Papers of interest to SIG Metrics
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Mon Mar 19 11:44:27 EDT 2012
TITLE: The 2010 Rankings of Chemical Education and Science
Education Journals by Faculty Engaged in Chemical Education Research
(Article, English)
AUTHOR: Towns, MH; Kraft, A
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION 89 (1). JAN 2012. p.16-20
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, WASHINGTON
SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title
KEYWORDS: Graduate Education/Research; Chemical Education Research;
Professional Development
ABSTRACT: Faculty active in chemical education research from around
the world ranked 22 journals publishing research in chemical education and science education. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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