Research Performance of Indian LIS Faculties from Central Universities: A Scientometric Exploration through the Lens of Web of Science (WoS)

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Maurya ◽  
Akhandanand Shukla ◽  
R.K. Ngurtinkhuma
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance

scholarly journals Using the H-Index to Measure Research Performance in Higher Education:  A Case Study of Library and Information Science Faculty in New Zealand and Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amber Tyson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Institutional Affiliation ◽  
H Index

<p>As academia increasingly turns to bibliometric tools to assess research impact, the question of which indicator provides the best measure of research quality is highly debated. Much emphasis has been placed on the value of the h-index, a new bibliometric tool proposed in 2005 which has quickly found favour in the scientific community. One of the first applications of the h-index was carried out by Kelly and Jennions (2006), who found a number of variables could influence the h-index scores of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. To test these findings, this study calculated the h-index scores of New Zealand and Australian researchers teaching in the field of library and information science (LIS). Publication and citation counts were generated using the Web of Science (WoS), where a number of limitations with using the database to calculate h-index scores were identified. We then considered the effect that gender, country of residence, institutional affiliation, and scientific age had on the h-index scores of LIS researchers in New Zealand and Australia. The study found a positive relationship between scientific age and h-index scores, indicating that the length of a scientist's career should be considered when using the h-index. However, analysis also showed that gender, country of residence, and institutional affiliation had no influence on h-index scores.</p>

scholarly journals Scientometrics Analysis for Research Performance Evaluation: Methodological Issues at Meso and Micro Levels

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 120-125
Author(s):  
Muzammil Tahira ◽  
Aryati Bakri ◽  
Kiran Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Research Performance Evaluation

Newly introduced scientometric indices have gained much popularity and have been widely discussed. The application of such indices and their validity for Research Performance Evaluation (RPE) focuses on various contexts and aggregate levels. Several methodological concerns have been raised regarding the application of these indices for RPE purpose. This study aims at describing the methodological issues faced and lessons learned from the investigations carried out on engineering research data in Malaysia, using the scientometric approach at meso and micro levels. This scientometric case study employed a set of newly introduced RPE indices along with traditional metrics. The unit of analysis was Malaysian engineering research. At meso level, twelve Malaysian universities were selected. While, at the micro level, a hundred most productive Malaysian related researchers were chosen. The data were retrieved from Web of Science (WoS) for the duration of ten years (2001-2010) and limited to nine WoS engineering categories only. This study enlightens the issues and suggests the possible measures that should be taken into account while conducting the empirical studies by applying scientometric approach to RPE.

scholarly journals Using the H-Index to Measure Research Performance in Higher Education:  A Case Study of Library and Information Science Faculty in New Zealand and Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amber Tyson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Institutional Affiliation ◽  
H Index

<p>As academia increasingly turns to bibliometric tools to assess research impact, the question of which indicator provides the best measure of research quality is highly debated. Much emphasis has been placed on the value of the h-index, a new bibliometric tool proposed in 2005 which has quickly found favour in the scientific community. One of the first applications of the h-index was carried out by Kelly and Jennions (2006), who found a number of variables could influence the h-index scores of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. To test these findings, this study calculated the h-index scores of New Zealand and Australian researchers teaching in the field of library and information science (LIS). Publication and citation counts were generated using the Web of Science (WoS), where a number of limitations with using the database to calculate h-index scores were identified. We then considered the effect that gender, country of residence, institutional affiliation, and scientific age had on the h-index scores of LIS researchers in New Zealand and Australia. The study found a positive relationship between scientific age and h-index scores, indicating that the length of a scientist's career should be considered when using the h-index. However, analysis also showed that gender, country of residence, and institutional affiliation had no influence on h-index scores.</p>

scholarly journals Scientometric Study of The Research Performance on Biodiversity: The Global Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-457
Author(s):  
K. Sivasami
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Research Publications ◽  
Scientometric Study

This paper examines on scientometric study of the research performance on biodiversity with the data that have been collected from Web of Science database. The study period was chosen from 2011 to 2020 and retrieved 11902 records for the study. This study was planned to find out year-wise publications on biodiversity research from 2011 to 2020, to examine authorship patterns, to find out the top twenty authors contributions, to find out top twenty institutions that contributed to biodiversity research, to find top twenty sources contributions and to identify top twenty countries contributed on biodiversity research. It was found that the year-wise biodiversity research publications show an increase trend. Among the 17 different document types, in the form of research articles have 9102 papers. Out of the 40843 authors, Schmidt B has occupied the first position with 56 contributed papers. 97.46% papers were contributed by collaborative authors, and very least number of papers published by single authors’. Totally 178 countries were contributed on biodiversity research publications, amongst India is the fifteenth place with 407 publications.

scholarly journals The significance of citation impact indicators of research performance in the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Japhet Bakuwa
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Region ◽  
Isi Web Of Science ◽  
Impact Indicators ◽  
Sub Saharan

This paper argues that Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more journals indexed by ISI Web of Science (WoS). Researchers from the region should also publish in other ISI indexed, reputable and high impact journals such as Nature and Science. Inevitably, this will make Sub-Saharan African researchers visible and globally competitive. The Sub- Saharan African region has only about 40 journals out of over 12 000 journals that have been indexed by the ISI Web of Science (WoS). Arguably, ranking of universities across the globe and qualification for Nobel Prizes are determined by metrics-based evaluation of research performance. Sub-Saharan Africa is poorly represented on the world university rankings. The region has also produced only six Nobel Prize award winners from 1901 to 2010. In the same period, USA, UK and Germany produced 326, 116 and 102 recipients respectively. While there are some limitations on the use of citation indicators to evaluate research output, this researcher argues that citation impact indicators of research performance provide policymakers, researchers and funding agencies with an objective measure for assessing research performance and therefore are of great significance in the developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

scholarly journals Mapping Dye-sensitised Solar Cells Research in India : A Scientometric Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Bharvi Dutt ◽  
Suresh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Impact Factor ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Scientometric Study ◽  
Mainstream Science

<p>The paper examines 718 dye sensitised solar cell (DSSC) research articles published by Indian scientists during 2011-15, which were indexed in Web of Science. It looked into the entire gamut of research performance by performing sectors, institutions, multifarious collaborative aspects, co-authorship and citations etc. Private universities figure among top performing institutions and nano-related aspects dominated DSSC research. DSSC research by Indian researchers was found to be in tune with the mainstream science in the area as about 90 per cent of the research found place in international journals published from USA, the UK and other advanced countries of Europe with respectable impact factor. </p>

scholarly journals Global Research Performance on the Design and Applications of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Mukhtar Fatihu Hamza ◽  
Gaddafi Sani Shehu ◽  
Mustapha Mukhtar Umar ◽  
Abdulbasid Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Systems ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Logic Systems ◽  
Online Web

There has been a significant contribution to scientific literature in the design and applications of Type-2 fuzzy logic systems (T2FLS). The T2FLSs found applications in many aspects of our daily lives, such as engineering, pure science, medicine and social sciences. The online web of science was searched to identify the 100 most frequently cited papers published on the design and application of T2FLS from 1980 to 2016. The articles were analyzed based on authorship, source title, country of origin, institution, document type, web of science category, and year of publication. The correlation between the average citation per year (ACY) and the total citation (TC) was analyzed. It was found that there is a strong relationship between the ACY and TC (r = 0.91643, P<0.01), based on the papers consider in this research.  The “Type -2 fuzzy sets made simple” authored by Mendel and John (2002), published in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems received the highest TC as well as the ACY. The future trend in this research domain was also analyzed. The present analysis may serve as a guide for selecting qualitative literature especially to the beginners in the field of T2FLS.

scholarly journals Korean researchers’ motivations for publishing in data journals and the usefulness of their data: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
Jungyeoun Lee ◽  
Jihyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Academic Recognition ◽  
Academic Communication

Purpose: This study investigated the usefulness and limitations of data journals by analyzing motivations for submission, review and publication processes according to researchers with experience publishing in data journals.Methods: Among 79 data journals indexed in Web of Science, we selected four data journals where data papers accounted for more than 20% of the publication volume and whose corresponding authors belonged to South Korean research institutes. A qualitative analysis was conducted of the subjective experiences of seven corresponding authors who agreed to participate in interviews. To analyze interview transcriptions, clusters were created by restructuring the theme nodes using Nvivo 12.Results: The most important element of data journals to researchers was their usefulness for obtaining credit for research performance. Since the data in repositories linked to data papers are screened using journals’ review processes, the validity, accuracy, reusability, and reliability of data are ensured. In addition, data journals provide a basis for data sharing using repositories and data-centered follow-up research using citations and offer detailed descriptions of data.Conclusion: Data journals play a leading role in data-centered research. Data papers are recognized as research achievements through citations in the same way as research papers published in conventional journals, but there was also a perception that it is difficult to attain a similar level of academic recognition with data papers as with research papers. However, researchers highly valued the usefulness of data journals, and data journals should thus be developed into new academic communication channels that enhance data sharing and reuse.

Measuring Scientific Research Performance of Human Resources in Romanian Universities

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-57
Author(s):  
Silviu-Mihail Tiţă ◽  
Carmen Tiţă ◽  
Carmen Claudia Arustei
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Number Of Citations

The article includes research on the performance of human resources devoted to scientific research in major universities from Romania. This is the first article that attempts to identify, using the Scopus and Web of Science international databases, the researchers with high results in terms of key indicators to assess this domain: number of ISI articles published and number of citations. In addition the authors try to highlight how is distributed the human resource involved in scientific research in various subfields in Romania.

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