From Paul.Jump at TSLEDUCATION.COM Mon Oct 1 10:53:59 2012 From: Paul.Jump at TSLEDUCATION.COM (Jump, Paul) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:53:59 +0100 Subject: retractions related to lab size Message-ID: Hello all I am a journalist for Times Higher Education in the UK. It has been suggested to me that scientific misconduct is more likely to occur in large research groups because the PI is less able to keep an eye on what is happening. It would be nice to have some evidence of this. I wondered whether anyone was aware of any studies that compare retraction/correction rates to lab size? Thanks for any help you can give. Paul Jump Senior research reporter Times Higher Education 26 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4HQ Tel: 0203 194 3438 (from abroad: +44 203 194 3438) www.timeshighereducation.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for Viruses and delivered by the MessageLabs Email Security System for TSL Education Limited -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Oct 2 18:10:22 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 22:10:22 +0000 Subject: Papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Taxonomies of networks from community structure (Article, English) AUTHOR: Onnela, JP; Fenn, DJ; Reid, S; Porter, MA; Mucha, PJ; Fricker, MD; Jones, NS SOURCE: PHYSICAL REVIEW E 86 (3 PT 2). SEP 10 2012. p.NIL_26-NIL_42 AMER PHYSICAL SOC, COLLEGE PK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; PHYS REV E source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: COMPLEX NETWORKS; MODULARITY; CONNECTIVITY; MULTISCALE; DESIGN ABSTRACT: The study of networks has become a substantial interdisciplinary endeavor that encompasses myriad disciplines in the natural, social, and information sciences. Here we introduce a framework for constructing taxonomies of networks based on their structural similarities. These networks can arise from any of numerous sources: They can be empirical or synthetic, they can arise from multiple realizations of a single process (either empirical or synthetic), they can represent entirely different systems in different disciplines, etc. Because mesoscopic properties of networks are hypothesized to be important for network function, we base our comparisons on summaries of network community structures. Although we use a specific method for uncovering network communities, much of the introduced framework is independent of that choice. After introducing the framework, we apply it to construct a taxonomy for 746 networks and demonstrate that our approach usefully identifies similar networks. We also construct taxonomies within individual categories of networks, and we thereby expose nontrivial structure. For example, we create taxonomies for similarity networks constructed from both political voting data and financial data. We also construct network taxonomies to compare the social structures of 100 Facebook networks and the growth structures produced by different types of fungi. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JP Onnela, Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat, Boston, MA 02115 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An Integrated Impact Indicator: A new definition of 'Impact' with policy relevance (Article, English) AUTHOR: Wagner, CS; Leydesdorff, L SOURCE: RESEARCH EVALUATION 21 (3). SEP 2012. p.183-188 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): SHER IH rauth; MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968; SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43:628 1992; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972; PUDOVKIN AI J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53:1113 2002 KEYWORDS: impact; citation; normalization; percentile; statistics; indicator KEYWORDS+: CITATION ANALYSIS; JOURNALS; SCIENCE; EXCELLENCE; TOOL ABSTRACT: Allocation of research funding, as well as promotion and tenure decisions, are increasingly made using indicators and impact factors drawn from citations to published work. A debate among scientometricians about proper normalization of citation counts has resolved with the creation of an Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) that solves a number of problems found among previously used indicators. The I3 applies non-parametric statistics using percentiles, allowing highly cited papers to be weighted more than less-cited ones. It further allows unbundling of venues (i.e. journals or databases) at the article level. Measures at the article level can be re-aggregated in terms of units of evaluation. At the venue level, the I3 creates a properly weighted alternative to the journal impact factor. I3 has the added advantage of enabling and quantifying classifications such as the six percentile rank classes used by the National Science Board's Science & Engineering Indicators. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CS Wagner, Ohio State Univ, John Glenn Sch Publ Affairs, Columbus, OH 43210 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Research assessment and monetary rewards: the overemphasized impact factor in China (Article, English) AUTHOR: Shao, JF; Shen, HY SOURCE: RESEARCH EVALUATION 21 (3). SEP 2012. p.199-203 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): TAUBES G SCIENCE 260:884 1993; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972; GARFIELD E NATURE 227:669 1970; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999 KEYWORDS: research assessment; impact factor; China KEYWORDS+: SCIENCE; JOURNALS ABSTRACT: The assessment of quality in scientific research is a complex problem. The use of more objective scientometric indices in research evaluation emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. These scientometric indicators, among which the most common one is probably the journal impact factor (IF), are increasingly employed to evaluate the quality of scientific research performed by individual scientists, research groups, or institutes. In China, the IF is used not only to measure a journal's scientific influence, but has become increasingly important as a basis for recruitment or promotion, awards of research funding, grants, and authors' academic advancement. But in fact, the assessment of research mainly based on the IF will cause much academic 'froth', so it is necessary for universities and research institutions to reset the academic assessment system in China. In the assessment of scientific research, more research activities, like the organization of conferences and seminars, the coordination of research groups, and the participation to conferences, should be considered. AUTHOR ADDRESS: HY Shen, Zhejiang Univ, Sch Med, Affiliated Hosp 2, Editorial Off Chinese Journal Emergency Med, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Quality and influence in literary work: evaluating the 'educated imagination' (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zuccala, A SOURCE: RESEARCH EVALUATION 21 (3). SEP 2012. p.229-241 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50:799 1999; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981 KEYWORDS: literary art; theory and criticism; scholarly research evaluation KEYWORDS+: BOOK-REVIEWS; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL-SCIENCES; HUMANITIES; CITATION; SCHOLARSHIP; CLASSIFICATION; SIMILARITY ABSTRACT: We examine literary work as a product of the scholar's 'educated imagination' and review features of this performance culture (i.e. quality, quantity, impact, influence, and importance), which lend themselves to evaluation. Insights are drawn from the research and commentaries of specialists, including scholars of literature and bibliometricians. Peer review, as it is seen in book reviews, plays a critical role in how literary quality is perceived, while citations, from books and journal articles may be used to trace patterns of influence. To evaluate literary work as a whole, we suggest distinguishing between different types of production, vocational and epistemic, and orchestrating data systems that allow for combined measures of quality, scholarly influence, and cultural influence. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Zuccala, Univ Amsterdam, Inst Log Language & Computat, POB 94242, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Productivity and Impact of the Top 100 Cited Parkinson's Disease Investigators since 1985 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sorensen, AA; Weedon, D SOURCE: JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 (1). 2011. p.3-13 IOS PRESS, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; KEYWORDS: Parkinson's disease; neurodegenerative diseases; neurosciences; bibliometrics; scientometrics; H-index; authorship; factual databases; ranking; citation; citation analysis; highly-cited; history of science KEYWORDS+: ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE; INDEX ABSTRACT: We have compiled a list of the 100 most cited researchers in Parkinson's disease since 1985 together with H-Indices as a means to assess productivity and impact. Within the total-citations ranking, "broad impact" citations are used as a way of identifying those researchers whose work is cited widely beyond the Parkinson's disease research community. Finally, we present a table of the most cited researchers this decade for a comparison of the two with analysis. AUTHOR ADDRESS: AA Sorensen, GE Healthcare, Boston, MA 02116 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Most Cited Parkinson's Disease Researchers - A Personal Perspective (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Quinn, N SOURCE: JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 (1). 2011. p.15-18 IOS PRESS, AMSTERDAM AUTHOR ADDRESS: N Quinn, UCL Inst Neurol, Queen Sq, London WC1N 3BG, England ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The electronic Scientific Portfolio Assistant: Integrating scientific knowledge databases to support program impact assessment (Article, English) AUTHOR: Haak, LL; Ferriss, W; Wright, K; Pollard, ME; Barden, K; Probus, MA; Tartakovsky, M; Hackett, CJ SOURCE: SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY 39 (4). AUG 2012. p.464-475 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth KEYWORDS: funding program evaluation; research portfolio; automated system; research impact KEYWORDS+: CITATION COUNTS; CHALLENGES; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports basic and applied biomedical research by funding grants and contracts. To measure the outcomes and impact of their programs, NIH staff conduct program evaluations and undertake targeted investigations of research portfolios. Recently, the NIH launched the electronic scientific portfolio assistant (eSPA), a web-based analytics system based on linked scientific databases that provides quantitative information for program officers and planning and evaluation officials managing research portfolios. This system has improved the ability to create and collaboratively refine research portfolios, has reduced the time needed to collect and link outcomes data such as publications and patents, and is providing information used to support research management decisions. After describing the eSPA system, we provide examples of three eSPA evaluation projects that illustrate the impact of this system on NIH evaluation objectives. AUTHOR ADDRESS: LL Haak, Thomson Reuters, Discovery Log, 1455 Res Blvd,2nd Floor, Rockville, MD 20850 USA [ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ TITLE: China's Korea Experts: A Network Analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lee, S SOURCE: ASIAN PERSPECTIVE 36 (3). JUL-SEP 2012. p.411-434 KYUNGNAM UNIV, INST FAR EASTERN STUDIES, SEOUL SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; GARFIELD E NATURE 227:669 1970 KEYWORDS: China foreign policy; knowledge community; China-Korea relations; social-network analysis; citation network KEYWORDS+: THINK TANKS ABSTRACT: China's intellectuals in the reform era have had significant impact on the country's foreign policy The existing literature, however, shows a lack of interest in these experts' community, even though it is important in policy formation. This article investigates the foreign-policy community, particularly the one that focuses on the Korean peninsula, from the perspective of structure and agents. Specifically it examines which experts play a role in producing China's discourses and to what extent, and how the experts' relationships have shaped the community This study is conducted utilizing social- network analysis based on the experts' citations. The article points to the implications for interpreting the structure of China's policy discourses. AUTHOR ADDRESS: S Lee, Korea Inst Def Analyses, Seoul, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Analysis of academic research performance from publication in the field of Computer Science (Article, English) AUTHOR: Wang, HC; Pang, CY; Huang, JY SOURCE: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 17 (2). AUG 2012. p.51-70 UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, KUALA LUMPUR SEARCH TERM(S): FAIRTHORNE RA rauth; PRICE DDS rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS: Scientometric analysis; Bibliometrices; Research productivity; Reaserch impact; Computer science research KEYWORDS+: CITATION ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; UNIVERSITIES; DATABASE; QUALITY; INDIA ABSTRACT: Research performance in academia is treated as one of the metrices for national competency. Many countries devote a high level of commitment and resources to improving their research performance. This paper illustrates computer science research covering a ten year period (2001-2010) in several countries in Asia and prominent countries represented by the Group of Eight (G8). The study used different indices to analyze aspects of scientific publications, such as publication quantity, popular subjects and research quality, to evaluate a country's academic performance. We generalize the previous indexes and create novel indexes to construct an integrated study to evaluate and gain a clear view of countries' research performance. Our research found that countries with the highest productivity seldom have the strongest impact on research. Some countries, such as Malaysia, have a greater impact than many other countries with lower production can pay more attention to interdisciplinary applications to increase their competencyi in the area of computer science. AUTHOR ADDRESS: HC Wang, Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Inst Informat Management, 1st Univ Rd, Tainan 701, Taiwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Proximity and Matthew Effect in co-authorship pattern of Iranian top universities (Article, English) AUTHOR: Khosrowjerdi, M; Zeraatkar, N; Hajipour, M SOURCE: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 17 (2). AUG 2012. p.71-82 UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, KUALA LUMPUR SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS: Collaboration pattern; Matthew effect; Proximity; Collocation, Co-authorship index KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SCIENCE; INNOVATION; COUNTRIES ABSTRACT: Co-authorship is used to measure scholarly collaborations of countries, institutions, and individual. It refers to the process in which two or more authors or researchers collaborate with each other to create a joint-work through collaboration methods and channels. Although many studies have been conducted to analyze the individual or field co- authorships in Iran, a little have concerned the organisational co- authorships in this country. This study aims to analyze organisational co- authorships among Iranian top universities based on proximity rule and Matthew effect. Data were limited to published articles affiliated to top universities in Iran and extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The co-authorships matrix of these universities was shaped and their relationships were mapped. The "National Co-Authorship Index", which is the rate of scholarly co-authorships among universities of a country, was calculated. Results show that geographic proximity has important and strong role in co-authorships of Iranian top universities. Top universities tend to collaborate with universities of similer ranking and probably this results confirms the Matthew effect in the collaborations of Iranian top universities. Also, the role of collocation or proximity has been drawn o Iran map. Finally, some suggestions were made to improve the co-authorship system of Iranian universities. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Khosrowjerdi, Iranian Res Inst Informat Sci & Technol IRANDOC, 1090 Palestine Conj,Enghelab Ave, Tehran, Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Scientometric evaluation of Sankhya - the Indian Journal of Statistics (Article, English) AUTHOR: Das, PK; Pal, JK SOURCE: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 17 (2). AUG 2012. p.83-100 UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, KUALA LUMPUR SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title; JOURNAL item_title KEYWORDS: Single journal studies; Scientometrics analysis; Statistics journal; Sankhya-the Indian Journal of Statistics; Lotka's law KEYWORDS+: LOTKA LAW; MATHEMATICAL-THEORY; PUBLICATIONS; COMMUNICATION; CONSEQUENCES; AUTHORS ABSTRACT: This paper critically analyses 199 peer-reviewed articles published in Sankhya during 2003 to 2007. It examines authorship pattern, collaboration trend among authors, predominant areas of statistical research, and time lag in publications. Subsequent analysis focuses on prolific contributors, degree of collaboration, collaboration density, active sub-domains of statistics and time lag trend. Findings reveal the following: (a) the number of articles reduced from 24.6% to 14.0% that conforms to the growth trend of statistical publications in India; (b) single-authored paper counts only 30%, the rest in collaboration either by two-authors (47%) or three-to-five-authors (23%) and average authorship accounts for 1.96 per paper; (c) contributors of Sankhya worked in highly collaborative manner and the degree of collaboration (CC=0.698) is quite significant; and (d) most of the bilateral and multilateral collaborations has emanated from 12 institutions of 5 different countries. Ranked list of profilic authors has been carried out using fractional counting method. It is observed that author productivity is not in agreement with Lotka's law, but productivity distribution data partially fits the law when the value of alpha approximated to 2.77 and the number of papers does not exceed two. Broad subject clusters, such as statistics (153) and probability theory (38) constituted about 96% of the contributed articles. Nonparametric inference (18%), parametric inference (15%), design of experiments (10%) and multivariate analysis (8%) are found to be active areas of research in statistics. The study shows an average time lag of fifteen months to publish an article, and a declining trend of time lags following second-degree polynomial type has been observed in this scholarly journal. AUTHOR ADDRESS: PK Das, Indian Stat Inst, Documentat & Informat Sci Div, 203 BT Rd, Calcutta 700108, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A reference ontology for digital scientific journals applied to systematic literature review processes (Review, English) AUTHOR: Ghisi, FB; Fachin, GRB; dos Santos, MH; Sell, D; Rados, GJV SOURCE: TRANSINFORMACAO 24 (2). 2012. p.91-101 PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA CAMPINAS, CAMPINAS KEYWORDS: Information retrieval; Journal; Reference ontology; Systematic review of the literature ABSTRACT: This paper presents possible approaches to the use of a reference ontology for digital journals, supporting bibliographic processes in systematic literature reviews. The benefits are highlighted of using specialized services through "batch" or "on-the-fly" processing of information from different repositories, such as recognized and indexed databases and portals or specific websites. It is concluded that the use of reference ontology enables the creation of services that ensure greater interoperability between different repositories, allowing a more inclusive and accurate retrieval of information, as it standardizes the concepts related to the access points of scientific journals. AUTHOR ADDRESS: FB Ghisi, Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Programa Posgrad Engn & Gestao Conhecimento, Campus Univ Reitor Joao David Ferreira Lima, BR-88040970 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil - From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Oct 7 04:03:56 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 10:03:56 +0200 Subject: software routine for the triple-helix indicator (freeware) Message-ID: The Triple-Helix Indicator and its Extension to Four Dimensions: The Measurement of Configurational Information in More than Two Dimensions The program th4.exe reads an input file ?data.txt? and generates (or adds to an existing) file th4.dbf containing probabilistic entropy values and mutual information values for three and/or four nominal variables. (The source code can be found here .) In a number of studies (see the reference list) we used the mutual information in three dimensions as Triple Helix indicator; for example, to measure the reduction of uncertainty (e.g., Yeung, 2008:59f.; cf. McGill, 1954) in the interactions between distributions in the geographical dimensions (addresses), organizational size, and technological capacities of firms (Lengyel & Leydesdorff, 2011; Leydesdorff et al., 2006; Leydesdorff & Fritsch, 2006; Leydesdorff & Strand, in press). Using publications as units of analysis, the focus can be on university, industry and/or government addresses in co-authorship relations (Kwon et al., 2012; Leydesdorff, 2003; Leydesdorff & Sun, 2009; Park et al., 2005; Ye et al., in preparation). A program for examining TH relations on a case-by-case basis is available at http://www.leydesdorff.net/th/th.exe . (The program th.exe also computes also Krippendorff?s (2009a) IABC?AB, AC, BC and the redundancy R; T = I - R (Krippendorff, 2009b; Leydesdorff, 2009, 2010). In a number of studies (and in the literature) questions have been raised about extending the Triple Helix to more than three helices (e.g., Carayannis & Campbell, 2009 and 2010; Leydesdorff, 2012). The issue is urgent since the dimension international versus national was found to be important as an additional dimension in a number of recent studies (Ye et al., in preparation). One may wish to appreciate international coauthorship as a fourth variable (Leydesdorff & Sun, 2009; Kwon et al., 2010) or ?foreign driven investment? in the case of firm data (Lengyel & Leydesdorff, 2011; Strand & Leydesdorff, in press). This routine (th4.exe ) is meant to facilitate the computation of these values in the case of large sets. This version (unlike th.exe) operates on nominal values; for example, industry codes, the names of regions, classifications; the older routine th. exe uses numerical values. In the case of numerical values, one may wish to bin these or dichotomize. For example, if three addresses are provided of which two are from universities and one from industry, these U-I relation should be counted as ?1?. In other words, numbers are read as character string by this (!) program. Input file Input file is a text file with one case (firm, publication, patent, etc.) on each line, and five variables. The first variable is a case-identifier; for example, ?firm1? or ?id0001?. The second to fifth variable are read as four nominal variables (including ?0? and ?1?). If the fifth variable is missing, all values are set to zero, and the corresponding dimension (?z?) is not computed. The four dimensions are indicated as w, x, y, and z, respectively. Each variable on the input file has to be embedded in double quotation marks, and the variables are delimited with commas. As follows: ?id1?, ?1?, ?b?, ?region1?, ?2? ?id2?, ?2?, ?a?, ?region2?, ?1? ?id3?, ?1?, ?a?, ?region2?, ?2? ?id4?, ?1?, ?b?, ?region5?, ?1? For example, in the case of address information, the second variable may indicate the presence of a university address (Y/N), the third an industrial address, etc. In the case of firm data, the second variable may be a size category (e.g., zero for firms without employees to six for firms with more than 500 employees), the third variable a technology code (e.g., OECD?s NACE codes), the third an indication of the region, and the fifth whether the firm is domestically owned or a subsidiary of a foreign company. The size of the file is not limited (but < 2 GByte). The input file should be named ?data.txt?. Place no header with variable names at the first line (because these will be counted as separate categories). Note that typos may lead to the declaration of an additional class because the program indexes on the strings. The program and the input have to be placed in the same folder. Output The program generates the file th4.dbf if not present in this folder; or if present, a new record is appended to th4.dbf. This file can be read using Excel or a similar program. As said, the variables are denoted ?w?, ?x?, ?y?, and ?z?, and the new record contains the uncertainties in these four dimensions (Hw, Hx, Hy, Hz), the joint entropies (such Hwx, Hwxy, Hwxyz, etc.), and all possible transmissions (Twx, Twxy, Twxyz, etc.) among them. Note The current version is very much a beta-version. Please, provide feedback for further improvements if bugs are encountered. Carefully check the output on errors! I acknowledge Balazs Lengyel for helping to develop this routine. ** apologies for cross-postings _____ Loet Leydesdorff Professor, University of Amsterdam 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/ Visiting Professor, ISTIC, Beijing; Honorary Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex; http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Wed Oct 10 18:57:44 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:57:44 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics list readers - including many from J Informetrics Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: What Do Federal District Judges Want? An Analysis of Publications, Citations, and Reversals (Article, English) AUTHOR: Choi, SJ; Gulati, M; Posner, EA SOURCE: JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION 28 (3). AUG 2012. p.518-549 OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, CARY SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS+: SENTENCING GUIDELINES; COURT JUDGES; US COURTS; APPEALS; POLITICS; JUSTICE; HIERARCHY; BEHAVIOR; POLICY; FEAR ABSTRACT: Evidence from a data set of federal district judges from 2001 and 2002 suggests that district judges adjust their opinion-writing practices to minimize their workload while maximizing their reputation and chance for elevation to a higher court. District judges in circuits with politically uniform circuit judges are better able to predict what opinions will get affirmed by the circuit court, leading to higher publication rates and a higher affirmance rate. In contrast, district judges in circuits with politically diverse circuit judges are less able to predict the preferences of the reviewing circuit court panel, leading district judges to publish fewer but higher-quality opinions in an effort to maximize their affirmance rate (JEL K40, K41, K49). AUTHOR ADDRESS: SJ Choi, NYU, New York, NY 10003 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact of the Number of Dermatologists on Dermatology Biomedical Research: A Canadian Study (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lanzini, RC; Fallen, RS; Wismer, J; Lima, HC SOURCE: JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS MEDICINE AND SURGERY 16 (3). MAY-JUN 2012. p.174-179 B C DECKER INC, HAMILTON SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS+: CLINICAL-RESEARCH; SITES; PRODUCTIVITY; INVESTIGATOR; ASSOCIATION; NETWORK; SCIENCE; TRIALS; CARE ABSTRACT: Background: Fewer dermatologists than other clinical specialists are entering and being retained as physicians in the Canadian medical workforce. Studies suggest that dermatologist numbers may influence skin disease outcomes. No study has questioned whether the number of clinical dermatologists can influence academic productivity. Objective: To quantify the correlation of the number of dermatologists with biomedical scientific production in this field from 1996 to 2008 in Canada. Methods: Canadian dermatology biomedical scientific production from SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) were merged with Canadian Medical Association (CMA) dermatologist demographic data. Linear regression analyses were used to model the relationships. Results: The low growth of dermatologist numbers by 8.16% in Canada from 1996 to 2008 correlates with a small increase in articles by 7.59% published in this subject area during this period. This has reduced the scientific importance of Canadian dermatology in the world. Conclusion: The number of dermatologists was a significant predictor of biomedical research production in the field of dermatology. This suggests that specialist availability may be one factor influencing dermatology research and publications. AUTHOR ADDRESS: HC Lima, McMaster Univ, Michael G DeGroote Sch Med, Dept Med, Div Dermatol, 10-B Victoria St S,Off 3017, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Harvesting footnotes in a rural field: citation patterns in Swedish literary studies (Article, English) AUTHOR: Hammarfelt, B SOURCE: JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 68 (4). 2012. p.536-558 EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, BINGLEY SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; MARSHAKOVA IV rauth; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; CITATION item_title KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Bibliometrim; Grant applications; Humanities; Literary studies; Scholarly communication; Sweden; Communication; Data analysis; Periodicals KEYWORDS+: HUMANITIES; MONOGRAPHS; SCHOLARSHIP; SOCIOLOGY; SCIENCES; JOURNALS; ENGLISH; SPANISH ABSTRACT: Purpose - The aim of this article is to study a locally- oriented and book-based research field using two Swedish language sources. Knowledge about citation patterns outside journal-based, English language databases is scarce; thus a substantial part of research in the humanities and the social sciences is neglected in bibliometric studies. Design/methodology/approach - Citation characteristics (publication type, language, gender and age) in the journal Tidskrift for Litteraturvetenskap (2000-2009) and in grant applications (2006-2009) are studied. The datasets are analyzed further, adopting an author-co- citation approach for depicting and comparing the "intellectual base" of the field. Findings - It is shown that monographs and anthologies are the main publication channel in Swedish literary research. English, followed by Swedish, is the major language, and the gender of authors seems to influence citation practices. Furthermore, a common intellectual base of literary studies that is independent of publication type and language could be identified. Practical implications - Bibliometric analysis of fields within the humanities needs to go beyond established databases and materials. The extensive use of recent English language monographs in Swedish literary studies informs the acquisition policy of university libraries serving literature scholars. Originality/value - Citation analysis of non-English sources offers further knowledge about scholarly fields with a local and "rural" profile. The approach of using references in grant applications provides a novel and promising venue for bibliometric research. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Hammarfelt, Uppsala Univ, Dept Archival Sci Lib & Informat Sci & Museol, Uppsala, Sweden -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: What are creative accomplishments in science? - Conceptual considerations using examples from science history and bibliometric findings (Article, German) AUTHOR: Heinze, T SOURCE: KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE 64 (3). SEP 2012. p.583-599 VS VERLAG SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN-GWV FACHVERLAGE GMBH, WIESBADEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MACROBERTS MH rauth; MERTON RK rauth; ZUCKERMAN H rauth; BIBLIOMETR* item_title; GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 23:3 1989; SENGUPTA IN SCIENTOMETRICS 22:283 1991; KOLNER Z SOZIOL SOZ source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS: Creativity; Originality; Heuristic; Research accomplishment; Philosophy of Science; Bibliometrics KEYWORDS+: HIGHLY CITED PAPERS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; CITATION ANALYSIS; BROKERAGE; ARTICLES; JOURNALS ABSTRACT: Science studies have not yet provided a heuristic that distinguishes creative accomplishments from other research contributions. Likewise, there is no commonly agreed typology of creative scientific results. This article takes up these two desiderata. It is argued that scientific creativity springs from the fundamental tension between originality and scientific relevance. Based on this consideration, a heuristic is introduced that singles out creative research accomplishments from other contributions in science. Furthermore, it is shown that creative contributions are not only advances in theory, but also new methods, new empirical phenomena, and the development of new research instrumentation. The article introduces examples from science history and presents results from bibliometric studies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: T Heinze, Berg Univ Wuppertal, Gaussstr 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: High-and low-impact citation measures: Empirical applications (vol 5, pg 122, 2011) (Correction, English) AUTHOR: Albarran, P; Ortuno, I; Ruiz-Castillo, J SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.469 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; *CORRECT* doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Ruiz-Castillo, Univ Carlos III Madrid, Madrid 128, E-28903 Getafe, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Jazz discometrics - A network approach (Article, English) AUTHOR: Schubert, A SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.480-484 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Discometrics; Network informetrics; Hirsch's h-index; Partnership Ability Index ABSTRACT: 'Discometrics', a long neglected area of informetric studies was revisited in a network context. Cooperation between jazz musicians was analysed using the recent 'Hirschian' concepts of network informetrics. Partnership Ability Index (phi) was found to be a useful measure to characterize the way performers are embedded in their partnership network. Indications of some positive relations between phi and other 'qualities' of the performers were found. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Schubert, Lib Hungarian Acad Sci, Dept Sci Policy & Scientometr, Budapest, Hungary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Exploring the nonlinear effects of patent H index, patent citations, and essential technological strength on corporate performance by using artificial neural network (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zhang, SF; Yuan, CC; Chang, KC; Ken, Y SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.485-495 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Patent citations; H index; Essential technological strength KEYWORDS+: PHARMACEUTICAL-INDUSTRY; MARKET VALUE; PRODUCTIVITY; INDICATORS; INNOVATION; STATISTICS; MODELS ABSTRACT: This study utilizes the artificial neural network to explore the nonlinear relationships between patent performance and the corporate performance of the pharmaceutical companies. Patent performance measured from patent H index, patent citations, and essential technological strength (ETS). The result shows that patent H index, patent citations, and ETS has the nonlinear effect on the corporate performance of the pharmaceutical companies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KC Chang, Wuhan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Total influence and mainstream measures for scientific researchers (Article, English) AUTHOR: Liu, JS; Lu, LYY; Ho, MHC SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.496-504 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E AM DOC 14:289 1963 KEYWORDS: Scientific influence; Research performance; Citation network; Bibliometric indicators; Hirsch index KEYWORDS+: HIRSCH INDEX; RESEARCH COLLABORATION; PRODUCTIVITY; IMPACT; EFFICIENCY; NETWORKS ABSTRACT: We propose two new indices that are able to measure a scientific researcher's overall influence and the level of his/her works' association with the main-stream research subjects within a scientific field. These two new measures - the total influence index and the mainstream index - differ from traditional performance measures such as the simple citation count and the h-index in that they take into account the indirect influence of an author's work. Indirect influence describes a scientific publication's impact upon subsequent works that do not reference it directly. The two measures capture indirect influence information from the knowledge emanating paths embedded in the citation network of a target scientific field. We take the Hirsch index, data envelopment analysis, and lithium iron phosphate battery technology field to examine the characteristics of these two measures. The results show that the total influence index favors earlier researchers and successfully highlights those researchers who have made crucial contributions to the target scientific field. The main-stream index, in addition to underlining total influence, also spotlights active researchers who enter into a scientific field in a later development stage. In summary, these two new measures are valuable complements to traditional scientific performance measures. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JS Liu, Natl Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Grad Inst Technol Management, 43,Sect 4,Keelung Rd, Taipei 10607, Taiwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The measurement of low- and high-impact in citation distributions: Technical results (vol 5, pg 48, 2011) (Correction, English) AUTHOR: Albarran, P; Ortuno, I; Ruiz-Castillo, J SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.515 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; *CORRECT* doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Ruiz-Castillo, Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econ, Madrid 128, Getafe 28903, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An international comparison of journal publishing and citing behaviours (Article, English) AUTHOR: Didegah, F; Thelwall, M; Gazni, A SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.516-531 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): ARUNACHALAM S rauth; SMITH LC LIBR TRENDS 30:83 1981; JOURNAL item_title; GARFIELD E REV INVEST CLIN 50:497 1998; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999 KEYWORDS: Publishing behaviour; Citing behaviour; Research collaboration KEYWORDS+: LESS-DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES; IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; EDUCATIONAL JOURNALS; CITATION PRACTICES; LEADING JOURNALS; MEDICAL JOURNALS; INDICATORS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY ABSTRACT: The relationship between researchers' publishing and citing behaviours has received little examination despite its potential importance in scholarly communication, particularly at an international level. To remedy this we studied documents and their references indexed in Thomson Reuters's Web of Science (WoS) in the period 2000-2009 to compare journal publishing behaviours against journal citing behaviours across the world. The results reveal that most publications in, and citations to, all five quality based strata of journals examined come from scientifically and economically advanced countries. Nevertheless, in proportion to their total number of citations given to WoS journals, it seems that less developed countries cite high-quality journals at the same rate as developed countries and so the poorer publishing of less developed countries does not seem to be due to a lack of access to top journals. Moreover, examining the publishing and citing trends of countries revealed a decreasing rate of high-income and Scientifically Advanced Countries (SACs) publications in, and citations to, all quality ranges of journals in comparison to the increasing rate of publications and citations of other groups. Finally, research cooperation between developed and less developed countries seems to positively influence the publishing behaviour of the latter as their publications co-authored with developed countries were published more often in top journals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Gazni, Res Affairs ISC, Shiraz, Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Author bibliographic coupling analysis: A test based on a Chinese academic database (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ma, RM SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.532-542 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Author bibliographic coupling analysis; Author co- citation analysis; Domain mapping; Intellectual structure KEYWORDS+: COCITATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION-SCIENCE; TIME ABSTRACT: The paper first introduces the basic problems of author bibliographic coupling including the relationship between author bibliographic coupling and document bibliographic coupling as well as the three calculation methods of author coupling strength, namely, simple method, minimum method and combined method. Next I choose a small sample of authors in Chinese library and information science (LIS) as the research objects to have a comparative analysis of three types of author coupling strength algorithms (the data source is from the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI)). The result shows that the minimum method is the most appropriate one to calculate the author coupling strength. Then a large sample of authors is chosen to analyze the intellectual structure of Chinese LIS. The result shows that author bibliographic coupling analysis (ABCA) can discover the intellectual structure of a discipline better. It is also found that compared with author cocitation analysis (ACA), ABCA has the advantage that it not only can discover the intellectual structure of a discipline more comprehensively and concretely but also can reflect the research frontier of the discipline. Finally, some practical problems that arise during this research are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RM Ma, Shanxi Univ, Sch Management, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Sub-field normalization in the multiplicative case: Average-based citation indicators (Article, English) AUTHOR: Herranz, N; Ruiz-Castillo, J SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.543-556 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 43:628 1992; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Web of Science categories; Journal classification; Research performance; Normalization; European paradox KEYWORDS+: RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; IMPACT; DISTRIBUTIONS; SCIENCE; NATIONS; SCORES; SCALES ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the citation impact of three large geographical areas - the U.S., the European Union (EU), and the rest of the world (RW) - at different aggregation levels. The difficulty is that 42% of the 3.6 million articles in our Thomson Scientific dataset are assigned to several sub-fields among a set of 219 Web of Science categories. We follow a multiplicative approach in which every article is wholly counted as many times as it appears at each aggregation level. We compute the crown indicator and the Mean Normalized Citation Score (MNCS) using for the first time sub-field normalization procedures for the multiplicative case. We also compute a third indicator that does not correct for differences in citation practices across sub-fields. It is found that: (1) No geographical area is systematically favored (or penalized) by any of the two normalized indicators. (2) According to the MNCS, only in six out of 80 disciplines - but in none of 20 fields - is the EU ahead of the U.S. In contrast, the normalized U.S./EU gap is greater than 20% in 44 disciplines, 13 fields, and for all sciences as a whole. The dominance of the EU over the RW is even greater. (3) The U. S. appears to devote relatively more - and the RW less - publication effort to sub-fields with a high mean citation rate, which explains why the U.S./EU and EU/RW gaps for all sciences as a whole increase by 4.5 and 5.6 percentage points in the un-normalized case. The results with a fractional approach are very similar indeed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Ruiz-Castillo, Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econ, E-28903 Getafe, Spain [-------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Aggregating different paper quality measures with a generalized h-index (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gagolewski, M; Mesiar, R SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.566-579 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GROSS PLK SCIENCE 66:385 1927; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Aggregation operators; Impact functions; Hirsch's h-index; Quality control; Scientometrics; Bibliometrics; SJR; SNIP; Scopus; CITAN; R KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC IMPACT INDEXES; CITATION; SCIENCE; OPERATORS ABSTRACT: The process of assessing individual authors should rely upon a proper aggregation of reliable and valid papers' quality metrics. Citations are merely one possible way to measure appreciation of publications. In this study we propose some new, SJR- and SNIP-based indicators, which not only take into account the broadly conceived popularity of a paper (manifested by the number of citations), but also other factors like its potential, or the quality of papers that cite a given publication. We explore the relation and correlation between different metrics and study how they affect the values of a real-valued generalized h-index calculated for 11 prominent scientometricians. We note that the h-index is a very unstable impact function, highly sensitive for applying input elements' scaling. Our analysis is not only of theoretical significance: data scaling is often performed to normalize citations across disciplines. Uncontrolled application of this operation may lead to unfair and biased (toward some groups) decisions. This puts the validity of authors assessment and ranking using the h-index into question. Obviously, a good impact function to be used in practice should not be as much sensitive to changing input data as the analyzed one. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Gagolewski, Polish Acad Sci, Syst Res Inst, Ul Newelska 6, PL-01447 Warsaw, Poland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Selection committee membership: Service or self-service (Article, English) AUTHOR: van den Besselaar, P SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.580-585 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): WENNERAS C NATURE 387:341 1997 KEYWORDS: Project funding; Peer review; Grant decision-making; Information advantage; Bias; Nepotism; Research performance KEYWORDS+: DECISION-MAKING; NEPOTISM; BIAS ABSTRACT: Project funding is an increasingly important mode of research funding. The rationale is that through project funding new fields and new themes can be supported more effectively. Furthermore, project funding improves competition, which is expected to select the better research projects and researchers. However, project funding has a price, as it requires researchers to invest time in reviewing proposals, and to participate in selection committees. In that perspective, selection committee membership can be seen as a service to the scholarly community. However, what do committee members themselves get from membership? In this paper we show that committee members in average are more successful in grant applications than other principle investigators, and this is not explained by performance differences. The findings suggest that committee membership is not only service, but also self-service. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P van den Besselaar, Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Org Sci, Amsterdam, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Development a case-based classifier for predicting highly cited papers (Article, English) AUTHOR: Wang, MY; Yu, G; Xu, JZ; He, HX; Yu, DR; An, S SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.586-599 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; CITED item_title KEYWORDS: Highly cited papers; Prediction; Case-based classifier KEYWORDS+: NEAREST-NEIGHBOR RULE; FEATURE-SELECTION; CITATION COUNTS; INFORMATION-SCIENCE; ROUGH SETS; BEHAVIOR; REDUCTION ABSTRACT: In this paper, we discussed the feasibility of early recognition of highly cited papers with citation prediction tools. Because there are some noises in papers' citation behaviors, the soft fuzzy rough set (SFRS), which is well robust to noises, is introduced in constructing the case-based classifier (CBC) for highly cited papers. After careful design that included: (a) feature reduction by SFRS; (b) case selection by the combination use of SFRS and the concept of case coverage; (c) reasoning by two classification techniques of case coverage based prediction and case score based prediction, this study demonstrates that the highly cited papers could be predicted by objectively assessed factors. It shows that features included the research capabilities of the first author, the papers' quality and the reputation of journal are the most relevant predictors for highly cited papers. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MY Wang, NE Forestry Univ, Coll Informat & Comp Engn, Harbin 150040, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Estimating the diffusion models of crisis information in micro blog (Article, English) AUTHOR: Wei, JC; Bu, B; Liang, L SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.600-610 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS: Diffusion model; Crisis information; Micro blog; Logistic model KEYWORDS+: HIGHER-EDUCATION; SOCIAL NETWORKS; GROWTH-MODELS; COMMUNICATION; DISASTERS; DISSEMINATION; TWITTER; MEDIA ABSTRACT: The study tries to construct the diffusion models of crisis information in micro blog. We propose three information release patterns in micro blog according to the duration of crisis information released, namely concentrated release, continuous release, and pulse release. Based on Logistic function, three respective diffusion models are constructed. We choose three crisis events to test the diffusion models using the variables of the number of micro blogs with the crisis information (NMCI) and the increment of NMCI. The estimate results show that the diffusion of crisis information in micro blogs can be described by Logistic function, and the growth curve of NMCI is S-shaped. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Bu, Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Management, 96 JinZhai Rd, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Nemo iudex in causa sua? (Article, English) AUTHOR: Kosmulski, M SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.611-614 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Bias in assessment of research; h-Index KEYWORDS+: INDEX ABSTRACT: Newly introduced bibliometric indices may be biased by the preference of scientists for bibliometric indices, in which their own research receives a high score. To test such a hypothesis, the publication and citation records of nine scientists who recently proposed new bibliometric indices were analyzed in terms of standard indicators, their own indicators, and indicators recently proposed by other scientists. The result of the test was negative, that is, newly introduced bibliometric indices did not favor their authors. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Kosmulski, Lublin Univ Technol, Lublin, Poland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Why Sirtes's claims (Sirtes, 2012) do not square with reality (Letter, English) AUTHOR: Radicchi, F; Castellano, C SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.615-618 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; PUDOVKIN AI J AM SOC INF SCI TEC 53:1113 2002; LETTER* doctype KEYWORDS+: CITATION INDICATORS; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNALS; FAIRNESS AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Radicchi, Univ Rovira & Virgili, Dept Engn Quim, Av Paisos Catalans 26, Tarragona 43007, Catalunya, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Exploring the directed h-degree in directed weighted networks (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zhao, SX; Ye, FY SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.619-630 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; MARION LS P ASIST ANNU 40:486 2003 KEYWORDS: Weighted networks; Directed networks; Information networks; Citation networks; h-Degree; Directed h-degree KEYWORDS+: CITATION NETWORKS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; INFORMATION-SCIENCE; SOCIAL-SCIENCES; INDEX; COCITATION; PAGERANK; INSTITUTIONS; JOURNALS; WEB ABSTRACT: Most networks in information science appear as weighted networks, while many of them (e.g. author citation networks, web link networks and knowledge flow networks) are directed networks. Based on the definition of the h-degree, the directed h-degree is introduced for measuring both weighted networks and directed networks. After analyzing the properties and derived measures of the directed h-degree an actual application of LIS journals citation network is worked out. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: FY Ye, Zhejiang Univ, Dept Informat Resource Management, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The citation-based indicator and combined impact indicator-New options for measuring impact (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zhou, P; Zhong, YF SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.631-638 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E AM DOC 14:195 1963; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS: Citation based indicator (CBI); Combined impact indicator (CII); Integrated impact indicator (I3); Percentile ranks (PRs) ABSTRACT: Metrics based on percentile ranks (PRs) for measuring scholarly impact involves complex treatment because of various defects such as overvaluing or devaluing an object caused by percentile ranking schemes, ignoring precise citation variation among those ranked next to each other, and inconsistency caused by additional papers or citations. These defects are especially obvious in a small-sized dataset. To avoid the complicated treatment of PRs based metrics, we propose two new indicators-the citation-based indicator (CBI) and the combined impact indicator (CII). Document types of publications are taken into account. With the two indicators, one would no more be bothered by complex issues encountered by PRs based indicators. For a small-sized dataset with less than 100 papers, special calculation is no more needed. The CBI is based solely on citation counts and the CII measures the integrate contributions of publications and citations. Both virtual and empirical data are used so as to compare the effect of related indicators. The CII and the PRs based indicator I3 are highly correlated but the former reflects citation impact more and the latter relates more to publications. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Zhou, Inst Sci & Tech Informat China, 15 Fuxing Rd, Beijing 100038, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: How important is choice of the scaling factor in standardizing citations? (Article, English) AUTHOR: Abramo, G; Cicero, T; D'Angelo, CA SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.645-654 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM KEYWORDS: Research evaluation; Bibliometrics; Citations; Scaling; Sensitivity analysis; Productivity; Researchers KEYWORDS+: RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; DISTRIBUTIONS; UNIVERSALITY; INDICATORS; SCIENCE; IMPACT; MODEL ABSTRACT: Because of the variations in citation behavior across research fields, appropriate standardization must be applied as part of any bibliometric analysis of the productivity of individual scientists and research organizations. Such standardization involves scaling by some factor that characterizes the distribution of the citations of articles from the same year and subject category. In this work we conduct an analysis of the sensitivity of researchers' productivity rankings to the scaling factor chosen to standardize their citations. To do this we first prepare the productivity rankings for all researchers (more than 30,000) operating in the hard sciences in Italy, over the period 2004-2008. We then measure the shifts in rankings caused by adopting scaling factors other than the particular factor that seems more effective for comparing the impact of publications in different fields: the citation average of the distribution of cited-only publications. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Abramo, Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Ingn Impresa, Via Politecn 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Further clarifications about the success-index (Article, English) AUTHOR: Franceschini, F; Galetto, M; Maisano, D; Mastrogiacomo, L SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.669-673 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS: Success-index; Citation propensity; Field normalization; h-Index ABSTRACT: The aim of this brief communication is to reply to a letter by Kosmulski (Journal of Informetrics 6(3):368-369, 2012), which criticizes a recent indicator called "success-index". The most interesting features of this indicator, presented in Franceschini et al. (Scientometrics, in press), are: (i) allowing the selection of an "elite" subset from a set of publications and (ii) implementing the field- normalization at the level of an individual publication. We show that the Kosmulski's criticism is unfair and inappropriate, as it is the result of a misinterpretation of the indicator. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Franceschini, Politecn Torino, DIGEP Dept Management & Prod Engn, Corso Duca Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A further step forward in measuring journals' scientific prestige: The SJR2 indicator (Article, English) AUTHOR: Guerrero-Bote, VP; Moya-Anegon, F SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.674-688 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): MARSHAKOVA IV rauth; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006 KEYWORDS: SJR2 indicator; Academic journals; Journal prestige; Eigenvector centrality; Citation networks KEYWORDS+: COCITATION ANALYSIS; ICEBERG HYPOTHESIS; CATEGORIES; SCOPUS; MAPS ABSTRACT: A new size-independent indicator of scientific journal prestige, the SJR2 indicator, is proposed. This indicator takes into account not only the prestige of the citing scientific journal but also its closeness to the cited journal using the cosine of the angle between the vectors of the two journals' cocitation profiles. To eliminate the size effect, the accumulated prestige is divided by the fraction of the journal's citable documents, thus eliminating the decreasing tendency of this type of indicator and giving meaning to the scores. Its method of computation is described, and the results of its implementation on the Scopus 2008 dataset is compared with those of an ad hoc Journal Impact Factor, JIF(3y), and SNIP, the comparison being made both overall and within specific scientific areas. All three, the SJR2 indicator, the SNIP indicator and the JIF distributions, were found to fit well to a logarithmic law. Although the three metrics were strongly correlated, there were major changes in rank. In addition, the SJR2 was distributed more equalized than the JIF by Subject Area and almost as equalized as the SNIP, and better than both at the lower level of Specific Subject Areas. The incorporation of the cosine increased the values of the flows of prestige between thematically close journals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: VP Guerrero-Bote, Univ Extremadura, Dept Informat & Commun, Scimago Grp, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An extension of the h index that covers the tail and the top of the citation curve and allows ranking researchers with similar h (Article, English) AUTHOR: Garcia-Perez, MA SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.689-699 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Hirsch index; h index; Scientometric indicators KEYWORDS+: WEB-OF-SCIENCE; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; DURFEE SQUARE; SCOPUS; PUBLICATION; CONS; PROS; INDICATORS; PSYCHOLOGY; COUNTS ABSTRACT: Citation curves for researchers with the same h index can vary greatly in the heaviness of their top (excess citations to core papers) or the heaviness of their tail (citations to non-core papers), revealing quantitative differences across researchers. Also, promotion to the next higher h depends only on citations received by a small subset of papers, so that researchers with a given h may have citation curves whose top and tail reveal a weaker impact than that of researchers with a lower h. To overcome these problems, we propose a two-sided h index, an extension that computes additional h indices progressively up the top and out the tail of the citation curve. This extension represents a citation curve descriptor one of whose elements is the scalar h. The advantages of the two-sided h index are illustrated through analysis of citation curves for 88 researchers with h indices ranging from 8 to 20. Several schemes are also discussed that use the two-sided h index to define criteria for ranking researchers within and across scalar h indices, according to whether the top of the citation curve, its tail, or both are deemed relevant under the circumstances in which research accomplishments are assessed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MA Garcia-Perez, Univ Complutense, Dept Metodol, Fac Psicol, Campus Somosaguas, Madrid 28223, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Comparison of the citation distribution and h-index between groups of different sizes (Article, English) AUTHOR: Perme, MP; Stare, J; Zaucer, R; Zaucer, M SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.712-720 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; KEYWORDS: Research performance; Citation distribution; Reduced Hirsch index; Size-independent comparison; Stochastic method; Probability formulae KEYWORDS+: HIRSCH-INDEX; INDICATORS; IMPACT; OUTPUT; MODEL ABSTRACT: Evaluating the performance of institutions with different resources is not easy, any citation distribution comparisons are strongly affected by the differences in the number of articles published. The paper introduces a method for comparing citation distributions of research groups that differ in size. The citation distribution of a larger group is reduced by a certain factor and compared with the original distribution of a smaller group. Expected values and tolerance intervals of the reduced set of citations are calculated. A comparison of both distributions can be conveniently viewed in a graph. The size- independent reduced Hirsch index - a function of reducing factor that allows the comparison of groups within a scientific field - is calculated in the same way. The method can be used for comparing groups or units differing in full-time equivalent, funding or the number of researchers, for comparing countries by population, gross domestic product, etc. It is shown that for the calculation of the reduced Hirsch index, the upper part of the original citation distribution is sufficient. The method is illustrated through several case comparisons. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MP Perme, Vrazov Trg 2, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Statistical inference on the h-index with an application to top-scientist performance (Article, English) AUTHOR: Baccini, A; Barabesi, L; Marcheselli, M; Pratelli, L SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 6 (4). OCT 2012. p.721-728 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: h-index; Point and set estimation; Simultaneous pairwise confidence sets KEYWORDS+: HIRSCH-INDEX; ASYMPTOTICS; INDICATORS; FAMILY; MODEL ABSTRACT: Despite the huge amount of literature concerning the h- index, few papers have been devoted to its statistical analysis when a probabilistic distribution is assumed for citation counts. The present contribution mainly aims to divulge the inferential techniques recently introduced by Pratelli et al. (2012), by explaining the details for proper point and set estimation of the theoretical h-index. Moreover, some new achievements on simultaneous inference - addressed to produce suitable scholar comparisons - are carried out. Finally, the analysis of the citation dataset for the Nobel Laureates (in the last five years) and for the Fields medallists (from 2002 onward) is considered in order to exemplify the theoretical issues. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Baccini, Univ Siena, Dept Econ & Stat, Pzza S Francesco 7, I-53100 Siena, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Scientific research output evaluation of professors of Sao Paulo State University, Marilia/SP (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: Herculano, RD; Norberto, AMQ SOURCE: PERSPECTIVAS EM CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO 17 (2). APR-JUN 2012. p.57-70 ESCOLA CIENCIA INFORM UFMG, BELO HORIZONTE MG SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MERTON RK rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Periodical index; Scientific publication indicators; Scientometrics KEYWORDS+: INDEX; NETWORKS ABSTRACT: In this work, an analysis of scientific bibliographic productivity was made using the Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista (FFC-UNESP) as example. It is composed by nine departments which offer altogether nine undergraduate courses: 1) Archival, 2) Library, 3) Speech Therapy, 4) Pedagogy, 5) International Relations, 6) Physiotherapy, 7) Occupational Therapy, 8) Philosophy, 9) Social Sciences and six graduate programs leading to M. S. and Ph.D. degrees. Moreover, when analyzing the different courses of FFC-UNESP, they represent typical academic organization in Brazil and Latin America and could be taken as a model for analyzing other Brazilian research institutions. Using data retrieved from the Lattes Plataform database (Curriculum Lattes) we have quantitatively the scientific productivity percentage of professors at UNESP. We observed that bibliometric evaluations using the Curriculum Lattes (CL) showed that the professors published papers in journal are not indexed by ISI and SCOPUS. This analysis was made using: 1) the total number of papers (indexed in Curriculum Lattes database), 2) the number of papers indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Science database and SCOPUS database, and 3) the Hirsch (h- index) by ISI and SCOPUS. Bibliometric evaluations of departments showed a better performance of Political Science and Economics Department when compared to others departments, in relation total number of papers (indexed in Curriculum Lattes database). We also analyzed the academic advisory (Master's Thesis and Ph. D. Thesis) by nine departments of FFC/UNESP. The Administration and School Supervision Department presented a higher academic advisory (concluded and current) when compared to the others departments. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RD Herculano, Univ Estadual Paulista, FCLAs, Dept Ciencias Biol, Assis, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A study about safety in football stadiums based on bibliometric analysis of international literature (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: Ensslin, L; Ensslin, SR; Pacheco, GC SOURCE: PERSPECTIVAS EM CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO 17 (2). APR-JUN 2012. p.71-91 ESCOLA CIENCIA INFORM UFMG, BELO HORIZONTE MG SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: Performance evaluation; Risk management; Decision; Bibliometric analysis; Soccer; Sport KEYWORDS+: SECURITY; RISK ABSTRACT: In Brazil and in many countries around the world, soccer, in addition to being a competition or professional activity, has been considered a leisure activity and entertainment. In soccer matches, different to what happens in other cultural events, there is a passionate participation of people. If, in one hand, this makes the spectacle even greater, with expression of joy, it could, on the other hand, also cause violence and destruction. Currently, the increase of violence in football stadiums has generated significant concern to the authorities, especially police forces, involved in undertaking actions to reduce risks during soccer matches. However, this process lacks scientific grounds. The aim of this exploratory and descriptive paper is to build up knowledge about the theme for researchers through the bibliometric analysis of international literature, by using the ProKnow-C process ( Knowledge Development Process - Constructivist). We searched articles published between 2001 and 2010 in scientific journals available on the CAPES website. The research resulted in a Bibliographic Portfolio composed by 14 scientifically sound articles, aligned with the researchers view on the theme "Risk management in soccer stadiums". These articles were analyzed to identify: the main journals, articles, authors and keywords. It is concluded that the process used has provided the researchers with the knowledge of the state of the art on the theme, allowing the continuation of the research. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Ensslin, UFSC, Dept Engn Prod EPS, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Oct 11 16:48:48 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:48:48 +0000 Subject: paper of possible interest to Si Metrics readers Message-ID: TITLE: 2011 Impact Factor (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: D'Ambrosia, RD SOURCE: ORTHOPEDICS 35 (9). SEP 2012. p.739 SLACK INC, THOROFARE SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A critical assessment of the h-index (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gaster, N; Gaster, M SOURCE: BIOESSAYS 34 (10). OCT 2012. p.830-832 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: h-index; indicator; metric; performance; personal ABSTRACT: Editor's suggested further reading in BioEssays: Can we do better than existing author citation metrics? Abstract and Counting citations in texts rather than reference lists to improve the accuracy of assessing scientific contribution Abstract AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Gaster, Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Lab Mol Physiol, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Underrecognition of Pathologist Contributions to Articles Published in a Major Multidisciplinary Medical Journal (Article, English) AUTHOR: Frank, AD; Wright, JR Jr; Trotter, MJ SOURCE: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 138 (4). OCT 2012. p.495-497 AMER SOC CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, CHICAGO KEYWORDS: Authorship criteria; Uniform requirements for manuscripts (URM); Multidisciplinary medical journal; Intellectual content; Pathologist; Radiologist KEYWORDS+: AUTHORSHIP; CONTRIBUTORSHIP; DISCLOSURE; TOXEMIA ABSTRACT: The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) is a high- impact multidisciplinary medical journal. We have observed instances in which a pathology diagnosis, documented with gross or microscopic images, forms an integral part of a CMAJ article, but a pathologist is neither an author nor acknowledged as a contributor. To examine the hypothesis that pathologist contributions are underrecognized and/or underdocumented, we reviewed all CMAJ articles over a 6-year period (September 2003-2009), and correlated the use of pathology images with pathologist authorship or contribution. For each article containing pathology images, department affiliations of authors were determined, and acknowledgments were assessed. Although only 1.7% of articles contained pathology images, 47% (26/55) of these articles did not include a pathologist as either an author or a contributor. We conclude that important intellectual contributions of pathologists are underrecognized and suggest that the scientific credibility of pathology data is in doubt when pathologists do not take on full responsibility of authorship or are not acknowledged as contributors. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MJ Trotter, Univ Calgary, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Calgary Lab Serv, 9-3535 Res Rd NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2K8, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Distribution of the h-Index in Radiation Oncology Conforms to a Variation of Power Law: Implications for Assessing Academic Productivity (Article, English) AUTHOR: Quigley, MR; Holliday, EB; Fuller, CD; Choi, M; Thomas, CR Jr SOURCE: JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION 27 (3). JUN 2012. p.463-466 SPRINGER, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Bibliometrics; Radiation oncology; Productivity KEYWORDS+: RANK; RADIOLOGY; CITATIONS ABSTRACT: Leaders of academic institutions evaluate academic productivity when deciding to hire, promote, or award resources. This study examined the distribution of the h-index, an assessment of academic standing, among radiation oncologists. The authors collected h-indices for 826 US academic radiation oncologists from a commercial bibliographic database (SCOPUS, Elsevier B.V., NL). Then, logarithmic transformation was performed on h-indices and ranked h-indices, and results were compared to estimates of a power law distribution. The h-index frequency distribution conformed to both the log-linear variation of a power law (r (2) = .99) and the beta distribution with the same fitting exponents as previously described in a power law analysis of the productivity of neurosurgeons. Within radiation oncology, as in neurosurgery, there are exceedingly more faculty with an h-index of 1-2. The distribution fitting the same variation of a power law within two fields suggests applicability to other areas of academia. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CR Thomas Jr, Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Dept Radiat Med, Knight Canc Inst, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Pk Rd,KPV4, Portland, OR 97239 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Does academic output correlate with better mortality rates in NHS trusts in England? (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bennett, WO; Bird, JH; Burrows, SA; Counter, PR; Reddy, VM SOURCE: PUBLIC HEALTH 126 (SUPPL). SEP 2012. p.S40-S43 W B SAUNDERS CO LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Dr Foster health; Hospital standardised mortality ratio; Hospital episode statistics online; Academic output; Mortality rates; NHS trusts; Citations per admission; Charlson index; Academic medicine; Constant risk fallacy KEYWORDS+: QUALITY-OF-CARE; CLINICAL-TRIALS; HOSPITALS ABSTRACT: Objective: To establish whether there is an association between academic output and mortality rates for National Health Service (NHS) trusts. Methods: Hospital standardized mortality ratios were obtained from Dr Foster hospital report cards. The Medline database of biomedical citations was queried to establish the number of citations credited to each NHS trust and constituent hospitals from 2006 to 2010. Admissions totals for NHS trusts for 2009-2010 were obtained from Hospital Episode Statistics Online. The number of citations per admission was calculated and used as an indicator of academic output as this reflects the workload of the trust. Results: Spearman's rank analysis was performed to identify any correlation between citations per admission and the inverse of four types of mortality rate: high-risk conditions, r = 0.20 (P = 0.01); low-risk conditions, r = -0.06 (P = 0.46); deaths after surgery, r = 0.193 (P = 0.019); and overall mortality, r = 0.291 (P < 0.01). Conclusion: The results of this preliminary study demonstrate a significant correlation between academic output and mortality rates. The correlation coefficients are small, but the findings of this study encourage further debate. (C) 2012 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: WO Bennett, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Trust, ENT Dept, Barrack Rd, Exeter EX2 5DW, Devon, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Theoretical Practice in Innovation-driven Research Environment (Article, English) AUTHOR: Breznik, M SOURCE: PRIMERJALNA KNJIZEVNOST 35 (2). AUG 2012. p.265-278 SLOVENE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOC, LJUBLJANA SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth KEYWORDS: epistemology; scientific practice; the topical method; the material conditions of research; publishing; scientific impact measuring ABSTRACT: The political assault on pure science and theoretical production imperils the very foundations of both 'soft' and 'hard' sciences. What positions are scientists taking towards the changing conditions of research? I will look at the epistemological position and self-reflection in scientific practices; the material conditions of research (particularly publishing and scientific impact measuring), the responses to external demands and the social positioning of science. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Breznik, Peace Inst, Ljubljana, Slovenia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact Factor for Revista Internacional de Andrologia. Salud sexual y reproductiva (Editorial Material, Spanish) AUTHOR: Hernandez, PRG; Jose, FG SOURCE: REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE ANDROLOGIA 10 (3). JUL-SEP 2012. p.83-84 ELSEVIER DOYMA SL, BARCELONA SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact Factor and Outstanding Paper Awards (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Zhang, ZY SOURCE: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTONOMOUS MENTAL DEVELOPMENT 4 (3 SP ISS). SEP 2012. p.189 IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, PISCATAWAY SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: ZY Zhang, Microsoft Res, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Social Equity, Policy Intentions and Unanticipated Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis of Work-Life Balance Policies (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ruijer, E SOURCE: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS 14 (4). 2012. p.311-329 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ABINGDON SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MERTON RK rauth; GARFIELD E SOC STUD SCI 34:845 2004; AM* BEH* SCI* rwork KEYWORDS+: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; GENDER EQUALITY; WELFARE-STATE; WORK/FAMILY RECONCILIATION; NETHERLANDS; OPPORTUNITIES; PATTERNS; PARADOX; EUROPE; LEVEL ABSTRACT: Robert Merton's theoretical formulations of unanticipated consequences provide a useful tool for understanding the consequences of government policies. In this case study the work-life balance policies in the Netherlands over the past decade are analyzed. Based on the current understanding of family-friendly policies, one can assume that the policy intended to promote gender equality did not necessarily lead to equity in the workplace. This case study suggests that researchers and policymakers should engage the concept of unanticipated consequences of government policies into theory and research whenever possible. AUTHOR ADDRESS: E Ruijer, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, L Douglas Wilder Sch Govt & Publ Affairs, 923 W Franklin St,Scherer Hall,Suite 301, Richmond, VA 23284 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Analysis of Scientific Papers about Taekwondo in Core Chinese Journals during 2000-2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Pang, JP SOURCE: ADVANCES IN EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT, PT IV 211. 2011. p.585-591 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN KEYWORDS: Taekwondo; scientific papers; Core Chinese Journals ABSTRACT: By using method of mathematical static and literature, we carry out stratified statistic, generalization and analysis of the scientific papers about Taekwondo in Core Chinese Journals (CCJ) during 2000-2010 according to five dimensions, including published time, the application of research methods, research fields, professional title and organization of authors, and language of citation. The result shows that not many scientific papers about Taekwondo have published in CCJ of these II years: research methods have been used widely. but the specific research method is rather single; contents of research are very wide; the authors are mainly lecturers and the organizations are mainly based on independent sports colleges; the major language of citation is Chinese and foreign languages are very few, especially Korean - there is no citation in Korean. From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Fri Oct 12 11:45:27 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:45:27 +0000 Subject: FW: Our papers in Curr Sci. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Subbiah Arunachalam [subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com] Subject: Fwd: Our papers in Curr Sci. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gunasekaran, S > Date: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:44 AM Subject: Our papers in Curr Sci. To: Subbiah Arunachalam >, madhan muthu > I just want to alert you that our papers in Curr Sci published online. http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/103/07/0757.pdf http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/103/07/0835.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Oct 14 11:31:15 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:31:15 +0200 Subject: Interactive Overlays on the basis of Aggregated Journal-Journal Citations 2011 Message-ID: Interactive Overlays on the basis of Aggregated Journal-Journal Citations 2011 The overlays can be made on the basis of any download from the (Social) Science Citation Index at the Web-of-Science in the (so-called) tagged format. The procedure for generating overlay maps on the basis of journals is analogous to the one for 2009 data described in: Loet Leydesdorff & Ismael Rafols, Interactive Overlays: A New Method for Generating Global Journal Maps from Web-of-Science Data , Journal of Informetrics 6(3) (2012), 318-332. [software ]. The number of journals included in 2011 is 10,675 (JCR 2011 for the Science Edition and Social Science Edition combined, v. 1; July 2012). The single major difference with the previous maps is clustering on the basis of the decomposition algorithm of Blondel et al. (2008) as default. Previously, we used clustering as provided by VOSViewer (Waltman et al., 2010). However, the two clustering results are both available, and the user can change this option. 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Lutz Bornmann Division for Science and Innovation Studies Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society Hofgartenstr. 8 80539 Munich Tel.: +49 89 2108 1265 Mobil: +49 170 9183667 Email: bornmann at gv.mpg.de WWW: www.lutz-bornmann.de ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-3926-2008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ksc at LIBRARY.IISC.ERNET.IN Mon Oct 15 06:04:03 2012 From: ksc at LIBRARY.IISC.ERNET.IN (K S Chudamani) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:34:03 +0530 Subject: Statistical Tests and Research Assessments In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Significance testing is as pointed out does not provide highly useful results. Instead if comparison of ranked lists as done by Chudamani and manjula K reported in pearl journal may help us to under stand the variations. Also, if cutoff values for various factors in ranking is possible, then comparison may be useful, as shown by Chudamani and Ranganath Chudamani On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Bornmann, Lutz wrote: > In a recent presentation at the 17th International Conference on Science and > Technology Indicators, Jesper Schneider criticised the proposal of Bornmann, > de Moya Anegon, and Leydesdorff (2012) and Leydesdorff and Bornmann (2012) to > use statistical tests in order to evaluate research assessments and > university rankings. > > > > A comment on Jesper??s critique can be found at http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3477 > > > > Lutz > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > Dr. Dr. habil. 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From pmd8 at CORNELL.EDU Mon Oct 15 15:42:18 2012 From: pmd8 at CORNELL.EDU (Philip Davis) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:42:18 -0400 Subject: Mapping the Flow of Rejected Manuscripts Message-ID: Mapping the Flow of Rejected Manuscripts Oct 15, 2012 A study of the flow of manuscript submissions reveals a highly structured and efficient network of scientific journals where peer-review plays a critical role in the improvement and slotting of papers. http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/10/15/mapping-the-flow-of-rejected-manuscripts/ From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Oct 15 19:32:31 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:32:31 +0000 Subject: papers of interest to Sig Metrics Message-ID: , -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Measuring author research relatedness: A comparison of word-based, topic-based, and author cocitation approaches (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lu, K; Wolfram, D SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (10). OCT 2012. p.1973-1986 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): KESSLER MM AM DOC 14:10 1963; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981; COCITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: multidimensional scaling; informetrics KEYWORDS+: LATENT DIRICHLET ALLOCATION; INFORMATION-SCIENCE; CITATION; NETWORKS; LIBRARY ABSTRACT: Relationships between authors based on characteristics of published literature have been studied for decades. Author cocitation analysis using mapping techniques has been most frequently used to study how closely two authors are thought to be in intellectual space based on how members of the research community co-cite their works. Other approaches exist to study author relatedness based more directly on the text of their published works. In this study we present static and dynamic word-based approaches using vector space modeling, as well as a topic-based approach based on latent Dirichlet allocation for mapping author research relatedness. Vector space modeling is used to define an author space consisting of works by a given author. Outcomes for the two word-based approaches and a topic-based approach for 50 prolific authors in library and information science are compared with more traditional author cocitation analysis using multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis. The two word-based approaches produced similar outcomes except where two authors were frequent co-authors for the majority of their articles. The topic-based approach produced the most distinctive map. AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Lu, Univ Wisconsin, Sch Informat Studies, POB 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Anna Karenina principle: A way of thinking about success in science (Review, English) AUTHOR: Bornmann, L; Marx, W SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (10). OCT 2012. p.2037-2051 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; sociology KEYWORDS+: EXTRA-GALACTIC NEBULAE; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; EARTHS CONTINENTS; CITATION COUNTS; MAGNETIC SURVEY; GENERAL- THEORY; QUANTUM-THEORY; WEST COAST; RELATIVITY; BIBLIOMETRICS ABSTRACT: The first sentence of Leo Tolstoy's (18751877/2001) novel Anna Karenina is: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Here, Tolstoy means that for a family to be happy, several key aspects must be given (e.g., good health of all family members, acceptable financial security, and mutual affection). If there is a deficiency in any one or more of these key aspects, the family will be unhappy. In this article, we introduce the Anna Karenina principle as a way of thinking about success in science in three central areas in (modern) science: (a) peer review of research grant proposals and manuscripts (money and journal space as scarce resources), (b) citation of publications (reception as a scarce resource), and (c) new scientific discoveries (recognition as a scarce resource). If resources are scarce at the highly competitive research front (journal space, funds, reception, and recognition), there can be success only when several key prerequisites for the allocation of the resources are fulfilled. If any one of these prerequisites is not fulfilled, the grant proposal, manuscript submission, the published paper, or the discovery will not be successful. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Bornmann, Adm Headquarters Max Planck Soc, Div Sci & Innovat Studies, Hofgartenstr 8, D-80539 Munich, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A humble servant: The work of Helen L. Brownson and the early years of information science research (Article, English) AUTHOR: Jayroe, TJ SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (10). OCT 2012. p.2052-2061 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): CLEVERDON CW rauth; GARFIELD E rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; GARFIELD E J INFORM SCI 18:343 1992 KEYWORDS: information science history; information resouces management; knowledge management; information professionals; oral history KEYWORDS+: RETRIEVAL; THESAURUS ABSTRACT: Helen Brownson was a federal government employee from 1942 to 1970. At a time when scientific data were becoming exceedingly hard to manage, Brownson was instrumental in coordinating national and international efforts for more efficient, cost-effective, and universal information exchange. Her most significant contributions to documentation/information science were during her years at the National Science Foundation's Office of Scientific Information. From 1951 to 1966, Brownson played a key role in identifying and subsequently distributing government funds toward projects that sought to resolve information- handling problems of the time: information access, preservation, storage, classification, and retrieval. She is credited for communicating the need for information systems and indexing mechanisms to have stricter criteria, standards, and evaluation methods; laying the foundation for present-day NSF-funded computational linguistics projects; and founding several pertinent documentation/information science publications including the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. AUTHOR ADDRESS: TJ Jayroe, Univ Wisconsin, Sch Informat Studies, POB 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Inconsistencies of recently proposed citation impact indicators and how to avoid them (Article, English) AUTHOR: Schreiber, M SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (10). OCT 2012. p.2062-2073 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: quantitative research; physical sciences KEYWORDS+: INDEX ABSTRACT: It is shown that under certain circumstances in particular for small data sets, the recently proposed citation impact indicators I3(6PR) and R(6,k) behave inconsistently when additional papers or citations are taken into consideration. Three simple examples are presented, in which the indicators fluctuate strongly and the ranking of scientists in the evaluated group is sometimes completely mixed up by minor changes in the database. The erratic behavior is traced to the specific way in which weights are attributed to the six percentile rank classes, specifically for the tied papers. For 100 percentile rank classes, the effects will be less serious. For the six classes, it is demonstrated that a different way of assigning weights avoids these problems, although the nonlinearity of the weights for the different percentile rank classes can still lead to (much less frequent) changes in the ranking. This behavior is not undesired because it can be used to correct for differences in citation behavior in different fields. Remaining deviations from the theoretical value R(6,k)?=?1.91 can be avoided by a new scoring rule: the fractional scoring. Previously proposed consistency criteria are amended by another property of strict independence at which a performance indicator should aim. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Schreiber, Tech Univ Chemnitz, Inst Phys, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Distributive h-indices for measuring multilevel impact (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zhao, SX; Tan, AM; Ye, FY SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (10). OCT 2012. p.2074-2086 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: citation analysis KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH OUTPUT; HIRSCH-INDEX; INFORMATION- SCIENCE; INDICATORS; JOURNALS; CITATION; LAW; PERFORMANCE; NETWORKS; SYSTEM ABSTRACT: For measuring multilevel impact, we introduce the distributive h-indices, which balance two important components (breadth and strength) of multilevel impact at various citing levels. After exploring the theoretical properties of these indices, we studied two cases: 57 library and information science (LIS) journals and social science research in 38 European countries/territories. Results reveal that there are approximate power-law relations between distributive h- indices and some underlying citation indicators, such as total citations, total citing entities, and the h-index. Distributive h-indices provide comprehensive measures for multilevel impact, and lead to a potential tool for citation analysis, particularly at aggregative levels. AUTHOR ADDRESS: SX Zhao, Zhejiang Univ, Dept Informat Resource Management, 38 Zheda Rd, Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Remarks on the paper by A. De Visscher, "what does the g- index really measure?" (Article, English) AUTHOR: Egghe, L SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (10). OCT 2012. p.2118-2121 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; EGGHE L primaryauthor,author KEYWORDS: informetrics KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX; HIRSCH-INDEX; R-INDEX ABSTRACT: The author presents a different view on properties of impact measures than given in the paper of De Visscher (2011). He argues that a good impact measure works better when citations are concentrated rather than spread out over articles. The author also presents theoretical evidence that the g-index and the R-index can be close to the square root of the total number of citations, whereas this is not the case for the A-index. Here the author confirms an assertion of De Visscher. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Egghe, Univ Hasselt UHasselt, Campus Diepenbeek,Agoralaan, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Oct 15 19:34:11 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:34:11 +0000 Subject: papers of interest to Sig Metrics Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Editorial 28(2) Bibliometrics revisited (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Atkinson, R SOURCE: AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 28 (2). 2012. p.III-V ASCILITE, COMO WA SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Editorial 28(4) Bibliometrics: Google's newest initiative (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Atkinson, R SOURCE: AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 28 (4). 2012. p.III-VIII ASCILITE, COMO WA SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Apriori-based Research Community Discovery in Bibliographic Database (Article, English) AUTHOR: Manjusha, B; Idicula, SM SOURCE: COMPUTER NETWORKS AND INTELLIGENT COMPUTING 157. 2011. p.75-80 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Apriori; Association Mining; Bibliography Databases; Research Community; Potential Collaborators ABSTRACT: Bibliographic Databases are repositories of academic publications in all categories. For a new researcher initiating his research, the Bibliographic Database serves as a tool for exploring the academic social network for gaining the knowledge about the research community and recommending the research collaborators. However, Bibliographic Database contains a huge number of sequential data that exhibit emergent patterns of behavior. Finding inherent regularities in data is still a very challenging task. This paper proposes a novel method to discover research community through association mining. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Manjusha, Cochin Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Comp Sci, Cochin 682016, Kerala, India From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Wed Oct 17 15:00:22 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:00:22 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest for readers of SIG-metrics List Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The h(b)-index, a modified h-index designed to more fairly assess author achievement (Article, English) AUTHOR: Brown, OR SOURCE: REDOX REPORT 17 (4). JUL 2012. p.176-178 MANEY PUBLISHING, LEEDS SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Publication impact; Author impact; Hirsch index; Modified Hirsch index; Bibliographic impact ABSTRACT: The h-index characterizes the publication achievement/impact of authors and is defined by the originator Jorge Hirsch as: 'the number of papers with citation number >= h'. The h-index has the inherent characteristic that authors with very different total citations can have the same h-index. In fact, no contributions to the h- index are made either by papers cited fewer times than h, or citations of an individual paper above h. Such citations are 'excess' citations not credited by the h-index. To address these deficiencies, we propose a simple, straightforward modification, the h(b)-index: h(b) = h + root e, where h is the Hirsch h-index and e is the sum of all citations minus h(2). Therefore, e is the excess citations not credited by the h-index. AUTHOR ADDRESS: OR Brown, Univ Missouri, John M Dalton Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Columbia, MO 65211 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Using Bibliometrics to Advance Your Academic Career (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Stidham, RW; Sauder, K; Higgins, PDR SOURCE: GASTROENTEROLOGY 143 (3). SEP 2012. p.520-523 W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, PHILADELPHIA SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX AUTHOR ADDRESS: PDR Higgins, Univ Michigan, Div Gastroenterol, Dept Med, SPC 5682,1150 W Med Ctr Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA TITLE: Making an impact: the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Menz, HB; Potter, MJ; Borthwick, AM; Munteanu, SE; Landorf, KB SOURCE: JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH 5. JUL 9 2012. p.NIL_1-NIL_4 BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): TAUBES G SCIENCE 260:884 1993; JOURNAL item_title; 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+: SCIENCE AUTHOR ADDRESS: HB Menz, La Trobe Univ, Lower Extrem & Gait Studies Program, Fac Hlth Sci, Bundoora, Vic, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Notes on notes Endnotes and footnotes in Swedish historical and philosophical research articles (Article, English) AUTHOR: Koskela, M; Mannikko, T SOURCE: CROSS-LINGUISTIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC DISCOURSE 193. 2009. p.151-162 JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, AMSTERDAM ME SEARCH TERM(S): MORAVCSIK MJ rauth KEYWORDS: endnotes; footnotes; research articles; history; philosophy ABSTRACT: The present paper explores the functions of endnotes and footnotes in Swedish research articles in the fields of history and philosophy. The results of the study show that the notes not only contain the reference, but they also give the writer the opportunity to digress from the line of thought without breaking the thematic flow of the text. In the historical articles references to the material used play a central role, while in philosophy notes are more often used to activate the reader into a discussion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation in business management research articles A contrastive (English-Spanish) corpus-based analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Duenas, PM SOURCE: CROSS-LINGUISTIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC DISCOURSE 193. 2009. p.49-60 JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, AMSTERDAM ME SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: citation; intercultural rhetoric; research article; business management KEYWORDS+: REPORTING VERBS ABSTRACT: Citation is a common, recurrent feature of written academic discourse in general and of research articles in particular. It has been found that different disciplinary discourse communities develop particular citation conventions (Hyland 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005). It is believed, however, that not only the discipline but also the language in which the research article (RA) is written and the cultural context within which the RA is published, might influence the use made of citations. Hence, this paper investigates citation conventions in RAs from a single discipline, business management, written in two languages, American English and Spanish, published in two different socio-cultural environments. The aim of this paper is to carry out a contrastive analysis of (i) the frequency of use of citations, (ii) their distribution across the different moves of a RA, (iii) the type of citation (non-integral vs. integral), and (iv) the use of reporting structures. Both similarities and differences were found between the citation practices of American-based and Spanish scholars. It can be inferred from this that whereas the rhetorical similarities can be discipline-bound, the differences are to be seen as language and culture- driven and should be best explained in terms of the different socio- cultural contexts in which the RAs composing the corpus were produced and distributed. AUTHOR ADDRESS: PM Duenas, Univ Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact Factors, Open Access, and 125 Years of Angewandte Chemie (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Golitz, P SOURCE: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 51 (39). 2012. p.9704-9706 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, WEINHEIM SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Golitz, Angew Chem, Weinheim, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Reflecting on sharing scholarship, considering clinical impact and impact factor (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Pinnock, D; Whittingham, K; Hodgson, LJ SOURCE: NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 32 (7 SP ISS). OCT 2012. p.744-746 CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, EDINBURGH SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: PROFESSION AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Pinnock, Univ Nottingham, Sch Med, Sch Nursing Midwifery & Physiotherapy, Queens Med Ctr, Room B46, Nottingham NG7 2UH, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Korea's Contribution to Radiological Research Included in Science Citation Index Expanded, 1986-2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ku, YJ; Yoon, DY; Lim, KJ; Baek, S; Seo, YL; Yun, EJ; Choi, CS; Bae, SH; Lee, H; Ju, YS SOURCE: KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY 13 (5). SEP-OCT 2012. p.523-529 KOREAN RADIOLOGICAL SOC, SEOUL SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENCE CITATION INDEX item_title; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Publication; Radiologic research; Korea ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate scientific papers published by Korean radiologists in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) radiology journals, between 1986 and 2010. Materials and Methods: The Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge-Web of Science (SCIE) database was searched for all articles published by Korean radiologists, in SCIE radiology journals, between 1986 and 2010. We performed the analysis by typing "Korea" and "radiol" in the address section and selecting the subject area of "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Imaging" with the use of the general search function of the software. Analyzed parameters included the total number of publications, document types, journals, and institutions. In addition, we analyzed where Korea ranks, compared to other countries, in terms of the number of published articles. All these data were analyzed according to five time periods: 1986-1990, 1991-1995, 1996-2000, 2001-2005, and 2006-2010. Results: Overall, 4974 papers were published by Korean radiologists, in 99 different SCIE journals, between 1986 and 2010, of which 4237 (85.2%) were article-type papers. Of the total 115395 articles, worldwide, published in radiology journals, Korea's share was 3.7%, with an upward trend over time (p < 0.005). The journal with the highest number of articles was the American Journal of Roentgenology (n = 565, 13.3%). The institution which produced the highest number of publications was Seoul National University (n = 932, 22.0%). Conclusion: The number of scientific articles published by Korean radiologists in the SCIE radiology journals has increased significantly between 1986 and 2010. Korea was ranked 4th among countries contributing to radiology research during the last 5 years. AUTHOR ADDRESS: DY Yoon, Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Dept Radiol, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hosp, 150 Seongan Ro, Seoul 134701, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation classics in acute pancreatitis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cao, F; Li, J; Li, A; Fang, Y; Li, F SOURCE: PANCREATOLOGY 12 (4). JUL-AUG 2012. p.325-330 KARGER, BASEL SEARCH TERM(S): MACROBERTS MH rauth; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 257:52 1987 KEYWORDS: Citation classic; Acute pancreatitis; Publication; Scientometrics KEYWORDS+: JOURNALS ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: The number of times an article is cited in scientific journals reflects its impact on a specific biomedical field or specialty and reflects the impact of the authors' creativity. Our purpose was to characterize the most frequently cited articles about acute pancreatitis. Methods: We utilized the 2010 edition of Journal Citation Reports and Social Sciences Citation Index database to determine the most frequently cited articles published after 1956. The 100 most frequently cited articles were selected. Articles were evaluated for several characteristics including number of citations, publication time, country of origin, institution, journal, publication type of article and authorship. Results: The most frequently cited article received 1281 citations and the least frequently cited article received 163 citations, with a mean of 266.65 citations per article. These citation classics were published in 31 high-impact journals, led by Gastroenterology. Of the 100 articles, 56 were clinical observational studies, 20 concerned basic science and 15 were review articles. The articles originated from 16 countries, with the United States contributing 47 articles; 56 institutions produced these 100 top-cited articles, led by University of Ulm (9 publications) and New York University (9 publications); 23 persons authored 3 or more of the top-cited articles led by Imrie (10 publications). Conclusion: "Citation classics" about acute pancreatitis are detected in both experimental and clinical research field, which provide a historical perspective on the scientific progress and allow for recognition of important advances in this specialty. Copyright (c) 2012, IAP and EPC. Published by Elsevier India, a division of Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Li, Capital Med Univ, Xuanwu Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, 45 Chang Chun St, Beijing 100053, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Two-year citations of JAPPL original articles: evidence of a relative age effect (vol 112, pg 1434, 2012) (Correction, English) AUTHOR: Araujo, CG; Oliveira, BR; Brito, LV; Matta, TT; Viana, BF; Souza, CP; Guerreiro, RC; Slama, FA; Portugal, ED SOURCE: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY 113 (6). SEP 2012. p.985 AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC, BETHESDA SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; *CORRECT* doctype -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Historical Epistemology: On the Diversity and Change of Epistemic Values in Science (Article, English) AUTHOR: Carrier, M SOURCE: BERICHTE ZUR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE 35 (3). SEP 2012. p.239-251 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, WEINHEIM SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: historical epistemology; epistemic values; non-empirical values; social rules for confirmation procedures; relativism; historische Epistemologie; epistemische Werte; nicht-empirische Werte; soziale Regeln fur Bestatigungsverfahren; Relativismus ABSTRACT: Historical Epistemology: On the Diversity and Change of Epistemic Values in Science. Historical epistemology involves the claim that the system of scientific knowledge is not determined by the observations but is also subject to epistemic requirements that may change in the historical process of doing research. As a result, the system of knowledge is path-dependent in that its shape is contingent on epistemic choices made at certain historical points. I attempt to elaborate this approach by drawing attention to the double role of epistemic values. First, such values create relations of significance and thereby contribute to directing research into certain avenues. Second, they are also important in the process of confirmation in that they entail that certain forms of agreement with the facts are superior and preferable to other such forms. Some epistemic orientations and reorientations can be reconstructed as arising from an interaction with nature, but others are based on commitments to the kind of knowledge we appreciate. The epistemic authority of science is created in large measure by rules of the scientific community that express how to deal with knowledge claims. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Carrier, Univ Bielefeld, Fak Geschichtswissensch Philosophie & Theol, Abt Philosophie, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Publication and Citation Performances of European Union Countries and Turkey (Article, Turkish) AUTHOR: Al, U SOURCE: BILIG (62). SUM 2012. p.1-20 AHMET YESEVI UNIV, BAHCELIEVLER SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; SHER IH rauth; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; GARFIELD E STAT ASSOC METHOD M 1964:189 1965 KEYWORDS: European Union countries; citation impact; bibliometrics; publication performance KEYWORDS+: BIBLIOMETRICS ABSTRACT: Research on the dynamics of scientific publications attracts the attention of the scientific world, and the number of studies in this area has been gradually increasing during recent years. The efficiency of scientific publications is usually evaluated through bibliometric studies. Citation indexes serve as the source of data for bibliometric research. The data used in this study is obtained from Essential Science Indicators. Essential Science Indicators provide data about the publications and citations of countries in various fields. This study evaluates the publication and citation performance of Turkey and includes various comparisons based on European Union countries. In this research, cluster analysis technique is used to determine which countries are similar in publication and citation performances. The findings indicate that England, Germany, France and Italy have the highest publication and citation performance among the European Union countries. On the other hand, Turkey has a place in the group of countries with lower citation performances in all research fields. AUTHOR ADDRESS: U Al, Hacettepe Univ, Edebiyat Fak, Bilgi & Belge Yonetimi Bolumu, Ankara, Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Analysis of scientific publications by Chilean surgeons (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Moraga, CJ; Cartes-Velasquez, R; Manterola, DC; Urrutia, VS SOURCE: REVISTA CHILENA DE CIRUGIA 64 (5). OCT 2012. p.447-451 SOC CIRUJANOS CHILE, SANTIAGO SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Surgical Procedures; Operative [MeSH]; Bibliometrics [MeSH]; ISI Web of knowledge; Surgery [MeSH] ABSTRACT: Background: The number and quality of publications is an indirect measure of the capacity of an individual, institution or country to generate knowledge. Aim: To assess the number of publications of Chilean surgeons, registered in the Institute for Scientific Knowledge (ISI). Material and Methods: A search was conducted in the ISI platform for publications generated by Chilean surgeons in the last ten years. The number of publications and citations, the journals in which the publications appeared and nationality of coauthors, were analyzed. Results: Three hundred and eighty papers were identified. Of these, 333 (88%) were published in the period 2006-2010. The papers were cited in 1.946 opportunities (impact factor of 5.12 and h-index of 21). Thirty three percent of papers were published in Revista Chilena de Cirugia, 8% in Obesity Surgery and 4% in the World Journal of Surgery. Thirty four percent of papers came from the University of Chile, 21% from Catholic University and 8% from Universidad de la Frontera. Conclusions: The number of publications of Chilean surgeons is experiencing an increase in the last years. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CJ Moraga, Casilla 54 D, Temuco, Chile -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An author-centred scientometric analysis of Daniel Gile's oeuvre (Article, English) AUTHOR: Grbic, N; Pollabauer, S SOURCE: EFFORTS AND MODELS IN INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION RESEARCH: A TRIBUTE TO DANIEL GILE 80. 2009. p.3-24 JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, AMSTERDAM ME SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Interpreting Studies; scientometrics; network analysis; keyword analysis; citation analysis KEYWORDS+: CITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: The article begins with a quantitative scientometric study of Daniel Gile's published writings. The study focuses on the diachronic development of Gile's writings and several other aspects of his scientific oeuvre such as types of publications; languages of publication; media of publication; topics; and co-authorships. The co- authorship data are then displayed by means of a coauthorship network and discussed within the framework of network analysis. In addition, a brief keyword analysis of the titles of the publications provides a first glimpse into the range of topics which are tackled in Daniel Gile's publications. The paper then goes on to deepen the insights gleaned from the scientometric study in an analysis of citations of Gile's writings by other authors. The citation analysis represents a first attempt to investigate Gile's "impact" on the scientific community, even though it is inherent to the nature of citation analysis that the data obtained by such an approach can never be complete. We think that all three approaches can provide interesting insights into Gile's oeuvre. Owing to his pioneering publications on scientometrics and citation analysis, Daniel Gile strikes us as a perfect "candidate" for such an author- centred scientometric approach. AUTHOR ADDRESS: N Grbic, Graz Univ, A-8010 Graz, Austria -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Journal impact factor: holy grail? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: van der Wall, EE SOURCE: NETHERLANDS HEART JOURNAL 20 (10). OCT 2012. p.385-386 BOHN STAFLEU VAN LOGHUM BV, HOUTEN SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; JOURNAL item_title; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNALS; EUROPEAN-SOCIETY; CARDIOLOGY AUTHOR ADDRESS: EE van der Wall, NHI, ICIN, Utrecht, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mccainkw at DREXEL.EDU Wed Oct 17 15:13:49 2012 From: mccainkw at DREXEL.EDU (Katherine McCain) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:13:49 -0400 Subject: Bibliometrics position at Drexel University Message-ID: The iSchool at Drexel College of Information Science and Technology Full-time Tenure-Track Faculty Position The iSchool at Drexel University invites applications for a tenure-track position in bibliometrics/ informetrics/scientometrics at the assistant professor level. Applications from senior personnel with a track record of conducting funded research are also encouraged. We welcome applications from candidates who are eager to join a well-established research program that we have maintained for more than 30 years the successful candidate will become part of a program that involves faculty with interests in both traditional (publication-based) bibliometrics and contemporary webmetrics and altmetrics. Faculty in the program mine, visualize, and analyze large data sets using a wide range of tools-including bibliometrics toolkits and software for social network analysis, information visualization, data mining, trend analysis, and other emerging areas. The successful candidate will have: * A completed doctorate in a related field at the time of employment * Evidence of excellence in teaching and research * Interest in working with a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary faculty The iSchool's view of information is broad, multidisciplinary, and practical. We currently offer three BS degrees, four Masters degrees, and the PhD. Full-time PhD students are supported either through faculty research grants from a variety of sources or while performing other activities in the College related to research or teaching. The ALA-accredited MS(LIS) degree is highly ranked, both overall and for several of its specializations. Faculty and student interests span a broad spectrum of areas related to information science and technology in contemporary settings. All academic programs emphasize applied research, with a tradition of both quantitative and qualitative approaches that encourages broad collaboration and interdisciplinary activity. Drexel is a privately endowed technology university founded in 1891. With over 20,000 students, it has one of the largest undergraduate cooperative-education programs in the nation, with formal relationships in place with over 1500 local, national, and multi-national companies. Located in Philadelphia's University City, the campus is at the hub of the academic, cultural, and historical resources of the nation's fifth largest metropolitan region. To apply for this position, please click here - www.drexeljobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=76411, or visit www.drexeljobs.com and search for position number 5007. Members of the Search Committee will be available at the ASIST and ALISE annual meetings, iConference, and other venues to discuss open faculty positions. Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The iSchool at Drexel is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Wed Oct 17 15:50:51 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:50:51 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics List readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The h(b)-index, a modified h-index designed to more fairly assess author achievement (Article, English) AUTHOR: Brown, OR SOURCE: REDOX REPORT 17 (4). JUL 2012. p.176-178 MANEY PUBLISHING, LEEDS SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Publication impact; Author impact; Hirsch index; Modified Hirsch index; Bibliographic impact ABSTRACT: The h-index characterizes the publication achievement/impact of authors and is defined by the originator Jorge Hirsch as: 'the number of papers with citation number >= h'. The h-index has the inherent characteristic that authors with very different total citations can have the same h-index. In fact, no contributions to the h- index are made either by papers cited fewer times than h, or citations of an individual paper above h. Such citations are 'excess' citations not credited by the h-index. To address these deficiencies, we propose a simple, straightforward modification, the h(b)-index: h(b) = h + root e, where h is the Hirsch h-index and e is the sum of all citations minus h(2). Therefore, e is the excess citations not credited by the h-index. AUTHOR ADDRESS: OR Brown, Univ Missouri, John M Dalton Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Columbia, MO 65211 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Using Bibliometrics to Advance Your Academic Career (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Stidham, RW; Sauder, K; Higgins, PDR SOURCE: GASTROENTEROLOGY 143 (3). SEP 2012. p.520-523 W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, PHILADELPHIA SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX AUTHOR ADDRESS: PDR Higgins, Univ Michigan, Div Gastroenterol, Dept Med, SPC 5682,1150 W Med Ctr Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA TITLE: Making an impact: the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Menz, HB; Potter, MJ; Borthwick, AM; Munteanu, SE; Landorf, KB SOURCE: JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH 5. JUL 9 2012. p.NIL_1-NIL_4 BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): TAUBES G SCIENCE 260:884 1993; JOURNAL item_title; 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+: SCIENCE AUTHOR ADDRESS: HB Menz, La Trobe Univ, Lower Extrem & Gait Studies Program, Fac Hlth Sci, Bundoora, Vic, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Notes on notes Endnotes and footnotes in Swedish historical and philosophical research articles (Article, English) AUTHOR: Koskela, M; Mannikko, T SOURCE: CROSS-LINGUISTIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC DISCOURSE 193. 2009. p.151-162 JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, AMSTERDAM ME SEARCH TERM(S): MORAVCSIK MJ rauth KEYWORDS: endnotes; footnotes; research articles; history; philosophy ABSTRACT: The present paper explores the functions of endnotes and footnotes in Swedish research articles in the fields of history and philosophy. The results of the study show that the notes not only contain the reference, but they also give the writer the opportunity to digress from the line of thought without breaking the thematic flow of the text. In the historical articles references to the material used play a central role, while in philosophy notes are more often used to activate the reader into a discussion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation in business management research articles A contrastive (English-Spanish) corpus-based analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Duenas, PM SOURCE: CROSS-LINGUISTIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC DISCOURSE 193. 2009. p.49-60 JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, AMSTERDAM ME SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: citation; intercultural rhetoric; research article; business management KEYWORDS+: REPORTING VERBS ABSTRACT: Citation is a common, recurrent feature of written academic discourse in general and of research articles in particular. It has been found that different disciplinary discourse communities develop particular citation conventions (Hyland 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005). It is believed, however, that not only the discipline but also the language in which the research article (RA) is written and the cultural context within which the RA is published, might influence the use made of citations. Hence, this paper investigates citation conventions in RAs from a single discipline, business management, written in two languages, American English and Spanish, published in two different socio-cultural environments. The aim of this paper is to carry out a contrastive analysis of (i) the frequency of use of citations, (ii) their distribution across the different moves of a RA, (iii) the type of citation (non-integral vs. integral), and (iv) the use of reporting structures. Both similarities and differences were found between the citation practices of American-based and Spanish scholars. It can be inferred from this that whereas the rhetorical similarities can be discipline-bound, the differences are to be seen as language and culture- driven and should be best explained in terms of the different socio- cultural contexts in which the RAs composing the corpus were produced and distributed. AUTHOR ADDRESS: PM Duenas, Univ Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact Factors, Open Access, and 125 Years of Angewandte Chemie (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Golitz, P SOURCE: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 51 (39). 2012. p.9704-9706 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, WEINHEIM SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Golitz, Angew Chem, Weinheim, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Reflecting on sharing scholarship, considering clinical impact and impact factor (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Pinnock, D; Whittingham, K; Hodgson, LJ SOURCE: NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 32 (7 SP ISS). OCT 2012. p.744-746 CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, EDINBURGH SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: PROFESSION AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Pinnock, Univ Nottingham, Sch Med, Sch Nursing Midwifery & Physiotherapy, Queens Med Ctr, Room B46, Nottingham NG7 2UH, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Korea's Contribution to Radiological Research Included in Science Citation Index Expanded, 1986-2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ku, YJ; Yoon, DY; Lim, KJ; Baek, S; Seo, YL; Yun, EJ; Choi, CS; Bae, SH; Lee, H; Ju, YS SOURCE: KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY 13 (5). SEP-OCT 2012. p.523-529 KOREAN RADIOLOGICAL SOC, SEOUL SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENCE CITATION INDEX item_title; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Publication; Radiologic research; Korea ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate scientific papers published by Korean radiologists in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) radiology journals, between 1986 and 2010. Materials and Methods: The Institute for Scientific Information Web of Knowledge-Web of Science (SCIE) database was searched for all articles published by Korean radiologists, in SCIE radiology journals, between 1986 and 2010. We performed the analysis by typing "Korea" and "radiol" in the address section and selecting the subject area of "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Imaging" with the use of the general search function of the software. Analyzed parameters included the total number of publications, document types, journals, and institutions. In addition, we analyzed where Korea ranks, compared to other countries, in terms of the number of published articles. All these data were analyzed according to five time periods: 1986-1990, 1991-1995, 1996-2000, 2001-2005, and 2006-2010. Results: Overall, 4974 papers were published by Korean radiologists, in 99 different SCIE journals, between 1986 and 2010, of which 4237 (85.2%) were article-type papers. Of the total 115395 articles, worldwide, published in radiology journals, Korea's share was 3.7%, with an upward trend over time (p < 0.005). The journal with the highest number of articles was the American Journal of Roentgenology (n = 565, 13.3%). The institution which produced the highest number of publications was Seoul National University (n = 932, 22.0%). Conclusion: The number of scientific articles published by Korean radiologists in the SCIE radiology journals has increased significantly between 1986 and 2010. Korea was ranked 4th among countries contributing to radiology research during the last 5 years. AUTHOR ADDRESS: DY Yoon, Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Dept Radiol, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hosp, 150 Seongan Ro, Seoul 134701, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation classics in acute pancreatitis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cao, F; Li, J; Li, A; Fang, Y; Li, F SOURCE: PANCREATOLOGY 12 (4). JUL-AUG 2012. p.325-330 KARGER, BASEL SEARCH TERM(S): MACROBERTS MH rauth; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 257:52 1987 KEYWORDS: Citation classic; Acute pancreatitis; Publication; Scientometrics KEYWORDS+: JOURNALS ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: The number of times an article is cited in scientific journals reflects its impact on a specific biomedical field or specialty and reflects the impact of the authors' creativity. Our purpose was to characterize the most frequently cited articles about acute pancreatitis. Methods: We utilized the 2010 edition of Journal Citation Reports and Social Sciences Citation Index database to determine the most frequently cited articles published after 1956. The 100 most frequently cited articles were selected. Articles were evaluated for several characteristics including number of citations, publication time, country of origin, institution, journal, publication type of article and authorship. Results: The most frequently cited article received 1281 citations and the least frequently cited article received 163 citations, with a mean of 266.65 citations per article. These citation classics were published in 31 high-impact journals, led by Gastroenterology. Of the 100 articles, 56 were clinical observational studies, 20 concerned basic science and 15 were review articles. The articles originated from 16 countries, with the United States contributing 47 articles; 56 institutions produced these 100 top-cited articles, led by University of Ulm (9 publications) and New York University (9 publications); 23 persons authored 3 or more of the top-cited articles led by Imrie (10 publications). Conclusion: "Citation classics" about acute pancreatitis are detected in both experimental and clinical research field, which provide a historical perspective on the scientific progress and allow for recognition of important advances in this specialty. Copyright (c) 2012, IAP and EPC. Published by Elsevier India, a division of Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Li, Capital Med Univ, Xuanwu Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, 45 Chang Chun St, Beijing 100053, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Two-year citations of JAPPL original articles: evidence of a relative age effect (vol 112, pg 1434, 2012) (Correction, English) AUTHOR: Araujo, CG; Oliveira, BR; Brito, LV; Matta, TT; Viana, BF; Souza, CP; Guerreiro, RC; Slama, FA; Portugal, ED SOURCE: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY 113 (6). SEP 2012. p.985 AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC, BETHESDA SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; *CORRECT* doctype -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Historical Epistemology: On the Diversity and Change of Epistemic Values in Science (Article, English) AUTHOR: Carrier, M SOURCE: BERICHTE ZUR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE 35 (3). SEP 2012. p.239-251 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, WEINHEIM SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: historical epistemology; epistemic values; non-empirical values; social rules for confirmation procedures; relativism; historische Epistemologie; epistemische Werte; nicht-empirische Werte; soziale Regeln fur Bestatigungsverfahren; Relativismus ABSTRACT: Historical Epistemology: On the Diversity and Change of Epistemic Values in Science. Historical epistemology involves the claim that the system of scientific knowledge is not determined by the observations but is also subject to epistemic requirements that may change in the historical process of doing research. As a result, the system of knowledge is path-dependent in that its shape is contingent on epistemic choices made at certain historical points. I attempt to elaborate this approach by drawing attention to the double role of epistemic values. First, such values create relations of significance and thereby contribute to directing research into certain avenues. Second, they are also important in the process of confirmation in that they entail that certain forms of agreement with the facts are superior and preferable to other such forms. Some epistemic orientations and reorientations can be reconstructed as arising from an interaction with nature, but others are based on commitments to the kind of knowledge we appreciate. The epistemic authority of science is created in large measure by rules of the scientific community that express how to deal with knowledge claims. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Carrier, Univ Bielefeld, Fak Geschichtswissensch Philosophie & Theol, Abt Philosophie, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Publication and Citation Performances of European Union Countries and Turkey (Article, Turkish) AUTHOR: Al, U SOURCE: BILIG (62). SUM 2012. p.1-20 AHMET YESEVI UNIV, BAHCELIEVLER SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; SHER IH rauth; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; GARFIELD E STAT ASSOC METHOD M 1964:189 1965 KEYWORDS: European Union countries; citation impact; bibliometrics; publication performance KEYWORDS+: BIBLIOMETRICS ABSTRACT: Research on the dynamics of scientific publications attracts the attention of the scientific world, and the number of studies in this area has been gradually increasing during recent years. The efficiency of scientific publications is usually evaluated through bibliometric studies. Citation indexes serve as the source of data for bibliometric research. The data used in this study is obtained from Essential Science Indicators. Essential Science Indicators provide data about the publications and citations of countries in various fields. This study evaluates the publication and citation performance of Turkey and includes various comparisons based on European Union countries. In this research, cluster analysis technique is used to determine which countries are similar in publication and citation performances. The findings indicate that England, Germany, France and Italy have the highest publication and citation performance among the European Union countries. On the other hand, Turkey has a place in the group of countries with lower citation performances in all research fields. AUTHOR ADDRESS: U Al, Hacettepe Univ, Edebiyat Fak, Bilgi & Belge Yonetimi Bolumu, Ankara, Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Analysis of scientific publications by Chilean surgeons (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Moraga, CJ; Cartes-Velasquez, R; Manterola, DC; Urrutia, VS SOURCE: REVISTA CHILENA DE CIRUGIA 64 (5). OCT 2012. p.447-451 SOC CIRUJANOS CHILE, SANTIAGO SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Surgical Procedures; Operative [MeSH]; Bibliometrics [MeSH]; ISI Web of knowledge; Surgery [MeSH] ABSTRACT: Background: The number and quality of publications is an indirect measure of the capacity of an individual, institution or country to generate knowledge. Aim: To assess the number of publications of Chilean surgeons, registered in the Institute for Scientific Knowledge (ISI). Material and Methods: A search was conducted in the ISI platform for publications generated by Chilean surgeons in the last ten years. The number of publications and citations, the journals in which the publications appeared and nationality of coauthors, were analyzed. Results: Three hundred and eighty papers were identified. Of these, 333 (88%) were published in the period 2006-2010. The papers were cited in 1.946 opportunities (impact factor of 5.12 and h-index of 21). Thirty three percent of papers were published in Revista Chilena de Cirugia, 8% in Obesity Surgery and 4% in the World Journal of Surgery. Thirty four percent of papers came from the University of Chile, 21% from Catholic University and 8% from Universidad de la Frontera. Conclusions: The number of publications of Chilean surgeons is experiencing an increase in the last years. AUTHOR ADDRESS: CJ Moraga, Casilla 54 D, Temuco, Chile -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: An author-centred scientometric analysis of Daniel Gile's oeuvre (Article, English) AUTHOR: Grbic, N; Pollabauer, S SOURCE: EFFORTS AND MODELS IN INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION RESEARCH: A TRIBUTE TO DANIEL GILE 80. 2009. p.3-24 JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, AMSTERDAM ME SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Interpreting Studies; scientometrics; network analysis; keyword analysis; citation analysis KEYWORDS+: CITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: The article begins with a quantitative scientometric study of Daniel Gile's published writings. The study focuses on the diachronic development of Gile's writings and several other aspects of his scientific oeuvre such as types of publications; languages of publication; media of publication; topics; and co-authorships. The co- authorship data are then displayed by means of a coauthorship network and discussed within the framework of network analysis. In addition, a brief keyword analysis of the titles of the publications provides a first glimpse into the range of topics which are tackled in Daniel Gile's publications. The paper then goes on to deepen the insights gleaned from the scientometric study in an analysis of citations of Gile's writings by other authors. The citation analysis represents a first attempt to investigate Gile's "impact" on the scientific community, even though it is inherent to the nature of citation analysis that the data obtained by such an approach can never be complete. We think that all three approaches can provide interesting insights into Gile's oeuvre. Owing to his pioneering publications on scientometrics and citation analysis, Daniel Gile strikes us as a perfect "candidate" for such an author- centred scientometric approach. AUTHOR ADDRESS: N Grbic, Graz Univ, A-8010 Graz, Austria -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Journal impact factor: holy grail? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: van der Wall, EE SOURCE: NETHERLANDS HEART JOURNAL 20 (10). OCT 2012. p.385-386 BOHN STAFLEU VAN LOGHUM BV, HOUTEN SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; JOURNAL item_title; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNALS; EUROPEAN-SOCIETY; CARDIOLOGY AUTHOR ADDRESS: EE van der Wall, NHI, ICIN, Utrecht, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Proximity and Matthew Effect in co-authorship pattern of Iranian top universities Authors: Khosrowjerdi, M; Zeraatkar, N; Hajipour, M Author Full Names: Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Zeraatkar, Neda; Hajipour, Marzieh Source: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE, 17 (2):71-82; AUG 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Collaboration pattern, Matthew effect, Proximity, Collocation, Co-authorship index KeyWords Plus: SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SCIENCE; INNOVATION; COUNTRIES Abstract: Co-authorship is used to measure scholarly collaborations of countries, institutions, and individual. It refers to the process in which two or more authors or researchers collaborate with each other to create a joint-work through collaboration methods and channels. Although many studies have been conducted to analyze the individual or field co-authorships in Iran, a little have concerned the organisational co-authorships in this country. This study aims to analyze organisational co-authorships among Iranian top universities based on proximity rule and Matthew effect. Data were limited to published articles affiliated to top universities in Iran and extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The co-authorships matrix of these universities was shaped and their relationships were mapped. The "National Co-Authorship Index", which is the rate of scholarly co-authorships among universities of a country, was calculated. Results show that geographic proximity has important an! d strong role in co-authorships of Iranian top universities. Top universities tend to collaborate with universities of similer ranking and probably this results confirms the Matthew effect in the collaborations of Iranian top universities. Also, the role of collocation or proximity has been drawn o Iran map. Finally, some suggestions were made to improve the co-authorship system of Iranian universities. Reprint Address: Iranian Res Inst Informat Sci & Technol IRANDOC, 1090 Palestine Conj,Enghelab Ave, Tehran, Iran. Addresses: [Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood] Iranian Res Inst Informat Sci & Technol IRANDOC, Tehran, Iran [Zeraatkar, Neda] Reg Informat Ctr Sci & Technol RiCest, Shiraz, Iran [Hajipour, Marzieh] Islamic Azad Univ, Khorasgan Branch, Esfahan, Iran E-mail Address: khosro at irandoc.ac.ir; neda.zeraatkar852 at gmail.com; marziyeh.hajipour at yahoo.com Cited Reference Count: 38 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, UNIV MALAYA, FAC COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECH, KUALA LUMPUR, 50603, MALAYSIA Cited References: Liang LM, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V52, P471 Merton R.K., 1973, The sociology of science, Bonitz M, 1997, SCIENTOMETRICS, V40, P407 2003, Collaboration approaches to cultural/heritage tourism, benefits of collaboration, Glanzel W, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V54, P75 Zitt M, 2000, SCIENTOMETRICS, V47, P627 Osareh F., 2010, Fry J, 2006, INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT, V42, P299 Wagner-Dobler R, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V52, P503 Garg KC, 2001, SCIENTOMETRICS, V51, P415 Wagner CS, 2005, RESEARCH POLICY, V34, P1608 Howells JRL, 2002, URBAN STUDIES, V39, P871 2010, RajaNews, Bozeman B, 2004, RESEARCH POLICY, V33, P599 MERTON RK, 1988, ISIS, V79, P606 Liang LM, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V55, P287 Rahimi M., 2007, Book Quarterly, V71, Bookstein Abraham, 2006, INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT, V42, P1408 Marshakova-Shaikevich Irina, 2006, INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT, V42, P1592 Merton R.K., 1968, Science, V159, P56 PRICE DJD, 1966, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V21, P1011 Janalizadeh Chub-Basti H., 2008, Farhang, V1, P103 Ponds R., 2006, Zimmerman Eric, 2009, SCIENTOMETRICS, V78, P427 Hart RL, 2000, JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP, V26, P339 Melin G, 2000, RESEARCH POLICY, V29, P31 Oliveira E., 2008, Brazilian Journal of Information Science, V2, P33 He T., 2009, Scientometrics, V80, P573 Velayati Kh., 2008, Lee Kyungjoon, 2010, PLOS ONE, V5, KATZ JS, 1994, SCIENTOMETRICS, V31, P31 Etzkowitz H, 2000, RESEARCH POLICY, V29, P109 Yamashita Yasuhiro, 2006, SCIENTOMETRICS, V68, P303 Persson O, 2004, SCIENTOMETRICS, V60, P421 Newman MEJ, 2001, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V98, P404 Meyer M., 2004, Scientometrics, V61, Talebi M., 1999, Rahyaft, V21, P112 Nouri R., 2010, Irandoc Scientific Communication monthly Journal, V17, ===================================== Title: The order in the lists of authors in multi-author papers revisited Authors: Kosmulski, M Author Full Names: Kosmulski, Marek Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 6 (4):639-644; 10.1016/j.joi.2012.06.006 OCT 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Citation analysis, Multi-author papers, Alphabetical order KeyWords Plus: MULTIPLE AUTHORSHIP; NAME; SCIENTISTS; PATTERNS; CREDIT; INDEX Abstract: The leaders of scientific groups appear in the last place (or in the first place) of the authors' lists of multi-author papers more often than other scientists (group-members). The preferential position of the group leader depends on the branch of science, geographical location and the time point. New tools to study the order of authors were introduced. The validity of assessment of the contributions of particular authors to the paper solely from their ranks in the authors' lists was challenged. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Lublin Univ Technol, Lublin, Poland. 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MATTHEW EFFECT IN SCIENCE Title: The impact of (Thyssen)-awarded articles in the Scientific Community Authors: Diekmann, A; Naf, M; Schubiger, M Author Full Names: Diekmann, Andreas; Naef, Matthias; Schubiger, Manuel Source: KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE, 64 (3):563-581; 10.1007/s11577-012-0175-4 SEP 2012 Language: German Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Sociology of scientific knowledge, Scientific awards, Impact of articles, Matthew effect, Thomas theorem, Bibliometrics KeyWords Plus: MODEL Abstract: We investigate whether journal articles winning a prestigious award of the Thyssen foundation have a higher impact in the scientific literature than a control group of non-awarded articles. In average, awarded articles harvest significantly more citations than articles in the control group. Most remarkably, the average citation rank exactly matches the rank order of awards. The top award earns most citations while the second award, the third award and the non-awarded articles exhibit citation counts in declining order. The correlation of award rank and impact does not vanish if we restrict citation counts to the year of publication and the year thereafter. In this time span the distinction of excellence is very unlikely having a genuine effect on the impact measure. Thus, we do not find support for the social constructivist hypothesis that the correlation of the jury decision and the article impact is explainable by a label of distinctiveness. On the contrary, the empirical ! data confirm that the jury is successful in the selection of articles which in average have a larger impact in the scientific community than non-awarded publications. Reprint Address: ETH, CLU D3, Clausiusstr 50, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. Addresses: [Diekmann, Andreas; Naef, Matthias] ETH, CLU D3, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland E-mail Address: andreas.diekmann at soz.gess.ethz.ch; matthias.naef at soz.gess.ethz.ch; schumanu at ee.ethz.ch Cited Reference Count: 22 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: VS VERLAG SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN-GWV FACHVERLAGE GMBH, ABRAHAM-LINCOLN-STR 46, 65189 WIESBADEN, GERMANY Cited References: Ioannidis JPA, 2005, PLOS MEDICINE, V2, P696 Merton R.K., 1973, The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations, MERTON RK, 1968, SCIENCE, V159, P56 Fliegner Florian, 2010, Soziologie, V39, P152 Judge Timothy A., 2007, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V50, P491 Haslam Nick, 2008, SCIENTOMETRICS, V76, P169 GOTTFREDSON SD, 1978, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V33, P920 Knorr-Cetina Karin, 1989, Soziale Welt, V40, P86 Neidhardt Friedhelm, 2008, Soziologie, V37, P421 Munch Richard, 2009, Publikationsverhalten in unter-schiedlichen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, P69 Merton RK, 1995, SOCIAL FORCES, V74, P379 2011, Methodological artefacts, data manipulation and fraud in economics and social science, Bornmann Luti, 2008, JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, V64, P45 Jansen Marcus, 2010, Daten zu Merkmalen von Zeitschriftenpublikationen in der deutschsprachigen Sozialwissenschaft zwischen den Jahren 1981 und 2006, Thomas W. I, 1928, The child in America: Behavior problems and programs, Sternberg RJ, 1996, PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, V7, P69 Alber Jens, 2010, Soziologie, V39, P286 Jansen Marcus, 2012, Soziologie, V41, P28 Bornmann Lutz, 2006, SCIENTOMETRICS, V68, P427 Baldi S, 1998, AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, V63, P829 Keuschnigg Marc, 2012, Das Bestseller-Phanomen. Die Entstehung von Nachfragekonzentration im Buchmarkt, Lee JD, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V56, P223 ======================================================================== Title: Author-team diversity and the impact of scientific publications: Evidence from physics research at a national science lab Authors: Hinnant, CC; Stvilia, B; Wu, SH; Worrall, A; Burnett, G; Burnett, K; Kazmer, MM; Marty, PF Author Full Names: Hinnant, Charles C.; Stvilia, Besild; Wu, Shuheng; Worrall, Adam; Burnett, Gary; Burnett, Kathleen; Kazmer, Michelle M.; Marty, Paul F. Source: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH, 34 (4):249-257; 10.1016/j.lisr.2012.03.001 OCT 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article KeyWords Plus: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; QUANTILE REGRESSION; LIS FACULTY; PRODUCTIVITY; CITATION; PROXIMITY; MODEL; COMMUNICATION Abstract: In the second half of the 20th century, scientific research in physics, chemistry, and engineering began to focus on the use of large government-funded laboratories. This shift toward so-called big science also brought about a concomitant change in scientific work itself, with a sustained trend toward the use of highly specialized scientific teams, elevating the role of team characteristics on scientific outputs. The actual impact of scientific knowledge is commonly measured by how often peer-reviewed publications are, in turn, cited by other researchers. Therefore, how characteristics such as author team seniority, affiliation diversity, and size affect the overall impact of team publications was examined. Citation information and author demographics were reviewed for 123 articles published in Physical Review Letters from 2004 to 2006 and written by 476 scientists who used the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's facilities. Correlation analysis indicated that author t! eams that were more multi-institutional and had homogeneous seniority tended to have more senior scientists. In addition, the analysis suggests that more mixed seniority author teams were likely to be less institutionally dispersed. Quantile regression was used to examine the relationships between author-team characteristics and publication impact. The analysis indicated that both weighted average seniority and average seniority had a negative relationship with the number of citations the publication received. Furthermore, the analysis also showed a positive relationship between first-author seniority and the number of citations, and a negative relationship between the number of authors and the number of citations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Florida State Univ, Coll Commun & Informat, POB 3062100, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA. Addresses: [Hinnant, Charles C.; Stvilia, Besild; Wu, Shuheng; Worrall, Adam; Burnett, Gary; Burnett, Kathleen; Kazmer, Michelle M.; Marty, Paul F.] Florida State Univ, Coll Commun & Informat, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA E-mail Address: chinnant at fsu.edu Cited Reference Count: 82 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA Cited References: MERTON RK, 1968, SCIENCE, V159, P56 Sugimoto C., 2010, Library and Information Science Research, V33, P3 Pond Roderik, 2007, PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE, V86, P423 LAWANI SM, 1986, SCIENTOMETRICS, V9, P13 Lee CK, 2003, SCIENTOMETRICS, V56, P95 Adkins Denice, 2006, LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH, V28, P374 HARSANYI MA, 1993, LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH, V15, P325 Reagans R, 2004, ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V49, P101 de Solla Price D.J., 1963, Little Science, Big Science, Fox M. 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The spatial evolution character is modeled by the statistical property of crowding distance, which displays a scale-free feature and a power-law distribution. We propose that the evolutional rule of multiobjective optimization algorithms is a self-organized state transition from an initial scalefree state to a final scale-free state. The target is to get close to a critical state representing the true Pareto-optimal front. Besides, the anti-Matthew effect is the internal incentive factor of most strategies. The final scale-free state reflects the quality of the final Pareto-optimal front. The speed of the state transition reflects the efficiency of the algorithm. We simulate the spatial evolution characters of three typical multi-objective evolutionary algorithms representing three fields, i.e., Genetic Algorithm, Differential Evolution and ! the Artificial Immune System algorithm. The results prove that the model and the explanation are effective for analyzing the evolutional rule of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Adv Electromagnet Engn & Technol, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China. Addresses: [Li, Jun-fang; Zhang, Bu-han; Liu, Yi-fang; Wang, Kui; Wu, Xiao-shan] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Adv Electromagnet Engn & Technol, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China E-mail Address: jfliitwo at 126.com Funding Acknowledgement: National High Technology Research and Development of China (863 Program)[2011AA05A101] Funding Text: This paper is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development of China (863 Program) (2011AA05A101). 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THE BEARING OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL THEORY Title: What are creative accomplishments in science? - Conceptual considerations using examples from science history and bibliometric findings Authors: Heinze, T Author Full Names: Heinze, Thomas Source: KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE, 64 (3):583-599; 10.1007/s11577-012-0173-6 SEP 2012 Language: German Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Creativity, Originality, Heuristic, Research accomplishment, Philosophy of Science, Bibliometrics KeyWords Plus: HIGHLY CITED PAPERS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; CITATION ANALYSIS; BROKERAGE; ARTICLES; JOURNALS Abstract: Science studies have not yet provided a heuristic that distinguishes creative accomplishments from other research contributions. Likewise, there is no commonly agreed typology of creative scientific results. This article takes up these two desiderata. It is argued that scientific creativity springs from the fundamental tension between originality and scientific relevance. Based on this consideration, a heuristic is introduced that singles out creative research accomplishments from other contributions in science. Furthermore, it is shown that creative contributions are not only advances in theory, but also new methods, new empirical phenomena, and the development of new research instrumentation. The article introduces examples from science history and presents results from bibliometric studies. Reprint Address: Berg Univ Wuppertal, Gaussstr 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany. 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Likewise, there is no commonly agreed typology of creative scientific results. This article takes up these two desiderata. It is argued that scientific creativity springs from the fundamental tension between originality and scientific relevance. Based on this consideration, a heuristic is introduced that singles out creative research accomplishments from other contributions in science. Furthermore, it is shown that creative contributions are not only advances in theory, but also new methods, new empirical phenomena, and the development of new research instrumentation. The article introduces examples from science history and presents results from bibliometric studies. Reprint Address: Berg Univ Wuppertal, Gaussstr 20, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany. Addresses: Berg Univ Wuppertal, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany E-mail Address: theinze at uni-wuppertal.de Cited Reference Count: 67 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: VS VERLAG SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN-GWV FACHVERLAGE GMBH, ABRAHAM-LINCOLN-STR 46, 65189 WIESBADEN, GERMANY ISSN: 0023-2653 Web of Science Categories: Psychology, Social; Sociology Research Areas: Psychology; Sociology IDS Number: 002RF Unique ID: WOS:000308550200007 Cited References: Radder Hans, 2003, The philosophy of scientific experimentation, Garfield Eugene, 1990, Current Contents, V12, P68 Bornmann Lutz, 2010, LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH, V32, P5 Rheinberger Hans-Jorg, 2001, Experimentalsysteme und epistemische Dinge. 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With an introduction by Marjorie Grene, Westmeyer Hans, 2009, Sozialpsychologie der Kreativitat und Innovation, P11 Campanario JM, 1996, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE, V47, P302 Pennycook Stephen J., 2005, Encyclopedia of condensed matter physics, P240 1994, The polymerase chain reaction, Mulvey Tom, 1996, Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, V95, P2 Stent Gunther S., 2002, Prematurity in scientific discovery. On resistance and neglect, P22 Boden Margaret A., 1999, P351 Van Dalen HP, 2004, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, V30, P489 Jansen Dorothea, 1998, Hochtemperatursupraleitung - Herausforderungen fur Forschung, Wirtschaft und Politik, Campanario Juan Miguel, 2007, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V58, P734 Rossell Marta D., 2009, Physical Review Letters, V102, P96 Merton Robert K., 1948, AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, V13, P505 ________________________________ * Title: Development of Arabic library and information science An analysis utilizing Whitley's theory of the intellectual and social organization of sciences Authors: Al-Aufi, AS; Lor, PJ Author Full Names: Al-Aufi, Ali Saif; Lor, Peter Johan Source: JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 68 (4):460-491; 10.1108/00220411211239066 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: LIS research, The Arab world, Intellectual and social organization of sciences, Scholarly communication, Library and information networks, Information management, Communication process KeyWords Plus: LIS; LIBRARIANSHIP; MODEL; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; REFLECTIONS; COUNTRIES; HISTORY Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to utilize Whitley's theory of the intellectual and social organization of the sciences and build on research carried on by Aarek of al., Vakkari, Rochester and Vakkari, and Astrom, to analyze both intellectual and institutional characteristics of Arabic library and information science (LIS). Design/methodology/approach - Data derived from a content analysis of sampled research articles published in seven core peer-reviewed Arabic LIS journals and from an inventory of the currently identified Arabic LIS educational institutions, professional associations, and scholarly communication channels were analyzed in terms of Whitley's theory and relevant LIS research. Findings - The social organization of Arabic LIS has highly influenced its intellectual organization. An analysis of types and diversity of institutional affiliations, determination of terminology, resources and fund accessibility, scholarly communication of intellectual productivity, and research collaboration point to high levels of "tasks uncertainty", low levels of "mutual dependency" and uncontrolled "reputational autonomy". Research limitations/implications - Because Arabic LIS institutions, associations, and research channels are poorly represented on the internet or in accessible literature, it was difficult to collect data comprehensively. While the findings are suggestive and are in agreement with views from the Arabic LIS literature, the results cannot be generalized to regions beyond the Arab world. This investigation is not primarily intended as a contribution to the philosophy of LIS, but to describe the development of LIS in the Arab States within a broad social and intellectual framework. Originality/value - While there is a considerable body of theoretically-oriented interpretations for bibliometric findings, no research has been conducted to analyze the social and intellectual dimensions of LIS in the Arab world. This paper also fills a gap for this type of the research in Arabic US and creates awareness of Arabic LIS for English-speaking readers. 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URL: From krichel at OPENLIB.ORG Thu Oct 18 22:08:56 2012 From: krichel at OPENLIB.ORG (Thomas Krichel) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:08:56 +0200 Subject: OAI8 at the University of Geneva. 19-21 June 2013 Message-ID: 2013 sees the 8th OAI Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication at the University of Geneva and at CERN. These Workshops are major international gatherings where those interested in Scholarly Communication developments can meet, discuss and network. OAI8 will be taking place in the context of the EU?s launch of its ?80 billion Horizon 2020 programme, which has Open Access as a key deliverable of the outputs from its funded research programs. New areas to be discussed at OAI8 will be Alternative Metrics and a special focus on Scholarly Communication developments in the Arts and Humanities. An introductory video, announcing the Conference, can be seen at http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=211600 Please reserve 19-21 June 2013 in your diaries. On behalf of the Programme Committee, we look forward to seeing you in Geneva. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorprofile.org/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Fri Oct 19 14:55:13 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:55:13 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics List Readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Decision Making in spite of Ignorance The Revitalization of Contaminated Areas (Article, German) AUTHOR: Bleicher, A SOURCE: SOZIALE WELT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 63 (2). 2012. p.97-115,185 NOMOS VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG, BADEN-BADEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: SCIENCE; SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE; RISK ABSTRACT: Decision Making in spite of Ignorance The Revitalization of Contaminated Areas Processes of decision concerning environmental processes or the impact of human activities on the natural environment often lack secure and robust knowledge. Nevertheless, such situations do not necessarily lead to uncertainties in environmental decision-making. The analysis of processes of revitalizing contaminated areas has shown that related actors explicitly deal with the unknown, i.e. with ignorance. Involved actors experiment with and find strategies dealing productively with ignorance, which aren't necessarily products of scientific knowledge. Hence, other strategies of dealing with non-knowledge need to be considered as well. Based on a dynamic concept of ignorance this paper shows how actors define the relevance of ignorance. Analyzing two revitalization projects, the paper offers an analytical model of decision, which takes into account the unknown. It also tackles issues like the legitimacy of decision-making, the understanding of failures, the preparedness for unforeseen developments as well as strategies for dealing with unexpected surprises. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Bleicher, Helmholtz Zentrum Umweltforsch GmbH UFZ, Permoserstr 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Rich and satisfied? Theoretical considerations and empirical results on the association between wealth and life satisfaction (Article, German) AUTHOR: Keuschnigg, M; Wolbring, T SOURCE: BERLINER JOURNAL FUR SOZIOLOGIE 22 (2). AUG 2012. p.189-216 VS VERLAG SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN-GWV FACHVERLAGE GMBH, WIESBADEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: Aspiration level; Adaptation; Life satisfaction; Wealth; Relative income; Social comparison KEYWORDS+: EASTERLIN PARADOX; SOCIAL-STRUCTURE; HAPPINESS; INCOME; NEIGHBORS; MONEY ABSTRACT: Different influences moderate the complex association between income and life satisfaction. In the research literature, basic human need satisfaction, interpersonal comparison processes, and adaptation are usually proposed as the driving theoretical mechanisms. Using the German Socio-economic Panel and a self conducted cross- sectional survey for the urban area of Munich this article is empirically testing hypotheses derived from these different explanations. In result, all three mechanisms add to the understanding of the nonlinear income- life satisfaction-relationship. Above a threshold of approx. 800 a,not sign monthly disposable income wealth has no further effect on life satisfaction. Based on this finding a definition of individual wealth is proposed. Furthermore, as opposed to income from employment capital income has a neglectable effect on life satisfaction. There is only weak evidence for relative income effects regarding respondent's neighborhood but stronger evidence for the relevance of comparisons with more specific reference groups such as average citizens. Moreover, panel analyses confirm hypotheses of aspiration and adaptation. Thereby-at least for the well-off-income losses outweigh gains. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Keuschnigg, Univ Munich, Inst Soziol, Konradstr 6, D-80801 Munich, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Scientific Utopia: I. Opening Scientific Communication (Article, English) AUTHOR: Nosek, BA; Bar-Anan, Y SOURCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY 23 (3). 2012. p.217-243 PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, HOVE SEARCH TERM(S): ZUCKERMAN HA rauth; SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 45:1 1994; ZUCKERMA.H MINERVA 9:66 1971; PSYCHOL INQ source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS+: OPEN-ACCESS ARTICLES; PUBLICATION DECISIONS; IMPACT FACTOR; VICE-VERSA; JOURNALS; NEUROSCIENCE; STATISTICS; MANUSCRIPT; BIAS; RELIABILITY ABSTRACT: Existing norms for scientific communication are rooted in anachronistic practices of bygone eras making them needlessly inefficient. We outline a path that moves away from the existing model of scientific communication to improve the efficiency in meeting the purpose of public science-knowledge accumulation. We call for six changes: (a) full embrace of digital communication; (b) open access to all published research; (c) disentangling publication from evaluation; (d) breaking the "one article, one journal" model with a grading system for evaluation and diversified dissemination outlets; (e) publishing peer review; and (f) allowing open, continuous peer review. We address conceptual and practical barriers to change and provide examples showing how the suggested practices are being used already. The critical barriers to change are not technical or financial; they are social. Although scientists guard the status quo, they also have the power to change it. AUTHOR ADDRESS: BA Nosek, Univ Virginia, Dept Psychol, 102 Gilmer Hall,Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Scientific Utopia or Scientific Dystopia? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Lilienfeld, SO SOURCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY 23 (3). 2012. p.277-280 PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, HOVE SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; PSYCHOL INQ source_abbrev_20; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: PSYCHOLOGICAL-RESEARCH; THEORETICAL RISKS; SLOW PROGRESS; DISCONTENTS AUTHOR ADDRESS: SO Lilienfeld, Emory Univ, Dept Psychol, Room 473,36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: American murder mystery revisited: do housing voucher households cause crime? (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ellen, IG; Lens, MC; O'Regan, K SOURCE: HOUSING POLICY DEBATE 22 (4). 2012. p.551-572 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ABINGDON SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: neighborhood crime; vouchers; low-income housing; policy KEYWORDS+: NEIGHBORHOODS; RATES; HYPOTHESIS; POVERTY; POISSON; YOUTH; RACE ABSTRACT: Potential neighbors often express worries that Housing Choice Voucher holders heighten crime. Yet, no research systematically examines the link between the presence of voucher holders in a neighborhood and crime. Our article aims to do just this, using longitudinal, neighborhood-level crime, and voucher utilization data in 10 large US cities. We test whether the presence of additional voucher holders leads to elevated crime, controlling for neighborhood fixed effects, time-varying neighborhood characteristics, and trends in the broader sub-city area in which the neighborhood is located. In brief, crime tends to be higher in census tracts with more voucher households, but that positive relationship becomes insignificant after we control for unobserved differences across census tracts and falls further when we control for trends in the broader area. We find far more evidence for an alternative causal story; voucher use in a neighborhood tends to increase in tracts that have seen increases in crime, suggesting that voucher holders tend to move into neighborhoods where crime is elevated. AUTHOR ADDRESS: IG Ellen, NYU, Wagner Grad Sch Publ Serv, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10012 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Many-models medicine: diversity as the best medicine (Article, English) AUTHOR: Nunn, R SOURCE: JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 18 (5). OCT 2012. p.974-978 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: agent-based simulation; evidence-based medicine; expertise; medical epistemology; models of medicine; unification of science KEYWORDS+: SYSTEMS; SCIENCE; FISH ABSTRACT: Many medicines have been proposed to cure various ills of biomedicine including evidence-based medicine, evolutionary medicine, narrative medicine, and complexity medicine, among others. To the extent that all models are idealizations or abstractions, all of these model medicines are imperfect in some respects. In the absence of a single unified model, if indeed unification is possible or even desirable, and despite the relative advantages of one model or another, in practice many models and methods are necessary in medicine. In this article, I consider the value of such diversity in models and methods. I briefly describe several models. Then I discuss simulations of agents who use diverse models. Advocates of models such as those discussed here typically claim that we should use their preferred model because it is the best. Evidence- based medicine, for instance, has been promoted as the single best model of medicine while other models have been cast as lesser models or in opposition to it and each other. But isolated models and methods may never be as good as groups of models and methods. Debates about various individual models may result in better outcomes, but explicitly choosing to use many models is likely to produce even better outcomes. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Nunn, Univ Toronto, IHPST, Victoria Coll, 91 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1K7, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: What was the first epidemiological study of smoking and lung cancer? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Samet, JM SOURCE: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 55 (3). SEP 2012. p.178-180 ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, SAN DIEGO SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS: Smoking; Tobacco; Lung cancer; Epidemiology KEYWORDS+: DISCOVERY; HABITS ABSTRACT: Based on his critique of the early case-control study of smoking and lung cancer by Mueller, Morabia questions the priority that has been assigned to this research. I examine Morabia's approach to retrospectively assess quality and question its general applicability and replicability. By citation analyses, the case-control studies published in the 1950s have had far greater impact. Morabia's commentary points to the complexity and subtlety of re-interpreting older literature. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JM Samet, Univ So Calif, Dept Prevent Med, Keck Sch Med, USC Inst Global Hlth, 2001 N Soto St,Suite 330A,MC9239, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Characteristics and Trends of Radiology Research: A Survey of Original Articles Published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lim, KJ; Yoon, DY; Yun, EJ; Seo, YL; Baek, S; Gu, DH; Yoon, SJ; Han, A; Ku, YJ; Kim, SS SOURCE: RADIOLOGY 264 (3). SEP 2012. p.796-802 RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA, OAK BROOK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS+: JOURNALS; IMPACT; FREQUENCY; CITATIONS; AUTHORS ABSTRACT: Purpose: To determine the characteristics and trends of the original articles published in two major American radiology journals, AJR American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) and Radiology, between 2001 and 2010. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective bibliometric analysis that did not involve human subjects and was exempt from institutional review board approval. All 6542 original articles published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010 were evaluated. The following information was abstracted from each article: radiologic subspecialty, radiologic technique used, type of research, sample size, study design, statistical analysis, study outcome, declared funding, number of authors, affiliation of the first author, and country of the first author. In addition, all the variables examined were presented along with the trend over time. Results: The most common subspecialty of study was abdominal (1219 of 6542, 18.6%), followed by vascular/interventional (804 of 6542, 12.3%). A total of 3744 (57.2%) original articles used magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or computed tomography (CT), 5495 (84.1%) were clinical research articles, 3060 (46.8%) had sample size of more than 50, 4087 (62.5%) were retrospective, 4714 (72.1%) performed statistical analysis, 6225 (95.2%) showed positive study outcome, 4784 (73.1%) were not funded, 3942 (60.3%) had four to seven authors, and 5731 (87.6%) were written by the primary author who was from a department of radiology or radiology-related specialties. The United States published 45.5% (2975 of 6542) of the articles, followed by Japan (n = 525, 8.0%), Germany (n = 485, 7.4%), and South Korea (n = 455, 7.0%). In the time trend analysis, the following variables showed a significantly positive trend: cardiac subspecialty, CT and MR imaging as the radiologic techniques, type of research as other (nonbasic, nonclinical), sample size of more than 50, four to seven as the number of authors, medicine-related department of the first author, and South Korea and Italy as countries of the first author. On the other hand, pediatric subspecialty, combined (basic and clinical) type of research, and number of authors fewer than four showed a significantly negative trend. Conclusion: The bibliometric analysis of the AJR and Radiology journals with articles published between 2001 and 2010 revealed characteristics and trends of the current radiology research that may provide useful information to researchers and editorial staff in radiology. (C) RSNA, 2012 AUTHOR ADDRESS: DY Yoon, Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Kangdong Seong Sim Hosp, Dept Radiol, 445 Gil Dong, Seoul 134701, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Treatments for suppression of lactation (Review) (Review, English) AUTHOR: Oladapo, OT; Fawole, B SOURCE: COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS (9). 2012. p.NIL_1290-NIL_1407 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): ZUCKERMAN H rauth KEYWORDS: Lactation [drug effects; physiology]; Bromocriptine [therapeutic use]; Estrogens [therapeutic use]; Hormone Antagonists [therapeutic use]; Milk Ejection; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Female; Humans KEYWORDS+: POSTPARTUM BREAST ENGORGEMENT; SERUM PROLACTIN LEVELS; PUERPERAL LACTATION; DOUBLE-BLIND; TESTOSTERONE ENANTHATE; BROMOCRIPTINE MESYLATE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; NONNURSING MOTHERS; BLOOD-COAGULATION; DIFFERENT DOSAGES ABSTRACT: Background Various pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions have been used to suppress lactation after childbirth and relieve associated symptoms. Despite the large volume of literature on the subject, there is currently no universal guideline on the most appropriate approach for suppressing lactation in postpartum women. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of interventions used for suppression of lactation in postpartum women (who have not breastfed or expressed breastmilk) to determine which approach has the greatest comparative benefits with least risk. Search methods We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (30 June 2012). Selection criteria Randomised trials evaluating the effectiveness of treatments used for suppression of postpartum lactation. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. Main results We included 62 trials (6428 women). Twenty-two trials did not contribute data to the meta-analyses. The trials were generally small and of limited quality. Three trials (107 women) indicated that bromocriptine significantly reduced the proportion of women lactating compared with no treatment at or within seven days postpartum (three trials, 107 women; risk ratio (RR) 0.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.24 to 0.54). Seven trials involving oestrogen preparations (diethylstilbestrol, quinestrol, chlorotrianisene, hexestrol) suggested that they significantly reduced the proportion of lactating women compared with no treatment at or within seven days postpartum (RR 0.40, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.56). We found no trials comparing non-pharmacologic methods with no treatment. Trials comparing bromocriptine with other pharmacologic agents such as methergoline, prostaglandins, pyridoxine, carbegoline, diethylstilbestrol and cyclofenil suggested similarity in their effectiveness. Side effects were poorly reported in the trials and no case of thromboembolism was recorded in the four trials that reported it as an outcome. Authors' conclusions There is weak evidence that some pharmacologic treatments (most of which are currently unavailable to the public) are better than no treatment for suppressing lactation symptoms in the first postpartum week. No evidence currently exists to indicate whether non-pharmacologic approaches are more effective than no treatment. Presently, there is insufficient evidence to address the side effects of methods employed for suppressing lactation. When women desire treatment, bromocriptine may be considered where it is registered for lactation suppression in those without predisposition to its major side effects of public concerns. Many trials did not contribute data that could be included in analyses. Large randomised trials are needed to compare the effectiveness of pharmacologic (especially bromocriptine) and non-pharmacologic methods with no treatment. Such trials should consider the acceptability of the intervention and lactation symptoms of concern to women and be large enough to detect clinically important differences in major side effects between comparison groups. AUTHOR ADDRESS: OT Oladapo, Olabisi Onabanjo Univ, Obafemi Awolowo Coll Hlth Sci, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Maternal & Fetal Hlth Res Unit, Shagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 006OW 00026) ISSN: 1469-493X -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Why is it difficult to publish in high-impact journals? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Zanetti, ML SOURCE: REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM 20 (4). JUL-AUG 2012. p.633-634 UNIV SAO PAULO, ESCOLA DE ENFERMAGEM DE RIBEIRAO PRETO, RIBEIRAO PRETO SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: ML Zanetti, Univ Sao Paulo, WHO Collaborating Ctr Nursing Res Dev, Escola Enfermagem Ribeirao Preto, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 008LG 00001) ISSN: 0104-1169 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: DIFFERENTIAL ABSTENTION IN A SPAIN WITH AUTONOMIES Significant traits and explanatory mechanisms (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Riera, P SOURCE: REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE SOCIOLOGIA 70 (3). SEP-DEC 2012. p.615-642 CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, MADRID SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: Autonomous Identification; Fiscal Decentralization; Permissiveness of the electoral system; Regional Elections; Turnout KEYWORDS+: EXPLAINING VOTER TURNOUT; INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES; ELECTIONS; MOBILIZATION; CALCULUS; STATE ABSTRACT: The implementation of the model of territorial organization established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 involves the creation of non state-wide institutions with legislative powers, and the celebration of regional elections in order to decide the composition of the autonomous parliaments. The turnout registered in this type of contests is persistently and generally lower than in general elections. Those citizens that participate in the general but not in the regional elections are known as differential non-voters. Despite this pattern of non-voting is repeated election after election in all the communities, its magnitude and consequences differ in each case. In this paper, the causes of this variation are explored by using aggregated data of turnout in both types of elections across regions and over time. Results from the specified econometric models seem to point out the need to resort to several socio-demographic, political and institutional factors to explain differential abstention in the decentralized Spain. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Riera, Inst Europeo Univ, Florencia, Italy [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 011XT 00006) ISSN: 0034-9712 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE IN ENANCIBs UNDER A SCIENTOMETRIC LOOK (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: Valerio, ED; Bernardino, MCR; da Silva, J SOURCE: INFORMACAO & SOCIEDADE-ESTUDOS 22 (2). 2012. p.157-169 UNIV FED PARAIBA CCSA, JOAO PESSOA PB SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Scientific Production; Scientometrics; Grey Literature; ENANCIBs -Race Relations ABSTRACT: It presents that scientific production of a given area may help us to check the degree of informational production and its dialogue with society. It intends to research the scientific literature that deals with racial issues, especially the population of African descent in the annals of the National Congress of the Research in Information Science (ENANCIB) for the years 2005-2010, organized by the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science (ANCIB). Which is intended to guide the activities of graduate teaching and research in Information Science in Brazil. ENANCIB reports that the benchmark has importance in the context of Information Science (IS) and produces a material with high relevance for scientific society. It emphasizes that to rescue the culture and the history of black people, the Black Movement has developed for decades actions for the Brazilian society with the promise to recognize and combat discrimination against religion, color, race, sex or any other to eliminate forms of inequality. It establishes methodology as scientometrics, whose object of study are the disciplines, subjects and fields of science and technology, patents, theses and dissertations, which aims at identifying the communication between the scientists and their fields of interest. It presents from the analysis that there are few works dealing with racial issues, with emphasis on black people. It ends from the reflections in which many researchers to give more emphasis to the universal themes, creating a distancing from the issues that concern the population of African descent in the country. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ED Valerio, Univ Fed Ceara, Curso Bibliotecon, Campus Cariri, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 003JX 00013) ISSN: 0104-0146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: What's Left? The prospects for social democratic criminology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Reiner, R SOURCE: CRIME MEDIA CULTURE 8 (2 SP ISS). AUG 2012. p.135-150 SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: critical criminology; neoliberalism; political economy of crime; radical criminology; social democratic criminology ABSTRACT: This paper analyses the fate of social democratic sensibility in thinking about crime and criminal justice that prevailed for most of the 20th century, until a profound rupture in culture, political economy, crime and criminal justice. The paper proposes an ideal-type of social democratic criminology, and contrasts it with the law-and-order perspective that displaced it after the 1970s. The sources and consequences of this seismic shift are analysed and evaluated. Finally, following the fracturing of the last forty years' neoliberal hegemony in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, it considers the prospects of a revival of the social democratic perspective in criminological thinking. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Reiner, Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Law, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 978IH 00003) ISSN: 1741-6590 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: When Stars Shine: The Effects of Faculty Founders on New Technology Ventures (Article, English) AUTHOR: Fuller, AW; Rothaermel, FT SOURCE: STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNAL 6 (3 SP ISS). SEP 2012. p.220-235 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: technology entrepreneurship; academic entrepreneurship; intellectual human capital; commercialization; microfoundations KEYWORDS+: INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY INVENTIONS; ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE; MARKET; INNOVATION; CORPORATE ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing importance of faculty entrepreneurship to technology diffusion, wealth creation, and economic growth, we know little about the effects that academic faculty turned entrepreneurs have on the performance of new technology ventures. We argue faculty inventors select their most promising projects for commercialization. We further posit that star faculty founders have positive effects on new venture performance, above and beyond that of the average faculty founder. In addition, we develop two contingency hypotheses to unearth specific situations when stars shine. We posit that star faculty founders are able to overcome geographic distance to venture capitalists as well as the disadvantages of not being affiliated with a top research university. We test our hypotheses on a broad sample of 238 university-related new technology ventures at 65 U.S. universities. Copyright (C) 2012 Strategic Management Society. AUTHOR ADDRESS: AW Fuller, Calif State Univ Sacramento, Coll Business Adm, Sacramento, CA 95819 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: 003YC 00003) ISSN: 1932-4391 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The "Johnny's Story" Founder of the Race, Gender and Class Journal (Article, English) AUTHOR: Belkhir, JA SOURCE: INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH: TRANSFORMING THE ACADEMY THROUGH RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER. 2009. p.300-308 UNIV NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, CHAPEL HILL SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNAL item_title AUTHOR ADDRESS: JA Belkhir, Southern Univ, New Orleans, LA USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BYO40 00019) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: BLACK GREEK-LETTER ORGANIZATIONS AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS AND HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (Article, English) AUTHOR: Strayhorn, TL; McCall, FC SOURCE: BLACK GREEK-LETTER ORGANIZATIONS 2.0: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES. 2011. p.277-292 UNIV PRESS MISSISSIPPI, JACKSON SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: STUDENTS; PERCEPTIONS [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BYW32 00028) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Race Discrimination System (Article, English) AUTHOR: Reskin, B SOURCE: ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 38 38. 2012. p.17-35,NIL_51-NIL_52 ANNUAL REVIEWS, PALO ALTO SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: cumulative advantage/disadvantage; racial disparities; racial inequality; systems perspective KEYWORDS+: RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; RACIAL-DISCRIMINATION; METROPOLITAN AMERICA; SCHOOL SEGREGATION; INCARCERATION; INEQUALITY; DISPARITIES; WELFARE; HEALTH; US ABSTRACT: To understand the persistence of racial disparities across multiple domains (e.g., residential location, schooling, employment, health, housing, credit, and justice) and to develop effective remedies, we must recognize that these domains are reciprocally related and comprise an integrated system. The limited long-run success of government social policies to advance racial justice is due in part to the ad hoc nature of policy responses to various forms of racial discrimination. Drawing on a systems perspective, I show that race discrimination is a system whose emergent properties reinforce the effects of their components. The emergent property of a system of race- linked disparities is uber discrimination-a meta-level phenomenon that shapes our culture, cognitions, and institutions, thereby distorting whether and how we perceive and make sense of racial disparities. Viewing within-domain disparities as part of a discrimination system requires better-specified analytic models. While the existence of an emergent system of uber discrimination increases the difficulty of eliminating racial disparities, a systems perspective points to strategies to attack that system. These include identifying and intervening at leverage points, implementing interventions to operate simultaneously across subsystems, isolating subsystems from the larger discrimination system, and directly challenging the processes through which emergent discrimination strengthens within-subsystem disparities. AUTHOR ADDRESS: B Reskin, Univ Washington, Dept Sociol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBR28 00002) ISSN: 0360-0572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Network Effects and Social Inequality (Article, English) AUTHOR: DiMaggio, P; Garip, F SOURCE: ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 38 38. 2012. p.93-118 ANNUAL REVIEWS, PALO ALTO SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968 KEYWORDS: cumulative advantage; threshold models; homophily; externalities; diffusion; spillovers KEYWORDS+: EDUCATIONAL ASSORTATIVE MARRIAGE; JOB SEARCH; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; PERSONAL NETWORKS; UNITED-STATES; DIFFUSION; PEER; CONTAGION; DYNAMICS; EXTERNALITIES ABSTRACT: Students of social inequality have noted the presence of mechanisms militating toward cumulative advantage and increasing inequality. Social scientists have established that individuals' choices are influenced by those of their network peers in many social domains. We suggest that the ubiquity of network effects and tendencies toward cumulative advantage are related. Inequality is exacerbated when effects of individual differences are multiplied by social networks: when persons must decide whether to adopt beneficial practices; when network externalities, social learning, or normative pressures influence adoption decisions; and when networks are homophilous with respect to individual characteristics that predict such decisions. We review evidence from literatures on network effects on technology, labor markets, education, demography, and health; identify several mechanisms through which networks may generate higher levels of inequality than one would expect based on differences in initial endowments alone; consider cases in which network effects may ameliorate inequality; and describe research priorities. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P DiMaggio, Princeton Univ, Dept Sociol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBR28 00005) ISSN: 0360-0572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Construction, Concentration, and (Dis)Continuities in Social Valuations (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zuckerman, EW SOURCE: ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 38 38. 2012. p.223-245 ANNUAL REVIEWS, PALO ALTO SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: valuation; social construction; culture; fashion; financial markets KEYWORDS+: ARTIFICIAL CULTURAL MARKET; AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION; MODEL; MANAGEMENT; SOCIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; BEHAVIOR; NORMS; RISE; SELF ABSTRACT: I review and integrate recent sociological research that makes progress on three interrelated questions pertaining to social valuation: (a) the degree of social construction relative to objective constraints; (b) the degree of concentration in social valuations at a single point in time; and (c) the conditions that govern two broad forms of temporal discontinuity-(i) fashion cycles, especially in cultural expression and in managerial practices, and (ii) bubble/crash dynamics, as witnessed in such domains as authoritarian regimes and financial markets. In the course of the review, I argue for the importance of identifying how objective conditions constrain social construction and suggest two contrarian mechanisms by which this is accomplished-valuation opportunism and valuation entrepreneurship-and the conditions under which they are more or less effective. AUTHOR ADDRESS: EW Zuckerman, MIT Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBR28 00011) ISSN: 0360-0572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Status: Insights from Organizational Sociology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sauder, M; Lynn, F; Podolny, JM SOURCE: ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 38 38. 2012. p.267-283 ANNUAL REVIEWS, PALO ALTO SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth; ZUCKERMAN H rauth; MERTON RK SCIENCE 159:56 1968 KEYWORDS: organizations; signaling; social networks; status hierarchies; third parties KEYWORDS+: SOCIAL-STATUS; SELF-EFFICACY; NETWORKS; MARKET; INDUSTRY; REPUTATION; PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHIES; GENDER; ENTRY ABSTRACT: Status has become an increasingly influential concept in the fields of organizational and economic sociology during the past two decades. Research in this area has not only helped explain behavior within and between organizations, but has also contributed to our understanding of status processes more generally. In this review, we point to the contributions of this field in terms of the determinants of status, the effects of status, and the mechanisms by which these effects are produced. We next appraise the way in which a network approach has contributed to our formal understanding of status positions and status hierarchies. We then highlight recent studies that demonstrate the value of studying the structures of status hierarchies themselves rather than focusing solely on the actors within them. After suggesting potential directions for future research, we conclude by calling for renewed efforts to translate concepts and theories across levels of analysis and substantive commitment in order to build more general theories of status processes. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Sauder, Univ Iowa, Dept Sociol, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBR28 00013) ISSN: 0360-0572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Sociology of Elites (Article, English) AUTHOR: Khan, SR SOURCE: ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 38 38. 2012. p.361-377 ANNUAL REVIEWS, PALO ALTO SEARCH TERM(S): ZUCKERMAN H rauth KEYWORDS: elite; power; inequality KEYWORDS+: UNITED-STATES; WEAK-TIES; INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY; INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES; INEQUALITY; WEALTH; INCOME; RISE; PERSPECTIVE; DYNAMICS ABSTRACT: Elites are those with vastly disproportionate control over or access to a resource. We can understand this as a position that a social actor occupies, or we can imagine such resources as a possession of an actor. The study of elites is the study of power and inequality, from above. It involves looking at the distribution of social resources, which can include economic, social, cultural, political, or knowledge capital. It also means exploring the role of institutions such as schools, families, and clubs in how such resources are organized and distributed. Over the past decade, particularly as social power and economic rewards have become increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few, elite sociology has experienced a revival. Empirical observations of these phenomena point to the changing character of American inequality. AUTHOR ADDRESS: SR Khan, Columbia Univ, Dept Sociol, New York, NY 10027 USA [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBR28 00017) ISSN: 0360-0572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Determining Tactics That Influence Partners in the Creation of an Interagency Information Sharing System (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cairns, A; Jackson, T; Cooke, L SOURCE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION. 2012. p.37-46 ACAD CONFERENCES LTD, NR READING SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: public sector; partnership working; influence; information sharing; multiagency working; information management KEYWORDS+: POWER ABSTRACT: Partnership working is increasing dramatically in the public sector in the UK. Partly as a result of reduced funding (as part of government budget cuts) but also as a reaction to the increasing realisation that sharing information improves the service individual partners can provide. This brings a new paradigm to sharing information for non-competitive purposes. To achieve the partnership aim of providing a better service each partner must attempt to put aside their normal ways of working (i.e. protecting their information) and attempt to produce an information sharing system where information can be shared legally, purposefully and in a timely manner. This paradigm is in most cases new to the organisations involved and their approach to the level of influence they have in a partnership to produce a system can be challenging. This paper forms part of a larger research project, researching how public sector agencies can share information more effectively. The goal of the research is to develop a model for partnership information sharing, which models the outcomes of decisions made during the development stages of the system and how these have affected the overall acceptance and success of the system. The paper provides a classification of encouragement tactics which partners in a public sector partnership can utilise when implementing a new information sharing system to achieve their own objectives. The encouragement tactics classification helps to both clarify the concepts of power and influence by providing a clear distinction between the terms and bridge the terms by combining them in a single classification. This approach of a unifying classification has not previously been attempted and further work is required to validate the classification proposed in this paper. The classification has been created from participant observation of the creation of a trailblazing information sharing system between the police and councils (districts, county and city) to improve their ability to handle antisocial behaviour. [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBT86 00005) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: OVERCOMING CULTURAL STEREOTYPES. IMAGE OF THE OTHER IN TRAVEL JOURNALS AND NOTES (Article, Rumanian) AUTHOR: Szekely, EM SOURCE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNITY, VOL 2. 2007. p.156-166 EDITURA UNIVERSITATII PETRU MAIOR TARGU-MURES, TG MURES SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBY26 00022) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================== End of Data =========================== Until February 15, 2013, you can purchase the full text of any document by simply entering an X in the box to the left of the reference. Then, specify the following information, and return this message as a reply to sender: Your Name: Document Delivery Account Number (if available): Address: Telephone Number: If your e-mail system does not permit you to edit text in the original message or does not have a reply function, prepare a new e-mail message and address it to articles at radirect.isinet.com. 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No portion of this data may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. --------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Characteristics and Trends of Radiology Research: A Survey of Original Articles Published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lim, KJ; Yoon, DY; Yun, EJ; Seo, YL; Baek, S; Gu, DH; Yoon, SJ; Han, A; Ku, YJ; Kim, SS SOURCE: RADIOLOGY 264 (3). SEP 2012. p.796-802 RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA, OAK BROOK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS+: JOURNALS; IMPACT; FREQUENCY; CITATIONS; AUTHORS ABSTRACT: Purpose: To determine the characteristics and trends of the original articles published in two major American radiology journals, AJR American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) and Radiology, between 2001 and 2010. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective bibliometric analysis that did not involve human subjects and was exempt from institutional review board approval. All 6542 original articles published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010 were evaluated. The following information was abstracted from each article: radiologic subspecialty, radiologic technique used, type of research, sample size, study design, statistical analysis, study outcome, declared funding, number of authors, affiliation of the first author, and country of the first author. In addition, all the variables examined were presented along with the trend over time. Results: The most common subspecialty of study was abdominal (1219 of 6542, 18.6%), followed by vascular/interventional (804 of 6542, 12.3%). A total of 3744 (57.2%) original articles used magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or computed tomography (CT), 5495 (84.1%) were clinical research articles, 3060 (46.8%) had sample size of more than 50, 4087 (62.5%) were retrospective, 4714 (72.1%) performed statistical analysis, 6225 (95.2%) showed positive study outcome, 4784 (73.1%) were not funded, 3942 (60.3%) had four to seven authors, and 5731 (87.6%) were written by the primary author who was from a department of radiology or radiology-related specialties. The United States published 45.5% (2975 of 6542) of the articles, followed by Japan (n = 525, 8.0%), Germany (n = 485, 7.4%), and South Korea (n = 455, 7.0%). In the time trend analysis, the following variables showed a significantly positive trend: cardiac subspecialty, CT and MR imaging as the radiologic techniques, type of research as other (nonbasic, nonclinical), sample size of more than 50, four to seven as the number of authors, medicine-related department of the first author, and South Korea and Italy as countries of the first author. On the other hand, pediatric subspecialty, combined (basic and clinical) type of research, and number of authors fewer than four showed a significantly negative trend. Conclusion: The bibliometric analysis of the AJR and Radiology journals with articles published between 2001 and 2010 revealed characteristics and trends of the current radiology research that may provide useful information to researchers and editorial staff in radiology. (C) RSNA, 2012 AUTHOR ADDRESS: DY Yoon, Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Kangdong Seong Sim Hosp, Dept Radiol, 445 Gil Dong, Seoul 134701, South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE IN ENANCIBs UNDER A SCIENTOMETRIC LOOK (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: Valerio, ED; Bernardino, MCR; da Silva, J SOURCE: INFORMACAO & SOCIEDADE-ESTUDOS 22 (2). 2012. p.157-169 UNIV FED PARAIBA CCSA, JOAO PESSOA PB SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Scientific Production; Scientometrics; Grey Literature; ENANCIBs -Race Relations ABSTRACT: It presents that scientific production of a given area may help us to check the degree of informational production and its dialogue with society. It intends to research the scientific literature that deals with racial issues, especially the population of African descent in the annals of the National Congress of the Research in Information Science (ENANCIB) for the years 2005-2010, organized by the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science (ANCIB). Which is intended to guide the activities of graduate teaching and research in Information Science in Brazil. ENANCIB reports that the benchmark has importance in the context of Information Science (IS) and produces a material with high relevance for scientific society. It emphasizes that to rescue the culture and the history of black people, the Black Movement has developed for decades actions for the Brazilian society with the promise to recognize and combat discrimination against religion, color, race, sex or any other to eliminate forms of inequality. It establishes methodology as scientometrics, whose object of study are the disciplines, subjects and fields of science and technology, patents, theses and dissertations, which aims at identifying the communication between the scientists and their fields of interest. It presents from the analysis that there are few works dealing with racial issues, with emphasis on black people. It ends from the reflections in which many researchers to give more emphasis to the universal themes, creating a distancing from the issues that concern the population of African descent in the country. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ED Valerio, Univ Fed Ceara, Curso Bibliotecon, Campus Cariri, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Fri Oct 19 14:55:13 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:55:13 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest for readers of SIG-Metrics list Message-ID: Title: A critical assessment of the h-index Authors: Gaster, N; Gaster, M Author Full Names: Gaster, Natascha; Gaster, Michael Source: BIOESSAYS, 34 (10):830-832; 10.1002/bies.201200036 OCT 2012 ISSN: 0265-9247 Unique ID: WOS:000308712600007 ======================================================================== Title: Measuring author research relatedness: A comparison of word-based, topic-based, and author cocitation approaches Authors: Lu, K; Wolfram, D Author Full Names: Lu, Kun; Wolfram, Dietmar Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 63 (10):1973-1986; 10.1002/asi.22628 OCT 2012 ISSN: 1532-2882 Unique ID: WOS:000308888400007 ======================================================================== Title: Distributive h-indices for measuring multilevel impact Authors: Zhao, SX; Tan, AM; Ye, FY Author Full Names: Zhao, Star X.; Tan, Alice M.; Ye, Fred Y. Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 63 (10):2074-2086; 10.1002/asi.22682 OCT 2012 ISSN: 1532-2882 Unique ID: WOS:000308888400014 ======================================================================== Title: On a possible decomposition of the h-index Authors: Bartolucci, F Author Full Names: Bartolucci, Francesco Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 63 (10):2126-2127; 10.1002/asi.22697 OCT 2012 ISSN: 1532-2882 Unique ID: WOS:000308888400019 ======================================================================== Title: Remarks on the paper by A. De Visscher, "what does the g-index really measure?" Authors: Egghe, L Author Full Names: Egghe, L. Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 63 (10):2118-2121; 10.1002/asi.22651 OCT 2012 ISSN: 1532-2882 Unique ID: WOS:000308888400017 ======================================================================== Title: Distribution of the h-Index in Radiation Oncology Conforms to a Variation of Power Law: Implications for Assessing Academic Productivity Authors: Quigley, MR; Holliday, EB; Fuller, CD; Choi, M; Thomas, CR Author Full Names: Quigley, Matthew R.; Holliday, Emma B.; Fuller, Clifton D.; Choi, Mehee; Thomas, Charles R., Jr. Source: JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION, 27 (3):463-466; 10.1007/s13187-012-0363-y JUN 2012 ISSN: 0885-8195 Unique ID: WOS:000308650300012 ======================================================== *Record 1 of 11. Search terms matched: IMPACT FACTOR(3) Title: Secular trends in *impact factor* of neonatology publications over a 10-year period Authors: Marom, R; Mimouni, FB; Cohen, S; Lubetzky, R; Mandel, D Author Full Names: Marom, Ronella; Mimouni, Francis B.; Cohen, Shlomi; Lubetzky, Ronit; Mandel, Dror Source: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, 101 (10):1095-1097; 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02779.x OCT 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Impact factor, Neonatology, Publication bias, Randomized clinical trial Abstract: Aim: To test the hypotheses that published randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in neonatology with negative results (NR) are more likely to be published in journals with lower *impact factor* (IF) than those with positive results (PR); that there is an increase in the number of yearly published RCTs; that studies with large sample sizes are likely to be published in journals with higher IF. Methods: We used all English-written RCTs registered in MEDLINE between 1/1/200131/12/2010 in the field of neonatology. Each RCT was classified as having a PR or NR. IF of each journal was determined for the year of publication. Results: We identified 329 RCTs. Yearly number of RCTs varied between 19 and 46, with no significant consistent linear increase over the years. There was no significant change over the years in average IF or in average patient size. IF and sample size of the studies were not significantly higher in studies with PR than in studies with NR. Conclusion: The number of R! CTs per year in the field of neonatology has stabilized in the past 10 years, and RCTs with positive or negative results are published in journals of similar IF. Reprint Address: Lis Matern Hosp, Dept Neonatol, Tel Aviv Med Ctr, 6 Weizman St, IL-64239 Tel Aviv, Israel. Addresses: [Marom, Ronella; Mandel, Dror] Lis Matern Hosp, Dept Neonatol, Tel Aviv Med Ctr, IL-64239 Tel Aviv, Israel [Marom, Ronella; Mimouni, Francis B.; Cohen, Shlomi; Lubetzky, Ronit; Mandel, Dror] Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Fac Med, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel [Mimouni, Francis B.; Cohen, Shlomi; Lubetzky, Ronit] Tel Aviv Med Ctr & Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Tel Aviv, Israel E-mail Address: dmandel at post.tau.ac.il Cited Reference Count: 5 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA ISSN: 0803-5253 Web of Science Categories: Pediatrics Research Areas: Pediatrics IDS Number: 997ZF Unique ID: WOS:000308206300026 Cited References: Garfield E, 1998, UNFALLCHIRURG, V101, P413 Littner Y, 2005, ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE, V159, P1036 Kumar V, 2009, SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL, V50, P752 TAUBES G, 1993, SCIENCE, V260, P884 Palma S, 2005, JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, V59, P864 ======================================================================== *Record 2 of 11. Title: Relative absorptive capacity: a *research* profiling Authors: Martinez, H; Jaime, A; Camacho, J Author Full Names: Martinez, H.; Jaime, A.; Camacho, J. Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):657-674; 10.1007/s11192-012-0652-6 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Relative absorptive capacity, Publication analysis, Bibliometrics, Research profiling KeyWords Plus: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE; INNOVATION; COLLABORATION; FIRM; TOOL; CAPABILITIES Abstract: This paper provides the profiling on the 'relative absorptive capacity of knowledge' research to provide insights of the field based on data collected from the ISI Web of science database during the years 2001-2010. The analysis is established in three phases, namely, the general publication, the subject area, and the topic profiling. The study obtains patterns, characteristics, and attributes at country, institutions, journals, author, and core reference levels. It shows the increase of the research activity in the field, based on the publication productivity during the years mentioned. Most of these publications are classified in the subject areas of business and economics, engineering, and operations research and management science. We highlight the nascent interest of the computer science subject area as a way to operationalize the different studies conducted. We found a lack of contribution from African and Latin-American countries despite the importance of the field fo! r them. Our results are useful in terms of science strategy, science and technology policy, research agendas, research alliances, and research networks according to the special interest of specific actors at the individual, institutional, and national levels. Reprint Address: Univ Ind Santander, Ctr Technol & Innovat Management Res Innotec, Cra 27 Calle 9, La Perla, Bucaramanga, Colombia. Addresses: [Martinez, H.] Univ Ind Santander, Ctr Technol & Innovat Management Res Innotec, La Perla, Bucaramanga, Colombia [Jaime, A.] Univ Ind Santander, Knowledge Transfer Off UIS, Vicerrectori Invest, Bucaramanga, Colombia [Camacho, J.] Univ Ind Santander, Ctr Technol & Innovat Management Res Innotec, Rectoria, Bucaramanga, Colombia E-mail Address: hugo.martinez at correo.uis.edu.co; dirconocim at uis.edu.co; jcamacho at uis.edu.co Cited Reference Count: 53 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS ISSN: 0138-9130 Web of Science Categories: Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science Research Areas: Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science IDS Number: 988UZ Unique ID: WOS:000307517500009 Cited References: Aksnes DW, 2004, RESEARCH EVALUATION, V13, P33 Dyer JH, 1998, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, V23, P660 Nooteboom Bart, 2007, RESEARCH POLICY, V36, P1016 Guo Ying, 2010, R & D MANAGEMENT, V40, P195 Khanna T, 1998, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V19, P193 LEVITT B, 1988, ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, V14, P319 March James G., 1991, ORGANIZATION SCIENCE, V2, P71 Abramo Giovanni, 2009, RESEARCH POLICY, V38, P206 Porter AL, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V53, P351 Porter Alan L., 2010, RESEARCH EVALUATION, V19, P29 Watts RJ, 2003, TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, V70, P735 Nonaka I., 1995, The knowledge-creating company: How Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation, MOED HF, 1991, SCIENTOMETRICS, V21, P291 LEVINTHAL DA, 1993, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V14, P95 Palvia P., 2003, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, V11, P289 Grant RM, 1996, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V17, P109 COHEN WM, 1989, ECONOMIC JOURNAL, V99, P569 Porter Alan L., 2011, TECHNOVATION, V31, P171 Yoon Byungun, 2008, EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, V35, P124 Choi Dong Geun, 2011, SCIENTOMETRICS, V88, P259 COHEN WM, 1990, ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V35, P128 Estabrooks CA, 2004, NURSING RESEARCH, V53, P293 Camison Cesar, 2010, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH, V63, P707 CULNAN MJ, 1987, MIS QUARTERLY, V11, P341 Keiser J, 2005, SCIENTOMETRICS, V62, P351 Garg K. C., 2006, SCIENTOMETRICS, V68, P151 BAYER AE, 1966, SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION, V39, P381 Porter AL, 2005, TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, V72, P1070 Szulanski G, 1996, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V17, P27 Schoenmakers W, 2006, TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, V18, P245 Pei Ruimin, 2011, R & D MANAGEMENT, V41, P288 Mowery DC, 1996, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V17, P77 KOGUT B, 1992, ORGANIZATION SCIENCE, V3, P383 Palvia P., 2004, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, V14, P526 NELSON RR, 1982, An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, HAWKINS DT, 1977, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE, V28, P13 PRITCHAR.A, 1969, JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, V25, P348 GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 CALLON M, 1991, SCIENTOMETRICS, V22, P155 Ahuja G, 2000, ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V45, P425 Holsapple Clyde W., 2008, JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMPUTING AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, V18, P333 de Price D. J. Solla, 1963, Little science, big science, Lane PJ, 1998, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V19, P461 Volberda Henk W., 2010, ORGANIZATION SCIENCE, V21, P931 HAMEL G, 1991, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, V12, P83 ZANDER U, 1995, ORGANIZATION SCIENCE, V6, P76 Powell WW, 1996, ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V41, P116 Li Ling-li, 2009, SCIENTOMETRICS, V80, P39 Arunachalam S, 2000, CURRENT SCIENCE, V79, P621 GARFIELD E, 1990, CURRENT CONTENTS, V32, P5 Zahra SA, 2002, ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW, V27, P185 Braun T, 2000, CHEMICAL REVIEWS, V100, P23 Meier Matthias, 2011, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWS, V13, P1 ======================================================================== *Record 3 of 11. Title: *An* Integrated Impact Indicator: A new definition of 'Impact' with policy relevance Authors: Wagner, CS; Leydesdorff, L Author Full Names: Wagner, Caroline S.; Leydesdorff, Loet Source: RESEARCH EVALUATION, 21 (3):183-188; 10.1093/reseval/rvs012 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: impact, citation, normalization, percentile, statistics, indicator KeyWords Plus: CITATION ANALYSIS; JOURNALS; SCIENCE; EXCELLENCE; TOOL Abstract: Allocation of research funding, as well as promotion and tenure decisions, are increasingly made using indicators and impact factors drawn from citations to published work. A debate among scientometricians about proper normalization of citation counts has resolved with the creation of an Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) that solves a number of problems found among previously used indicators. The I3 applies non-parametric statistics using percentiles, allowing highly cited papers to be weighted more than less-cited ones. It further allows unbundling of venues (i.e. journals or databases) at the article level. Measures at the article level can be re-aggregated in terms of units of evaluation. At the venue level, the I3 creates a properly weighted alternative to the journal *impact factor*. I3 has the added advantage of enabling and quantifying classifications such as the six percentile rank classes used by the National Science Board's Science & Engineering Indicators. Reprint Address: Ohio State Univ, John Glenn Sch Publ Affairs, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. Addresses: [Wagner, Caroline S.] Ohio State Univ, John Glenn Sch Publ Affairs, Columbus, OH 43210 USA [Leydesdorff, Loet] ASCoR, NL-1012 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands E-mail Address: wagner.911 at osu.edu Cited Reference Count: 30 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND ISSN: 0958-2029 Web of Science Categories: Information Science & Library Science Research Areas: Information Science & Library Science IDS Number: 002FB Unique ID: WOS:000308516300002 Cited References: Bornmann Lutz, 2012, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V6, P333 Bensman Stephen J., 2007, ANNUAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V41, P93 Leydesdorff Loet, 2011, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V62, P2133 Waltman Ludo, 2011, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V5, P37 Leydesdorff Loet, 2009, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V60, P1327 SCHUBERT A, 1986, SCIENTOMETRICS, V9, P281 Sher I. H., 1965, Rousseau Ronald, 2012, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V63, P416 Seglen PO, 1997, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V314, P498 Waltman L., 2012, The Leiden Ranking 2011/2012: Data Collection, Indicators, and Interpretation, Leydesdorff Loet, 2011, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V62, P1370 Donovan Claire, 2011, RESEARCH EVALUATION, V20, P175 Rafols Ismael, 2009, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V60, P1823 Tijssen RJW, 2002, SCIENTOMETRICS, V54, P381 Leydesdorff L., 2012, Scientometrics, MERTON RK, 1968, SCIENCE, V159, P56 Boyack K. W., 2011, VI, P123 2012, Science and Engineering Indicators, SEGLEN PO, 1992, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE, V43, P628 Bornmann Luti, 2008, JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, V64, P45 Bornmann Lutz, 2011, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V5, P228 Opthof Tobias, 2010, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V4, P423 Gingras Yves, 2011, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V5, P226 Hicks Diana, 2012, RESEARCH POLICY, V41, P251 GARFIELD E, 1979, SCIENTOMETRICS, V1, P359 Pudovkin AI, 2002, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V53, P1113 Leydesdorff L, 2006, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V57, P601 Van Raan A. F. J., 2010, GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 Lundberg Jonas, 2007, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V1, P145 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== *Record 7 of 11. Title: *Research* assessment and monetary rewards: the overemphasized *impact factor* in China Authors: Shao, JF; Shen, HY Author Full Names: Shao, Ju-fang; Shen, Hui-yun Source: RESEARCH EVALUATION, 21 (3):199-203; 10.1093/reseval/rvs011 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: research assessment, impact factor, China KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE; JOURNALS Abstract: The assessment of quality in scientific research is a complex problem. The use of more objective scientometric indices in research evaluation emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. These scientometric indicators, among which the most common one is probably the journal *impact factor* (IF), are increasingly employed to evaluate the quality of scientific research performed by individual scientists, research groups, or institutes. In China, the IF is used not only to measure a journal's scientific influence, but has become increasingly important as a basis for recruitment or promotion, awards of research funding, grants, and authors' academic advancement. But in fact, the assessment of research mainly based on the IF will cause much academic 'froth', so it is necessary for universities and research institutions to reset the academic assessment system in China. In the assessment of scientific research, more research activities, like the organization of conferences and seminars, the coo! rdination of research groups, and the participation to conferences, should be considered. Reprint Address: Zhejiang Univ, Sch Med, Affiliated Hosp 2, Editorial Off Chinese Journal Emergency Med, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, Peoples R China. Addresses: [Shao, Ju-fang; Shen, Hui-yun] Zhejiang Univ, Sch Med, Affiliated Hosp 2, Editorial Off Chinese Journal Emergency Med, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, Peoples R China E-mail Address: nancysjf at 163.com Cited Reference Count: 15 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND ISSN: 0958-2029 Web of Science Categories: Information Science & Library Science Research Areas: Information Science & Library Science IDS Number: 002FB Unique ID: WOS:000308516300004 Cited References: William H., 2011, Medical Physics, V38, PI Shao Jufang, 2011, LEARNED PUBLISHING, V24, P95 CALZA L, 1995, NATURE, V374, P492 Qin J. M., 2005, Journal of Jianghan University (Social Sciences), V25, P35 VINKLER P, 1986, SCIENTOMETRICS, V10, P157 Garfield E, 1999, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V161, P979 Habibzadeh Farrokh, 2008, ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE, V11, P453 Seglen PO, 1997, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V314, P498 Zhang L., 2002, Chinese Journal of Scientific and Technical Periodical, V13, P111 GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 Bagatin Edileia, 2011, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, V50, P1432 Amin M, 2003, MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES, V63, P347 TAUBES G, 1993, SCIENCE, V260, P884 Murali S., 2012, Skeletal Radiology, V41, P125 GARFIELD E, 1970, NATURE, V227, P669 ======================================================================== Title: Quality and influence in literary work: evaluating the 'educated imagination' Authors: Zuccala, A Author Full Names: Zuccala, Alesia Source: RESEARCH EVALUATION, 21 (3):229-241; 10.1093/reseval/rvs017 SEP 2012 ISSN: 0958-2029 Unique ID: WOS:000308516300007 ======================================================================== Title: An Integrated Impact Indicator: A new definition of 'Impact' with policy relevance Authors: Wagner, CS; Leydesdorff, L Author Full Names: Wagner, Caroline S.; Leydesdorff, Loet Source: RESEARCH EVALUATION, 21 (3):183-188; 10.1093/reseval/rvs012 SEP 2012 ISSN: 0958-2029 Unique ID: WOS:000308516300002 ======================================================================== Title: Field normalized citation rates, field normalized journal impact and Norwegian weights for allocation of university research funds Authors: Ahlgren, P; Colliander, C; Persson, O Author Full Names: Ahlgren, Per; Colliander, Cristian; Persson, Olle Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):767-780; 10.1007/s11192-012-0632-x SEP 2012 ISSN: 0138-9130 Unique ID: WOS:000307517500016 ======================================================================== Title: Knowledge mapping of the Iranian nanoscience and technology: a text mining approach Authors: Mohammadi, E Author Full Names: Mohammadi, Ehsan Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):593-608; 10.1007/s11192-012-0644-6 SEP 2012 ISSN: 0138-9130 Unique ID: WOS:000307517500005 ======================================================================== Title: European research in the field of production technology and manufacturing systems: an exploratory analysis through publications and patents Authors: Franceschini, F; Maisano, D; Turina, E Author Full Names: Franceschini, Fiorenzo; Maisano, Domenico; Turina, Elisa Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, 62 (1-4):329-350; 10.1007/s00170-011-3791-7 SEP 2012 ISSN: 0268-3768 Unique ID: WOS:000307760400028 ======================================================================== Title: Research status and trends in limnology journals: a bibliometric analysis based on SCI database Authors: Cao, XF; Huang, Y; Wang, J; Luan, SJ Author Full Names: Cao, Xiaofeng; Huang, Yi; Wang, Jie; Luan, Shengji Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):735-746; 10.1007/s11192-012-0623-y SEP 2012 ISSN: 0138-9130 Unique ID: WOS:000307517500014 ======================================================================== Title: Ranking Exercises in Philosophy and Implicit Bias Authors: Saul, J Author Full Names: Saul, Jennifer Source: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, 43 (3):256-273; SI 10.1111/j.1467-9833.2012.01564.x FAL 2012 ISSN: 0047-2786 Unique ID: WOS:000308294900005 ======================================================================== TITLE: Research productivity of foreign- and US-born faculty: differences by time on task (Article, English) AUTHOR: Webber, KL SOURCE: HIGHER EDUCATION 64 (5). NOV 2012. p.709-729 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): COLE JR SCI AM 256:119 1987 KEYWORDS: Faculty productivity; Research productivity; Faculty workload; Scholarly research; Foreign-born faculty KEYWORDS+: SEX-DIFFERENCES; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; ACADEMIC SCIENTISTS; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: Similar to trends in postsecondary education across the world, today's US universities are an increasing mix of native and foreign-born scholars. US institutions are experiencing a growing number of international faculty members, but there is limited literature examining foreign-born faculty who work in US institutions and how outputs from foreign-born faculty compare to US-born natives. Using data from the 2004 National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04), this study examines difference in faculty members' research productivity at doctoral-granting institutions by foreign/US-born status controlling for select individual and institutional characteristics. Findings show that foreign-born faculty members spend more time on research and less time on undergraduate instruction than US-born peers, and this may contribute to their higher levels of production. Implications are discussed that consider how to ensure diverse faculty communities that lead to strong research and knowledge production. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KL Webber, Univ Georgia, Inst Higher Educ, 212 Meigs, Athens, GA 30602 USA ==================================================== TITLE: The how and why of academic collaboration: disciplinary differences and policy implications (Article, English) AUTHOR: Lewis, JM; Ross, S; Holden, T SOURCE: HIGHER EDUCATION 64 (5). NOV 2012. p.693-708 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): DESOLLAPRICE DJ rauth KEYWORDS: Collaboration; Research policy; Humanities; Sciences; Social sciences KEYWORDS+: SELF-ORGANIZATION; SCIENCE; SCIENTISTS; SYSTEMS; IMPACT ABSTRACT: This paper examines how and why academics in different parts of the academy collaborate. In this paper we argue that: (1) There is a useful analytical distinction to be made between collaboration (fluid and expressive) and Collaboration (concrete and instrumental); (2) These two are not mutually exclusive and their use varies between disciplines; and (3) This distinction is an informative one for policy making that aims to encourage collaboration. Two interview based studies were used to explore the differences in collaborative practices across disciplines. The first was small and confined to a single university (n = 36) and the second was a larger study conducted in three countries (n = 274). Cross tabulations and analysis of open ended questions demonstrated many differences across the humanities, sciences and social sciences in collaboration. The C/collaboration distinction proves useful in understanding different disciplinary approaches to research, and in pointing to implications for research policy and funding. Attempts to increase collaborative research through Collaboration only, may well have deleterious effects on both collaboration and Collaboration. Research policy and funding should bear these differences in mind when seeking to stimulate collaborative research, so as to gain better outcomes across a range of disciplines. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JM Lewis, Roskilde Univ Denmark, Dept Soc & Globalisat, Univ Vej 1,POB 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark ========================================================= TITLE: International Activities of Emerging Market Firms A Critical Assessment of Research in Top International Management Journals (Article, English) AUTHOR: Jormanainen, I; Koveshnikov, A SOURCE: MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW 52 (5). OCT 2012. p.691-725 SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, HEIDELBERG SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS: Emerging market firms (EMFs); Internationalization; Content analysis; Top IM journals KEYWORDS+: FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; DEVELOPING-COUNTRY FIRMS; MULTINATIONAL-ENTERPRISES; DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES; CHINESE FIRMS; PERSPECTIVE; ECONOMIES; EXPANSION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; GLOBALIZATION ABSTRACT: During the last decade emerging market firms (EMFs) have increasingly attracted scholarly attention. Yet, the conclusions concerning the nature and the theoretical foundations of EMFs' international expansion vary greatly thus calling for a critical assessment of the existing theorizing in this field. We examine publications on the internationalization of EMFs in fourteen top international management (IM) journals in the period of 2000-2010 and use the inductive approach and the qualitative content analysis methodology. Our analysis shows that the published research can be classified into two groups: macro- and micro-level studies. The former predominantly employ macro-level institutional factors to examine the overall patterns of EMFs' international expansion, while the latter build on a wider range of approaches, including the resource-based view, network and strategy perspectives to investigate various aspects of EMFs' internationalization. The paper identifies a number of theoretical inconsistencies in the existing research that arguably cause ambiguity in findings and suggests future research directions to address these inconsistencies. By doing so the analysis contributes to the central debate in literature concerning whether conventional theories suffice to explain the EMFs' internationalization or new theoretical approaches are needed. The analysis illustrates that the research on EMFs' internationalization can be improved through refined application of a broader range of methodologies such as longitudinal and mixed-method studies. The geographic focus of studies needs to be widened as well. Currently it is clearly biased towards China, while other emerging markets remain under- researched. AUTHOR ADDRESS: I Jormanainen, Aalto Univ, Dept Management & Int Business, Sch Econ, Helsinki, Finland =================================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Oct 22 19:53:54 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:53:54 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-METRICS READERS Message-ID: ======================================================================= Title: Impact Factor and Outstanding Paper Awards Authors: Zhang, ZY Author Full Names: Zhang, Zhengyou Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTONOMOUS MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, 4 (3):189-189; SI 10.1109/TAMD.2012.2211475 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Reprint Address: Microsoft Res, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 USA. Addresses: Microsoft Res, Redmond, WA 98052 USA E-mail Address: zhang at microsoft.com Cited Reference Count: 0 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA ISSN: 1943-0604 Web of Science Categories: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Neurosciences Research Areas: Computer Science; Robotics; Neurosciences & Neurology IDS Number: 008MW Unique ID: WOS:000308962100001 ======================================================================= Title: Cahiers Agricultures: Visibility and *scientific* reputation Authors: Duchamp, MC; Silvy, C Author Full Names: Duchamp, Marie-Christine; Silvy, Christine Source: CAHIERS AGRICULTURES, 21 (4):269-278; 10.1684/agr.2012.0569 JUL-AUG 2012 Language: French Document Type: Article Author Keywords: bibliometrics, citation, impact factor, journals, reputation, visibility KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTOR; CITATIONS Abstract: Cahiers Agricultures is an international scientific journal. It publishes articles on agronomic research and also includes human and social sciences in the field of rural development. It is well referenced in international databases and has been indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) since 2006. This database, associated with the Journal Citation Reports (R) (JCR), can be used to develop bibliometric indicators for journals derived from the citation analysis. The article presents the indicators for Cahiers Agricultures, as well as other analyses, so that the journal's readers and authors know where it ranks among the journals with an impact factor in the same scientific field. Two types of results are presented. The production indicators show how the journal is referenced in the Web of Science. An analysis of the authors' affiliations shows that there is a great deal of collaboration between research organisations from the North and the South. The indicators for visibility and ! impact, which are derived from an analysis of citations received for the articles in Cahiers Agricultures, provide an overview of the journal's position internationally. The bibliometric analysis proposes different priority actions to improve the journal's referencing and visibility. Reprint Address: Cirad, DGDRS, Ave Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier 5, France. Addresses: [Duchamp, Marie-Christine] Cirad, DGDRS, F-34398 Montpellier 5, France [Silvy, Christine] INRA, UMR CBGP, F-34988 Montferrier Sur Lez, France E-mail Address: duchamp at cirad.fr; silvy at supagro.inra.fr Cited Reference Count: 9 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: JOHN LIBBEY EUROTEXT LTD, 127 AVE DE LA REPUBLIQUE, 92120 MONTROUGE, FRANCE ISSN: 1166-7699 Web of Science Categories: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Agronomy Research Areas: Agriculture IDS Number: 003LN Unique ID: WOS:000308613100007 Cited References: Duchamp MC, 2009, Cahiers Agricultures : vision globale et etude bibliometrique pour une meilleure visibilite internationale, Magri M, 1996, SCIENTOMETRICS, V35, P93 Lopresti Robert, 2010, SCIENTOMETRICS, V85, P647 Miguel Campanario Juan, 2010, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V61, P2575 Kousha K, 2009, 2011, Academie des sciences, 2011. Du bon usage de la bibliometrie pour l'evaluation individuelle des chercheurs. Rapport remis le 17 janvier 2011 a Madame la Ministre de l'Enseignement superieur et de la Recherche. Paris : Institut de France, Academie des sciences, Hologne O, 2007, Rapport d'etape sur l'analyse des instructions emises par les etablissements a l'attention de leurs chercheurs concernant les publications scientifiques. Projet NormAdresses, LAWRENCE S, 2001, CARBON NANOTUBES LON, V411, P521 Craig Iain D., 2007, JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, V1, P239 ======================================================================= Title: Fifty years of Radiochimica Acta: a brief overview Authors: Qaim, SM Author Full Names: Qaim, S. M. Source: RADIOCHIMICA ACTA, 100 (8-9):483-492; SI 10.1524/ract.2012.1956 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Radiochimica Acta, Development history, Editors, advisors, contributors and referees, Impact factor and cited half-life, Top contributors, Highly cited papers, International periodical Abstract: This paper provides a brief account of the development of this journal over the last fifty years. Having started in 1962 as a modest outlet for reporting research results in radiochemistry, Radiochimica Acta soon became a respected specialist journal. There has been long-term continuity both in editorial activity and publishing management, resulting in well-defined publishing policies. Starting with the Founding Editors, the Board of Editors was changed only in 1977 and 1996. Similarly the original Publisher, Akademischer Verlag, published the journal until 1983. Since then Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag has been managing the publication process. The journal has been broad-based, encompassing all chemical aspects of nuclear science and technology. It has played a significant role in the dissemination of new knowledge, occasionally by bringing forth special issues in fast emerging areas. It has kept pace with the changing trends in worldwide radiochemical research. Whereas by! about the middle of 1980s all areas of radiochemistry were equally represented, today the emphasis is more on applied topics, such as chemical behaviour and mobility of actinides and fission products, accelerator-based radiochemistry, medical applications of radioactivity, etc. The number of published scientific contributions to date amounts to about 5100, covering about 30 000 printed pages. The total number of authors is around 7000. The journal follows a strict peer-review system and is supported by a network of about 400 referees. About 200 manuscripts are received per year, out of which 30-35% are rejected. The impact factor (IF) of the journal is almost the highest among the radiochemistry related journals, and the cited half-life (CHL) among the highest of all chemistry and physics oriented journals. In short, today Radiochimica Acta is a well established, internationally recognised periodical. Presently, approximately 50 percent of the published contributions origi! nate from Europe, 25 percent from North- and South America and! the rem aining 25 percent from Asia, Australia and Africa together. All articles are published in English, and the journal is available to readership both on-line and in printed form. Reprint Address: Res Ctr Julich, Julich, Germany. Addresses: [Qaim, S. M.] Res Ctr Julich, Julich, Germany [Qaim, S. M.] Univ Cologne, Cologne, Germany E-mail Address: s.m.qaim at fz-juelich.de Cited Reference Count: 0 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: OLDENBOURG VERLAG, LEKTORAT MINT, POSTFACH 80 13 60, D-81613 MUNICH, GERMANY Web of Science Categories: Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear; Nuclear Science & Technology Research Areas: Chemistry; Nuclear Science & Technology ======================================================================= Title: Secular trends in *impact factor* of neonatology publications over a 10-year period Authors: Marom, R; Mimouni, FB; Cohen, S; Lubetzky, R; Mandel, D Author Full Names: Marom, Ronella; Mimouni, Francis B.; Cohen, Shlomi; Lubetzky, Ronit; Mandel, Dror Source: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, 101 (10):1095-1097; 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02779.x OCT 2012 ======================================================================== Title: Field normalized *citation* rates, field normalized *journal* impact and Norwegian weights for allocation of university research funds Authors: Ahlgren, P; Colliander, C; Persson, O Author Full Names: Ahlgren, Per; Colliander, Cristian; Persson, Olle Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):767-780; 10.1007/s11192-012-0632-x SEP 2012 ======================================================================= Title: Progressive nucleation mechanism for the growth behavior of items and its application to cumulative papers and *citations* of individual authors Authors: Sangwal, K Author Full Names: Sangwal, Keshra Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):575-591; 10.1007/s11192-011-0610-8 SEP 2012 ======================================================================= Title: Analysis of the relationship between *citation* frequency of patents and diversity of their backward *citations* for Japanese patents Authors: Yoshikane, F; Suzuki, Y; Tsuji, K Author Full Names: Yoshikane, Fuyuki; Suzuki, Yutaka; Tsuji, Keita Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):721-733; 10.1007/s11192-011-0612-6 SEP 2012 ======================================================================= Title: A *bibliometric* study of earthquake research: 1900-2010 Authors: Liu, XJ; Zhan, FB; Hong, S; Niu, BB; Liu, YL Author Full Names: Liu, Xingjian; Zhan, F. Benjamin; Hong, Song; Niu, Beibei; Liu, Yaolin Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):747-765; 10.1007/s11192-011-0599-z SEP 2012 ======================================================================= Title: Application of progressive nucleation mechanism for the *citation* behavior of individual papers of different authors Authors: Sangwal, K Author Full Names: Sangwal, Keshra Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):643-655; 10.1007/s11192-011-0564-x SEP 2012 ======================================================================= Title: *Citation* behavior in popular scientific papers: what is behind obscure *citations*? The case of ethnobotany Authors: Ramos, MA; Melo, JG; Albuquerque, UP Author Full Names: Ramos, Marcelo Alves; Melo, Joabe Gomes; Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 92 (3):711-719; 10.1007/s11192-012-0662-4 SEP 2012 ======================================================================= Title: Stochastic Dynamical Model of a Growing *Citation* Network Based on a Self-Exciting Point Process Authors: Golosovsky, M; Solomon, S Author Full Names: Golosovsky, Michael; Solomon, Sorin Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 109 (9):10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.098701 AUG 28 2012 ======================================================================= Title: Cardiovascular research output and actual *citation* impact of Argentina, India, and South Africa: a *bibliometric* approach Authors: Huffman, MD; Bloomfield, GS; Colantonio, L; Ajay, VS; Prabhakaran, P; Lewison, G; Prabhakaran, D Author Full Names: Huffman, Mark D.; Bloomfield, Gerald S.; Colantonio, Lisandro; Ajay, V. S.; Prabhakaran, Poornima; Lewison, Grant; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj Source: CIRCULATION, 125 (19):E890-E890; MAY 15 2012 ======================================================================= Title: Comparison of *Journals* of Suicidology A *Bibliometric* Study From 2006-2010 Authors: Goldblatt, MJ; Schechter, M; Maltsberger, JT; Ronningstam, E Author Full Names: Goldblatt, Mark J.; Schechter, Mark; Maltsberger, John T.; Ronningstam, Elsa Source: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION, 33 (5):301-305; 10.1027/0227-5910/a000146 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A critical assessment of the h-index (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gaster, N; Gaster, M SOURCE: BIOESSAYS 34 (10). OCT 2012. p.830-832 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: h-index; indicator; metric; performance; personal ABSTRACT: Editor's suggested further reading in BioEssays: Can we do better than existing author citation metrics? Abstract and Counting citations in texts rather than reference lists to improve the accuracy of assessing scientific contribution Abstract AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Gaster, Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Lab Mol Physiol, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Analysis of Scientific Papers about Taekwondo in Core Chinese Journals during 2000-2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Pang, JP SOURCE: ADVANCES IN EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT, PT IV 211. 2011. p.585-591 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS: Taekwondo; scientific papers; Core Chinese Journals ABSTRACT: By using method of mathematical static and literature, we carry out stratified statistic, generalization and analysis of the scientific papers about Taekwondo in Core Chinese Journals (CCJ) during 2000-2010 according to five dimensions, including published time, the application of research methods, research fields, professional title and organization of authors, and language of citation. The result shows that not many scientific papers about Taekwondo have published in CCJ of these II years: research methods have been used widely. but the specific research method is rather single; contents of research are very wide; the authors are mainly lecturers and the organizations are mainly based on independent sports colleges; the major language of citation is Chinese and foreign languages are very few, especially Korean - there is no citation in Korean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: PET/CT's Most-Cited 50 Articles Since 2000: A Bibliometric Analysis of Classics (Meeting Abstract, English) AUTHOR: Sayed, G SOURCE: MEDICAL PHYSICS 39 (6). JUN 2012. p.3647 AMER ASSOC PHYSICISTS MEDICINE AMER INST PHYSICS, MELVILLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Leading 25 in 25: A Bibliometric Analysis of Classics Articles in IMRT (Meeting Abstract, English) AUTHOR: Sayed, G; Hebshi, A; Devic, S; Moftah, B SOURCE: MEDICAL PHYSICS 39 (6). JUN 2012. p.3758 AMER ASSOC PHYSICISTS MEDICINE AMER INST PHYSICS, MELVILLE SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The intellectual contribution of laboratory medicine professionals to research papers on laboratory medicine topics published in high-impact general medicine journals (Article, English) AUTHOR: Escobar, PM; Nydegger, U; Risch, M; Risch, L SOURCE: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE 50 (8). 2012. p.1305-1308 WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS: authorship; co-author; high-impact journal; lab med professional; radiology; validation ABSTRACT: Background: An author is generally regarded as an individual "who has made substantial intellectual academic contributions to a published study". However, the extent of the contribution that laboratory medicine professionals have made as authors of research papers in high-impact medical journals remains unclear. Methods: From 1 January 2004 to 31 March 2009, 4837 original research articles appeared in the: New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA and BMJ. Using authorship as an indicator of intellectual contribution, we analyzed articles that included laboratory medicine parameters in their titles in an observational cross-sectional study. We also extracted data regarding radiological topics that were published during the same time within the same journals. Results: Out of 481 articles concerning laboratory medicine topics, 380 provided information on the affiliations of the authors. At least one author from an institution within the field of laboratory medicine was listed in 212 articles (55.8%). Out of 3943 co-authors, only 756 (19.2%) were affiliated with laboratory medicine institutions. Authors from laboratory medicine institutions were listed as the first, last or corresponding authors in 99 articles (26.1%). The comparative proportions for author affiliation from 55 radiology articles were significantly higher, as 72.7% (p=0.026) of articles and 24.8% (p=0.001) of authors indicated an affiliation with a radiology institution. Radiology professionals from 72.7% of the articles were listed as either the first, last or corresponding authors (p<0.0001). The subgroup analysis revealed that laboratory medicine professionals from North America were significantly less frequently involved as co-authors than were their colleagues from Europe (p=0.04). Conclusions: Laboratory medicine professionals are under-represented as co-authors in laboratory medicine studies appearing in high-impact general medicine journals. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Risch, Lab Med Zentrum Dr Risch, Waldeggstr 37, CH-3097 Liebefeld, Switzerland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SP-index: The measure of the scientific production of researchers (Review, English) AUTHOR: Dodson, MV; Duarte, MD; Dias, LAD SOURCE: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 425 (4). SEP 7 2012. p.701-702 ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, SAN DIEGO SEARCH TERM(S): PENDLEBURY DA rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Citation metrics; Impact factor; Productivity KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX; CITATION ANALYSIS ABSTRACT: Ability to assess how solidly one is participating in their research arena is a metric that is of interest to many persons in academia. Such assessment is not easily defined, and differences exist in terms of which metric is the most accurate. In reality, no single production metric exists that is easy to determine and acceptable by the entire scientific community. Here we propose the SP-index to quantify the scientific production of researchers, representing the product of the annual citation number by the accumulated impact factors of the journals whereby the papers appeared, divided by the annual number of published papers. This article discusses such a productivity measure and lends support for the development of unified citation metrics for use by all participating in science research or teaching. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MV Dodson, Washington State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Impact Factor and SASEs annual prize (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Streeck, W; Feick, J SOURCE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC REVIEW 10 (4). OCT 2012. p.625 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Experimental Study on the Impact Factors of Sewage Sludge Wall Slip (Article, English) AUTHOR: Li, ZX; Zhang, L; Bai, JZ SOURCE: EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 422. 2012. p.580-583 TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, STAFA-ZURICH SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title KEYWORDS: sewage sludge; wall ship; possible affecting factors ABSTRACT: The influence factors of sewage sludge wall slip were analyzed by using a rotational rheometer with parallel plate fixtures and with high speed camera. The technique involves checking the gap dependence of the stress/strain data and studying the time/stress data trend of strain stepped scanning. For sewage sludge of water content 80%, in the shearing flow it was found that, as the strain amplitude increasing, the stress data obtained at different gaps, then, at certain strain amplitude, started to diverge, indicating that wall slip occurred. But for sewage sludge of water content 87%, these curves are superimpose, indicating no slip occurred. While scanned sewage sludge water content 80% at different shear rates in 5s and 60s, it found that under 5s and 60s respectively, the shear rate is greater than 10s(-1) and 0.5s(-1) during time/stress curves appeared peak condition, shows slip occurred. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ZX Li, ShanXi Conservancy Tech Coll, Yuncheng 044004, Peoples R China [ ]<-- Enter an X to order article (IDS: BBZ30 00114) ISSN: 1022-6680 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================== End of Data =========================== From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Wed Oct 24 10:52:07 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:52:07 +0000 Subject: papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation rates for experimental psychology articles published between 1950 and 2004: Top-cited articles in behavioral cognitive psychology (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cho, KW; Tse, CS; Neely, JH SOURCE: MEMORY & COGNITION 40 (7). OCT 2012. p.1132-1161 SPRINGER, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; MYERS CR AM PSYCHOL 25:1041 1970; GARFIELD E THEOR MED 13:117 1992; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972; ACTA PSY* rwork; MEM COGNITION source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS: Citations; Cognitive psychology; Impact factor KEYWORDS+: IMPACT; INDEX; TIME; PUBLICATIONS; STATISTICS; REFERENCES; OBJECTS; MEMORY ABSTRACT: From citation rates for over 85,000 articles published between 1950 and 2004 in 56 psychology journals, we identified a total of 500 behavioral cognitive psychology articles that ranked in the top 0.6 % in each half-decade, in terms of their mean citations per year using the Web of Science. Thirty nine of these articles were produced by 78 authors who authored three or more of them, and more than half were published by only five journals. The mean number of cites per year and the total number of citations necessary for an article to achieve various percentile rankings are reported for each journal. The mean number of citations necessary for an article published within each half-decade to rank at any given percentile has steadily increased from 1950 to 2004. Of the articles that we surveyed, 11 % had zero total citations, and 35 % received fewer than four total citations. Citations for post-1994 articles ranking in the 50th-75th and 90th-95th percentiles have generally continued to grow across each of their 3-year postpublication bins. For pre-1995 articles ranking in the 50th-75th and 90th-95th percentiles, citations peaked in the 4- to 6- or 7- to 9-year postpublication bins and decreased linearly thereafter, until asymptoting. In contrast, for the top-500 articles, (a) for pre-1980 articles, citations grew and peaked 10-18-year postpublication bins, and after a slight decrease began to linearly increase again; (b) for post- 1979 articles, citations have continually increased across years in a nearly linear fashion. We also report changes in topics covered by the top-cited articles over the decades. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KW Cho, SUNY Albany, Dept Psychol, SS 369,1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Minerva and the Development of Science (Policy) Studies (Article, English) AUTHOR: Taubert, NC SOURCE: MINERVA 50 (3 SP ISS). SEP 2012. p.261-275 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): ZUCKERMAN H MINERVA 9:66 1971 KEYWORDS: Minerva; Science policy studies; Bibliometric analysis KEYWORDS+: CULTURAL FREEDOM; SYSTEM ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the transformation of Minerva from an intellectual towards a scholarly journal by making use of bibliometric methods. The aim is to provide some empirical insights that help to understand what properties of the journal changed in the course of this transformation process. Minerva was one of the first journals that reflected on science and its role in society and science policy in particular. Analyzing the development of the journal sheds light on the emergence of science (policy) studies and on Minerva's role as a forerunner in this field. In a first step, the methods will be described. The second section provides some empirical results of the publication output of Minerva and its relations to other journals in the field. The empirical findings are put into a broader perspective in the concluding third section. AUTHOR ADDRESS: NC Taubert, Univ Bielefeld, IWT, POB 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Rise and Demise of the International Council for Science Policy Studies (ICSPS) as a Cold War Bridging Organization (Article, English) AUTHOR: Elzinga, A SOURCE: MINERVA 50 (3 SP ISS). SEP 2012. p.277-305 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; ZUCKERMA.H MINERVA 9:66 1971 KEYWORDS: Universities; Science Policy; Cold War; Superpowers; Minerva; Shils; STS Handbook; Richta report KEYWORDS+: SCIENTIFIC POLICY; ACADEMIC PROFESSION; UNITED-STATES; SOVIET-UNION; USSR; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITIES; PROSPECTS; DEMOCRACY; HISTORY ABSTRACT: When the journal Minerva was founded in 1962, science and higher educational issues were high on the agenda, lending impetus to the interdisciplinary field of "Science Studies" qua "Science Policy Studies." As government expenditures for promoting various branches of science increased dramatically on both sides of the East-West Cold War divide, some common issues regarding research management also emerged and with it an interest in closer academic interaction in the areas of history and policy of science. Through a close reading of many early issues of Minerva but also of its later competitor journal Science Studies (now called Social Studies of Science) the paper traces the initial optimism of an academically based Science Studies dialogue across the Cold War divide and the creation in 1971 of the International Commission for Science Policy Studies as a bridging forum, one that Minerva strangely chose to ignore. In this light, attention is drawn to aspects of the often forgotten history of Science Studies in the former Soviet Union and the Eastern European block. Reviewed also are several early discussions that are still relevant today: e.g., regarding differing concepts of Big Science, science and democracy, autonomy in higher education and what conditions are necessary to sustain academic freedom and scientific integrity (some of Edward Shils' primary concerns). Finally, it is noted how the question of quantitative methods to measure scientific productivity lay at the heart of a "Science of Science" movement of the 1960s has re-emerged in a new form integral to the notion of a "Science of Science Policy.". AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Elzinga, Univ Gothenburg, Dept Philosophy Linguist & Theory Sci, Gothenburg, Swede -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Technology push and demand pull perspectives in innovation studies: Current findings and future research directions (Article, English) AUTHOR: Di Stefano, G; Gambardella, A; Verona, G SOURCE: RESEARCH POLICY 41 (8). OCT 2012. p.1283-1295 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981 KEYWORDS: Technology push; Demand pull, Innovation; Bibliometrics; Co-citation analysis KEYWORDS+: AUTHOR COCITATION ANALYSIS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; R-AND-D; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; STRATEGIC- MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; DISCONTINUOUS INNOVATION; COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT: This study updates the debate on the sources of innovation. Using techniques like factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, and pathfinder analysis, we examine the most influential articles that have dealt with the topic. Our analysis provides three main findings. The first more precisely highlights the role of demand as a source of innovation. The second illustrates how competences enable firms to match technology with demand and capitalize on technology and demand as sources of innovation. The third unveils a distinction between external and internal sources of innovations. The sources of innovation can be purely external or internally generated competences that enable the firm to integrate external knowledge within its boundaries. Our work contributes to the classic debate by providing a more granular understanding of how technology and demand interact. In discussing our findings, we link our framework to strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship studies that expressly call for a better understanding of technology and demand factors in value creation and capture. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Gambardella, Bocconi Univ, Dept Management & Technol, Via Roentgen 1, I-20136 Milan, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliometric analysis of publications by South African viticulture and oenology research centres (Article, English) AUTHOR: Aleixandre-Benavent, R; Aleixandre-Tudo, JL; Alcaide, GG; Ferrer-Sapena, A; Aleixandre, JL; du Toit, W SOURCE: SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 108 (5-6). MAY-JUN 2012. p.74-84 ACAD SCIENCE SOUTH AFRICA A S S AF, LYNWOOD RIDGE SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006 KEYWORDS+: DISTILLERY WASTE-WATER; RESEARCH COLLABORATION; COAUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION; IMPACT FACTOR; WINE; PATTERNS; SCIENCE; COMMUNITIES ABSTRACT: We analysed the production, impact factor of, and scientific collaboration involved in viticulture and oenology articles associated with South African research centres published in international journals during the period 1990-2009. The articles under scrutiny were obtained from the Science Citation Index database, accessed via the Web of Knowledge platform. The search strategy employed specific viticulture and oenology terms and was restricted to the field 'topic'. The results showed that 406 articles were published during the review period, with the most number of publications being in the South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture (n = 34), American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (n = 16) and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (a = 16). The articles were published by 851 authors from 236 institutions. The collaboration rate was 3.7 authors per article, having grown over the two decades examined. The most productive institutions (i.e. those receiving a greater number of citations) were Stellenbosch University (219 published articles and 2592 citations) and the Agricultural Research Council (49 published articles and 454 citations), both from South Africa. Graphical representation of co-authorship networks identified 18 groups of authors and a single network of institutions whose core is Stellenbosch University. In conclusion, we have identified a significant growth in South African viticulture and oenology research in recent years, with a high degree of internationalisation and a constant level of domestic collaboration. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Aleixandre-Benavent, Plaza Cisneros 4, Valencia 46003, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Relative h-index to compare the scientific performance of researchers (Article, English) AUTHOR: Dias, LAS SOURCE: GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 11 (2). 2012. p.1738-1740 FUNPEC-EDITORA, RIBEIRAO PRETO SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Hirsch's h-index; Number of citations; Number of papers; Comparison of the scientific output among researchers ABSTRACT: I propose the Relative h-index of a scientist, which is based on his or her Hirsch's h-index divided by the total number of published papers recorded in the database. The Relative index h allows for a comparison of the scientific output among researchers and can be very useful for research support institutions, universities, and institutes to rank researchers for the purposes of recruitment, promotions, awards, and grant funding for projects. AUTHOR ADDRESS: LAS Dias, Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Fitotecnia, Vicosa, MG, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: European geriatric medicine got its first impact factor (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Michel, JP SOURCE: EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE 3 (4). AUG 2012. p.207 ELSEVIER MASSON, MILANO SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: JP Michel, Univ Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: THE INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT FIELD: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS (Article, English) AUTHOR: Prevot, F; Branchet, B; Boissin, JP; Castagnos, JC SOURCE: FOCUSED ISSUE ON IDENTIFYING, BUILDING, AND LINKING COMPETENCES 5. 2010. p.231-258 EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, BINGLEY SEARCH TERM(S): WHITE DH J AM SOC INFORM SCI 49:327 1998; KEYWORDS+: RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; STRATEGIC- MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC THEORY; FIRM; KNOWLEDGE; CAPABILITIES ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the Competence-Based Management (CBM) field. From the first books dedicated to CBM (Hamel & Heene, 1994; Sanchez, Heene, & Thomas, 1996: Heene & Sanchez, 1997) to more recent publications, the CBM field experienced a significant development. As the International Conferences on Competence-Based Management is a place for exchange and development of new ideas and applications, it appears to be central to the consolidation of the field. The conferences are followed by the publication of a series of books and a journal (Research in Competence-Based Management). Therefore it seems particularly adapted to use these publications in order to analyze the CBM field. We identified 12 books and 3 journal issues published between 1994 and 2005. This corresponds to a total of 185 papers written by 213 different authors, and a total of 7,958 references cited in these papers. We present the results of our research in three steps. First, we analyze the profile of the authors of the papers. This leads to the identification of the most prominent authors and the identification of the authors' country of origin. Second, we analyze the content of the papers. We identify the type of the papers (theoretical or empirical), the main methodology (qualitative or quantitative), and the keywords. Third, we analyze the references. This allows the identification of the most frequently cited references, and their historical structure. In order to deepen the latter analysis, we perform a co-citation analysis to identify networks of references. The overall results lead to a better understanding of the organization of the CBM field. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Prevot, Euromed Marseille Sch Management, Dept Strategy & Environm, Marseille, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Oct 25 14:26:06 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:26:06 +0000 Subject: Papers of interst to Sig Metrics Readers Message-ID: Title: Reflecting on sharing scholarship, considering clinical impact and *impact factor* Authors: Pinnock, D; Whittingham, K; Hodgson, LJ Author Full Names: Pinnock, David; Whittingham, Katharine; Hodgson, Louise Jane Source: NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, 32 (7):744-746; SI 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.031 OCT 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material KeyWords Plus: PROFESSION Reprint Address: Univ Nottingham, Sch Med, Sch Nursing Midwifery & Physiotherapy, Queens Med Ctr, Room B46, Nottingham NG7 2UH, England. Addresses: [Pinnock, David; Whittingham, Katharine] Univ Nottingham, Sch Med, Sch Nursing Midwifery & Physiotherapy, Queens Med Ctr, Nottingham NG7 2UH, England E-mail Address: david.pinnock at nottingham.ac.uk; Louise.hodgson at nottscommunityhealth.nhs.uk Cited Reference Count: 20 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, JOURNAL PRODUCTION DEPT, ROBERT STEVENSON HOUSE, 1-3 BAXTERS PLACE, LEITH WALK, EDINBURGH EH1 3AF, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND Cited References: Gennaro Susan, 2010, JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP, V42, P233 Polit D.F., 2010, Nursing Outlook, V59, P18 Rolfe G., 2011, Fast food for thought: how to survive and thrive in the corporate university. Key note address at: Networking Education in Healthcare conference 2011, Rolfe Gary, 2007, Nurse education in practice, V7, P123 McCormack B., 2011, Journal of Research in Nursing, V12, P111 Reed Jan, 2010, NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, V30, P100 Whittingham K., 2010, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, V5, P668 Boyer E., 1990, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professionate, Rolfe Gary, 2009, NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, V29, P816 Thoun Deborah Sally, 2009, JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION, V48, P552 Andrew A., 2007, Nurse Education Today, V27, P1 Starck PL, 1996, JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING, V12, P268 Burgener SC, 2001, JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING, V17, P46 Froman RD, 2003, NURSING OUTLOOK, V51, P84 Smith Kylie M., 2011, NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, V31, P228 El-Masri Maher M, 2006, Nurse researcher, V13, P79 Johnstone M. -J., 2007, INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW, V54, P35 Eftekhari H., 2011, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, V6, P46 Higher Education Funding Council for England, 2011, Assessment framework and guidance on submissions, Glassick CE, 2000, ACADEMIC MEDICINE, V75, P877 ======================================================================= Title: *Impact factor* in cytopathology journals: what does it reflect and how much does it matter? Authors: AbdullGaffar, B Author Full Names: AbdullGaffar, B. Source: CYTOPATHOLOGY, 23 (5):320-324; 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2011.00950.x OCT 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: citation, cytology, cytopathology, impact factor Abstract: B. AbdullGaffar ?*Impact factor* in cytopathology journals: what does it reflect and how much does it matter? Objective: To study the trends of *impact factor* (IF) in four cytopathology journals. To investigate the factors that might influence IF in cytopathology literature and whether IF has any impact on cytopathology practice. Methods: The IFs of four cytopathology journals were searched from 2005 to 2009. The IFs and their relationships with the types and number of publications, publishers, the official societies, readership, the quality of their contents, the topics covered and the levels of evidence were compared. Results: Cancer Cytopathology (CC) had the highest IF. Acta Cytologica (AC) had the lowest IF, which appeared to be in decline. Cytopathology (C) and Diagnostic Cytopathology (DC) had a slow but steady increase in their IF. Components that might influence these differences could include the category and the society of the journal, targeted readers and certai! n types of publications. Publishers, the number of publications, the types of topics covered and the levels of evidence probably have no major effect on IF. Conclusions: IF has its own benefits and original applications. IF is a quantitative measure that does not reflect the levels of evidence in cytopathology journals. IF should not be abandoned because it might encourage competition between cytopathology journals, but it should not dictate their contents. Reprint Address: Dubai Hosp, Histopathol & Cytopathol Dept, POB 7272, Dubai, U Arab Emirates. Addresses: Dubai Hosp, Histopathol & Cytopathol Dept, Dubai, U Arab Emirates E-mail Address: badraah009 at yahoo.com Cited Reference Count: 13 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA Cited References: Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Mathur Vijay Prakash, 2009, Indian journal of dental research : official publication of Indian Society for Dental Research, V20, P81 Falagas Matthew E., 2008, ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS, V56, P223 Kumar V, 2009, SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL, V50, P752 ISI Web of Knowledge, Journal Citations Reports, Bain CR, 2005, ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE, V33, P567 Ha Tam Cam, 2006, ANNALS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SINGAPORE, V35, P911 Oh H. C., 2009, SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL, V50, P749 Lau S. L., 2007, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, V36, P1 [Anonymous], 2006, PLoS Med, V3, Pe291 Seglen PO, 1997, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V314, P498 Dimitrov Jordan D., 2010, NATURE, V466, P179 Chew Mabel, 2007, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, V100, P142 ======================================================================= Title: Analysis of *scientific* publications by Chilean surgeons Authors: Moraga, CJ; Cartes-Velasquez, R; Manterola, DC; Urrutia, VS Author Full Names: Javier Moraga, C.; Cartes-Velasquez, Ricardo; Carlos Manterola, D.; Sebastian Urrutia, V Group Author(s): Grp Mincir Metodologia Invest Source: REVISTA CHILENA DE CIRUGIA, 64 (5):447-451; OCT 2012 Language: Spanish Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Surgical Procedures, Operative [MeSH], Bibliometrics [MeSH], ISI Web of knowledge, Surgery [MeSH] Abstract: Background: The number and quality of publications is an indirect measure of the capacity of an individual, institution or country to generate knowledge. Aim: To assess the number of publications of Chilean surgeons, registered in the Institute for Scientific Knowledge (ISI). Material and Methods: A search was conducted in the ISI platform for publications generated by Chilean surgeons in the last ten years. The number of publications and citations, the journals in which the publications appeared and nationality of coauthors, were analyzed. Results: Three hundred and eighty papers were identified. Of these, 333 (88%) were published in the period 2006-2010. The papers were cited in 1.946 opportunities (*impact factor* of 5.12 and h-index of 21). Thirty three percent of papers were published in Revista Chilena de Cirugia, 8% in Obesity Surgery and 4% in the World Journal of Surgery. Thirty four percent of papers came from the University of Chile, 21% from Catholic University a! nd 8% from Universidad de la Frontera. Conclusions: The number of publications of Chilean surgeons is experiencing an increase in the last years. Reprint Address: Casilla 54 D, Temuco, Chile. Addresses: [Javier Moraga, C.; Carlos Manterola, D.] Univ La Frontera, Programa Magister Ciencias Med, Temuco, Chile [Cartes-Velasquez, Ricardo; Carlos Manterola, D.] Univ La Frontera, Programa Doctorado Ciencias Med, Temuco, Chile [Carlos Manterola, D.; Sebastian Urrutia, V] Univ La Frontera, Fac Med, Dept Cirugia & Traumatol, Temuco, Chile E-mail Address: Javier.moragac at gmail.com Cited Reference Count: 11 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: SOC CIRUJANOS CHILE, ROMAN DIAZ 205, OF 401, CASILLA 2843, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE Cited References: Ruiz-Perez R, 2002, JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, V90, P411 Manterola Carlos, 2005, Cirugia espanola, V78, P96 Abram G, 2011, Scientometrics, Poletto Vanessa Ceolin, 2010, Brazilian oral research, V24, P83 Hirsch JE, 2005, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V102, P16569 Arribalzaga Eduardo B., 2009, REVISTA CHILENA DE CIRUGIA, V61, P313 Dorta-Gonzalez P, 2011, Scientometrics, Manterola C, 2005, Rev Chil Cir, V57, P449 Vial M, 2008, Rev Chil Cir, V60, P41 Manterola C, 2007, Rev Chil Cir., V59, P1 Chattopadhyay Amit, 2009, Indian journal of dental research : official publication of Indian Society for Dental Research, V20, P246 ======================================================================= Title: Journal *impact factor*: holy grail? Authors: van der Wall, EE Author Full Names: van der Wall, E. E. Source: NETHERLANDS HEART JOURNAL, 20 (10):385-386; 10.1007/s12471-012-0317-3 OCT 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material KeyWords Plus: CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNALS; EUROPEAN-SOCIETY; CARDIOLOGY Reprint Address: NHI, ICIN, Utrecht, Netherlands. Addresses: NHI, ICIN, Utrecht, Netherlands E-mail Address: e.e.van_der_wall at lumc.nl Cited Reference Count: 12 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: BOHN STAFLEU VAN LOGHUM BV, POSTBUS 246, 3990 GA HOUTEN, NETHERLANDS Cited References: de Boer M. J., 2008, NETHERLANDS HEART JOURNAL, V16, P151 VANDERWALL EE, 2009, NETH HEART J, V17, P3 Williamson James R., 2009, ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, V4, P311 Loscalzo Joseph, 2011, CIRCULATION, V123, P947 Alfonso F., 2012, NETHERLANDS HEART JOURNAL, V20, P279 Van der Wall, 2010, Neth Heart J, V18, P399 Drazen Jeffrey M., 2010, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, V363, P188 Darmoni SJ, 2002, JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, V90, P323 McAlister Finlay A., 2011, CIRCULATION, V123, P1038 Lundh Andreas, 2010, PLOS MEDICINE, V7, Alfonso F., 2010, NETHERLANDS HEART JOURNAL, V18, P202 A statement on ethics from the HEART Group, 2008, Neth Heart J, V16, P153 ======================================================================= *Record 6 of 15. Search terms matched: IMPACT FACTOR(1); INDEX(1); SCIENTIFIC(1) *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=WOS&DestLinkType=FullRecord;UT=WOS:000309017700001 *Order Full Text [ ] Title: SP-*index*: The measure of the *scientific* production of researchers Authors: Dodson, MV; Duarte, MD; Dias, LAD Author Full Names: Dodson, M. V.; Duarte, Marcio de Souza; Dias, Luiz Antonio dos Santos Source: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 425 (4):701-702; 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.161 SEP 7 2012 Language: English Document Type: Review Author Keywords: Citation metrics, Impact factor, Productivity KeyWords Plus: H-INDEX; CITATION ANALYSIS Abstract: Ability to assess how solidly one is participating in their research arena is a metric that is of interest to many persons in academia. Such assessment is not easily defined, and differences exist in terms of which metric is the most accurate. In reality, no single production metric exists that is easy to determine and acceptable by the entire scientific community. Here we propose the SP-index to quantify the scientific production of researchers, representing the product of the annual citation number by the accumulated impact factors of the journals whereby the papers appeared, divided by the annual number of published papers. This article discusses such a productivity measure and lends support for the development of unified citation metrics for use by all participating in science research or teaching. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Washington State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA. Addresses: [Dodson, M. V.] Washington State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA [Duarte, Marcio de Souza] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Zootecnia, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG, Brazil [Dias, Luiz Antonio dos Santos] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Fitotecnia, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG, Brazil E-mail Address: dodson at wsu.edu Cited Reference Count: 15 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA Cited References: Bornmann Lutz, 2009, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V60, P1286 Dodson M. V., 2008, NACTA Journal, V52, P52 Jensen M., 2011, Chronicle of Higher Education, V53, P9 Dodson M. V., 2008, JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, V86, P2795 Opthof T, 1997, CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, V33, P1 Zhang Chun-Ting, 2009, PLOS ONE, V4, Jin B. 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V., 2009, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, V387, P625 Pendlebury David A., 2009, ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS, V57, P1 Dias L A S, 2012, Genetics and molecular research : GMR, V11, P1738 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Title: Characteristics and Trends of Radiology *Research*: A Survey of Original Articles Published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010 Authors: Lim, KJ; Yoon, DY; Yun, EJ; Seo, YL; Baek, S; Gu, DH; Yoon, SJ; Han, A; Ku, YJ; Kim, SS Author Full Names: Lim, Kyoung Ja; Yoon, Dae Young; Yun, Eun Joo; Seo, Young Lan; Baek, Sora; Gu, Dong Hyeon; Yoon, Soo Jeong; Han, Ari; Ku, You Jin; Kim, Sam Soo Source: RADIOLOGY, 264 (3):796-802; 10.1148/radiol.12111976 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article KeyWords Plus: JOURNALS; IMPACT; FREQUENCY; CITATIONS; AUTHORS Abstract: Purpose: To determine the characteristics and trends of the original articles published in two major American radiology journals, AJR American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) and Radiology, between 2001 and 2010. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective bibliometric analysis that did not involve human subjects and was exempt from institutional review board approval. All 6542 original articles published in AJR and Radiology between 2001 and 2010 were evaluated. The following information was abstracted from each article: radiologic subspecialty, radiologic technique used, type of research, sample size, study design, statistical analysis, study outcome, declared funding, number of authors, affiliation of the first author, and country of the first author. In addition, all the variables examined were presented along with the trend over time. Results: The most common subspecialty of study was abdominal (1219 of 6542, 18.6%), followed by vascular/interventional (804 of 6542, 12.3%). A total of 3744 (57.2%) original articles used magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or computed tomography (CT), 5495 (84.1%) were clinical research articles, 3060 (46.8%) had sample size of more than 50, 4087 (62.5%) were retrospective, 4714 (72.1%) performed statistical analysis, 6225 (95.2%) showed positive study outcome, 4784 (73.1%) were not funded, 3942 (60.3%) had four to seven authors, and 5731 (87.6%) were written by the primary author who was from a department of radiology or radiology-related specialties. The United States published 45.5% (2975 of 6542) of the articles, followed by Japan (n = 525, 8.0%), Germany (n = 485, 7.4%), and South Korea (n = 455, 7.0%). In the time trend analysis, the following variables showed a significantly positive trend: cardiac subspecialty, CT and MR imaging as the radiologic techniques, type of re! search as other (nonbasic, nonclinical), sample size of more than 50, four to seven as the number of authors, medicine-related department of the first author, and South Korea and Italy as countries of the first author. On the other hand, pediatric subspecialty, combined (basic and clinical) type of research, and number of authors fewer than four showed a significantly negative trend. Conclusion: The bibliometric analysis of the AJR and Radiology journals with articles published between 2001 and 2010 revealed characteristics and trends of the current radiology research that may provide useful information to researchers and editorial staff in radiology. (C) RSNA, 2012 Reprint Address: Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Kangdong Seong Sim Hosp, Dept Radiol, 445 Gil Dong, Seoul 134701, South Korea. Addresses: [Lim, Kyoung Ja; Yoon, Dae Young; Yun, Eun Joo; Seo, Young Lan; Gu, Dong Hyeon; Yoon, Soo Jeong; Han, Ari; Ku, You Jin] Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Kangdong Seong Sim Hosp, Dept Radiol, Seoul 134701, South Korea [Baek, Sora] Hallym Univ, Coll Med, Kangdong Seong Sim Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, Seoul 134701, South Korea [Kim, Sam Soo] Kangwon Natl Univ, Coll Med, Dept Radiol, Chunchon, South Korea E-mail Address: evee0914 at chollian.net Cited Reference Count: 27 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA, 820 JORIE BLVD, OAK BROOK, IL 60523 USA Cited References: Chow Daniel S., 2010, RADIOLOGY, V257, P410 CHEW FS, 1986, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V147, P1055 Taylor GA, 2001, PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY, V31, P786 CHEW FS, 1988, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V150, P31 Mela GS, 2003, EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, V13, P657 STEIN MD, 1993, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V269, P781 Itagaki Michael W., 2008, RADIOLOGY, V247, P213 Eisenberg Ronald L., 2011, RADIOLOGY, V259, P479 Fang Ferric C., 2009, INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, V77, P929 Mussurakis S, 1994, AJR Am J Roentgenol, V163, P981 LUUKKONEN T, 1990, ANNALS OF MEDICINE, V22, P145 Lu Ying, 2008, Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, V5, P817 Slone RM, 1996, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V167, P571 Hwang SS, 2003, RADIOLOGY, V226, P16 Rahman M, 2003, PUBLIC HEALTH, V117, P274 Ozsunar Y, 2001, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY86th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological-Society-of-North-America (RSNA), NOV 26-DEC 01, 2000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, V177, P1281 Mervis Jeffrey, 2007, SCIENCE, V317, P582 HOLMAN BL, 1990, RADIOLOGY, V176, P329 STOSSEL TP, 1990, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, V322, P739 Eschelman DJ, 2000, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V174, P27 Chen MY, 2003, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V181, P907 GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 MUSSURAKIS S, 1994, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, V163, P973 Rahman M, 2005, ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY, V12, P825 Rahman M, 2002, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, V347, P1211 Ray CE, 2006, CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, V29, P599 Friedenberg RM, 2001, RADIOLOGY, V220, P296 ======================================================================= Title: Implementation Science six years on-our evolving scope and common reasons for rejection without review Authors: Eccles, MP; Foy, R; Sales, A; Wensing, M; Mittman, B Author Full Names: Eccles, Martin P.; Foy, Robbie; Sales, Anne; Wensing, Michel; Mittman, Brian Source: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, 7 10.1186/1748-5908-7-71 JUL 27 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Abstract: Implementation Science has been published for six years and over that time has gone from receiving 100 articles in 2006 to receiving 354 in 2011; our *impact factor* has risen from 2.49 in June 2010 to 3.10 in June 2012. Whilst our article publication rate has also risen, it has risen much less slowly than our submission rate-we published 29 papers in 2006 and 134 papers in 2011 and we now publish only around 40 % of submissions. About one-half of submitted manuscripts are rejected without being sent out for peer review; it has become clear that there are a number of common issues that result in manuscripts being rejected at this stage. We hope that by publishing this editorial on our common reasons for rejection without peer review we can help authors to better judge the relevance of their papers to Implementation Science. Reprint Address: Newcastle Univ, Inst Hlth & Soc, Baddiley Clark Bldg,Richardson Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, Tyne & Wear, England. Addresses: [Eccles, Martin P.] Newcastle Univ, Inst Hlth & Soc, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, Tyne & Wear, England [Foy, Robbie] Univ Leeds, Leeds Inst Hlth Sci, Leeds LS2 9LJ, W Yorkshire, England [Wensing, Michel] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Med Ctr, Sci Inst Qual Healthcare, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands [Mittman, Brian] VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Syst, VA Ctr Implementat Practice & Res Support, Sepulveda, CA 91343 USA [Sales, Anne] Ann Arbor VA HSR&D Ctr Excellence, VA Inpatient Evaluat Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI USA E-mail Address: martin.eccles at ncl.ac.uk Cited Reference Count: 6 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND cited References: Lancaster GA, 2004, JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, V10, P307 Dixon-Woods M, 2004, QUALITY & SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE, V13, P223 Popay J, 1998, QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH, V8, P341 Craig P, 2008, Br Med J, V337, P979 Bennett C, 2010, PLoS Med, V8, Stetler Cheryl B., 2008, IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, V3, ======================================================================= Title: Making *an* impact: the Journal of Foot and Ankle *Research* Authors: Menz, HB; Potter, MJ; Borthwick, AM; Munteanu, SE; Landorf, KB Author Full Names: Menz, Hylton B.; Potter, Mike J.; Borthwick, Alan M.; Munteanu, Shannon E.; Landorf, Karl B. Source: JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH, 5 10.1186/1757-1146-5-16 JUL 9 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE Reprint Address: La Trobe Univ, Lower Extrem & Gait Studies Program, Fac Hlth Sci, Bundoora, Vic, Australia. Addresses: [Menz, Hylton B.; Munteanu, Shannon E.; Landorf, Karl B.] La Trobe Univ, Lower Extrem & Gait Studies Program, Fac Hlth Sci, Bundoora, Vic, Australia [Potter, Mike J.; Borthwick, Alan M.] Univ Southampton, Fac Hlth Sci, Southampton, Hants, England [Munteanu, Shannon E.; Landorf, Karl B.] La Trobe Univ, Dept Podiatry, Fac Hlth Sci, Bundoora, Vic, Australia E-mail Address: h.menz at latrobe.edu.au Cited Reference Count: 13 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND Cited References: Epstein D, 2007, J Europ Med Writ Assoc, V16, P133 Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Brenner S, 1995, Curr Biol, V5, P568 TAUBES G, 1993, SCIENCE, V260, P884 Garfield E, 1999, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V161, P979 Seglen P.O., 1997, BMJ, V314, P497 Smith Richard, 2006, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, V35, P1129 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 [Anonymous], 2006, PLoS Med, V3, Pe291 Smith R, 1997, BMJ, V314, P461 CALZA L, 1995, NATURE, V374, P492 van Driel Mieke L., 2008, AUSTRALIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN, V37, P770 Chew Mabel, 2007, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, V100, P142 ======================================================================= Title: *Scientific* Utopia: I. Opening *Scientific* Communication Authors: Nosek, BA; Bar-Anan, Y Author Full Names: Nosek, Brian A.; Bar-Anan, Yoav Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY, 23 (3):217-243; 10.1080/1047840X.2012.692215 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article KeyWords Plus: OPEN-ACCESS ARTICLES; PUBLICATION DECISIONS; IMPACT FACTOR; VICE-VERSA; JOURNALS; NEUROSCIENCE; STATISTICS; MANUSCRIPT; BIAS; RELIABILITY Abstract: Existing norms for scientific communication are rooted in anachronistic practices of bygone eras making them needlessly inefficient. We outline a path that moves away from the existing model of scientific communication to improve the efficiency in meeting the purpose of public science-knowledge accumulation. We call for six changes: (a) full embrace of digital communication; (b) open access to all published research; (c) disentangling publication from evaluation; (d) breaking the "one article, one journal" model with a grading system for evaluation and diversified dissemination outlets; (e) publishing peer review; and (f) allowing open, continuous peer review. We address conceptual and practical barriers to change and provide examples showing how the suggested practices are being used already. The critical barriers to change are not technical or financial; they are social. Although scientists guard the status quo, they also have the power to change it. Reprint Address: Univ Virginia, Dept Psychol, 102 Gilmer Hall,Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA. 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The World Bank Group has developed a rigorous assessment methodology for assessing a country's ability to access and use knowledge to become more competitive in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. This assessment methodology annually produces the Knowledge Economy Index. The World Bank's Knowledge Economy Index is grounded on a four pillar model. The four pillars include: (1) Economic Incentives and Institutional Regime; (2) Education and Skills; (3) Information and Communication Infrastructure; and (4) Innovation Systems. While the indicators are robust and the data collection methodology is rigorous, an argument can be made that the model lacks coverage of some key factors that pertain to intellectual capital and to the production and consumption of knowledge. Some might argue that heavy focus on economic incentives and open institutional regimes comes at a societal cost. While the ! goal of investments in information and communication infrastructure may be greater access to economic opportunities, they may be used to exploit natural capital or to increase disparities in the digital divide. This paper considers investigates what happens when a Knowledge Economy Index exercise is placed in a more holistic and balanced view of the Knowledge Society. Adopting the perspective of Triple Bottom Line shifts the purpose and design of a knowledge economy index. The shift is from one of aggregation and reporting, to action and involvement. There are acknowledged challenges involved in applying the Triple Bottom Line as an accounting method. The World Bank's scorecard and indexing methodology is adaptable to this new perspective and a new set of indicators. 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U., 1977, The Information Economy, 1998, Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development, Wiig K., 1997, Journal of Knowledge Management, V1, P6 New Economy and APEC, 2001, APEC 2001, From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Oct 25 16:02:48 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:02:48 +0000 Subject: FW: Web of Knowledge Alert - SCIENTOMETRICS for October 2012 Message-ID: Web of Knowledge Table of Contents Alert Journal Name: SCIENTOMETRICS (ISSN: 0138-9130) Issue: Vol. 93 No. 1, 2012 IDS#: 014EJ Number of Articles in Issue: 16 (16 included in this e-mail) ================================== *Pages: 1-2 (Editorial Material) Title: The 7th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & 12th COLLNET Meeting Authors: Kretschmer, H; Ozel, B; Glanzel, W Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):1-2; OCT 2012 ======================================================================= *Pages: 3-16 (Article) Title: Research evaluation. Part I: productivity and citedness of a German medical research institution Authors: Pudovkin, A; Kretschmer, H; Stegmann, J; Garfield, E Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):3-16; OCT 2012 Abstract: An evaluation exercise was performed involving 313 papers of research staff (66 persons) of the Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) published in 2004-2008. The records and citations to them were retrieved from the Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) in March 2010. The authors compared productivity and citedness of "group leaders" vs. "regular scientists", of "male scientists" vs. "female scientists" using citation-based indexes. It was found that "group leaders" are more prolific and cited more often than "regular scientists", the same is true considering "male" vs. "female scientists". The greatest contrast is observed between "female leaders" and "female regular scientists". The above mentioned differences are significant in indexes related to the number of papers, while values of indexes characterizing the quality of papers (average citation rate per paper and similar indexes) are not substantially different among the groups compared. The mean value of percentile rank index for all the 313 papers is 58.5, which is significantly higher than the global mean value of about 50. This fact is evidence of a higher citation status, on average, of the publications from the DRFZ. ======================================================================= *Pages: 17-30 (Article) Title: Research evaluation. Part II: gender effects of evaluation: are men more productive and more cited than women? Authors: Hildrun, K; Alexander, P; Johannes, S Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):17-30; OCT 2012 Abstract: Productivity and citedness of the staff of a German medical research institution are analyzed. It was found in our previous study (Pudovkin et al.: Scientometrics, doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0659-z, 2012) that male scientists are more prolific and cited more often than female scientists. We explain in our present study one of the possible causes for obtaining this result with reference to Abramo et al. (Scientometrics 84(3): 821-833, 2009), who found in the small subgroups of star scientists a higher performance of male star scientists with respect to female star scientists; but in the remaining complementary subpopulations the performance gap between the two sexes is marginal. In agreement with Abramo et al. (2009), in our small subgroup of star scientists a higher performance of male star scientists with respect to female star scientists could be found. Contrasting, in the large complementary subgroup even a slightly higher performance of female scientists with respect to male scientists was identified. The last is even stronger expressed in favor of women than Abramo's result that the performance gap between the two sexes is truly marginal. In addition to Abramo et al. (2009), we already found in our previous study, special indexes characterizing the quality of papers (but not quantity) are not substantially different among sexes compared. ======================================================================= *Pages: 33-39 (Article) Title: Quantity is only one of the qualities Authors: Beaver, DD Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):33-39; OCT 2012 Abstract: As our fields have become more sophisticated, complex, and specialized, we deal with ever larger masses of data, and our quantitative results have become more detailed and esoteric, and difficult to interpret. Because our methods are predominantly quantitative, we tend to overlook or underemphasize the qualitative judgments that enter at every stage of our work, and to forget that quantity is only one of the qualities. As in our world today, where we face a flood of factoids and quantitative data stripped of context, and struggle to evaluate it, to give it meaning, and make it into information, so ought we qualitatively to acknowledge and contextualize our research results, not only to make them more relevant, meaningful, and useful to the larger world, but to give our work greater impact and value. ======================================================================= *Pages: 41-58 (Article) Title: The different flavors of research collaboration: a case study of their influence on university excellence in four world regions Authors: Benavent-Perez, M; Gorraiz, J; Gumpenberger, C; de Moya-Anegon, F Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):41-58; OCT 2012 Abstract: This study on research collaboration (RC) is an attempt to estimate the degree of internationalization of academic institutions and regions. Furthermore potential influences of RC on excellence initiatives of modern universities are investigated relying on source data obtained from SCImago Institutions Rankings. A positive correlation exists between the degree of collaboration and the normalized impact. However, in contrast to output the normalized impact increase progression is non-linear and fluctuating. Differences occur regarding output volume and normalized impact at geographical region level for the leading universities. Different patterns of the Brute force distribution for each collaboration type were also observed at region level as well as at subject area level. A continuously reduced percentage of the domestic (non-collaboration) academic output is a world trend, whereas a steady increase of "international + national" collaboration is observed globally, however, less distinctive in Asia than in the other regions. The impact of Latin American papers originating from domestic production as well as from national collaboration remains considerably below world average values. ======================================================================= *Pages: 59-87 (Article) Title: China and India: The two new players in the nanotechnology race Authors: Bhattacharya, S; Shilpa; Bhati, M Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):59-87; OCT 2012 Abstract: Nanotechnology is promising to be the 'transformative' technology of the 21st century with its boundless potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries. Stakes are high as projected estimate of market value and economic and social benefits are immense for countries that can attain competency in this technology. This has stimulated OECD countries as well as emerging economies to channel huge resources for developing core capabilities in this technology. Unlike, other key technologies, recent influential reports highlight China in particular and to some extent India, Brazil and other emerging economies competing with advanced OECD countries in 'nanotechnology'. The present paper investigates through bibliometric and innovation indicators to what extent China and India have been able to assert their position in the global stage. The paper also underscores the importance of capturing indications from standards and products/processes along with publications and patents to capture more accurately the latent variable 'performance'. Study shows that China's progress is remarkable; it has already attained leading position in publications and standard development. India is making its presence more visible particularly in publications. China's research is more sophisticated and addresses nano-materials and its applications whereas India's research shows healthy trend towards addressing developmental problems. ======================================================================= *Pages: 89-100 (Article) Title: Publication and patent analysis of European researchers in the field of production technology and manufacturing systems Authors: Franceschini, F; Maisano, D Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):89-100; OCT 2012 Abstract: This paper develops a structured comparison among a sample of European researchers in the field of Production Technology and Manufacturing Systems, on the basis of scientific publications and patents. Researchers are evaluated and compared by a variegated set of indicators concerning (1) the output of individual researchers and (2) that of groups of researchers from the same country. While not claiming to be exhaustive, the results of this preliminary study provide a rough indication of the publishing and patenting activity of researchers in the field of interest, identifying (dis)similarities between different countries. Of particular interest is a proposal for aggregating analysis results by means of maps based on publication and patent indicators. A large amount of empirical data are presented and discussed. ======================================================================= *Pages: 101-111 (Article) Title: Reflection of cross-disciplinary research at Creative Research Institution (Hokkaido University) in the Web of Science database: appraisal and visualization using bibliometry Authors: Gautam, P; Yanagiya, R Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):101-111; OCT 2012 Abstract: This study describes the results of a preliminary bibliometric analysis of 611 research items, published between 1996 and 2011 by researchers affiliated with Creative Research Institution (CRIS) and the Center for Advanced Science and Technology (CAST), Hokkaido University (HU), retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database. CRIS has a primary mission to promote cutting-edge, world-class, trans-departmental research within HU, and it conducts fundamental, commercialization-related, cross-disciplinary research and nurtures young in-house/recruited researchers through targeted, innovative tenure-track programs in multiple disciplines. Its research output derives from 3- to 7-year-long time-bound projects funded strategically by HU, external grants [e.g., MEXT Super-COE HU Research and Business Park Project (FY2003-7)], industry-university collaboration with regional businesses, and endowments (e.g., Meiji Dairies). Analyses using co-words, bibliographic coupling, overlay map aided with visualization, etc., lead to the following inferences: (i) The published items comprise a dozen well-defined (inter-)disciplinary clusters, dominated by 3 macro-disciplines (biomedical science, 33%; chemistry, 21%; agricultural science, ca. 10%) that constitute 18 clusters used for mapping; (ii) research conducted by externally funded or endowed projects in the biomedical, physical and environmental science and technology fields (3 broad areas of aggregation derived from the Science Overlay Map) is interdisciplinary; and (iii) there is an apparently low visibility of publications from projects jointly executed with industries to an almost complete absence of output from CRIS in the fields of social sciences in the WoS database. ======================================================================= *Pages: 113-123 (Article) Title: The role of core documents in bibliometric network analysis and their relation with h-type indices Authors: Glanzel, W Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):113-123; OCT 2012 Abstract: The notion of core documents and their application is discussed in the context of scientometric networks. An interesting solution of the problem of the arbitrariness of thresholds emerges from the application of Hirsch-type indices to dense networks as are typically observed in local clustering. Examples from several disciplines in the sciences and social sciences illustrate how these core vertices can be determined using this approach, and visualise how core documents are applied to represent the internal structure of the complete network or of parts of it. ======================================================================= *Pages: 125-134 (Article) Title: Tracing the wider impacts of biomedical research: a literature search to develop a novel citation categorisation technique Authors: Jones, TH; Donovan, C; Hanney, S Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):125-134; OCT 2012 Abstract: There is an increasing need both to understand the translation of biomedical research into improved healthcare and to assess the range of wider impacts from health research such as improved health policies, health practices and healthcare. Conducting such assessments is complex and new methods are being sought. Our new approach involves several steps. First, we developed a qualitative citation analysis technique to apply to biomedical research in order to assess the contribution that individual papers made to further research. Second, using this method, we then proposed to trace the citations to the original research through a series of generations of citing papers. Third, we aimed eventually to assess the wider impacts of the various generations. This article describes our comprehensive literature search to inform the new technique. We searched various databases, specific bibliometrics journals and the bibliographies of key papers. After excluding irrelevant papers we reviewed those remaining for either general or specific details that could inform development of our new technique. Various characteristics of citations were identified that had been found to predict their importance to the citing paper including the citation's location; number of citation occasions and whether the author(s) of the cited paper were named within the citing paper. We combined these objective characteristics with subjective approaches also identified from the literature search to develop a citation categorisation technique that would allow us to achieve the first of the steps above, i.e., being able routinely to assess the contribution that individual papers make to further research. ======================================================================= *Pages: 135-150 (Article) Title: Gender bias in journals of gender studies Authors: Kretschmer, H; Kundra, R; Beaver, DD; Kretschmer, T Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):135-150; OCT 2012 Abstract: The causes of gender bias favoring men in scientific and scholarly systems are complex and related to overall gender relationships in most of the countries of the world. An as yet unanswered question is whether in research publication gender bias is equally distributed over scientific disciplines and fields or if that bias reflects a closer relation to the subject matter. We expected less gender bias with respect to subject matter, and so analysed 14 journals of gender studies using several methods and indicators. The results confirm our expectation: the very high position of women in co-operation is striking; female scientists are relatively overrepresented as first authors in articles. Collaboration behaviour in gender studies differs from that of authors in PNAS. The pattern of gender studies reflects associations between authors of different productivity, or "masters" and "apprentices" but the PNAS pattern reflects associations between authors of roughly the same productivity, or "peers". It would be interesting to extend the analysis of these three-dimensional collaboration patterns further, to see whether a similar characterization holds, what it might imply about the patterns of authorship in different areas, what those patterns might imply about the role of collaboration, and whether there are differences between females and males in collaboration patterns. ======================================================================= *Pages: 151-166 (Article) * Title: A new approach for automatizing the analysis of research topics dynamics: application to optoelectronics research Authors: Lamirel, JC Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):151-166; OCT 2012 Abstract: The objective of this paper is to propose a new unsupervised incremental approach in order to follow the evolution of research themes for a given scientific discipline in terms of emergence or decline. Such behaviors are detectable by various methods of filtering. However, our choice is made on the exploitation of neural clustering methods in a multi-view context. This new approach makes it possible to take into account the incremental and chronological aspects of information by opening the way to the detection of convergences and divergences of research themes at a large scale. ======================================================================= *Pages: 167-181 (Article) Title: The evaluation of Indian cancer research, 1990-2010 Authors: Lewison, G; Roe, P Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):167-181; OCT 2012 Abstract: Cancer research outputs in India have expanded greatly in recent years, with some concomitant increase in their citation scores. Part of the increase in output is attributable to greater coverage in the Web of Science of Indian journals, which are more clinical than international ones, and much less often cited. Other measures of esteem have also increased, such as the percentage of reviews and the immediacy with which Indian cancer articles are cited. Most of the output came from just nine of the 35 Indian states and Union Territories, led by New Delhi and Maharashtra. The distribution of the amount of research by cancer site correlates moderately positively with the relative disease burden, with mouth (head and neck) cancer (often caused by the chewing of tobacco or areca, betel or paan) causing the highest number of deaths and also being well researched. We also analysed the articles by type of research, with articles in genetics and chemotherapy being the most numerous. For articles published in 2009-2010, data were available on the funding acknowledgements, and we found, as expected, that articles in clinical subjects were less often supported by external funding than ones in basic research. The major source of support was the Government of India, with relatively small contributions from charities and industry, unlike the situation in the UK and other western European countries. ======================================================================= *Pages: 183-206 (Article) Title: Collaboration structure and knowledge diffusion in Turkish management academia Authors: Ozel, B Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):183-206; OCT 2012 Abstract: This article proposes a conceptual framework to study diffusion of knowledge via collaborative social interactions. The framework primes deliberation on (i) nature of knowledg, (ii) chain of knowledge process, and (iii) modes of knowledge transfer while examining mechanisms of knowledge diffusion and collaboration structure. Within such a differentiation scheme while information is considered as a form of filtered data within a context of relevancies, knowledge is considered as a systematically processed information that is bound to individual or collective actions and praxis. The framework is applied employing an empirical research method based on meta-network analysis. The examplary case traces how management sciences related knowledge is diffused and what collaboration structures are exhibited by Turkish management academia from 1920s until 2008. Results from knowledge diffusion models which have been devised and tested in this study hint that management knowledge within local publications follows patterns of information diffusion rather than patterns of knowledge transfer found elsewhere. On the other hand, it is seen that cognitive demand of publishing in citation indexed global journals have given way to cohesive collaborating teams as mean of collaborative knowledge production and transfer. ======================================================================= *Pages: 207-215 (Article) Title: Web visibility of scholars in media and communication journals Authors: Chung, CJ; Park, HW Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):207-215; OCT 2012 Abstract: This paper examines the Web visibility of researchers in the field of communication. First, we measured the Web visibility of authors who have recently published their research in communication journals contained in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) provided by the Web of Science. Second, we identified a subset of authors based on their publication outlets and summarize those researchers with the highest Web presence. Lastly, we determined the factors affecting their Web visibility by using a set of national and linguistic variables of the individual researchers. Web data were collected by using a Bing.com advanced search tool based on the API. Web presence is defined as the number of Web (co-) mentions of each researcher. We identified the most solely-visible scholars in the entire communication webosphere and scholars with the most networked visibility based on co-mentions. There is a weak but statistically significant correlation between researchers' Web visibility and their SSCI publication counts. Further, US-based and/or English-speaking scholars were more noticeable than others on cyberspace. ======================================================================= *Pages: 217-232 (Article) Title: Exploring Web keyword analysis as an alternative to link analysis: a multi-industry case Authors: Vaughan, L; Romero-Frias, E Source: *SCIENTOMETRICS*, 93 (1):217-232; OCT 2012 Abstract: The study explored the feasibility of using Web keyword analysis as an alternative to link analysis and tested the feasibility in a multi-industry environment. The keyword is the organization's name, in this case the company name. American companies from five industries were included in the study. The study found that the Web visibility of a company as measured by the number of Webpages on which the company name appears correlates with the company's business measures (revenue, profits, and assets). The correlation coefficients are similar to that between the inlink counts and the business measures. This suggests that the keyword count (searched by the company name) could replace inlink count as an alternative indicator of some commonly used business measures. The co-word (the co-occurrence of the names of two companies on Webpages) count was used as a measure of the relatedness of the two companies. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis was applied to the co-word matrices and generated MDS maps that showed relationships among companies in a multi-industry context. Keyword data were collected from three different types of Websites (general Websites, blog sites, and Web news sites) and results were compared. The study found blog sites to be the better source to collect data for this type of study. The comparison of MDS maps generated from co-link data and the blog co-word data showed that the co-word analysis is as effective as co-link analysis in mapping business relationships. The value of the study is not limited to the business sector as the co-word method could be applied to analysing relationships among other types of organizations. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Fri Oct 26 05:27:15 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:27:15 +0200 Subject: FW: Copenhagen Research Forum II report web-pdf In-Reply-To: <37DFCC19BF953E48916FA96AC4A659C40EEC6640@rghexmbx004> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I participated last year in the Copenhagen Research Forum which was organized at the occasion of the Danish Presidency of the EU. The second report is now available at www.crf2012.org. On p. 9, I contributed with the following recommendation: ? Existing funding mechanisms should be evaluated independently in terms of their success and failure rates. I thought it nice to let you know. Best wishes, Loet From: Jonas Bak [mailto:jonas.bak at regionh.dk] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 10:39 AM To: Loet Leydesdorff; Liselotte H?jgaard; ggian at certh.gr; Christian.Piehler at dlr.de; po at actifoods.com; k.h.bendiksen at fys.uio.no; joergen.kjems at gmail.com; deborah.smith at york.ac.uk; KARI at science.ku.dk; johan.rockstrom at sei.se; ow at ifs.ku.dk; anders.elverhoi at geo.uio.no; Kees.degooijer at wur.nl; nbu at transport.dtu.dk Cc: Kristian Johnsen; cha at adm.dtu.dk; jaan at life.ku.dk; amik at adm.dtu.dk; Torben Hoeoeck Hansen; annah at adm.ku.dk; Birgitte Wederking Subject: SV: Copenhagen Research Forum II report web-pdf Dear all, The CRF II report has now been made available on www.crf2012.org where you will be able to find the latest version of the report ready for download in a print version and as an e-book. Please notice that slight changes has been made in the report since Wednesday. All participants titles should now be correct. Kind regards Jonas Bak Jonas Bak EU konsulent Mobil (DK): +45 2999 7878 email: jonas.bak at regionh.dk skype: jonas-creodk Kontoret i Bruxelles creoDK - Capital Region Denmark EU Office Rue du Luxembourg 3 B-1000 Bruxelles creodk at regionh.dk tel.: +45 45 11 02 98 www.creodk.eu creoDK is the EU research office of the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark and the Capital Region of Denmark. _____ Fra: loet at leydesdorff.net [leydesdorff at gmail.com] p? vegne af Loet Leydesdorff [loet at leydesdorff.net] Sendt: 24. oktober 2012 11:59 Til: Liselotte H?jgaard; ggian at certh.gr; Christian.Piehler at dlr.de; po at actifoods.com; k.h.bendiksen at fys.uio.no; joergen.kjems at gmail.com; deborah.smith at york.ac.uk; KARI at science.ku.dk; johan.rockstrom at sei.se; ow at ifs.ku.dk; anders.elverhoi at geo.uio.no; Kees.degooijer at wur.nl; nbu at transport.dtu.dk Cc: Kristian Johnsen; cha at adm.dtu.dk; jaan at life.ku.dk; amik at adm.dtu.dk; Torben Hoeoeck Hansen; annah at adm.ku.dk; Birgitte Wederking; Jonas Bak Emne: RE: Copenhagen Research Forum II report web-pdf Dear Liselotte, Thank you for doing this. Please, keep us posted when you bring the report online. Thereafter, it becomes easy to distribute it. Best, Loet _____ Loet Leydesdorff Professor, University of Amsterdam 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/ ; http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ &hl=en From: Liselotte H?jgaard [mailto:Liselotte.Hoejgaard at regionh.dk] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:45 AM To: loet at leydesdorff.net; ggian at certh.gr; Christian.Piehler at dlr.de; po at actifoods.com; k.h.bendiksen at fys.uio.no; joergen.kjems at gmail.com; deborah.smith at york.ac.uk; KARI at science.ku.dk; johan.rockstrom at sei.se; ow at ifs.ku.dk; anders.elverhoi at geo.uio.no; Kees.degooijer at wur.nl; nbu at transport.dtu.dk Cc: Kristian Johnsen; cha at adm.dtu.dk; jaan at life.ku.dk; amik at adm.dtu.dk; Torben Hoeoeck Hansen; annah at adm.ku.dk; Birgitte Wederking; Jonas Bak Subject: Copenhagen Research Forum II report web-pdf Dear all, I am happy to announce the final CRF II report .Here is the PDF version. Printed reports will be send by mail to you. ( If needed please send a mail to Jonas Bak and ask for extra copies). In the following days the report will be distributed to the same recipients as the original report CRF I. Furthermore, we will present the report to all the EU policy-makers and politicians who are currently debating the final steps forming Horizon 2020. Once again a warm thanks to all of you for participating and carrying out this important mission. A special thank you to Jonas Bak and creo.dk for a dedicated and great job. Same big thank you to the secretariat Anne-Line Mikkelsen, Jan Andersen, Torben H??ck Hansen and to our sponsors University of Copenhagen, DTU and Capital Region of Copenhagen. Kind regards Lotte Prof.Dr. Liselotte H?jgaard,MD DMSc Chair Copenhagen Research Forum Professor , University of Copenhagen , Faculty of Medicine Adj. Professor DTU, Technical University of Denmark. Head of Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET Rigshospitalet, KF 4011, Blegdamsvej 9, DK 2100 Copenhagen ?, Denmark. Phone 45 3545 4215 or 45 3545 1792 PA Vibeke R?nn 45 3545 8762 mail: lottepet at rh.dk _____ Denne e-mail indeholder fortrolig information. Hvis du ikke er den rette modtager af denne e-mail eller hvis du modtager den ved en fejltagelse, beder vi dig venligst informere afsender om fejlen ved at bruge svarfunktionen. Samtidig bedes du slette e-mailen med det samme uden at videresende eller kopiere den. _____ Denne e-mail indeholder fortrolig information. Hvis du ikke er den rette modtager af denne e-mail eller hvis du modtager den ved en fejltagelse, beder vi dig venligst informere afsender om fejlen ved at bruge svarfunktionen. Samtidig bedes du slette e-mailen med det samme uden at videresende eller kopiere den. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RogerBrumback at CREIGHTON.EDU Fri Oct 26 14:20:36 2012 From: RogerBrumback at CREIGHTON.EDU (Brumback, Roger A.) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:20:36 +0000 Subject: open access publication Message-ID: I wanted to call everyone's attention to this interesting animated video commentary on the issue of open access for publication: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?n=1533 Roger A. Brumback, M.D. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Child Neurology From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Fri Oct 26 14:32:26 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:32:26 +0000 Subject: Papers of Interest to SIG-Metrics List Readers Message-ID: *Record 1 of 10. Analysis of scientific publications by Chilean surgeons Author(s): Moraga, CJ (Javier Moraga, C.)1; Cartes-Velasquez, R (Cartes-Velasquez, Ricardo)2; Manterola, DC (Carlos Manterola, D.)1,2,3; Urrutia, VS (Sebastian Urrutia, V)3 Group Author(s): Grp Mincir Metodologia Invest Source: REVISTA CHILENA DE CIRUGIA Volume: 64 Issue: 5 Pages: 447-451 Published: OCT 2012 Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science) Cited References: 11 [ view related records ] Citation Map Abstract: Background: The number and quality of publications is an indirect measure of the capacity of an individual, institution or country to generate knowledge. Aim: To assess the number of publications of Chilean surgeons, registered in the Institute for Scientific Knowledge (ISI). Material and Methods: A search was conducted in the ISI platform for publications generated by Chilean surgeons in the last ten years. The number of publications and citations, the journals in which the publications appeared and nationality of coauthors, were analyzed. Results: Three hundred and eighty papers were identified. Of these, 333 (88%) were published in the period 2006-2010. The papers were cited in 1.946 opportunities (impact factor of 5.12 and h-index of 21). Thirty three percent of papers were published in Revista Chilena de Cirugia, 8% in Obesity Surgery and 4% in the World Journal of Surgery. Thirty four percent of papers came from the University of Chile, 21% from Catholic University and 8% from Universidad de la Frontera. Conclusions: The number of publications of Chilean surgeons is experiencing an increase in the last years. Accession Number: WOS:000308787900006 Document Type: Article Language: Spanish Author Keywords: Surgical Procedures; Operative [MeSH]; Bibliometrics [MeSH]; ISI Web of knowledge; Surgery [MeSH] Reprint Address: Moraga, CJ (reprint author), Casilla 54 D, Temuco, Chile. Addresses: 1. Univ La Frontera, Programa Magister Ciencias Med, Temuco, Chile 2. Univ La Frontera, Programa Doctorado Ciencias Med, Temuco, Chile 3. Univ La Frontera, Fac Med, Dept Cirugia & Traumatol, Temuco, Chile E-mail Address: Javier.moragac at gmail.com Publisher: SOC CIRUJANOS CHILE, ROMAN DIAZ 205, OF 401, CASILLA 2843, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE Web of Science Categories: Surgery Research Areas: Surgery IDS Number: 005ZE ISSN: 0379-3893 ======================================================================= *Record 2 of 10. SP-index: The measure of the scientific production of researchers Author(s): Dodson, MV (Dodson, M. V.)1; Duarte, MD (Duarte, Marcio de Souza)2; Dias, LAD (Dias, Luiz Antonio dos Santos)3 Source: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 425 Issue: 4 Pages: 701-702 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.161 Published: SEP 7 2012 Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science) Cited References: 15 [ view related records ] Citation Map Abstract: Ability to assess how solidly one is participating in their research arena is a metric that is of interest to many persons in academia. Such assessment is not easily defined, and differences exist in terms of which metric is the most accurate. In reality, no single production metric exists that is easy to determine and acceptable by the entire scientific community. Here we propose the SP-index to quantify the scientific production of researchers, representing the product of the annual citation number by the accumulated impact factors of the journals whereby the papers appeared, divided by the annual number of published papers. This article discusses such a productivity measure and lends support for the development of unified citation metrics for use by all participating in science research or teaching. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Accession Number: WOS:000309017700001 Document Type: Review Language: English Author Keywords: Citation metrics; Impact factor; Productivity KeyWords Plus: H-INDEX; CITATION ANALYSIS Reprint Address: Dodson, MV (reprint author), Washington State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA. Addresses: 1. Washington State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA 2. Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Zootecnia, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG, Brazil 3. Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Fitotecnia, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG, Brazil E-mail Address: dodson at wsu.edu Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA Web of Science Categories: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics Research Areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics IDS Number: 009HU ISSN: 0006-291X ======================================================================= *Record 3 of 10. Title: Using Bibliometrics to Advance Your Academic Career Authors: Stidham, RW; Sauder, K; Higgins, PDR Author Full Names: Stidham, Ryan W.; Sauder, Kay; Higgins, Peter D. R. Source: GASTROENTEROLOGY, 143 (3):520-523; 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.07.024 SEP 2012 ISSN: 0016-5085 Unique ID: WOS:000308399300027 ======================================================================= *Record 4 of 10. Title: Behind the scenes of scientific articles: Defining categories of fraud and regulating cases Authors: Pontille, D; Torny, D Author Full Names: Pontille, D.; Torny, D. Source: REVUE D EPIDEMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTE PUBLIQUE, 60 (4):247-253; 10.1016/j.respe.2012.06.395 AUG 2012 ISSN: 0398-7620 Unique ID: WOS:000308913200002 ======================================================================= *Record 5 of 10. Title: On using the h-index to analyse species biodiversity and other count data Authors: Kozak, M; Krzanowski, W Author Full Names: Kozak, Marcin; Krzanowski, Wojtek Source: CURRENT SCIENCE, 103 (1):9-9; JUL 10 2012 ISSN: 0011-3891 Unique ID: WOS:000307226800002 ======================================================================= *Record 6 of 10. The h(b)-index, a modified h-index designed to more fairly assess author achievement Author(s): Brown, OR (Brown, Olen R.) Source: REDOX REPORT Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Pages: 176-178 DOI: 10.1179/1351000212Y.0000000016 Published: JUL 2012 Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science) Cited References: 14 [ view related records ] Citation Map Abstract: The h-index characterizes the publication achievement/impact of authors and is defined by the originator Jorge Hirsch as: 'the number of papers with citation number >= h'. The h-index has the inherent characteristic that authors with very different total citations can have the same h-index. In fact, no contributions to the h-index are made either by papers cited fewer times than h, or citations of an individual paper above h. Such citations are 'excess' citations not credited by the h-index. To address these deficiencies, we propose a simple, straightforward modification, the h(b)-index: h(b) = h + root e, where h is the Hirsch h-index and e is the sum of all citations minus h(2). Therefore, e is the excess citations not credited by the h-index. Accession Number: WOS:000309167800005 Document Type: Article Language: English Author Keywords: Publication impact; Author impact; Hirsch index; Modified Hirsch index; Bibliographic impact Reprint Address: Brown, OR (reprint author), Univ Missouri, John M Dalton Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Columbia, MO 65211 USA. Addresses: 1. Univ Missouri, John M Dalton Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Columbia, MO 65211 USA E-mail Address: BrownO at missouri.edu Publisher: MANEY PUBLISHING, STE 1C, JOSEPHS WELL, HANOVER WALK, LEEDS LS3 1AB, W YORKS, ENGLAND Web of Science Categories: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Research Areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology IDS Number: 011LZ ISSN: 1351-0002 ======================================================================= *Record 7 of 10. Title: Scientific Communication Is Down at the Moment, Please Check Again Later Authors: Ioannidis, JPA Author Full Names: Ioannidis, John P. A. Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY, 23 (3):267-270; 10.1080/1047840X.2012.699427 2012 ISSN: 1047-840X Unique ID: WOS:000308983900010 ======================================================================= *Record 8 of 10. Exploring the h-index at the institutional level: A practical application in world university rankings Author(s): Huang, MH (Huang, Mu-Hsuan)1,2 Source: ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Pages: 534-547 DOI: 10.1108/14684521211254059 Published: 2012 Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science) Cited References: 31 [ view related records ] Citation Map Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the scientific performance of universities by extending the application of the h-index from the-individual to the institutional level. A ranking of the world's top universities based on their h-index scores was produced. The geographic distribution of the highly ranked universities by continent and by country was also analysed. Design/approach/methodology - This study uses bibliometric analysis to rank the universities. In order to calculate their h-index the numbers of papers and citations in each university were gathered from Web of Science, including the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. Authority control dealing with variations in university names ensured the accuracy of each university's number of published journal papers and the subsequent statistics of their citations. Findings - It was found that a high correlation exists between the h-index ranking generated in this study and that produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The results confirm the validity of the h-index in the assessment of research performance at the university level. Originality/value - The h-index has been used to evaluate research performance at the institutional level in several recent studies; however these studies evaluated institutions' performance only in certain disciplines or in a single country. This paper measures the research performance of universities all over the world, and the applicability of the h-index at the institutional level was validated by calculating the correlation between the ranking result of the h-index and the ranking by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Accession Number: WOS:000308897400004 Document Type: Article Language: English Author Keywords: H-index; Research evaluation; Bibliometrics; University rankings; Research; Organizational performance KeyWords Plus: SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH OUTPUT; BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNALS Reprint Address: Huang, MH (reprint author), Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept & Grad Inst Lib & Informat Sci, Taipei 10764, Taiwan. Addresses: 1. Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept & Grad Inst Lib & Informat Sci, Taipei 10764, Taiwan 2. Natl Taiwan Univ, Coll Liberal Arts, Taipei 10764, Taiwan E-mail Address: mhhuang at ntu.edu.tw Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, HOWARD HOUSE, WAGON LANE, BINGLEY BD16 1WA, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND Web of Science Categories: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library Science Research Areas: Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science IDS Number: 007OG ISSN: 1468-4527 ======================================================================= *Record 9 of 10. Scientific Utopia: I. Opening Scientific Communication Author(s): Nosek, BA (Nosek, Brian A.)1; Bar-Anan, Y (Bar-Anan, Yoav)2 Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 217-243 DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2012.692215 Published: 2012 Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science) Cited References: 103 [ view related records ] Citation Map Abstract: Existing norms for scientific communication are rooted in anachronistic practices of bygone eras making them needlessly inefficient. We outline a path that moves away from the existing model of scientific communication to improve the efficiency in meeting the purpose of public science-knowledge accumulation. We call for six changes: (a) full embrace of digital communication; (b) open access to all published research; (c) disentangling publication from evaluation; (d) breaking the "one article, one journal" model with a grading system for evaluation and diversified dissemination outlets; (e) publishing peer review; and (f) allowing open, continuous peer review. We address conceptual and practical barriers to change and provide examples showing how the suggested practices are being used already. The critical barriers to change are not technical or financial; they are social. Although scientists guard the status quo, they also have the power to change it. Accession Number: WOS:000308983900001 Document Type: Article Language: English KeyWords Plus: OPEN-ACCESS ARTICLES; PUBLICATION DECISIONS; IMPACT FACTOR; VICE-VERSA; JOURNALS; NEUROSCIENCE; STATISTICS; MANUSCRIPT; BIAS; RELIABILITY Reprint Address: Nosek, BA (reprint author), Univ Virginia, Dept Psychol, 102 Gilmer Hall,Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA. Addresses: 1. Univ Virginia, Dept Psychol, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA 2. Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Psychol, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel E-mail Address: nosek at virginia.edu Publisher: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, 27 CHURCH RD, HOVE BN3 2FA, EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND Web of Science Categories: Psychology, Multidisciplinary Research Areas: Psychology IDS Number: 008VE ISSN: 1047-840X ======================================================================= *Record 10 of 10. Title: Google Scholar Metrics for Publications The software and content features of a new open access bibliometric service Authors: Jacso, P Author Full Names: Jacso, Peter Source: ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW, 36 (4):604-619; 10.1108/14684521211254121 2012 ISSN: 1468-4527 Unique ID: WOS:000308897400008 ======================================================================= From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Fri Oct 26 14:39:48 2012 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:39:48 -0400 Subject: OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness In-Reply-To: <3A3629D57B1D4E44BA8D1FDFD2F38B1208BEEF23@MBX10-F1.blue.jays.creighton.edu> Message-ID: In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: "The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make their publications accessible in institutional repositories?" [Finch Committee Recommendation, June 2012] Testing the Finch Hypothesis We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. Conclusion The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open Access Mandates do have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate model). RCUK (as well as all universities, research institutions and research funders worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. The findings are in the link below. Discussion invited! Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness. Open Access Week 2012 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amsciforum at GMAIL.COM Sat Oct 27 23:58:12 2012 From: amsciforum at GMAIL.COM (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:58:12 -0400 Subject: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness Message-ID: On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:44 PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM < c.oppenheim at btinternet.com> wrote: This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be > forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding > agencies. > > More like this, please Stevan > > Professor Charles Oppenheim > More on the way. But meanwhile, OA advocates, *please do forward these findings on mandate strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies*. It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch Report and the resulting RCUK policy . Stevan Harnad ------------------------------ > *From:* Stevan Harnad > *To:* JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Sent:* Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 > *Subject:* OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate > Effectiveness > > In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: > > *"The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities > themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make > their publications accessible in institutional repositories?"* *[Finch > Committee Recommendation, June 2012 > ]** * > > * > * > *Testing the Finch Hypothesis* > We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP > institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional > repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly > correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the > mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit > rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated > deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national > level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, > has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. > > *Conclusion** > *The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open > Access Mandates *do* have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, > the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, > linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate > model). RCUK (as > well as all universities, research institutions and research funders > worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates > and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. > The findings are in the link below. *Discussion invited!* > Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, > Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA > Mandate Effectiveness . *Open Access > Week 2012* > * * > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Oct 28 06:00:44 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:00:44 +0100 Subject: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Ulf, Am I right that you see these messages? I hope that all is well. >From Baltimore (MD) with best wishes,, Loet ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stevan Harnad Date: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 4:58 AM Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness To: SIGMETRICS at listserv.utk.edu PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM wrote: This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be > forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding > agencies. > > More like this, please Stevan > > Professor Charles Oppenheim > More on the way. But meanwhile, OA advocates, *please do forward these findings on mandate strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies*. It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch Report and the resulting RCUK policy . Stevan Harnad ------------------------------ > *From:* Stevan Harnad > *To:* JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Sent:* Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 > *Subject:* OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate > Effectiveness > > In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: > > *"The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities > themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make > their publications accessible in institutional repositories?"* *[Finch > Committee Recommendation, June 2012 > ]** * > > * > * > *Testing the Finch Hypothesis* > We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP > institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional > repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly > correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the > mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit > rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated > deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national > level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, > has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. > > *Conclusion** > *The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open > Access Mandates *do* have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, > the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, > linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate > model). RCUK (as > well as all universities, research institutions and research funders > worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates > and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. > The findings are in the link below. *Discussion invited!* > Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, > Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA > Mandate Effectiveness . *Open Access > Week 2012* > * * > > > > -- Professor Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Loet On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Stevan Harnad wrote: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:44 > PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM wrote: > > This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be >> forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding >> agencies. >> >> More like this, please Stevan >> >> Professor Charles Oppenheim >> > > More on the way. > > But meanwhile, OA advocates, *please do forward these findings on mandate > strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies*. > > It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions > are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of > the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch > Report and the resulting RCUK policy > . > > Stevan Harnad > > ------------------------------ >> *From:* Stevan Harnad >> *To:* JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK >> *Sent:* Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 >> *Subject:* OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate >> Effectiveness >> >> In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: >> >> *"The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities >> themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make >> their publications accessible in institutional repositories?"* *[Finch >> Committee Recommendation, June 2012 >> ]** * >> >> * >> * >> *Testing the Finch Hypothesis* >> We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP >> institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional >> repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly >> correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the >> mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit >> rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated >> deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national >> level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, >> has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. >> >> *Conclusion** >> *The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open >> Access Mandates *do* have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, >> the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, >> linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate >> model). RCUK (as >> well as all universities, research institutions and research funders >> worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates >> and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. >> The findings are in the link below. *Discussion invited!* >> Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, >> Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA >> Mandate Effectiveness . *Open Access >> Week 2012* >> * * >> >> >> >> > -- Professor Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwojick at CRAIGELLACHIE.US Sun Oct 28 06:44:21 2012 From: dwojick at CRAIGELLACHIE.US (David Wojick) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:44:21 -0400 Subject: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Stevan, did you verify that the deposits were actual articles? In many cases the records counted by ROAR are metadata or other items. For example Cambridge is listed as very large but it has almost no articles. Does ROAR log actual articles separately? I have not seen that in their data but may have missed it. David Wojick On Oct 27, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Stevan Harnad wrote: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:44 PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM wrote: > > This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding agencies. > > More like this, please Stevan > > Professor Charles Oppenheim > > More on the way. > > But meanwhile, OA advocates, please do forward these findings on mandate strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies. > > It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch Report and the resulting RCUK policy. > > Stevan Harnad > > From: Stevan Harnad > To: JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 > Subject: OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness > > In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: > "The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make their publications accessible in institutional repositories?" [Finch Committee Recommendation, June 2012] > > Testing the Finch Hypothesis > We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. > > Conclusion > The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open Access Mandates do have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate model). RCUK (as well as all universities, research institutions and research funders worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. > The findings are in the link below. Discussion invited! > Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness. Open Access Week 2012 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Sun Oct 28 07:57:23 2012 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:57:23 -0400 Subject: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 2012-10-28, at 6:44 AM, David Wojick wrote: > Stevan, did you verify that the deposits were actual articles? In many cases the records counted by ROAR are metadata or other items. For example Cambridge is listed as very large but it has almost no articles. Does ROAR log actual articles separately? I have not seen that in their data but may have missed it. David, you are quite right to ask this question, and the answer is no: 1. ROAR does not yet have a reliable way to determine whether a deposit is the full-text of a refereed journal article or just the metadata (or some other kind of content). 2. However, we do have a robot that can sample and test that with high accuracy, and one natural follow-up study is to use the robot to estimate what proportion of repository content is full-text journal articles. 3. In a prior study we have already used the robot to confirm about 70% full-text deposit for the oldest and strongest mandates. 4. Meanwhile, however, whatever that full-text percentage is globally, it seems reasonable to suppose that it is roughly the same across repositories: hence an increase in the average number of deposits means an increase in full-text deposits, whatever the average full-text percentage is. 5. The mandates in question are full-text deposit deposit mandates: they are not fulfilled by depositing metadata alone (or other kinds of content). 6. Hence it seems reasonable to suppose that if the deposit rate is higher, the stronger the mandate, the increase is in full-text deposits, not just metadata (or other kinds of content), regardless of the baseline proportion of full-text across repositories. 7. To suppose otherwise would be to suppose a rather complicated and ad hoc form of bias: that the institutions which tend to adopt stronger Green OA mandates are also the institutions which tend to have higher deposit rates already -- and/or deposit rates with full-text ratios systematically different from the global average. 8. We did test for bias in university webomtrics rankings associated with mandate strength, but found none. (You are quite right about the enormous number of deposits -- 216,692, mostly not articles -- in the Cambridge repository. This did not enter into our analysis because (a) Cambridge has no mandate at all. Moreover, (b) Cambridge does not rank highly in the medium deposit rate ranking that ROAR considers most closely matched to annual university article output: This suggests that Cambridge is uploading huge batches of some sort of data rarely, rather than regularly depositing approximately the number of articles that universities produce across the year.) Stevan Harnad > > On Oct 27, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Stevan Harnad wrote: > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:44 PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM wrote: >> >> This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding agencies. >> >> More like this, please Stevan >> >> Professor Charles Oppenheim >> >> More on the way. >> >> But meanwhile, OA advocates, please do forward these findings on mandate strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies. >> >> It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch Report and the resulting RCUK policy. >> >> Stevan Harnad >> >> From: Stevan Harnad >> To: JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK >> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 >> Subject: OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness >> >> In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: >> "The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make their publications accessible in institutional repositories?" [Finch Committee Recommendation, June 2012] >> >> Testing the Finch Hypothesis >> We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. >> >> Conclusion >> The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open Access Mandates do have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate model). RCUK (as well as all universities, research institutions and research funders worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. >> The findings are in the link below. Discussion invited! >> Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness. Open Access Week 2012 >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwojick at CRAIGELLACHIE.US Sun Oct 28 08:04:41 2012 From: dwojick at CRAIGELLACHIE.US (David Wojick) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:04:41 -0400 Subject: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks Stevan, nice work! Getting good data here is a challenge. The fog of revolution. As an aside, the big Cambridge numbers seem to come from a huge list of molecule names, each with a separate record. But several Cambridge departments have real article repositories. David Wojick On Oct 28, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Stevan Harnad wrote: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > On 2012-10-28, at 6:44 AM, David Wojick wrote: > >> Stevan, did you verify that the deposits were actual articles? In many cases the records counted by ROAR are metadata or other items. For example Cambridge is listed as very large but it has almost no articles. Does ROAR log actual articles separately? I have not seen that in their data but may have missed it. > > David, you are quite right to ask this question, and the answer is no: > > 1. ROAR does not yet have a reliable way to determine whether a deposit is the full-text of a refereed journal article or just the metadata (or some other kind of content). > > 2. However, we do have a robot that can sample and test that with high accuracy, and one natural follow-up study is to use the robot to estimate what proportion of repository content is full-text journal articles. > > 3. In a prior study we have already used the robot to confirm about 70% full-text deposit for the oldest and strongest mandates. > > 4. Meanwhile, however, whatever that full-text percentage is globally, it seems reasonable to suppose that it is roughly the same across repositories: hence an increase in the average number of deposits means an increase in full-text deposits, whatever the average full-text percentage is. > > 5. The mandates in question are full-text deposit deposit mandates: they are not fulfilled by depositing metadata alone (or other kinds of content). > > 6. Hence it seems reasonable to suppose that if the deposit rate is higher, the stronger the mandate, the increase is in full-text deposits, not just metadata (or other kinds of content), regardless of the baseline proportion of full-text across repositories. > > 7. To suppose otherwise would be to suppose a rather complicated and ad hoc form of bias: that the institutions which tend to adopt stronger Green OA mandates are also the institutions which tend to have higher deposit rates already -- and/or deposit rates with full-text ratios systematically different from the global average. > > 8. We did test for bias in university webomtrics rankings associated with mandate strength, but found none. > > (You are quite right about the enormous number of deposits -- 216,692, mostly not articles -- in the Cambridge repository. This did not enter into our analysis because (a) Cambridge has no mandate at all. Moreover, (b) Cambridge does not rank highly in the medium deposit rate ranking that ROAR considers most closely matched to annual university article output: This suggests that Cambridge is uploading huge batches of some sort of data rarely, rather than regularly depositing approximately the number of articles that universities produce across the year.) > > Stevan Harnad > > >> >> On Oct 27, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Stevan Harnad wrote: >> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:44 PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM wrote: >>> >>> This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding agencies. >>> >>> More like this, please Stevan >>> >>> Professor Charles Oppenheim >>> >>> More on the way. >>> >>> But meanwhile, OA advocates, please do forward these findings on mandate strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies. >>> >>> It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch Report and the resulting RCUK policy. >>> >>> Stevan Harnad >>> >>> From: Stevan Harnad >>> To: JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK >>> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 >>> Subject: OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness >>> >>> In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: >>> "The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make their publications accessible in institutional repositories?" [Finch Committee Recommendation, June 2012] >>> >>> Testing the Finch Hypothesis >>> We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. >>> >>> Conclusion >>> The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open Access Mandates do have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate model). RCUK (as well as all universities, research institutions and research funders worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. >>> The findings are in the link below. Discussion invited! >>> Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness. Open Access Week 2012 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amsciforum at GMAIL.COM Sun Oct 28 17:25:57 2012 From: amsciforum at GMAIL.COM (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:25:57 -0400 Subject: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness In-Reply-To: <508D6160.7090306@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:46 PM, leo waaijers wrote: A good insight in OA versus non-OA publishing and, within OA, about Green > versus Gold may be gained from a recent BMC-article"Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and > internal structure" bij Mikael Laakso and Bo-Christer Bj?rk. > That Laakso & Bj?rk article calculates the annual proportion of articles indexed by WoS and SCOPUS that are published in Gold OA journals (about 12% in 2011). (An additional 5% defined as "delayed Gold," embargoed for up to a year, seems to be credited to the wrong year: An article is only OA when it is OA.) L & B provide no evidence about Green versus Gold (so I'm not sure what insight Leo has in mind). Unmandated Green OA (24%) is at least twice annual Gold OA annually, and mandated Green OA (70%+) is six times annual Gold OA. The only Green vs Gold insight I can discern in this is that universities and funders should mandate Green OA, now, instead of waiting for Gold OA -- or double-paying for Gold pre-emptively, as the Finch Report proposes doing (on the basis of the Finch Hypothesis that Green OA mandates are ineffective -- which is precisely what our new data refute...). Stevan Harnad > Op 28-10-2012 12:57, Stevan Harnad schreef: > > On 2012-10-28, at 6:44 AM, David Wojick wrote: > > Stevan, did you verify that the deposits were actual articles? In many > cases the records counted by ROAR are metadata or other items. For example > Cambridge is listed as very large but it has almost no articles. Does ROAR > log actual articles separately? I have not seen that in their data but may > have missed it. > > > David, you are quite right to ask this question, and the answer is no: > > 1. ROAR does not yet have a reliable way > to determine whether a deposit is the full-text of a refereed journal > article or just the metadata (or some other kind of content). > > 2. However, we do have a robot that can sample and test that with high > accuracy , and one > natural follow-up study is to use the robot to estimate what proportion of > repository content is full-text journal articles. > > 3. In a prior study we have already used the robot to confirm about 70% full-text > deposit for the oldest and strongest mandates. > > 4. Meanwhile, however, whatever that full-text percentage is globally, > it seems reasonable to suppose that it is roughly the same across > repositories: hence an increase in the average number of deposits means an > increase in full-text deposits, whatever the average full-text percentage > is. > > 5. The mandates in question are full-text deposit deposit mandates: *they > are not fulfilled by depositing metadata alone (or other kinds of content). > * > > 6. Hence it seems reasonable to suppose that if the deposit rate is > higher, the stronger the mandate, the increase is in full-text deposits, > not just metadata (or other kinds of content), regardless of the baseline > proportion of full-text across repositories. > > 7. To suppose otherwise would be to suppose a rather complicated and *ad > hoc* form of bias: that the institutions which tend to adopt stronger > Green OA mandates are also the institutions which tend to have higher > deposit rates already -- and/or deposit rates with full-text ratios > systematically different from the global average. > > 8. We did test for bias in university webomtrics rankings associated > with mandate strength, but found none. > > > (You are quite right about the enormous number of deposits -- 216,692, > mostly not articles -- in the Cambridge repository. This > did not enter into our analysis because (a) Cambridge has no mandate at > all. Moreover, (b) Cambridge does not rank highly in the medium deposit > rate ranking > that ROAR considers most closely matched to annual university article > output: This suggests that Cambridge is uploading huge batches of some sort > of data rarely, rather than regularly depositing approximately the number > of articles that universities produce across the year.) > > Stevan Harnad > > > > On Oct 27, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Stevan Harnad wrote: > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:44 > PM, CHARLES OPPENHEIM wrote: > > This is a significant and important set of findings, which should be >> forwarded on to decision-makers, both in Universities and in funding >> agencies. >> >> More like this, please Stevan >> >> Professor Charles Oppenheim >> > > More on the way. > > But meanwhile, OA advocates, *please do forward these findings on > mandate strength to decision-makers at your university and funding agencies > *. > > It's now more important than ever to make sure that OA policy decisions > are evidence-based, especially to counter the extensive negative effects of > the publishing lobby, as most dramatically exerted very recently on the Finch > Report and the resulting RCUK policy > . > > Stevan Harnad > > ------------------------------ >> *From:* Stevan Harnad >> *To:* JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK >> *Sent:* Friday, 26 October 2012, 18:59 >> *Subject:* OA Week: Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate >> Effectiveness >> >> In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement: >> >> *"The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities >> themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make >> their publications accessible in institutional repositories?"* *[Finch >> Committee Recommendation, June 2012 >> ]** * >> >> * >> * >> *Testing the Finch Hypothesis* >> We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP >> institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional >> repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly >> correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the >> mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit >> rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated >> deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national >> level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, >> has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%. >> >> *Conclusion** >> *The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open >> Access Mandates *do* have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, >> the stronger the effect (the Liege ID/OA mandate, >> linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate >> model). RCUK (as >> well as all universities, research institutions and research funders >> worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates >> and to integrate institutional and funder mandates. >> The findings are in the link below. *Discussion invited!* >> Gargouri, Yassine, Lariviere, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Brody, Tim, Carr, >> Les and Harnad, Stevan (2012) Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA >> Mandate Effectiveness . *Open Access >> Week 2012* >> * * >> >> >> >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cassidysugimoto at GMAIL.COM Sun Oct 28 21:38:44 2012 From: cassidysugimoto at GMAIL.COM (Cassidy Sugimoto) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:38:44 -0400 Subject: SIG/MET planning meeting at ASIST Message-ID: If you are at ASIST and interested in metrics, please join us from 6-7pm in Calloway B on Monday (10/29) for the SIG/MET planning meeting! We will be celebrating our selection as ASIST SIG of the Year and planning for another great year. Also, please let me know if you are interested in serving as an officer in SIG/MET. For more on this special interest group of ASIST, see: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGMET/ Best, Cassidy -- Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Andreas.Strotmann at GESIS.ORG Mon Oct 29 09:15:54 2012 From: Andreas.Strotmann at GESIS.ORG (Strotmann, Andreas) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:15:54 +0000 Subject: Nov. 15/16, 2012 - Introduction to bibliometrics and scientometrics. Cologne, Germany Message-ID: http://www.gesis.org/veranstaltungen/gesis-workshops/bibliometrie-und-szientometrie/ Bibliometrics and Scientometrics Lecturers: Andreas Strotmann, Ph.D. and Prof. Dangzhi Zhao, Ph.D. 15. - 16. November 2012 Bibliometric methods connect to traditional analytic methods of the social sciences in many ways, but come with their own unique challenges with respect to the transformation of "raw" bibliographic information into bibliometrically analyzable data. This workshop introduces participants to methods for constructing and for analyzing bibliometric datasets, with a focus on both the potential and the limitations of bibliometric methodologies in social science research applications. We plan to conduct the workshop as a combination of introductory lectures and hands-on-sessions. The workshop targets scientists at all levels who plan to employ bibliometric techniques in their research. Objectives The workshop aims to provide an introduction to methods, techniques and strategies of bibliometric or scientrometric analysis. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK Tue Oct 30 08:42:53 2012 From: harnad at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:42:53 -0400 Subject: Metadata indicating full-text deposits for institutional repositories In-Reply-To: <508FC085.4050706@uni-bielefeld.de> Message-ID: Bravo to Dirk and others for their efforts to create reliable full-text deposit metrics for institutional repositories. Let me just stress, though, that -- for our recent findings on the correlation between deposit-mandate-strength and deposits -- the fact that not all deposits are full-texts would work against, not for, detecting a correlation: The deposit-mandates are all full-text mandates, not metadata-mandates. Hence whatever the baseline ratio of full-text deposits to total deposits, a significant increase in total deposits with an increase in deposit-mandate strength is far more likely to be the result of an increase in full-text deposits than of other kinds of content, unrelated to what the deposit-mandate is mandating. That said, it would be splendid if repositories provided clearer and fuller metadata to indicate full-text deposits (and, in particular, full-text deposits of peer-reviewed research articles). Eprints and Dspace developers (and IR managers): Attention! Stevan Harnad On 2012-10-30, at 7:56 AM, Dirk Pieper wrote: > Seb, > > the correct term for the "Number of documents" line should be "Number of > OAI PMH metadata records", but outside the information professional > world nobody will understand this I suppose. BASE is harvesting OAI > metadata only. > > You are adressing a very important question: what is the ratio of OAI > metadata and Open Access full texts? > > Of course there are repositories, which provide 100% open access, but on > the other hand we see that repositories are becoming more and more > platforms for exposing the whole publication output of an institution. > So it would be great, if repository managers would use setSPEC > information about open access to documents more often (there are enough > guidelines from DARE, DINI, DRIVER, OpenAire, ...). > > We are trying to indicate real open access to documents within BASE > soon, but I fear that we can indicate this information only for a small > portion of the metadata. > > Best > Dirk > > > Am 30.10.2012 10:45, schrieb Seb Schmoller: >> Dirk, >> In the chart does the "Number of documents" line represent "full text >> records" or "full text records and metadata only records", and if the >> latter is there easily extractable data for each? (Apologies if these >> terms are not strictly accurate.) >> Seb Schmoller >> >> On 30/10/2012 08:14, Dirk Pieper wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> BASE has currently indexed 2.356 repositories, which is more than >>> OpenDoar but less than ROAR have listed. >>> >>> This page shows the growth since 2004: >>> >>> http://www.base-search.net/about/en/about_statistics.php?menu=2 >>> >>> Because we administer the BASE repository list every week when updating >>> the index, we can assure, that there are not so many skeletons in the >>> BASE index. >>> >>> Best >>> Dirk >>> >>> >>> Am 30.10.2012 07:54, schrieb Richard Poynder: >>>> Thanks for this Heather. >>>> >>>> I think your figures come from OpenDoar >>>> (http://www.opendoar.org/index.html), which currently appears to list 2,217 >>>> repositories. Meanwhile ROAR (http://roar.eprints.org/) lists 2,993. >>>> >>>> With regard specifically to BMC's Open Repository service, OpenDoar lists 20 >>>> repositories that use the service (0.9% of the market), whereas ROAR lists >>>> 18 (0.6%). >>>> >>>> BMC itself lists 22 organisations that use its Open Repository services >>>> (http://www.openrepository.com/customers). >>>> >>>> Richard Poynder >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On Behalf >>>> Of Heather Morrison >>>> Sent: 29 October 2012 21:48 >>>> To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) >>>> Subject: [GOAL] Re: R Poynder Interviews I Gibson About 2004 UK Select >>>> Committee Green OA Mandate Recommendation >>>> >>>> Open Repository is just one repository service. >>>> >>>> The numbers for total growth of open repositories in total are much more >>>> relevant. Since 2006, the numbers of open repositories around the world have >>>> increased from just over 800 to over 2,200 (nearly tripling in numbers), as >>>> illustrated in this growth chart in the most recent Dramatic Growth of Open >>>> Access: >>>> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.ca/2012/10/thank-you-open-access-movement.ht >>>> ml >>>> >>>> The repository numbers per se are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. >>>> Some of the repositories up and running in 2004 were in early pilot phases. >>>> It takes time to get such a service up and running, develop and find support >>>> for an institutional open access policy, educate faculty and students about >>>> this new service, and fill the repository. In the past 8 years or so, we >>>> have gone from a point where a very few institutions had early repositories >>>> to a point where I would argue that an IR is a "must-have" to be taken >>>> seriously as a research institution. >>>> >>>> The situation in British Columbia (where I work) very much reflects this. In >>>> 2004, only the largest institutions either had pilot IRs or IRs in the >>>> planning stages. Today, there are a number of very actively promoted IRs. >>>> Currently, what we are discussing at BC Electronic Library Network is a >>>> collaborative approach to ensure that all BC post-secondaries have access to >>>> this important service. >>>> >>>> best, >>>> >>>> Heather Morrison >>>> pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/ >>>> >>>> On 2012-10-29, at 12:53 PM, Jan Velterop wrote: >>>> >>>>> Richard, >>>>> >>>>> The best person to ask about Open Repository would be Matt Cockerill, >>>> director at BMC. >>>>> I think you use the right term when you say that publishers 'allow' >>>> self-archiving. Too often I see that interpreted as 'endorse', but that is a >>>> very different thing in my view (and theirs, too, I guess). >>>>> Jan >>>>> >>>>> On 29 Oct 2012, at 13:40, Richard Poynder wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the clarification Jan. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder if anyone from BMC could update the list on how popular the Open >>>> Repository service has proved, whether users are currently growing or >>>> decreasing, and how many users there are at the moment etc.? >>>>>> By the way, this is what BMC founder Vitek Tracz said to me in December >>>> 2004 >>>> (http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2006/05/interview-with-vitek-tracz.html). >>>>>> RP: One further complication that could perhaps retard progress is that >>>> the OA movement has forked, with advocates disagreeing over the best way >>>> forward. While OA publishers like you advocate OA publishing (the so-called >>>> "Gold Road" to OA) supporters of the "Green Road" like Stevan Harnad argue >>>> that it is sufficient for authors to continue publishing in traditional >>>> subscription-based journals, but to then self-archive their papers. Does >>>> Harnad have a point? >>>>>> VT: I do not think so. Self-archiving is of course very desirable, but >>>> the issue is quite simple: publishers are not really going to allow authors >>>> to self-archive in an easy way, and authors are not going to do it unless it >>>> is completely painless. >>>>>> RP: I'm told that around 93% of journals currently do allow >>>> self-archiving? >>>>>> VT: They say they allow it, but publishers have merely created the >>>> pretence of allowing it. They don't really. They say they allow >>>> self-archiving, but authors can't just take their published papers and >>>> archive them: they have to use their original manuscript, without any of the >>>> corrections and changes made by the publisher. They have to mark it up >>>> themselves, and they cannot use the illustrations created or amended by the >>>> publisher. In practice it is really quite difficult to reproduce the >>>> published paper. >>>>>> If self-archiving were so easy why isn't it happening? Because in >>>> practice self-archiving is impractical. That said, for those who want it >>>> BioMed Central supports self-archiving by offering to help institutions >>>> create repositories for their researchers' papers. >>>>>> Richard Poynder >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On >>>> Behalf Of Jan Velterop >>>>>> Sent: 29 October 2012 11:07 >>>>>> To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) >>>>>> Subject: [GOAL] Re: R Poynder Interviews I Gibson About 2004 UK Select >>>> Committee Green OA Mandate Recommendation >>>>>> In response to what we heard in the market, Richard. That our offering >>>> was launched so quickly after the Select Committee Report came out was more >>>> like a happy coincidence. >>>>>> Besides, should we have realised the importance of repositories as a >>>> result of the Inquiry, would there be a problem with actually offering >>>> concrete assistance to repositories some time *after* we realised the >>>> importance of repositories' role? Well, in our case the realisation came >>>> quite some time before we offered the service. These things take >>>> preparation, you know. Extraordinary, isn't it? >>>>>> You may recall that we were convinced of the potential importance of >>>> repositories as evidenced already at the BOAI, and the Bethesda Statement on >>>> Open Access, both of which I signed on behalf of BMC. >>>>>> The point I tried to make is that we argued for OA. And yes, we did try >>>> to convince authors to publish in the fully and immediately open BMC >>>> journals. Calling that "Lobbying for giving up authors' preferred journals >>>> in favour of Gold OA journals" is spin. Were I to use similar spin, I could >>>> say something like "the Green OA advocates are lobbying for authors to be >>>> mandated to deposit their manuscripts in repositories, and be forced to >>>> accept sub-optimal OA, with access delays, technical and usage limitations, >>>> and problematic financing of publishing via subscriptions." >>>>>> But spin is not doing Open Access justice. It is Open Access I advocate. >>>> Immediate and with full re-use rights. If 'green' achieves that, too, great. >>>> Most repositories do have final, published, OA articles in their collections >>>> as well. Open from day one. With CC-BY licences. 'Gold' is not antithetical >>>> to repositories. I don't think it is good, though, to be satisfied with >>>> sub-optimal solutions just for reasons of expediency. >>>>>> Jan >>>>>> >>>>>> On 29 Oct 2012, at 10:34, Richard Poynder wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 28 Oct 2012, at 23:07, Stevan Harnad wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Giving up authors' preferred journals in favour of pure Gold OA journals >>>> was what (I think) BMC's Vitek Tracz and Jan Velterop had been lobbying for >>>> at the time >>>>>> Stevan may think so, but that doesn't make it correct or accurate. What >>>> we advocated (lobbied for in Stevan's words) at the time, and what I still >>>> advocate now, is open access. Period. We argued that a system of open access >>>> publishing at source is better than a subscription system, and we realised >>>> that repositories would likely play an important role in achieving open >>>> access. That's why BMC offered assistance with establishing repositories, >>>> and the company still does: http://www.openrepository.com >>>>>> I think it would be true to say that BioMed Central launched its >>>> repository service in response to the Select Committee Inquiry? >>>>>> http://www.biomedcentral.com/presscenter/pressreleases/20040913 >>>>>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Oct 30 14:41:09 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:41:09 +0000 Subject: Papers of posssible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Making an impact instead of 'publish or perish' (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Jansen, MW; Ruwaard, D SOURCE: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 22 (5). OCT 2012. p.613-614 OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD KEYWORDS+: POLICY; HEALTH AUTHOR ADDRESS: MW Jansen, S Limburg Reg Publ Hlth Serv, POB 2022, NL-6160 HA Geleen, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Record citations in 2011 contribute to maintenance of the impact factor of BJN (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Calder, PC SOURCE: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION 108 (5). SEP 14 2012. p.759-761 CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, CAMBRIDGE KEYWORDS+: MICROBIOTA; WEIGHT; ADULTS; RISK AUTHOR ADDRESS: PC Calder, Univ Southampton, Fac Med, Inst Human Nutr, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Data envelopment analysis 1978-2010: A citation-based literature survey (Article, English) AUTHOR: Liu, JS; Lu, LYY; Lu, WM; Lin, BJY SOURCE: OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 41 (1 SP ISS). JAN 2013. p.3-15 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS: Data envelopment analysis; Literature survey; Citation analysis; Main path analysis KEYWORDS+: DECISION-MAKING UNITS; ADDITIVE EFFICIENCY DECOMPOSITION; NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER MODELS; LOGLET LAB SOFTWARE; NETWORK-DEA MODEL; OF-THE-ART; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MALMQUIST INDEXES; IMPRECISE DATA; 2-STAGE DEA ABSTRACT: This study surveys the data envelopment analysis (DEA) literature by applying a citation-based approach. The main goals are to find a set of papers playing the central role in DEA development and to discover the latest active DEA subareas. A directional network is constructed based on citation relationships among academic papers. After assigning an importance index to each link in the citation network, main DEA development paths emerge. We examine various types of main paths, including local main path, global main path, and multiple main paths. The analysis result suggests, as expected, that Charnes et al. (1978) [Charnes A, Cooper WW, Rhodes E. Measuring the efficiency of decision making units. European Journal of Operational Research 1978; 2(6): 429- 444] is the most influential DEA paper. The five most active DEA subareas in recent years are identified; among them the "two-stage contextual factor evaluation framework" is relatively more active. Aside from the main path analysis, we summarize basic statistics on DEA journals and researchers. A growth curve analysis hints that the DEA literature's size will eventually grow to at least double the size of the existing literature. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JS Liu, Natl Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Grad Inst Technol Management, 43,Sect 4,Keelung Rd, Taipei 10607, Taiwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The 2011 Journal Citation Reports and the impact factor of the Journal of Applied Oral Science (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Santos, CF SOURCE: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ORAL SCIENCE 20 (3). MAY-JUN 2012. p.294 UNIV SAO PAULO FAC ODONTOLOGIA BAURU, BAURU-SP SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: IMPACT FACTORS AND RISK FACTORS IN STRUCTURAL AND COHESION FUNDS ABSORPTION. A CASE STUDY FOR ROMANIA, THREE YEARS AFTER THE LAUNCH (Article, English) AUTHOR: Nistor, R; Popa, I; Lacurezeanu, R; Zelter, DZ; Zelter, SZ SOURCE: MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES, BOOK 2. 2011. p.101-104 DEMOCRITUS UNIV THRACE, KOMOTINI SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* ABSTRACT: There is a generalized concern, at different levels, for increasing the absorption rate of European funds. 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