Papers of possible interest to Sig Metrics readers
Eugene Garfield
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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