papers of potential interest to Sig Metrics readers

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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

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                 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

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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
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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

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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
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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

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