scholarly journals The representation of the social sciences and humanities in the Web of Science--a comparison of publication patterns and incentive structures in Flanders and Norway (2005-9)

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. B. Ossenblok ◽  
T. C. E. Engels ◽  
G. Sivertsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Incentive Structures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Web

scholarly journals Understanding and Evaluating Research and Scholarly Publishing in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Sivertsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Empirical Concept ◽  
Complete Representation ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Limited Coverage ◽  
Holistic Manner

Abstract Internationalization is important for research quality and for specialization on new themes in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Interaction with society, however, is just as important in these areas of research for realizing the ultimate aims of knowledge creation. This article demonstrates how the heterogenous publishing patterns of the SSH may reflect and fulfill both purposes. The limited coverage of the SSH in Scopus and Web of Science is discussed along with ideas about how to achieve a more complete representation of all the languages and publication types that are actually used in the SSH. A dynamic and empirical concept of balanced multilingualism is introduced to support combined strategies for internationalization and societal interaction. The argument is that all the communication purposes in all different areas of research, and all the languages and publication types needed to fulfill these purposes, should be considered in a holistic manner without exclusions or priorities whenever research in the SSH is evaluated.

scholarly journals Climate Change: A Bibliometric Study of Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Einecker ◽  
Andrew Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Web ◽  
Research And Policy

The paper uses bibliometric methods to explore the production of knowledge in the field of climate change from 1991–2019. Using the Web of Science database, we demonstrate the growth of publications in the field, including papers in mitigation, adaptation and resilience. Using VOSviewer software, we show the connections between these subfields and the journals in which they are published. The analysis displays clusters of publications in different subfields and minimal convergence of research in STEM fields and the social sciences. We suggest that this lack of convergence may reflect a relative shortage of interdisciplinary research which may in turn have negative outcomes in terms of research and policy.

scholarly journals Mapping Diversity of Publication Patterns in the Social Sciences and Humanities: An Approach Making Use of Fuzzy Cluster Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik T. Verleysen ◽  
Arie Weeren
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Cluster ◽  
Fuzzy Cluster Analysis ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
The Social ◽  
Publication Language

AbstractPurposeTo present a method for systematically mapping diversity of publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities in terms of publication type, publication language and co-authorship.Design/methodology/approachIn a follow-up to the hard partitioning clustering by Verleysen and Weeren in 2016, we now propose the complementary use of fuzzy cluster analysis, making use of a membership coefficient to study gradual differences between publication styles among authors within a scholarly discipline. The analysis of the probability density function of the membership coefficient allows to assess the distribution of publication styles within and between disciplines.FindingsAs an illustration we analyze 1,828 productive authors affiliated in Flanders, Belgium. Whereas a hard partitioning previously identified two broad publication styles, an international one vs. a domestic one, fuzzy analysis now shows gradual differences among authors. Internal diversity also varies across disciplines and can be explained by researchers’ specialization and dissemination strategies.Research limitationsThe dataset used is limited to one country for the years 2000–2011; a cognitive classification of authors may yield a different result from the affiliation-based classification used here.Practical implicationsOur method is applicable to other bibliometric and research evaluation contexts, especially for the social sciences and humanities in non-Anglophone countries.Originality/valueThe method proposed is a novel application of cluster analysis to the field of bibliometrics. Applied to publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities, for the first time it systematically documents intra-disciplinary diversity.

scholarly journals Journal article publishing in the social sciences and humanities: A comparison of Web of Science coverage for five European countries

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0249879
Author(s):  
Michal Petr ◽  
Tim C. E. Engels ◽  
Emanuel Kulczycki ◽  
Marta Dušková ◽  
Raf Guns ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Pattern Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Eastern European Countries

This study compares publication pattern dynamics in the social sciences and humanities in five European countries. Three are Central and Eastern European countries that share a similar cultural and political heritage (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland). The other two are Flanders (Belgium) and Norway, representing Western Europe and the Nordics, respectively. We analysed 449,409 publications from 2013–2016 and found that, despite persisting differences between the two groups of countries across all disciplines, publication patterns in the Central and Eastern European countries are becoming more similar to those in their Western and Nordic counterparts. Articles from the Central and Eastern European countries are increasingly published in journals indexed in Web of Science and also in journals with the highest citation impacts. There are, however, clear differences between social science and humanities disciplines, which need to be considered in research evaluation and science policy.

scholarly journals Publication patterns in the social sciences and humanities: evidence from eight European countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 463-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuel Kulczycki ◽  
Tim C. E. Engels ◽  
Janne Pölönen ◽  
Kasper Bruun ◽  
Marta Dušková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Changing publication patterns in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2000–2009

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim C. E. Engels ◽  
Truyken L. B. Ossenblok ◽  
Eric H. J. Spruyt
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals FORECAST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: INDEXING IN INTERNATIONAL CITATION INDEXES (WEB OF SCIENCE PLATFORM)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-63
Author(s):  
O. V. Moskaleva ◽  
M. A. Akoev
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Core Collection ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Citation Indexes ◽  
The Web

This article is the first in a series of articles representing the development forecast of Russian scientific journals. Based on the analysis of the dynamics of many bibliometric indicators of Russian journals presented in various databases on the Web of Science platform, a forecast is made for the development of journals by field of science using the OECD classifier. Proposals are made on the necessary measures to increase the bibliometric indicators of Russian journals in the natural sciences, forecast of increasing the number of Russian journals in Social Sciences and Humanities in the Web of Science Core Collection is presented.

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