From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sat Sep 1 02:20:27 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:20:27 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > Using a mix of heterogeneous indicators will always permit one to say that the mix bag represent the ?overall? activity of an institution. It is like saying that the sum of temperature and humidity gives the ?overall weather? as opposed to temperature. Dear Yves: I agree. We need a multi-variate model, including co-variates, etc. For example, the ?document type? can make a difference. Furthermore, most distributions are skewed and thus non-parametric statistics are needed. ?Average impact? is not good enough. A bientot (in Montreal), Best, Loet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES Sat Sep 1 04:35:19 2012 From: isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 10:35:19 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <1346451681.2663.27.camel@maison> Message-ID: Dear Jean-Claude, I can not say anything about intentions because I do not know the policies involved. But I can talk about facts and these are very simple: - HAL is developing both a central repository and helping in the development of institutional repositories. It is a welcomed initiative as provide both technical expertise and funding support and from a political point of view is reinforcing OA agenda in France. - When referring to the institutional repositories there are universities who claim their "moral rights" to the papers authored by their members and use the institutional web domain of the university like for example: HAL Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie http://hal.upmc.fr/ HAL Universit? de Bretagne Occidentale http://hal.univ-brest.fr/ and others (like the ones I cited in previous messages) that not. I am not against HAL, just on the contrary, but remember the serious problems we have in bibliometrics correctly assigning affiliations from signatures in papers. Also consider that many rectors are giving instructions for standardizing they way the affiliations are used. So, why a so important resource is forgotten? Best, Quoting Jean-Claude Gu?don: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > But the French choice was to create a central repository for the whole > country. This is what HAL is all about. > > A ranking system should be able to correct for the effects of such a > policy. There was no "surrendering in this case", just a choice to > create a one-stop entry into French OA literature. > > Jean-Claude Gu?don > > > > Le vendredi 31 ao?t 2012 ? 11:02 +0200, Isidro F. Aguillo a ?crit : > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> El 31/08/2012 10:31, Clement Levallois escribi?: >> >> > >> > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> > >> > Interesting! >> > >> > >> > >> > In the ranking for Europe, not a single French university in the 100 >> > first? Wow. >> > >> > >> > (see >> > here: http://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_Europe/European_Union) >> > >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > >> > Clement >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Clement Levallois, PhD >> > Erasmus University Rotterdam >> > The Netherlands >> > >> > pro website / personal website >> > >> > >> > twitter and skype: @seinecle >> > Discover the NESSHI project: http://www.nesshi.eu >> > >> >> Dear all: >> >> You can check the Excellence indicator (papers in the 10% top cited) >> that Paris 6 is 28th and Paris XI is 98th so the reasons for the >> delayed ranks are related to the web presence. Language is an >> important issue as English-speaking countries are clearly >> over-represented but it is not the only reason. Perhaps interesting to >> this list is that the commitment to open access is limited. You can >> check the performance of the French university repositories here: >> >> http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Europe/France >> >> It is very surprising that in some cases they have surrendered their >> own web domains in their "institutional" repositories. A few examples: >> >> ?cole Polytechnique http://hal-polytechnique.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> Universit? Paris 1 Panth?on Sorbonne >> http://hal-paris1.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> ?cole Mines ParisTech http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> Universit? de Nice Sophia Antipolis >> http://hal-unice.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >> Of course this practice is penalizing their position in the Ranking. >> >> Best, >> >> >> -- >> **************************** >> >> Isidro F. Aguillo, HonDr. >> The Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC >> Madrid. SPAIN >> >> isidro.aguillo at cchs.csic.es >> >> **************************** > -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es www. webometrics.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES Sat Sep 1 05:04:45 2012 From: isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:04:45 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <1346467392.50417640901fa@courriel1.sitel.uqam.ca> Message-ID: Quoting : > You write: > > "Then, what is the difference with "publish or perish"?" > > Well: performativity is a quite different thing than publish or > perish! When you > publish a paper (for whatever reason) you produce a unit of something > definite. > When you bring people you adapt to an indicator based on web > visibility they do > not produce anything new but just make it visible on the web. Why > should THAT be > an indicator of anything other than making it "visible"? This has no clear > meaning and you just create a universe based on a self-fulfilling prophecy in > which people take the indicator for the reality instead of looking at the > reality and then trying to get a good indicator for it. And producing > that every > year has no interest since a university is a big inertial boat that > cannot move > fast in a year. So this is JUST marketing. I predict that this line > of thought > will bring university managers to evaluate people on their "Twitter" > visibility > soon, even though talk on twitter is no ore than conversation over a > beer at a > bar. This could not be measured however, so we did not care. NOW we > can measure > tweets easily so we will do it without thinking hard about what that practice > means exactly and without thinking about the consequences of creating such > dubious pseudo-indicators. Interesting. You are defending the web is only a platform for "marketing" knowledge already available by other sources. Even if there are specific web contents, they are not interesting, useful or have enough quality at all to be analyzed with informetric methods. The calendar say we are in 2012 and the scenario you described is no longer correct. There is a lot of genuine new scientific knowledge on the web, of course scientific papers, but other contents that were never available in other formats. And those contents are the ones we are focusing (tweets not for now as trending topics in science is completely unrelated with research fronts identification, is not?) "Web publish or perish" is as legitimate as "Publish or perish" > You also write: > > "Temperature: So, do you prefer measuring "specific" movement of millions of >> molecules in a glass of water than applying an "overall" thermometer. This a >> good example of what an INDICATOR is". >> > > But temperature is homogeneous (and so is different from humidity); > it is not a > composite indicator at all. Adding different indicators (as I suggested by > saying to add temperature to humidity) cannot produce a well defined > indicator > when they are are heterogeneous. > Conclusion: less urge on measuring anything obvious and more thought on what > exactly a given indicator means before concelling universities to > adapt to it. > It took time to construct a good thermometer and distinguishing it from the > measure of humidity... >From exactly this point of view, what is the difference between combining number of papers and number of citations and combining webpages and weblinks? Best regards, > Best regards > > Yves Gingras > > > Surlignage "Isidro F. Aguillo" : > >> Quoting Yves Gingras: >> >> > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> > >> > You write: >> > >> > ???Even more interesting we are able to identify reasons (web bad >> practices) >> > for major discrepancies. And we can offer advice and our results are >> useful >> > for many universities???. >> > >> > But this is obviously a tautology based oin the performative aspect of >> the >> > indicator! >> >> Thanks. This is easy: Then, what is the difference with "publish or perish"? >> >> >> > You are in fact saying: ???1) I define performance with the presence on >> the >> > web; 2) your institution is not there or badly ranked, then 3) get a >> better >> > web and you will be defined as having a better ???performance???... It is >> > exactly liked rankings based on books in college libraries: we do not >> know >> > if that means the college is really better than any other but DO buy >> books >> > if your college is badly ranked! >> >> This is a misunderstanding. We are NOT measuring web design nor >> usability. We >> are measuring academic contents produced by faculty members, researchers or >> technicians and their impact in a truly global huge audience. It is not >> enough to publish on the web, in order to receive links these >> contents should >> be good, useful or interesting independently of their appearance. >> >> > I fail to see how this is a real discovery or contribution. It is exactly >> > like a marketing company saying what color of a tie you should wear to >> pass >> > on TV. >> >> Sorry? So, if we analyze your list of papers we are making science but if we >> consider your academic webpages, are we making "marketing"? >> >> > We are far from measuring specific, as opposed to ???overall??? (whatever >> that >> > means) performance of an institution. Using a mix of heterogeneous >> > indicators will always permit one to say that the mix bag represent the >> > ???overall??? activity of an institution. It is like saying that the sum >> of >> > temperature and humidity gives the ???overall weather??? as opposed to >> > temperature. >> >> Temperature: So, do you prefer measuring "specific" movement of millions of >> molecules in a glass of water than applying an "overall" thermometer. This a >> good example of what an INDICATOR is. >> >> And, please do not forget the empirical results. >> >> Best, >> >> > >> > Best regards >> > >> > >> > Yves >> > >> > >> > >> > Le 31/08/12 13:18, ?? Isidro F. Aguillo ?? >> a >> > ??crit : >> > >> >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html Quoting Yves Gingras: >> >> >> >>> > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>> > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>> > >> >>> > The vagueness of the indicator is here componded by the arbitrary >> >>> > ponderation: why 50%? Why not 10% for links and 80% for citations? >> >> >> >> The ponderation is based in a model following a ratio 1:1 between >> >> activity and >> >> impact, so 50% for each. Basically it is he same ratio that >> >> everybody uses in >> >> bibliometrics between papers and citations. >> >> >> >> >> >> This just >> >>> > confirms that a composite indicator of heterogeneous measures has no >> >>> > definite meaning. Also: is being ??linked to?? or being ??visited by?? >> many >> >>> > people really measuring something definite? >> >> >> >> Never, in no place we have defended the use of visits for the same >> reasons >> >> most of the people does not use journal circulation for scientific >> >> evaluation. >> >> >> >> Linking is an intellectual action and if you are linking academic >> >> contents is >> >> because they are interesting or useful according to your criteria, >> >> If you are >> >> a scientist the motivations for linking are not far different that the >> ones >> >> for citing. >> >> >> >> >> >> It seems here that numbers are >> >>> > used because they are available even though nobody knows what they >> mean >> >>> > exactly. We should strive to build indicators the meaning of which we >> >>> > control to make sure we can then understand they variation over time: >> we >> >>> > know a thermometer measures temperature and not humidity (for >> >>> which we need >> >>> > a hygrometer) but if we we add (or multiply) one with the other we >> any >> >>> > precise informatino on temperature... >> >> >> >> My hypothesis is that our "thermometer" is able to measure overall >> >> university >> >> performance. The empirical results correlate highly with other rankings >> >> including bibliometric ones; Harvard, MIT, Standford in top, Cambridge, >> >> Oxford, ETH Zurich heading Europe, Tokyo first in Asia or Sao Paulo >> >> first for >> >> Latinamerica. >> >> >> >> Even more interesting we are able to identify reasons (web bad >> >> practices) for >> >> major discrepancies. And we can offer advice and our results are useful >> for >> >> many universities. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> >> >>> > Best regards >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Yves Gingras >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Le 31/08/12 11:39, ?? Isidro F. Aguillo ?? >> a >> >>> > ??crit : >> >>> > >> >>>> >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>>> >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>>> >> Dear Loet: >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> Not sure. My first candidate is the number of webeditors and the >> >>>> university >> >>>> >> policies about contributors. 1000s scholars building rich >> >>>> personal pages >> >>>> are >> >>>> >> far more effective than a well paid webmaster. >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> Also, do not forget that web publications is only 50% of the >> total. >> >>>> >> The other >> >>>> >> 50% is impact or link visibility, ie the number of inlinks you >> received >> >>>> that >> >>>> >> in the case of top universities means thousands of people linking >> >>>> >> ("citing" a >> >>>> >> webpage) to the university webdomain. >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> Best, >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> El 31/08/2012 16:32, Loet Leydesdorff escribi??: >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>>> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>>>> >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html Re: >> >>>>> [SIGMETRICS] Ranking >> > Web >> >>>>> >>> (Webometrics) of Universities >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Dear Isidro, >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Yet, the web-ranks may (partially) correlate with the budgets of >> the >> >>>>> >>> webmasters. J >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Could you test this? >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Best, >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Loet >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics >> >>>>> >>> [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Isidro F. >> Aguillo >> >>>>> >>> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 4:29 PM >> >>>>> >>> To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU >> >>>>> >>> Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Ranking Web (Webometrics) of >> Universities >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>>>> >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> Dear Yves: >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> There is no a single answer, but many possible candidate >> answers: >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> - Scientific discoveries should be communicated, preferably not >> >>>>> >>> only to the >> >>>>> >>> scientists working at rich western organizations. Today Web >> >>>>> is the most >> >>>>> >>> universal and cheaper scholarly communication tool. Ranking >> MEASURES >> > the >> >>>>> >>> amount of new knowledge generated and how much is published >> >>>>> in an open >> >>>>> >>> format. >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> - Most of the scientists are not only producing papers in formal >> >>>>> >>> international journals, but their activities are richer and >> >>>>> >>> diverse. Ranking >> >>>>> >>> MEASURES all the outputs, formal and informal, if they >> >>>>> publish them on >> > the >> >>>>> >>> Web. >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> - Universities (specially public ones) are investing a lot, not >> only >> > in >> >>>>> >>> research, but in other different missions. For example promoting >> >>>>> distance >> >>>>> >>> learning (through web platforms), supplying information about >> their >> >>>>> >>> governance (transparency), attracting talented students and >> >>>>> prestigious >> >>>>> >>> professors through internationalization of their web contents, >> >>>>> supplying >> >>>>> >>> information of their technological developments in their >> specialized >> > web >> >>>>> >>> portals and so on. Ranking MEASURES all these different activities >> if >> >>>>> they >> >>>>> >>> are making public in the Web. >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> These are only a few examples. >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> El 31/08/2012 15:55, Yves Gingras escribi??: >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>>>>> >>>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>>>>> >>>> These >> >>>>>> results show >> > that >> >>>>>> >>>> the ??indicator?? is dubious and does not really indicate >> anything >> >>>>>> >>>> specific... >> >>>>>> >>>> Instead of writing that the use of web domains is >> >>>>>> ??penalizing their >> >>>>>> >>>> position in the Ranking??, one should instead conclude that >> using >> >>>>>> >>>> web domains >> >>>>>> >>>> to ??rank?? institutions is dubious since it misrepresent the >> >>>>>> >>>> reality: should >> >>>>>> >>>> institutions adapt to indicators OR should indicators be adapted >> to >> > the >> >>>>>> >>>> reality of institutions???... Before multiplying ??indicators?? >> maybe >> > one >> >>>>>> >>>> should first ask the basic question: ??what on earth does this >> thing >> >>>>>> really >> >>>>>> >>>> MEASURE??? >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Yves Gingras >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Le 31/08/12 05:02, ?? Isidro F. Aguillo ?? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> a ??crit : >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>>>>> >>>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> El 31/08/2012 10:31, Clement Levallois escribi??: >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >>>>>> >>>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Interesting! >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> In the ranking for Europe, not a single French university in >> the >> >>>>>> >>>> 100 first? >> >>>>>> >>>> Wow. >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> (see here: >> >>>>>> http://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_Europe/European_Union) >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Best, >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Clement >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------- >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Clement Levallois, PhD >> >>>>>> >>>> Erasmus University Rotterdam >> >>>>>> >>>> The Netherlands >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> pro website >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> / >> >>>>>> >>>> personal website >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> twitter and skype: @seinecle >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Discover the NESSHI project: http://www.nesshi.eu >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Dear all: >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> You can check the Excellence indicator (papers in the 10% top >> >>>>>> >>>> cited) that >> >>>>>> >>>> Paris 6 is 28th and Paris XI is 98th so the reasons for the >> delayed >> >>>>>> ranks >> >>>>>> >>>> are related to the web presence. Language is an important issue >> as >> >>>>>> >>>> English-speaking countries are clearly over-represented but >> >>>>>> it is not >> > the >> >>>>>> >>>> only reason. Perhaps interesting to this list is that the >> >>>>>> >>>> commitment to open >> >>>>>> >>>> access is limited. You can check the performance of the French >> >>>>>> university >> >>>>>> >>>> repositories here: >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Europe/France >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> It is very surprising that in some cases they have >> surrendered >> >>>>>> their own >> >>>>>> >>>> web domains in their "institutional" repositories. A few >> examples: >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> ??cole Polytechnique >> >>>>>> http://hal-polytechnique.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >>>>>> >>>> Universit?? Paris 1 Panth??on Sorbonne >> >>>>>> >>>> http://hal-paris1.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >>>>>> >>>> ??cole Mines ParisTech >> http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >>>>>> >>>> Universit?? de Nice Sophia Antipolis >> >>>>>> >>>> http://hal-unice.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Of course this practice is penalizing their position in the >> >>>>>> Ranking. >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Best, >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Yves Gingras >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Professeur >> >>>>>> >>>> D??partement d'histoire >> >>>>>> >>>> Centre interuniversitaire de recherche >> >>>>>> >>>> sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) >> >>>>>> >>>> Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire >> >>>>>> >>>> et sociologie des sciences >> >>>>>> >>>> Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) >> >>>>>> >>>> UQAM >> >>>>>> >>>> C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville >> >>>>>> >>>> Montr??al, Qu??bec >> >>>>>> >>>> Canada, H3C 3P8 >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> Tel: (514)-987-3000-7053 >> >>>>>> >>>> Fax: (514)-987-7726 >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>>> >>>> http://www.chss.uqam.ca >> >>>>>> >>>> http://www.cirst.uqam.ca >> >>>>>> >>>> http://www.ost.uqam.ca >> >>>>>> >>>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>>>> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Yves Gingras >> >>> > >> >>> > Professeur >> >>> > D??partement d'histoire >> >>> > Centre interuniversitaire de recherche >> >>> > sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) >> >>> > Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire >> >>> > et sociologie des sciences >> >>> > Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) >> >>> > UQAM >> >>> > C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville >> >>> > Montr??al, Qu??bec >> >>> > Canada, H3C 3P8 >> >>> > >> >>> > Tel: (514)-987-3000-7053 >> >>> > Fax: (514)-987-7726 >> >>> > >> >>> > http://www.chss.uqam.ca >> >>> > http://www.cirst.uqam.ca >> >>> > http://www.ost.uqam.ca >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > Yves Gingras >> > >> > Professeur >> > D??partement d'histoire >> > Centre interuniversitaire de recherche >> > sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) >> > Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire >> > et sociologie des sciences >> > Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) >> > UQAM >> > C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville >> > Montr??al, Qu??bec >> > Canada, H3C 3P8 >> > >> > Tel: (514)-987-3000-7053 >> > Fax: (514)-987-7726 >> > >> > http://www.chss.uqam.ca >> > http://www.cirst.uqam.ca >> > http://www.ost.uqam.ca >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD >> Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC >> Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain >> >> isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es >> www. webometrics.info > > > > -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es www. webometrics.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES Sat Sep 1 05:24:20 2012 From: isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:24:20 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <001c01cd8809$e1e5a820$a5b0f860$@leydesdorff.net> Message-ID: Quoting Loet Leydesdorff: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >> Using a mix of heterogeneous indicators will always permit one to >> say that the mix bag represent the ?overall? activity of an >> institution. It is like saying that the sum of temperature and >> humidity gives the ?overall weather? as opposed to temperature. > > Dear Yves: I agree. We need a multi-variate model, including > co-variates, etc. For example, the ?document type? can make a > difference. Furthermore, most distributions are skewed and thus > non-parametric statistics are needed. ?Average impact? is not good > enough. Loet, everybody agrees with that. Politicians, rectors, managers, faculty members and even students and their families are eagerly awaiting for this model and a ranking (or similar tool) based on it. But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a collective failure of our discipline. Best regards, > A bientot (in Montreal), > > Best, > Loet > > -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es www. webometrics.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jean.claude.guedon at UMONTREAL.CA Sat Sep 1 06:33:41 2012 From: jean.claude.guedon at UMONTREAL.CA (Jean-Claude =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gu=E9don?=) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 06:33:41 -0400 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <20120901103519.189017soa8w51ih3@webmail.csic.es> Message-ID: Dear Isidro, What I was trying to say is that the French, for one reason or another, have moved toward a central repository. There has been some resistance to HAL and your examples illustrate this. My point is not being for or against HAL; my point is that the presence of HAL seems to create an artefactual result that should be corrected. Best regards, Jean-Claude Gu?don Le samedi 01 septembre 2012 ? 10:35 +0200, Isidro F. Aguillo a ?crit : > Dear Jean-Claude, > > I can not say anything about intentions because I do not know the > policies involved. But I can talk about facts and these are very > simple: > > - HAL is developing both a central repository and helping in the > development of institutional repositories. It is a welcomed initiative > as provide both technical expertise and funding support and from a > political point of view is reinforcing OA agenda in France. > > - When referring to the institutional repositories there are > universities who claim their "moral rights" to the papers authored by > their members and use the institutional web domain of the university > like for example: > > HAL Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie http://hal.upmc.fr/ > HAL Universit? de Bretagne Occidentale http://hal.univ-brest.fr/ > > and others (like the ones I cited in previous messages) that not. > > I am not against HAL, just on the contrary, but remember the serious > problems we have in bibliometrics correctly assigning affiliations > from signatures in papers. Also consider that many rectors are giving > instructions for standardizing they way the affiliations are used. So, > why a so important resource is forgotten? > > Best, > > Quoting Jean-Claude Gu?don: > > > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > But the French choice was to create a central repository for the > whole > > country. This is what HAL is all about. > > > > A ranking system should be able to correct for the effects of such a > > policy. There was no "surrendering in this case", just a choice to > > create a one-stop entry into French OA literature. > > > > Jean-Claude Gu?don > > > > > > > > Le vendredi 31 ao?t 2012 ? 11:02 +0200, Isidro F. Aguillo a ?crit : > > > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >> > >> El 31/08/2012 10:31, Clement Levallois escribi?: > >> > >> > > >> > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > >> > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >> > > >> > Interesting! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > In the ranking for Europe, not a single French university in the > 100 > >> > first? Wow. > >> > > >> > > >> > (see > >> > here: > http://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_Europe/European_Union) > >> > > >> > > >> > Best, > >> > > >> > > >> > Clement > >> > > >> > > >> > -------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> > Clement Levallois, PhD > >> > Erasmus University Rotterdam > >> > The Netherlands > >> > > >> > pro website / personal website > >> > > >> > > >> > twitter and skype: @seinecle > >> > Discover the NESSHI project: http://www.nesshi.eu > >> > > >> > >> Dear all: > >> > >> You can check the Excellence indicator (papers in the 10% top > cited) > >> that Paris 6 is 28th and Paris XI is 98th so the reasons for the > >> delayed ranks are related to the web presence. Language is an > >> important issue as English-speaking countries are clearly > >> over-represented but it is not the only reason. Perhaps interesting > to > >> this list is that the commitment to open access is limited. You can > >> check the performance of the French university repositories here: > >> > >> http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Europe/France > >> > >> It is very surprising that in some cases they have surrendered > their > >> own web domains in their "institutional" repositories. A few > examples: > >> > >> ?cole Polytechnique > http://hal-polytechnique.archives-ouvertes.fr/ > >> Universit? Paris 1 Panth?on Sorbonne > >> http://hal-paris1.archives-ouvertes.fr/ > >> ?cole Mines ParisTech http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/ > >> Universit? de Nice Sophia Antipolis > >> http://hal-unice.archives-ouvertes.fr/ > >> > >> Of course this practice is penalizing their position in the > Ranking. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> > >> -- > >> **************************** > >> > >> Isidro F. Aguillo, HonDr. > >> The Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC > >> Madrid. SPAIN > >> > >> isidro.aguillo at cchs.csic.es > >> > >> **************************** > > > > > -- > Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD > Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC > Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain > > isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es > www. webometrics.info > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sat Sep 1 07:06:04 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 13:06:04 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <20120901112420.33451hiru1sobtxg@webmail.csic.es> Message-ID: > But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a collective failure of our discipline. Dear Isidro, We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps obsolete. Etc. We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. Best wishes, Loet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES Sat Sep 1 09:11:47 2012 From: isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 15:11:47 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <000d01cd8831$c918c070$5b4a4150$@leydesdorff.net> Message-ID: Dear Loet, I will be very happy to discuss your suggestions and proposals next week at Montreal (and the rest of colleagues attending STI2012, of course) Best regards, Quoting Loet Leydesdorff: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >> But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example >> consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking >> (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school >> level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my >> humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a >> collective failure of our discipline. > > Dear Isidro, > > > > We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For > example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use > the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the > superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in > my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus > about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. > Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I > use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special > issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps > obsolete. Etc. > > > > We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation > distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such > a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as > you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. > > > > In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no > uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. > > > > Best wishes, > > Loet > > -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es www. webometrics.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES Sat Sep 1 09:26:27 2012 From: isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 15:26:27 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <1346495621.2400.4.camel@maison> Message-ID: Quoting Jean-Claude Gu?don: > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Dear Isidro, Dear JC, > What I was trying to say is that the French, for one reason or another, > have moved toward a central repository. As I said, no problem with that > There has been some resistance to HAL and your examples illustrate this. But I am mentioning universities that are all of them accepting HAL, only that some of them give up their own name and several others decided not to renounce to their webdomain .... > My point is not being for or against HAL; my point is that the presence > of HAL seems to create an artefactual result that should be corrected. >From my point of view an "artifact" is signing Poris or Frince, this a deliberate action I am not sure the rectors are really aware of that. A few months ago I met the rector of Polytechnique and she does not know its repository was not under its institutional domain. In fact she was very worried about the biases of WoS and ARWU against their scientific output in social sciences and humanities. Those biases are clearly more close to the definition of "artifact". Best regards, > > Best regards, > > Jean-Claude Gu?don > > > > Le samedi 01 septembre 2012 ? 10:35 +0200, Isidro F. Aguillo a ?crit : > >> Dear Jean-Claude, >> >> I can not say anything about intentions because I do not know the >> policies involved. But I can talk about facts and these are very >> simple: >> >> - HAL is developing both a central repository and helping in the >> development of institutional repositories. It is a welcomed initiative >> as provide both technical expertise and funding support and from a >> political point of view is reinforcing OA agenda in France. >> >> - When referring to the institutional repositories there are >> universities who claim their "moral rights" to the papers authored by >> their members and use the institutional web domain of the university >> like for example: >> >> HAL Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie http://hal.upmc.fr/ >> HAL Universit? de Bretagne Occidentale http://hal.univ-brest.fr/ >> >> and others (like the ones I cited in previous messages) that not. >> >> I am not against HAL, just on the contrary, but remember the serious >> problems we have in bibliometrics correctly assigning affiliations >> from signatures in papers. Also consider that many rectors are giving >> instructions for standardizing they way the affiliations are used. So, >> why a so important resource is forgotten? >> >> Best, >> >> Quoting Jean-Claude Gu?don: >> >> > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> > >> > But the French choice was to create a central repository for the >> whole >> > country. This is what HAL is all about. >> > >> > A ranking system should be able to correct for the effects of such a >> > policy. There was no "surrendering in this case", just a choice to >> > create a one-stop entry into French OA literature. >> > >> > Jean-Claude Gu?don >> > >> > >> > >> > Le vendredi 31 ao?t 2012 ? 11:02 +0200, Isidro F. Aguillo a ?crit : >> > >> >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> >> >> El 31/08/2012 10:31, Clement Levallois escribi?: >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> >> > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> > >> >> > Interesting! >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > In the ranking for Europe, not a single French university in the >> 100 >> >> > first? Wow. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > (see >> >> > here: >> http://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_Europe/European_Union) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Best, >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Clement >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -------------------------------------------- >> >> > >> >> > Clement Levallois, PhD >> >> > Erasmus University Rotterdam >> >> > The Netherlands >> >> > >> >> > pro website / personal website >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > twitter and skype: @seinecle >> >> > Discover the NESSHI project: http://www.nesshi.eu >> >> > >> >> >> >> Dear all: >> >> >> >> You can check the Excellence indicator (papers in the 10% top >> cited) >> >> that Paris 6 is 28th and Paris XI is 98th so the reasons for the >> >> delayed ranks are related to the web presence. Language is an >> >> important issue as English-speaking countries are clearly >> >> over-represented but it is not the only reason. Perhaps interesting >> to >> >> this list is that the commitment to open access is limited. You can >> >> check the performance of the French university repositories here: >> >> >> >> http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Europe/France >> >> >> >> It is very surprising that in some cases they have surrendered >> their >> >> own web domains in their "institutional" repositories. A few >> examples: >> >> >> >> ?cole Polytechnique >> http://hal-polytechnique.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >> Universit? Paris 1 Panth?on Sorbonne >> >> http://hal-paris1.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >> ?cole Mines ParisTech http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >> Universit? de Nice Sophia Antipolis >> >> http://hal-unice.archives-ouvertes.fr/ >> >> >> >> Of course this practice is penalizing their position in the >> Ranking. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> **************************** >> >> >> >> Isidro F. Aguillo, HonDr. >> >> The Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC >> >> Madrid. SPAIN >> >> >> >> isidro.aguillo at cchs.csic.es >> >> >> >> **************************** >> > >> >> >> -- >> Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD >> Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC >> Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain >> >> isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es >> www. webometrics.info >> > -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es www. webometrics.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Sep 4 13:06:48 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:06:48 +0000 Subject: Papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: TITLE: Top-cited articles in environmental sciences: Merits and demerits of citation analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Khan, MA; Ho, YS SOURCE: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 431. AUG 1 2012. p.122-127 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM SEARCH TERM(S): CITED item_title; CITATION item_title; CITATION ANALYS* item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Bibliometric; Web of Science; Impact; Journal Citation Report; Article life KEYWORDS+: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; JOURNALS; MEDICINE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SORPTION; TRENDS; MODEL; BIAS; US ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to identify the top-cited articles published in environmental science journals listed in journal Citation Reports OCR). The Web of Science database was used to retrieve the top-cited articles having 500 or more total citations from their publication to 2010. The articles were analyzed with regard to institution and country of origin with five indicators including total number of top-cited articles, as well as independent, collaborative, first author, and corresponding author articles. Article life was also investigated for history of impact of articles. Results showed that 88 articles were cited more than 500 times. These articles appeared in 26 different journals, with 28% of all top-cited articles in Environmental Science & Technology, followed by Water Resources Research. The top-cited articles published since 1971 to 2002 were from 17 countries. The USA published the most of the articles and was ranked on top among the five indicators. The U.S. Geological Survey was the most productive institution while, the Brunel University, UK published the most inter- institutionally collaborative and corresponding author articles under environmental science category. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YS Ho, Asia Univ, Trend Res Ctr, Taichung 41354, Taiwan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The evaluation of research papers in the XXI century. The Open Peer Discussion system of the World Economics Association (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ietto-Gillies, G SOURCE: FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE 6. AUG 7 2012. p.NIL_1-NIL_7 FRONTIERS RES FOUND, LAUSANNE SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 0922 :3 1986 KEYWORDS: research evaluation; academic journals; open peer review; economics; World Economics Association KEYWORDS+: STANDS TODAY; JOURNALS; TRANSPARENCY; ARTICLES ABSTRACT: The paper starts with a brief discussion of the traditional peer review (TPR) system of research evaluation, its role, and the criticisms levelled at it. An analysis of specific problems in economics leads to a full discussion of the Open Peer Review (OPR) system developed by the World Economics Association (WEA) and the principles behind it. The system is open in the following two respects: (a) disclosure of names of authors and reviewers; and (b) inclusivity of potential reviewers in terms of paradigmatic approaches, country, and community. The paper then discusses the applicability of the same system to other disciplines. In doing so, it stressed the aims of various evaluation systems and the possible pitfalls of rating systems. It also speculates on the future of journal publication. AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Ietto-Gillies, London S Bank Univ, Ctr Int Business Studies, London, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Publish or Perish Book: Your Guide to Effective and Responsible Citation Analysis, by A.W. Harzing (Book Review, English) AUTHOR: Barbour, M SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING 13 (3). 2012. p.320-NIL_331 ATHABASCA UNIV PRESS, ATHABASCA SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION ANALYS* item_title; CITATION* item_title; PUBLISH OR PERISH item_title; CITATION item_title AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Barbour, Wayne State Univ, Detroit, MI 48202 USA From smilojev at INDIANA.EDU Wed Sep 5 11:28:37 2012 From: smilojev at INDIANA.EDU (Stasa Milojevic) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:28:37 -0400 Subject: METRICS 2012 program Message-ID: It is my pleasure to announce the program for the METRICS 2012: Symposium on informetric and scientometric research. Baltimore, Maryland. October 26, 2012 : 9:00a.m.-5p.m. 9:00-9:30a.m. *Registration and poster viewing* /Authors/ /Titles/ Feifei Wang and Junping Qiu Poster: Influence analysis of core authors in scientometrics from an integrated perspective of publication and citation R. Christopher Doty Poster: Tenure-track science faculty and the "open access citation effect" 9:30-11:00a.m. *Citation analysis session* /Authors/ /Titles/ Katherine McCain Assessing obliteration by incorporation using a full-text database: Herbert Simon, JSTOR and the concept of bounded rationality Gali Halevi and Henk Moed The use of contextual citation analysis to disclose the thematic and conceptual flow of cross-disciplinary research: the case of the Journal of Informetrics 2007 Fereshteh Didegah The determinants of research citation impact in nanoscience and nanotechnology (SIGMET student paper contest winner) Hamid Darvish Assessing the diffusion of nanotechnology in Turkey: a visualization approach 11:00-11:15a.m. *Break and poster viewing* 11:15-12:45p.m. *Indicators and Methods* /Authors/ /Titles/ Dietmar Wolfram Work in Progress: Assessing journal similarity based on citing journal topicality Stas(a Milojevic' Cognitive domains of disciplines -- a new method for measuring domain's size and evolution Peter van den Besselaar Towards theoretically based indicators of interdisciplinarity Laura Sheble Research synthesis: Overview of an intersection with ILS (SIGMET student paper contest winner) 12:45-2:00p.m. *Lunch break and poster viewing* 2:00-3:00p.m. *Altmetrics* /Authors/ /Titles/ Judit Bar-Ilan JASIST -- a bibliometric and altmetric characterization Jiepu Jiang, Chaoqun Ni and Daqing He Altmetrics and social reference: Merely fads? Vincent Larivi?re, Benoit Macaluso, Stas(a Milojevic', Cassidy Sugimoto, and Mike Thelwall On the scientific impact of ArXiv: A case study of astrophysics 3:00-3:15p.m. *Break and poster viewing* 3:15-5p.m. *Workshop* You can register here: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGMET/metrics2011.html Early bird registration available until September 7, 2012! Stasa Milojevic SIG/MET chair -- Stasa Milojevic, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Email: smilojev at indiana.edu Phone: (812) 856-4182 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Sep 6 19:07:23 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 23:07:23 +0000 Subject: papers of potential interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Content Factor: A Measure of a Journal's Contribution to Knowledge (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bernstein, J; Gray, CF SOURCE: PLOS ONE 7 (7). JUL 23 2012. p.NIL_1187-NIL_1190 PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, SAN FRANCISCO SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS+: AFFORDABLE HEALTH-CARE ABSTRACT: Impact Factor, the pre-eminent performance metric for medical journals, has been criticized for failing to capture the true impact of articles; for favoring methodology papers; for being unduly influenced by statistical outliers; and for examining a period of time too short to capture an article's long-term importance. Also, in the era of search engines, where readers need not skim through journals to find information, Impact Factor's emphasis on citation efficiency may be misplaced. A better metric would consider the total number of citations to all papers published by the journal (not just the recent ones), and would not be decremented by the total number of papers published. We propose a metric embodying these principles, "Content Factor", and examine its performance among leading medical and orthopaedic surgery journals. To remedy Impact Factor's emphasis on recent citations, Content Factor considers the total number of citations, regardless of the year in which the cited paper was published. To correct for Impact Factor's emphasis on efficiency, no denominator is employed. Content Factor is thus the total number of citations in a given year to all of the papers previously published in the journal. We found that Content Factor and Impact Factor are poorly correlated. We further surveyed 75 experienced orthopaedic authors and measured their perceptions of the "importance" of various orthopaedic surgery journals. The correlation between the importance score and the Impact Factor was only 0.08; the correlation between the importance score and Content Factor was 0.56. Accordingly, Content Factor better reflects a journal's "importance". In sum, while Content Factor cannot be defended as the lone metric of merit, to the extent that performance data informs journal evaluations, Content Factor- an easily obtained and intuitively appealing metric of the journal's knowledge contribution, not subject to gaming-can be a useful adjunct. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Bernstein, Vet Hosp, Dept Orthoped Surg, Philadelphia, PA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: ANALYSIS OF THE LEADING TOURISM JOURNALS 1999-2008 (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Wickham, M; Dunn, A; Sweeney, S SOURCE: ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH 39 (3). JUL 2012. p.1714-1718 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Wickham, Univ Tasmania, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - TITLE: THE USEFULNESS OF IMPACT FACTORS TO TOURISM JOURNALS (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Law, R SOURCE: ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH 39 (3). JUL 2012. p.1722-1724 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, OXFORD SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: RATIO AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Law, Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Technology Forecasting Methods with Emphasis on Bibliographic Analysis and Curve Fitting: A Photocatalytic Case Example (Article, English) AUTHOR: Jaranyagorn, P; Chansa-ngavej, C SOURCE: SMART MATERIALS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS 442. 2012. p.144-148 TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, STAFA-ZURICH SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOGRAPHIC* item_title KEYWORDS: Technology Forecasting; Bibliographic Analysis; Bass Diffusion Model; Exponential Function; Titanium Dioxide; Photocatalyst KEYWORDS+: INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION ABSTRACT: Technology forecasting methods can be applied to make sure we know the potential direction, characteristic, state and effect of technology change. A good forecast can maximize gain and minimize loss from future conditions Nowadays, many companies invest a great deal in R&D to develop competitive new products and technology. Globalization and the rate of technological change in highly competitive market mean that companies need to consider increasing the R&D budgets and ensuring the money is spent efficiently and effectively. Technology forecasting is very useful for decision making in managerial issues. It can help government manage their public agendas and budgetary constraints and for business strategic direction and prioritizing R&D projects. This paper explores the technology forecasting methods and demonstrates the use of bibliographic analysis and curve fitting with Bass diffusion and exponential models for trend forecasting of titanium dioxide photocatalyst as a case example. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Jaranyagorn, Shinawatra Univ SIU, Sch Management, 197 BBD Viphavadi Bldg,Viphavadi Rangsit Rd, Bangkok 10400, Thailand -------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: The Impact of Anglicizing Former German-Language Psychology Journals on Authorship and Citation Frequencies Authors: Krampen, G; Huckert, T; Schui, G Author Full Names: Krampen, Guenter; Huckert, Thomas; Schui, Gabriel Source: EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST, 17 (3):190-198; 10.1027/1016-9040/a000074 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: professional communication, psychology journals, language, scientometry, bibliometry, citation analysis, impact factor, internationality, research KeyWords Plus: NEGLECTED 95-PERCENT; INTERNATIONALITY; PROVINCIALISM; SWITZERLAND; AMERICAN; AUSTRIA; ENGLISH; PUBLISH Abstract: Exemplary for other than English-language psychology journals, the impact of recent Anglicization of five former German-language psychology journals on (1) authorship (nationality, i.e., native language, and number of authors, i.e., single or multiple authorships), (2) formal characteristics of the journal (number of articles per volume and length of articles), and (3) number of citations of the articles in other journal articles, the language of the citing publications, and the impact factors (IF) is analyzed. Scientometric data on these variables are gathered for all articles published in the four years before anglicizing and in the four years after anglicizing the same journal. Results reveal rather quick changes: Citations per year since original articles' publication increase significantly, and the IF of the journals go up markedly. Frequencies of citing in German-language journals decrease, citing in English-language journals increase significantly after the Anglicizat! ion of former German-language psychology journals, and there is a general trend of increasing citations in other languages as well. Side effects of anglicizing former German-language psychology journals include the publication of shorter papers, their availability to a more international authorship, and a slight, but significant increase in multiple authorships. Reprint Address: Univ Trier, Dept Psychol, Leibniz Inst Psychol Informat ZPID, Campus 1,Bldg D 103 Psychol, D-54286 Trier, Germany. Addresses: [Krampen, Guenter] Univ Trier, Dept Psychol, Leibniz Inst Psychol Informat ZPID, D-54286 Trier, Germany E-mail Address: krampen at uni-trier.de Cited Reference Count: 15 Publisher: HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS, PO BOX 2487, KIRKLAND, WA 98083-2487 USA Cited References: Krampen Guenter, 2009, PSYCHOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU, V60, P184 LIENERT GA, 1977, PSYCHOLOGISCHE BEITRAGE, V19, P487 KEUL AG, 1993, PSYCHOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU, V44, P259 Arnett Jeffrey Jensen, 2009, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V64, P571 Siegel S., 1956, Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, TRAXEL W, 1975, PSYCHOLOGISCHE BEITRAGE, V17, P584 Krampen G., 2009, ZPID-Monitor 2007 zur Internationalitat der Psychologie aus dem deutschsprachigen Bereich: Der ausfuhrliche BerichtZPID Monitor 2007 on the internationality of psychology in the German-speaking countries: The extended report, Gigerenter G, 1999, PSYCHOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU, V50, P101 LoSchiavo Frank M., 2009, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V64, P565 Krampen G., 2005, Internationalitat und Internationalisierung der deutschsprachigen PsychologieInternationality and internationalization of German-language psychology, Arnett Jeffrey J., 2008, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V63, P602 Becker J. H., 1984, Transfer, V15, P116 TRAXEL W, 1979, PSYCHOLOGISCHE BEITRAGE, V21, P62 Webster Gregory D., 2009, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, V64, P566 Silbereisen RK, 2003, PSYCHOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU, V54, P2 I - From davisc at INDIANA.EDU Sat Sep 8 15:52:31 2012 From: davisc at INDIANA.EDU (Charles H. Davis) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 15:52:31 -0400 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <000d01cd8831$c918c070$5b4a4150$@leydesdorff.net> Message-ID: Dear all, While you chaps argue over the cabalistic esoterica of statistics, you may be ignoring something of more fundamental importance. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1019.full As a chemist, I have long argued against including people such as x-ray crystallogaphers as co-authors. They're important, but so are all high-class technicians. Whether they contribute to the intellectual content of an article is debatable. Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. ______________________________________________________________ Senior Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ Quoting Loet Leydesdorff : > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >> But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example >> consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking >> (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school >> level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my >> humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a >> collective failure of our discipline. > > Dear Isidro, > > > > We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For > example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use > the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the > superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in > my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus > about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. > Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I > use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special > issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps > obsolete. Etc. > > > > We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation > distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such > a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as > you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. > > > > In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no > uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. > > > > Best wishes, > > Loet > > From isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES Sat Sep 8 20:45:18 2012 From: isidro.aguillo at CCHS.CSIC.ES (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 02:45:18 +0200 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <20120908155231.8dpxlwclk4888gc8@webmail.iu.edu> Message-ID: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND THE NOBEL PRIZE There have been 12 Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physiology or medicine awarded for work in the field of crystallography from 1956 to 2006. Almost one in four chemistry prizes since 1956 have been for structure work, and in the last decade fully half have dealt with work related to macromolecular structure. From 1970 to 2006, 4% of all chemistry publications dealt with crystallography, yet this subfield captured 19% of the available Nobel Prizes. During the past decade, crystallography papers represented 7% of all chemistry publications, but commanded 4 of 10 available prizes. Overall, the Nobel Prizes in chemistry are noticeably enriched for work in macromolecular structure determination. Macromolecular structure determination is a potent tool to understand biological systems and periodically yields landmark results that impact the scientific community at large. It would also seem that the surest road to Stockholm is through a crystal tray. From a letter from Michael Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein, Science, January 2007 (Vol. 315, p. 412) Quoting "Charles H. Davis": > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Dear all, > > While you chaps argue over the cabalistic esoterica of statistics, > you may be ignoring something of more fundamental importance. > > http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1019.full > > As a chemist, I have long argued against including people such as > x-ray crystallogaphers as co-authors. They're important, but so are > all high-class technicians. Whether they contribute to the > intellectual content of an article is debatable. > > Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. > ______________________________________________________________ > Senior Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington > Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ > > Quoting Loet Leydesdorff : > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >>> But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example >>> consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking >>> (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school >>> level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my >>> humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a >>> collective failure of our discipline. >> >> Dear Isidro, >> >> >> >> We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For >> example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use >> the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the >> superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in >> my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus >> about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. >> Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I >> use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special >> issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps >> obsolete. Etc. >> >> >> >> We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation >> distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such >> a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as >> you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. >> >> >> >> In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no >> uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. >> >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Loet >> >> > > -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es www. webometrics.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001 Type: image/jpeg Size: 4123 bytes Desc: ATT00001 URL: From davisc at INDIANA.EDU Sun Sep 9 11:16:17 2012 From: davisc at INDIANA.EDU (Charles H. Davis) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:16:17 -0400 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <20120909024518.14586m9lcvuhsiou@webmail.csic.es> Message-ID: Dear Isidro, et al. -- Point taken. However, these are exceptional examples. I did not mean to impugn the work of crystallographers of such caliber. I did mean to point out that much of their work is routine. Moreover, many of the people, not necessarily crystallographers, who make comparatively slight contributions to an article would in the past have been placed in an acknowledgement, not as co-authors. Acknowledgements are important too, but placing scores of people as co-authors greatly complicates assessing who is responsible for what. See for example: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%28199312%2944:10%3C590::AID-ASI5%3E3.0.CO;2-U/abstract In this paper, Davis (c'est moi) and Cronin point out that acknowledgments follow a power curve, perhaps a factor inducing the placement of people as co-authors in this era of publish and/or perish. I have no objection to including as co-authors either crystallographers or anyone else who makes a substantive intellectual contribution to a research project and its resulting publication. Cordially, Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. ________________________________ http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ Quoting "Isidro F. Aguillo" : > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > > > CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND THE NOBEL PRIZE > > There have been 12 Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physiology or > medicine awarded for work in the field of crystallography from 1956 > to 2006. Almost one in four chemistry prizes since 1956 have been for > structure work, and in the last decade fully half have dealt with > work related to macromolecular structure. From 1970 to 2006, 4% of > all chemistry publications dealt with crystallography, yet this > subfield captured 19% of the available Nobel Prizes. During the past > decade, crystallography papers represented 7% of all chemistry > publications, but commanded 4 of 10 available prizes. Overall, the > Nobel Prizes in chemistry are noticeably enriched for work in > macromolecular structure determination. Macromolecular structure > determination is a potent tool to understand biological systems and > periodically yields landmark results that impact the scientific > community at large. It would also seem that the surest road to > Stockholm is through a crystal tray. From a letter from Michael > Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein, Science, January 2007 (Vol. 315, p. 412) > > Quoting "Charles H. Davis": > >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> Dear all, >> >> While you chaps argue over the cabalistic esoterica of statistics, >> you may be ignoring something of more fundamental importance. >> >> http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1019.full >> >> As a chemist, I have long argued against including people such as >> x-ray crystallogaphers as co-authors. They're important, but so are >> all high-class technicians. Whether they contribute to the >> intellectual content of an article is debatable. >> >> Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Senior Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington >> Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ >> >> Quoting Loet Leydesdorff : >> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>> >>>> But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example >>>> consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking >>>> (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school >>>> level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my >>>> humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a >>>> collective failure of our discipline. >>> >>> Dear Isidro, >>> >>> >>> >>> We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For >>> example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use >>> the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the >>> superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in >>> my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus >>> about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. >>> Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I >>> use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special >>> issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps >>> obsolete. Etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation >>> distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such >>> a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as >>> you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. >>> >>> >>> >>> In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no >>> uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Loet >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD > Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC > Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain > > isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es > www. webometrics.info From dwojick at CRAIGELLACHIE.US Sun Sep 9 11:40:33 2012 From: dwojick at CRAIGELLACHIE.US (David Wojick) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:40:33 -0400 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <20120909111617.iahil12c0ocso40g@webmail.iu.edu> Message-ID: Dear Charles, I did some informal research recently that suggests that there is a standard pattern in the ordering of co-authors. The junior people who do the actual research come first. The senior people who manage their work come last. The instrumentalists who support the work are in the middle. One might try to take this into account algorithmically, I suppose. But it is certainly the case that the instrumentalists sometimes make major contributions to the work, including breakthroughs, so they cannot simply be discounted. If your concern is merely that people are being included who did nothing significant, that does not seem like a metric issue, more of an ethical one. My Best Regards, David E. Wojick, Ph.D. David At 11:16 AM 9/9/2012, you wrote: >Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > >Dear Isidro, et al. -- > >Point taken. However, these are exceptional examples. I did not mean to >impugn the work of crystallographers of such caliber. I did mean to point >out that much of their work is routine. Moreover, many of the people, not >necessarily crystallographers, who make comparatively slight contributions >to an article would in the past have been placed in an acknowledgement, >not as co-authors. > >Acknowledgements are important too, but placing scores of people as >co-authors greatly complicates assessing who is responsible for what. > >See for example: >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%28199312%2944:10%3C590::AID-ASI5%3E3.0.CO;2-U/abstract > >In this paper, Davis (c'est moi) and Cronin point out that acknowledgments >follow a power curve, perhaps a factor inducing the placement of people as >co-authors in this era of publish and/or perish. > >I have no objection to including as co-authors either crystallographers or >anyone else who makes a substantive intellectual contribution to a >research project and its resulting publication. > >Cordially, > >Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. >________________________________ >http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ > > >Quoting "Isidro F. Aguillo" : > >>Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> >> >>CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND THE NOBEL PRIZE >> >>There have been 12 Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physiology or >>medicine awarded for work in the field of crystallography from 1956 >>to 2006. Almost one in four chemistry prizes since 1956 have been for >>structure work, and in the last decade fully half have dealt with >>work related to macromolecular structure. From 1970 to 2006, 4% of >>all chemistry publications dealt with crystallography, yet this >>subfield captured 19% of the available Nobel Prizes. During the past >>decade, crystallography papers represented 7% of all chemistry >>publications, but commanded 4 of 10 available prizes. Overall, the >>Nobel Prizes in chemistry are noticeably enriched for work in >>macromolecular structure determination. Macromolecular structure >>determination is a potent tool to understand biological systems and >>periodically yields landmark results that impact the scientific >>community at large. It would also seem that the surest road to >>Stockholm is through a crystal tray. From a letter from Michael >>Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein, Science, January 2007 (Vol. 315, p. 412) >> >>Quoting "Charles H. Davis": >> >>>Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>>http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>> >>>Dear all, >>> >>>While you chaps argue over the cabalistic esoterica of statistics, >>>you may be ignoring something of more fundamental importance. >>> >>>http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1019.full >>> >>>As a chemist, I have long argued against including people such as >>>x-ray crystallogaphers as co-authors. They're important, but so are >>>all high-class technicians. Whether they contribute to the >>>intellectual content of an article is debatable. >>> >>>Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. >>>______________________________________________________________ >>>Senior Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington >>>Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >>>http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ >>> >>>Quoting Loet Leydesdorff : >>> >>>>Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>>>http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>>> >>>>>But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example >>>>>consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking >>>>>(ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school >>>>>level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my >>>>>humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a >>>>>collective failure of our discipline. >>>> >>>>Dear Isidro, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For >>>>example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use >>>>the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the >>>>superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in >>>>my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus >>>>about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. >>>>Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I >>>>use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special >>>>issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps >>>>obsolete. Etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation >>>>distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such >>>>a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as >>>>you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no >>>>uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Best wishes, >>>> >>>>Loet >>>> >>> >> >>-- >>Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD >>Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC >>Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain >> >>isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es >>www. webometrics.info From davisc at INDIANA.EDU Sun Sep 9 15:34:09 2012 From: davisc at INDIANA.EDU (Charles H. Davis) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 15:34:09 -0400 Subject: Ranking Web (Webometrics) of Universities In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20120909113337.04381e08@pop.craigellachie.us> Message-ID: Dear David, For the record, I agree with you and hope that you will extend your informal research to a larger one that's published widely. You're also correct that my concern is more ethical than metric, although the former obviously affects the latter. I remember mentioning my concerns publicly at a meeting a while back and was pleased to discover that my fellow senior citizen, Gene Garfield, shared at least some of my concerns. Cordially, Charles _______________________________________ Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ Quoting David Wojick : > Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): > http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html > > Dear Charles, > > I did some informal research recently that suggests that there is a > standard pattern in the ordering of co-authors. The junior people who > do the actual research come first. The senior people who manage their > work come last. The instrumentalists who support the work are in the > middle. One might try to take this into account algorithmically, I > suppose. But it is certainly the case that the instrumentalists > sometimes make major contributions to the work, including > breakthroughs, so they cannot simply be discounted. If your concern > is merely that people are being included who did nothing significant, > that does not seem like a metric issue, more of an ethical one. > > My Best Regards, > > David E. Wojick, Ph.D. > > David > > At 11:16 AM 9/9/2012, you wrote: >> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> >> Dear Isidro, et al. -- >> >> Point taken. However, these are exceptional examples. I did not >> mean to impugn the work of crystallographers of such caliber. I did >> mean to point out that much of their work is routine. Moreover, >> many of the people, not necessarily crystallographers, who make >> comparatively slight contributions to an article would in the past >> have been placed in an acknowledgement, not as co-authors. >> >> Acknowledgements are important too, but placing scores of people as >> co-authors greatly complicates assessing who is responsible for what. >> >> See for example: >> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%28199312%2944:10%3C590::AID-ASI5%3E3.0.CO;2-U/abstract >> >> In this paper, Davis (c'est moi) and Cronin point out that >> acknowledgments follow a power curve, perhaps a factor inducing the >> placement of people as co-authors in this era of publish and/or >> perish. >> >> I have no objection to including as co-authors either >> crystallographers or anyone else who makes a substantive >> intellectual contribution to a research project and its resulting >> publication. >> >> Cordially, >> >> Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. >> ________________________________ >> http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ >> >> >> Quoting "Isidro F. Aguillo" : >> >>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>> >>> >>> >>> CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND THE NOBEL PRIZE >>> >>> There have been 12 Nobel Prizes in chemistry and physiology or >>> medicine awarded for work in the field of crystallography from 1956 >>> to 2006. Almost one in four chemistry prizes since 1956 have been for >>> structure work, and in the last decade fully half have dealt with >>> work related to macromolecular structure. From 1970 to 2006, 4% of >>> all chemistry publications dealt with crystallography, yet this >>> subfield captured 19% of the available Nobel Prizes. During the past >>> decade, crystallography papers represented 7% of all chemistry >>> publications, but commanded 4 of 10 available prizes. Overall, the >>> Nobel Prizes in chemistry are noticeably enriched for work in >>> macromolecular structure determination. Macromolecular structure >>> determination is a potent tool to understand biological systems and >>> periodically yields landmark results that impact the scientific >>> community at large. It would also seem that the surest road to >>> Stockholm is through a crystal tray. From a letter from Michael >>> Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein, Science, January 2007 (Vol. 315, p. 412) >>> >>> Quoting "Charles H. Davis": >>> >>>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> While you chaps argue over the cabalistic esoterica of statistics, >>>> you may be ignoring something of more fundamental importance. >>>> >>>> http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1019.full >>>> >>>> As a chemist, I have long argued against including people such as >>>> x-ray crystallogaphers as co-authors. They're important, but so are >>>> all high-class technicians. Whether they contribute to the >>>> intellectual content of an article is debatable. >>>> >>>> Charles H. Davis, Ph.D. >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Senior Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington >>>> Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >>>> http://mypage.iu.edu/~davisc/ >>>> >>>> Quoting Loet Leydesdorff : >>>> >>>>> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): >>>>> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >>>>> >>>>>> But asking for it is not enough, action is needed. For example >>>>>> consider the huge impact of the publication of Shanghai ranking >>>>>> (ARWU) in 2003. Probably we can agree that it is merely high school >>>>>> level bibliometrics, but this is not the important question. In my >>>>>> humble opinion the success of ARWU is probably a illustrating a >>>>>> collective failure of our discipline. >>>>> >>>>> Dear Isidro, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We are making steps and reaching agreements in the field. For >>>>> example, since Ahlgren et al. (2003) one increasingly began to use >>>>> the cosine as a similarity measure. (Even I have given up on the >>>>> superior Kulback-Leibler divergence, and the cosine is implemented in >>>>> my software.) Similarly since a year or so, one can witness consensus >>>>> about the top-10% most-cited papers as an excellence indicator. >>>>> Granada and Leiden use it in the ranking; you use it, and Lutz and I >>>>> use it in the overlays to Google Maps. We recently had a special >>>>> issue of Scientometrics debating the impact factor as perhaps >>>>> obsolete. Etc. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We also know much more about how to count and evaluate citation >>>>> distributions over publications. In my opinion, averaging is not such >>>>> a good idea, but adding citation numbers to publication numbers?as >>>>> you seem to advocate (?)?is perhaps even worse. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In my opinion, one should mistrust any indicator for which no >>>>> uncertainty (error bar) can be specified. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes, >>>>> >>>>> Loet >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD >>> Cybermetrics Lab (3C1). CCHS - CSIC >>> Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain >>> >>> isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es >>> www. webometrics.info > > From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Mon Sep 10 03:59:27 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:59:27 +0200 Subject: "Indicators and Judgment" of the Council of Canadian Academies Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Last week at the Science & Technology Indicators Conference in Montreal, a report entitled ?Informing Research Choices: Indicators and Judgment? was presented. The report of the Expert Panel on Science Performance and Research Funding of the Council of Canadian Academies aims at proposing standards for indicators. Let me focus in this commentary on the two quality indicators proposed by this panel for publications and citations, respectively. 1. Citations At p. 68, one formulates: ?First, any citation-based indicators used to assess and compare research fields should be field normalized.? The paper then abstracts from how to field-normalize (e.g., using the fields and subfields of the NSF or the WoS Subject Categories or perhaps fractional counting of the citations?) and ignores the problem of the effect of field-normalizations on interdisciplinary research (Rafols et al., 2012). Instead, the authors formulate: ?The most prominent example is the average relative citation indicator (sometimes referred to as relative citation impact), which compares the average level of citations in a particular field in a particular country to the world average level of citations in that field.? The ?relative citation impact? thus defined (Schubert & Braun, 1986; Moed et al., 1995) is also known in the literature as the (old) ?crown indicator? or ?Rate of Averages? (Gingras & Lariviere, 2011). Opthof & Leydesdorff (2010) argued that the division of two averages provides a quotient instead of a statistics and can be considered as a transgression of the order of operations. One should first normalize each paper against its reference set and sum only thereafter. Instead of averaging one is advised to use non-parametric statistics because the distributions are extremely skewed. Using percentile ranks classes, for example, is standard practice in the Science and Engineering Indicator of the NSF. One can use, for example, chi-square, Kruskall-Wallis, or the Integrated Impact Indicator (Leydesdorff & Bornmann, 2011). 2. Publications On p. 66, the authors of the report emphasize that publications should not be counted straightforwardly, but be weighted, for example, ?in accordance with the impact factor of the journal in which it is published.? This is indeed a standard practice, but one should be cautioned against it. First, the impact factor is a journal indicator and not a document indicator. Thus, there is the risk of a category mistake (?ecological fallacy?; Robinson, 1954). Can the impact factor of a journal be considered as a quality indicator of the articles published in this journal? The impact factor is based on averaging over an extremely skewed distribution of citations. As in the case of comparing document, one should use non-parametric statistics for comparing these distributions. The Integrated Impact Indicator allows for the decomposition in terms of journals or institutional (personal) document sets. Thus, one does not have to make an inference from the journal level to the document level (Leydesdorff, 2012). It seems to me that weighting publications using a citation measure, furthermore, may lead to the risk of confounding publication and citation measures, whereas the report pleads for considering the two as different dimensions of research quality (using multivariate analysis). Perhaps, the committee did not realize that weighting is sometimes problematic; it is often wise to begin with raw (unweighted) publication and citation counts and then to explicate specifically which normalization is used and why. In my opinion, some of the weightings advised by were not prudent choices. Weighting may easily introduce a (set of) normative assumption(s) (Leydesdorff et al., 2011: 1971f.). Best wishes, Loet References Council of Canadian Academies (2012). Informing Research Choices: Indicators and Judgment: The Expert Panel on Science Performance and Research Funding. Ottawa. Gingras, Y., & Larivi?re, V. (2011). There are neither ?king? nor ?crown? in scientometrics: Comments on a supposed "alternative" method of normalization. Journal of Informetrics, 5(1), 226-227. Leydesdorff, L. (in press). An Evaluation of Impacts in "Nanoscience & nanotechnology:" Steps towards standards for citation analysis. Scientometrics, doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0750-5 < online version>. Leydesdorff, L., & Bornmann, L. (2011). Integrated Impact Indicators (I3) compared with Impact Factors (IFs): An alternative design with policy implications. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2133-2146. Leydesdorff, L., Bornmann, L., Mutz, R., & Opthof, T. (2011). Turning the tables in citation analysis one more time: Principles for comparing sets of documents Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(7), 1370-1381. Moed, H. F., De Bruin, R. E., & Van Leeuwen, T. N. (1995). New bibliometric tools for the assessment of national research performance: Database description, overview of indicators and first applications. Scientometrics, 33(3), 381-422. Opthof, T., & Leydesdorff, L. (2010). Caveats for the journal and field normalizations in the CWTS (?Leiden?) evaluations of research performance. Journal of Informetrics, 4(3), 423-430. Rafols, I., Leydesdorff, L., O?Hare, A., Nightingale, P., & Stirling, A. (2012). How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between innovation studies and business & management. Research Policy 41(7) 1262-1282. Schubert, A., & Braun, T. (1986). Relative indicators and relational charts for comparative assessment of publication output and citation impact. 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URL: From david.sutcliffe at OII.OX.AC.UK Tue Sep 11 07:38:16 2012 From: david.sutcliffe at OII.OX.AC.UK (David Sutcliffe) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:38:16 +0000 Subject: Oxford "Big Data" Conference (20-21 Sept, Oxford) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, **** Only a few places left for the Oxford "Big Data" conference! (20-21 Sept, Oxford) http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/ipp2012/ **** Keynotes: Nigel Shadbolt, Duncan Watts Most of today's social activities leave digital trails that can be collected in large and complex datasets - this 'Big Data' presents tremendous research opportunities, and has created a buzz in government, business, and academia. The Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) will be holding a two day conference next week to examine the potentials and challenges of Big Data to inform policy debates and advance social science research (20-21 September 2012, St Anne's College, Oxford). It will also encourage discussion about Big Data across disciplinary boundaries. Topics include political campaigning, collective action and political dissent, sentiment analysis, prediction of large-scale social movements, Big Data in government and to inform public policy, social networks, and ethical and methodological challenges. There will also be sessions on the new research opportunities being opened up for social and political scientists, how to visualise Big Data, and new tools for social research. Details of the conference, including programme information and registration, are available at: http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/ipp2012/ Contact: Pauline Smith, Events Officer Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Tel: 01865 287210 ipp2012 at oii.ox.ac.uk http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/ipp2012/ From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Sep 11 14:45:25 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:45:25 +0000 Subject: Paper of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A scientometric analysis of dermoscopy literature over the past 25 years (Article, English) AUTHOR: Tasli, L; Kacar, N; Argenziano, G SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY 26 (9). SEP 2012. p.1142-1148 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): SCIENTOMETRIC* item_title KEYWORDS+: MELANOMA ABSTRACT: Background Dermoscopy is a useful method allowing the non- invasive visualization of dermal and epidermal structures. Objective To determine the scientific output in dermoscopy between 1985 and 2009 using ISI Web of Knowledge. Methods The ISI Web of Knowledge was searched for articles on dermoscopy published between 1985 and 2009 using appropriate terms. Articles were characterized each year by publication type and journal type. Results The search yielded 1490 dermoscopy publications, of which 1198 (80%) appeared in dermatology journals. A cubic increase in the number of publications over time was observed (R2 = 95.3%, P < 0.0001). Most of these publications were published in high-impact dermatologic journals, including Archives of Dermatology (209, 14%), Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (161, 10.8%) and British Journal of Dermatology (113, 7.6%). Italy produced 29% of all articles followed by the United States with 22% and Austria with 15%. The number of dermoscopy publications associated with a given country correlated with melanoma incidence and Growth Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of that country (r = 0517 P = 0.02, and r = 0486 P = 0.03 respectively). Conclusion The number of scientific publications in the field of dermoscopy has increased significantly over the past 25 years. Italy, the United States and Austria have dominated the field of dermoscopy. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Tasli, Pamukkale Univ, Dept Dermatol, Denizli, Turkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Indian and Chinese papers in Nature (Letter, English) AUTHOR: Mahesh, G SOURCE: CURRENT SCIENCE 103 (2). JUL 25 2012. p.127 INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES, BANGALORE SEARCH TERM(S): ARUNACHALAM S rauth; LETTER* doctype KEYWORDS+: POLICY AUTHOR ADDRESS: G Mahesh, CSIR Natl Inst Sci Commun & Informat Resources, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi 110067, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Search and research: the influence of editorial boards on journals' quality (Article, English) AUTHOR: Besancenot, D; Huynh, KV; Faria, JR SOURCE: THEORY AND DECISION 73 (4). OCT 2012. p.687-702 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT KEYWORDS: Editors; Search equilibrium; Publication market; Academic journals KEYWORDS+: ECONOMICS; MODEL; FAVORITISM; MANAGEMENT; IMPACT; TIMES ABSTRACT: This paper considers the search for the best papers by the editors of an academic journal. At each period, each editor receives a set of submissions and has to decide which paper to accept. Some editors being more demanding than others, researchers choose the quality level of their papers taking as given the composition of the editorial board. According to the specific structures of the editorial board, various equilibria may appear. We show that the journal will publish a high number of high quality papers only when the editorial board is composed by a homogeneous set of very demanding editors. AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Besancenot, Univ Paris 13, 99 Av Jean Baptiste Clement, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bourdieu, International Relations, and European security (Article, English) AUTHOR: Berling, TV SOURCE: THEORY AND SOCIETY 41 (5). SEP 2012. p.451-478 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENTIST 1:9 1987 KEYWORDS: NATO; Doxic battles; Theory/practice; Think tanks KEYWORDS+: ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLITICAL-SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; DEMOCRATIC PEACE; COLD-WAR; NATO; COMMUNITIES; FORCE; POWER; CONSEQUENCES ABSTRACT: This article takes the failure to grasp fully the paradigmatic case of European security after the Cold War as an example of how International Relations (IR) would benefit from reformulating not only its empirical research questions but also several of its central conceptual building blocks with the aid of Bourdieusian sociology. The separation between theory and practice and the overemphasis on military power and state actors blind IR from seeing the power struggles that reshaped European security. Instead, a Bourdieusian reformulation adds new types of agency, focuses on the social production of forms of power, and stresses the processual rather than the substantive character of social reality. AUTHOR ADDRESS: TV Berling, Univ Copenhagen, Ctr Adv Secur Theory, Dept Polit Sci, Oster Farimagsgade 5,POB 2099, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Scholarly Impact Revisited (Article, English) AUTHOR: Aguinis, H; Suarez-Gonzalez, I; Lannelongue, G; Joo, H SOURCE: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES 26 (2). MAY 2012. p.105-132 ACAD MANAGEMENT, BRIARCLIFF MANOR SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS+: UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER; EXPLORATORY FACTOR- ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES; EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; CITATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; WEB ABSTRACT: Scholarly impact is one of the strongest currencies in the Academy and has traditionally been equated with number of citations- be it for individuals, articles, departments, universities, journals, or entire fields. Adopting an alternative definition and measure, we use number of pages as indexed by Google to assess scholarly impact on stakeholders outside the Academy. Based on a sample including 384 of the 550 most highly cited management scholars in the past three decades, results show that scholarly impact is a multidimensional construct and that the impact of scholarly research on internal stakeholders (i.e., other members of the Academy) cannot be equated with impact on external stakeholders (i.e., those outside the Academy). We illustrate these results with tables showing important changes in the rank ordering of individuals based on whether we operationalize impact considering internal stakeholders (i.e., number of citations) or external stakeholders (i.e., number of non-.edu Web pages). Also, we provide tables listing the most influential scholars inside the Academy who also have an important impact outside the Academy. We discuss implications for empirical research, theory development, and practice regarding the meaning and measurement of scholarly impact. AUTHOR ADDRESS: H Aguinis, Indiana Univ, Inst Global Org Effectiveness, Kelley Sch Business, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: CONTRIBUTION OF PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS IN 'STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY' LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE JOURNAL CITATION REPORT (2010) (Article, English) AUTHOR: Qadeer, F; Ahmad, M SOURCE: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS 28 (3). JUL 2012. p.409-422 ISOSS PUBL, LAHORE SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999; KEYWORDS: Journal Citation Reports; Impact Factor; Statistics and Probability; Pakistan KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENCE ABSTRACT: Only twenty countries have impact factor journals in 'Statistics and Probability'. In this paper, we trace contributions of Pakistan Journal Statistics in publishing research papers in comparison to other countries. The analysis is based on Journals Citation Reports 2010 edition issued by the Thomson's Institute of Scientific Information. The paper provides country and publishing group level comparisons of the impact factors of journals in this subject. Of 20 countries, only two Islamic countries i.e. Pakistan and Turkey have one journal each in the 'Statistics and Probability' literature. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Qadeer, Natl Coll Business Adm & Econ, Lahore, Pakistan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Science (Article, English) AUTHOR: Nielsen, M SOURCE: REPUTATION SOCIETY: HOW ONLINE OPINIONS ARE RESHAPING THE OFFLINE WORLD. 2011. p.111-118 M I T PRESS, CAMBRIDGE SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 ABSTRACT: The public has a natural desire to maximize its return on investment for science funding, which has made reputation measures for scientific research increasingly influential. Michael Nielsen warns of the dangers of overreliance on any single metric of success, suggesting instead a more diverse approach to deciding which risky endeavors to support collectively-a perspective with implications beyond science. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Nielsen, Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Usage-Based Reputation Metrics in Science (Article, English) AUTHOR: Henning, V; Hoyt, J; Reichelt, J SOURCE: REPUTATION SOCIETY: HOW ONLINE OPINIONS ARE RESHAPING THE OFFLINE WORLD. 2011. p.119-128 M I T PRESS, CAMBRIDGE SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006 KEYWORDS+: INDEX ABSTRACT: Citations are a valued currency in research as an easily measurable proxy for the attention of professional peers and the impact of scholarly work. However, the excessive use of citation-based metrics for judging research and researchers themselves has been criticized by many. Victor Henning, Jason Hoyt, and Jan Reichelt propose complementary usage-based metrics, which could measure how articles are actually read and used. AUTHOR ADDRESS: V Henning, Univ Libre Brussels, WHU Koblenz, Brussels, Belgium -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Interval Programming Model for the Journal Selection Problem (Article, English) AUTHOR: Zhou, YY SOURCE: ADVANCED RESEAARCH ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING, PT I 152 (Pt 1). 2011. p.179-183 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNAL item_title KEYWORDS: journal selection problem; Interval programming; satisficing solution ABSTRACT: The problem of choosing a set of journals to order or to cancel is significant in applications of operations research to library decision making. This paper describes a zero-one interval linear programming approach that can consider all coefficients varied in some interval, and provide a satisficing solution. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YY Zhou, Lib Hangzhou Dianzi Univ, Hangzhouzhou 310018, Peoples R China -- From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Sep 11 14:52:20 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:52:20 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to Sig Metrics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A Secret to Advancing Research and Increasing Citations to Your Papers (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Goldberg, K SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS 21 (4). AUG 2012. p.766-767 IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, PISCATAWAY SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION* item_title; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Goldberg, Univ Calif Berkeley, Coll Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Email goldberg at berkeley.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: The 50 most cited articles in pediatric orthopedic surgery (Article, English) AUTHOR: Baldwin, KD; Kovatch, K; Namdari, S; Sankar, W; Flynn, JM; Dormans, JP SOURCE: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS-PART B 21 (5). SEP 2012. p.463-468 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PHILADELPHIA SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS: citation; literature; pediatric orthopedic KEYWORDS+: CITATION-CLASSICS; JOURNALS; IMPACT; MEDICINE ABSTRACT: Quantity of citation is often used as a surrogate measurement of an article's importance or relevance in a given field. To date, there has been no study on citation quantity or density in pediatric orthopedics. We present such an analysis. We reviewed all articles in the ISI web of science under the subheading 'orthopedics' to find articles of relevance to pediatric orthopedic surgeons. We subsequently analyzed the characteristics of the most cited articles in terms of the level of evidence, journal of publication, and subcategory of pediatric orthopedics. The majority of the top 50 articles in pediatric orthopedics were from the 1970s and 1980s. All the articles were in English. Uncontrolled case series comprised the largest single level of evidence (level IV). We describe the top 50 articles in pediatric orthopedics by citation and citation density. The level of evidence for highly cited papers was low. Although many of these articles were written by the great thinkers of our field, a need exists for more rigorous methodology. J Pediatr Orthop B 21:463-468 (c) 2012 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KD Baldwin, Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Dept Orthopaed Surg, 34th & Civ Ctr Blvd,2 Wood Ctr, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Conversion rates of abstracts presented at the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting into full-text journal articles (Article, English) AUTHOR: Yoon, PD; Chalasani, V; Woo, HH SOURCE: BJU INTERNATIONAL 110 (4). AUG 2012. p.485-489 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN KEYWORDS: USANZ; research; abstract; publication KEYWORDS+: PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS; PUBLICATION RATE; RANDOMIZED- TRIALS; ASSOCIATION; PUBLISH; FATE; BIAS ABSTRACT: The numbers and characteristics of the abstracts presented at the Annual Scientific Meetings (ASM) of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) that are converted to peer- reviewed publications have not previously been analysed and published. We undertook a review of all abstracts presented at the USANZ ASM from 2005 to 2009. A PubMed search was performed between 15 June and 15 July 2012, using a search algorithm to identify the full-text publications of the presented abstracts. Correlation between abstract characteristics and publication rate was then examined to distinguish the predictors for publications. Of 614 abstracts that were presented at USANZ ASM between 2005 and 2009, 183 papers were published, giving a publication rate of 29.80%. The papers were predominantly published in urological journals and were more likely to be published if they were presented by an international author or were retrospective studies or if basic science research. The mean (SD) time to publication was 14.46 (13.89) months and the mean Impact Factor of journals where papers were published was 2.90. The overall publication rate was relatively low compared with other urological meetings held in America and Europe. USANZ has a challenge of encouraging higher-quality research from the authors to further enhance its publication rate and consequently the calibre of the meeting itself. AUTHOR ADDRESS: HH Woo, Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, POB 5017 Wahroonga, Sydney, NSW 2076, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Endorsement and implementation of high impact factor medical journals on the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) policy of mandatory clinical trial registration (Article, English) AUTHOR: Tulvatana, W; Thinkhamrop, B; Kulvichit, K; Tatsanavivat, P SOURCE: ASIAN BIOMEDICINE 6 (3). JUN 2012. p.423-427 CHULALONGKORN UNIV, FAC MED, BANGKOK SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; JOURNAL item_title KEYWORDS: Associated factors; clinical trial registration; endorsement; impact factor; implementation; policy KEYWORDS+: STATEMENT ABSTRACT: Objective: We determined the proportion of highest impact factor journals that follows the ICMJE policy of clinical trial registration and identified factors associated with policy implementation. Study design and setting: Ten highest impact factor journals from ten specialties were identified from the 2009 Journal Citation Reports. Instructions for authors were reviewed for the statements regarding the trial registration. If the registration policy was mentioned in the instructions, the published articles were assessed to determine if the policy was actually implemented. The publishers, membership in Committee on Publication Ethics, journal vintage, etc., were analyzed for association with the policy implementation. Results: Of 87 relevant journals, 58.6% endorsed the policy and 35.6% strictly implemented it. Factors for journals associated with strict clinical trial registration policy implementation were Internal Medicine specialty (OR 19.19; 95%CI: 2.21, 166.50; p = 0.007), ICMJE's URM followers (OR 7.14; 95%CI: 2.62, 19.46; p < 0.001), longer years of publication (OR for every 10 year 1.31; 95%Cl: 1.16, 1.49; p = 0.001), and higher impact factors (OR for every 1 JIF 1.70; 95%CI: 1.25, 2.32;p = 0.001). Conclusion: Only one third of the highest impact factor journals strictly implemented ICMJE policy. Associated factors were identified. AUTHOR ADDRESS: W Tulvatana, Med Res Fdn, Thai Clin Trials Registry, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Model Platonism: Neoclassical economic thought in critical light (Article, English) AUTHOR: Albert, H; Arnold, D; Maier-Rigaud, F SOURCE: JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS 8 (3). SEP 2012. p.295-323 CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, CAMBRIDGE SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS+: WELFARE ECONOMICS ABSTRACT: This article is a translation of the original German text of Hans Albert's 1963 article titled 'Modell-Platonismus. Der neoklassische Stil des okonomischen Denkens in kritischer Beleuchtung', in F. Karrenberg and H. Albert (eds.), Sozialwissenschaft und Gesellschaftsgestaltung - Festschrift fur Gerhard Weisser, Berlin: Duncker und Humblot, 45-76. The enduring relevance of Hans Albert's critique together with an introduction to the author as one of Germanys most distinguished philosophers of science can be found in Arnold and Maier-Rigaud (2012) also in this volume. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From 1000999M at STUDENT.GLA.AC.UK Wed Sep 12 05:08:52 2012 From: 1000999M at STUDENT.GLA.AC.UK (GERGO MAKSA) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:08:52 +0100 Subject: Bibliometrics and Expert Search Message-ID: Dear All, Sorry for the circular. I have conducted a project on the University of Glasgow Computing Science Department and currently looking for people from HEP and IR fields who would be willing to take part in the evaluation of the project as I am struggling to find people who are in the beforementioned domain. It would involve a quick test run on a website and a form with 10 questions, the whole wouldn't take longer than 5-10 minutes. The two main goal of the projects is: # Improving query results using bibliometrics # Expert search by using Data Fusion technique The site is at http://www.jharvester.org If you are willing to take part in the evaluation or simply interested in the subject please do not hesitate to contact me on this email. Regards, Gergo Maksa From leo.egghe at UHASSELT.BE Wed Sep 12 08:32:12 2012 From: leo.egghe at UHASSELT.BE (=?windows-1252?Q?Leo_EGGHE?=) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:32:12 +0200 Subject: ToC Journal of Informetrics 6(4), 2012 In-Reply-To: <> Message-ID: ? Dear Colleague, ? please find attached the ToC of Journal of Informetrics, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2012. ? Regards, Leo Egghe ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Sep 17 18:30:05 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:30:05 +0000 Subject: papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: TITLE: Is the "impact factor" a valid measure of the impact of research published in Clinical Neurophysiology and Muscle & Nerve? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Burke, D; Phillips, LH II SOURCE: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 123 (9). SEP 2012. p.1687-1690 ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, CLARE SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999; AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Burke, Univ Sydney, Dept Neurol, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SciMAT: A new science mapping analysis software tool (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cobo, MJ; Lopez-Herrera, AG; Herrera-Viedma, E; Herrera, F SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (8). AUG 2012. p.1609-1630 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; CURRENT CONTENTS* rwork; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; KESSLER MM AM DOC 14:10 1963; SMALL HG SOC STUD SCI 7:139 1977; SMALL H J INF SCI 11:147 1985; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; SMALL HG INFORM PROCESS MANAG 13:277 1977; SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 7:391 1985; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50:799 1999; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981 KEYWORDS: computer software applications; bibliographic software; bibliometrics KEYWORDS+: CO-WORD ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; COCITATION ANALYSIS; NETWORKS; CITATION; VISUALIZATION; GEOGRAPHY; PATTERNS; INDEX; FIELD ABSTRACT: This article presents a new open-source software tool, SciMAT, which performs science mapping analysis within a longitudinal framework. It provides different modules that help the analyst to carry out all the steps of the science mapping workflow. In addition, SciMAT presents three key features that are remarkable in respect to other science mapping software tools: (a) a powerful preprocessing module to clean the raw bibliographical data, (b) the use of bibliometric measures to study the impact of each studied element, and (c) a wizard to configure the analysis. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MJ Cobo, Univ Granada, Dept Comp Sci & Artificial Intelligence, CITIC UGR Res Ctr Informat & Commun Technol, E-18071 Granada, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Approaching the "reward triangle": General analysis of the presence of funding acknowledgments and "peer interactive communication" in scientific publications (Article, English) AUTHOR: Costas, R; van Leeuwen, TN SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (8). AUG 2012. p.1647-1661 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): ARUNACHALAM S rauth; GARFIELD E rauth; PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; publications; citation analysis KEYWORDS+: SOCIAL-SCIENCES; COLLABORATION; AUTHORSHIP; PATTERNS; CITATION; 20TH-CENTURY; COOPERATION; HUMANITIES; ISSUES ABSTRACT: Understanding the role of acknowledgments given by researchers in their publications has been a recurrent challenge in the bibliometric field, but relatively unexplored until now. This study presents a general bibliometric analysis on the new funding acknowledgment (FA) information available in the Web of Science. All publications covered by the database in 2009 have been analyzed. The presence and length of the FA text, as well as the presence of peer interactive communication in the acknowledgments, are related to impact indicators, distribution of papers by fields, countries of the authors, and collaboration level of the papers. It is observed that publications with FAs present a higher impact as compared with publications without them. There are also differences across countries and disciplines in the share of publications with FAs and the acknowledgment of peer interactive communication. China is the country with the highest share of publications acknowledging funding, while the presence of FAs in the humanities and social sciences is very low compared to the more basic disciplines. The presence of peer interactive communication in acknowledgments can be linked to countries that have a strong scientific tradition and are incorporated in scientific networks. Peer interactive communication is also common in the fields of humanities and social sciences and can be linked to lower levels of co-authorship. Observed patterns are explained and topics of future research are proposed. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Costas, Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies CWTS, Wassenaarseweg 62A, NL-2333 AL Leiden, Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Applications of the generalized law of Benford to informetric data (Article, English) AUTHOR: Egghe, L; Guns, R SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (8). AUG 2012. p.1662-1665 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): INFORMETRIC* item_title; EGGHE L primaryauthor,author KEYWORDS: informetrics; Zipf-s law KEYWORDS+: NUMBERS ABSTRACT: In a previous work (Egghe, 2011), the first author showed that Benford's law (describing the logarithmic distribution of the numbers 1, 2, ... , 9 as first digits of data in decimal form) is related to the classical law of Zipf with exponent 1. The work of Campanario and Coslado (2011), however, shows that Benford's law does not always fit practical data in a statistical sense. In this article, we use a generalization of Benford's law related to the general law of Zipf with exponent beta?>?0. Using data from Campanario and Coslado, we apply nonlinear least squares to determine the optimal beta and show that this generalized law of Benford fits the data better than the classical law of Benford. AUTHOR ADDRESS: L Egghe, Univ Hasselt Uhasselt, Campus Diepenbeek, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A Review of Citation Analysis Methodologies for Collection Management (Review, English) AUTHOR: Hoffmann, K; Doucette, L SOURCE: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 73 (4). JUL 2012. p.321-335 ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, CHICAGO SEARCH TERM(S): SMITH LC LIBR TRENDS 30:83 1981; KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION USE; WUHAN-UNIVERSITY; PATTERNS; FACULTY; LIBRARY; THESES; PUBLICATIONS; REFERENCES; PHARMACY; JOURNALS ABSTRACT: While there is a considerable body of literature that presents the results of citation analysis studies, most researchers do not provide enough detail in their methodology to reproduce the study, nor do they provide rationale for methodological decisions. In this paper, we review the methodologies used in 34 recent articles that present a "user study" citation analysis with a goal of informing collection management. We describe major themes and outliers in the methodologies and discuss factors that require careful thought and analysis. We also provide a guide to considerations for citation analysis studies, so that researchers can make informed decisions. AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Hoffmann, Univ Western Ontario, DB Weldon Lib, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: To Be or Not To Be Cited in Computer Science (Article, English) AUTHOR: De Sutter, B; Van den Oord, A SOURCE: COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 55 (8). AUG 2012. p.69-75 ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; CITED item_title KEYWORDS+: GOOGLE SCHOLAR; ACCURACY; INDEXES AUTHOR ADDRESS: B De Sutter, Univ Ghent, Comp Syst Lab, Dept Elect & Informat Syst, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Highly Cited Works in Spine Surgery: The 100 Top-Cited Papers (Meeting Abstract, English) AUTHOR: Jadaan, M; Murphy, L; McCabe, J SOURCE: IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 181 (SUPPL). SEP 2012. p.S159 SPRINGER LONDON LTD, LONDON -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Untitled (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Kott, T SOURCE: PHYSICS TODAY 65 (8). AUG 2012. p.10 AMER INST PHYSICS, MELVILLE SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999; PHYS TODAY source_abbrev_20; EDITORIAL doctype KEYWORDS+: INDEX AUTHOR ADDRESS: T Kott, Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Top cited papers in Russian psychiatry (Article, Russian) AUTHOR: Trushchelev, SA SOURCE: ZHURNAL NEVROLOGII I PSIKHIATRII IMENI S S KORSAKOVA 112 (5). 2012. p.118-122 IZDATELSTVO MEDITSINA, MOSCOW SEARCH TERM(S): MARSHAKOVA IV rauth; CITED item_title; ZH NEVROL PSIKHIATR source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS: citation; bibliometric; scientometrics; psychiatry AUTHOR ADDRESS: SA Trushchelev, Moscow Sci Res Inst Psychiat, Moscow, Russia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Comparative Study of Scientific Publications in Urology and Nephrology Journals Originating from USA, China and Japan (2001-2010) (Article, English) AUTHOR: Li, J; Gao, XH; Bian, Q; Guo, ZY; Mei, XB; Yu, G; Wu, H; Lai, XL; Chen, W SOURCE: PLOS ONE 7 (8). AUG 1 2012. p.NIL_665-NIL_672 PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, SAN FRANCISCO SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS+: CHRONIC KIDNEY-DISEASE; UNITED-STATES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEPATOLOGY; BURDEN; EUROPE; IMPACT; SHARE ABSTRACT: Background: In the past decade, scientific research has developed rapidly in China, but the growth seems to vary widely between different disciplines. In this study, we aimed to compare the quantity and quality of publications in urology and nephrology journals from USA, China and Japan. Methods: Journals listed in the "Urology and Nephrology" category of Science Citation Index Expanded subject categories were included. Scientific papers in these journals written by researchers from USA, Japan and China were retrieved from the "PubMed" and "Web of Knowledge" online databases. Results: The annual number of total scientific articles increased significantly from 2001 to 2010 in China, and has ranked second in the world since 2006. In the field of urology and nephrology, the annual number increased significantly from 2001 to 2010 in USA and China; but not in Japan. The share of articles increased significantly over time in China, decreased significantly in Japan, and remained unchanged in USA. In 2010, USA contributed 32.17% of the total world output in urology and nephrology field and ranked 1 st; Japan contributed 5.19% and ranked 5th; China contributed 3.83% and ranked 9th. Publications from USA had the highest accumulated IFs and the highest total citations of articles (USA>Japan>China, p<0.001). No significant difference was found in average IF among the three countries. USA published the most articles in the top 10 urology and nephrology journals (USA(35165)>Japan(6704)>China(2233), p<0.001). Researchers from USA published more clinical trials and randomized controlled trials than Japan and China (USA>Japan>China, p<0.001). Conclusion: Although China has undergone significant increase in annual number and percentage of scientific publication in urology and nephrology journals in the past decade, it still lags far behind USA and Japan in the field of urology and nephrology in terms of quantity and quality. AUTHOR ADDRESS: J Li, Mil Med Coll 2, Changhai Hosp, Dept Nephrol, Shanghai, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Multiple Authorship and Article Type in Journals of Urology across the Atlantic: Trends over the Past Six Decades (Article, English) AUTHOR: Hammad, FT; Shaban, S; Abu-Zidan, F SOURCE: MEDICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 21 (5). 2012. p.435-441 KARGER, BASEL SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS: Urology journals; Multiple authorship; Type of article KEYWORDS+: MEDICAL JOURNALS; PROSTATE-CANCER; TRIALS; PROLIFERATION; WRITE ABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of this research was to study the trends in authorship and type of article in European and North American journals of urology over the past 6 decades. Materials and Methods: Using a self-developed Visual Basic program, the number of authors per article and the type of article in four European journals (BJU International, Current Opinion in Urology, European Urology and Urologia Internationalis) and four North American journals (Journal of Urology, Urologic Clinics of North America, Urology and World Journal of Urology) were extracted from the PubMed website from January 1946 to October 2010, and the number of authors per article in each year was calculated in all the journals. Results: The average number of authors per article has increased and the percentage of single-author articles has decreased in both European and American journals. An increase in the number of authors per article was observed mainly in original articles and case reports. Since the early 1980s, there has also been a decreasing percentage of published case reports and a general increase in the percentage of letters to the editor and editorials. Conclusions: The multiple- authorship trends observed in both European and North American urology journals were similar and appeared to be mainly due to changes in original articles and case reports. Copyright (c) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel AUTHOR ADDRESS: FT Hammad, United Arab Emirates Univ, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Surg, POB 17666, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Some Geometric Properties of Slovak Poetry (Article, English) AUTHOR: Popescu, II; Cech, R; Altmann, G SOURCE: JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS 19 (2). 2012. p.121-131 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ABINGDON SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 ABSTRACT: The article is focused on the analysis of the frequency structure of texts. Specifically, a geometric characterization of the rank-frequency sequence, which is determined by relationships among the highest word frequency, a number of particular word forms in a text, and the so-called h-point, is analysed. We observe that the geometric characterization of the rank-frequency sequence correlates strongly with the other frequency-based text property called the golden section of text which seems to be a result of a universal mechanism controlling one's language usage. These findings can be viewed as a result of self- organization of text. AUTHOR ADDRESS: II Popescu, Acad Romana, Bucharest, Romania -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A 10-year performance trajectory of top nutrition journals' impact factors (Article, English) AUTHOR: Jani, N; Keshteli, AH; Kabiri, P; Esmaillzadeh, A SOURCE: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES 17 (2). FEB 2012. p.128-132 ISFAHAN UNIV MED SCIENCES, ISFAHAN SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; JOURNALS item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Impact factor; nutrition and dietetics; total citation KEYWORDS+: INDEX ABSTRACT: Background and Aim: This study was performed to evaluate the impact factors (IFs) and total citations of ISI-indexed nutrition journals in a 10-year period from 1999 to 2008 in order to assess the quality of nutrition journals. Materials and Methods: For this retrospective study, the IF and total citation data from 1998 to 2008 were collected through Journal Citation Reports of Thomson Scientific Corporation Web of Knowledge. We selected five highly cited journals in the "nutrition and dietetics" category for our analysis. These journals include Annual Reviews in Nutrition (ANNU REV NUTR), American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN), Progress in Lipid Research (PROG LIPID RES), Journal of Nutrition (J NUTR), and International Journal of Obesity (INT J OBESITY Results: All five selected journals were ranked as one of the top ten "nutrition and dietetics" journals between 1999 and 2008 in ISI database. Most of selected journals' IF had an upward trend during the 10- year period with fluctuation in some cases. AJCN consistently received the greatest number of total citations during the study period, although its IF was not the highest among the five journals studied. Conclusion: The IF illustrated changes in relative rankings of five highly cited journals included in the "nutrition and dietetics" category of the Web of Knowledge. Rank according to the absolute number of citations received, however, did not correlate with rank according to IF. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Esmaillzadeh, Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Sch Nutr & Food Sci, Dept Community Nutr, Food Secur Res Ctr, POB 81745, Esfahan, Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The influence of Iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information (Article, English) AUTHOR: Aminpour, F SOURCE: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES 17 (2). FEB 2012. p.171-175 ISFAHAN UNIV MED SCIENCES, ISFAHAN SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS: Bibliographic databases; biomedical research; information dissemination; knowledge management; periodicals ABSTRACT: Background: Scientific journals are the most credible and updated information resources for valid information in the various fields of science and technology. The present study investigates the status of Iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information to the world of science. Materials and Methods: Total 163 Iranian medical journals accredited by national medical journals commission of Iranian ministry of health and medical education were evaluated through a cross- sectional study. The results were represented in descriptive statistics in the form of table and chart. Results: The study showed that 89.6% of Iranian medical journals were covered by regional information databases. Web of Science database indexed 22 (13.5%) Iranian journals in the field of medical science. Only six (6.7%) journals were indexed by Medline. Fifty-eight (35.6%) journals were in English, 102 (62.6%) in Persian, and three (1.8%) were bilingual which published their articles both in Persian and English languages. The highest Impact factor belonged to Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Conclusions: Improving scientific credibility of Iranian scholarly journals and their influence in disseminating medical information calls for a precise scientific and executive administration in publishing standards and also in the quality of content. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Aminpour, Univ Tehran Med Sci, Dept Hlth Informat Management, Sch Hlth Management & Informat Sci, Tehran, Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Publication trends of neurology articles in a biomedical journal from India (Article, English) AUTHOR: Kumar, KVSH; Aravinda, K SOURCE: ANNALS OF INDIAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY 15 (3). JUL-SEP 2012. p.170-174 MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS, MUMBAI SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNAL item_title KEYWORDS: Biomedical journals; India; neurology; publication trends; research productivity KEYWORDS+: RESEARCH OUTPUT ABSTRACT: Background: The details about the research productivity in the neurology specialty from India is lacking. We analyzed the publishing trends and the research productivity of neurology-related articles in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI). Materials and Methods: We carried the bibliometric analysis of articles related to neurology specialty from JAPI published between 2000 and 2011. Data were derived from the journals website and the articles were analyzed for type (original article, case reports, etc.), disease (infection, vascular, etc.), place, and timelines for publication. Results: Out of total 2977 articles published, 256 articles belong to neurology. Neurology contributed to 7--20 of the published articles per year in JAPI. Case reports (52) constitute the majority type of articles followed by Original Articles (20), Correspondence and Images (15 each). Infections (27), structural disorders (19), cerebrovascular and peripheral nervous system disorders (16 each) contribute the majority of research articles in Neurology. Mumbai (15), Delhi (13), and Chennai (9) are the top three contributors followed by Lucknow and Varanasi. All types of articles took about 9--10 months for acceptance and another 4--5 months for publication. Letters to the Editor were published faster when compared to other articles (P=0.0035). Conclusion: Neurology specialty contributes an average 14 of articles per annum in JAPI. Infections, vascular, structural, and peripheral nervous system disorders together account for 80 of published literature with a small representation from other diseases. Mumbai and Delhi are the leading contributors toward research productivity in neurology. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KVSH Kumar, Command Hosp, Dept Endocrinol, Lucknow 226002, Uttar Pradesh, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Article, English) AUTHOR: Gheisari, Y; Baharvand, H; Nayernia, K; Vasei, M SOURCE: STEM CELL REVIEWS AND REPORTS 8 (3). SEP 2012. p.629-639 HUMANA PRESS INC, TOTOWA SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Stem cell research; Tissue engineering; Iran; Bibliometric analysis; Ethics KEYWORDS+: DOPAMINE-ASSOCIATED GENES; IN-VITRO DIFFERENTIATION; MUSTARD GAS KERATOPATHY; HEPATOCYTE-LIKE CELLS; BONE- MARROW; CARDIOMYOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MYOCARDIAL- INFARCTION; RETINOIC ACID; SPINAL-CORD; AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION ABSTRACT: During the last few years, the Islamic republic of Iran has consistently grown in nearly all scientific fields and achieved considerable success in producing science and developing technology. The Iranian government and scientific community have jointly started programs to support the creation of new scientific opportunities and technology platforms for research in the domain of stem cell and tissue engineering. In addition, clinical translation of basic researches in the fields of stem cell and regenerative medicine has been amongst the top priorities. Interestingly, the public sector, media, and authorities are also actively monitoring these attainments. In spite of this nationwide interest, however, there is currently a dearth of analytical information on these accomplishments. To address this issue, here we introduce the key decisions made by the country's policy makers and also review some of the Iranian researchers' publications in this field. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Vasei, Univ Tehran Med Sci, Shariati Hosp, Dept Pathol, Tehran, Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: PARADIGM SHIFTS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: A BIBLIOMETRIC AND SOCIAL NETWORK APPROACH (Article, English) AUTHOR: McMillan, GS; Casey, DL SOURCE: ADVANCES IN INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS, VOL 17 17. 2010. p.207-255 EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, BINGLEY SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; SMALL H J DOC 36:183 1980; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS+: INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; INVISIBLE-COLLEGES; FIELD ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and development of industrial relations as a field of study. This paper employs bibliometric and social network analyses to examine the scholarly work published in the top industrial relations journals over the past 40 years. By examining the citation and co-citation patterns at the journal level and the article level, it is possible to empirically describe the field of industrial relations in terms of its parameters and its "paradigms" - the generally a greed on sets of research questions and methodologies-at different time periods throughout its development. Our findings illustrate that the intellectual base of the industrial relations field has moved from a more traditional, applied labor economics view of industrial relations to a broader "employment relations" view of the field. AUTHOR ADDRESS: GS McMillan, Penn State Univ, Abington, PA USA - From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Wed Sep 19 02:33:42 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:33:42 +0200 Subject: Information Metrics (iMetrics): A Research Specialty with a Socio-Cognitive Identity? Message-ID: Information Metrics ( iMetrics): A Research Specialty with a Socio-Cognitive Identity? Scientometrics (forthcoming) "Bibliometrics", "scientometrics", "informetrics", and "webometrics" can all be considered as manifestations of a single research area with similar objectives and methods, which we call "information metrics" or iMetrics. This study explores the cognitive and social distinctness of iMetrics with respect to the general information science (IS), focusing on a core of researchers, shared vocabulary and literature/knowledge base. Our analysis investigates the similarities and differences between four document sets. The document sets are drawn from three core journals for iMetrics research (Scientometrics, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, and Journal of Informetrics). We split JASIST into document sets containing iMetrics and general IS articles. The volume of publications in this representation of the specialty has increased rapidly during the last decade. A core of researchers that predominantly focus on iMetrics topics can thus be identified. This core group has developed a shared vocabulary as exhibited in high similarity of title words and one that shares a knowledge base. The research front of this field moves faster than the research front of information science in general, bringing it closer to Price's dream. Available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3406 ; ** apologies for cross-postings _____ Sta?a Milojevi? School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405-1901, United States; smilojev at indiana.edu . _____ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands; loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Wed Sep 19 16:48:36 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:48:36 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to SIG-Metrics readers Message-ID: TITLE: Towards bibliometric units in universities: model and functions (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Torres-Salinas, D; Jimenez-Contreras, E SOURCE: REVISTA ESPANOLA DE DOCUMENTACION CIENTIFICA 35 (3). 2012. p.469-480 CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, MADRID SEARCH TERM(S): MORAVCSIK MJ rauth; BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: University; bibliometric unit; scientific information systems; bibliometric indicators; research management ABSTRACT: In recent years, bibliometric indicators have been firmly established as a tool for research management and decision-making in the context of scientific policy. Spanish universities represent one sector that has seen significant growth in the use of indicators. These institutions now find themselves in an ever more competitive environment and therefore have a greater need to have knowledge of the performance of their researchers. Against this background, this paper presents a proposal for the creation of Bibliometric Units in Spanish universities and attempts specifically to illustrate both the model and functions of these units based on three pillars: control of information sources related to research, preparing reports, and advice/training. In addition to the theoretical proposal we present different examples from the universities of Navarra and Granada. The text concludes that such units could represent an important opportunity for jobs in the field of Information Science. AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Torres-Salinas, Univ Navarra, Grp Evaluac Ciencia & Comunicac Cient EC3, Ctr Invest Med Aplicada, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The bibliometric structure of spin-off literature (Review, English) AUTHOR: Wallin, MW SOURCE: INNOVATION-MANAGEMENT POLICY & PRACTICE 14 (2). JUN 2012. p.162-177 ECONTENT MANAGEMENT, MALENY SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL HG SOC STUD SCI 7:139 1977; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981; KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; entrepreneurship; innovation; network analysis; review; spin-off KEYWORDS+: INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; STRATEGIC-MANAGEMENT; COCITATION ANALYSIS; AUTHOR COCITATION; TECHNOLOGY; COMPANIES; FIRMS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; TAXONOMY; PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT: The spin-off phenomenon has received ample attention in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. In this paper I investigate the bibliometric structure of the literature on spin-off firms. Bibliometric methods enable a fairly objective approach to sort through significant amounts of data to identify the building blocks of this emerging literature. Specifically, I identify the building blocks in terms of topics addressed and links to and between scientific fields. The dataset consists of 215 source articles published between 1957 and 2006 and 2397 cited authors. Two main results are found. First, the field is mainly drawing on empirical studies rather than conceptual work. Second, though, co-citation networks reveal important conceptual links between empirical studies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MW Wallin, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Management Technol & Econ, Zurich, Switzerland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Finding Relevant Papers Based on Citation Relations (Article, English) AUTHOR: Liang, YC; Li, Q; Qian, TY SOURCE: WEB-AGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 6897. 2011. p.403-414 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): KESSLER MM AM DOC 14:10 1963; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Paper Relevance; Citation Relation; Citation Network ABSTRACT: With the tremendous amount of research publications, recommending relevant papers to researchers to fulfill their information need becomes a significant problem. The major challenge to be tackled by our work is that given a target paper, how to effectively recommend a set of relevant papers from an existing citation network. In this paper, we propose a novel method to address the problem by incorporating various citation relations for a proper set of papers, which are more relevant but with a very limited size. The proposed method has two unique properties. Firstly, a metric called Local Relation Strength is defined to measure the dependency between cited and citing papers. Secondly, a model called Global Relation Strength is proposed to capture the relevance between two papers in the whole citation graph. We evaluate our proposed model on a real-world publication dataset and conduct an extensive comparison with the state-of-the-art baseline methods. The experimental results demonstrate that our method can have a promising improvement over the state-of-the-art techniques. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YC Liang, City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Comp Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: ASAP: Towards Accurate, Stable and Accelerative Penetrating-Rank Estimation on Large Graphs (Article, English) AUTHOR: Li, XF; Yu, WR; Yang, B; Le, JJ SOURCE: WEB-AGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 6897. 2011. p.415-429 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973 ABSTRACT: Pervasive web applications increasingly require a measure of similarity among objects. Penetrating-Rank (P-Rank) has been one of the promising link-based similarity metrics as it provides a comprehensive way of jointly encoding both incoming and outgoing links into computation for emerging applications. In this paper, we investigate P-Rank efficiency problem that encompasses its accuracy, stability and computational time. (I) We provide an accuracy estimate for iteratively computing P-Rank. A symmetric problem is to find the iteration number K needed for achieving a given accuracy E. (2) We also analyze the stability of P-Rank, by showing that small choices of the damping factors would make P-Rank more stable and well-conditioned. (3) For undirected graphs, we also explicitly characterize the P-Rank solution in terms of matrices. This results in a novel non-iterative algorithm, termed ASAP, for efficiently computing P-Rank, which improves the CPU time from O(n(4)) to O(n(3)). Using real and synthetic data, we empirically verify the effectiveness and efficiency of our approaches. AUTHOR ADDRESS: XF Li, Fudan Univ, Shanghai, Peoples R China --------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Assessing the Publication Productivity of Clinical Psychology Professors in Canadian Psychological Association-Accredited Canadian Psychology Departments (Article, English) AUTHOR: Carleton, RN; Parkerson, HA; Horswill, SC SOURCE: CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGY-PSYCHOLOGIE CANADIENNE 53 (3). AUG 2012. p.226-237 CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC, OTTAWA SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; CAN PSYCHOL source_abbrev_20 KEYWORDS: psychology; Canadian psychology research; publications; h- index; CPA-accredited psychology programs KEYWORDS+: H-INDEX; SCIENTIST; RANKINGS; GENDER; CITATIONS; PROGRAMS; EMINENCE; FACULTY; COUNTS; WOMEN ABSTRACT: Canadian clinical psychology professors in programs accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) are generally expected to perform in 3 major domains research, teaching, and service. Measurement of performance in these domains is complicated. Research productivity, as measured by publication and citation counts, are often touted as objective metrics for evaluating professorial research performance; however, such quantifications can be problematic. Despite concerns, evaluators continue to use publication and citation counts for evaluating psychology professors. Use of these metrics without normative data is extremely problematic; moreover, without ceiling reference points or identification of outliers, new professors and those evaluating them have no perspective on reasonable expectations. The current study provides normative data and ceiling reference points using publically available data for the 255 professors currently in CPA-accredited Canadian clinical psychology programs, as well as submissions from an invited subset of those same professors. The data were stratified by professorial rank and sex, with the men and women having the highest publication and citation counts identified to create ceiling references. The results suggest that most CPA-accredited Canadian clinical psychology professors publish between 0 and 4 articles annually. Men publish significantly more than women at the Assistant and Full professorial ranks (p < .05), but not at the Associate rank (p > .10). Evidence also suggests that professors cannot be appropriately rank-ordered based on any single research index. Comprehensive results, implications, limitations, contextually based caveats, and directions for future research are discussed. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RN Carleton, Univ Regina, Dept Psychol, 3737 Wascana Pkwy, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Application of the systematic review and bibliometric network analysis (SeBriNA) methodology contextualizes evidence. Part 2: rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (Review, English) AUTHOR: Kho, ME; Brouwers, MC SOURCE: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 65 (9). SEP 2012. p.996-1009 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: Evidence-based medicine; Bibliometrics; Systematic reviews; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Publication bias; Rituximab KEYWORDS+: ANTI-CD20 MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY; B-CELL LYMPHOMA; REFRACTORY LOW-GRADE; CHOP CHEMOTHERAPY; ELDERLY-PATIENTS; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; PHASE-II; THERAPY; TRIAL; COMBINATION ABSTRACT: Objective: We conducted a systematic review and bibliometric network analysis (SeBriNA) of rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Study Design and Setting: We searched three primary data sources (1997- 2003) for five document types: original research, reviews, guidelines, editorials, and media reports. We conducted cumulative meta-analysis on three outcomes (mortality, tumor response, safety) and used GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) to classify evidence quality. Direct citation relationships between original research documents and other documents were analyzed and visually represented. Results: Of 6,798 documents, 757 met inclusion criteria. The 317 original research documents represented 209 study clusters and 8,483 evaluated patients. Of 209 study clusters, 2.9% were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and reported data on outcomes of interest. The quality of evidence was moderate. We identified 1,571 direct citations to the 317 original research documents. The first RCT reporting relevant outcomes appeared in 2000, whereas the first guidelines appeared in 1999. Of 212 media reports, 92% cited no original research. Conclusions: Of 757 rituximab documents, RCTs of comparisons and outcomes represented <3% of original research. In contrast, review articles, guidelines, editorials, and media reports each outnumbered the relevant original research. The SeBriNA review facilitated the analysis, contextualization, and interpretation of these complex relationships. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ME Kho, Johns Hopkins Univ Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The systematic review and bibliometric network analysis (SeBriNA) is a new method to contextualize evidence. Part 1: description (Review, English) AUTHOR: Kho, ME; Brouwers, MC SOURCE: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 65 (9). SEP 2012. p.1010-1015 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: Evidence-based medicine; Bibliometrics; Systematic reviews; Cumulative meta-analysis; Publication bias; Patient-centered outcomes KEYWORDS+: METAANALYSIS ABSTRACT: Objective: We describe a new methodology, the systematic review and bibliometric network analysis (SeBriNA), to contextualize the quality and quantity of patient-centered outcomes evidence relative to complementary documents such as reviews, practice guidelines, editorials, and media reports. Study Design and Setting: The SeBriNA is informed by systematic review and bibliometric analysis methodologies. It focuses on two key concepts: I) quality of evidence for patient-centered outcomes using cumulative meta-analysis and the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) appraisal approach; 2) quantity of original research and its citation relationships to related documents. It includes four steps: I) research questions and document selection; 2) data extraction and analysis; 3) document network relationships; and 4) document network visualization. Results: The primary output from the SeBriNA is an analysis of 1) evidence-the annual cumulative meta-analysis estimate of effect juxtaposed against quality of evidence by patient-centered outcomes (GRADE), and 2) context-the network of relationships between related documents and original research. This analysis can be represented as a single figure. Conclusions: The SeBriNA may help decision makers conceptualize, interpret, and visualize the quantity, quality, and relevance of original research within a network of related documents. Applications include prospective support for clinical and policy decisions and identification of research gaps. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: ME Kho, Johns Hopkins Univ Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: The 50 most cited articles in pediatric orthopedic surgery Authors: Baldwin, KD; Kovatch, K; Namdari, S; Sankar, W; Flynn, JM; Dormans, JP Author Full Names: Baldwin, Keith D.; Kovatch, Kevin; Namdari, Surena; Sankar, Wudbhuv; Flynn, John M.; Dormans, John P. Source: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS-PART B, 21 (5):463-468; 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328354b0cf SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: citation, literature, pediatric orthopedic KeyWords Plus: CITATION-CLASSICS; JOURNALS; IMPACT; MEDICINE Abstract: Quantity of citation is often used as a surrogate measurement of an article's importance or relevance in a given field. To date, there has been no study on citation quantity or density in pediatric orthopedics. We present such an analysis. We reviewed all articles in the ISI web of science under the subheading 'orthopedics' to find articles of relevance to pediatric orthopedic surgeons. We subsequently analyzed the characteristics of the most cited articles in terms of the level of evidence, journal of publication, and subcategory of pediatric orthopedics. The majority of the top 50 articles in pediatric orthopedics were from the 1970s and 1980s. All the articles were in English. Uncontrolled case series comprised the largest single level of evidence (level IV). We describe the top 50 articles in pediatric orthopedics by citation and citation density. The level of evidence for highly cited papers was low. Although many of these articles were written by the great thinkers of ! our field, a need exists for more rigorous methodology. J Pediatr Orthop B 21:463-468 (c) 2012 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Reprint Address: Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Dept Orthopaed Surg, 34th & Civ Ctr Blvd,2 Wood Ctr, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. Addresses: [Baldwin, Keith D.; Sankar, Wudbhuv; Flynn, John M.; Dormans, John P.] Childrens Hosp Philadelphia, Dept Orthoped Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA [Kovatch, Kevin] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA [Baldwin, Keith D.; Namdari, Surena] Hosp Univ Penn, Dept Orthoped Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA E-mail Address: baldwink at email.chop.edu Cited Reference Count: 17 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA ISSN: 1060-152X Web of Science Categories: Orthopedics; Pediatrics Research Areas: Orthopedics; Pediatrics IDS Number: 983NE Unique ID: WOS:000307125200018 Cited References: Stern RS, 2000, ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY, V136, P357 Tsai Yi-Lun, 2006, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, V24, P647 Baltussen A, 2004, INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, V30, P902 Cheek J, 2006, QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH, V16, P423 Loonen Martijn P. J., 2008, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, V121, P320E Adams Alexander B, 2004, Respiratory care, V49, P276 Baltussen A, 2004, ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA, V98, P443 Loonen MP, 2007, Plast Reconstr Surg, V120, P92 Ollerton JE, 2005, JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE, V58, P364 Roy D, 2002, JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, V116, P363 Mehlman Charles T., 2006, JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS, V26, P691 KEY JD, 1988, ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, V69, P1058 Loonen Martijn P. J., 2007, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, V120, P2082 Lefaivre Kelly A., 2011, CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH, V469, P1487 GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 Paladugu R, 2002, WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY, V26, P1099 Stern RS, 1999, ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY, V135, P948 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= *Record 4 of 7. Title: Content Factor: A Measure of a Journal's Contribution to Knowledge Authors: Bernstein, J; Gray, CF Author Full Names: Bernstein, Joseph; Gray, Chancellor F. Source: PLOS ONE, 7 (7):10.1371/journal.pone.0041554 JUL 23 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article KeyWords Plus: AFFORDABLE HEALTH-CARE Abstract: Impact Factor, the pre-eminent performance metric for medical journals, has been criticized for failing to capture the true impact of articles; for favoring methodology papers; for being unduly influenced by statistical outliers; and for examining a period of time too short to capture an article's long-term importance. Also, in the era of search engines, where readers need not skim through journals to find information, Impact Factor's emphasis on citation efficiency may be misplaced. A better metric would consider the total number of citations to all papers published by the journal (not just the recent ones), and would not be decremented by the total number of papers published. We propose a metric embodying these principles, "Content Factor", and examine its performance among leading medical and orthopaedic surgery journals. To remedy Impact Factor's emphasis on recent citations, Content Factor considers the total number of citations, regardless of the year in which the cited paper was published. To correct for Impact Factor's emphasis on efficiency, no denominator is employed. Content Factor is thus the total number of citations in a given year to all of the papers previously published in the journal. We found that Content Factor and Impact Factor are poorly correlated. We further surveyed 75 experienced orthopaedic authors and measured their perceptions of the "importance" of various orthopaedic surgery journals. The correlation between the importance score and the Impact Factor was only 0.08; the correlation between the importance score and Content Factor was 0.56. Accordingly, Content Factor better reflects a journal's "importance". In sum, while Content Factor cannot be defended as the lone metric of merit, to the extent that performance data informs journal evaluations, Content Factor-an easily obtained and intuitively appealing metric of the journal's knowledge contribution, not subject to gaming-can be a useful adjunct. Reprint Address: Vet Hosp, Dept Orthoped Surg, Philadelphia, PA USA. Addresses: [Bernstein, Joseph] Vet Hosp, Dept Orthoped Surg, Philadelphia, PA USA [Bernstein, Joseph; Gray, Chancellor F.] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Dept Orthoped Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA E-mail Address: Joseph.Bernstein at uphs.upenn.edu Cited Reference Count: 7 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 1160 BATTERY STREET, STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 USA ISSN: 1932-6203 Article Number: e41554 Web of Science Categories: Biology Research Areas: Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics IDS Number: 977TM Unique ID: WOS:000306687700111 Cited References: McCain John S., 2008, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V300, P1925 GARFIELD E, 1972, SCIENCE, V178, P471 WARREN JR, 1983, LANCET, V1, P1273 Obama Barack, 2008, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V300, P1927 2005, Nature, V435, P1003 2006, PLoS Med, V3, Pe291 Flynn JM, 2011, Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 10, ======================================================================= *Record 5 of 7. Title: Quality of Reporting of Modern Randomized Controlled Trials in Medical Oncology: A Systematic Review Authors: Peron, J; Pond, GR; Gan, HK; Chen, EX; Almufti, R; Maillet, D; You, B Author Full Names: Peron, Julien; Pond, Gregory R.; Gan, Hui K.; Chen, Eric X.; Almufti, Roula; Maillet, Denis; You, Benoit Source: JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, 104 (13):982-989; 10.1093/jnci/djs259 JUL 2012 Language: English Document Type: Review KeyWords Plus: CONSORT STATEMENT; BIOMEDICAL JOURNALS; UPDATED GUIDELINES; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; BIAS; RECOMMENDATIONS; PUBLICATION; ELABORATION; EXPLANATION; CONCEALMENT Abstract: Background The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines were developed in the mid-1990s for the explicit purpose of improving clinical trial reporting. However, there is little information regarding the adherence to CONSORT guidelines of recent publications of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in oncology. Methods All phase III RCTs published between 2005 and 2009 were reviewed using an 18-point overall quality score for reporting based on the 2001 CONSORT statement. Multivariable linear regression was used to identify features associated with improved reporting quality. To provide baseline data for future evaluations of reporting quality, RCTs were also assessed according to the 2010 revised CONSORT statement. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results A total of 357 RCTs were reviewed. The mean 2001 overall quality score was 13.4 on a scale of 0-18, whereas the mean 2010 overall quality score was 19.3 on a scale of 0-27. The overall RCT reporting quality score improved by 0.21 points per year from 2005 to 2009. Poorly reported items included method used to generate the random allocation (adequately reported in 29% of trials), whether and how blinding was applied (41%), method of allocation concealment (51%), and participant flow (59%). High impact factor (IF, P = .003), recent publication date (P = .008), and geographic origin of RCTs (P = .003) were independent factors statistically significantly associated with higher reporting quality in a multivariable regression model. Sample size, tumor type, and positivity of trial results were not associated with higher reporting quality, whereas funding source and treatment type had a borderline statistically significant impact. Conclusion The results show that numerous items remained unreported for many trials. Thus, given the potential impact of poorly reported trials, oncology journals should require even stricter adherence to the CONSORT guidelines. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012;104:982-989 Reprint Address: Hosp Civils Lyon, Ctr Hosp Lyon Sud, Serv Oncol Med, F-69310 Pierre Benite, France. Addresses: [Peron, Julien; Almufti, Roula; Maillet, Denis; You, Benoit] Hosp Civils Lyon, Ctr Hosp Lyon Sud, Serv Oncol Med, F-69310 Pierre Benite, France [Pond, Gregory R.] McMaster Univ, Dept Oncol, Ontario Clin Oncol Grp, Hamilton, ON, Canada [Gan, Hui K.] Austin Hosp, Joint Austin Ludwig Oncol Unit, Melbourne, Vic 3084, Australia [Chen, Eric X.] Princess Margaret Hosp, Univ Hlth Network, Dept Med Oncol & Hematol, Toronto, ON M4X 1K9, Canada E-mail Address: benoit.you at chu-lyon.fr Funding Acknowledgement: Victorian State Government Funding Text: HKG is the recipient of a Victorian Cancer Agency Research Fellowship from the Victorian State Government. Cited Reference Count: 33 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA ISSN: 0027-8874 Web of Science Categories: Oncology Research Areas: Oncology IDS Number: 973OO Unique ID: WOS:000306369800010 Cited References: Soares HP, 2004, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V328, P22 Guyatt Gordon H., 2008, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V336, P924 Moher D, 1998, LANCET, V352, P609 ROCHON PA, 1994, ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, V154, P157 Clever L, 1997, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, V336, P309 2011, Version 5.1.0, Kober T, 2006, JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, V98, P620 Moher David, 2010, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V340, Begg C, 1996, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V276, P637 Hollis S, 1999, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V319, P670 Devereaux PJ, 2004, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, V57, P1232 Huwiler-Muntener K, 2002, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V287, P2801 Devereaux PJ, 2001, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V285, P2000 Schulz Kenneth F., 2010, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V340, Nueesch Eveline, 2009, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V339, Moher D, 2001, LANCET, V357, P1191 Wood Lesley, 2008, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V336, P601 Plint Amy C., 2006, MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, V185, P263 Altman DG, 2001, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, V134, P663 Lai R, 2006, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, V24, P1136 Pildal J, 2005, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V330, P1049 Djulbegovic B, 2000, LANCET, V356, P635 SCHULZ KF, 1995, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V273, P408 Jones Michael N., 2007, PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW, V114, P1 Rios Lorena P., 2008, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, V93, P3810 LIBERATI A, 1986, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, V4, P942 Mills E, 2005, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, V58, P662 EASTERBROOK PJ, 1991, LANCET, V337, P867 Moher D, 2001, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V285, P1992 Haller Daniel G., 2011, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, V29, P1091 Hopewell Sally, 2010, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V340, You Benoit, 2012, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, V30, P210 Toulmonde M, 2001, J Clin Oncol., V29, P1204 ======================================================================= *Record 6 of 7. *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=WOS&DestLinkType=FullRecord;UT=WOS:000307394200001 *Order Full Text [ ] Title: Research statistics in Atopic Eczema: what disease is this? Authors: Hon, KLE; Yong, V; Leung, TF Author Full Names: Hon, Kam-Lun Ellis; Yong, Vivien; Leung, Ting-Fan Source: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, 38 10.1186/1824-7288-38-26 JUN 9 2012 Language: English Document Type: Review Author Keywords: Atopic dermatitis, Eczema, ISI, Impact Factors, PubMed KeyWords Plus: DERMATITIS; CHILDREN; FILAGGRIN; MUTATIONS; SEVERITY Abstract: Background: Atopic eczema is a common and distressing disease. This study aims to review PubMed indexed research statistics on atopic eczema over a-10 year period to investigate the clinical relevance and research interest about this disease. Methods: PubMed (a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine) was searched for the terms "atopic dermatitis" and "eczema", with limits activated (Humans, Clinical Trial, Meta-Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, published in the last 10 years), and editorials, letters, practice guidelines, reviews, and animal studies excluded. Journal impact factor (IF) is in accordance with Journal Citation Report (JCR) 2009, a product of Thomson ISI (Institute for Scientific Information). Results: A total of 890 articles were retrieved. Taking out publications that were irrelevant and those without an impact factor, 729 articles were obtained. These articles were grouped into dermatology (n = 337, mean IF: 3.01), allergy/immunology (n = 215, mean IF: 4.89), pediatrics (n = 118, mean IF: 2.53) and miscellaneous subject categories (n = 142, mean IF: 5.10). The impact factors were highest in the miscellaneous category (p = 0.0001), which includes such prestigious journals as the New England journal of Medicine (n = 1, IF: 47.05), the Lancet (n = 4, IF: 30.76) and BMJ (n = 6, IF: 13.66). There was no publication in any family medicine or general practice journal. The British Journal of Dermatology (n = 78), Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (n = 49) and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (n = 46) had the highest number of publications on the subject. Atopic eczema ranked higher in impact factors in allergy/immunology although more publications appeared in ! the dermatology category. Conclusions: Atopic eczema is a multidisciplinary disease. Its clinical relevance and research interests are definitely beyond that of a mere cutaneous disease. Investigators may consider allergy/immunology and miscellaneous journal categories for higher impact of their research. Reprint Address: Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Pediat, Clin Sci Bldg 6-F, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. Addresses: [Hon, Kam-Lun Ellis; Leung, Ting-Fan] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Pediat, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China [Yong, Vivien] Univ Auckland, Fac Med, Auckland 1, New Zealand E-mail Address: ehon at hotmail.com Cited Reference Count: 26 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND ISSN: 1720-8424 Article Number: 26 Web of Science Categories: Pediatrics Research Areas: Pediatrics IDS Number: 987CO Unique ID: WOS:000307394200001 Cited References: Hon Kam Lun E., 2012, IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ALLERGY ASTHMA AND IMMUNOLOGY, V11, P73 Palmer CNA, 2006, NATURE GENETICS, V38, P441 Hon Kam-Lun Ellis, 2010, INDIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, V77, P519 Palmer Colin N. A., 2007, JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, V120, P64 Maintz Laura, 2007, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, V17, P267 Zinelli C., 2009, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, V34, P607 Sandilands Aileen, 2007, NATURE GENETICS, V39, P650 Hon KL, 1000, Indian J Pediatr, Chamlin SL, 2002, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY, V47, P198 Hon Kam Lun, 2011, Chinese medicine, V6, P17 Hon K, 2010, Expert Rev Dermatol, V5, P299 Spergel Jonathan M., 2003, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, V112, PS118 Hon K L, 2011, Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi / Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, V17, P132 Hon KLE, 2005, JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT, V16, P154 Strachan David P., 2000, Thorax, V55, PS2 Leung Alexander K C, 2007, Advances in pediatrics, V54, P241 Hon Kam-Lun Ellis, 2008, ACTA PAEDIATRICA, V97, P1734 Emerson RM, 1998, BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, V139, P73 Johansson SGO, 2001, ALLERGY, V56, P813 Rautava S, 2004, JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION, V38, P378 Hon Kam-Lun Ellis, 2007, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, V46, P1258 Sehra Sarita, 2008, CRITICAL REVIEWS IN IMMUNOLOGY, V28, P15 Carroll CL, 2005, PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY, V22, P192 Lewis-Jones Sue, 2007, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V335, P1263 Spergel Jonathan M., 2010, ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY, V105, P99 Williams HC, 2005, JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, V116, P1064 ======================================================================= *Record 7 of 7. Title: Endorsement and implementation of high impact factor medical journals on the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) policy of mandatory clinical trial registration Authors: Tulvatana, W; Thinkhamrop, B; Kulvichit, K; Tatsanavivat, P Author Full Names: Tulvatana, Wasee; Thinkhamrop, Bandit; Kulvichit, Kittisak; Tatsanavivat, Pyatat Source: ASIAN BIOMEDICINE, 6 (3):423-427; 10.5372/1905-7415.0603.072 JUN 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Associated factors, clinical trial registration, endorsement, impact factor, implementation, policy KeyWords Plus: STATEMENT Abstract: Objective: We determined the proportion of highest impact factor journals that follows the ICMJE policy of clinical trial registration and identified factors associated with policy implementation. Study design and setting: Ten highest impact factor journals from ten specialties were identified from the 2009 Journal Citation Reports. Instructions for authors were reviewed for the statements regarding the trial registration. If the registration policy was mentioned in the instructions, the published articles were assessed to determine if the policy was actually implemented. The publishers, membership in Committee on Publication Ethics, journal vintage, etc., were analyzed for association with the policy implementation. Results: Of 87 relevant journals, 58.6% endorsed the policy and 35.6% strictly implemented it. Factors for journals associated with strict clinical trial registration policy implementation were Internal Medicine specialty (OR 19.19; 95%CI: 2.21, 166.50; p = 0.007), ICMJE's URM followers (OR 7.14; 95%CI: 2.62, 19.46; p < 0.001), longer years of publication (OR for every 10 year 1.31; 95%Cl: 1.16, 1.49; p = 0.001), and higher impact factors (OR for every 1 JIF 1.70; 95%CI: 1.25, 2.32;p = 0.001). Conclusion: Only one third of the highest impact factor journals strictly implemented ICMJE policy. Associated factors were identified. Reprint Address: Med Res Fdn, Thai Clin Trials Registry, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand. Addresses: [Tulvatana, Wasee; Thinkhamrop, Bandit; Kulvichit, Kittisak; Tatsanavivat, Pyatat] Med Res Fdn, Thai Clin Trials Registry, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand [Tulvatana, Wasee; Kulvichit, Kittisak] Chulalongkorn Univ, Fac Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Bangkok 10330, Thailand [Thinkhamrop, Bandit] Khon Kaen Univ, Fac Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat & Demog, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand [Tatsanavivat, Pyatat] Khon Kaen Univ, Fac Med, Dept Internal Med, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand E-mail Address: waseetulvatana at gmail.com Funding Acknowledgement: Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences Funding Text: Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences funded the Thai Clinical Trials Registry. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. Cited Reference Count: 8 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: CHULALONGKORN UNIV, FAC MED, CHULALONGKORN UNIV, FAC MED, 1873, RAMA 4, BANGKOK, 10330, THAILAND ISSN: 1905-7415 Web of Science Categories: Medicine, Research & Experimental Research Areas: Research & Experimental Medicine IDS Number: 976VV Unique ID: WOS:000306616300011 Cited References: 1000, Journals that have Requested Inclusion on the List of Publications that follow the ICMJE's Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, Tulvatana W, 2011, J Evid Based Med, V4, P182 Hopewell Sally, 2008, TRIALS, V9, Reveiz L., 2010, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, V63, P1216 Kulvichit K, 2005, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, V352, P198 1000, WMA Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, De Angelis C, 2004, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, V351, P1250 1000, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal, From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Sep 20 13:26:43 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:26:43 +0000 Subject: FW: A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR CO-DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Vicente Aboites [mailto:aboites at cio.mx] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:10 PM To: Garfield, Eugene Subject: A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR CO-DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE http://www.ijpam.eu/contents/2012-79-2/15/15.pdf International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 79 No. 2 2012, 357-373 A MODEL FOR CO-DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE BASED ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF GAUSS MAPS Abstract: In this article we present an explanation for co-discovery in science. Our core proposal is that co-discovery i.e. the synchronization of different people offering the same (or very similar) ideas, takes place when a common external action is provided by an external and common information flux. In our mathematical model this external action takes the form of a chaotic or a noisy signal. From our model we obtain an estimation for the number of co-discoveries expected for the 21th century which will be in the order of thousands. With best greetings Dr. Vicente Aboites -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Sep 20 15:26:40 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:26:40 +0000 Subject: papers of interest to Sig Metrics Readers Message-ID: TITLE: Citation Index and Impact factor (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Nigam, A; Nigam, PK SOURCE: INDIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY VENEREOLOGY & LEPROLOGY 78 (4). JUL-AUG 2012. p.511-516 MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS, MUMBAI SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 32:5 1990; AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Nigam, D-30-A, Raipur 492001, Chhattisgarh, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Laryngeal cancer: Quantitative and qualitative assessment of research output, 1945-2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Glynn, RW; Lowery, AJ; Scutaru, C; O'Dwyer, T; Keogh, I SOURCE: LARYNGOSCOPE 122 (9). SEP 2012. p.1967-1973 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955 KEYWORDS: Laryngeal cancer; research output; impact factor; bibliometric; h-index; Levels of Evidence: 5 KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; UNITED-STATES; SCIENCE; HEALTH; TRENDS; SURVIVAL; INDEX ABSTRACT: Objectives/Hypothesis: To provide an in-depth evaluation of research yield in laryngeal cancer from 1945 to 2010, using large- scale data analysis, employment of bibliometric indicators of production and quality, and density equalizing mapping. Study Design: Bibliometic analysis incorporating the Web of Science Database. Methods: The search strategy employed was as follows; TS = ((Laryngeal Neoplasm$) OR (Larynx Neoplasm$) OR (Larynx Cancer$) OR (Laryngeal Cancer$)). Author and journal data and cooperation networks were computed following analysis of combinations of countries and institutions that registered cooperation during the study period. Mapping was performed as described by Groneberg- Kloft in 2004. Results: A total of 8,658 items relating to laryngeal cancer were published over the study period, accounting for 139,700 citations. The United States was the most prolific country, accounting for 28.83% (n = 2,496) of total output. Other prolific nations included Italy (n = 794) and Germany (n = 792). There were 973 items published as a consequence of international cooperation; this practice increased steadily over time and accounted for 15.58% (88 of 565) of output in 2010. There were 1,073 different journals publishing articles on laryngeal cancer, although the top 20 (1.8%) most prolific titles were together responsible for more than 43% of the total output; these were led by Laryngoscope (n = 368) and Head and Neck, Journal of the Scientific Specialties (n = 364). A total of 24,682 authors contributed to the literature on laryngeal cancer; the leading author by output was Alfio Ferlito (n = 120); Carlo La Vecchia recorded the highest h-index (h = 32). Conclusions: This work represents the first attempt to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of laryngeal cancer research output, whilst in tandem identifying the key bibliometric benchmarks to which those involved in the production of that output might aspire. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RW Glynn, Univ Coll Hosp Galway, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, Galway, Ireland - From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Sep 20 15:27:00 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:27:00 +0000 Subject: Papers from WOS search of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers (including cited references) Message-ID: Title: Is the "impact factor" a valid measure of the impact of research published in Clinical Neurophysiology and Muscle & Nerve? Authors: Burke, D; Phillips, LH Author Full Names: Burke, David; Phillips, Lawrence H., II Source: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 123 (9):1687-1690; 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.06.011 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Reprint Address: Univ Sydney, Dept Neurol, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Addresses: [Burke, David] Univ Sydney, Dept Neurol, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia [Burke, David] Univ Sydney, Cent Clin Sch, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia [Phillips, Lawrence H., II] Univ Virginia, Dept Neurol, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA E-mail Address: david.burke at sydney.edu.au Cited Reference Count: 9 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND Web of Science Categories: Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences Cited References: Opthof T, 1997, CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, V33, P1 Fowler James H., 2007, SCIENTOMETRICS, V72, P427 Garfield E, 1999, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V161, P979 Decker O, 2004, SOZIAL-UND PRAVENTIVMEDIZIN, V49, P10 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 2011, Eighth Report of Session 2010-2012.. Volume I: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence, Frank M, 2003, JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, V91, P4 Seglen PO, 1997, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V314, P498 2004, Empfehlungen zu einer Leistungsorientierten Mittelvergabe (LOM) an den Medizinischen Fakultaten, ======================================================================= Title: CONTRIBUTION OF PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS IN 'STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY' LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE JOURNAL CITATION REPORT (2010) Authors: Qadeer, F; Ahmad, M Author Full Names: Qadeer, Faisal; Ahmad, Munir Source: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS, 28 (3):409-422; JUL 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Journal Citation Reports, Impact Factor, Statistics and Probability, Pakistan KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENCE Abstract: Only twenty countries have impact factor journals in 'Statistics and Probability'. In this paper, we trace contributions of Pakistan Journal Statistics in publishing research papers in comparison to other countries. The analysis is based on Journals Citation Reports 2010 edition issued by the Thomson's Institute of Scientific Information. The paper provides country and publishing group level comparisons of the impact factors of journals in this subject. Of 20 countries, only two Islamic countries i.e. Pakistan and Turkey have one journal each in the 'Statistics and Probability' literature. Reprint Address: Natl Coll Business Adm & Econ, Lahore, Pakistan. Addresses: [Qadeer, Faisal; Ahmad, Munir] Natl Coll Business Adm & Econ, Lahore, Pakistan E-mail Address: mfaisalqr at hotmail.com; drmunir at ncbae.edu.pk Cited Reference Count: 14 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ISOSS PUBL, PLOT 426, BLOCK J-3, M A JOHAR, LAHORE, 00000, PAKISTAN Web of Science Categories: Statistics & Probability Cited References: Bankhead C., 2010, Urology Times, Althouse Benjamin M., 2009, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V60, P27 Miguel Campanario Juan, 2011, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, V62, P230 Garfield E, 1999, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, V161, P979 Yu Guang, 2010, SCIENTOMETRICS, V83, P259 Dong P, 2005, Biomedical Digital Libraries, V2, P1 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 Wishart MJ, 1998, FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, V39, P557 Konradsen J., 2007, ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, V115, P331 Rossner Mike, 2008, JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, V180, P254 Falagas ME, 2005, BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, V5, Maria Gomez-Sancho Jose, 2009, SCIENTOMETRICS, V81, P435 Sorrentino D, 2000, DIGESTION, V61, P77 Mallick S.K., 2010, Journal of Digital Asset Management, V6, P336 ======================================================================= Title: The influence of Iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information Authors: Aminpour, F Author Full Names: Aminpour, Farzaneh Source: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, 17 (2):171-175; FEB 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Bibliographic databases, biomedical research, information dissemination, knowledge management, periodicals Abstract: Background: Scientific journals are the most credible and updated information resources for valid information in the various fields of science and technology. The present study investigates the status of Iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information to the world of science. Materials and Methods: Total 163 Iranian medical journals accredited by national medical journals commission of Iranian ministry of health and medical education were evaluated through a cross-sectional study. The results were represented in descriptive statistics in the form of table and chart. Results: The study showed that 89.6% of Iranian medical journals were covered by regional information databases. Web of Science database indexed 22 (13.5%) Iranian journals in the field of medical science. Only six (6.7%) journals were indexed by Medline. Fifty-eight (35.6%) journals were in English, 102 (62.6%) in Persian, and three (1.8%) were bilingual which published their articles both in Pe! rsian and English languages. The highest Impact factor belonged to Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Conclusions: Improving scientific credibility of Iranian scholarly journals and their influence in disseminating medical information calls for a precise scientific and executive administration in publishing standards and also in the quality of content. Reprint Address: Univ Tehran Med Sci, Dept Hlth Informat Management, Sch Hlth Management & Informat Sci, Tehran, Iran. Addresses: [Aminpour, Farzaneh] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Dept Hlth Informat Management, Sch Hlth Management & Informat Sci, Tehran, Iran [Aminpour, Farzaneh] Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Med Educ Res Ctr, Esfahan, Iran E-mail Address: f.aminpour at gmail.com Cited Reference Count: 14 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ISFAHAN UNIV MED SCIENCES, HEZARJERIB AVE, PO BOX 81745-319, ISFAHAN, 00000, IRAN ISSN: 1735-1995 Web of Science Categories: Medicine, General & Internal Cited References: Aminpour Farzaneh, 2010, SCIENTOMETRICS, V85, P53 Aminpour Farzaneh, 2009, JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, V14, P313 Merat Shahin, 2009, ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE, V12, P271 Marusic A, 1999, CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, V40, P508 Aminpour Farzaneh, 2009, JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, V14, P393 Malekzadeh R, 2002, Arch Iran Med, V5, P71 Zolfigol MA, 2007, Rahyaft, V39, P37 Nejatisafa AA, 2006, Iran J Psychiatry, V1, P93 Aminpour F, 2007, J Res Med Sci, V12, P308 Aminpour F, 2011, J Isfahan Med School, V29, P367 Saboury AA, 2003, Rahyaft, V13, P83 Gasparyan Armen Yuri, 2011, CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, V52, P423 Moin M, 2005, SCIENTOMETRICS, V62, P239 Satyanarayana K., 2010, INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, V132, P119 ======================================================================= Title: A 10-year performance trajectory of top nutrition journals' impact factors Authors: Jani, N; Keshteli, AH; Kabiri, P; Esmaillzadeh, A Author Full Names: Jani, Narges; Keshteli, Ammar Hassanzadeh; Kabiri, Payam; Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad Source: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, 17 (2):128-132; FEB 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Impact factor, nutrition and dietetics, total citation KeyWords Plus: INDEX Abstract: Background and Aim: This study was performed to evaluate the impact factors (IFs) and total citations of ISI-indexed nutrition journals in a 10-year period from 1999 to 2008 in order to assess the quality of nutrition journals. Materials and Methods: For this retrospective study, the IF and total citation data from 1998 to 2008 were collected through Journal Citation Reports of Thomson Scientific Corporation Web of Knowledge. We selected five highly cited journals in the "nutrition and dietetics" category for our analysis. These journals include Annual Reviews in Nutrition (ANNU REV NUTR), American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN), Progress in Lipid Research (PROG LIPID RES), Journal of Nutrition (J NUTR), and International Journal of Obesity (INT J OBESITY Results: All five selected journals were ranked as one of the top ten "nutrition and dietetics" journals between 1999 and 2008 in ISI database. Most of selected journals' IF had an upward trend during the 10-year peri! od with fluctuation in some cases. AJCN consistently received the greatest number of total citations during the study period, although its IF was not the highest among the five journals studied. Conclusion: The IF illustrated changes in relative rankings of five highly cited journals included in the "nutrition and dietetics" category of the Web of Knowledge. Rank according to the absolute number of citations received, however, did not correlate with rank according to IF. Reprint Address: Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Sch Nutr & Food Sci, Dept Community Nutr, Food Secur Res Ctr, POB 81745, Esfahan, Iran. Addresses: [Jani, Narges; Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad] Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Sch Nutr & Food Sci, Dept Community Nutr, Food Secur Res Ctr, Esfahan, Iran [Keshteli, Ammar Hassanzadeh] Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Integrat Funct Gastroenterol Res Ctr, Esfahan, Iran [Kabiri, Payam] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Tehran, Iran E-mail Address: esmaillzadeh at hlth.mui.ac.ir Funding Acknowledgement: research council of Food Security and Nutrition Research Center; Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Funding Text: The authors would like to thank the research council of Food Security and Nutrition Research Center for their support.Source of Support: Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Conflict of Interest: None declared. Cited Reference Count: 22 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ISFAHAN UNIV MED SCIENCES, HEZARJERIB AVE, PO BOX 81745-319, ISFAHAN, 00000, IRAN Web of Science Categories: Medicine, General & Internal Cited References: Foo JY, 2009, Ann Biomed Eng, Dasit AM, 2008, Eur J Radiol, V67, P384 Golubic Rajna, 2008, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS, V14, P41 Kamaruzaman J, 2008, J Biochem Tech, V1, P23 van Driel Mieke L., 2008, AUSTRALIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN, V37, P770 GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 Saha S, 2003, JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, V91, P42 Adler R, 1000, Reported of citation statistics, Archambault E, 2009, Scientometrics, V79, P1 Ha CT, 2006, Ann Acad Med Singapore, V35, P911 Holguin Jess Anthony, 2009, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, V63, P105 Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Rossner Mike, 2008, JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, V131, P183 Hirsch JE, 2005, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V102, P16569 Currie Geoffrey M., 2007, JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, V48, P1397 Benavent RA, 2007, Farm Hosp, V31, P150 Amin M, 2003, MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES, V63, P347 Egghe Leo, 2006, SCIENTOMETRICS, V69, P131 Rossner Mike, 2007, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, V204, P3052 Ogden Trevor L., 2008, ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE, V52, P73 Falagas Matthew E., 2008, ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS, V56, P223 Ewing J, 2006, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, V53, P1049 From Fredrik.Astrom at UB.LU.SE Fri Sep 21 08:23:34 2012 From: Fredrik.Astrom at UB.LU.SE (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fredrik_=C5str=F6m?=) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:23:34 +0000 Subject: article on bibliometric activities at academic libraries Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting: This article is now available electronically (printed version scheduled for December 2013): Fredrik ?str?m & Joacim Hansson: "How implementation of bibliometric practice affects the role of academic libraries." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science: http://lis.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/09/11/0961000612456867.citation Abstract This article discusses potential consequences of implementing bibliometrics as an institutionalized practice in academic libraries. Results are reported from a survey among libraries in Sweden with organized bibliometric activities. Incorporating bibliometric activities is one way of redefining and widening the role of the library. Implementation of bibliometric practice is motivated by ambitions to provide more complete scholarly communication-related services, as well as to increase the visibility and status of libraries. Underlying reasons are professional competencies such as metadata and bibliographic database management; and bibliometrics being strong within library and information science. Incorporating bibliometrics in academic libraries is also seen as a way of widening the professional profile of librarianship. The new role should, however, also be considered from the viewpoint of potential changes in how academic libraries are perceived when incorporating a monitoring function through bibliometric analyses of research performance in addition to traditional service-oriented functions. Best, Fredrik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Sep 24 14:36:09 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:36:09 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to Sig Metrics Readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Is the "impact factor" a valid measure of the impact of research published in Clinical Neurophysiology and Muscle & Nerve? (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Burke, D; Phillips, LH II SOURCE: MUSCLE & NERVE 46 (3). SEP 2012. p.309-312 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999; GARFIELD E rauth; IMPACT FACTOR* item_title; MUSCLE NERVE source_abbrev_20; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 122:108 1955; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Burke, Univ Sydney, Dept Neurol, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: BUILDING THE YOUTH MENTORING KNOWLEDGE BASE: PUBLISHING TRENDS AND COAUTHORSHIP NETWORKS (Article, English) AUTHOR: Blakeslee, JE; Keller, TE SOURCE: JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 40 (7). SEP 2012. p.845-859 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; MERTON RK rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 24:265 1973; SMALL H J AM SOC INFORM SCI 50:799 1999; KEYWORDS+: COMMUNITY; SCIENCE; PROGRAMS; BEHAVIOR; CREATION ABSTRACT: Despite the long history and widespread popularity of youth mentoring, only in the past two decades has an academic literature emerged to support the development of program policies and practices. This study examines knowledge development in the field of youth mentoring, with special attention to trends in the number and nature of articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals between 1990 and 2010. The analysis also represents this base of knowledge as a network of articles interconnected by patterns of co-authorship. The co-authorship network reveals a notable subset of scholars from several disciplines who are publishing frequently and collaboratively on the topic of youth mentoring. The existence of a core network of youth mentoring researchers bodes well for continued growth of the literature providing theoretical insight and empirical evidence on effective mentoring for youth. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JE Blakeslee, Reg Res Inst, POB 751, Portland, OR 97201 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Using Google Scholar for journal impact factors and the h- index in nationwide publishing assessments in academia - siren songs and air-raid sirens (Article, English) AUTHOR: Jacso, P SOURCE: ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 36 (3). 2012. p.462-478 EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED, BINGLEY SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E AM DOC 14:195 1963; GARFIELD E BRIT MED J 313:411 1996; GARFIELD E CAN MED ASSOC J 161:979 1999 KEYWORDS: User studies; Search engines; Periodicals; Information retrieval KEYWORDS+: CITATION COUNTS; RANKINGS; SCOPUS; INDICATORS; DATABASES; SCIENCE; CONS; PROS; WEB ABSTRACT: Purpose - Google Scholar has been increasingly used in the past six to seven years as a highly efficient information source and service by librarians and other information professionals. The problem is when Google Scholar is touted and used as a bibliometric/scientometric tool and resource in the assessment of the quantity (productivity) and quality (impact) of research publications, in formal and informal ways, for decisions related to tenure, promotion and grant applications of individual researchers and research groups, as well as in journal subscriptions and cancellations. This paper aims to examine this issue. Design/methodology/approach - The paper discusses the use of Google Scholar for journal impact factors and the h-index in nationwide publishing assessments in academia. It focuses on the issues of access and excess in Google Scholar: the innate limits of Google Scholar and those imposed by its developers on the users. Findings - The paper reveals that issues of access and excess in Google Scholar prevent the researchers from doing appropriate content analysis that the best librarians and other information professionals do systematically to discover the pros and cons of databases. The excess content grossly dilutes the originally worthy collection of scholarly publications. The accuracy, reliability and reproducibility are essential for realistic research assessment through the prism of the quantity (publication counts) and quality (citation counts) of scholarly works. Unfortunately the metadata created by Google Scholar is substandard, neither reliable nor reproducible and it distorts the metric indicators at the individual, corporate and journal levels. Originality/value - The paper provides useful information on the use of Google Scholar for journal impact factors and the h-index in academic publishing. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Jacso, Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Where you publish matters most: A multilevel analysis of factors affecting citations of internet studies (Article, English) AUTHOR: Peng, TQ; Zhu, JJH SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (9). SEP 2012. p.1789-1803 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): CAWKELL A* rauth; MERTON RK rauth; CITATION* item_title; MOED HF SCIENTOMETRICS 60:295 2004 KEYWORDS: Internet; bibliographic citations; hierarchical models KEYWORDS+: SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; JOURNALS; ARTICLE; SCIENCE; IMPACT; AUTHOR; INDICATORS; PSYCHOLOGY; MODELS; ISSUES ABSTRACT: This study explores the factors influencing citations to Internet studies by assessing the relative explanatory power of three perspectives: normative theory, the social constructivist approach, and a natural growth mechanism. Using data on 7,700+ articles of Internet studies published in 100+ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)-listed journals in 20002009, the study adopted a multilevel model to disentangle the impact between article- and journal-level factors on citations. This research strategy resulted in a number of both expected and surprising findings. The primary determinants for citations are found to be journal- level factors, accounting for 14% of the variances in citations of Internet studies. The impact of some, if not all, article-level factors on citations are moderated by journal-level factors. Internet studies, like studies in other areas (e.g., management, demography, and ecology), are cited more for rhetorical purposes, as suggested by the social constructivist approach, rather than as a form of reward, as argued by normative theory. The impact of time on citations varies across journals, which creates a growing citation gap for Internet studies published in journals with different characteristics. AUTHOR ADDRESS: TQ Peng, Macau Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Humanities & Arts, Taipa, Peoples R China ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Author name disambiguation: What difference does it make in author-based citation analysis? (Article, English) AUTHOR: Strotmann, A; Zhao, DZ SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (9). SEP 2012. p.1820-1833 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981; KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; co-citation analysis; citation analysis KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION-SCIENCE; COCITATION; MEDLINE ABSTRACT: In this article, we explore how strongly author name disambiguation (AND) affects the results of an author-based citation analysis study, and identify conditions under which the traditional simplified approach of using surnames and first initials may suffice in practice. We compare author citation ranking and cocitation mapping results in the stem cell research field from 2004 to 2009 using two AND approaches: the traditional simplified approach of using author surname and first initial and a sophisticated algorithmic approach. We find that the traditional approach leads to extremely distorted rankings and substantially distorted mappings of authors in this field when based on first- or all-author citation counting, whereas last-author-based citation ranking and cocitation mapping both appear relatively immune to the author name ambiguity problem. This is largely because Romanized names of Chinese and Korean authors, who are very active in this field, are extremely ambiguous, but few of these researchers consistently publish as last authors in bylines. We conclude that a more earnest effort is required to deal with the author name ambiguity problem in both citation analysis and information retrieval, especially given the current trend toward globalization. In the stem cell research field, in which laboratory heads are traditionally listed as last authors in bylines, last-author-based citation ranking and cocitation mapping using the traditional approach to author name disambiguation may serve as a simple workaround, but likely at the price of largely filtering out Chinese and Korean contributions to the field as well as important contributions by young researchers. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Strotmann, GESIS Leibniz Inst Social Sci, Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, D-50667 Cologne, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A new approach for measuring the value of patents based on structural indicators for ego patent citation networks (Article, English) AUTHOR: Hu, XJ; Rousseau, R; Chen, J SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 63 (9). SEP 2012. p.1834-1842 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN KEYWORDS: scientometrics; citation networks; knowledge management KEYWORDS+: INNOVATIONS ABSTRACT: Technology sectors differ in terms of technological complexity. When studying technology and innovation through patent analysis it is well known that similar amounts of technological knowledge can produce different numbers of patented innovation as output. A new multilayered approach to measure the technological value of patents based on ego patent citation networks (PCNs) is developed in this study. The results show that the structural indicators for the ego PCN developed in this contribution can characterize groups of patents and, hence, in an indirect way, the health of companies. AUTHOR ADDRESS: XJ Hu, Zhejiang Univ, Med Informat Ctr, Sch Med, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Nanotechnology research among some leading OIC member states (Article, English) AUTHOR: Bajwa, RS; Yaldram, K; Hussain, SS; Ahmed, T SOURCE: JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH 14 (9). SEP 2012. p.NIL_115-NIL_124 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Nanoscience; Nanotechnology; Research output; OIC states; Publications KEYWORDS+: OUTPUT; INDEX ABSTRACT: In this study we present an overview of the research activities in nanotechnology for the period 2001-2011 for six selected countries belonging to the Organization of Islamic cooperation (OIC). The selection has been made based on the research output of these countries. The countries are Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. The factors considered are the number of publications, citations per paper, p-index, and collaborative research output. Iran with 7,795 publications and an annual growth rate of 41 % leads the group, followed by Turkey with 3,169 publications and an annual growth rate of 29 %. Turkey however, has a much better citation per paper (8.96), and p-index (63.34) as compared to Iran (4.59 and 54.36, respectively). We can classify the six countries into two categories. Those, that have a well coordinated national program in nanotechnology, namely, Iran, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia and those that do not have any national program but are still showing a reasonable good activity in nanotechnology namely Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan. A brief account of the initiatives taken by the six selected countries of OIC in the field of nanotechnology is also presented. AUTHOR ADDRESS: RS Bajwa, Preston Inst Nanosci & Technol PINSAT, St 7,H-8-4, Islamabad, Pakistan - From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Mon Sep 24 14:38:03 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:38:03 +0000 Subject: Papers of interest to Sig Metrics readers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Evidence-based editing: factors influencing the number of citations in a national journal (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ruano-Ravina, A; Alvarez-Dardet, C SOURCE: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 22 (9). SEP 2012. p.649-653 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E BRIT MED J 313:411 1996 KEYWORDS: Publishing; Editorial policies; Journalism; Citation analyses KEYWORDS+: IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; ARTICLES; LANGUAGE; ORIGIN; RATES; BIAS ABSTRACT: Purpose: Citations received by papers published within a journal serve to increase its bibliometric impact. The objective of this paper was to assess the influence of publication language, article type, number of authors, and year of publication on the citations received by papers published in Gaceta Sanitaria, a Spanish-language journal of public health. Methods: The information sources were the journal website and the Web of Knowledge, of the Institute of Scientific Information. The period analyzed was from 2007 to 2010. We included original articles, brief original articles, and reviews published within that period. We extracted manually information regarding the variables analyzed and we also differentiated among total citations and self-citations. We constructed logistic regression models to analyze the probability of a Gaceta Sanitaria paper to be cited or not, taking into account the aforementioned independent variables. We also analyzed the probability of receiving citations from non-Spanish authors. Results: Two hundred forty papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The included papers received a total of 287 citations, which became 202 when excluding self-citations. The only variable influencing the probability of being cited was the publication year. After excluding never cited papers, time since publication and review papers had the highest probabilities of being cited. Papers in English and review articles had a higher probability of citation from non-Spanish authors. Conclusions: Publication language has no influence on the citations received by a national, non-English journal. Reviews in English have the highest probability of citation from abroad. Editors should decide how to manage this information when deciding policies to raise the bibliometric impact factor of their journals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AUTHOR ADDRESS: A Ruano-Ravina, Univ Santiago, Area Prevent Med & Publ Hlth, C San Francisco S-N, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Acquisition of economic journals in literature databases (Article, German) AUTHOR: Clermont, M; Dyckhoff, H SOURCE: BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 64 (3). MAY-JUN 2012. p.324-346 VERLAG NEUE WIRTSCHAFTS-BRIEFE, HERNE SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; KEYWORDS+: COVERAGE; SCOPUS ABSTRACT: Recently, literature- and citation-databases have been used to acquire data for the analysis of research quantity and quality of German-speaking researchers in business administration by means of bibliometric indicators. Authors of such bibliometric analyses usually don't question the content of the applied database. The first researchers, who pick up this relevant question by checking the acquisition of (VHB-) JOURQUAL1 rated economic journals in the ISI- databases and Scopus, are Clermont/Schmitz (2008). The present paper enlarges these analyses by using the JOURQUAL2 as a standard for comparison and by including the literature-databases WISO and EconLit. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Clermont, Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Lehrstuhl Unternehmenstheorie, Aachen, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Impact of Advances in Skin & Wound Care (Editorial Material, English) AUTHOR: Salcido, R SOURCE: ADVANCES IN SKIN & WOUND CARE 25 (9). SEP 2012. p.392 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PHILADELPHIA SEARCH TERM(S): PENDLEBURY DA rauth; EDITORIAL doctype AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Salcido, Univ Penn Hlth Syst, Dept Rehabil Med, Philadelphia, PA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Assessing research activity on priority interventions for non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries: a bibliometric analysis (Article, English) AUTHOR: Jones, AC; Geneau, R SOURCE: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION 5. 2012. p.1-13 CO-ACTION PUBLISHING, JARFALLA SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: bibliometrics; chronic disease; developing countries; intervention; non-communicable disease; population; prevention; public health; research; risk factors KEYWORDS+: PUBLIC-HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; EXPORTING FAILURE; RISK-FACTORS; ALCOHOL; TRANSITION; REDUCTION; NUTRITION ABSTRACT: Introduction: Action is urgently needed to curb the rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) and reduce the resulting social and economic burdens. There is global evidence about the most cost-effective interventions for addressing the main NCD risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and alcohol misuse. However, it is unknown how much research is focused on informing the local adoption and implementation of these interventions. Objective: To assess the degree of research activity on NCD priority interventions in LMICs by using bibliometric analysis to quantify the number of relevant peer-reviewed scientific publications. Methods: A multidisciplinary, multi-lingual journal database was searched for articles on NCD priority interventions. The interventions examined emphasise population-wide, policy, regulation, and legislation approaches. The publication timeframe searched was the year 2000-2011. Of the 11,211 articles yielded, 525 met the inclusion criteria. Results: Over the 12-year period, the number of articles published increased overall but differed substantially between regions: Latin America & Caribbean had the highest (127) and Middle East & North Africa had the lowest (11). Of the risk factor groups, 'tobacco control' led in publications, with 'healthy diets and physical activity' and 'reducing harmful alcohol use' in second and third place. Though half the publications had a first author from a high-income country institutional affiliation, developing country authorship had increased in recent years. Conclusions: While rising global attention to NCDs has likely produced an increase in peer-reviewed publications on NCDs in LMICs, publication rates directly related to cost-effective interventions are still very low, suggesting either limited local research activity or limited opportunities for LMIC researchers to publish on these issues. More research is needed on high-priority interventions and research funders should re-examine if intervention research is enough of a funding priority. AUTHOR ADDRESS: AC Jones, Int Dev Res Ctr, 150 Kent St, Ottawa, ON K1P 0B2, Canada From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Tue Sep 25 02:41:23 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:41:23 +0200 Subject: Does the specification of uncertainty hurt the progress of science? Message-ID: Does the specification of uncertainty hurt the progress of science? In "Caveats for using statistical significance tests in research assessments,"--forthcoming in the Journal of Informetrics, but available at arXiv:1112.2516 -- Schneider (2012) focuses on Opthof & Leydesdorff (2010) as an example of the misuse of statistics in the social sciences. However, our conclusions are theoretical since they are not dependent on the use of one statistics or another. We agree with Schneider insofar as he proposes to develop further statistical instruments (such as effect sizes). Schneider (2012), however, argues on meta-theoretical grounds against the specification of uncertainty because, in his opinion, the presence of statistics would legitimate decision-making. We disagree: uncertainty can also be used for opening a debate. Scientometric results in which error bars are suppressed for meta-theoretical reasons should not be trusted. Loet Leydesdorff & Tobias Opthof (Submitted on 24 Sep 2012; available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5272.) ** 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 jws at CFA.AU.DK Tue Sep 25 03:56:30 2012 From: jws at CFA.AU.DK (Jesper Wiborg Schneider) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:56:30 +0000 Subject: Does the specification of uncertainty hurt the progress of science? In-Reply-To: <001201cd9ae8$c9060ec0$5b122c40$@leydesdorff.net> Message-ID: Dear Loet, I certainly do not argue against the "specification of uncertainty" - on the contrary I endorse "estimation" and "confidence intervals" - what I do point out is that "specification of uncertainty" indeed have meta-theoretical underpinnings and that it comes with assumptions. If the assumptions are not fulfilled, such as randomness, "specification of uncertainty" becomes a rather meaningless task. I give some suggestions in the paper (and below) for best practice if one has a frequentist approach to inferential statistics - it should be clear from these that I have no quarrels with the "specification of uncertainty" - what worries me is the way inferential statistics are most often practiced and the epistemic weight we give the results even when the assumptions are clearly violated. A preprint of the accepted version of the paper will be available tomorrow at the arXiv 1) statistical inference only makes sense when data come from a probability sample or have been randomly assigned to treatment and control groups; 2) whenever possible take an estimation framework, starting with the formulation of research aims such as "how much?" or "to what extent?"; 3) interpretation of research results should be based on point and interval estimates; 4) calculate effect size estimates and confidence intervals to answer those questions, then interpret results based on informed judgment; 5) if statistical significance tests are used, (a) information on power must be reported, and (b) the null hypothesis should be plausible; 6) effect sizes and confidence intervals must be reported whenever possible for all effects studied, whether large or small, statistically significant or not; 7) exact p values should be reported; 8) it is unacceptable to describe results solely in terms of statistical significance; 9) use the word "significant" without the qualifier "statistically" only to describe results that are truly noteworthy; 10) it is the researcher's responsibility to explain why the results have substantive significance; statistical tests are inadequate for this purpose; 11) replication is the best way to deal with sampling error. Kind regards - Jesper _____________________ Jesper W. Schneider Senior Researcher, PhD Aarhus University Business and Social Sciences Danish Centre for Studies in Research & Research Policy, Department of Political Science & Government Finlandsgade 4 DK-8200 Aarhus N Denmark T: +45 8716 5241 M: jws at cfa.au.dk W: http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/jws at cfa.au.dk [bslogo_mail_equis_stor_uk] From: loet at leydesdorff.net [mailto:leydesdorff at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Loet Leydesdorff Sent: 25 September 2012 08:41 To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Cc: Jesper Wiborg Schneider Subject: Does the specification of uncertainty hurt the progress of science? Does the specification of uncertainty hurt the progress of science? In "Caveats for using statistical significance tests in research assessments,"--forthcoming in the Journal of Informetrics, but available at arXiv:1112.2516 -- Schneider (2012) focuses on Opthof & Leydesdorff (2010) as an example of the misuse of statistics in the social sciences. However, our conclusions are theoretical since they are not dependent on the use of one statistics or another. We agree with Schneider insofar as he proposes to develop further statistical instruments (such as effect sizes). Schneider (2012), however, argues on meta-theoretical grounds against the specification of uncertainty because, in his opinion, the presence of statistics would legitimate decision-making. We disagree: uncertainty can also be used for opening a debate. Scientometric results in which error bars are suppressed for meta-theoretical reasons should not be trusted. Loet Leydesdorff & Tobias Opthof (Submitted on 24 Sep 2012; available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5272.) ** 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Tue Sep 25 15:03:45 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:03:45 +0000 Subject: Papers of potential interest to readers of Sig Metrics listserv Message-ID: TITLE: European research in the field of production technology and manufacturing systems: an exploratory analysis through publications and patents (Article, English) AUTHOR: Franceschini, F; Maisano, D; Turina, E SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 62 (1-4). SEP 2012. p.329-350 SPRINGER LONDON LTD, LONDON SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: Research evaluation; Publications; Patents; Technology transfer; Production technology; Manufacturing systems KEYWORDS+: SUCCESSIVE H-INDEXES; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CITATIONS; INDUSTRY; SCIENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; INNOVATION; QUALITY; SUPPORT; OUTPUT 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 two research outputs: 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. Whilst not claiming to be exhaustive, the results of this preliminary study provide a rough indication of the publishing and patenting activity of European researchers in the field of interest, identifying (dis)similarities between different countries with regard to their inclination to publishing and patenting. 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. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Franceschini, Politecn Torino, DISPEA Dept Prod Syst & Business Econ, Corso Duca Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Stochastic Dynamical Model of a Growing Citation Network Based on a Self-Exciting Point Process (Article, English) AUTHOR: Golosovsky, M; Solomon, S SOURCE: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 109 (9). AUG 28 2012. p.NIL_69-NIL_73 AMER PHYSICAL SOC, COLLEGE PK SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; KEYWORDS+: COMPLEX NETWORKS; PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENT; DISTRIBUTIONS; ADVANTAGE; EVOLUTION ABSTRACT: We put under experimental scrutiny the preferential attachment model that is commonly accepted as a generating mechanism of the scale-free complex networks. To this end we chose a citation network of physics papers and traced the citation history of 40 195 papers published in one year. Contrary to common belief, we find that the citation dynamics of the individual papers follows the superlinear preferential attachment, with the exponent alpha = 1.25-1.3. Moreover, we show that the citation process cannot be described as a memoryless Markov chain since there is a substantial correlation between the present and recent citation rates of a paper. Based on our findings we construct a stochastic growth model of the citation network, perform numerical simulations based on this model and achieve an excellent agreement with the measured citation distributions. AUTHOR ADDRESS: M Golosovsky, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Psychology doctoral programs whit Excellence Mention: Doctoral theses and Web of Science articles evidence. (Article, Spanish) AUTHOR: Olivas-Avila, JA; Musi-Lechuga, B SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 12 (3). SEP 2012. p.503-516 ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL, GRANADA SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; KEYWORDS: Doctoral programs; Excellence Mention; Scientific productivity; Web of Science; TESEO KEYWORDS+: JOURNAL-CITATION-REPORTS; SPANISH PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES; SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY MENTION; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSORS; SPAIN; INTERNATIONALITY ABSTRACT: Doctoral programs in Spain have undergone a series of transformations through the various calls of Quality Mentions and most recently with the Excellence Mention in terms of achieving a satisfactory adaptation to the EEES. The objective of this research is to analyze the scientific productivity of the five doctoral programs in Psychology that have been granted the Excellence Mention according to the resolution of 6 October 2011 of the Universities General Secretary, through doctoral theses directed by professors in each program and retrieved from TESEO and also through journal articles records included in Web of Science of each one of them. Of the results of the articles productivity analysis it were obtained after analyzing 15,781 article records of which 1,318 belong to total number of professors from the 5 doctoral programs. It was found that the range of articles per professor is 15.34 at the most and 6 as at least and as for the theses, the range is between 2.34 and 0.11. We discuss the implications of the results regarding the evaluation of doctoral programs. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JA Olivas-Avila, Univ Autonoma Ciudad Juarez, Ave Univ & Heroico Colegio Mil S-N, Chihuahua 32300, Mexico -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Evaluating and Developing Theories in the Information Systems Discipline (Article, English) AUTHOR: Weber, R SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS 13 (1). 2012. p.1-30 ASSOC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ATLANTA SEARCH TERM(S): MERTON RK rauth KEYWORDS: Theory Evaluation; Theory Refinement; Theory Building; Constructs; Associations; States; Events; Boundary Conditions; Theoretical Importance; Theoretical Novelty; Parsimony; Meso-Level Theory; Falsifiability KEYWORDS+: THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTION; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; FIELD; ORGANIZATIONS; CONSTITUTES; STRATEGIES; KNOWLEDGE; CAPACITY ABSTRACT: This paper articulates a framework and criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of theories. While the framework and criteria have general applicability, my focus is the evaluation of theories within the information systems discipline. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework and criteria, I show how they can be employed to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of a theory which, based upon citation evidence, has had a significant impact on other researchers within the information systems discipline. Because the evaluation of existing theories often provides the basis for refining existing theories or building new theories, I also show how the framework and criteria can be used to inform the development of high-quality theory. AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Weber, Monash Univ, Fac Informat Technol, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Publication trends of research articles from infectious diseases specialty in a medical journal from India (Article, English) AUTHOR: Kumar, KVSH; Aravinda, K SOURCE: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 30 (3). JUL-SEP 2012. p.338-341 MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD, MUMBAI KEYWORDS: Biomedical journals; India; infectious diseases; publication trends; research productivity KEYWORDS+: TUBERCULOSIS; HIV ABSTRACT: Background: Details about research productivity in the infectious diseases specialty from India are lacking. Objective: To analyse publishing trends and research productivity of articles related to infectious diseases in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI). Materials and Methods: We carried out bibliometric analysis of articles related to infectious diseases specialty from JAPI published between 2000 and 2011. Data were derived from the journal's website and the articles were analysed for type (original article, case reports, etc.), microorganism (bacterial, viral, etc.) place of the research and timelines for publication. Results: Out of 2977 articles published in JAPI over last 12 years, 256 articles belong to infectious diseases subspecialty. Infectious diseases contributed 11-18% of the published articles per year in JAPI during the last decade. Original articles (31%), case reports (38%) and correspondence (22%) constitute the majority of article types, while remaining 9% was made up by images. Bacterial (22%), protozoal and helminthic (20%), HIV (15%) and mycobacterial (16%) diseases lead the type of microorganisms represented in the research articles. Mumbai (16%), Delhi (9%) and Kolkata (7%) are the top three places contributing to the articles, followed by Chandigarh and Chennai. Original articles and case reports took approximately 14 months for publication, as compared to 6 months for an image (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: Infectious diseases specialty contributes about 15% of articles per annum in JAPI. HIV and tuberculosis together account for 30% of published litearture with fair representation from other organisms. Mumbai and Delhi are the leading contributors towards research productivity in this specialty. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KVSH Kumar, Command Hosp, Dept Endocrinol, Lucknow 226002, Uttar Pradesh, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Participation in health: systematization of the articles published in Brazilian journals-1988/2005 (Article, Portuguese) AUTHOR: Cavalcanti, MDT; Cabral, MHD; Antunes, LR SOURCE: CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA 17 (7). JUL 2012. p.1813-1823 ABRASCO, RIO DE JANEIRO KEYWORDS: Health councils; Community participation; Social control ABSTRACT: This is a study involving the revision of 107 papers on participation in health, published in 25 Public Health journals, with a view to systematize its main focus points and identify the options for the participation of society in the health system. Bibliographic research was conducted using key words, and the reading of abstracts of articles published in national public health journals linked to the CAPES portal between 1988 and 2005. The articles selected were read and categorized according to methodological and thematic aspects. Three dimensions were identified: the main dimension emphasizes participation as a strategy for the enhancing of citizenship and recognition of the right to health; the second refers to participation as a strategy for democratization of the State and strengthening of the health system, including participation in political, managerial and inspection decisions; in the third dimension of community participation, individuals, families and the community share the responsibility for health with the State. In the works examined the participation in the health system is still in progress and highlights its importance as an incentive for social capital; however, some authors point to difficulties for effective participation in accordance with legal propositions. AUTHOR ADDRESS: MDT Cavalcanti, Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Estudos Saude Colet, NESC, Ilha Fundao, Av Brigadeiro Trompowsky S-N,Praca Prefeitura Uni, BR-21949900 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cardiology in Brazilian scientific journals: an overview (Review, English) AUTHOR: Patel, KK; Silva, MRE SOURCE: REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIRURGIA CARDIOVASCULAR 27 (2). APR-JUN 2012. p.302-311 SOC BRASIL CIRURGIA CARDIOVASC, SAO PAULO SP SEARCH TERM(S): JOURNALS item_title KEYWORDS+: SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE-RATS; LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; OXYGEN PULSE CURVE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR-RESPONSES; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; AUTONOMIC MODULATION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; SURGERY; ARTERY ABSTRACT: Cardiology has been and is a very significant fraction of the Brazilian contribution to science. In older days, the most significant part of this work was directed to foreign periodicals, but the quasi-simultaneous emergence of SciELO and PUBMED has ordained a redirection of much of this work to Brazilian periodicals. We here survey some of this more recent contribution for the benefit of readers of Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular. This is offered as an update. Articles on the general themes of Cardiology and Pneumology published by four ISI Indexed Brazilian journals not specializing in cardiology are re-visited, after a search through 10 journals. AUTHOR ADDRESS: KK Patel, Rua Dr Ovidio Pires de Campos,225 6th Floor, BR-05403010 Sao Paulo, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Automatic Subject Classification of Scientific Literature Using Citation Metadata (Article, English) AUTHOR: Mahdi, AE; Joorabchi, A SOURCE: DIGITAL ENTERPRISE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS 194. 2011. p.545-559 SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, BERLIN SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Digital library organization; scientific literature classification; library classification schemes; Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC); library Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) KEYWORDS+: LIBRARY ABSTRACT: This paper describes a new method for automatic classification of scientific literature archived in digital libraries and repositories according to a standard library classification scheme. The method is based on identifying all the references cited in the document to be classified and, using the subject classification metadata of extracted references as catalogued in existing conventional libraries, inferring the most probable class for the document itself with the help of a weighting mechanism. We have demonstrated the application of the proposed method and assessed its performance by developing a prototype software system for automatic classification of scientific documents according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme. A dataset of one thousand research articles, papers, and reports from a well-known scientific digital library, Cite Seer, were used to evaluate the classification performance of the system. Detailed results of this experiment are presented and discussed. AUTHOR ADDRESS: AE Mahdi, Univ Limerick, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Limerick, Ireland From fil at INDIANA.EDU Tue Sep 25 17:10:51 2012 From: fil at INDIANA.EDU (Fil Menczer) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:10:51 -0400 Subject: Paper of potential relevance on "science of science" Message-ID: This paper may be of interest to the SIGMETRICS community (apologies for cross-posting): Social Dynamics of Science Xiaoling Sun, Jasleen Kaur, Sta?a Milojevi?, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4950 The birth and decline of disciplines are critical to science and society. However, no quantitative model to date allows us to validate competing theories of whether the emergence of scientific disciplines drives or follows the formation of social communities of scholars. Here we propose an agent-based model based on a \emph{social dynamics of science,} in which the evolution of disciplines is guided mainly by the social interactions among scientists. We find that such a social theory can account for a number of stylized facts about the relationships between disciplines, authors, and publications. These results provide strong quantitative support for the key role of social interactions in shaping the dynamics of science. A "science of science" must gauge the role of exogenous events, such as scientific discoveries and technological advances, against this purely social baseline. Filippo Menczer Professor of Informatics and Computer Science Director, Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research Indiana University, Bloomington http://cnets.indiana.edu/people/filippo-menczer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Thu Sep 27 18:36:50 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:36:50 +0000 Subject: Papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers based on search of Web of Science and including cited references Message-ID: ======================================================================= Title: Is the "impact factor" a valid measure of the impact of research published in Clinical Neurophysiology and Muscle & Nerve? Authors: Burke, D; Phillips, LH Author Full Names: Burke, David; Phillips, Lawrence H., II Source: MUSCLE & NERVE, 46 (3):309-312; 10.1002/mus.23608 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Reprint Address: Univ Sydney, Dept Neurol, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Addresses: [Burke, David] Univ Sydney, Dept Neurol, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia [Burke, David] Univ Sydney, Cent Clin Sch, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia [Phillips, Lawrence H., II] Univ Virginia, Dept Neurol, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA Cited Reference Count: 9 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA ISSN: 0148-639X Web of Science Categories: Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences Research Areas: Neurosciences & Neurology ======================================================================= Title: Editorial: "Holy Grail" or "Siren's Song"?: The dangers for the field of child psychology and psychiatry of over-focusing on the journal impact factor Authors: Sonuga-Barke, EJS Author Full Names: Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S. Source: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 53 (9):915-917; 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02612.x SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Editorial Material Reprint Address: Univ Southampton, Sch Psychol, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England. Addresses: [Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.] Univ Southampton, Sch Psychol, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England [Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.] Univ Ghent, Dept Expt Clin & Heath Psychol, Ghent, Belgium Cited Reference Count: 5 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA ISSN: 0021-9630 Web of Science Categories: Psychology, Developmental; Psychiatry; Psychology Research Areas: Psychology; Psychiatry Cited References: 2012, Introducing the impact factor, Green Jonathan, 2012, JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, V53, P333 Nigg Joel T., 2012, JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, V53, P723 2012, Code of Conduct, Ozonoff S., 2012, JCPP Virtual Issue: Autism spectrum disorders, ======================================================================= Title: Laryngeal cancer: Quantitative and qualitative assessment of research output, 1945-2010 Authors: Glynn, RW; Lowery, AJ; Scutaru, C; O'Dwyer, T; Keogh, I Author Full Names: Glynn, Ronan W.; Lowery, Aoife J.; Scutaru, Cristian; O'Dwyer, Tadhg; Keogh, Ivan Source: LARYNGOSCOPE, 122 (9):1967-1973; 10.1002/lary.23401 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Laryngeal cancer, research output, impact factor, bibliometric, h-index KeyWords Plus: JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; UNITED-STATES; SCIENCE; HEALTH; TRENDS; SURVIVAL; INDEX Abstract: Objectives/Hypothesis: To provide an in-depth evaluation of research yield in laryngeal cancer from 1945 to 2010, using large-scale data analysis, employment of bibliometric indicators of production and quality, and density equalizing mapping. Study Design: Bibliometic analysis incorporating the Web of Science Database. Methods: The search strategy employed was as follows; TS = ((Laryngeal Neoplasm$) OR (Larynx Neoplasm$) OR (Larynx Cancer$) OR (Laryngeal Cancer$)). Author and journal data and cooperation networks were computed following analysis of combinations of countries and institutions that registered cooperation during the study period. Mapping was performed as described by Groneberg-Kloft in 2004. Results: A total of 8,658 items relating to laryngeal cancer were published over the study period, accounting for 139,700 citations. The United States was the most prolific country, accounting for 28.83% (n = 2,496) of total output. Other prolific nations included Italy (n ! = 794) and Germany (n = 792). There were 973 items published as a consequence of international cooperation; this practice increased steadily over time and accounted for 15.58% (88 of 565) of output in 2010. There were 1,073 different journals publishing articles on laryngeal cancer, although the top 20 (1.8%) most prolific titles were together responsible for more than 43% of the total output; these were led by Laryngoscope (n = 368) and Head and Neck, Journal of the Scientific Specialties (n = 364). A total of 24,682 authors contributed to the literature on laryngeal cancer; the leading author by output was Alfio Ferlito (n = 120); Carlo La Vecchia recorded the highest h-index (h = 32). Conclusions: This work represents the first attempt to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of laryngeal cancer research output, whilst in tandem identifying the key bibliometric benchmarks to which those involved in the production of that output might aspire. Reprint Address: Univ Coll Hosp Galway, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, Galway, Ireland. Addresses: [Glynn, Ronan W.; Lowery, Aoife J.; Keogh, Ivan] Natl Univ Ireland Galway, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, Galway, Ireland [Glynn, Ronan W.; Lowery, Aoife J.; Keogh, Ivan] Galway Univ Hosp, Galway, Ireland [Scutaru, Cristian] Charite, D-13353 Berlin, Germany [O'Dwyer, Tadhg] Mater Misericordiae Univ Hosp, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, Dublin 7, Ireland E-mail Address: ronanglynn at doctors.net.uk Cited Reference Count: 33 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA Web of Science Categories: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Otorhinolaryngology Cited References: Borger Julia-Annik, 2008, Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England), V3 Suppl 1, PS7 Groneberg-Kloft B., 2009, JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, V19, P266 Ramsay S, 2001, LANCET, V358, P1348 Kirigia Joses M., 2006, BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, V6, 2011, Cancer Facts & Figures, Glynn Ronan W., 2010, BREAST CANCER RESEARCH, V12, Cosetti Mazira, 2008, ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY, V134, P370 Chen Amy Y., 2011, ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY, V137, P1017 Fagan JJ, 2009, Glob Health Action, P2 1000, Research strengths in Ireland: a bibliometric study of the public research base, GARFIELD E, 1955, SCIENCE, V122, P108 Sui D, 1000, A perfect distortion? 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Implications for US Policy, Hoffman Henry T., 2006, LARYNGOSCOPE, V116, P1 Hecht F, 1998, CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS, V104, P77 Groneberg-Kloft Beatrix, 2008, Health research policy and systems / BioMed Central, V6, P6 Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Hagopian A, 2004, Hum Resour Health, V2, P17 2007, Lancet, V370, P1738 Piot Peter, 2009, LANCET, V374, P1122 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Title: Evidence-based editing: factors influencing the number of citations in a national journal Authors: Ruano-Ravina, A; Alvarez-Dardet, C Author Full Names: Ruano-Ravina, Alberto; Alvarez-Dardet, Carlos Source: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 22 (9):649-653; 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.104 SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: Publishing, Editorial policies, Journalism, Citation analyses KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; ARTICLES; LANGUAGE; ORIGIN; RATES; BIAS Abstract: Purpose: Citations received by papers published within a journal serve to increase its bibliometric impact. The objective of this paper was to assess the influence of publication language, article type, number of authors, and year of publication on the citations received by papers published in Gaceta Sanitaria, a Spanish-language journal of public health. Methods: The information sources were the journal website and the Web of Knowledge, of the Institute of Scientific Information. The period analyzed was from 2007 to 2010. We included original articles, brief original articles, and reviews published within that period. We extracted manually information regarding the variables analyzed and we also differentiated among total citations and self-citations. We constructed logistic regression models to analyze the probability of a Gaceta Sanitaria paper to be cited or not, taking into account the aforementioned independent variables. We also analyzed the probability of receiving citations from non-Spanish authors. Results: Two hundred forty papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The included papers received a total of 287 citations, which became 202 when excluding self-citations. The only variable influencing the probability of being cited was the publication year. After excluding never cited papers, time since publication and review papers had the highest probabilities of being cited. Papers in English and review articles had a higher probability of citation from non-Spanish authors. Conclusions: Publication language has no influence on the citations received by a national, non-English journal. Reviews in English have the highest probability of citation from abroad. Editors should decide how to manage this information when deciding policies to raise the bibliometric impact factor of their journals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Reprint Address: Univ Santiago, Area Prevent Med & Publ Hlth, C San Francisco S-N, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain. Addresses: [Ruano-Ravina, Alberto] Univ Santiago, Area Prevent Med & Publ Hlth, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain [Alvarez-Dardet, Carlos] Univ Alicante, Publ Hlth Res Grp, E-03080 Alicante, Spain E-mail Address: alberto.ruano at usc.es Cited Reference Count: 21 Times Cited: 0 Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA Web of Science Categories: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Cited References: Garfield E, 2006, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V295, P90 Ruano-Ravina Alberto, 2012, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, V65, P916 Garfield E, 1996, BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, V313, P411 Ketcham Catherine M., 2007, LABORATORY INVESTIGATION, V87, P1174 Mueller Paul S., 2006, SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY, V136, P441 Pasterkamp Gerard, 2007, SCIENTOMETRICS, V70, P153 Callaham M, 2002, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, V287, P2847 Fernandez Esteve, 2010, GACETA SANITARIA, V24, P272 Dinkel A, 2004, EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, V51, P319 Grange RI, 1999, BJU INTERNATIONAL, V84, P601 Borrell Carme, 2011, Gaceta sanitaria / S.E.S.P.A.S, V25, P1 Todd Peter A., 2008, NATURE, V451, P244 Rethlefsen Melissa L., 2007, JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, V95, P408 Katz JS, 1997, SCIENTOMETRICS, V40, P541 Smith Richard, 2006, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, V35, P1129 Akre Olof, 2011, JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, V65, P119 Falagas Matthew E., 2008, ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS, V56, P223 Bhandari M, 2004, JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME, V86A, P1012 Matias-Guiu J., 2008, NEUROLOGIA, V23, P342 Montori Victor M., 2003, BMC MEDICINE, V1, Figg WD, 2006, PHARMACOTHERAPY, V26, P759 ======================================================================= *Record 9 of 14. *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=WOS&DestLinkType=FullRecord;UT=WOS:000307902300004 *Order Full Text [ ] Title: Medical literature searches: a comparison of PubMed and Google Scholar Authors: Nourbakhsh, E; Nugent, R; Wang, HL; Cevik, C; Nugent, K Author Full Names: Nourbakhsh, Eva; Nugent, Rebecca; Wang, Helen; Cevik, Cihan; Nugent, Kenneth Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 29 (3):214-222; 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2012.00992.x SEP 2012 Language: English Document Type: Article Author Keywords: citations, Google Scholar, impact factor, PubMed, searches KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE; WEB; CITATIONS; BEHAVIOR; MEDLINE; SCOPUS Abstract: Background Medical literature searches provide critical information for clinicians. However, the best strategy for identifying relevant high-quality literature is unknown. Objectives We compared search results using PubMed and Google Scholar on four clinical questions and analysed these results with respect to article relevance and quality. Methods Abstracts from the first 20 citations for each search were classified into three relevance categories. We used the weighted kappa statistic to analyse reviewer agreement and nonparametric rank tests to compare the number of citations for each article and the corresponding journals' impact factors. Results Reviewers ranked 67.6% of PubMed articles and 80% of Google Scholar articles as at least possibly relevant (P similar to=similar to 0.116) with high agreement (all kappa P-values similar to -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cardiovascular research output and actual citation impact of Argentina, India, and South Africa: a bibliometric approach (Meeting Abstract, English) AUTHOR: Huffman, MD; Bloomfield, GS; Colantonio, L; Ajay, VS; Prabhakaran, P; Lewison, G; Prabhakaran, D SOURCE: CIRCULATION 125 (19). MAY 15 2012. p.E890 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PHILADELPHIA ========================= TITLE: Secular trends in impact factor of neonatology publications over a 10-year period (Article, English) AUTHOR: Marom, R; Mimouni, FB; Cohen, S; Lubetzky, R; Mandel, D SOURCE: ACTA PAEDIATRICA 101 (10). OCT 2012. p.1095-1097 WILEY-BLACKWELL, HOBOKEN SEARCH TERM(S): TAUBES G SCIENCE 260:884 1993; GARFIELD E UNFALLCHIRURG 101:413 1998 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 RCTs 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. AUTHOR ADDRESS: D Mandel, Lis Matern Hosp, Dept Neonatol, Tel Aviv Med Ctr, 6 Weizman St, IL-64239 Tel Aviv, Israel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Information systems as a discipline in the making: comparing EJIS and MISQ between 1995 and 2008 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cordoba, JR; Pilkington, A; Bernroider, EWN SOURCE: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 21 (5). SEP 2012. p.479-495 PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD, BASINGSTOKE SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; WHITE HD J AM SOC INFORM SCI 32:163 1981 KEYWORDS: information systems; disciplines; citation analysis; co- citation analysis; EJIS; MISQ KEYWORDS+: INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; CITATION ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; STRATEGIC-MANAGEMENT; CONSUMER RESEARCH; USER ACCEPTANCE; IDENTITY CRISIS; SERVICE QUALITY; MCLEAN MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACT: This paper aims to shed light on the dynamics of information systems (IS) as a discipline in the making. We use the ideas of the sociologist Abbott to propose three different stages of a discipline's development: differentiation, competition, and absorption. These stages reflect how disciplines go through different cycles and how they acquire, consolidate or lose elements of knowledge. We map these stages using citation and co-citation analyses of two main IS academic journals (EJIS and MISQ) from 1995 to 2008. Our results indicate that IS is currently in a stage of absorption, with research being consolidated around the theme of 'IS acceptance'. Dominant models and frameworks related to this theme are predictive and thus lend themselves usable for positivistic and quantitative research. In this stage there is also a healthy degree of variety in IS including dormant elements which could reignite. Implications derived from our findings aim to help in the consolidation and extension of knowledge about IS in both academia and practice. European Journal of Information Systems (2012) 21, 479-495. doi:10.1057/ejis.2011.58: published online 10 January 2012 AUTHOR ADDRESS: JR Cordoba, Univ London UK, Sch Management, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The adoption of social networking technologies in cinema releases (Article, English) AUTHOR: Westland, JC SOURCE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 13 (3). SEP 2012. p.167-181 SPRINGER, NEW YORK SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC 295:90 2006; GARFIELD E INT J EPIDEMIOL 35:1123 2006 KEYWORDS: Film promotion; Internet search; Economic analysis; Social networking; Statistics; Viral marketing KEYWORDS+: BOX-OFFICE PERFORMANCE; STOCK SPLIT-UPS; LIKERT-SCALE; FILM; EFFICIENCY; EQUATIONS; ECONOMICS; RETURNS; FINANCE; EVENT ABSTRACT: Film marketing plays a growing role in movie release due to the high cost and financial risk of film production, with studios investing in expensive marketing campaigns to maximize revenue early in the release cycle. Marketing for films is a significant part of the budget, with Hollywood spending about $4 billion a year to buy TV and print advertising. Product cycles have accelerated, and studios are increasingly sensitive to criticism and market positioning. Because of its immediacy and ubiquity, Internet social networking is seen as a cost- effective alternative to traditional promotion. The current research investigates the effectiveness of Internet social networking in film success through a novel application of event study methods based on Internet search engine datasets. I find that release directed Internet social networking activities increase film revenues 64% and increase search activity 48%. I also report that increased revenue and search continue after the release period during the time that films appear on DVD, streaming and subscription TV, with revenue 14% higher than it would have been without the social networking campaign. In addition, I observe increased viewer search of around 41% over what it would have been without the Internet social networking campaign. A marginal increase of Internet social networking activity is predicted to result in a threefold increase in search intensity related to a film. The analysis shows that both budgets and the level of Internet search activity are important factors in the revenue generation of films, and Internet social networking campaigns lead to higher revenues. AUTHOR ADDRESS: JC Westland, Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Bibliometric Analysis on E-sports in China (Article, Chinese) AUTHOR: Zhang, GR SOURCE: 2011 3RD WORLD CONGRESS IN APPLIED COMPUTING, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ACC 2011), VOL 1 1. 2011. p.473-478 INFORMATION ENGINEERING RESEARCH INST, USA, NEWARK SEARCH TERM(S): BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: E-sports; bibliometric; statistic; analyze; China ABSTRACT: Taking journal full-text database of CNKI(China National Knowledge Infrastructure) as data sources, the paper carried on statistical analysis on 151 papers on E-sports by September, 2010 from publishing years, journal distribution, author distribution, citation frequency, download frequency,etc. to find questions of the research of E- sports and provide references for the research of E-sports in China. Through statistics, the author found research characteristics of E-sports in China: the number of papers creases rapidly since 2003; 50.30 percent of papers are published on journals of sports, but only 13.25 percent of papers are published on core journals; the research basis is weak, the research isstill at the starting stage, emphasizes on theory but neglects practice. So the author puts forward suggestions including deepening the theoretical research, reducing the repeated research, emphasizing the practice research and introducing the foreign research on E-sports to promote the development of E-sports in China. AUTHOR ADDRESS: GR Zhang, Shenyang Sports Univ, Shenyang, Liaoning Provin, Peoples R China From eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM Sat Sep 29 19:19:23 2012 From: eugene.garfield at THOMSONREUTERS.COM (Eugene Garfield) Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:19:23 +0000 Subject: papers from the Sept 2012 issue of Scientmetics Message-ID: . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Progressive nucleation mechanism for the growth behavior of items and its application to cumulative papers and citations of individual authors (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sangwal, K SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.575-591 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): PRICE DJD rauth; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Cumulative citations; Cumulative papers; Growth behavior of items; Individual authors; Progressive nucleation mechanism (PNM) KEYWORDS+: JOURNALS; ARTICLES ABSTRACT: A general expression based on the concepts of the progressive nucleation mechanism is proposed in the form to describe the growth behavior of items in an individual system and a collective of systems. In the above relation, alpha(t) is the ratio of items N(t) at time t to the maximum number C of possible items for the system, I similar to is the corresponding time constant and q is the exponent. The above relation is then used to analyze: (1) the growth behavior of cumulative number N(t) of papers published by individual authors and cumulative citations L(t) of N(t) papers of an author as a function of citation duration t, and (2) the relationship between cumulative citations L(t) of papers and cumulative number N(t) of papers. The proposed approach predicts that: (1) the fraction of items produced by successive systems is additive, (2) the cumulative fraction alpha (sum)(t) of maximum number of sites is the sum of contributions of fractions of maximum number of items produced by different systems, and (3) the values of time constants I similar to and exponent q increase with the addition of fraction of items produced by subsequent systems, but their values are the lowest for individual systems. The approach is applied to explain the growth behavior of cumulative N(t) papers and L(t) citations of four selected Polish professors. AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Sangwal, Lublin Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, Ul Nadbystrzycka 38, PL-20618 Lublin, Poland ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: Knowledge mapping of the Iranian nanoscience and technology: a text mining approach (Article, English) AUTHOR: Mohammadi, E SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.593-608 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SMALL H J DOC 36:183 1980; GARFIELD E AM DOC 14:289 1963 KEYWORDS: Science map; Knowledge map; Nano science and technology; Text mining KEYWORDS+: CO-WORD ANALYSIS; NEURAL-NETWORK RESEARCH; SCIENCE-AND- TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY LITERATURE; INFORMATION- SCIENCE; FIELD; SCIENTOMETRICS; EMERGENCE; MAPS; REPRESENTATIONS ABSTRACT: Nanoscience and technology (NST) is a relatively new interdisciplinary scientific domain, and scholars from a broad range of different disciplines are contributing to it. However, there is an ambiguity in its structure and in the extent of multidisciplinary scientific collaboration of NST. This paper investigates the multidisciplinary patterns of Iranian research in NST based on a selection of 1,120 ISI-indexed articles published during 1974-2007. Using text mining techniques, 96 terms were identified as the main terms of the Iranian publications in NST. Then the scientific structure of the Iranian NST was mapped through multidimensional scaling, based upon the co- occurrence of the main terms in the academic publications. The results showed that the NST domain in Iranian publications has a multidisciplinary structure which is composed of different fields, such as pure physics, analytical chemistry, chemistry physics, material science and engineering, polymer science, biochemistry and new emerging topics. AUTHOR ADDRESS: E Mohammadi, Islamic Azad Univ, Lib & Informat Sci Dept, Sci & Res Campus, Tehran, Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A deductive approach to select or rank journals in multifaceted subject, Oceanography (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sahu, SR; Panda, KC SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.609-619 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GROSS PLK SCIENCE 66:385 1927; KEYWORDS: Ranking journals; Ranking correlation; Citation analysis; Information process; Bradford distribution ABSTRACT: Whether singleton approach (citation analysis of identified source journals) used by Gross and Gross (Science 66(1713):385- 389, 1927) or differential approach (citation analysis of articles in specific subject field) applied by Bradford (Engineering 137:85-86, 1934) suitable to select or rank journals in multifaceted subject- 'Oceanography' is presented. This study discusses both the approaches analyzing citations of published literature in oceanography from 30 countries. The ranking correlation of journals showed better positive correlation (lowest rho = 0.662 for 2005-2009 to highest rho = 0.817 for 1995-1999) when top ranked journals from the list generated complying Gross and Gross approach (GA) were correlated with same journal titles of the list generated complying Bradford approach than the other way (lowest rho = 0.588 for 2005-2009 to highest rho = 0.726 for 1990-1994). Both the approaches matched similar number of journals to country-wise lists and give unbiased choice in preferring a ranking list. The journals distribution graphs showed typical Bradford-Leimkuhler curves in both the approaches for all the datasets. But the groos droop appears comparatively early with shorter straight line in GA. The high clustering of literature to limited number of journals is a disadvantage in multifaceted subject. So the differential approach used by Bradford is being considered suitable for multifaceted subject like, 'Oceanography'. AUTHOR ADDRESS: SR Sahu, Natl Inst Oceanog CSIR, Panaji 403004, Goa, India -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The success-index: an alternative approach to the h-index for evaluating an individual's research output (Article, English) AUTHOR: Franceschini, F; Galetto, M; Maisano, D; Mastrogiacomo, L SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.621-641 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; SMALL H SCIENTOMETRICS 7:391 1985; GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS: Successful paper; NSP-index; Field normalization; Reference practices; Operational properties; Hirsch index KEYWORDS+: CROWN INDICATOR; CITATION; IMPACT ABSTRACT: Among the most recent bibliometric indicators for normalizing the differences among fields of science in terms of citation behaviour, Kosmulski (J Informetr 5(3):481-485, 2011) proposed the NSP (number of successful paper) index. According to the authors, NSP deserves much attention for its great simplicity and immediate meaning- equivalent to those of the h-index-while it has the disadvantage of being prone to manipulation and not very efficient in terms of statistical significance. In the first part of the paper, we introduce the success- index, aimed at reducing the NSP-index's limitations, although requiring more computing effort. Next, we present a detailed analysis of the success-index from the point of view of its operational properties and a comparison with the h-index's ones. Particularly interesting is the examination of the success-index scale of measurement, which is much richer than the h-index's. This makes success-index much more versatile for different types of analysis-e.g., (cross-field) comparisons of the scientific output of (1) individual researchers, (2) researchers with different seniority, (3) research institutions of different size, (4) scientific journals, etc. AUTHOR ADDRESS: F Franceschini, Politecn Torino, Dept Prod Syst & Business Econ DISPEA, Corso Duca Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Application of progressive nucleation mechanism for the citation behavior of individual papers of different authors (Article, English) AUTHOR: Sangwal, K SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.643-655 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): CITATION item_title; CITATION* item_title KEYWORDS: Citations; Individual papers; Citation behavior; Decay of citations; Progressive nucleation mechanism (PNM) KEYWORDS+: OBSOLESCENCE; GROWTH; ARTICLES ABSTRACT: The basic concepts and equations of the progressive nucleation mechanism (PNM) are presented first for the growth and decay of items. The mechanism is then applied to describe the cumulative citations L and citations Delta L per year of the individual most-cited papers i of four selected Polish professors as a function of citation duration t. It was found that the PNM satisfactorily describes the time dependence of cumulative citations L of the papers published by different authors with sufficiently high citations Delta L, as represented by the highest yearly citations Delta L (max) during the entire citation period t (normal citation behavior). The citation period for these papers is less than 15 years and it is even 6-8 years in several cases. However, for papers with citation periods exceeding about 15 years, the growth behavior of citations does not follow the PNM in the entire citation period (anomalous citation behavior), and there are regions of citations in which the citation data may be described by the PNM. Normal and anomalous citation behaviors are attributed, respectively, to the occurrence and nonoccurrence of stationary nucleation of citations for the papers. The PNM also explains the growth and decay of citations Delta L per year of papers exhibiting normal citation behavior. AUTHOR ADDRESS: K Sangwal, Lublin Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, Ul Nadbystrzycka 38, PL-20618 Lublin, Poland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Relative absorptive capacity: a research profiling (Article, English) AUTHOR: Martinez, H; Jaime, A; Camacho, J SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.657-674 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): ARUNACHALAM S rauth; PRICE DJD rauth; GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 32:5 1990; GARFIELD E SCIENCE 178:471 1972 KEYWORDS: Relative absorptive capacity; Publication analysis; Bibliometrics; Research profiling KEYWORDS+: 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 for 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. AUTHOR ADDRESS: H Martinez, Univ Ind Santander, Ctr Technol & Innovat Management Res Innotec, Cra 27 Calle 9, La Perla, Bucaramanga, Colombia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: South African universities in world rankings (Article, English) AUTHOR: Matthews, AP SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.675-695 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005 KEYWORDS: South African universities; World university rankings; Bibliometric analysis; Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking; Times Higher Education ranking KEYWORDS+: FATAL ATTRACTION; ACADEMIC RANKING ABSTRACT: South Africa has 23 universities, of which five are placed in one or more of the 2011 Shanghai Jiao Tong, Times Higher Education, and Quacquarelli Symonds world university rankings. The five are: Cape Town, Witwatersrand, KwaZulu-Natal, Stellenbosch and Pretoria. They are ranked above the other 18 universities, with Cape Town in top position, mainly because they have significantly higher publication and citation counts. In the Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking Cape Town's Nobel Prize alumni and highly-cited researchers give it an additional lead over second-placed Witwatersrand, which has Nobel Prize alumni but no highly- cited researchers. KwaZulu-Natal, in third place, has no Nobel Prize alumni but one highly-cited researcher, which places it ahead of Stellenbosch and Pretoria despite the latter two having higher publication output. However, in the Times Higher Education ranking, which places Cape Town first and Witwatersrand second, Stellenbosch is ranked but not KwaZulu-Natal, presumably because the publication and citation counts of Stellenbosch are higher. The other 18 universities are ranked by the SCImago and Webometrics rankings in an order consistent with bibliometric indicators, and consistent with approximate simulations of the Shanghai Jiao Tong and Times Higher Education methods. If a South African university aspires to rise in the rankings, it needs to increase publications, citations, staff-student ratio, and proportions of postgraduate students, international students and international staff. AUTHOR ADDRESS: AP Matthews, Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Phys, Westville Campus, ZA-4001 Durban, South Africa -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Citation behavior in popular scientific papers: what is behind obscure citations? The case of ethnobotany (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ramos, MA; Melo, JG; Albuquerque, UP SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.711-719 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E SCIENTOMETRICS 1:359 1979 KEYWORDS: Citation analysis; Scientometrics; Scientific quality KEYWORDS+: PLANTS ABSTRACT: Citation studies have become an important tool for understanding scientific communication processes, as they enable the identification of several characteristics of information-retrieval behavior. This study seeks to analyze citation behavior using two popular ethnobotany articles, and our analysis is guided by the following question: when an author references a work, is he pointing out the work's theoretical contribution, or is bias a factor in citing this reference? Citation analysis reveals an interesting phenomenon, as the majority of citing texts do not consider the theoretical contributions made by the articles cited. Two possible conclusions can be drawn from this scenario: (1) citing authors read the original texts that they cite only superficially, and (2) the works cited are not read by the vast majority of people who reference them. Thus, it is clear that even with sufficient access to reference texts; ethnobotanical studies highlight elements less relevant to the research and reproduce discussions in a non-reflective manner. AUTHOR ADDRESS: UP Albuquerque, Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Biol, Lab Etnobot Aplicada, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros S-N, Recife, PE, Brazil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Research status and trends in limnology journals: a bibliometric analysis based on SCI database (Article, English) AUTHOR: Cao, XF; Huang, Y; Wang, J; Luan, SJ SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.735-746 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; HIRSCH JE P NATL ACAD SCI USA 102:16569 2005; JOURNALS item_title; BIBLIOMETR* item_title KEYWORDS: Limnology; Bibliometric analysis; h-index; NetDraw KEYWORDS+: INDEX ABSTRACT: An effective bibliometric analysis was applied in this work to evaluate global scientific production of the subject category of "limnology" from 2001 to 2010. Data was based on the Science Citation Index compiled by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, USA. The h-index and NetDraw were designed to characterize the limnology publications. The results showed that the limnology research constantly increased over the past decade. The researchers paid most attention to "diatoms", "eutrophication" and "phosphorus". Moreover, the keywords plus of "growth", "model", "dynamic", offered a thorough description for the limnology research. Among the research institutes interested in limnologic research, the US Geological Survey was the flagship while the USA attained a dominant position in the global research in the field. AUTHOR ADDRESS: Y Huang, Peking Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: A bibliometric study of earthquake research: 1900-2010 (Article, English) AUTHOR: Liu, XJ; Zhan, FB; Hong, S; Niu, BB; Liu, YL SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.747-765 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E CURR CONTENTS 32:5 1990 KEYWORDS: Bibliometrics; Evaluation; Earthquake; Research performance KEYWORDS+: CANNOT ABSTRACT: We evaluated earthquake research performance based on a bibliometric analysis of 84,051 documents published in journals and other outlets contained in the Scientific Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) bibliographic databases for the period of 1900-2010. We summarized significant publication indicators in earthquake research, evaluated national and institutional research performance, and presented earthquake research development from a supplementary perspective. Research output descriptors suggested a solid development in earthquake research, in terms of increasing scientific production and research collaboration. We identified leading authors, institutions, and nations in earthquake research, and there was an uneven distribution of publications at authorial, institutional, and national levels. The most commonly used keywords appeared in the articles were evolution, California, deformation, model, inversion, seismicity, tectonics, crustal structure, fault, zone, lithosphere, and attenuation. AUTHOR ADDRESS: YL Liu, Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Field normalized citation rates, field normalized journal impact and Norwegian weights for allocation of university research funds (Article, English) AUTHOR: Ahlgren, P; Colliander, C; Persson, O SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.767-780 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): SEGLEN PO J AM SOC INFORM SCI 45:1 1994; KEYWORDS: Field normalized citation rates; Journal impact; Norwegian model; Research fund allocation KEYWORDS+: CONSEQUENCES; INSTITUTIONS; PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT: We compared three different bibliometric evaluation approaches: two citation-based approaches and one based on manual classification of publishing channels into quality levels. Publication data for two universities was used, and we worked with two levels of analysis: article and department. For the article level, we investigated the predictive power of field normalized citation rates and field normalized journal impact with respect to journal level. The results for the article level show that evaluation of journals based on citation impact correlate rather well with manual classification of journals into quality levels. However, the prediction from field normalized citation rates to journal level was only marginally better than random guessing. At the department level, we studied three different indicators in the context of research fund allocation within universities and the extent to which the three indicators produce different distributions of research funds. It turned out that the three distributions of relative indicator values were very similar, which in turn yields that the corresponding distributions of hypothetical research funds would be very similar. AUTHOR ADDRESS: P Ahlgren, Umea Univ, Dept Sociol, S-90187 Umea, Sweden -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Google effect in doctoral theses (Article, English) AUTHOR: Varshney, LR SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.785-793 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): CAWKELL A* rauth; GARFIELD E rauth; PRICE DJD rauth KEYWORDS: Doctoral theses; Citation behavior; Knowledge burden KEYWORDS+: INFORMATION; CITATION; KNOWLEDGE; IMPACT ABSTRACT: It is often said that successive generations of researchers face an increasing educational burden due to knowledge accumulation. On the other hand, technological advancement over time can improve the productivity of researchers and even change their cognitive processes. This paper presents a longitudinal study (2004-2011) of citation behavior in doctoral theses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. It is found that the number of references cited has increased over the years. At the same time, there has been a decrease in the length of time in the doctoral program and a relative constancy in the culture of the department. This suggests that students are more productive in facing an increased knowledge burden, and indeed seem to encode prior literature as transactive memory to a greater extent, as evidenced by the greater use of older literature. AUTHOR ADDRESS: LR Varshney, IBM Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, 19 Skyline Dr, Hawthorne, NY 10532 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The phenomenon of all-elements-sleeping-beauties in scientific literature (Article, English) AUTHOR: Li, J; Ye, FY SOURCE: SCIENTOMETRICS 92 (3). SEP 2012. p.795-799 SPRINGER, DORDRECHT SEARCH TERM(S): GARFIELD E rauth; GLANZEL W SCIENTIST 18:8 2004 KEYWORDS: Sleeping beauty; Spindle; Prince; Delayed recognition KEYWORDS+: PREMATURITY ABSTRACT: The phenomenon of all-elements-sleeping-beauties in science is revealed by four special cases. The 'sleeping beauties' prick their fingers on the 'spindles' so that they fall into sleep then are awakened by their 'princes'. The authors speculate that the phenomenon could happen in scientific literatures with high quality. AUTHOR ADDRESS: FY Ye, Zhejiang Univ, Dept Informat Resource Management, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: Analysis of Impact Factors of Integration Conditions and Development of Regional Tourism (Article, English) AUTHOR: Chen, JP SOURCE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT. 2010. p.145-148 ST PLUM-BLOSSOM PRESS PTY LTD, HAWTHORN EAST SEARCH TERM(S): IMPACT FACTOR* item_title KEYWORDS: Regional Tourism; Integration; Condition; Resource Development; Impact Factor ABSTRACT: Integration and development of regional tourism is a challenging subject which has theoretical and practical value. This paper, from the prospective of tourism system and tourism space, puts forward the concept of regional tourism integration, and based on the elementary theory regarding tourism geography and related regional planning, describes the conditions for regional tourism integration, analyzes subjective factors such as the behaviors of developers, tourists and operators etc., tourism resources, objective factors such as accessibility and spatial competition etc., and their impacts on the regional tourism integration and development. - From info at DAIGU.NL Sun Sep 30 07:43:28 2012 From: info at DAIGU.NL (Daigu) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:43:28 +0200 Subject: Triple Helix tagging Message-ID: Dear all, I am currently working on a small dataset from Web of Science with approximately 10,000 unique affiliation-country pairs. The goal is to indicate for each of these whether it's University, Industry or Government. Surely I'm not the first person to do this, so this brings to mind two questions: [1] How did others assign U, I, or G to an affiliation? I have Googled and found many articles, but no methodology description. E.g., for universities it's rather straightforward. You search for the keyword "univ" and correct for "universal". Industries also have indicative keywords such as GmbH, Ltd, etc. But government? Anything with "Natl" in the title? [2] Does a repository of cleaned/harmonized WoS affiliations, preferably with TH tagging, already exist? If not, would people be interested in it? I'm more than willing to put my datasets online in a Wiki like environment. Kind regards, -- ________________________________________ ing. Nico Doranov Technical Director / Data Steward Daigu Academic Services & Data Stewardship http://www.daigu.nl/ This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments. From loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET Sun Sep 30 08:03:40 2012 From: loet at LEYDESDORFF.NET (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:03:40 +0200 Subject: Triple Helix tagging In-Reply-To: <1349005408.2654.14.camel@Satori> Message-ID: Dear Nico, I developed a very primitive string in Leydesdorff (2003: 458) that I see followed, but it certainly is worth to update. It would be nice to have a repository and/or a better string. Several colleagues have national databases with UIG tags. Best wishes, Loet Leydesdorff, L. (2003). The Mutual Information of University-Industry-Government Relations: An Indicator of the Triple Helix Dynamics. Scientometrics, 58(2), 445-467. Fred Y. Ye, Susan S. Yu, & Loet Leydesdorff (2012). The Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations at the Country Level, and Its Dynamic Evolution under the Pressures of Globalization; at http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1260 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 -----Original Message----- From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics [mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of Daigu Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 1:43 PM To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Triple Helix tagging http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html Dear all, I am currently working on a small dataset from Web of Science with approximately 10,000 unique affiliation-country pairs. The goal is to indicate for each of these whether it's University, Industry or Government. Surely I'm not the first person to do this, so this brings to mind two questions: [1] How did others assign U, I, or G to an affiliation? I have Googled and found many articles, but no methodology description. E.g., for universities it's rather straightforward. You search for the keyword "univ" and correct for "universal". Industries also have indicative keywords such as GmbH, Ltd, etc. But government? Anything with "Natl" in the title? [2] Does a repository of cleaned/harmonized WoS affiliations, preferably with TH tagging, already exist? If not, would people be interested in it? I'm more than willing to put my datasets online in a Wiki like environment. Kind regards, -- ________________________________________ ing. 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