviewed, and the authors of accepted proposals are expected to submit full papers prior to the conference. Paper submissions will be considered for a Best Paper Award of 300 GBP (sponsored by the journal Policy and Internet). The prize will be awarded at the closing session of the conference. As the paper is intended to be published in a future issue of the journal, authors should indicate whether they would like their paper to be considered for the prize. Poster proposals: Posters should summarise in a visually engaging manner the purpose, methods and results of an original piece of research. All accepted submissions will be considered for a Best Poster Award of 300 GBP (sponsored by Google). The prize will be awarded at the closing session of the conference. Paper and poster proposals should be submitted using the online form at http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/ipp2012/submissions Travel Bursaries: We will support a limited number of competitive bursaries to contribute to the cost of attendance for doctoral students and recent postdocs (doctorate finished 2011). Preference will be given to paper or poster presenters. Please indicate in your submission if you would like to be considered for such a bursary. ** Deadlines ** Abstract deadline: 15 March 2012 Decision on abstracts: 15 April 2012 Poster deadline: 15 April 2012 Decision on posters: 15 May 2012 Full paper submission: 15 August 2012 Conference correspondence can be sent to: ipp2012 at oii.ox.ac.uk Best wishes, Internet, Politics, Policy 2010 http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/ipp2012 Contact: ipp2012 at oii.ox.ac.uk Twitter: #ipp2012 Professor Helen Margetts (Oxford Internet Institute) Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon (Oxford Internet Institute) David Sutcliffe (Oxford Internet Institute) From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Wed Mar 14 11:25:06 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:25:06 +0000 Subject: Papers of Interest to SIG-Metrics Listserv Readers Message-ID: TITLE: Journal impact factor or intellectual influence? A content analysis of citation use in Communication Monographs and Human Communication Research (2007-2009) (Article, English) AUTHOR: Beatty, MJ; Feeley, TH; Dodd, MD SOURCE: PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW 38 (1). MAR 2012. p.174-176 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43:628 1992; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; JOURNAL item_title; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E ANN INTERN MED 105:313 1986; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999 KEYWORDS: Journal impact factor; Conceptual influence; Methodological influence; Utility citations; Author self- citations ABSTRACT: Journal impact factors typically rely on the number of citations to a journal as well as the number of citable items published in the journal during specific time parameters. If journal impact factors accurately differentiate journals along a quality continuum, journals with higher impact factors should be referenced more often than journals with lower impact factors as sources of influence on scholars' conceptual and methodological approaches to inquiry. To investigate this claim, a sample consisting of all twelve issues of Human Communication Research (HCR) and Communication Monographs (CM) published from 2007 through 2009 were content analyzed and every citation to either journal in the articles appearing in HCR and CM was coded. Results indicated that, despite higher impact factors for HCR, there were not more citations to HCR than CM as sources of conceptual or methodological influence appearing in articles appearing in HCR or CM. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MJ Beatty, Univ Miami, Sch Commun, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An overview and analysis of journal operations, journal publication patterns, and journal impact in school psychology and related fields (Article, English) AUTHOR: Floyd, RG; Cooley, KM; Arnett, JE; Fagan, TK; Mercer, SH; Hingle, C SOURCE: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 49 (6 SP ISS). DEC 2011. p.617-647 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; JOURNAL item_title; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999; ACAD* PSY* rwork; J SCHOOL PSYCHOL source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS: Peer-review; Journal editors; Impact factor; School psychology journals KEYWORDS+: QUALITY; EDITORS; ASSOCIATION; MANUSCRIPT; ARTICLES; CRITERIA; INDEXES; TRENDS ABSTRACT: This article describes the results of three studies designed to understand better the journal operations, publishing practices, and impact of school psychology journals in recent years. The first study presents the results of a survey focusing on journal operations and peer-review practices that was completed by 61 journal editors of school psychology and aligned journals. The second study presents the results of review and classification of all articles appearing in one volume year for nine school psychology journals (i.e., The California School Psychologist, Canadian Journal of School Psychology, Journal of Applied School Psychology, Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, School Psychology Forum, School Psychology International, School Psychology Quarterly, and School Psychology Review). The third study employed multilevel modeling to investigate differences in the longitudinal trends of impact factor data for five school psychology journals listed in the Web of Science (i.e., Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, School Psychology International, School Psychology Quarterly, and School Psychology Review). The article addresses implications for authors, editors, and journal editorial teams as well as the status and impact of school psychology journals. (C) 2011 Society for the Study of School Psychology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RG Floyd, Univ Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Journal article citation classics in school psychology: Analysis of the most cited articles in five school psychology journals (Article, English) AUTHOR: Price, KW; Floyd, RG; Fagan, TK; Smithson, K SOURCE: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 49 (6 SP ISS). DEC 2011. p.649-667 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; J SCHOOL PSYCHOL KEYWORDS: Publishing in psychology; Citations; School psychology; Peer-reviewed journals KEYWORDS+: DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED INTERVENTIONS; CURRICULUM-BASED MEASUREMENT; TEACHER- CHILD RELATIONSHIPS; GENERAL-EDUCATION SETTINGS; SOCIAL- SKILLS; BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; PREREFERRAL INTERVENTIONS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the top 100 most highly cited articles of all time as well as the 25 most highly cited articles of the last decade from within 5 school psychology journals: Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, School Psychology International, School Psychology Quarterly, and School Psychology Review. The Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science database was utilized to identify citation counts for each article appearing in these journals. Coding schemes were used to identify article type and content area. The top 10 most highly cited articles of all time as well as the top 10 most highly cited articles of the past decade are detailed, and general patterns found across these articles are discussed. Implications for reviewing manuscripts that are likely to become highly cited articles and for authoring a highly cited article are offered. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Society for the Study of School Psychology. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KW Price, Univ Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Country Comparisons of Human Stroke Research Since 2001 A Bibliometric Study (Article, English) AUTHOR: Asplund, K; Eriksson, M; Persson, O SOURCE: STROKE 43 (3). MAR 2012. p.830-NIL_371 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PHILADELPHIA SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; BIBLIOMETR* item_title; STROKE source_abbrev_20; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006 KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; h-index; scientific production; stroke KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNALS; SCIENCE; DECLINE ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose-This is the first bibliometric comparison between countries of the development of stroke research over time. Methods-Clinical and epidemiological articles on stroke published 2001 to mid-2011 were identified in Science Citation Index Expanded. Article fractions, citation fractions, h-index, and international collaboration were calculated using the BibExcel software and adjusted for population size and gross domestic product. Results-The United States dominated with 28.7% of the sum of article fractions and 36.2% of the sum of citation fractions. The United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany together accounted for 52.1% of articles and 61.0% of citations. When adjusted for population size or gross domestic product, several small European countries, together with Israel and Taiwan, ranked the highest. Per population, there was a negative association (r=0.60) between burden of stroke (disability- adjusted life-years lost) and number of articles per population. In China, South Korea, and Singapore, the annual growth of stroke articles was more than twice the worldwide average. Whereas multinational collaboration was common within Europe and North America, it was relatively uncommon between Asian countries. Conclusions-The Big 4 in scientific literature on stroke, as to both number of articles and citations, are the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Many small European countries have, in relation to their size, a high scientific production. Several countries with rapidly expanding economies have very fast growth of scientific production on stroke. Our results emphasize the need for stroke research in countries with a high population burden of stroke and they highlight the role of multinational collaboration. (Stroke. 2012;43:830-837.) AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Asplund, Umea Univ, Dept Publ Hlth & Clin Med, Dept Stat, S-90185 Umea, Sweden -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From katy at INDIANA.EDU Thu Mar 15 06:55:19 2012 From: katy at INDIANA.EDU (Katy Borner) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:55:19 -0400 Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?=93Sci2_?= Tool: A Tool for Science of Science Research and Practice" Tutorial on April 13, 2012 at OECD in Paris, France. In-Reply-To: <4E71693F.1000309@indiana.edu> Message-ID: Dear all, several of you expressed interest in attending a ?Sci2 Tool: A Tool for Science of Science Research and Practice" Tutorial in Europe. Please find below the invitation to join us on April 13, 2012 at OECD in Paris, France. Registration via http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NPLF97Q is mandatory but free. Best regards from Leiden, k ............................................................................................................................................ *?Sci2 Tool: A Tool for Science of Science Research and Practice" Tutorial * *Instructor:*Dr. Katy B?rner, Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science, Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (http://cns.iu.edu ), SLIS, Indiana University *Time/Date: *10:30am-12:30pm and 1:30-3:30pm on Friday April 13, 2012** *Place: *OECD CC Auditorium, OECD, 2 rue Andr? Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France. www.oecd.org/conferencecentre *Format:*Lecture and ?hands-on? training. Please bring your laptop. *Audience:*This tutorial is designed for researchers, practitioners, program staff from federal agencies interested to use advanced data mining algorithms and visualizations in their daily work. They will use the Science of Science (Sci2) tool to run temporal, geospatial, topical, and network analysis and visualization workflows designed to increase our understanding of science and technology developments. *Cost: * Free. Registration via http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NPLF97Q required by April 6, 2012. Please contact Samantha Hale (sjhale at indiana.edu ) if you do receive a confirmation and tutorial details by April 10, 2012. *Abstract: *The Science of Science Tool (Sci^2 ) (http://sci2.cns.iu.edu ) was designed for researchers and practitioners interested to study and understand the structure and dynamics of science. Today, it is used by major federal agencies in the U.S. including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration but also by researchers from more than 40 countries and from many different areas of research. Sci2 is a standalone desktop application that installs and runs on Windows, Linux x86 and Mac OSX and supports: * Reading and writing of 20 major file formats (e.g., ISI, Scopus, bibtex, nsf, EndNote, CSV, Pajek .net, XGMML, GraphML), * Easy access to more than 180 algorithms for the temporal, geospatial, topical, and network analysis and visualization of scholarly datasets at the micro (individual), meso (local), and macro (global) levels, and * Professional visualization of analysis results by means of large-format charts and maps. The first hour of the tutorial provides a basic introduction of the tool. Remaining time will be spent discussing sample workflows featured in the Sci2 Tutorial at (http://sci2.wiki.cns.iu.edu) and new functionality such as the Yahoo! geocoder, network clustering and backbone identification algorithms, and the analysis and visualization of evolving networks. *Reference: *B?rner, Katy. (2010). /Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know./ The MIT Press. (http://scimaps.org/atlas) *Agenda:* 10:30am Welcome and Overview of Tutorial and Attendees 10:45am Plug-and-Play Macroscopes, OSGi/CIShell Powered Tools 11:00am Sci2 Tool Basics Download and run the Sci2 Tool Load, analyze, and visualize family and business networks Studying four major network science researchers - Load and clean a dataset; process raw data into networks - Find basic statistics and run various algorithms over the network - Visualize the network using different layouts /12:30pm Lunch Break/ 1:30pm Sci2 Tool Novel Functionality - Yahoo! geocoder - Evolving collaboration networks - R-Bridge 3:00pm Outlook and Q&A /3:30pm Adjourn / // *KATY B?RNER*is the Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science at the School of Library and Information Science, Adjunct Professor at the School of Informatics and Computing, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences, Core Faculty of Cognitive Science, Research Affiliate of the Biocomplexity Institute, Fellow of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology, Member of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, and Founding Director of the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (http://cns.iu.edu) at Indiana University.She is a curator of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit (http://scimaps.org). Her research focuses on the development of data analysis and visualization techniques for information access, understanding, and management. She is particularly interested in the study of the structure and evolution of scientific disciplines; the analysis and visualization of online activity; and the development of cyberinfrastructures for large scale scientific collaboration and computation.She is the co-editor of the Springer books ?Visual Interfaces to Digital Libraries? (2003) and ?Modeling Science Dynamics? (2012) and of a special issue of PNAS on ?Mapping Knowledge Domains? (2004).Her book ?Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know? by MIT Press was published in 2010. She holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology in Leipzig, 1991 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Kaiserslautern, 1997. Her home page is at http://info.slis.indiana.edu/~katy . -- Katy Borner Victor H. 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The results of this survey can be used to supplement impact factors that are often used to compare the quality of journals in a field. Knowing which journals those in the field rank as top tier is advantageous in academic environments that require researchers to publish often and for greatest impact. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MH Towns, Purdue Univ, Dept Chem, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Exploiting Web Querying for Web People Search (Article, English) AUTHOR: Nuray-Turan, R; Kalashnikov, DV; Mehrotra, S SOURCE: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON DATABASE SYSTEMS 37 (1). FEB 2012. p.NIL_235-NIL_275 ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Algorithms; Design; Experimentation; Performance; Theory; Web people search; WePS; entity resolution; automated Web querying; skyline-based classifier ABSTRACT: Searching for people on the Web is one of the most common query types submitted to Web search engines today. However, when a person name is queried, the returned Webpages often contain documents related to several distinct namesakes who have the queried name. The task of disambiguating and finding the Webpages related to the specific person of interest is left to the user. Many Web People Search (WePS) approaches have been developed recently that attempt to automate this disambiguation process. Nevertheless, the disambiguation quality of these techniques leaves major room for improvement. In this article, we present a new WePS approach. It is based on issuing additional auxiliary queries to the Web to gain additional knowledge about the Webpages that need to be disambiguated. Thus, the approach uses the Web as an external data source by issuing queries to collect co-occurrence statistics. These statistics are used to assess the overlap of the contextual entities extracted from the Webpages. The article also proposes a methodology to make this Web querying technique efficient. Further, the article proposes an approach that is capable of combining various types of disambiguating information, including other common types of similarities, by applying a correlation clustering approach with after-clustering of singleton clusters. These properties allow the framework to get an advantage in terms of result quality over other state-of-the-art WePS techniques. AUTHOR ADDRESS: DV Kalashnikov, Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: 'They Eat Potatoes, I Eat Rice': Symbolic Boundary Making and Space in Neighbour Relations (Article, English) AUTHOR: van Eijk, G SOURCE: SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE 16 (4). DEC 2 2011. p.NIL_27-NIL_38 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: Boundary Making; Intergroup Contact; Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhoods; Neighbouring; Setting; Space; Symbolic Boundaries KEYWORDS+: INTERGROUP CONTACT; SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGY; PROXIMITY; COMMUNITY; DUTCH ABSTRACT: This article examines 'neighbouring' as the setting in which cross-category relations develop and symbolic boundaries are constructed. The study is based on thirty in-depth interviews with residents living in a multi-ethnic and a mono-ethnic neighbourhood in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The findings challenge the hoped-for outcomes of social mixing in neighbourhoods, as well as the view that boundary making is something inherent to multi-ethnic neighbourhoods only. Neighbour relations are often setting-specific (relations are interchangeable, scripted and bounded, and passively maintained), which is relevant for understanding the spatiality of neighbouring and the limited exchange of personal information between neighbours. Because neighbouring involves the balancing of personal privacy and close spatial proximity, the exchange of personal information is limited, while spatial proximity ensures easy access to observable (through seeing, hearing and smelling) categorical markers that signify class, ethnicity, lifestyle, etc. In this way, neighbour interaction reconstructs symbolic boundaries rather than breaking them down. AUTHOR ADDRESS: G van Eijk, Leiden Univ, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Consumer Culture and the 2011 'Riots' (Article, English) AUTHOR: Moxon, D SOURCE: SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE 16 (4). DEC 2 2011. p.NIL_194-NIL_198 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: Consumer Culture; Consumerism; Riots ABSTRACT: This paper argues that in order to be properly comprehended, the 'riots' of August 2011 must be located in the context of an increasingly consumerist society. The suggestion is that the riots represented conformity to the underlying values of a consumerist society, if, momentarily, not its norms. To make this case, the riots are divided into three constituent 'moments'; the initial, the acquisitive and the nihilistic. Themes and ideas from the literature on consumer culture and crime are applied to the latter two. AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Moxon, Sheffield Hallam Univ, Sheffield S1 1WB, S Yorkshire, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A Note on the ITS Topic Evolution in the Period 2000-2009 at T-ITS (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cobo, MJ; Lopez-Herrera, AG; Herrera, F; Herrera-Viedma, E SOURCE: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 13 (1). MAR 2012. p.413-420 IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, PISCATAWAY SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; CURRENT CONTENTS* rwork; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973 KEYWORDS: H-index; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); knowledge visualization; science mapping analysis KEYWORDS+: CO-WORD ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; NETWORKS ABSTRACT: In this paper, we extend the study of the intelligent transportation system (ITS) topic evolution presented by Li et al. To do so, we apply an approach that combines both H-index-based performance analysis and science mapping to detect, visualize, and evaluate conceptual ITS themes and ITS thematic areas published by the journal IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS during the decade (2000-2009). The primary consequence of this is the detection of three important thematic areas: COMPUTER-VISION and TRAFFIC-FLOW, which are related to research in ITS applied to vehicles, and AIRCRAFT-TRAFFIC, which is related to research in ITS applied to aircraft/airport. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MJ Cobo, Univ Granada, Res Ctr Informat & Commun Technol, E-18071 Granada, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Facets of serendipity in everyday chance encounters: a grounded theory approach to blog analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Rubin, VL; Burkell, J; Quan-Haase, A SOURCE: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 16 (3). SEP 2011. p.NIL_26-NIL_55 UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, SHEFFIELD SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: INCIDENTAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; SEEKING; CREATIVITY ABSTRACT: Introduction. This paper explores serendipity in the context of everyday life by analyzing naturally occurring accounts of chance encounters in blogs. Method. We constructed forty-four queries related to accidental encounters to retrieve accounts from GoogleBlog. From among the returned results, we selected fifty-six accounts that provided a rich description including a mention of an accidental find and a fortuitous outcome. Analysis. We employed grounded theory to identify facets of serendipity and to explore their inter-connections. Results. Based on the literature and the data analysis, we developed a model in which the find brings together all the facets of the serendipitous encounter. A person with a prepared mind (Facet A) realises the relevance of the find in the act of noticing (Facet B). The find is what people encounter by chance (Facet C) and what leads to a fortuitous outcome (Facet D). The find is the essence of the re-telling of the story, which involves reframing the encounter with the find as serendipitous. Conclusions. Understanding everyday serendipity will allow for the effective support of serendipity in information technology. Our results suggest information systems should focus on enhancing the facets of noticing and prepared mind. AUTHOR ADDRESS: VL Rubin, Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Emotional reactions to incidental exposure to online news (Article, English) AUTHOR: Yadamsuren, B; Heinstrom, J SOURCE: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 16 (3). SEP 2011. p.NIL_57-NIL_81 UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, SHEFFIELD SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MEDIA COVERAGE; STUDENTS; GRATIFICATIONS; ACQUISITION; PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENT; RESPONSES; INTERNET; CONTEXT ABSTRACT: Introduction. Little research has been done on how emotional reactions to news affect online news-reading behaviour, including incidental exposure to online news. Method. The study used a mixed method design, which consisted of two phases: a Web survey with 148 participants and second, qualitative phase, in which twenty respondents were interviewed using critical incident, explication interview, and think-aloud techniques. Analysis. Qualitative data from the interviews were fully transcribed. All transcripts were analysed with the QSR NVivo 8.0 qualitative data analysis package. Results. Findings of the study indicate that respondents' emotional reaction to incidental exposure to online news could be divided into two categories: reactions related to the incidental way the news item had been encountered and reactions related to the content of the news. The patterns found in emotional reactions to the incidental exposure to online news largely corresponded to those related to habitual news reading. People may react differently to news dependent on whether the news item has been retrieved incidentally or during habitual news reading. Conclusions. A better understanding of the role of emotional reactions to news and incidental exposure to online news could ultimately help guide development of new business models of online media markets and design better systems for online news delivery. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Yadamsuren, Univ Missouri, Sch Informat Sci & Learning Technol, Columbia, MO 65203 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Motifs: dominant interaction patterns in event structures of serendipity (Article, English) AUTHOR: McBirnie, A; Urquhart, C SOURCE: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 16 (3). SEP 2011. p.NIL_107-NIL_128 UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, SHEFFIELD SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: COMPLEX NETWORKS; CREATIVITY ABSTRACT: Introduction. This paper reports on research aimed at detecting motifs that take the form of interaction patterns found in event structures of serendipity. A motif is a frequently recurring theme, pattern or idea that appears within the bounds of a larger structure. Method. Fifty narratives recounting experiences of serendipity in research were analysed from an event-based perspective and described as networks of phenomenological event structures. Analysis. Motif detection is a form of statistical comparison that relies on the algorithmic generation of formal random network models. The Fast Network Motif Detection (FANMOD) software was employed to detect size 3 motifs containing ego occurring within the serendipity networks. Results. Four dominant motifs were detected: the exchange motif, the solo motif, the collaboration motif, and the chain motif. Each motif displayed distinct interaction and attribute patterning. Conclusions. The motif findings provide theoretical justification for the concept of normative interaction patterns in serendipity and support ideas relating to the importance of people and information in serendipity. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A McBirnie, Aberystwyth Univ, Dept Informat Studies, Aberystwyth SY23 3AS, Dyfed, Wales -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A user-centred mobile diary study approach to understanding serendipity in information research (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sun, X; Sharples, S; Makri, S SOURCE: INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL 16 (3). SEP 2011. p.NIL_129-NIL_156 UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES, SHEFFIELD SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: DIGITAL LIBRARY; SEEKING ABSTRACT: Introduction. While serendipity is gaining increasing attention in the context of information research these years, there is a lack of empirical evidence to demonstrate the nature of serendipity in literature. Method. We conducted a diary study with eleven participations to understand serendipity in information research. A mobile diary application was developed which allows participants to rapidly capture how serendipity happens in their daily life and the context in which they experience serendipity for one week. Their diary entries were discussed during post-study interviews. Analysis. An Emergent Themes Analysis was conducted to understand our data. Results. We identified: 1) some key elements to support understanding of serendipity, 2) the influential role of context in serendipitous experiences, 3) a framework of understanding how serendipity happens and 4) the positive impacts of serendipity in people's information research. Conclusions. Our research suggests that a framework for classifying serendipity should consider aspects associated with the activity, the value of the information, the source of the information and the interaction between the individual and the context. AUTHOR ADDRESS: X Sun, Univ Nottingham, Human Factors Res Grp, Dept Mech Mat & Mfg Engn, Fac Engn, Univ Pk, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cumulative Innovation and Market Value: Evidence from Patent Citations* (Article, English) AUTHOR: Belenzon, S SOURCE: ECONOMIC JOURNAL 122 (559). MAR 2012. p.265-285 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN KEYWORDS+: INTERNAL CAPITAL-MARKETS; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENTIAL INNOVATION; GROWTH; FIRMS; COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE; INDUSTRY ABSTRACT: If innovations are rapidly made obsolete by subsequent discoveries, firms may have lower ex ante incentives to invest in R&D. This article empirically demonstrates the relevance of this problem and shows that it might be mitigated if the inventing firm reabsorbs its spilled knowledge in its later inventions. Using new data on sequences of patent citations, I estimate the relationship between a firm's stock market value and the citations it receives. Citations on which the firm builds in a future period are positively related to market value, whereas citations on which the firm does not build are negatively related to value. AUTHOR ADDRESS: S Belenzon, Duke Univ, Fuqua Sch Business, 100 Fuqua Dr, Durham, NC 27708 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 902PQ 00010) ISSN: 0013-0133 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Collaborative Partnerships and Crime in Disorganized Communities (Article, English) AUTHOR: Choi, CG; Choi, SO SOURCE: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 72 (2). MAR-APR 2012. p.NIL_13-NIL_24 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: HOMICIDE RATES; ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL- DISORGANIZATION; COLLECTIVE EFFICACY; PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; VIOLENT CRIME; INEQUALITY; NEIGHBORHOODS; DELINQUENCY; GOVERNANCE ABSTRACT: Collaborative partnerships can be an effective strategy for crime prevention, especially in disorganized communities. Using ordinary least squares regression with 414 American cities, this article finds that police departments with many collaborative partnerships are able to promote informal social control within their communities and capitalize on the resources available to them with the help of other groups. This contention is supported by the effects of collaborative partnerships on crime rates in disorganized communities in comparison to well-organized communities. Thus, collaborative partnerships of public organizations with other groups may insulate disorganized communities from the effects of community disorganization on levels of crime. AUTHOR ADDRESS: SO Choi, Korea Univ, Dept Publ Adm, Seoul, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Hand and wrist research productivity in journals with high impact factors: a 20 year analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ahn, CS; Li, RJ; Ahn, BS; Kuo, P; Bryant, J; Day, CS SOURCE: JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-EUROPEAN VOLUME 37E (3). MAR 2012. p.275-283 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; JOURNALS item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Bibliometric study; hand research; level of evidence trends; research productivity; wrist research KEYWORDS+: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL TRENDS ABSTRACT: Bibliometric analyses, which study trends in research productivity, have not previously been applied to hand and wrist research. This study analyses temporal and geographic trends in hand and wrist research from 1988 to 2007. Original research articles were collected from seven English language journals selected on the basis of impact factor. Research production and quality (level of evidence) were determined by country and global region. Linear regression analysis was used to investigate trends. No significant increase in research volume was observed, but journal impact factors have risen significantly since 1988. Western Europe contributed significantly more high-quality (Level I and II) studies than the United States. Research contributions show a geographical distribution concentrated in the US and Western Europe, but considerable changes in this distribution have occurred. From 1988 to 2007, there was a relative increase in research production from Europe, Latin America and Asia, and a relative decline from the US. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CS Day, Harvard Univ, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Sch Med, Dept Orthoped Surg, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliometric indicators in information science: analysis of the most productive researchers about metric studies in the Scopus basis (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: de Oliveira, EFT; Gracio, MCC SOURCE: PERSPECTIVAS EM CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO 16 (4). OCT-DEC 2011. p.16-28 ESCOLA CIENCIA INFORM UFMG, BELO HORIZONTE MG SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: Metric studies; Bibliometric indicators; Scientific production; Citation indicators; Index h ABSTRACT: This research aims at analyzing the indicators of impact and relevance - total of published articles, average of citations, total number of citations and index h of the most productive researchers in the "Metric Studies" field, within periods of the Scopus base by means of a correlation study, determining the best equation of regression of index h due to the total of citations, as well as to all other indicators under analysis. As research procedure, we used the search terms "bibliometr* OR scientometr* OR infometr* OR webometr* OR informetr* OR webmemetr* OR paentometr*", obtaining 36 researchers as the most productive ones. For each indicator, the following descriptive statistics were calculated: maximum, minimum, average, standard deviation and coefficient of variation. The coefficient of correlation of Pearson was calculated and adjusted to the equation of regression of index h due to the total of citations. The equation of multiple regression was identified, from index h due to the other indicators. Concluding, we highlight the need for a matching of such indicators to broadly describe a researcher's multifaceted profile, seeing the complementarity of information provided by the indicators of productivity and impact, from distinctive nature. AUTHOR ADDRESS: EFT de Oliveira, Univ Estadual Paulista Marilia, Dept Ciencia Informacao, Mariia, SP, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: What is the impact factor, anyway? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: McKerahan, TL; Carmichael, SW SOURCE: CLINICAL ANATOMY 25 (3). APR 2012. p.283 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype ? AUTHOR ADDRESS: TL McKerahan, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact factor as a metric to assess journals where OM research is published (Article, English) AUTHOR: Stonebraker, JS; Gil, E; Kirkwood, CW; Handfield, RB SOURCE: JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 30 (1-2). JAN 2012. p.24-43 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; JOURNALS item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Operations management; Production operations management; Impact factor; Citation analysis; Journal ranking KEYWORDS+: MANAGEMENT-RELATED JOURNALS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS JOURNALS; CITATION; INDEX; PROFESSORS; LIBRARIES; RANKINGS; QUALITY; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: This paper investigates impact factor as a metric for ranking the quality of journal outlets for operations management (OM) research. We review all prior studies that assessed journal outlets for OM research and compare all previous OM journal quality rankings to rankings based on impact factors. We find that rankings based on impact factors that use data from different time periods are highly correlated and provide similar rankings of journals using either two-year or five- year assessment periods, either with or without self-citations. However, some individual journals have large rank changes using different impact factor specifications. We also find that OM journal rankings based on impact factors are only moderately correlated with journal quality rankings previously determined using other methods, and the agreement among these other methods in ranking the quality of OM journals is relatively modest. Thus, impact factor rankings alone are not a replacement for the assessment methods used in previous studies, but rather they evaluate OM journals from another perspective. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JS Stonebraker, N Carolina State Univ, Dept Business Management, Coll Management, Campus Box 7229, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA - From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Mar 20 13:53:11 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:53:11 +0000 Subject: Predictive Effects of Structural Variation on Citation by ChaoMei Chen of Drexel Univ. Message-ID: TITLE: Predictive Effects of Structural Variation on Citation Counts (Article, English) AUTHOR: Chen, CM SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.431-449 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN Email address: chaomei.chen at cis.drexel.edu SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968; GARFIELD E rauth; KEYWORDS+: UNDISCOVERED PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; NETWORKS; SCIENCE; FORESIGHT; ARTICLES; PERSPECTIVE; TECHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; DYNAMICS; PATTERNS ABSTRACT: A critical part of a scientific activity is to discern how a new idea is related to what we know and what may become possible. As the number of new scientific publications arrives at a rate that rapidly outpaces our capacity of reading, analyzing, and synthesizing scientific knowledge, we need to augment ourselves with information that can effectively guide us through the rapidly growing intellectual space. In this article, we address a fundamental issue concerning what kinds of information may serve as early signs of potentially valuable ideas. In particular, we are interested in information that is routinely available and derivable upon the publication of a scientific paper without assuming the availability of additional information such as its usage and citations. We propose a theoretical and computational model that predicts the potential of a scientific publication in terms of the degree to which it alters the intellectual structure of the state of the art. The structural variation approach focuses on the novel boundary-spanning connections introduced by a new article to the intellectual space. We validate the role of boundary-spanning in predicting future citations using three metrics of structural variation-namely, modularity change rate, cluster linkage, and Centrality Divergence-along with more commonly studied predictors of citations such as the number of coauthors, the number of cited references, and the number of pages. Main effects of these factors are estimated for five cases using zero-inflated negative binomial regression models of citation counts. Key findings indicate that (a) structural variations measured by cluster linkage are a better predictor of citation counts than are the more commonly studied variables such as the number of references cited, (b) the number of coauthors and the number of references are both good predictors of global citation counts to a lesser extent, and (c) the Centrality Divergence metric is potentially valuable for detecting boundary-spanning activities at interdisciplinary levels. The structural variation approach offers a new way to monitor and discern the potential of newly published papers in context. The boundary-spanning mechanism offers a conceptually simplified and unifying explanation of the roles played by commonly studied extrinsic properties of a publication in the study of citation behavior. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Chen, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Mar 20 14:50:28 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:50:28 +0000 Subject: papers of potential interest to SIG Metrics readers Message-ID: ========================== Start of Data ========================= TITLE: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF THE TOHOKU MATHEMATICAL JOURNAL (Article, English) AUTHOR: Oda, T SOURCE: TOHOKU MATHEMATICAL JOURNAL 63 (4 SP ISS). DEC 2011. p.461-470 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SENDAI SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNAL item_title AUTHOR ADDRESS: T Oda, Tohoku Univ, Math Inst, Sendai, Miyagi 9808578, Japan--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliographic analysis of papers and authors published in Tobacco Control 1998-September 2011 (Review, English) AUTHOR: Chapman, S; Derrick, G SOURCE: TOBACCO CONTROL 21 (2). MAR 2012. p.198-201 B M J PUBLISHING GROUP, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title KEYWORDS+: HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ABSTRACT: In the present work, the top 20 cited papers published in Tobacco Control between 1998 and 15 September 2011, the top 10 cited papers published after 2008 and the 50 authors whose papers have been most cited in the journal are reported. US authors dominated the most cited papers and the most cited authors, with Australian authors in second place. Papers on youth and secondhand smoke dominated the top 20 papers, although harm reduction and packaging papers appeared in the post 2008 leading cited papers. AUTHOR ADDRESS: S Chapman, Univ Sydney, Sch Publ Hlth, Edward Ford Bldg A27, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliographic analysis of papers and authors published in Tobacco Control 1998-September 2011 Invited commentary (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Al-Bedah, AM; Qureshi, NA SOURCE: TOBACCO CONTROL 21 (2). MAR 2012. p.201 B M J PUBLISHING GROUP, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: AM Al-Bedah, Arabian Ctr Tobacco Control, POB 25152, Riyadh 11466, Saudi Arabia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Predictive Effects of Structural Variation on Citation Counts (Article, English) AUTHOR: Chen, CM SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.431-449 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MERTON RK rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS+: UNDISCOVERED PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; NETWORKS; SCIENCE; FORESIGHT; ARTICLES; PERSPECTIVE; TECHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; DYNAMICS; PATTERNS ABSTRACT: A critical part of a scientific activity is to discern how a new idea is related to what we know and what may become possible. As the number of new scientific publications arrives at a rate that rapidly outpaces our capacity of reading, analyzing, and synthesizing scientific knowledge, we need to augment ourselves with information that can effectively guide us through the rapidly growing intellectual space. In this article, we address a fundamental issue concerning what kinds of information may serve as early signs of potentially valuable ideas. In particular, we are interested in information that is routinely available and derivable upon the publication of a scientific paper without assuming the availability of additional information such as its usage and citations. We propose a theoretical and computational model that predicts the potential of a scientific publication in terms of the degree to which it alters the intellectual structure of the state of the art. The structural variation approach focuses on the novel boundary-spanning connections introduced by a new article to the intellectual space. We validate the role of boundary-spanning in predicting future citations using three metrics of structural variation-namely, modularity change rate, cluster linkage, and Centrality Divergence-along with more commonly studied predictors of citations such as the number of coauthors, the number of cited references, and the number of pages. Main effects of these factors are estimated for five cases using zero-inflated negative binomial regression models of citation counts. Key findings indicate that (a) structural variations measured by cluster linkage are a better predictor of citation counts than are the more commonly studied variables such as the number of references cited, (b) the number of coauthors and the number of references are both good predictors of global citation counts to a lesser extent, and (c) the Centrality Divergence metric is potentially valuable for detecting boundary-spanning activities at interdisciplinary levels. The structural variation approach offers a new way to monitor and discern the potential of newly published papers in context. The boundary-spanning mechanism offers a conceptually simplified and unifying explanation of the roles played by commonly studied extrinsic properties of a publication in the study of citation behavior. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CM Chen, Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Biobibliometric Profiling: An Examination of Multifaceted Approaches to Scholarship (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sugimoto, CR; Cronin, B SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.450-468 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION-SCIENCE; CITATION ANALYSIS; MALE LIBRARIANS; GENDER; MEN; AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PERCEPTIONS; KNOWLEDGE ABSTRACT: We conducted a fine-grained prosopography of six distinguished information scientists to explore commonalities and differences in their approaches to scholarly production at different stages of their careers. Specifically, we gathered data on authors' genre preferences, rates and modes of scholarly production, and coauthorship patterns. We also explored the role played by gender and place in determining mentoring and collaboration practices across time. Our biobibliometric profiles of the sextet reveal the different shapes a scholar's career can take. We consider the implications of our findings for new entrants into the academic marketplace. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CR Sugimoto, Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, 1320 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation Flows in the Zones of Influence of Scientific Collaborations (Article, English) AUTHOR: Barrantes, BSL; Bote, VPG; Rodriguez, ZC; Anegon, FD SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.481-489 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN KEYWORDS+: AUTHORED PAPERS; COOPERATION; INDICATORS; ARTICLES; NETWORKS; QUALITY ABSTRACT: Domestic citation to papers from the same country and the greater citation impact of documents involving international collaboration are two phenomena that have been extensively studied and contrasted. Here, however, we show that it is not so much a national bias, but that papers have a greater impact on their immediate environments, an impact that is diluted as that environment grows. For this reason, the greatest biases are observed in countries with a limited production. Papers that involve international collaboration have a greater impact in general, on the one hand, because they have multiple "immediate environments," and on the other because of their greater quality or prestige. In short, one can say that science knows no frontiers. Certainly there is a greater impact on the authors' immediate environment, but this does not necessarily have to coincide with their national environments, which fade in importance as the collaborative environment expands. AUTHOR ADDRESS: BSL Barrantes, Univ Extremadura, Dept Informac & Comunicac, Grp Scimago, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation Characterization and Impact Normalization in Bioinformatics Journals (Article, English) AUTHOR: Huang, H; Andrews, J; Tang, J SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.490-497 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 7:391 1985; JOURNALS item_title; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; GARFIELD E CROAT MED J 41:368 2000; PUDOVKIN AI P ASIST ANNU 41:507 2004 KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; RELATIVE INDICATORS; SCIENCE FIELDS; OBSOLESCENCE; PUBLICATION; ARTICLES; INDEX; DOCUMENTATION; ASSOCIATION ABSTRACT: Bioinformatics journals publish research findings of intellectual synergies among subfields such as biology, mathematics, and computer science. The objective of this study is to characterize the citation patterns in bioinformatics journals and their correspondent knowledge subfields. Our study analyzed bibliometric data (impact factor, cited-half-life, and references-per-article) of bioinformatics journals and their related subfields collected from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The findings showed that bioinformatics journals' citations are field-dependent, with scattered patterns in article life span and citing propensity. Bioinformatics journals originally derived from biology- related subfields have shorter article life spans, more citing on average, and higher impact factors. Those journals, derived from mathematics and statistics, demonstrate converse citation patterns. Journal impact factors were normalized, taking into account the impacts of article life spans and citing propensity. A comparison of these normalized factors to JCR journal impact factors showed rearrangements in the ranking orders of a number of individual journals, but a high overall correlation with JCR impact factors. AUTHOR ADDRESS: H Huang, Univ S Florida, Sch Informat, Tampa, FL 33620 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Publish or Patent: Bibliometric Evidence For Empirical Trade-Offs in National Funding Strategies (Article, English) AUTHOR: Shelton, RD; Leydesdorff, L SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.498-511 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS+: BAYH-DOLE ACT; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; UNITED-STATES; SCIENCE; SYSTEM; CHINA; UNIVERSITIES; TECHNOLOGY; INDICATORS; QUALITY ABSTRACT: Multivariate linear regression models suggest a trade-off in allocations of national research and development (R&D). Government funding and spending in the higher education sector encourage publications as a long-term research benefit. Conversely, other components such as industrial funding and spending in the business sector encourage patenting. Our results help explain why the United States trails the European Union in publications: The focus in the United States is on industrial funding some 70% of its total R&D investment. Likewise, our results also help explain why the European Union trails the United States in patenting, since its focus on government funding is less effective than industrial funding in predicting triadic patenting. Government funding contributes negatively to patenting in a multiple regression, and this relationship is significant in the case of triadic patenting. We provide new forecasts about the relationships of the United States, the European Union, and China for publishing; these results suggest much later dates for changes than previous forecasts because Chinese growth has been slowing down since 2003. Models for individual countries might be more successful than regression models whose parameters are averaged over a set of countries because nations can be expected to differ historically in terms of the institutional arrangements and funding schemes. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RD Shelton, World Technol Evaluat Ctr Inc WTEC, 4600 Fairfax Dr 104, Arlington, VA 22203 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An Integrated Approach for Main Path Analysis: Development of the Hirsch Index as an Example (Article, English) AUTHOR: Liu, JS; Lu, LYY SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.528-542 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S); MACROBERTS MH rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX; BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; CITATION ANALYSIS; R- INDEX; IMPACT; SCIENTISTS; NETWORKS; PUBLICATIONS; TRAJECTORIES; PHYSICISTS ABSTRACT: This study enhances main path analysis by proposing several variants to the original approach. Main path analysis is a bibliometric method capable of tracing the most significant paths in a citation network and is commonly used to trace the development trajectory of a research field. We highlight several limitations of the original main path analysis and suggest new, complementary approaches to overcome these limitations. In contrast to the original local main path, the new approaches generate the global main path, the backward local main path, multiple main paths, and key-route main paths. Each of them is obtained via a perspective different from the original approach. By simultaneously conducting the new, complementary approaches, one uncovers the key development of the target discipline from a broader view. To demonstrate the value of these new approaches, we simultaneously apply them to a set of academic articles related to the Hirsch index. The results show that the integrated approach discovers several paths that are not captured by the original approach. Among these new approaches, the key-route approach is especially useful and hints at a divergence-convergence-divergence structure in the development of the Hirsch index. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JS Liu, Natl Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Grad Inst Technol Management, 43,Sect 4,Keelung Rd, Taipei 10607, Taiwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Invisibility of Science Publications in Hebrew: A Comparative Database Study (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gordon, A SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.607-615 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth KEYWORDS+: INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY; RESEARCH ARTICLES; LANGUAGE; CONSEQUENCES; COVERAGE; ENGLISH; IMPACT ABSTRACT: Since the end of World War II, the English language has become the lingua franca of science publications worldwide. Science publications written in other languages do not gain the same exposure to the international scientific community as does the material in English. In this sense, non-English articles constitute an "invisible science" for the rest of the scientific world. This study compares publications indexed in the academic-oriented Hebrew Index of Periodicals (IHP) database with those in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in order to document the amount of scientific material published in Israel, where Hebrew is the native language. Except for abstracts, which are sometimes given in English, as well as Hebrew, and therefore provide some idea of a paper's content, most of this research remains hidden from the international scientific community. The SCIE and IHP databases for our examination cover the three grand disciplines: the exact and life sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Additionally, the study probes the coverage of medical publications in the two databases. The difference between old and emerging disciplines in the use of a language other than Hebrew is observed and non-English citation patterns for various disciplines are examined. The results confirm the dominance of English as the lingua franca of science and point to the large number of scientific studies in Hebrew that lack international exposure. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Gordon, Univ Haifa, Technion Israel Inst Technol, IL-31074 Haifa, Israel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Thermodynamics-Bibliometrics Consilience and the Meaning of h-Type Indices - Reply (Letter, English) AUTHOR: De Visscher, A SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (3). MAR 2012. p.630-631 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; AUTHOR ADDRESS: A De Visscher, Univ Calgary, Dept Chem & Petr Engn, Schulich Sch Engn, 2500 Univ Dr, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A Review of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology's Most Cited Publications over the Past 25 Years and the Use of Developing Bibliometric Methodologies to Assess Journal Quality (Review, English) AUTHOR: Bickers, DR; Modlin, RL SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY 132 (3 PT 2). MAR 2012. p.1050-1060 NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; CITED item_title; BIBLIOMETR* item_title; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006 KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTOR; CITATION; CELLS ABSTRACT: The JID is a major resource for publishing dermatologic research. Here we document bibliometric systems that permit detailed analysis of JID's relative scientific quality. We provide an overview of metrics employed by ISI Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge and Elsevier's open-access Scopus to measure JID's comparative performance. We list JID's 50 most cited articles between 1986 and 2010 and summarize the six most cited papers published during this period. We conclude by showing how selected cited papers have influenced research in the JID subcategories of immunology/infection and photobiology during this period. JID has thrived as the strength of its editorial leadership and the quality of dermatologic science have grown apace. AUTHOR ADDRESS: DR Bickers, Herbert Irving Pavil, Room 1214,161 Ft Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Dependence of Lotka's law parameters on the scientific area (Article, English) AUTHOR: Pulgarin, A SOURCE: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 17 (1). 2012. p.41-50 UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, KUALA LUMPUR SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS: Lotka's law; Research productivity; Publication productivity; Scientometrics; Scientific influence ABSTRACT: The main aim of this paper was to examine whether the characteristics of the Lotka distribution of publications (in particular, the changes that the two parameters, n and c, undergo) constitute an indicator of the structure of influence in a scientific field. A quasi- experimental method was used to estimate the parameters of Lotka's law in a number of scientific areas (by means of a series of searches in the Scopus database). The study was performed on 90 sets of author productivity data (resulting from a combination of 10 areas, 14 countries, and 3 time periods). Both the exponent of the law, n (i.e., the slope of the log-log plot), and the constant c (the fraction of authors with only a single publication) were found to depend on the state of development of the scientific area, on its productivity, on the country, and on the time period being studied. A characteristic that distinguished the so-called "hard sciences" from the "social sciences and humanities" was the level of co-authorship, with the average number of authors per publication being greater in science than in the social sciences and humanities. The empirical results show a picture of the behaviour of the Lotka distribution in different situations, due to different causes. This could be interesting as a better understanding of these regularities may allow them to be incorporated into the theoretical context. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Pulgarin, Univ Extremadura, Dept Informat & Commun, Plazuela Ibn Marwan S-N, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Auditing scholarly journals published in Malaysia and assessing their visibility (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zainab, AN; Sanni, SA; Edzan, NN; Koh, AP SOURCE: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 17 (1). 2012. p.65-92 UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, KUALA LUMPUR KEYWORDS: Journal publishing; Electronic journals; Indexation status; Scholarly journals; Journal audit ABSTRACT: The problem with the identification of Malaysian scholarly journals lies in the lack of a current and complete listing of journals published in Malaysia. As a result, librarians are deprived of a tool that can be used for journal selection and identification of gaps in their serials collection. This study describes the audit carried out on scholarly journals, with the objectives (a) to trace and characterized scholarly journal titles published in Malaysia, and (b) to determine their visibility in international and national indexing databases. A total of 464 titles were traced and their yearly trends, publisher and publishing characteristics, bibliometrics and indexation in national, international and subject-based indexes were described. AUTHOR ADDRESS: AN Zainab, Univ Malaya, Fac Comp Sci & Informat Technol, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Motivating factors influencing choice of major in undergraduates in communication sciences and disorders (Article, English) AUTHOR: Keshishian, F; McGarr, NS SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 14 (2). APR 2012. p.174-182 INFORMA HEALTHCARE, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: Motivating factors; speech-language pathology; survey; undergraduate students KEYWORDS+: PHARMACY; STUDENTS; SPEECH; SOCIALIZATION; RECRUITMENT; COMMITMENT; CAREER; SCHOOL ABSTRACT: The purposes of this study were to determine: (1) whether background factors influence the choice of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) as an academic major; (2) what motivates students to major in CSD; (3) the relationship between motivation to pursue CSD as a major and the attractiveness of the major; and (4) whether motivation influences the perceived value of a career in CSD. A survey of 143 undergraduates was created and administered to assess motivational factors that influence the choice of major. The participants had diverse ethnic/racial and cultural backgrounds and were enrolled in CSD courses in the Liberal Arts College of St John's University, a US American Institution in Queens, New York. Preliminary analyses indicated that ethnic/racial background and family income had no statistically significant relationship to motivations, attractiveness of CSD as a major, or career value of CSD as a major. Students scored highest on Intrinsic motivation factor (e.g., enjoy interacting with people) and the lowest on Science motivation (e.g., interested in science). Student confidence (e.g., in reaching career goals) was an important predictor in the perception of the career value of a CSD. Results of this study provide further insight into curriculum development and recruiting strategies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Keshishian, St Johns Univ, Dept Rhetor Commun & Theatre, 8000 Utopia Pkwy, Queens, NY 11439 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SURVEY OF BIOCOMPUTING: 2. SYSTEMS AND EVOLUTIONARY LEVELS, AND TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (Article, English) AUTHOR: Hong, FT SOURCE: INFORMATION PROCESSING AND LIVING SYSTEMS 2. 2005. p.141-573 IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS, COVENT GARDEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; BAILAR JC ANN INTERN MED 104:259 1986; ADV* EXP* SOC* PSY* rwork KEYWORDS+: PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION-CENTER; BIOLOGICAL OLFACTORY PATHWAY; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; CONSTANT MAGNETIC- FIELD; SHORT-TERM-MEMORY; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; ANGSTROM RESOLUTION; EXTRINSIC REWARDS; PHOTOSYSTEM-II; GENETIC- CODE AUTHOR ADDRESS: FT Hong, Wayne State Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, Detroit, MI 48201 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kretschmer.h at T-ONLINE.DE Wed Mar 21 11:57:47 2012 From: kretschmer.h at T-ONLINE.DE (kretschmer.h@t-online.de) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:57:47 +0100 Subject: REMINDER CfP 8th Int.Conf. on WIS and 13th COLLNET Meeting Seoul Message-ID: PLEASE, APOLOGY FOR CROSS-POSTING! Reminder Dear colleague, As informed you earlier, the deadline for submission of extended abstracts is on April 15. For more details, cf. website below. Eighth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & Thirteenth COLLNET Meeting 23-26 October, 2012, Seoul, Korea http://collnet2012.ndsl.kr [1] Host: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) Keynote Speakers: D. deB. Beaver (USA) L. Egghe (Belgium) W. Gl?nzel (Belgium) H. Kretschmer (Germany) Z. Liu (China) ?. Must (Estonia) R. Rousseau (Belgium) L. Vaughan (Canada) M. Zitt (France) With best wishes, General Chair: Hildrun Kretschmer (Germany, China) Local Chair: Honam Choi (South Korea) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hildrun Kretschmer PD, Dr. sc. phil., Dr. oec., Dipl.-psych. 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The journals containing these publications are attributed to Web-of-Science Categories other than "Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems", perhaps because of the possibility of genetic testing for this syndrome in the clinic. With this routine, all the instruments available for citation analysis can be used on the basis of MeSH terms. Loet Leydesdorff & Tobias Opthof * apologies for cross-postings _____ Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam. Tel. +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-842239111 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Fri Mar 23 11:50:48 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:50:48 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics Listserv readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Skewed citation distributions and bias factors: Solutions to two core problems with the journal impact factor (Article, English) AUTHOR: Mutz, R; Daniel, HD SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.169-176 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999 KEYWORDS: Journal impact factor; Normalization; McCall's area transformation; Rubin Causal Model KEYWORDS+: PUBLICATION; SCIENCE; APPROPRIATE; INDICATORS; INFERENCE; SCORES; INDEX ABSTRACT: The journal impact factor (JIF) proposed by Garfield in the year 1955 is one of the most prominent and common measures of the prestige, position, and importance of a scientific journal. The JIF may profit from its comprehensibility, robustness, methodological reproducibility, simplicity, and rapid availability, but it is at the expense of serious technical and methodological flaws. The paper discusses two core problems with the JIF: first, citations of documents are generally not normally distributed, and, furthermore, the distribution is affected by outliers, which has serious consequences for the use of the mean value in the JIF calculation. Second, the JIF is affected by bias factors that have nothing to do with the prestige or quality of a journal (e.g., document type). For solving these two problems, we suggest using McCall's area transformation and the Rubin Causal Model. Citation data for documents of all journals in the ISI Subject Category "Psychology, Mathematical" (Journal Citation Report) are used to illustrate the proposal. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Mutz, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Muhlegasse 21, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A sensitivity analysis of researchers' productivity rankings to the time of citation observation (Article, English) AUTHOR: Abramo, G; Cicero, T; D'Angelo, CA SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.192-201 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): MACROBERTS MH rauth; PENDLEBURY DA rauth; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Research evaluation; Bibliometrics; Citation window; Individual productivity; Sensitivity analysis KEYWORDS+: BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT: In this work we investigate the sensitivity of individual researchers' productivity rankings to the time of citation observation. The analysis is based on observation of research products for the 2001- 2003 triennium for all research staff of Italian universities in the hard sciences, with the year of citation observation varying from 2004 to 2008. The 2008 rankings list is assumed the most accurate, as citations have had the longest time to accumulate and thus represent the best possible proxy of impact. By comparing the rankings lists from each year against the 2008 benchmark we provide policy-makers and research organization managers a measure of trade-off between timeliness of evaluation execution and accuracy of performance rankings. The results show that with variation in the evaluation citation window there are variable rates of inaccuracy across the disciplines of researchers. The inaccuracy results negligible for Physics, Biology and Medicine. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Abramo, Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Ingn Impresa, Via Politecn 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The case of scientometricians with the "absolute relative" impact indicator (Article, English) AUTHOR: Vinkler, P SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.254-264 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): MORAVCSIK MJ rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; KEYWORDS: Relative impact indicator; "crown" indicator; Relative citation rate; Relative subfield citedness KEYWORDS+: HIGHLY CITED PAPERS; BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; CITATION IMPACT; CROWN INDICATOR; G-INDEX; PUBLICATIONS; UNIVERSITY; CHARTS; OUTPUT ABSTRACT: The effect of two different calculation methods for obtaining relative impact indicators is modelled. Science policy considerations make it clear that evaluating the sets of publications, the "ratio of the sums" method should be preferred over the "mean of the ratios" method. Accordingly, determining the relative total impact against the mean relative impact of the publications of teams or institutes may be preferred. The special problem caused by relating the number of citations of an individual article to the Garfield (Impact) Factor (or mean citedness) of the publishing journal (or a set of journals selected as standard) lower than zero is demonstrated by examples. The possible effects of the different share of publications in different fields on the value of the "new crown" index are also modelled. The assessment methods using several appropriately weighted indicators which result in a composite index are recommended. The acronym "BMV" is suggested to term the relative impact indicators (e.g. RCR, CPP/JCS(m), CPP/FCSm and RW) in scientometrics. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Vinkler, Hungarian Acad Sci, Chem Res Ctr, POB 17, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Consensus formation in science modeled by aggregated bibliographic coupling (Article, English) AUTHOR: Nicolaisen, J; Frandsen, TF SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.276-284 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): KESSLER MM AM DOC 14:10 1963; BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Bibliographic coupling; Consensus formation KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL REJECTION RATES; SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS; HIERARCHY; GRAPHS ABSTRACT: The level of consensus in science has traditionally been measured by a number of different methods. The variety is important as each method measures different aspects of science and consensus. Citation analytical studies have previously measured the level of consensus using the scientific journal as their unit of analysis. To produce a more fine grained citation analysis one needs to study consensus formation on an even more detailed level - i.e. the scientific document or article. To do so, we have developed a new technique that measures consensus by aggregated bibliographic couplings (ABC) between documents. The advantages of the ABC-technique are demonstrated in a study of two selected disciplines in which the levels of consensus are measured using the proposed technique. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: TF Frandsen, Univ So Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: HistCite analysis of papers constituting the h index research front (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bornmann, L; Marx, W SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.285-288 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E J INFORM SCI 30:119 2004; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS: h index; Research front; HistCite KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH OUTPUT; HIRSCH-TYPE INDEXES; BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; IMPACT; JOURNALS; RANKING; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: In the Essential Science Indicators (Thomson Reuters), a research front exists to the h index (entitled "GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX; GENERALIZED HIRSCH H-INDEX; H INDEX; GOOGLE SCHOLAR CITATIONS") consisting of a group of highly cited papers. We used HistCite to analyze the structure and relationships of the 45 papers forming the h index research front. Since we were interested in the topics of research on the h index at the front, we classified each paper according to its main topic. Six topics (inductively generated) were sufficient to classify the 45 papers: (1) citation database, (2) empirical validation study, (3) new application, (4) theoretical analysis, (5) new index development, and (6) literature review. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Bornmann, Max Planck Soc, Hofgartenstr 8, D-80539 Munich, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A sensitivity analysis of research institutions' productivity rankings to the time of citation observation (Article, English) AUTHOR: Abramo, G; Cicero, T; D'Angelo, CA SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.298-306 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): PENDLEBURY DA rauth; KEYWORDS: Research evaluation; Bibliometrics; Citation window; Productivity; Universities; Rankings ABSTRACT: One of the critical issues in bibliometric research assessments is the time required to achieve maturity in citations. Citation counts can be considered a reliable proxy of the real impact of a work only if they are observed after sufficient time has passed from publication date. In the present work the authors investigate the effect of varying the time of citation observation on accuracy of productivity rankings for research institutions. Research productivity measures are calculated for all Italian universities active in the hard sciences in the 2001-2003 period, by individual field and discipline, with the time of the citation observation varying from 2004 to 2008. The objective is to support policy-makers in choosing a citation window that optimizes the tradeoff between accuracy of rankings and timeliness of the exercise. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Abramo, Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Ingn Impresa, Via Politecn 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Interactive overlays: A new method for generating global journal maps from Web-of-Science data (Article, English) AUTHOR: Leydesdorff, L; Rafols, I SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.318-332 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; SMALL H J INF SCI 11:147 1985; JOURNAL item_title; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972; PUDOVKIN AI J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53:1113 2002 KEYWORDS: Map; Journal; Overlay; VOSViewer; Gephi KEYWORDS+: PEARSONS CORRELATION-COEFFICIENT; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CITATION RELATIONS; INFORMATION- THEORY; SALTONS COSINE; MAPPING CHANGE; NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION; INDICATORS ABSTRACT: Recent advances in methods and techniques enable us to develop interactive overlays to a global map of science based on aggregated citation relations among the 9162 journals contained in the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index 2009. We first discuss the pros and cons of the various options: cited versus citing, multidimensional scaling versus spring-embedded algorithms, VOSViewer versus Gephi, and the various clustering algorithms and similarity criteria. Our approach focuses on the positions of journals in the multidimensional space spanned by the aggregated journal-journal citations. Using VOSViewer for the resulting mapping, a number of choices can be left to the user; we provide default options reflecting our preferences. Some examples are also provided; for example, the potential of using this technique to assess the interdisciplinarity of organizations and/or document sets. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Leydesdorff, Univ Amsterdam, ASCoR, Kloveniersburgwal 48, NL-1012 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Which are the best performing regions in information science in terms of highly cited papers? Some improvements of our previous mapping approaches (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bornmann, L; Leydesdorff, L SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (2). APR 2012. p.336-345 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS: Scientific excellence; Highly cited papers; I3; Geography of science; Spatial scientometrics; Google map KEYWORDS+: RELATIVE INDICATORS; IMPACT FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION; CITIES; CHARTS; MAPS ABSTRACT: Bornmann and Leydesdorff (2011) proposed methods based on Web of Science data to identify field-specific excellence in cities where highly cited papers were published more frequently than can be expected. Top performers in output are cities in which authors are located who publish a number of highly cited papers that is statistically significantly higher than can be expected for these cities. Using papers published between 1989 and 2009 in information science improvements to the methods of Bornmann and Leydesdorff (2011) are presented and an alternative mapping approach based on the Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) is introduced here. The I3 indicator was developed by Leydesdorff and Bornmann (2011b). (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Bornmann, Max Planck Soc, Hofgartenstr 8, D-80539 Munich, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Zipf's law and goffman's transition point in automatic indexing (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Alvarado, RU; Arango, CR SOURCE: INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA 25 (54). MAY-AUG 2011. p.71-92 UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO, MEXICO CITY SEARCH TERM(S): ZIPF* item_title; LUHN HP IBM J RES DEV 1:309 1957 KEYWORDS: Zipf's law; Goffman's Transition Point; Bibliometrics; Scientometrics; Infometrics KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION; EVOLUTION ABSTRACT: To identify keywords with high semantic value in the thematic content of a scientific paper the Goffman's transition Point is applied. A total of 1,644 different words were identified in the text. These words were arranged in descending order of frequency to explore four possibilities. In the first examination both, functional words and words with high semantic value were taken into account. In the second examination, the functional words were removed; and in the third examination both functional words as well as words with high semantic content, were lemmatized. In the fourth examination only functional word were eliminated. The result shows the identification of specific keywords. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RU Alvarado, Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From smilojev at INDIANA.EDU Sat Mar 24 15:51:37 2012 From: smilojev at INDIANA.EDU (Stasa Milojevic) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:51:37 -0400 Subject: Webinar: Preparing to Incorporate Visualizations into a *metrics Research Project Message-ID: ASIST SIG/MET is organizing a webinar on visualization. TITLE: Preparing to Incorporate Visualizations into a *metrics Research Project DESCRIPTION: Information Visualization has enormous potential for researchers. Visualizations can be employed within a research agenda both as an exploratory analysis tool to better understand trends in complex data sets (e.g., visual analytics) and also as a way of communicating the results of analyses to stakeholders and other members of the research community. Determining the most appropriate visualization techniques and incorporating those techniques into a research project, however, can be daunting for novice visualizers. This webinar will approach Information Visualization from the perspective of researchers interested in incorporating visualizations into a research project within the fields of Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Scientometrics, Informetrics, Webometrics, etc. The focus will be on developing an appropriate (novice) strategy for undertaking *metrics research-based visualizations. The webinar will begin by introducing attendees to techniques for establishing the most likely and appropriate candidate data sources for visualization, based both on a study's research questions and on the needs of potential audiences/stakeholders for the visualization. The webinar will then address how to structure the development of the visualizations and will recommend techniques and software tools that can be used for various types of visualizations and data sources. PRESENTER: Angela Zoss is a doctoral candidate at the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. Over the course of her degree she has worked as a Research Assistant for the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, directed by Dr. Katy B?rner, and has she attended and presented visualization research at a variety of domestic and international workshops and conferences. She currently works as an Adjunct Instructor for SLIS, teaching a course on Information Visualization that synthesizes critical, empirical, and practical approaches to the subject. Her research focuses on Scientometric visualizations of scholarly communication and, more generally, the development of a more nuanced understanding of how various audiences interact with information visualizations. She will assume the role of Data Visualization Coordinator at Duke University starting in the summer of 2012. DATE AND TIME: March, 29th, 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET COST: $10 members and $20 nonmembers. TO REGISTER: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2012/Preparing-to-Incorporate-Visualizations-into-a-metrics-Research-Project-register.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at DAIGU.NL Sun Mar 25 08:37:23 2012 From: info at DAIGU.NL (Daigu) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:37:23 -0400 Subject: Bug in wildcard search Thomson Web of Science Message-ID: There is a bug in the Web of Science wildcard search. TS=("hydro$power") is not supposed to give results according to the help, but it does. I.e., the quotes are ignored. TS=(hydro$power) should match "hydro-power", "hydro power" and "hydropower", but it doesn't. It appears to match only "hydropower". The same goes for (hydro*power). For more information, see http://www.datagnostics.net/wos_wildcard_bug.htm A bug report has been filed with and confirmed by Thomson. From info at DAIGU.NL Sun Mar 25 08:38:56 2012 From: info at DAIGU.NL (Daigu) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:38:56 -0400 Subject: Thomson Web of Science 2008 migration Message-ID: Web of Science (WoS) is the de facto data source for publication analysis. A typical search in WoS would be "English articles, SCI-EXPANDED, All years". There is a problem with reproducibility of results from before 2008. In other words, a search done today will give different results than the same search done in 2007. Of course there are always slight differences (especially for recent years) as publications are retroactively added, but in this case I am talking about a non-trivial difference caused by a change in the structure of the database. See http://www.datagnostics.net/wos_2008_migration.htm for more information. From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Sun Mar 25 17:15:44 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:15:44 +0000 Subject: FW: publication dates and impact factors Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Frank.Krell at dmns.org [mailto:Frank.Krell at dmns.org] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:20 AM To: Garfield, Eugene Subject: publication dates and impact factors Eugene, you might like this (attached). All the best Frank Dr. Frank-T. Krell Curator of Entomology Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Chair, ICZN ZooBank Committee Department of Zoology Denver Museum of Nature & Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, CO 80205-5798 USA Frank.Krell at dmns.org Phone: (+1) (303) 370-8244 Fax: (+1) (303) 331-6492 http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell lab page: http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab Upcoming: Combined Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterist's Society and the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica, 23-29 July 2012, Denver Museum of Nature & Science; more info at http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab The Denver Museum of Nature & Science aspires to create a community of critical thinkers who understand the lessons of the past and act as responsible stewards of the future. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 170-LearnPubl2012.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 50645 bytes Desc: 170-LearnPubl2012.pdf URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Sun Mar 25 17:43:21 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:43:21 +0000 Subject: papers of interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: TITLE: ATOB algorithm: an automatic ontology construction for Thai legal sentences retrieval (Article, English) AUTHOR: Boonchom, VS; Soonthornphisaj, N SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE 38 (1). FEB 2012. p.37-51 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON KEYWORDS: ant colony algorithm; legal; ontology; query expansion; Thai law KEYWORDS+: WORDNET ABSTRACT: Ontology plays an important role in knowledge representation, especially in the domain of information retrieval. However, building ontology remains a challenging problem because it is a time-consuming task for experts. To overcome these drawbacks, we propose a novel approach called the Automatic Thai Legal Ontology Building (ATOB) algorithm for automatic legal ontology building and to improve the court sentences retrieval process. The ATOB can automatically generate seed ontology and expand the ontology using Thai legal terminology, i.e. TLlexicon. The expansion process is terminated automatically by the threshold parameter. Moreover, the ATOB applies the concept of the ant colony algorithm to improve the court sentences retrieval process. We conclude that the effective ontology should be weight-embedded. The empirical results demonstrate that the performance of the ATOB algorithm is better than that of the traditional search method. The performance figures for the ATOB framework measured in terms of precision, recall, F- measure and diversity are 0.90, 0.91, 0.90 and 0.39, respectively. AUTHOR ADDRESS: N Soonthornphisaj, Kasetsart Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Fac Sci, Bangkok, Thailand ----------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The availability of open access journals in the humanities and social sciences in China (Article, English) AUTHOR: Hu, DH SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE 38 (1). FEB 2012. p.64-75 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title; J INF SCI source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS: current status; humanities and social sciences; open access; open access journals; scholarly journals ABSTRACT: We identified and analysed the 147 journals offering open access (OA) among the 2960 scholarly journals indexed by the Chinese National Knowledge Information (CNKI) database in the humanities and social sciences. Data were analysed concerning each journal's organizer, discipline, publishing cycle, areas, regions or provinces covered, and first date that content was offered free of charge, together with the journal's website construction, the way full text was accessed, and the time delay in publication. On the basis of the survey results, we identify key challenges and problems associated with OA journals in the humanities and social sciences in China, and we outline development strategies to address these issues, including actively promoting the transition of scholarly journals from print form to OA, speeding up network construction of OA journals, and enhancing the functionality of the OA journals' websites. AUTHOR ADDRESS: DH Hu, Cent S Univ, Dept Med Informat, Xiang Ya Med Sch, 172 Tongzipo Rd, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation analysis and bibliometric approach for ant colony optimization from 1996 to 2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Deng, GF; Lin, WT SOURCE: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS 39 (6). MAY 2012. p.6229-6237 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; CITATION item_title; CITATION ANALYS* item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Bibliometric analysis; Ant colony optimization (ACO); Bradford Law; Lotka's Law KEYWORDS+: QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; SYSTEM; ALGORITHMS ABSTRACT: To build awareness of the development of ant colony optimization (ACO), this study clarifies the citation and bibliometric analysis of research publications of ACO during 1996-2010. This study analysed 12,960 citations from a total of 1372 articles dealing with ACO published in 517 journals based on the databases of SCIE, SSCI and AH&CI, retrieved via the Web of Science. Bradford Law and Lotka's Law, respectively, examined the distribution of journal articles and author productivity. Furthermore, this study determines the citation impact of ACO using parameters such as extent of citation received in terms of number of citations per study, distribution of citations over time, distribution of citations among domains, citation of authors, citation of institutions, highly cited papers and citing journals and impact factor of 12,960 citations. This study can help researchers to better understand the history, current status and trends of ACO in the advanced study of it. (C) 2011 Elsevier I.td. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: GF Deng, Natl Chengchi Univ, Dept Management Informat Syst, 64,Sec 2,Chihnan Rd, Taipei 116, Taiwan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Revealing research themes and trends in knowledge management: From 1995 to 2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lee, MR; Chen, TT SOURCE: KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 28. APR 2012. p.47-58 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 26:5 1993; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Knowledge management; Research trends; Visualization; Intellectual structure; Literature review KEYWORDS+: DOMAINS INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; AUTHOR COCITATION; CO- WORD; SYSTEMS; NETWORKS; CITATION; SCIENCE; TOOLS ABSTRACT: Visualizing the entire domain of knowledge and tracking the latest developments of an important discipline are challenging tasks for researchers. This study builds an intellectual structure by examining a total of 10,974 publications in the knowledge management (KM) field from 1995 to 2010. Document co-citation analysis, pathfinder network and strategic diagram techniques are applied to provide a dynamic view of the evolution of knowledge management research trends. This study provides a systematic and objective means in exploring the development of the KM discipline. This paper not only drew its finding from a large data set but also presented a longitudinal analysis of the development of the KM related studies. The results of this study reflect that the coverage of key KM papers has expanded into a broad spectrum of disciplines. A discussion of the future of KM research is also provided. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MR Lee, Shih Chien Univ, Dept Informat Technol & Management, 70 Ta Chih St, Taipei 104, Taiwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Precedent in International Courts: A Network Analysis of Case Citations by the European Court of Human Rights (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lupu, Y; Voeten, E SOURCE: BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 42 (Pt 2). APR 2012. p.413-439 CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS+: US-SUPREME-COURT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; JUSTICE; AUTHORITY; LAW; INSTITUTIONS; DOCTRINE ABSTRACT: Why and how do international courts justify decisions with citations to their own case law? We argue that, like domestic review courts, international courts use precedent at least in part to convince 'lower' (domestic) courts of the legitimacy of judgements. Several empirical observations are consistent with this view, which are examined through a network analysis of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) citations. First, the Court cites precedent based on the legal issues in the case, not the country of origin. Second, the Court is more careful to embed judgements in its existing case law when the expected value of persuading domestic judges is highest. These findings contribute to a developing literature that suggests international and domestic review courts develop their authority in similar ways. AUTHOR ADDRESS: Y Lupu, Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Polit Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Influence of Academic Migration on the Intellectual Potential of Russia (Article, English) AUTHOR: Latova, NV; Savinkov, VI SOURCE: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 47 (1 SP ISS). JAN 2012. p.64-76 WILEY-BLACKWELL, MALDEN SEARCH TERM(S): SCI INDICATORS rwork KEYWORDS: brain drain; brain circulation; international emigration; Russian academics ABSTRACT: The emigration of highly-qualified academics (brain drain) is considered an essential factor in the decline of the human capital of post-Soviet Russia. However, statistics show that the scale of this phenomenon since 2000 was minor. The Russian scientists who went abroad for permanent residence or for a contract job abroad represented no more than 2% of Russian scientists with Candidate or Doctor of Science degrees. Yet, at the same time, the relatively new concept of brain circulation gains more popularity. The departure of Russian scientists abroad is not only a threat to the development of domestic science but, paradoxically, also the chance to give additional stimulus to its development. AUTHOR ADDRESS: NV Latova, Russian Acad Sci, Inst Sociol, Dept Socioecon Studies, 5 Ul Krzhizhanovskogo, Moscow 117259, Russia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Modeling the distribution of co-authorships by paper (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Alvarado, RU; Arango, CR SOURCE: INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA 25 (53). JAN-APR 2011. p.103-119 UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO, MEXICO CITY SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; MARSHAKOVA IV rauth; KESSLER MM AM DOC 14:10 1963 KEYWORDS: Lotka's law; Collaboration; Generalized Inverse Gaussian Poisson; Poisson lognormal; Geometric Distribution; Truncated Poisson; Bibliometrics; Cienciometrics; Infometrics KEYWORDS+: GAUSSIAN-POISSON-DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL LITERATURES; EPIDEMIC PROCESSES; CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; LIBRARY; NUMBER; IDEAS ABSTRACT: In the literature produced about Lotka's law from 1922 to June 2010, the geometric distribution, truncated Poisson distribution, Poisson lognormal distribution, and the generalized inverse Gaussian Poisson distribution are studied to statistically model the number the authors who collaborate in the publication of an article. It was found that the Poisson lognormal distribution more closely estimated the total value of documents, followed by the truncated Poisson model, the geometric distribution, and finally the generalized inverse Gaussian Poisson distribution. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RU Alvarado, Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The evaluation of the research on the microbial fuel cells: A scientometric approach (Article, English) AUTHOR: Konur, O SOURCE: ENERGY EDUCATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A-ENERGY SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 29 (1). APR 2012. p.309-322 SILA SCIENCE, TRABZON KEYWORDS: Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs); bioenergy, research evaluation; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge KEYWORDS+: DIESEL-ENGINE; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL CELLS; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; HYDROGEN ENERGY; CANOLA OIL; TURKEY ABSTRACT: The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the MFCs has grown exponentially during this period with 1,185 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers mostly have been journal articles, reviews, and proceedings papers, published predominantly in English. The US, China, and South Korea have been the tree most prolific countries. The "Penn State Univ" has been the most prolific institution and "Logan BE" of the US has been the most prolific author. "Bioresource Technology" has been the most prolific journal publishing 10.4% of the research output on the MFCs whilst, "Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology" has been the most prolific subject area covering 38.6% of the research output. There have been 24,743 citations with 20.88 citations per paper and "H-index" of 79. "Logan BE et al." [1] has had the highest impact on the literature with 514 citations and 85.7 citations per year. Both the research output and the citations have increased spectacularly after 2004 making a respective peak in 2010. The results of this first-ever full scientometric study of its kind for the MFC research show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the high-profile edge- cutting research on the MFCs, complementing other research techniques such as literature reviews, meta-analysis, and content analyses as well as complementing the scientometric research on the other types of renewable energies such as bioenergy and biohydrogen. AUTHOR ADDRESS: O Konur, Sirnak Univ, Fac Engn, TR-73000 Sirnak, Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The evaluation of the research on the microbial fuel cells: A scientometric approach (Article, English) AUTHOR: Konur, O SOURCE: ENERGY EDUCATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A-ENERGY SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 29 (1). APR 2012. p.323-338 SILA SCIENCE, TRABZON SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 0922 :3 1986; KEYWORDS: Biohydrogen; Production processes; Research evaluation; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge KEYWORDS+: FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; OIL METHYL-ESTER; DIESEL-ENGINE; BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; WASTE-WATER; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; CANOLA OIL; ENERGY ABSTRACT: The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the biohydrogen published during the last three decades, based on the databases of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature on the biohydrogen has grown exponentially during this period with 1,218 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers mostly have been journal articles, reviews, and proceedings papers, published predominantly in English. China, the US, and Taiwan have been the three most prolific countries. The "National Cheng Kung University" of Taiwan has been the most prolific institution. "Ren NQ" of China and "Chang JS" of Taiwan have been the most prolific authors. "International Journal of Hydrogen Energy" has been the most prolific journal publishing 42.7% of the research output on the biohydrogen whilst, "Energy & Fuels" has been the most prolific subject area covering 60.7% of the research output. The total number of citations has been 20,972, with 17.22 citations per paper and with "H-index" of 66. Huber et al. [1] has had the highest impact on the literature with 637 citations and 106.2 citations per year. Both the research output and the citations have increased spectacularly after 2005, making a respective peak in 2010. The results of this first ever scientometric study of its kind for the biohydrogen research show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the high-profile research on the biohydrogen, complementing other research techniques such as literature reviews, meta-analyses, and content analyses as well as the emerging research on other types of renewable energies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: O Konur, Sirnak Univ, Fac Engn, TR-73000 Sirnak, Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation classics in the integrative and complementary medicine literature: 50 frequently cited articles (Article, English) AUTHOR: Tam, WWS; Wong, ELY; Wong, FCY; Cheung, AWL SOURCE: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 4 (1). MAR 2012. p.E77-E83 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; KEYWORDS: Integrative and complementary medicine; Systematic evaluation; Citation classic KEYWORDS+: LOW-BACK-PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; SPINAL MANIPULATION; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; CLINICAL-TRIAL; PART I; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANOECTOCHILUS-FORMOSANUS ABSTRACT: Aim of the study: The objective of the current study is to characterise the most frequently cited articles published in integrative and complementary medicine (ICM) journals. Materials and methods: We utilised the ISI Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition 2009 database in May 2011 to determine the most frequently cited published articles. The top 50 most cited articles were selected and evaluated according to the type of journal, country of publication, topic, study design, and year of publication. Results: The 50 selected articles were published in 7 out of 16 journals between 1980 and 2009, the majority of which originated from the US. The most common study design was literature and systematic reviews. The efficacy of ICM on pain was the most common topic, followed by the anti- inflammatory effect of ICM, prevalence of ICM utilisation, questionnaire development for pain, adverse effects of ICM, discussion of study design in ICM, chemical component of ICM, animal model testing, and obesity. Conclusions: The findings provide a historical perspective on the scientific progress in integrative and alternative medicine. We revealed that majority papers (similar to 60%) were published between 1995 and 2004, suggesting that ICM has gained increasing attention since 1995. In terms of study design, review-type and questionnaire-related studies constituted approximately 60% of the articles. The actual number of citations from these articles was lower than the articles from the citation classics in other medical fields. The review of the articles having the greatest public recognition could help to establish and expand the role of ICM. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ELY Wong, Prince Wales Hosp, Sch Publ Hlth Bldg, Rm 503, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Sun Mar 25 17:56:49 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:56:49 +0000 Subject: Papeers of possible interest to SIG Metrics Message-ID: *Record 1 of 9. Title: What is the *impact factor*, anyway? Authors: McKerahan, TL; Carmichael, SW Author Full Names: McKerahan, Tiffany L.; Carmichael, Stephen W. Source: CLINICAL ANATOMY, 25 (3):283-283; 10.1002/ca.21291 APR 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Reprint Address: McKerahan, TL (reprint author), John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA Addresses: [McKerahan, Tiffany L.] John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA [Carmichael, Stephen W.] Mayo Clin, Rochester, MN USA E-mail Address: tmckerahan at wiley.com Cited Reference Count: 1 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA ISSN: 0897-3806 DOI: 10.1002/ca.21291 Subject Category: Anatomy & Morphology IDS Number: 899RV Unique ID: WOS:000300834700001 Cited References: MARKS S, 2003, CLIN ANAT, V16, P282 ======================================================================= *Record 2 of 9. Title: Hand and wrist *research* productivity in journals with high impact factors: a 20 year analysis Authors: Ahn, CS; Li, RJ; Ahn, BS; Kuo, P; Bryant, J; Day, CS Author Full Names: Ahn, C. S.; Li, R. J.; Ahn, B. S.; Kuo, P.; Bryant, J.; Day, C. S. Source: JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-EUROPEAN VOLUME, 37E (3):275-283; 10.1177/1753193411420057 MAR 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Bibliometric study; hand research; level of evidence trends; research productivity; wrist research KeyWords Plus: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL TRENDS Abstract: Bibliometric analyses, which study trends in research productivity, have not previously been applied to hand and wrist research. This study analyses temporal and geographic trends in hand and wrist research from 1988 to 2007. Original research articles were collected from seven English language journals selected on the basis of *impact factor*. Research production and quality (level of evidence) were determined by country and global region. Linear regression analysis was used to investigate trends. No significant increase in research volume was observed, but journal impact factors have risen significantly since 1988. Western Europe contributed significantly more high-quality (Level I and II) studies than the United States. Research contributions show a geographical distribution concentrated in the US and Western Europe, but considerable changes in this distribution have occurred. From 1988 to 2007, there was a relative increase in research production from Europe, Latin Ameri! ca and Asia, and a relative decline from the US. Reprint Address: Day, CS (reprint author), Harvard Univ, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Sch Med, Dept Orthoped Surg, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA Addresses: [Day, C. S.] Harvard Univ, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Sch Med, Dept Orthoped Surg, Boston, MA 02215 USA [Ahn, C. S.; Li, R. J.; Ahn, B. S.; Kuo, P.; Bryant, J.; Day, C. S.] Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Boston, MA 02215 USA [Ahn, C. S.; Li, R. J.; Kuo, P.; Bryant, J.] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA E-mail Address: cday1 at bidmc.harvard.edu Cited Reference Count: 14 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND ISSN: 1753-1934 DOI: 10.1177/1753193411420057 Subject Category: Orthopedics; Surgery IDS Number: 901UV Unique ID: WOS:000300994100014 Cited References: *THOMS REUT I SCI, 2007, J CIT REP, Falagas ME, 2006, MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS, V81, P1401 Kurmis AP, 2003, JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME, V85A, P2449 LEVINE A, 2005, POLIT LIFE SCI, V23, P40 Falagas ME, 2006, ACTA TROPICA, V99, P155 Vergidis PI, 2005, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES, V24, P342 LUUKKONEN T, 1990, ANNALS OF MEDICINE, V22, P145 Dziedzic K, 2007, RHEUMATOLOGY, V46, P963 Mela GS, 2003, EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, V13, P657 CHEW FS, 1988, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V150, P31 Lidgren L, 2003, BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, V81, P629 Soteriades ES, 2006, FASEB JOURNAL, V20, P29 Rosmarakis ES, 2005, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, V100, P443 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 ======================================================================= *Record 3 of 9. Title: Country Comparisons of Human Stroke *Research* Since 2001 A Bibliometric Study Authors: Asplund, K; Eriksson, M; Persson, O Author Full Names: Asplund, Kjell; Eriksson, Marie; Persson, Olle Source: STROKE, 43 (3):830-+; 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.637249 MAR 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: bibliometrics; h-index; scientific production; stroke KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNALS; SCIENCE; DECLINE Abstract: Background and Purpose-This is the first bibliometric comparison between countries of the development of stroke research over time. Methods-Clinical and epidemiological articles on stroke published 2001 to mid-2011 were identified in Science Citation Index Expanded. Article fractions, citation fractions, h-index, and international collaboration were calculated using the BibExcel software and adjusted for population size and gross domestic product. Results-The United States dominated with 28.7% of the sum of article fractions and 36.2% of the sum of citation fractions. The United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany together accounted for 52.1% of articles and 61.0% of citations. When adjusted for population size or gross domestic product, several small European countries, together with Israel and Taiwan, ranked the highest. Per population, there was a negative association (r=0.60) between burden of stroke (disability-adjusted life-years lost) and number of articles per population. In China, South Korea, and Singapore, the annual growth of stroke articles was more than twice the worldwide average. Whereas multinational collaboration was common within Europe and North America, it was relatively uncommon between Asian countries. Conclusions-The Big 4 in scientific literature on stroke, as to both number of articles and citations, are the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Many small European countries have, in relation to their size, a high scientific production. Several countries with rapidly expanding economies have very fast growth of scientific production on stroke. Our results emphasize the need for stroke research in countries with a high population burden of stroke and they highlight the role of multinational collaboration. (Stroke. 2012;43:830-837.) Reprint Address: Asplund, K (reprint author), Umea Univ, Dept Publ Hlth & Clin Med, Dept Stat, S-90185 Umea, Sweden Addresses: [Asplund, Kjell; Eriksson, Marie] Umea Univ, Dept Publ Hlth & Clin Med, Dept Stat, S-90185 Umea, Sweden [Persson, Olle] Umea Univ, Dept Sociol, S-90185 Umea, Sweden E-mail Address: kjell.asplund at branneriet.se Funding Acknowledgement: Vardal Foundation; Swedish Ministry of Health; Vinnvard; Vinnova Funding Text: This study was supported by Vinnvard, a joint initiative by Vinnova, the Vardal Foundation, and the Swedish Ministry of Health. Cited Reference Count: 21 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA ISSN: 0039-2499 DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.637249 Subject Category: Neurosciences & Neurology; Cardiovascular System & Cardiology IDS Number: 897HQ Unique ID: WOS:000300639400043 Cited References: Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Thomas B, 2003, STROKE, V34, P374 Marshall EG, 1998, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V316, P1701 *INT MON FUND, 1000, WORLD EC OUTL DAT NO, *EUR ASS SCI ED, 1000, EASE STAT IMP FACT, PERSSON O, 1000, BIBEXCEL, *WHO, 1000, DIS INJ COUNTR EST B, Chuang KY, 2007, SCIENTOMETRICS, V72, P201 Lo EH, 2011, STROKE, V42, P1803 Sung NS, 2003, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V289, P1278 Falagas ME, 2006, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V175, P1389 Feneck RO, 2008, ANAESTHESIA, V63, P270 Adam D, 2002, NATURE, V415, P726 Seglen PO, 1997, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V314, P498 Hirsch JE, 2005, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V102, P16569 Clarke A, 2007, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, V17, P43 *UN, 1000, WORLD POP PROSP 2010, *WORLD BANK, 1000, WORLD DEV IND DAT GD, Meho LI, 2007, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V58, P2105 Glanzel W, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V57, P197 Falagas ME, 2005, BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, V5, ======================================================================= *Record 4 of 9. Title: Journal *impact factor* or intellectual influence? A content analysis of citation use in Communication Monographs and Human Communication *Research* (2007-2009) Authors: Beatty, MJ; Feeley, TH; Dodd, MD Author Full Names: Beatty, Michael J.; Feeley, Thomas Hugh; Dodd, Melissa D. Source: PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW, 38 (1):174-176; 10.1016/j.pubrev.2011.08.005 MAR 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Journal impact factor; Conceptual influence; Methodological influence; Utility citations; Author self-citations Abstract: Journal impact factors typically rely on the number of citations to a journal as well as the number of citable items published in the journal during specific time parameters. If journal impact factors accurately differentiate journals along a quality continuum, journals with higher impact factors should be referenced more often than journals with lower impact factors as sources of influence on scholars' conceptual and methodological approaches to inquiry. To investigate this claim, a sample consisting of all twelve issues of Human Communication Research (HCR) and Communication Monographs (CM) published from 2007 through 2009 were content analyzed and every citation to either journal in the articles appearing in HCR and CM was coded. Results indicated that, despite higher impact factors for HCR, there were not more citations to HCR than CM as sources of conceptual or methodological influence appearing in articles appearing in HCR or CM. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reser! ved. Reprint Address: Beatty, MJ (reprint author), Univ Miami, Sch Commun, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA Addresses: [Beatty, Michael J.; Dodd, Melissa D.] Univ Miami, Sch Commun, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA [Feeley, Thomas Hugh] SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA E-mail Address: mbeatty at miami.edu Cited Reference Count: 9 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA ISSN: 0363-8111 DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2011.08.005 Subject Category: Business & Economics; Communication IDS Number: 897MF Unique ID: WOS:000300654100032 Cited References: Seglen PO, 1997, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V314, P498 Martin BR, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V36, P343 Feeley TH, 2008, HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, V34, P505 Garfield E, 1999, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V161, P979 SEGLEN PO, 1992, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE, V43, P628 Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 GARFIELD E, 1986, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, V105, P313 Rossner M, 2007, JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, V179, P1091 Kurmis AP, 2003, JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME, V85A, P2449 ======================================================================= *Record 5 of 9. Title: Impact versus *impact factor* and Eigenfactor Authors: Miller, CS Author Full Names: Miller, Craig S. Source: ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY, 113 (2):145-146; 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.08.009 FEB 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Reprint Address: Miller, CS (reprint author), Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 USA Addresses: Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 USA Cited Reference Count: 5 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA ISSN: 2212-4403 DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.08.009 Subject Category: Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine IDS Number: 899AI Unique ID: WOS:000300783200003 Cited References: Pringle J, 2008, LEARNED PUBLISHING, V21, P85 Bensman SJ, 2007, ANNUAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V41, P93 McVeigh ME, 2009, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V302, P1107 Hubbard SC, 2011, LEARNED PUBLISHING, V24, P133 Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 ======================================================================= Title: *Impact factor* as a metric *to* assess journals where OM *research* is published Authors: Stonebraker, JS; Gil, E; Kirkwood, CW; Handfield, RB Author Full Names: Stonebraker, Jeffrey S.; Gil, Esther; Kirkwood, Craig W.; Handfield, Robert B. Source: JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, 30 (1-2):24-43; 10.1016/j.jom.2011.05.002 JAN 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Operations management; Production operations management; Impact factor; Citation analysis; Journal ranking KeyWords Plus: MANAGEMENT-RELATED JOURNALS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS JOURNALS; CITATION; INDEX; PROFESSORS; LIBRARIES; RANKINGS; QUALITY; SCIENCE Abstract: This paper investigates *impact factor* as a metric for ranking the quality of journal outlets for operations management (OM) research. We review all prior studies that assessed journal outlets for OM research and compare all previous OM journal quality rankings to rankings based on impact factors. We find that rankings based on impact factors that use data from different time periods are highly correlated and provide similar rankings of journals using either two-year or five-year assessment periods, either with or without self-citations. However, some individual journals have large rank changes using different *impact factor* specifications. We also find that OM journal rankings based on impact factors are only moderately correlated with journal quality rankings previously determined using other methods, and the agreement among these other methods in ranking the quality of OM journals is relatively modest. Thus, *impact factor* rankings alone are not a replacement for the a! ssessment methods used in previous studies, but rather they evaluate OM journals from another perspective. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Stonebraker, JS (reprint author), N Carolina State Univ, Dept Business Management, Coll Management, Campus Box 7229, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA Addresses: [Stonebraker, Jeffrey S.; Handfield, Robert B.] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Business Management, Coll Management, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA [Gil, Esther] Univ Denver, Penrose Lib, Denver, CO 80208 USA [Kirkwood, Craig W.] Arizona State Univ, WP Carey Sch Business, Dept Supply Chain Management, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA E-mail Address: jeff_stonebraker at ncsu.edu, esther.gil at du.edu, craig.kirkwood at asu.edu, robert_handfield at ncsu.edu Cited Reference Count: 46 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS ISSN: 0272-6963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.05.002 Subject Category: Business & Economics; Operations Research & Management Science IDS Number: 901KD Unique ID: WOS:000300964900003 Cited References: MCVEIGH ME, 2002, J SELF CITATION J CI, *THOMS REUT, 2008, J CIT REP GLOSS, Theoharakis V, 2007, JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V25, P932 Cameron BD, 2005, PORTAL-LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY, V5, P105 Egghe L, 2006, SCIENTOMETRICS, V69, P131 *THOMS REUT, 2010, J CIT REP WHATS INCL, Gorman MF, 2007, M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V9, P51 Holsapple CW, 2010, OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, V38, P167 Linderman K, 2010, JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V28, P357 Nisonger TE, 2000, COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, V61, P263 Tahai A, 1999, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V20, P279 STEWARD MD, 2010, J MARKETING ED, V32, P75 Goh CH, 1996, OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, V24, P337 Gupta UG, 1997, INTERFACES, V27, P85 SOTERIOU AC, 1999, J OPER MANAG, V17, P225 Donohue JM, 2000, OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, V28, P17 CABELL DWE, 1988, DIRECTORY PUBLISHING, Simchi-Levi D, 2009, OPERATIONS RESEARCH, V57, P1 *THOMS REUT, 2004, J CIT REP ISI WEB KN, Rungtusanatham MJ, 2003, JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V21, P475 AMIN M, 2000, PERSPECTIVES PUBLISH, V1, P1 Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Glanzel W, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P171 STRAUB DW, 2009, COMMUNICATION ASS IN, V25, P57 Nisonger TE, 2004, SERIALS LIBRARIAN, V47, P57 Boyer KK, 2008, JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V26, P689 van Nierop E, 2010, STATISTICA NEERLANDICA, V64, P71 Olson JE, 2005, INTERFACES, V35, P323 GOH, 1997, J OPERATIONS MANAGEM, V15, P123 STRAUB D, 2010, MIS Q, V34, PR3 Barman S, 2001, JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V19, P367 Boyer KK, 2009, JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, V27, P423 BARMAN S, 1991, J OPERATIONS MANAGEM, V10, P194 ANSARI A, 1992, INT J OPER PROD MAN, V12, P56 Bettencourt LA, 2001, MARKETING LETTERS, V12, P327 MOED HF, 2005, CITATION ANAL RES EV, Hirsch JE, 2005, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V102, P16569 *RR BOWK LLC, 2009, ULR PER DIR ON LIN, Vastag G, 2002, OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, V30, P109 GORMAN MF, 2005, MANUFACTURING SERVIC, V7, P3 Lewis BR, 2007, JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS, V8, P619 SALADIN B, 1985, OPERATIONS MANAGEMEN, V3, P3 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 VOKURKA RJ, 1996, J OPERATIONS MANAGEM, V14, P345 van Nierop E, 2009, STATISTICA NEERLANDICA, V63, P52 KATERATTANAKUL P, 2005, J INF TECHNOL, V7, P1 ======================================================================= *Record 7 of 9. Title: *An* overview and analysis of journal operations, journal publication patterns, and journal impact in school psychology and related fields Authors: Floyd, RG; Cooley, KM; Arnett, JE; Fagan, TK; Mercer, SH; Hingle, C Author Full Names: Floyd, Randy G.; Cooley, Kathryn M.; Arnett, James E.; Fagan, Thomas K.; Mercer, Sterett H.; Hingle, Christine Source: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, 49 (6):617-647; SI 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.11.008 DEC 2011 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Peer-review; Journal editors; Impact factor; School psychology journals KeyWords Plus: QUALITY; EDITORS; ASSOCIATION; MANUSCRIPT; ARTICLES; CRITERIA; INDEXES; TRENDS Abstract: This article describes the results of three studies designed to understand better the journal operations, publishing practices, and impact of school psychology journals in recent years. The first study presents the results of a survey focusing on journal operations and peer-review practices that was completed by 61 journal editors of school psychology and aligned journals. The second study presents the results of review and classification of all articles appearing in one volume year for nine school psychology journals (i.e., The California School Psychologist, Canadian Journal of School Psychology, Journal of Applied School Psychology, Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, School Psychology Forum, School Psychology International, School Psychology Quarterly, and School Psychology Review). The third study employed multilevel modeling to investigate differences in the longitudinal trends of *impact factor* data for five school psychology journals listed in t! he Web of Science (i.e., Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, School Psychology International, School Psychology Quarterly, and School Psychology Review). The article addresses implications for authors, editors, and journal editorial teams as well as the status and impact of school psychology journals. (C) 2011 Society for the Study of School Psychology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Floyd, RG (reprint author), Univ Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 USA Addresses: [Floyd, Randy G.; Cooley, Kathryn M.; Arnett, James E.; Fagan, Thomas K.; Hingle, Christine] Univ Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 USA [Mercer, Sterett H.] Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada E-mail Address: rgfloyd at memphis.edu Cited Reference Count: 56 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND ISSN: 0022-4405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.11.008 Subject Category: Psychology IDS Number: 899FU Unique ID: WOS:000300802600002 Cited References: Barbui C, 2006, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY, V67, P37 Strein W, 2003, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, V24, P421 ROBINSON SL, 1998, PROVEN PRACTICE PREV, V1, P28 Althouse BM, 2009, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V60, P27 FAGAN TK, 1986, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, V15, P430 *AM PSYCH ASS, 2008, AM PSYCHOL, V63, P490 Lounds J, 2002, CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, V27, P338 ALEXANDER DR, 2005, MENTAL CHILD HLTH J, V9, P113 *AM PSYCH ASS, 2011, PUBL DESCR SCH PSYCH, Ramos-Alvarez MM, 2006, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, V6, P773 Power TJ, 2010, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, V39, P673 Caruso M, 2004, JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, V37, P523 HENSON KT, 1999, PHI DELTA PI RECORD, V35, P79 STERNBERG RJ, 2005, REV SCI WORKS PSYCHO, Lee KP, 2002, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V287, P2805 Rossner M, 2007, JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, V179, P1091 RUNGE TJ, 1999, SCH PSYCHOL, V53, P77 Park DC, 2009, PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, V4, P36 MERRELL KW, 2011, SCH PSYCHOL 21 CENTU, Roberts LW, 2004, ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY, V28, P81 JOYCE BG, 1990, TEACHER ED SPECIAL E, V13, P40 CAMPBELL JP, 1982, J APPL PSYCHOL, V67, P691 STAPLETON LM, 2010, REV GUIDE QUANTITATI, P378 *AM PSYCH ASS, 2010, PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS, ROBERTS MC, 1992, JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY, V17, P785 Frisby CL, 1998, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, V27, P304 Raelin JA, 2008, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT LEARNING & EDUCATION, V7, P124 Henson KT, 2003, PHI DELTA KAPPAN, V84, P788 KAWANO T, 1993, JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, V31, P407 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 BRAY MA, 2011, OXFORD HDB SCH PSYCH, PAULHUS DL, 1991, MEASURES PERSONALITY, P17 GUTKIN TB, 2009, HDB SCH PSYCHOL, Brewer BW, 2001, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V56, P266 Henson KT, 2007, PHI DELTA KAPPAN, V88, P781 *AM PSYCH ASS, 2010, AM PSYCHOL, V65, P524 FAGAN TK, 2007, SCH PSYCHOL PRESENT, REYNOLDS CR, 1984, JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, V22, P43 Garfield E, 1999, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V161, P979 HAMES I, 2007, PEER REV MANUSCRIPT, PRICE KW, 2011, J SCH PSYCHOL, V49, THOMAS A, 2008, BEST PRACTICES SCH P, MARTINEZ RS, 2011, J SCH PSYCHOL, V49, Bliss SL, 2008, PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, V45, P483 WILCZENSKI FL, 1992, COMMUNIQUE, V21, P14 Henson KT, 2005, PHI DELTA KAPPAN, V86, P772 MAYRATH M, 2006, NEWSLETTER ED PSYCHO, V29, P9 Flores LY, 1999, COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST, V27, P73 Nickerson RS, 2005, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V60, P661 Jennings RL, 2008, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, V29, P515 STERNBERG R, 2002, APS OBSERVER, V15, P343 Anseel F, 2004, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V59, P49 ALBERS CA, 2011, J SCH PSYCHOL, V49, Cooper ML, 2009, PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, V4, P84 Wicherts JM, 2009, INTELLIGENCE, V37, P443 Carr JE, 2003, JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, V36, P113 ======================================================================= *Record 8 of 9. * Title: Journal article citation classics in school psychology: Analysis of the most cited articles in five school psychology journals Authors: Price, KW; Floyd, RG; Fagan, TK; Smithson, K Author Full Names: Price, Katherine W.; Floyd, Randy G.; Fagan, Thomas K.; Smithson, Kelly Source: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, 49 (6):649-667; SI 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.10.001 DEC 2011 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Publishing in psychology; Citations; School psychology; Peer-reviewed journals KeyWords Plus: DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED INTERVENTIONS; CURRICULUM-BASED MEASUREMENT; TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS; GENERAL-EDUCATION SETTINGS; SOCIAL-SKILLS; BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; PREREFERRAL INTERVENTIONS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; DISSERTATION RESEARCH Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the top 100 most highly cited articles of all time as well as the 25 most highly cited articles of the last decade from within 5 school psychology journals: Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, School Psychology International, School Psychology Quarterly, and School Psychology Review. The Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science database was utilized to identify citation counts for each article appearing in these journals. Coding schemes were used to identify article type and content area. The top 10 most highly cited articles of all time as well as the top 10 most highly cited articles of the past decade are detailed, and general patterns found across these articles are discussed. Implications for reviewing manuscripts that are likely to become highly cited articles and for authoring a highly cited article are offered. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Society for the Study o! f School Psychology. Reprint Address: Price, KW (reprint author), Univ Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 USA Addresses: [Price, Katherine W.; Floyd, Randy G.; Fagan, Thomas K.; Smithson, Kelly] Univ Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 USA E-mail Address: kwprice04 at gmail.com Cited Reference Count: 137 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND ISSN: 0022-4405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.10.001 Subject Category: Psychology IDS Number: 899FU Unique ID: WOS:000300802600003 Cited References: DUPAUL GJ, 1991, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, V20, P284 FRENCH JL, 1984, JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, V22, P73 MEYERS J, 1973, J SCH PSYCHOL, V11, P40 DuPaul G, 1997, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, V26, P5 OCALLAGH.S, 1974, JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, V12, P269 WITT JC, 1986, JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, V24, P37 ALLEN BA, 1992, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, V21, P586 Kratowill TR, 2002, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY, V17, P341 Bliss SL, 2008, PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, 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Title: Performance Analysis of IES Journals using Internet and Text Processing Robots Authors: Yu, J; Gnanachchelvi, P; Wilamowski, BM Author Full Names: Yu, Jiao; Gnanachchelvi, Parameshwaran; Wilamowski, Bogdan M. Book Group Author(s): IEEE Source: IECON 2011: 37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS SOCIETY, 2011 Book Series: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Language: English Document Type: Proceedings Paper Conference Title: ICELIE/IES Industry Forum/37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial-Electronics-Society (IECON) Conference Date: NOV 07-10, 2011 Conference Location: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Conference Sponsor(s): Inst Elect & Elect Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Ind Elect Soc (IES), Soc Instrument & Control Engineers (SICE), SE Univ, Curtin Univ, Monhas Univ, Gippsland Reg Automat Ctr, RMIT Univ Author Keywords: Internet robots; Text processing; PERL; Impact Factor KeyWords Plus: HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; RENEWABLE-ENERGY-SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; POWER-ELECTRONICS; CONTROL-SYSTEMS; DRIVES; MODEL; SELECTION; MACHINES Abstract: The quality of journals is primarily related to the number of citation of published papers. Various measures of evaluating the quality of journals are being discussed and compared here. Unfortunately the citation analysis is almost impossible using manual examination of references. This must be done by developing special computer tools for extracting data from various locations. Also, if only journal citations are of the interest then this information is already preprocessed on different web sites such as Google-Scholar, PublishOrPerish, or WebOfKnowlege. However, if for example someone wants to analyze performance of editors, associate editors, and reviewers, then the problem is much more complicated. These would require development of specialized computer tools for automatic data processing. The presented paper is a description of such approach Reprint Address: Yu, J (reprint author), Auburn Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Auburn, AL 36849 USA Addresses: [Yu, Jiao; Gnanachchelvi, Parameshwaran; Wilamowski, Bogdan M.] Auburn Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Auburn, AL 36849 USA E-mail Address: jzy0012 at auburn.edu, pzg0009 at auburn.edu, wilambm at auburn.edu Cited Reference Count: 59 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA ISSN: 1553-572X ISBN: 978-1-61284-972-0 Subject Category: Engineering IDS Number: BYJ30 Unique ID: WOS:000299032405007 Cited References: Chau KT, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V55, P2246 Natori K, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V4, P185 CUCINOTTA T, 2009, IEEE T IND INFORM, V5, Lukic SM, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V55, P2258 Bellini A, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V55, P4109 Guerrero JM, 2010, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V4, P52 Guerrero JM, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V56, P726 Gungor VC, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V56, P4258 Tao F, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V4, P315 Willig A, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V4, P102 PHAM N, 2011, IND ELECT HDB, V4, P65 Malinowski M, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V57, P2197 Carrasco JM, 2006, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V53, P1002 HOLZNER S, 1999, PERL BLACK BOOK, Thounthong P, 2009, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V3, P32 PHAM N, 2009, 13 IEEE INT ENG SYST, P251 Franquelo LG, 2008, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V2, P28 SCHWARTZ RL, 2011, LEARNING PERL, Kouro S, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V57, P2553 Singh R, 2008, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V2, P19 Wilamowski BM, 2009, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V3, P56 Vasquez JC, 2010, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V4, P23 Blaabjerg F, 2006, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V53, P1398 PHAM N, 2011, IND ELECT HDB, V4, Orlowska-Kowalska T, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V4, P47 Boldea I, 2008, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V2, P32 Kariwala V, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V6, P54 Levi E, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V55, P1893 Zhang YW, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V6, P3 Cena G, 2008, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V2, P8 Kouro S, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V56, P1826 Jammes F, 2005, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V1, P62 NEELI S, 2008, 12 INES 2008 INT C I, P191 Geyer T, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V56, P1894 Han JQ, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V56, P900 WILAMOWSKI BM, 2010, 24 IEEE INT C ADV IN, P4 MANIC M, 2002, P 28 ANN C IEEE IND, Wilamowski B, 2001, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V48, P1266 El-Refaie AM, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V57, P107 Cena G, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V6, P425 Jonsson M, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V5, P429 Jasperneite J, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V5, P75 Scharbarg JL, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V5, P38 Spagnuolo G, 2010, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V4, P38 Cancila D, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V6, P181 Rodriguez J, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V57, P2219 MALINOWSKI A, 2001, P 27 ANN C IEEE IND, P1868 PHAM N, 2010, 24 IEEE INT C ADV IN, P1203 Lozoya C, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V4, P164 Lukic SM, 2008, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V2, P22 Estevez-Ayres I, 2009, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V5, P278 Liserre M, 2010, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V4, P18 Lai JS, 2009, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V3, P24 Wang J, 2009, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V3, P16 Lai CL, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, V6, P73 Chiu HJ, 2010, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V57, P735 Bose BK, 2010, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V4, P6 Emadi A, 2008, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, V55, P2237 Thramboulidis K, 2009, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, V3, P7 From cbenito at INGENIO.UPV.ES Mon Mar 26 03:09:18 2012 From: cbenito at INGENIO.UPV.ES (Carlos Benito Amat) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:09:18 +0000 Subject: Bug in wildcard search Thomson Web of Science In-Reply-To: Message-ID: There's also another bug related to author's names, especially the hispanic ones. When you look for an author with two surnames, say M L?pez Trascasa, using Lopez Trascasa M gives you 5 papers and Lopez-Trascasa M results in 97. The logical sum of both sets is 102 papers. El 25/03/12 14:37, "Daigu" escribi?: >Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >There is a bug in the Web of Science wildcard search. > >TS=("hydro$power") is not supposed to give results according to the >help, but it does. I.e., the quotes are ignored. > >TS=(hydro$power) should match "hydro-power", "hydro power" and >"hydropower", but it doesn't. It appears to match only "hydropower". > >The same goes for (hydro*power). > >For more information, see >http://www.datagnostics.net/wos_wildcard_bug.htm > >A bug report has been filed with and confirmed by Thomson. > From kanderson at JBJS.ORG Mon Mar 26 10:26:41 2012 From: kanderson at JBJS.ORG (Kent Anderson) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:26:41 -0500 Subject: Question Message-ID: Has anyone done a longitudinal study of whether the number of papers emanating from each grant is increasing? Thanks. Kent Kent R. Anderson | CEO/Publisher The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery 20 Pickering Street, Needham, MA 02492 Email: kanderson at jbjs.org Phone: 781-433-1209 | Cell: 774-288-9464 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kboyack at MAPOFSCIENCE.COM Mon Mar 26 11:18:04 2012 From: kboyack at MAPOFSCIENCE.COM (Kevin Boyack) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:18:04 -0600 Subject: Question In-Reply-To: <127D586353BC44469088DC1B16366975072C6D10E4@DFW1MBX18.mex07a.mlsrvr.com> Message-ID: Dear Kent, Paul Jordan (of NIH) and I published a study a year ago about NIH grants and resultant publications. Figure 1 (lower left) shows that, when the data are grouped by initial grant year, numbers of articles per grant per year have been decreasing for the past 20 years or so. Although some the recent change in slope can be explained by the fact that publication counts are not yet complete for active grants due to publication time lags, I don't think that can account for the decrease seen in the 1990s. This analysis does lump all grant types and durations together - see Table 5 for scope in terms of numbers of grants and articles considered in the study. It is very possible that numbers of papers per grant are increasing for certain types. But on the whole, it looks like the number is actually decreasing. Best regards, Kevin Kevin Boyack SciTech Strategies, Inc. 505-856-1267 kboyack at mapofscience.com From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Kent Anderson Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:27 AM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Question Has anyone done a longitudinal study of whether the number of papers emanating from each grant is increasing? Thanks. Kent Kent R. Anderson | CEO/Publisher The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery 20 Pickering Street, Needham, MA 02492 Email: kanderson at jbjs.org Phone: 781-433-1209 | Cell: 774-288-9464 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gingras.yves at UQAM.CA Tue Mar 27 10:22:04 2012 From: gingras.yves at UQAM.CA (Yves Gingras) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:22:04 -0400 Subject: Writing articles in English In-Reply-To: <950B931DFAA047F1A0B83094DB6DA059@Vig6371596> Message-ID: Hello Herre are a few papers I did on the effects of translation in social sciences and sciences: Gingras Yves et S?bastien Mosbah-Natanson, ?La question de la traduction en sciences sociales : les revues fran?aises entre visibilit? internationale et ancrage national>?, Archives europ?ennes de sociologie, vol. 51, no 2, 2010, pp: 305-321; See pdf at: http://www.cirst.uqam.ca/Portals/0/docs/note_rech/2010-02.pdf See also a paper in press (in English) in JASIST on Russian science in translation Kirchik, O., Gingras, Y., Larivi?re, V. (2012) Changes in publication languages and citation practices and their effect on the scientific impact of Russian Science (1993-2009) http://lariviere.ebsi.umontreal.ca/Publications/russia_citation.pdf For a sociological analysis of the value of languages in the scientific field: Gingras, Yves, ??La valeur d'une langue dans un champ scientifique??, Recherches sociographiques, vol. XXV, no 2, mai-ao?t 1984, pp. 286-296. http://www.chss.uqam.ca/Portals/0/docs/articles/valeur_champ_scientifique.p df Best regards Yves Le 27/03/12 05:51, ??James Hartley?? a ?crit?: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > Writing articles in English when English is not your first language. > > My colleague Vera Sheridan and I are preparing a list of articles on this > topic that focus on experiential accounts of writing and publishing in > English, written by authors from different countries. > > We would be most grateful if you could alert us to any such articles that you > are aware of, and particularly to any written by yourself! > > Many thanks > > James Hartley > School of Psychology > Keele University > Staffordshire > http://www.keele.ac.uk/psychology/people/hartleyjames/ > Yves Gingras Professeur D?partement d'histoire Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire et sociologie des sciences Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) UQAM C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville Montr?al, Qu?bec Canada, H3C 3P8 Tel: (514)-987-3000-7053 Fax: (514)-987-7726 http://www.chss.uqam.ca http://www.cirst.uqam.ca http://www.ost.uqam.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK Wed Mar 28 04:42:59 2012 From: j.hartley at PSY.KEELE.AC.UK (James Hartley) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:42:59 +0100 Subject: Writing articles in English Message-ID: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Writing articles in EnglishDear Yves Many thanks for your most helpful reply to my request for information. Very helpful! Jim James Hartley School of Psychology Keele University Staffordshire http://www.keele.ac.uk/psychology/people/hartleyjames/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Yves Gingras To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Writing articles in English Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html Hello Herre are a few papers I did on the effects of translation in social sciences and sciences: Gingras Yves et S?bastien Mosbah-Natanson, ?La question de la traduction en sciences sociales : les revues fran?aises entre visibilit? internationale et ancrage national>?, Archives europ?ennes de sociologie, vol. 51, no 2, 2010, pp: 305-321; See pdf at: http://www.cirst.uqam.ca/Portals/0/docs/note_rech/2010-02.pdf See also a paper in press (in English) in JASIST on Russian science in translation Kirchik, O., Gingras, Y., Larivi?re, V. (2012) Changes in publication languages and citation practices and their effect on the scientific impact of Russian Science (1993-2009) http://lariviere.ebsi.umontreal.ca/Publications/russia_citation.pdf For a sociological analysis of the value of languages in the scientific field: Gingras, Yves, ? La valeur d'une langue dans un champ scientifique ?, Recherches sociographiques, vol. XXV, no 2, mai-ao?t 1984, pp. 286-296. http://www.chss.uqam.ca/Portals/0/docs/articles/valeur_champ_scientifique.pdf Best regards Yves Le 27/03/12 05:51, ? James Hartley ? a ?crit : Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html Writing articles in English when English is not your first language. My colleague Vera Sheridan and I are preparing a list of articles on this topic that focus on experiential accounts of writing and publishing in English, written by authors from different countries. We would be most grateful if you could alert us to any such articles that you are aware of, and particularly to any written by yourself! Many thanks James Hartley School of Psychology Keele University Staffordshire http://www.keele.ac.uk/psychology/people/hartleyjames/ Yves Gingras Professeur D?partement d'histoire Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire et sociologie des sciences Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) UQAM C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville Montr?al, Qu?bec Canada, H3C 3P8 Tel: (514)-987-3000-7053 Fax: (514)-987-7726 http://www.chss.uqam.ca http://www.cirst.uqam.ca http://www.ost.uqam.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smilojev at INDIANA.EDU Wed Mar 28 21:36:12 2012 From: smilojev at INDIANA.EDU (Stasa Milojevic) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:36:12 -0400 Subject: Reminder: Webinar on Information Visualizations tomorrow Message-ID: ASIST SIG/MET is organizing a webinar on visualization. TITLE: Preparing to Incorporate Visualizations into a *metrics Research Project DESCRIPTION: Information Visualization has enormous potential for researchers. Visualizations can be employed within a research agenda both as an exploratory analysis tool to better understand trends in complex data sets (e.g., visual analytics) and also as a way of communicating the results of analyses to stakeholders and other members of the research community. Determining the most appropriate visualization techniques and incorporating those techniques into a research project, however, can be daunting for novice visualizers. This webinar will approach Information Visualization from the perspective of researchers interested in incorporating visualizations into a research project within the fields of Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Scientometrics, Informetrics, Webometrics, etc. The focus will be on developing an appropriate (novice) strategy for undertaking *metrics research-based visualizations. The webinar will begin by introducing attendees to techniques for establishing the most likely and appropriate candidate data sources for visualization, based both on a study's research questions and on the needs of potential audiences/stakeholders for the visualization. The webinar will then address how to structure the development of the visualizations and will recommend techniques and software tools that can be used for various types of visualizations and data sources. PRESENTER: Angela Zoss is a doctoral candidate at the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. Over the course of her degree she has worked as a Research Assistant for the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, directed by Dr. Katy B?rner, and has she attended and presented visualization research at a variety of domestic and international workshops and conferences. She currently works as an Adjunct Instructor for SLIS, teaching a course on Information Visualization that synthesizes critical, empirical, and practical approaches to the subject. Her research focuses on Scientometric visualizations of scholarly communication and, more generally, the development of a more nuanced understanding of how various audiences interact with information visualizations. She will assume the role of Data Visualization Coordinator at Duke University starting in the summer of 2012. DATE AND TIME: March, 29th, 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET COST: $10 members and $20 nonmembers. 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