papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics Part 2
Eugene Garfield
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Wed May 16 15:40:37 EDT 2012
TITLE: PAV: A novel model for ranking heterogeneous objects in
bibliographic information networks (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Deng, ZH; Lai, BY; Wang, ZH; Fang, GD
SOURCE: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS 39 (10). AUG 2012.
p.9788-9796 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD
SEARCH TERM(S):
HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005;
BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title;
GARFIELD E SCIENTIST 12:11 1998;
GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972
KEYWORDS: Bibliographic information networks; Link analysis;
Ranking; Regular Markov chain
KEYWORDS+: INDEX; IMPACT
ABSTRACT: Bibliographic information networks, formed by online
bibliographic databases, such as ACM Digital Library and IEEE/IET Electronic Library, contain abundant information about authors, papers, venues (journals/conferences), and have been widely studies in recent years. However, few studies examine the problem of ranking objects in these networks. In this paper, we study this problem and present a novel model, called PAV, for ranking heterogeneous objects, such as authors, papers, and venues. Based on PAV model, we transform the problem of ranking objects into the problem of estimating probability distribution.
We propose an efficient algorithm to estimate probability parameters by use of the fact that the PAV model is a regular Markov chain. For evaluating PAV model, we apply it on one real dataset, which was crawled from ACM Digital Library. The experimental results show that the proposed model is effective. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: ZH Deng, Peking Univ, Key Lab Machine Percept, Minist Educ,
Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
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TITLE: In for a Penny, in for a Pound. How Initial Moral
Justifications Restrain Companies in the Pursuit of their Economic
Interests (Article, German)
AUTHOR: Schroder, M
SOURCE: SOZIALE WELT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTLICHE
FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 62 (4). 2011. p.333-349,421 NOMOS
VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG, BADEN-BADEN
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth
ABSTRACT: Do people behave in accordance with moral norms because
they want to or because they are forced to do so? This question is ultimately irresolvable, as the "real" motivations of individuals are hidden from scientific analysis. This article carves out the mechanism of "argumentative coercion" that circumvents this problem. The basic conception is that company managements publicly justify their actions by referring to widely accepted values and social norms. This might reflect real moral scruple, or they might only do so pro forma, to satisfy social demands. Regardless of this, such legitimations develop a momentum of their own. Justifications might simply have been made to immunize self- interested actions against a critical public. Nonetheless, they can be used to hold actors accountable to their initial promises. Thus, as our first case study tries to illustrate, the question of whether people act morally because they want to do so or because they are made to act morally loses some of its pertinence. Our second case study shows that argumentative coercion also exists because costs are incurred upon actors if these do not justify their actions with widely accepted social norms.
This mechanism of "argumentative coercion" helps to explain how trade unions and works councils influence companies over which they cannot exert much formal power.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Schroder, Harvard Univ, Ctr European Studies, 27 Kirkland
St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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TITLE: Governing Science - A Discourse Analytic Study of the
Science Council's Research Rating (Article, German)
AUTHOR: Baier, C
SOURCE: SOZIALE WELT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTLICHE
FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 62 (4). 2011. p.371-390,421,422
NOMOS VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG, BADEN-BADEN
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth
KEYWORDS+: CONSTRUCTION
ABSTRACT: The article presents findings from a discourse analysis
of the German science council's research rating based on textual material published by the science council. The research rating is interpreted as a practice of governing science that aims at a systematic restructuring of scientist's and scientific organization's self-assessment and thereby engenders a new form of scientific self-regulation. In this process, new criteria of scientific quality are introduced, e.g. efficiency, differentiation, internationality and applicability of standardized measurement. The technology of the panopticon and procedures of normalization are employed in this new practice of government. While recent analyses indicate trends toward "academic capitalism" and the "entrepreneurial university", two complementary processes are emphasized
here: Practices of calculation, accounting and economization can only be applied if science is subjected to normalization; universities can only act according to entrepreneurial rationality if they are endowed with agent-like qualities.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: C Baier, Otto Friedrich Univ Bamberg, Lehrstuhl Soziol 2,
Lichtenhaidestr 11, Bamberg, Germany
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TITLE: Patent text mining and informetric-based patent
technology morphological analysis: an empirical study (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Xu, F; Leng, FH
SOURCE: TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 24 (5). 2012.
p.467-479 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD,
ABINGDON
SEARCH TERM(S): INFORMETRIC* item_title
KEYWORDS: patent text mining; morphological analysis; factor
analysis; clustering analysis; patent citation; conjoint
analysis
KEYWORDS+: CO-WORD ANALYSIS; INFORMATION; SCIENCE; TOOL
ABSTRACT: Patent technology morphological analysis utilises the
advantages of both patent information analysis and morphological analysis to provide more detailed information on current and future patent technology. Current patent technology morphological analysis methods are largely reliant on manual expertise in the construction of morphological boxes with few approaches to the evaluation of future morphological configurations. We developed a patent text mining and informetric-based patent technology morphological analysis technique. We defined the basic parameters of the morphological box as the factors in factor analysis, with a patent keywords matrix, and the clusters in clustering analysis with factor scores. Patent citation, year of patent registration, keyword frequency, and contributing factors were used to evaluate future morphological configurations. We used an empirical study of liquid crystal display wide viewing angle patents to validate our method. The Thomson Reuters Derwent Innovation Index was used to collect patent text datasets. Our study indicates that this method is feasible for the implementation of patent technology morphological analysis. Our method provides advantages in terms of cost and time reductions during morphological box construction and more flexible methods for evaluating morphological configurations. We discuss problems and possible development of our method in the last section.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Xu, Inst Sci & Tech Informat China, Strategy Res Ctr,
Fuxing Rd 15, Beijing 100038, Peoples R China
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TITLE: Theorizing in sociology and social science: turning to
the context of discovery (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Swedberg, R
SOURCE: THEORY AND SOCIETY 41 (1). JAN 2012. p.1-40 SPRINGER,
DORDRECHT
SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth
KEYWORDS: Theorizing; Theory; Context of discovery; Context of
justification; Abduction
KEYWORDS+: THEORY CONSTRUCTION; WORTH
ABSTRACT: Since World War II methods have advanced very quickly in
sociology and social science, while this has not been the case with theory. In this article I suggest that one way of beginning to close the gap between the two is to focus on theorizing rather than on theory. The place where theorizing can be used in the most effective way, I suggest, is in the context of discovery. What needs to be discussed are especially ways for how to develop theory before hypotheses are formulated and tested. To be successful in this, we need to assign an independent place to theorizing and also to develop some basic rules for how to theorize.
An attempt is made to formulate such rules; it is also argued that theorizing can only be successful if it is done in close unison with observation in what is called a prestudy. Theorizing has turned into a skill when it is iterative, draws on intuitive ways of thinking, and goes beyond the basic rules for theorizing.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Swedberg, Cornell Univ, Dept Sociol, Uris Hall 328,
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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TITLE: Type of Evidence Behind Point-of-Care Clinical
Information Products: A Bibliometric Analysis (Article, English)
AUTHOR: Ketchum, AM; Saleh, AA; Jeong, K
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH 13 (1). JAN-MAR
2011. p.NIL_13-NIL_23 JOURNAL MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH,
TORONTO
SEARCH TERM(S): MACROBERTS MH rauth;
MORAVCSIK MJ rauth; BIBLIOMETR* item_title;
GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979
KEYWORDS: Databases; Factual; Bibliometrics; Medical Informatics;
Evidence-based Medicine
KEYWORDS+: EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; SEEKING BEHAVIORS; CITATION
ANALYSIS; QUESTIONS; PHYSICIANS; RESOURCES; UPTODATE;
PEDIATRICIANS; DECISIONS; KNOWLEDGE
ABSTRACT: Background: Point-of-care (POC) products are widely used
as information reference tools in the clinical setting. Although usability, scope of coverage, ability to answer clinical questions, and impact on health outcomes have been studied, no comparative analysis of the characteristics of the references, the evidence for the content, in POC products is available.
Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the type of evidence behind five POC clinical information products.
Methods: This study is a comparative bibliometric analysis of references cited in monographs in POC products. Five commonly used products served as subjects for the study: ACP PIER, Clinical Evidence, DynaMed, FirstCONSULT, and UpToDate. The four clinical topics examined to identify content in the products were asthma, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and carbon monoxide poisoning. Four indicators were measured: distribution of citations, type of evidence, product currency, and citation overlap. The type of evidence was determined based primarily on the publication type found in the MEDLINE bibliographic record, as well as the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), both assigned by the US National Library of Medicine.
MeSH is the controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles in MEDLINE/PubMed.
Results: FirstCONSULT had the greatest proportion of references with higher levels of evidence publication types such as systematic review and randomized controlled trial (137/153, 89.5%), although it contained the lowest total number of references (153/2330, 6.6%). DynaMed had the largest total number of references (1131/2330, 48.5%) and the largest proportion of current (2007-2009) references (170/1131, 15%). The distribution of references cited for each topic varied between products.
For example, asthma had the most references listed in DynaMed, Clinical Evidence, and FirstCONSULT, while hypertension had the most references in UpToDate and ACP PIER. An unexpected finding was that the rate of citation overlap was less than 1% for each topic across all five products.
Conclusions: Differences between POC products are revealed by examining the references cited in the monographs themselves. Citation analysis extended to include key content indicators can be used to compare the evidence levels of the literature supporting the content found in POC products.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: AM Ketchum, Univ Pittsburgh, Hlth Sci Lib Syst, Pittsburgh,
PA 15260 USA
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TITLE: Research in orthopaedics from China has thrived over the
last decade: A bibliometric analysis of publication activity (Article,
English)
AUTHOR: Cheng, T
SOURCE: ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY-SURGERY & RESEARCH 98 (3).
MAY 2012. p.253-258 ELSEVIER MASSON, MILANO
KEYWORDS: Orthopaedics; China; Chinese; Research; Clinical trial
KEYWORDS+: ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACHIAL-PLEXUS INJURIES; 10-
YEAR SURVEY; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTION;
REPLANTATION; ARTHROSCOPY; MEDICINE; JOURNALS; EFFICACY
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Over the past decades, there have been
great advances in orthopaedics in China. The purpose of this study was to investigate the orthopaedic research output in the three Chinese-speaking regions - the Mainland (ML), Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW).
Hypothesis: We hypothesized that there was a positive trend in China orthopaedic research during the past decade and this regardless of the Chinese-speaking regions of origin.
Materials and methods: Forty-nine orthopaedic journals were retrieved from the PubMed database and Science Citation Index Expanded. Articles from ML, TW, and HK in 2000 to 2009 were identified. The total number of articles, clinical trials, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), impact factors (IF), citations, and articles published in the top 10 orthopaedic journals were analyzed.
Results: A total of 1878 published articles in 2000 to 2009 were broken down as follows: ML (607), TW (865), and HK (406). There was a significant increase in published articles for ML and TW from 2000 to 2009. The number of published articles from ML exceeded the total sum of articles from TW and HK in 2009. The accumulated IF of articles from TW
(1751.91) was higher than that from ML (1054.67) and HK (708.25). TW had the highest average IF (2.025), followed by ML (1.902) and HK (1.862).
The total citations of published articles in 2000 to 2009 from TW (4759) were higher than those for HK (2276) and ML (1751). The highest average citation of each article was from HK (5.784), followed by TW (5.720) and ML (3.051). TW published 339 articles in 10 high-impact journals, whereas ML and HK published 267 and 154 articles, respectively. Discussion:
Chinese researchers in the field of orthopaedics have been more and more active in the global orthopaedic community during the past 10 years. ML seems to have caught up to HK and TW in respect to research output.
Level of evidence: Level III. Systematic review of level II and level III studies. (c) 2012 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: T Cheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Shanghai Peoples
Hosp 6, Dept Orthopaed Surg, 600 Yisan Rd, Shanghai 200233,
Peoples R China
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