scholarly journals Tracking self-citations in academic publishing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ameni Kacem ◽  
Justin W. Flatt ◽  
Philipp Mayr
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Citation Data ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Accurate Picture ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Problematic Area ◽  
Citation Metrics

AbstractCitation metrics have value because they aim to make scientific assessment a level playing field, but urgent transparency-based adjustments are necessary to ensure that measurements yield the most accurate picture of impact and excellence. One problematic area is the handling of self-citations, which are either excluded or inappropriately accounted for when using bibliometric indicators for research evaluation. Here, in favor of openly tracking self-citations we report on self-referencing behavior among various academic disciplines as captured by the curated Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database. Specifically, we examined the behavior of 385,616 authors grouped into 15 subject areas like Biology, Chemistry, Science & Technology, Engineering, and Physics. These authors have published 3,240,973 papers that have accumulated 90,806,462 citations, roughly five percent of which are self-citations. Up until now, very little is known about the buildup of self-citations at the author-level and in field-specific contexts. Our view is that hiding self-citation data is indefensible and needlessly confuses any attempts to understand the bibliometric impact of one’s work. Instead we urge academics to embrace visibility of citation data in a community of peers, which relies on nuance and openness rather than curated scorekeeping.

Do we need a book citation index for research evaluation?

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Gingras ◽  
Mahdi Khelfaoui
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Citation Metrics ◽  
The Web

Abstract Given the importance of books and book chapters as vehicles of knowledge in social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines, it has previously been thought that the application of citation metrics to the evaluation of these disciplines should also include, in addition to journal articles, citations from books and book chapters. The main argument supporting this claim is the belief that top cited authors in journal articles and in monographs form two distinct populations. In this article, we compare the rankings of the most cited authors in three SSH disciplines (sociology, philosophy, and history), obtained by counting citations in the journal articles covered in the Web of Science, and a large sample of books and book chapters covered in the book citation index. Contrary to what is often suggested, we show that adding book and book chapter citations to journal citations does not produce significantly different rankings than those obtained solely on the basis of citations in journal articles.

Correlating research impact of library and information science journals using citation counts and altmetrics attention

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeanyi Jonas Ezema ◽  
Cyprian I. Ugwu
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Citation Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose Since the development of web 2.0, there has been a paradigm shift in methods of knowledge sharing. This has equally impacted on techniques of research evaluation. Many scholars have argued that the social utilization of research is hardly reflected in the traditional methods of research evaluation. The purpose of this paper is to determine the research impact of Library and Information Science (LIS) journals using Web of Science (WoS), Scopus and Google Scholar (GS) and then examine whether there is a correlation between their citations and altmetric attentions. Design/methodology/approach This paper is an attempt to contribute to this discussion with focus on the field of LIS. This paper adopted descriptive informatics to analyze LIS journals. The paper extracted citation data from WoS, Scopus and GS, and altmetric attentions from 85 LIS journals indexed by WoS. Further, 18 journals with high altmetric attention were identified, while 9 of these maintained consistent presence in the three databases used. Findings Findings show that of these databases, citation data from GS was found to have a high correlation with altmetric attention, while the other two databases maintained moderate correlations with altmetric attention. The paper also found a positive but non-significant correlation between citation scores and altmetric attention in the nine journals that maintained consistent presence in the three databases. Practical implications The findings of this paper will be useful to librarians in selection of relevant journals for their libraries and also will assist authors in the choice of publication outlets for their papers particularly when considering journals that have visibility and research impact. Originality/value The originality of the paper lies on empirical evidences from the citation and altmetric data extracted from the databases used for the paper.

Dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center in Radiology Journals: Its Citation Metrics and Altmetrics Impact

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nosaiba Al-Ryalat ◽  
Lna Malkawi ◽  
Saif Aldeen AlRyalat
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
European Radiology ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
Normalization Strategy ◽  
Academic Radiology ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Citation Metrics

Background: Since the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), several journals established dedicated resource center for all articles published on COVID-19. Our study compared the altmetric impact captured by articles published in journals having such COVID-19 resource center. Methods: We used Web of Science database to assess radiology journals publishing most common articles on COVID-19. We used Dimensions database to assess citations received and altmetric attention score for each article. For each article, we extracted number of citation received and altmetric attention score. To account for the the variation in strength and exposure between included journals, we adopted a normalization strategy and we used regression analysis in our statistical analysis. Results: A total of 494 articles included in the current assessment, including 334 (67.6%) articles published in journals with dedicated COVID-19 resource center including European radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology, Radiology, and Journal of the American college of radiology, while European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Academic Radiology did not have COVID-19 resource center. Journals with COVID-19 resource center had a mean normalized altmetric attention score of 0.38 higher (95% CI 0.25 to 0.50; p< 0.001) and a mean normalized citation count of 6.73 higher (95% CI 3.99 to 9.48; p< 0.001) than those without COVID-19 resource center. Conclusion: Radiology journals that provided COVID-19 articles in a dedicated resource center within its homepage had higher attention and citation for their COVID-19 articles compared to journals that did not have such dedicated resource center.

scholarly journals Analysis of College Research Paper Output Based on InCites Database – Take the Northwestern Polytechnical University for Example

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Fan Zong ◽  
Lifang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Research Publications ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism ◽  
The Development Trend

This paper uses scientific metrology methods to analyse the current status and the development trend of the research paper output of NWPU (Northwestern Polytechnical University) based on the Incites database from 1981 to 2014. The result shows that the research publications have increased notablely. Whereas, there still has some problems need to be solved, such as low quality and non-widely distributed subject areas. This paper hereby proposes some advice that NWPU should, starting with perfecting the research evaluation mechanism, improve the internationalization level and international influence while encourage the coordinated development of new-rising subjects and interdisciplines.

scholarly journals Research evaluation of author’s citation-based performance through the relative author superiority index

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Armando RONDA-PUPO
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
H Index ◽  
Isi Web Of Science ◽  
High Citation ◽  
Group Evaluation ◽  
Percentile Rank ◽  
Citation Indexes ◽  
Applied Microbiology ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The aim of this paper is to further explore the recent conversation about the indicators for research evaluation through citation-based indexes. It evaluates the Cuban Biotechnology; Applied Microbiology researchers’ citation-based performance, according to their scientific production in journals of the ISI Web of Science database through the Relative Author Superiority Index. The methodology comprises six steps: (1) preparation of the data; (2) calculation of the Percentile Rank Index for each of the papers; (3) calculation of the Author Superiority Index for each of the authors; (4) Calculation of the Relative Author Superiority Index; (5) Comparison of the Author Superiority Index of each author to their Hirsch (H) and G citation indexes and (6) individual or group evaluation of the citation-based performance. The findings suggest that the group of Cuban researchers in biotechnology achieved a high citation-based performance within the analyzed period. The results show the effectiveness of this index to assess the citation performance of individual or group researchers when the impact factor of the researcher or group under evaluation is not high. In addition, the Relative Author Superiority index could be complementary to other previous indicators such as H-index, G-index or citation counts as it overcomes the limitations of the age of publications, length of the author’s career, and the self-citation problem that are present in other indicators.

scholarly journals Bibliometrics-based decision trees (BBDTs) based on bibliometrics-based heuristics (BBHs): Visualized guidelines for the use of bibliometrics in research evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Bornmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Trees ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Predictor Variables ◽  
Citation Data ◽  
Fast And Frugal Heuristics

Fast-and-frugal heuristics are simple strategies that base decisions on only a few predictor variables. In so doing, heuristics may not only reduce complexity but also boost the accuracy of decisions, their speed, and transparency. In this paper, bibliometrics-based decision trees (BBDTs) are introduced for research evaluation purposes. BBDTs visualize bibliometrics-based heuristics (BBHs), which are judgment strategies solely using publication and citation data. The BBDT exemplar presented in this paper can be used as guidance to find an answer on the question in which situations simple indicators such as mean citation rates are reasonable and in which situations more elaborated indicators (i.e., [sub-]field-normalized indicators) should be applied.

scholarly journals Railway transportation of dangerous goods: a bibliometric aspect

2019 ◽  
Vol 294 ◽  
pp. 03014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Kolesnykova ◽  
Olena Matveyeva ◽  
Lev Manashkin ◽  
Maxym Mìshchenko
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Visual Perspective ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Railway Transportation ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Specific Subject ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
The World ◽  
Subject Areas

The purpose of this paper is to research and define the promising worldwide scientific trends in the field of railway transportation of various dangerous goods. To obtain relevant empirical data, the authors reviewed the world literature on paper topic using Scopus and Web of Science citation bases. We determined that this research was focused on several major thematic areas: 1) automation and telematics systems; 2) navigation systems; 3) logistics; 4) energy; 5) locomotives; 6) freight cars; 7) materials; 8) rails; 9) impact on the environment and people. The article used mapping, ensuring a visual perspective for researchers and helping to understand general situations in specific subject areas of the research. This study provides useful information concerning the development of the field of research for the railway transportation of dangerous goods, identifying those academics (authors, countries and institutions) that have made the greatest contribution to its development and defining the priority research directions

scholarly journals Journals Supporting Terrorism Research: Identification and Investigation into Their Impact on the Social Sciences

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl R. Bullis ◽  
Richard D. Irving
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Data ◽  
Journal Literature ◽  
Social Science Journal ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

A citation analysis of two preeminent terrorism journals (Terrorism and Political Violence and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism) was used to identify 37 additional social science journals of significant importance to terrorism research. Citation data extracted from the Web of Science database was used to investigate the impact of the two journals on the social science journal literature. The impact of the two journals was also analyzed in terms of SSCI subject categories. This study could provide useful information for collection development librarians interested in the social sciences.

Sociological research and collaboration in South Africa: Past and present

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-586
Author(s):  
Radhamany Sooryamoorthy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
International Partnerships ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Characteristic Features

Sociological research in South Africa presents characteristic features in line with its historical and political phases. This article maps the production of sociological research in South Africa during the apartheid and democratic periods. The data used in the article were drawn from the publication records of South African scholars stored in the database of the Web of Science (WoS). A total of 2342 publications representing the period 1970–2015 was sampled for this scientometric analysis. Employing appropriate statistical tests, the article examines the role of collaboration in the production of sociological knowledge in South Africa, and the relationships that exist among collaboration, international partnerships, subject areas and citations. The analysis shows that South African sociological research has distinctive characteristics that represent the two periods of study. It has benefitted from collaboration, both domestic and international. Collaboration continues to grow in specific subject fields of sociological research in South Africa, and has importance in the visibility of sociological research in the country.

scholarly journals While Most Information Literacy Research Is Included in the Fields of Library Science and Education, a Considerable Amount Is Found in Medicine and Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-155
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Koos
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Literacy Research ◽  
The Web

A Review of: Aharony, N. (2010). Information literacy in the professional literature: An exploratory analysis. ASLIB Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 62(3), 261-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531011046907 Abstract Objective – To describe the published literature on information literacy from 1999-2009. Design – Statistical descriptive analysis and content analysis. Setting – N/A Subjects – 1,970 publications from the Web of Science database. Methods – The Web of Science database was searched using the term “information literacy” in the advanced search under “topic,” and was limited to articles published from 1999-2009. Next, information such as document type, subject areas, authors, source titles, publication years, languages, countries, keywords, and abstracts was collected from each document. A statistical descriptive analysis was conducted using the data. A content analysis was performed on the keywords and abstracts from a sampling of the results. Main Results – Information science/library science and education were the top subject areas of the identified articles, while the third largest subject area was “public, environmental and occupational health.” Nine out of ten journal titles focused on library science, however the journal title containing the second largest number of articles was Patient Education and Counseling. The content analysis revealed that the most common categories for keywords were “miscellaneous,” “health and medicine,” followed by “education.” Conclusion – The results indicated that information literacy research had been published mainly in journals associated with library science and education; however, a considerable amount of literature was published in health and medicine.

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