papers of interest to Sig Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Sun Mar 25 17:43:21 EDT 2012
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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