Referencing practices in physical geography

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Suzette Haussmann ◽  
Trevor McIntyre ◽  
Adam John Bumby ◽  
Michael John Loubser
Keyword(s):  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Citation Practices ◽  
Web Of Knowledge ◽  
Clear Support

Accurate citation practices are important, from both an ethical and a scientific point of view. Using an easily reproducible, previously published method, we assess citation accuracy in 120 articles published in the first half of 2011 and listed under ‘Physical Geography’ in Thomson Reuters’ ISI Web of Knowledge Science Citation Index. Our results indicate that at least 19% of citations in physical geography do not provide clear support for the statements they are meant to support. These results are in line with previously published findings for ‘field-orientated’ sciences. We propose that both authors and editors help remedy this problem, by employing more rigorous writing and editing practices.

scholarly journals Cameroon publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: Bibliometric analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Raoul Tchuifon Tchuifon ◽  
Hui-Zhen Fu ◽  
Yuh-Shan Ho
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Citation Index Expanded

Cameroon is one of the six countries of Central Africa with more than 20 000 000 residents. To characterize the Cameroon research performance, Cameroonians publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded during the period of 1936-2015, indexed in the Thomson Reuters SCI-EXPANDED database, were studied in this work. All documents of that period with Cameroon in the address field were included in the study. The document type, language, trend and collaborations were analyzed, as well as the output of different subject categories. Performances of countries, institutions and authors, including total, single, collaborative, first author, and corresponding author publications were also analyzed. Articles were analyzed by the scientific output and research performances of individuals, institutions and collaborative countries with Cameroon. Analyses included 8 457 articles (85 % of 10 591 Cameroonian publications). These bibliometric analyses of Cameroonian publications provided interesting insights concerning authors, institutions and collaboration patterns. Results showed that research in Cameroon was highly dependent on foreign collaborations, and the international collaboration was responsible for the increasing number of publications over the years. It was found that the articles with either first authors or corresponding authors from outside Cameroon got more citations than the others, and that the articles without any international collaboration had lower citations. The number of articles indexed by SCI-EXPANDED has seen an increase in terms of Cameroonian articles that is considerably greater that the increase in number of all articles in SCI-EXPANDED. Articles were more frequent than other types of publication and they were mostly in English. The University of Yaoundé I ranked top one in inter-institutionally collaborative articles, the rank of the total inter-institutionally collaborative articles, and the rank of first author articles and corresponding author articles. The University of Yaoundé I also was in an absolute leading position from 1970s to 2015, followed far away by the other institutions. The categories of tropical medicine, plant sciences, environmental and occupational public health, and infectious diseases, represented the largest number of published articles. Even though physics and chemistry dominated the ranking of the top 20 best Cameroonian authors, an independent mathematics article was the most cited, with 60 citations in 2015 to a Cameroonian author. The top three productive researchers were T. C. Kofane, B. T. Ngadjui, P. Woafo, all from University of Yaoundé I. France and the USA dominated the ranking of countries with strong scientific collaboration with Cameroon.

scholarly journals IJB is on her way to Science Citation Index

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Chee Kai Chua
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Thomson Reuters

I am pleased to announce that International Journal of Bioprinting (IJB) – a peer-reviewed, open-access and biannual journal – was recently accepted into Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) by Clarivate Analytics (formerly known as Thomson Reuters).

scholarly journals RUSSIAN CHEMICAL JOURNALS IN WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-293
Author(s):  
A. V. Glushanovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Relative Impact ◽  
Subject Category ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
Science Citation Index Expanded

The Group of Russian Chemical Journals, included to Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Database from Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection (42 Journals) is analyzed, basing on their Thematic Affiliation (Subject Category) and their Indicators of Citing (Impact-factor) and Rank (Quartile) determined in WOS Database. The Relative Impact Factors have been calculated for every Journal from this Group. All Journals have been ranked according to this calculation, both for specific Subject Categories and for the Chemistry Thematic (which includes all “Chemical” Subject Categories) in a whole. The Journals, “most demanded” (from the “Citing” point of view) for every Subject Category, have been determined. The Average Relative Impact Factors of the Russian Journals for every Subject Category have been calculated, and all Categories, including Russian Journals, have been ranked, according to this Parameter. The Participation in the WOS Database for the “Chemical” Journals from different Countries have been examined. Russia Rank (from this point of view) have been determined, as eight, pay in Attention Account Journals Quartiles additionally.Comparison, done in the Article, between Russian Chemical Journals and analogical Group of Physical Russian Journals, included to Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Database, shows, that chemical Journals look in a whole weaker (from bibliometric Parameter’s point of view) then Physical.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION SOURCES FOR ADVERSE EFFECTS DATA

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Golder ◽  
Yoon K. Loke
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
British Library ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Different Sources

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the relative value and contribution of searching different sources to identify adverse effects data.Methods: The process of updating a systematic review and meta-analysis of thiazolidinedione-related fractures in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was used as a case study. For each source searched, a record was made for each relevant reference included in the review noting whether it was retrieved with the search strategy used and whether it was available but not retrieved. The sensitivity, precision, and number needed to read from searching each source and from different combinations of sources were also calculated.Results: There were 58 relevant references which presented sufficient numerical data to be included in a meta-analysis of fractures and bone mineral density. The highest number of relevant references were retrieved from Science Citation Index (SCI) (35), followed by BIOSIS Previews (27) and EMBASE (24). The precision of the searches varied from 0.88% (Scirus) to 41.67% (CENTRAL). With the search strategies used, the minimum combination of sources required to retrieve all the relevant references was; the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) website, Science Citation Index (SCI), EMBASE, BIOSIS Previews, British Library Direct, Medscape DrugInfo, handsearching and reference checking, AHFS First, and Thomson Reuters Integrity or Conference Papers Index (CPI).Conclusions: In order to identify all the relevant references for this case study a number of different sources needed to be searched. The minimum combination of sources required to identify all the relevant references did not include MEDLINE

scholarly journals El Salvador publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded: subjects, authorship, collaboration and citation patterns

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julián Monge-Nájera ◽  
Yuh-Shan Ho
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Central America ◽  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Strong Concentration ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Science Citation Index Expanded

In contrast with other countries of the Central America biodiversity “hotspot”, El Salvador has received considerable attention from the scientometrics point of view. According to previous studies, the country is unusual in its strong concentration of research funds in the social sciences, and in the unexpectedly low productivity and visibility of its scientific institutions. We only found 788 publications with El Salvador authors in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) until 2015, mostly in English and about health, environment and agriculture. Articles have more authors than previously found for the rest of Central America. The fact that two historically important articles were written exclusively by Salvadoran scientists indicates the potential for high level science that the country has had at least since 1940. Scientific productivity and international collaboration are improving, but the whole productivity and impact of scientific institutions of El Salvador remain unknown because the country publishes 130 scientific journals that are not included in the SCI-EXPANDED. There is a clear need for a regional database covering Central American science and its citation.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Analysis of Ghana Publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Osei Boamah ◽  
Yuh-Shan Ho
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Ghana ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Science Citation Index Expanded

Ghana is a West African country for which apparently there are limited scientometric studies. The objective of this study was to analyze the Ghanaian contribution to knowledge captured in the Thomson Reuters Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) database from 1936 - 2016. The following data were analyzed: document type, the language of publication, publication trend, Web of Science Subject Categories, Journals, international collaboration, institutions, authors, and highly cited articles. Indicators such as the total number of articles, first author articles, and corresponding author articles were applied to compare publication performance for collaborative countries and institutions. Also, number of single institute articles: number of nationally collaborative articles: number of internationally collaborative articles (S : N : I) were also used to compare publication characteristics of institutions in Ghana. Results showed that publication trend increased from 1998 to 2015, with researches focusing on health and medicine. PLoS One was the top productive journal, and the most collaborative country for Ghana articles was the USA. Contributions from the University of Ghana were ranked the top one institution for Ghana articles, and higher citation papers were found in international collaborations. In conclusion, the contribution to knowledge of Ghanaian authors is massive in the areas of public, environmental and occupational health and tropical medicine but the impact factor is higher for immunology, infectious diseases, and microbiology articles. Therefore, Ghanaian authors are encouraged to publish more articles in high impact factor journals with Thomson Reuters Scientific indexing in order to have their researches recognized by the existing international databases.

IMPACTO DE LA REVISTA FITOTECNIA MEXICANA Y DE LAS REVISTAS MEXICANAS INDEXADAS

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Ángel Bravo-Vinaja
Keyword(s):  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Eugene Garfield

El Factor de Impacto (FI) es una medida bibliométrica que Eugene Garfield e Irving H Sher crearon a principios de 1960, con la finalidad de seleccionar revistas para el Science Citation Index (SCI) (Garfield, 2005). Esta medida ahora es manejada por Thomson Reuters, editor del Journal of Citation Reports (JCR) en sus ediciones de Ciencias y Ciencias sociales (InCitesTM Journal of Citation Reports® 2015).

Scientometric Parameters of Russian Economic Science:General State and the Evaluation of Thesis boards

2013 ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kurakova ◽  
L. Tsvetkova ◽  
O. Eremchenko
Keyword(s):  
Science Citation Index ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Science Citation ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Russian Science Citation Index

The paper analyses the publications of Russian authors in various fields of economics indexed in Web of Science and Russian Science Citation Index. The authors claim that the scientometric parameters are only in a limited way applicable in evaluating the performance of expert and thesis boards in economics in Russia. The authors also put forward the approaches in order to improve Russia’s positions in the international citations indexes in economics.

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