Papers from the June 2013 issue of SCIENTOMETRICS

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Title:

A scientometric analysis of the effectiveness of Taiwan's educational research projects

Authors:

Tseng, YH; Chang, CY; Tutwiler, MS; Lin, MC; Barufaldi, JP

Author Full Names:

Tseng, Yuen-Hsien; Chang, Chun-Yen; Tutwiler, M. Shane; Lin, Ming-Chao;

Barufaldi, James P.

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):1141-1166; 10.1007/s11192-013-0966-z JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Journal clustering, Subfield identification, Research evaluation, Performance ranking, Educational research

KeyWords Plus:

RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL-SCIENCES; UNIVERSITIES; HUMANITIES; INDEX; INTERNATIONALIZATION; OUTPUT

Abstract:

The seeking of evidence for revealing the research performance of Education in Taiwan, in response to the stimulus by the national research projects, is presented and interpreted. More than 70,000 publication records over the years 1990-2011 from Web of Science were downloaded and analyzed. The overview analysis by data aggregation and country ranking shows that Taiwan has significantly improved its publication productivity and citation impact over the last decade. The drill-down analysis based on journal bibliographic coupling, information visualization, and diversity and trend indexes, reveals that e-Learning and Science Education are two fast growing subfields that attract global interests and that Taiwan is among the top-ranked countries in these two fields in terms of research productivity. Implications of the analysis are discussed with an emphasis on the subfield characteristics from which more insightful interpretations can be obtained, such as the regional or cultur!

al characteristics that may affect the performance ranking.

Addresses:

[Tseng, Yuen-Hsien] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Ctr Informat Technol, Taipei 106, Taiwan.

[Chang, Chun-Yen] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Taipei 116, Taiwan.

[Chang, Chun-Yen] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Grad Inst Sci Educ, Taipei 116, Taiwan.

[Chang, Chun-Yen; Tutwiler, M. Shane; Lin, Ming-Chao] Natl Taiwan Normal Univ, Sci Educ Ctr, Taipei 106, Taiwan.

[Tutwiler, M. Shane] Harvard Univ, Grad Sch Educ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.

[Barufaldi, James P.] Univ Texas Austin, Ctr STEM Educ, Austin, TX 78712 USA.

E-mail Addresses:

samtseng at ntnu.edu.tw; changcy at ntnu.edu.tw; mst216 at mail.harvard.edu; mingchaolin at ntnu.edu.tw; jamesb at austin.utexas.edu

Funding Acknowledgement:

"Aim for the Top University Project" of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU); Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC; National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan [NSC 100-2511-S-003-053-MY2]

Funding Text:

The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and helpful suggestions. This work is supported in part by the "Aim for the Top University Project" of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC. This work is also supported in part by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan under the grant NSC 100-2511-S-003-053-MY2.

Cited Reference Count:

45

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000019

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Title:

The effect of database dirty data on h-index calculation

Authors:

Fiorenzo, F; Domenico, M; Luca, M

Author Full Names:

Fiorenzo, Franceschini; Domenico, Maisano; Luca, Mastrogiacomo

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):1179-1188; 10.1007/s11192-012-0871-x JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Citations, h-index, h-index robustness, Uncertain data, Dirty database

KeyWords Plus:

HIRSCH-INDEX

Abstract:

As all databases, the bibliometric ones (e.g. Scopus, Web of Knowledge and Google Scholar) are not exempt from errors, such as missing or wrong records, which may obviously affect publication/citation statistics and-more in general-the resulting bibliometric indicators. This paper tries to answer to the question "What is the effect of database uncertainty on the evaluation of the h-index?", breaking the paradigm of deterministic database analysis and treating responses to database queries as random variables. Precisely an informetric model of the h-index is used to quantify the variability of this indicator with respect to the variability stemming from errors in database records. Some preliminary results are presented and discussed.

Addresses:

[Fiorenzo, Franceschini; Domenico, Maisano; Luca, Mastrogiacomo] Politecn Torino, DIGEP, I-10129 Turin, Italy.

E-mail Addresses:

fiorenzo.franceschini at polito.it

Cited Reference Count:

34

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000021

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Title:

Quality of research: which underlying values?

Authors:

Czellar, J; Lanares, J

Author Full Names:

Czellar, Judith; Lanares, Jacques

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):1003-1021; 10.1007/s11192-012-0928-x JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Research quality, Quality values, University profile, Researcher's typology, Swiss university, University of Lausanne, MCA, Vocabulary use

KeyWords Plus:

SOCIAL-SCIENCES; INDEX; SCIENTOMETRICS; INDICATORS; IMPACT; PERFORMANCE; AUTHORSHIP

Abstract:

Traditional bibliometric indicators are considered too limited for some research areas such as humanities and social sciences because they mostly reveal a specific aspect of academic performance (quantity of publications) and tend to ignore a significant part of research production. The frequent misuses (e.g. improper generalizations) of bibliometric measures results in a substantial part of the research community failing to consider the exact nature of bibliometric measures. This study investigates the links between practices for assessing academic performance, bibliometric methods' use and underlying values of research quality within the scientific community of University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Findings reveal four researcher profiles depending on research orientations and goals, ranging from those using "pure" quantitative tools to those using more subjective and personal techniques. Each profile is characterized according to disciplinary affiliation, tenure, academic !

function as well as commitment to quality values.

Addresses:

[Czellar, Judith; Lanares, Jacques] Univ Lausanne, Unictr, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

E-mail Addresses:

juditheva.czellar at unil.ch

Cited Reference Count:

43

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000012

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Title:

Evolution of the publications in clinical neurology: scientific impact of different countries during the 2000-2009 period

Authors:

Inigo, J; Palma, JA; Iriarte, J; Urrestarazu, E

Author Full Names:

Inigo, Jesus; Palma, Jose-Alberto; Iriarte, Jorge; Urrestarazu, Elena

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):941-952; 10.1007/s11192-012-0880-9 JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Bibliometric analysis, Research, Scientific production, Scientific impact, Europe, Biomedical journals

KeyWords Plus:

SCIENCE; INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY; INDICATORS; CITATIONS; JOURNALS; WEB

Abstract:

We analyzed the productivity and visibility of publications on the subject category of Clinical Neurology by countries in the period 2000-2009. We used the Science Citation Index Expanded database of the ISI Web of Knowledge. The analysis was restricted to the citable documents. Bibliometric indicators included the number of publications, the number of citations, the median and interquartile range of the citations, and the h-index. We identified 170,483 publications (84.9 % original articles) with a relative increase of 28.5 % throughout the decade. Fourteen countries published over 2,000 documents in the decade and received more than 50,000 citations. The average of citations received per publication was 8 (interquartile range: 3-20) and the h-index was 261. USA was the country with the highest number of publications, followed by Germany, Japan, the UK and Italy. Moreover, USA publications had the largest number of citations received (44.5 % of total), followed by the UK, G!

ermany, Canada, and Italy. On the other hand, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK had the highest median citations for their total publications. During the period 2000-2009 there was a significant increase in Clinical Neurology publications. Most of the publications and citations comprised 14 countries, with the USA in the first position. Interestingly, most of the publications and citations originated from only 14 countries, with European countries with relatively low population, such as Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands, in this top group.

Addresses:

[Inigo, Jesus] Res Eth Comm, Madrid, Spain.

[Palma, Jose-Alberto; Iriarte, Jorge; Urrestarazu, Elena] Univ Navarra, Sch Med, Clin Neurophysiol Sect, CUN, Pamplona 31008, Spain.

E-mail Addresses:

jiriarte at unav.es

Cited Reference Count:

23

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000008

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Title:

A scientometrics law about co-authors and their ranking: the co-author core

Authors:

Ausloos, M

Author Full Names:

Ausloos, M.

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):895-909; 10.1007/s11192-012-0936-x JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

KeyWords Plus:

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; HIRSCH INDEX; H-INDEX; COAUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; COOPERATION STRUCTURE; INVISIBLE-COLLEGES; SELF-CITATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; IMPACT

Abstract:

Rather than "measuring" a scientist impact through the number of citations which his/her published work can have generated, isn't it more appropriate to consider his/her value through his/her scientific network performance illustrated by his/her co-author role, thus focussing on his/her joint publications, and their impact through citations? Whence, on one hand, this paper very briefly examines bibliometric laws, like the h-index and subsequent debate about co-authorship effects, but on the other hand, proposes a measure of collaborative work through a new index. Based on data about the publication output of a specific research group, a new bibliometric law is found. Let a co-author C have written J (joint) publications with one or several colleagues. Rank all the co-authors of that individual according to their number of joint publications, giving a rank r to each co-author, starting with r = 1 for the most prolific. It is empirically found that a very simple relationship h!

olds between the number of joint publications J by coauthors and their rank of importance, i.e., J ae 1/r. Thereafter, in the same spirit as for the Hirsch core, one can define a "co-author core", and introduce indices operating on an author. It is emphasized that the new index has a quite different (philosophical) perspective that the h-index. In the present case, one focusses on "relevant" persons rather than on "relevant" publications. Although the numerical discussion is based on one "main author" case, and two "control" cases, there is little doubt that the law can be verified in many other situations. Therefore, variants and generalizations could be later produced in order to quantify co-author roles, in a temporary or long lasting stable team(s), and lead to criteria about funding, career measurements or even induce career strategies.

Addresses:

[Ausloos, M.] Beauvallon, B-4031 Liege, Belgium.

[Ausloos, M.] ULG, GRAPES SUPRATECS, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.

E-mail Addresses:

marcel.ausloos at ulg.ac.be

Cited Reference Count:

83

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000005

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Title:

The changing dynamics in citation index publication position China in a race with the USA for global leadership

Authors:

Moiwo, JP; Tao, FL

Author Full Names:

Moiwo, Juana Paul; Tao, Fulu

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):1031-1050; 10.1007/s11192-012-0846-y JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Bibliometric analysis, Web of Knowledge, Web of Science, Citation index publication, Normalized publication

KeyWords Plus:

LANGUAGE ACADEMIC JOURNALS; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; SCIENCE; IMPACT; ARTICLES; TRENDS; WORLD

Abstract:

Along with China's economic emergence is a controversy over the quality and international visibility of citation index publications. This study uses bibliometric statistics to shed further light on the global landscape of citation index publications with special focus on China and the USA. The analysis explores 31 years of the TRS (Thomson Reuters Scientific) database, spanning the 1980-2010 period. Based on this study, the USA maintains global dominance for both WOK (Web of Knowledge) and WOS (Web of Science) TRS publications. Although China ranks a distant second for WOK, it lags behind five other nations for WOS publications. China's scientific base needs further restructuring for greater global visibility. Emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and South Africa are fast rising in the global ranks for WOK/WOS publications. China may already be leading the world in some publication attributes, although it could take several more decades to catch up with the USA in!

others. Normalizations of the publications with population, PTE (population with tertiary education) and GDP (gross domestic product) put small/low-population countries in the global lead. However, countries such as Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Sweden still rank high for most of these publication attributes. Furthermore, WOS per WOK analysis shows that small and/or economically weak countries place greater emphasis on WOS publications. This is particularly visible for countries in Africa and South America. Despite the addition of a large number of indigenous Chinese journals to the TRS database, prediction analysis suggests that China's desire to surpass the USA could be delayed for several decades. In the race for the next-generation scientific superpower, however, China not only needs to sustain substantial investments in research and development, but also requires restructuring of its research industry. This is especially critical for data readiness, availability and !

accessibility to the scientific community, and radical impleme!

ntations

of research recommendations.

Addresses:

[Moiwo, Juana Paul; Tao, Fulu] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.

E-mail Addresses:

jupamo2001 at yahoo.com

Funding Acknowledgement:

China-Africa Science and Technology Partnership Program (CASTEP)

Funding Text:

This study is supported by the China-Africa Science and Technology Partnership Program (CASTEP). We are thankful for the incredible inputs of the anonymous reviewers and editors by way of insightful comments and suggestions.

Cited Reference Count:

34

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000014

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Title:

A citation-analysis of economic research institutes

Authors:

Ketzler, R; Zimmermann, KF

Author Full Names:

Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F.

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):1095-1112; 10.1007/s11192-012-0850-2 JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Citation analysis, Rankings, Scientometrics, Publication analysis, Economic research institutes

KeyWords Plus:

COLLABORATION; PROFESSION; FACULTIES; QUALITY; OUTPUT

Abstract:

The citation analysis of the research output of the German economic research institutes presented here is based on publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index for the 2000-2009 period. The novel feature of the paper is that a count data model quantifies the determinants of citation success and simulates their citation potential. Among the determinants of the number of cites the quality of the publication outlet exhibits a strong positive effect. The same effect has the number of the published pages, but journals with size limits also yield more cites. Field journals get less citations in comparison to general journals. Controlling for journal quality, the number of co-authors of a paper has no effect, but it is positive when co-authors are located outside the own institution. We find that the potential citations predicted by our best model lead to different rankings across the institutes than current citations indicating structural chan!

ge.

Addresses:

[Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F.] IZA, D-53072 Bonn, Germany.

[Zimmermann, Klaus F.] Univ Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

E-mail Addresses:

zimmermann at iza.org

Cited Reference Count:

21

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000017

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Title:

An empirical investigation of the influence of collaboration in Finance on article impact

Authors:

Avkiran, NK

Author Full Names:

Avkiran, Necmi K.

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):911-925; 10.1007/s11192-012-0892-5 JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Collaboration, Citation analysis, Article impact, Author impact, Finance

KeyWords Plus:

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; CITATION; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY; TEAMS; MODEL

Abstract:

We investigate the impact of collaborative research in academic Finance literature to find out whether and to what extent collaboration leads to higher impact articles (6,667 articles across 2001-2007 extracted from the Web of Science). Using the top 5 % as ranked by the 4-year citation counts following publication, we also follow related secondary research questions such as the relationships between article impact and author impact; collaboration and average author impact of an article; and, the nature of geographic collaboration. Key findings indicate: collaboration does lead to articles of higher impact but there is no significant marginal value for collaboration beyond three authors; high impact articles are not monopolized by high impact authors; collaboration and the average author impact of high-impact articles are positively associated, where collaborative articles have a higher mean author impact in comparison to single-author articles; and collaboration among the a!

uthors of high impact articles is mostly cross-institutional.

Addresses:

Univ Queensland, UQ Business Sch, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.

E-mail Addresses:

n.avkiran at business.uq.edu.au

Cited Reference Count:

27

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000006

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Title:

Evolutionary paths of change of emerging nanotechnological innovation systems: the case of ZnO nanostructures

Authors:

Avila-Robinson, A; Miyazaki, K

Author Full Names:

Avila-Robinson, Alfonso; Miyazaki, Kumiko

Source:

SCIENTOMETRICS, 95 (3):829-849; 10.1007/s11192-012-0939-7 JUN 2013

Language:

English

Document Type:

Article

Author Keywords:

Emerging technologies, Knowledge bases, Evolutionary change, Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, Co-citation networks

KeyWords Plus:

TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; PROBLEM SEQUENCES; KNOW-HOW; SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; TRAJECTORIES; DIRECTIONS; ISSUES

Abstract:

This paper puts forward a quantitative approach aimed at the understanding of the evolutionary paths of change of emerging nanotechnological innovation systems. The empirical case of the newly emerging zinc oxide one-dimensional nanostructures is used. In line with other authors, 'problems' are visualized as those aspects guiding the dynamics of innovation systems. It is argued that the types of problems confronted by an innovation system, and in turn its dynamics of change, are imprinted on the nature of the underlying knowledge bases. The latter is operationalized through the construction of co-citation networks from scientific publications. We endow these co-citation networks with directionality through the allocation of a particular problem, drawn from a 'problem space' for nanomaterials, to each network node. By analyzing the longitudinal, structural and cognitive changes undergone by these problem-attached networks, we attempt to infer the nature of the paths of change!

of emerging nanotechnological innovation systems. Overall, our results stress the evolutionary mechanisms underlying change in a specific N&N subfield. It is observed that the latter may exert significant influence on the innovative potentials of nanomaterials.

Addresses:

[Avila-Robinson, Alfonso; Miyazaki, Kumiko] Tokyo Inst Technol, Grad Sch Innovat Management, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528550, Japan.

E-mail Addresses:

alfonso.avila at gmx.net; miyazaki at mot.titech.ac.jp

Funding Acknowledgement:

MEXT scholarship (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

Funding Text:

The first author wishes to acknowledge financial support from the MEXT scholarship (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) for carrying out this research. The authors are grateful to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful and constructive comments on earlier versions of this paper. We would also like to thank Prof. Dmitri Golberg (International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics MANA at the National Institute for Materials Science NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan) for his invaluable insights into the field of nanomaterials.

Cited Reference Count:

56

Times Cited:

0

Publisher:

SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS

ISSN:

0138-9130

Web of Science Categories:

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Science & Library Science

Research Areas:

Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

IDS Number:

142OO

Unique ID:

WOS:000318807000001

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