Papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM
Tue Oct 2 18:10:22 EDT 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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