Applied versus basic science in the literature of plant biology: A bibliometric perspective
01 Nov 1987-Scientometrics (Akadémiai Kiadó, co-published with Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V.)-Vol. 12, Iss: 5, pp 381-393
TL;DR: Applied and basic approaches to scientific inquiry were compared through a bibliometric analysis of two Canadian journals in plant biology, finding no differences in the distribution of citations across different sections of research articles.
Abstract: Applied and basic approaches to scientific inquiry were compared through a bibliometric analysis of two Canadian journals in plant biology. No differences were found between the journals in the distribution of citations across different sections of research articles (that is, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). Moreover, no contrasts were found in the frequency of multiple authorships or in the age distribution of cited works. However, the journals differed significantly on three other bibliometric measures: author affiliation, number of references per article, and publication format of cited works.
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TL;DR: Attending to journal of publication, cross-disciplinarity research of Spanish pharmacologists is analysed, being Neurosciences, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Physiology, the main border fields involved.
Abstract: During the period 1984-89 Spanish pharmacologists published 344 papers (443% of their total scientific production) (Science Citation Index, CD-Edition) in journals classified by the SCI in subfields different from Pharmacology & Pharmacy Distribution by institutions, geographical regions, journals, subfields and research levels are presented The Normalized Journal Position (NJP) is introduced as indicator of the expected impact in each subfield Results are compared with those of the analysis of the production of Spanish pharmacologists in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy subfield, presented in a previous paper Some of the features detected are common to both areas, such as: increasing trend in the productivity over years, irregular geographical distribution with three regions as major producers, or university as main producer institution Special features of the extra-Pharmacology area are also pointed out: irregular growth of publication number over years, high dispersion of publications in journals and subfields, high collaboration rate, and low percentage of authors with at least 1 paper/year, among others Attending to journal of publication, cross-disciplinarity research of Spanish pharmacologists is analysed, being Neurosciences, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Physiology, the main border fields involved © 1992 Akademiai Kiado
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TL;DR: The Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts database is assessed for bibliometric studies attempting to analyse the evolution of biotechnology research, to map leading organizations, and to study the interaction between science and technology.
Abstract: Although Derwent Biotechnology Abstractshas been used in a variety of bibliometric studies, it has never undergone a systematic examination of its reliability and validity. The objective of this paper is to assess its quality for bibliometric studies attempting to analyse the evolution of biotechnology research, to map leading organizations, and to study the interaction between science and technology. The first part reviews the tools used in bibliometric studies of biotechnology and describes the Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts database. The second part is a case study of plant genetic research, with special emphasis on Canada.
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...A few studies, dealing with the cognitive structure of the field or devoted to the development of new bibliometric tools, have elaborated a journal set integrating a small number of journals characterizing specific subfields (Rip and Courtial, 1984; Nordstrom, 1987)....
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TL;DR: A bibliometric analysis of publications of Spanish pharmacologists, referenced in the journals of the Pharmacology & Pharmacy subfield of the Science Citation Index-CD Edition from 1984 to 1989 is presented in this article.
Abstract: The present study is a bibliometric analysis, of publications of Spanish pharmacologists, referenced in the journals of the Pharmacology & Pharmacy subfield of the Science Citation Index- CD Edition from 1984 to 1989. During this time the scientific output of Spanish pharmacologists has been growing at an impressive rate being almost doubled. This rate being notably greater than that corresponding to publications of Spain in all science fields. This increase in scientific output was accompanied by a time-dependent decrease on year by year step basis in the expected impact factor (EIF) of publications (Articles plus Notes), from 1.71 in 1984 to 1.28 in 1989, in close correlation with an increase of mean number of authors per paper, from 3.67 to 4.16 authors/paper, respectively. Moreover, the larger the number of authors/paper, the smaller the EIF. Only 8 journals cumulated more than 50% of the papers. The scientific production was geographically localized at a high extent (Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia accounted for the 63.7% of all the papers) in governmental institutions (University, 75.2%, Hospitals, 14.1%; CSIC, 10.5%) with one large geographical area lacking any productivity.
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TL;DR: The study focuses on publication activity, citation impact and citation links between publications and patents in biotechnology, and finds that patent-cited papers perform distinctly better in terms of standard bibliometric indicators than comparable publications that are not linked to technology in this direction.
Abstract: The study focuses on publication activity, citation impact and citation links between publications and patents in biotechnology. The European Union (EU), US, Japan and China are the most important global players. However, the landscape is changing since the EU and the US are losing ground because of challenges from a group of emerging economies. National profiles differ between the two groups of main players and upcoming countries; the focus on red biotechnology in the US and Europe is contrasted by propensity for white and green technology in Asia. Furthermore, the subject profile of biotechnology papers citing patents and cited by patents as well as the relationship between patent citations and citation impact in scientific literature is explored. Papers that cite patents tend to reflect propensity towards white biotechnology while patent-cited publications have a higher relative share in red biotechnology. No significant difference concerning the citation impact of publications `citing patents' and `not citing patents' can be found. This is contrasted by the observation that patent-cited papers perform distinctly better in terms of standard bibliometric indicators than comparable publications that are not linked to technology in this direction.
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...…in the mirror of scientific publications and granted patents, early studies were based on selected core journals (e.g., Rip and Courtial 1984; Nordstrom 1987; Czerwon et al. 1989), or were focused on the analysis of research performance in selected countries, units of assessment or funded…...
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TL;DR: Twenty-three undergraduate student papers in biology that were presented at an annual symposium of undergraduate research at the University of Denver from 2000 through 2002 were evaluated and found that 76.2% of the citations came from journal articles, while only 1.0% were to Web sites.
Abstract: Summary Thirty-three undergraduate student papers in biology that were presented at an annual symposium of undergraduate research at the University of Denver from 2000 through 2002 were evaluated. There were a total of 770 citations with an average of 23.3 citations per paper. It was determined that 76.2% of the citations came from journal articles, 16.4% came from books or book chapters, 6.4% were to other miscellaneous sources, and only 1.0% were to Web sites. Other findings include the top cited journals, the oldest cited journal articles, the average age and range of books and journals, the types of miscellaneous sources cited, and the stability of the cited Web sites.
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...Hence, given the common internal structure of articles in CJB and CJPS, the following research questions were addressed by the present study: (1) Does the number of citations within each structural unit differ among units? (2) Does the number, of citations within each structural unit differ between the two journals? (3) Are there distinctive patterns in authorship and related bibliometric variables which act to differentiate the two journals?...
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