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Abstract: This paper studies cooperation patterns in Spain between science history researchers by analysing co-authorship in the scientific publications of the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and the Science Citation Index (SCI) databases.

Keywords: Citation, Cooperation, Databases, History, Networks, Patterns, Research, SCI, Science, Spain

? Blatt, E.M. (2009), Differentiating, describing, and visualizing scientific space: A novel approach to the analysis of published scientific abstracts. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 385-406.

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Abstract: This paper will develop and demonstrate a novel method for analyzing scientific indexes called Latent Semantic Differentiation. Using two distinct datasets comprised of scientific abstracts, it will demonstrate the procedure’s ability to identify the dominant themes, cluster the articles accordingly, visualize the results, and provide a qualitative description of each cluster. Combined, the analyses will highlight the utility of the procedure for scientific document indexing, structuring university departments, facilitating grant administration, and augmenting ongoing research on scientific citation. Because the procedure is extensible to any textual domain, there are numerous avenues for continued research both within the sciences and beyond.

Keywords: Ability, Administration, Analysis, Citation, Cluster, Cocitation, Evolution, Information, Knowledge, Latent Semantic Analysis, Networks, Novel, Qualitative, Research, Science, Space, Topics, University, Word Analysis

? Aleixandre-Benavent, R., Gonzalez-Alcaide, G., Miguel-Dasit, A., Navarro-Molina, C. and Valderrama-Zurian, J.C. (2009), Full-text publications in peer-reviewed journals derived from presentations at three ISSI conferences. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 407-418.

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Abstract: This study analyses the bibliometric characteristics of the presentations at the 5th, 8th and 10th Conferences of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, which were subsequently published in peer-reviewed journals covered by the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and LISA databases. 31.7% of all the papers presented at the three conferences were published. Scientometrics was the journal that published the highest proportions. A low rate of publication deprives researchers of potentially interesting results and points up the role of the ISSI Conference proceedings as a primary source of information.

Keywords: Abstracts, Bibliometric, Citation, Databases, Fate, Information, Journal, Journals, Meetings, Publish, Rates, Subsequent Publication

? Sooryamoorthy, R. (2009), Collaboration and publication: How collaborative are scientists in South Africa? Scientometrics, 80 (2), 419-439.

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Abstract: Using bibliographic records from the Science Citation Index, the paper examines the publication of South African scientists. The analysis shows that collaboration research in South Africa has been growing steadily and the scientists are highly oriented towards collaborative rather than individualistic research. International collaboration is preferred to domestic collaboration while publication seems to be a decisive factor in collaboration. The paper also looks at the collaboration dimensions of partnering countries, sectors and disciplines, and examines how collaboration can be predicted by certain publication variables. Characteristic features are evident in both the degree and nature of collaboration which can be predicted by the number of countries involved, number of partners and the fractional count of papers.

Keywords: Academic Research, Africa, Analysis, Authorship, Collaboration, Countries, Disciplines, Indicators, International Research Collaboration, Networks, Partners, Patterns, Productivity, Profiles, Research, Science, South Africa

? Azagra-Caro, J.M., Fernandez-de-Lucio, I., Perruchas, F. and Mattsson, P. (2009), What do patent examiner inserted citations indicate for a region with low absorptive capacity? Scientometrics, 80 (2), 441-455.

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Abstract: Most studies of patents citations focus on national or international contexts, especially contexts of high absorptive capacity, and employ examiner citations. We argue that results can vary if we take the region as the context of analysis, especially if it is a region with low absorptive capacity, and if we study applicant citations and examiner-inserted citations separately. Using a sample from the Valencian Community (Spain), we conclude that (i) the use of examiner-inserted citations as a proxy for applicant citations, (II) the interpretation of non-patent references as indicators of science-industry links, and (iii) the traditional results for geographical localization are not generalizable to all regions with low absorptive capacity.

Keywords: Analysis, Capacity, Citations, Context, Flows, Indicators, Innovation Systems, International, Knowledge Spillovers, Localization, Region, Science, Spain, Technology

? Cantu, A.G. and Ausloos, M. (2009), Organizational and dynamical aspects of a small network with two distinct communities: Neo-creationists vs. Evolution Defenders. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 457-472.

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Abstract: Social impacts and degrees of organization inherent to opinion formation for interacting agents on networks present interesting questions of general interest from physics to sociology. We present a quantitative analysis of a case implying an evolving small size network, i.e. that inherent to the ongoing debate between modern creationists (most are Intelligent Design (ID) proponents (IDP) and Darwin’s theory of Evolution Defenders (DED)). This study is carried out by analyzing the structural properties of the citation network unfolded in the recent decades by publishing works belonging to members of the two communities. With the aim of capturing the dynamical aspects of the interaction between the IDP and DED groups, we focus on two key quantities, namely, the degree of activity of each group and the corresponding degree of impact on the intellectual community at large. A representative measure of the former is provided by the rate of production of publications (RPP), whilst the latter can be assimilated to the rate of increase in citations (RIC). These quantities are determined, respectively, by the slope of the time series obtained for the number of publications accumulated per year and by the slope of a similar time series obtained for the corresponding citations. The results indicate that in this case, the dynamics can be seen as geared by triggered or damped competition. The network is a specific example of marked heterogeneity in exchange of information activity in and between the communities, particularly demonstrated through the nodes having a high connectivity degree, i.e. opinion leaders.

Keywords: Analysis, Belonging, Citation, Citations, Communities, Community, Competition, Connectivity, Dynamics, Exchange, Group, Heterogeneity, Impact, Information, Intelligent Design, Interaction, Key, Models, Modern, Networks, Organization, Population, Production, Quantitative, Theory

? Gupta, B. and Dhawan, S. (2009), Status of India in science and technology as reflected in its publication output in the Scopus international database, 1996-2006. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 473-490.

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Abstract: This paper seeks to provide current indicators on Indian science and technology for measuring the country’s progress in research. The study uses for the purpose 11 years publications data on India and top 20 productive countries as drawn from the Scopus database for the period 1996 to 2006. The study examines country performance on several measures including country publication share in the world research output, country publication share in various subjects in the national context and in the global context, patterns of research communication in core Indian domestic and international journals, geographical distribution of publications, share of international collaborative papers at the national level as well as across subjects and characteristics of high productivity institutions, scientists and cited papers. The paper also compares the similarity of Indian research profile with top 20 productive countries. The findings of the study should be of special significance to the planners & policy-makers as they have implications for the long term S&T planning of the country.

Keywords: Citation-Index, Communication, Context, Current, Database, Decline, Distribution, India, Indicators, Institutions, International, Journals, Measures, Patterns, Performance, Planning, Productivity, Profile, Research, Science, Similarity, Technology

? Hengl, T., Minasny, B. and Gould, M. (2009), A geostatistical analysis of geostatistics. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 491-514.

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Abstract: The bibliometric indices of the scientific field of geostatistics were analyzed using statistical and spatial data analysis. The publications and their citation statistics were obtained from the Web of Science (4000 most relevant), Scopus (2000 most relevant) and Google Scholar (5389). The focus was on the analysis of the citation rate (CR), i.e. number of citations an author or a library item receives on average per year. This was the main criterion used to analyze global trends in geostatistics and to extract the Top 25 most-cited lists of the research articles and books in geostatistics. It was discovered that the average citation rate for geostatisticians has stabilized since 1999, while the authors’ n-index seems to have declined ever since. One reason for this may be because there are more and more young authors with a lower n-index. We also found that the number of publications an author publishes explains only 60% of the variation in the citation statistics and that this number progressively declines for an author with a lower number of publications. Once the geographic location is attached to a selection of articles, an isotropic Gaussian kernel smoother weighted by the CR can be used to map scientific excellence around the world. This revealed clusters of scientific excellence around locations such as Wageningen, London, Utrecht, Hampshire, UK, Norwich, Paris, Louvain, Barcelona, and Zurich (Europe), Stanford, Ann Arbor, Tucson, Corvallis, Seattle, Boulder, Montreal, Baltimore, Durham, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles (North America), and Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Santiago (Chile), Taipei, and Beijing (other continents). Further correlation with socio-economic variables showed that the spatial distribution of CRs in geostatistics is independent of the night light image (which represents economic activity) and population density. This study demonstrates that the commercial scientific indexing companies could enhance their service by assigning the geographical location to library items to allow spatial exploration and analysis of bibliometric indices.

Keywords: Analysis, Bibliometric, Chile, Citation, Citations, Correlation, Data Analysis, Distribution, Economic, Europe, Geostatistics, Google Scholar, h-Index, Image, Indices, Melbourne, Population, Research, Selection, Series, Service, Socio-Economic, Socioeconomic, Spatial, Spatial Data, Spatial Distribution, Statistics, Trends, UK

? Andrade, A., Gonzalez-Jonte, R. and Campanario, J.M. (2009), Journals that increase their impact factor at least fourfold in a few years: The role of journal self-citations. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 515-528.

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Abstract: The aim of this study was to ascertain the possible effect of journal self-citations on the increase in the impact factors of journals in which this scientometric indicator rose by a factor of at least four in only a few years. Forty-three journals were selected from the Thomson-Reuters (formerly ISI) Journal Citation Reports as meeting the above criterion. Eight journals in which the absolute number of citations was lower than 20 in at least two years were excluded, so the final sample consisted of 35 journals. We found no proof of widespread manipulation of the impact factor through the massive use of journal self-citations.

Keywords: Citations, Factors, Impact, Index, Journal, Journals, Labeled Editorial Material, Quality, Science

? Goncalves, R.R., Kieling, C., Bressan, R.A., Mari, J.J. and Rohde, L.A. (2009), The evaluation of scientific productivity in Brazil: An assessment of the mental health field. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 529-537.

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Abstract: Brazilian scientific production has increased significantly over the last decade, and mental health has been a leading research field in the country, with a growing number of articles published in high quality international journals. This article analyses the scientific output of mental health research between 2004 and 2006 and estimates individual research performance based on four different strategies. A total of 106 mental health scientists were included in the analysis, together they published 1,209 articles indexed in Medline or ISI, with over 65% of the production in journals with impact factor a parts per thousand yen1. Median impact factor of publications was 2. Spearman correlation coefficient showed a large positive correlation between all four different measures used to estimate individual research output. Ten investigators were together responsible for almost 30% of the articles published in the period, whereas 65% of the sample contributed with less than 10 articles.

Keywords: Analysis, Assessment, Brazil, Correlation, Correlation Coefficient, Evaluation, Health, Impact, Individual, International, International Visibility, Journals, Measures, Mental Health, Performance, Production, Productivity, Quality, Research, Science, Strategies, Universities

? Danell, J.A.B. and Danell, R. (2009), Publication activity in complementary and alternative medicine. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 539-551.

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Abstract: In this article we analyse how research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) break through into one established scientific arena, namely academic journals. With help from bibliometric methods we analyse publication of CAM articles, in the Medline database, during the period 1966-2007. We also analyse the general content of the articles and in what journals they get published. We conclude that the publication activity of CAM articles increases rapidly, especially in the late 1990s, and that the changing growth rate is not due to the general expansion of Medline. The character of CAM articles has changed towards more clinical oriented research, especially in subfields such as acupuncture and musculoskeletal manipulations. CAM articles are found both in core clinical journals and in specialized CAM journals. Even though a substantial part of the articles are published in CAM journals, we conclude that the increasing publication activity is not restricted to the expansion of these specialized journals.

Keywords: Academic, Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Australia, Bibliometric, Clinical, Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Database, Growth, Growth Rate, Journals, Methods, Population, Prevalence, Research, Science, United-States

? Schubert, A. and Schubert, M. (2009), Outperform your neighbors. Scientometrics, 80 (2), 553-558.

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Abstract: A new framework of international comparisons is advised: each country is gauged against its bordering countries. This approach has several undeniable drawbacks, but by revealing some otherwise hidden patterns, advantageously supplements the customary comparison methods.

Keywords: Comparison, International, International Comparisons, Methods, Neighbors, Patterns

? Kumari, G.L. (2009), Synthetic Organic Chemistry research: Analysis by scientometric indicators. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 559-570.

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Abstract: Present study analyses the research output and impact in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (SOC) during 1998-2004 applying standardized scientometric indicators. Volume of research publications and their citations presented as percentage world share is illustrative of trending pattern against time. Adopting relative indicators - Absolute Citation Impact (ACI) and Relative Citation Impact (RCI), a cross national comparison is attempted at three levels of aggregations - global, Asian and Indian. Based on this analysis, it is concluded that G7 nations, being leaders for the volume of literature published and citations attracted are showing a decreasing trend over the years probably due to shifting and diversification of their research efforts to other emerging research fronts. In contrast smaller nations though publishing low volume but high quality research are represented by Netherlands. This country credited with only 1.12% world share of publications has recorded highest Absolute Citation Impact and recorded higher than world average Relative Citation Impact. In Asian region, between the two developing economies India and China, China out-performed India qualitatively by accounting higher citation share, higher Absolute Citation Impact (ACI) and higher Relative Citation Impact (RCI).

? He, T.W. (2009), International scientific collaboration of China with the G7 countries. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 571-582.

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Abstract: Collaboration is one of the remarkable characteristics of contemporary basic research. Using bibliometric method, we quantitatively analyze international collaboration publication output between China and the G7 countries based on Science Citation Index. The results indicate that international collaboration publication output between China and the G7 countries has shown exponential growth aroused by the growth of science in China. USA is the most important collaboration country and the international collaboration between China and the G7 countries display differences at each research field.

Keywords: Co-Authorship, Impact, Nations, Patterns, Science, Subfields

? He, T.W. and Liu, W. (2009), The internationalization of Chinese scientific journals: A quantitative comparison of three chemical journals from China, England and Japan. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 583-593.

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Abstract: Scientific journals play an important role in international academic information exchange. Their international performance can be evaluated through the comparison of the geographical distribution patterns of authors, citations and subscriptions. In this study we analyzed 3 journals, i.e., Chinese Chemical Letters (China), Chemical Communications (England) and Chemistry Letters (Japan), for their regional distribution patterns of the editorial board members, the authors database, and the citation regions, using the bibliometric method, on the basis of the Web of Science. The results show that, compared with international journals, the Chinese Chemical Letters lags behind in all aspects.

Keywords: Academic Journals, Communication, Science-Citation-Index

? Chung, Y.M., Yu, S.Y., Kim, Y.K. and Kim, S.Y. (2009), Characteristics and link structure of a national scholarly Web space: The case of South Korea. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 595-612.

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Abstract: This study performs a webometric analysis to explore the communication characteristics of scientific knowledge in a national scholarly Web space comprising top ranking universities and government supported research institutions in South Korea. We found significant differences in scholarly communication activity as well as linking behavior among different subspaces in addition to institutional differences. We also found the usefulness of the ADM approach in analyzing the metric data containing extreme outliers and discovered the directory model as the most appropriate. Page counts were found significantly correlated with inlinks as well as with outlinks at the directory level in the whole scholarly Web space.

Keywords: Academic Subjects, Canadian Universities, Citations, Classification, Departments, Disciplinary, Impact Factors, Online Impact, Science, Site Interlinking

? Ruane, F.P. and Tol, R.S.J. (2009), A Hirsch measure for the quality of research supervision, and an illustration with trade economists. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 613-624.

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Abstract: There is a growing literature measuring research excellence in economics. The h-index is noteworthy in combining quantity and research quality in a single measure of researcher excellence, and its ability to be extended to measure the quantity and quality of the researchers in a department. We extend the use of the first successive h-index further to measure the quality of graduate education, specifically excellence in research supervision, based on publication and citation data for individual researchers ascribed to their graduate supervisors.

Keywords: Indexes, Scientific-Research Output

? Hayati, Z. and Ebrahimy, S. (2009), Correlation between quality and quantity in scientific production: A case study of Iranian organizations from 1997 to 2006. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 625-636.

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Abstract: In order to prevent the formation of a gap between the quality and quantity in Iranian scientific publications, this study makes an effort to analyze Iranian scientific publications indexed on the ISI Web of Science database using quantitative and qualitative scientometrics criteria over a ten year period. As a first step, all Iranian institutes were divided into three categories, universities, research institutes and other organizations. Then they were compared according to quantitative and qualitative criteria. Second, the correlation between the quality and quantity of the publications was measured. The research findings indicated that, according to qualitative criteria (citation, citation impact and percentage of cited documents) there are no meaningful differences among the three groups, while regarding quantitative criterion(number of papers), universities rank higher than the other two groups. The results also indicated that there is a positive and meaningful correlation among qualitative and quantitative criteria in the scholarly scientific publications conducted by Iranian organizations. In other words, in Iranian organizations the quality of publications increases as their quantity increases. The comparison of magnitude of correlation between these two criteria in the three categories reveals the fact that the correlation between number of papers and citations criterion in research institutes is stronger than the other two groups.

Keywords: Collaboration, Universities

? Chen, Y.S. and Chang, K.C. (2009), Using neural network to analyze the influence of the patent performance upon the market value of the US pharmaceutical companies. Scientometrics, 80 (3), 637-655.

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Abstract: This study applies the artificial neural network technique to explore the influence of quantitative and qualitative patent indicators upon market value of the pharmaceutical companies in US. The results show that Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of patents influences negatively market value of the pharmaceutical companies in US, and their technological independence positively affects their market value. In addition, this study also finds out that patent citations of the American pharmaceutical companies have an inverse U-shaped effect upon their market value.

Keywords: Citations, Classification, Empirical-Analysis, Firms, Industry, Innovation, Portfolios, Predictions, Research-and-Development, Technology

? Neff, M.W. and Corley, E.A. (2009), 35 years and 160,000 articles: A bibliometric exploration of the evolution of ecology. Scientometrics,