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Title: Water SA

Full Journal Title: Water SA; Water SA

ISO Abbreviated Title: Water SA

JCR Abbreviated Title: Water SA

ISSN: 0378-4738

Issues/Year: 4

Journal Country/Territory: South Africa

Language: Multi-Language

Publisher: Water Research Commission

Publisher Address: PO Box 824, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

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Water Resources: Impact Factor: 0.592, 25/46 (1999); Impact Factor: 0.263, 42/47 (2000); Impact Factor: 0.427, 33/50 (2001); Impact Factor: 0.464 (2004)

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? Jacobs, I.M., Pouris, A. and Naidoo, D. (2014), A scientometric examination of the performance of water research in South Africa. Water SA, 40 (4), 631-637.

Full Text: 2014\Wat SA40, 631.pdf

Abstract: Regular assessment of the state of water research and development (R&D) in South Africa is a necessary component of science policy and successful R&D implementation. Among others, effective R&D has a direct impact on water resource management and promotes training and capacity building initiatives. Much of the country’s water research is carried out under the auspices of the Water Research Commission (WRC), a national public entity established by the Water Research Act (Act No. 34 of 1971). Water R&D is carried out by universities, public research institutions and science councils as well as the private sector. A scientometric examination of South Africa’s research and development performance indicates that while the water research and development community is small, it is highly productive. The analysis indicates that the South African contribution to the global share of water-related papers in journals indexed by the ISI (now Thomson Reuters Web of Science) is more than 3 times the average for all disciplines in the country, and that South Africa ranks 19th in the world in the domain of ‘Water Resources’. A study of the patent data further indicates a much higher than average conversion of knowledge to products as indicated by the water-related patent/total patent ratios.

Keywords: Act, Africa, Analysis, Assessment, Building, Capacity, Capacity Building, Community, Contribution, Conversion, Country, Data, Development, Disciplines, Examination, Global, Impact, Implementation, Institutions, ISI, Journals, Knowledge, Management, Papers, Patent, Performance, Policy, Private Sector, Public, Publication, R&D, Research, Research and Development, Research Institutions, Resource Management, Science, Science Policy, Scientometric, Scientometrics, Sector, Small, South Africa, State, Thomson Reuters, Thomson-Reuters, Training, Universities, Water, Water Research Commission (WRC), Water Resource, Water Sector, Web, Web of Science, World

Title: Waves in Random and Complex Media

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? Álvarez-Pérez, J.L. (2012), The IEM2M rough-surface scattering model for complex-permittivity scattering media. Waves in Random and Complex Media, 22 (2), 207-233.

Full Text: 2012\Wav Ran Com Med22, 207.pdf

Abstract: the integral equation model (IEM) was developed in the late 1980s and arguably became the most cited and implemented rough-surface scattering model in the field of radar remote sensing for Earth observation. It was derived by applying a second-order iteration in the incident electromagnetic field to the integral equations of the surface fields as given by Poggio and Miller. It is thus an extension of the first-order, Born approximation of these equations that produce the classical Kirchhoff approximation. The IEM has been subject to numerous amendments and variations over the last 20 years due to the imperfect introduction and handling of the Weyl representation of the spherical wave in its first version. The work presented here is a further development of the contribution made by the same author in 2001 (IEM2M), which was the first version of IEM able to blend analytically both the Kirchhoff and the small-perturbation approximations for the bistatic case. The improvement reported in this article is concerned with the inclusion of evanescent waves in the formulation of the model and the extension of the range of applicability of the second-order scattering terms to interfaces with complex-permittivity scattering media.

Keywords: Development, Electromagnetic Scattering, Emission, Field, First, First Order, Formulation, Improvement, Integral-Equation Method, Interfaces, Media, Model, Nonlocal Curvature Approximation, Observation, Radar, Remote Sensing, Remote-Sensing, Representation, Scattering, Scattering Media, Second Order, Second-Order, Second-Order Scattering, Surface, Version, Wave Scattering, Work

Title: Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield

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? Arunachalam, S. (2000), International collaboration in science: the case of India and China. Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield, 215-231.

Abstract: the extent of international collaboration in science, as evidenced by internationally co-authored research publications, is on the rise. The lion’s share of international collaboration takes place among the rich countries, especially the G7 nations. International collaboration among poorer countries and between rich and poor countries is rather limited. Based on data collected from the CD-ROM edition of Science Citation Index 1998, I compare international collaboration in science carried out in India and the People’s Republic of China. To see them in perspective, I also present data on Israel and Japan. In the recent past, China has overtaken India in both the number of papers published and in the percent of internationally collaborated papers. Having at least one foreign author in over 39 percent of papers, Israel is one of the leading international collaborators in science. of the four countries, Japan has recorded the lowest percent of internationally collaborated papers, albeit on a very large base of publications. The leading collaborating countries with India, China and Israel are G7 countries, especially the USA, whereas China and South Korea are among Japan’s top seven collaborators. With all four countries, papers published in collaboration with advanced countries have appeared on average in journals with a higher impact factor than papers published without such collaboration. In the case of Japan, papers published in collaboration with other G7 countries have appeared in journals with impact factors higher than the average impact factor of all Japanese papers, but papers written in collaboration with South Korea and China have appeared in journals with lower impact factors. Papers resulting from collaboration between these four countries and their major collaborators have been classified into specialties based on the journal titles.

Keywords: CD-ROM, China, Citation, Collaboration, Data, Impact, Impact Factor, Impact Factors, India, International, International Collaboration, Israel, Japan, Journal, Journals, Korea, Nations, Papers, People’s Republic of China, Publications, Recent, Research, Science, Science Citation Index, South Korea, USA

? Russell, J.M. (2000), Publication indicators in Latin America revisited. Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield, 233-250.

Abstract: This chapter discusses the implications of the structure and communication patterns of the Latin American scientific communities for the validity of publication indicators based exclusively on mainstream journal publication. Studies have suggested that scientists whose research is aimed toward advancing universal knowledge rather than the solution of local problems play a dominant role in science policy and funding decisions and in the construction of scientific excellence in the region. Mainstream publication, considered characteristic of quality scientific work, is highly favored by Latin American evaluation committees. for this reason, there is an urgent need to generate output indicators of quality work published in national and regional journals to give a more balanced picture of overall scientific achievements. Efforts made toward achieving this goal are discussed along with the need for further studies of the context and characteristics of science and technology in Latin America necessary for the generation of reliable and accurate indicators of regional activity.

Keywords: Citation Behavior, Developed-Countries, Information, Journals, Mainstream Science, Periphery, Perspective, Place, Scientific Activity, Strategies

? Braun, T., Glänzel, W. and Schubert, A. (2000), How balanced is the Science Citation Index’s journal coverage? - A preliminary overview of macrolevel statistical data. Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield, 251-277.

? Lewison, G. (2000), Citations as a means to evaluate biomedical research. Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield, 361-372.

Abstract: Eugene Garfield developed the concept of citation of earlier papers as a means of evaluating those papers and made it not only into a science but also into a business. Despite doubts about what conventional citation analysis really means, it has been accepted worldwide as an impartial source of quantitative data on research outputs. However, founders of biomedical research are interested in innovations and in health improvements, not just the minutiae of the research method. They can now use citations on patents to the scientific literature, and citations on clinical guidelines, as proxy indicators of the utility of published papers. Some recent findings in these areas, and the beginnings of a new database of citations in newspapers, are described. However, further indicators of research utility are still needed: they will probably also depend in some way on citations, but of a different kind from those considered so far.

Keywords: Citation, Citations, Linkage, Literature, Research, Science, Technology

? Ingwersen, P., Larsen, B. and Wormell, I. (2000), Applying diachronic citation analysis to research program evaluations. Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield, 373-387.

Abstract: Diachronic versus synchronous citation analysis methods are discussed in relation to research evaluation. Using selected results from an online midterm evaluation of nine research centers funded by the Danish Strategic Environmental Research Program (1993-1998), this paper illustrates and discusses the application of five diachronic scientometric indicators. Publication activity, center and program impact factors, impact factors for journals applied by the centers, international knowledge export, and the paper-journal impact factor correlation are all shown to be well understood by the scientists involved. In an informetric sense, the indicators afford robust tools for providing fair and reliable information on publication behavior and performance. In particular, the paper-journal impact factor correlation, applying the Pearson coefficient, may contribute to further understanding of the probabilities involved in achieving high impact when scientists succeed in publishing in high impact journals. The ISI databases, Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, were used in their online versions (SciSearch and Social SciSearch) provided by Dialog Knight Ridder Information Service.

Keywords: Analysis, Application, Behavior, Citation, Citation Analysis, Correlation, Databases, Evaluation, Export, Impact, Impact Factor, Impact Factors, Indicators, Information, International, ISI, Journals, Knowledge, Methods, Performance, Publication, Publishing, Research, Research Evaluation, Science Citation Index, Scientometric, Understanding

? Koenig, M.E.D. and Westermann-Cicio, M. (2000), Scientometrics, cybermetrics, and firm performance. Web of Knowledge - A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield, 389-404.

Keywords: Company, Flows, Impact, Indicators, Industry, Information, Productivity Paradox, Scientometrics, Services, Technological Innovation