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Caveats for the Use of Citation Indicators in Research and Journal Evaluations
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The assumption that citation and publication practices are homogenous within specialties and fields of science is invalid and the delineation of fields and among specialties is fuzzy.Abstract:
Ageing of publications, percentage of self-citations, and impact vary from journal to journal within fields of science. The assumption that citation and publication practices are homogenous within specialties and fields of science is invalid. Furthermore, the delineation of fields and among specialties is fuzzy. Institutional units of analysis and persons may move between fields or span different specialties. The match between the citation index and institutional profiles varies among institutional units and nations. The respective matches may heavily affect the representation of the units. Non-ISI journals are increasingly cornered into "transdisciplinary" Mode-2 functions with the exception of specialist journals publishing in languages other than English. An "externally cited impact factor" can be calculated for these journals. The citation impact of non-ISI journals will be demonstrated using Science and Public Policy as the example.read more
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A Reproducible Journal Classification and Global Map of Science Based on Aggregated Journal-Journal Citation Relations.
TL;DR: This study examines the options for developing an unambiguous classification of the journals into subject categories on the basis of aggregated journal-journal citation data and develops a tree-like classification which can be reproduced unambiguously.
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The Research Publications of Members of European National Noncommunicable Disease Health Advisory Committees
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Strategic Priorities in Measuring the Publication and Publishing Works in Scholarly Research Activity
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Evolution of the publications in clinical neurology: scientific impact of different countries during the 2000–2009 period
TL;DR: During the period 2000–2009 there was a significant increase in Clinical Neurology publications, with the USA in the first position and most of the publications and citations originated from only 14 countries, with European countries with relatively low population in this top group.
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Identifying patterns and structural influences in the scientific communication of business knowledge
TL;DR: This study uses several quantitative techniques to enable a multidimensional analysis of 47 key business journals by analyzing the scientific communication patterns and structural influences of these journals by applying a refined PageRank method.
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