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? Moyer, L.J. (2001), Bibliography of publications of Belver C. Griffith. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 469-479.

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Keywords: Publications

? Chu, H.T. (2001), Intellectual activities and influences of Belver C. Griffith: A citation perspective. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 481-488.

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Abstract: Based on an analysis of the 377 documents that cited Griffith’s publications in the ISI citation databases, it has been found that Griffith made pioneer and significant contributions with his collaborators to the fields of bibliometrics and scholarly communication among scientists. His research work has also greatly influenced people from all over the world conducting research in psychology, bibliometric information science, and social studies of science in the past several decades.

Keywords: Bibliometric, Bibliometrics, Citation, Publications, Research, Scholarly Communication

? Small, H. (2001), Belver and Henry. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 489-497

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Keywords: Co-Citation, Science, Scientific Literatures

Braun, T., Glänzel, W. and Schubert, A. (2001), Publication and cooperation patterns of the authors of neuroscience journals. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 499-510.

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Abstract: Characteristics of publication activity and co-authorship in neurosciences are analysed. The present study aims at describing the common, as well as the distinguishing features of productivity and co-publication patterns of four types of authors. For this purpose, authors are classified according to their anterior and posterior records. The role of the author types in the process of documented scientific communication, the relation between co-authorship and publication activity, as well as collaboration between the four types is studied.

? Koenig, M.E.D. (2001), Lessons from the study of scholarly communication for the new information era. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 511-523.

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Abstract: The rich body of literature examining communications flow in the research context, an area where Professor Belver Griffith made major contributions, has very direct relevance to the relatively newly emerging recognition in the business community of the importance of knowledge creation and deployment to the competitive performance of an organization. This essay examines and delineates some of those lessons, specifically the tension between open and rich communications versus the need to protect intellectual property, the importance of environmental awareness and serendipity, and achieving the correct balance with efficient use of information searching time, the importance of end-user training, and crafting the balance in knowledge management between codifications and personalization.

Keywords: Knowledge, Literature, Productivity, Research, Research Performance, Scholarly Communication, Services, Training

Kreuzman, H. (2001), A co-citation analysis of representative authors in philosophy: Examining the relationship between epistemologists and philosophers of science. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 525-539.

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Abstract: The relation between philosophy of science and epistemology is studied using the author co-citation technique. Co-citation links among 62 authors - a representative list of various styles and approaches to rationality - were established using the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Multidimensional scaling results in a two-dimensional map of authors, where the axes represent the subject (philosophy of science to epistemology) and the method (qualitative to quantitative), respectively. The authors on the map can be clustered into more or less coherent groups at different levels of resolution.

? Markusova, V., Minin, V., Libkind, A. and Arapov, M. (2001), Russian grant-holders opinion on competitive funding: Results of a survey. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 541-551.

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Abstract: This paper describes results of a survey conducted among the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) grant-holders. The aim of this paper is to examine the attitude of grant holders to new multi-channel funding system and to assess its significance for Russian scientists involved in research in natural and applied sciences. It is a first attempt to get a fair and general picture of what scientists think about competitive funding. In 1999, 1440 questionnaires were distributed by mail. The response rate was 31.8%. The results of the survey clearly show that proposal writing has become a substantial part of research activity in Russia. Each respondent received more than 5 grants during 1993-1997. The RFBR and foreign funding agencies, particularly ISF, INTAS, and the Civilian Research and Development Foundation equally evaluated Russian scientists’ performance: about 69.% of RFBR grant-holders were awarded a grant from foreign agencies. The present findings are being used, as a practical matter, to guide and inform the Ministry of Science and Technology Policy which is responsible for the promotion R&D in Russia to organize a special training for students and post does on proposal writing.

Keywords: R&D, Research, Science, System, Technology, Training

? Meadows, J. (2001), Early reactions to information growth. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 553-561.

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Abstract: The expansion in the number of journals being published really took off in the nineteenth century. Between the beginning and end of that century, the problems of dealing with the spread of literature appearing consequently grew rapidly. The reactions of scientists to this included a move towards increasing specialisation in their research, and a higher level of organisation of their communication activities. Li particular, ways of assisting information retrieval were developed then which became extremely important in the twentieth century. Two of these developments are examined here - the provision of abstracts for scientists and of popular articles for non-scientists. Parallels can be found between these two activities, as well as differences due to the different target audiences. It is noted that both appeared in print environment: an electronic environment may affect their futures differently.

Keywords: Articles, Information Retrieval, Journals, Literature, Research

? Old, L.J. (2001), Utilizing spatial information systems for non-spatial-data analysis. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 563-571.

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Abstract: Recent advances in the power and capabilities of personal computers have brought the algorithms and representational methods of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to the desktop. Information that has relationships between elements may be represented spatially, especially if some distance metric can be brought to bear. This paper discusses information cartography, the use of spatial methods for the display of non-Geographic data.

Keywords: GIS, Science

? Sandstrom, P.E. (2001), Scholarly communication as a socioecological system. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 573-605.

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Abstract: Among Belver C. Griffith’s many contributions to disciplinary communication is the idea that science and scholarship at large constitute a social system to be investigated empirically. This paper reports findings of an author co-citation analysis of the field of human behavioral ecology that expands Griffith’s concept of the social system of scientific communication to fit a socioecological framework. Cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling techniques are used to characterize the research specialty at large and portray five respondents’ individual resource maps. The techniques reveal co-citation relationships among authors whose work they had referenced in recent articles. Survey data on searching and handling behaviors for an aggregated sample of 180 cited references are correlated with core-periphery zones of the individual maps. Findings that types of socially mediated communication and distinctive information foraging behaviors correlate with different zones of a bibliographic microhabitat support an interpretation that active specialty members conform to foraging efficiency principles as predicted by prey-choice models from optimal foraging theory.

Keywords: Articles, Author Co-Citation Analysis, Author Cocitation, Co-Citation, Documents, Human Behavioral Ecology, Information-Seeking, Intellectual Structure, Research, Retrieval, Scholarly Communication, Scholarship, Science, Scientific Communication, Scientific Literatures, Space, System, Theory

? White, H.D. (2001), Author-centered bibliometrics through CAMEOs: Characterizations automatically made and edited online. Scientometrics, 51 (3), 607-637.

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Abstract: This article describes ways of automatically generating 15 kinds of personal profiles of authors from bibliographic data on their publications in databases. Nicknamed CAMEOs, the profiles can be used for retrieval of documents by human searchers or computerized agents. They can also be used for mapping an author’s subject matter (in terms of descriptors, identifiers, and natural language) and studying his or her publishing career. Finally, they can be used to map the intellectual and social networks evident in citations to and from authors and in co-authorships.

Keywords: Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Citations, Databases, Mapping, Model, Publications, Publishing, Retrieval

Burrel, Q.L. (2001), Stochastic modelling of the first-citation distribution. Scientometrics, 52 (1), 3-12.

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Abstract: A simple stochastic model, based upon mixtures of non-homogeneous Poisson processes, is proposed to describe the citation process in the presence of ageing/obsolescence. Particular emphasis is placed upon investigation of the first-citation distribution where it is shown that in the presence of ageing there will inevitably be nevercited items. Conditions are given which show how the model is capable of modelling the various shapes of firstcitation distributions reported in the literature. In particular, the essential link between the firstcitation distribution and the obsolescence distribution is established.

Arunachalam, S. and Balaji, J. (2001), Fish science research in China: How does it compare with fish research in India? Scientometrics, 52 (1), 13-28.

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Abstract: Fish and aquaculture research in the People’s Republic of China over the six years 1994-1999 has been mapped using data from six databases – three abstracting services and three citation indexes. The results are compared with fish science research in India. During the six years China has published 2035 papers (roughly 4.5 –5% of the world output) and India 2454. More than 95% of China’s papers are journal articles, compared to 82.8% of Indian papers. About 78% of China’s journal paper output has appeared in 143 domestic journals compared to 70% from India in 113 Indian journals. Less than one-eighth of the journal articles published by Chinese researchers are published in journals indexed in SCI, compared to 30% of journal articles by Indian researchers. Less than a dozen papers from each of these countries have appeared in journals of impact factor greater than 3.0. Fish research institutes and fishery colleges are the major contributors of the Chinese research output in this area. In India academic institutions are the leading contributors (61%), followed by central government institutions (>25%). Qingdao, Wuhan, Beijing and Shanghai are the cities and Shandong, Hubei and Fujian are the provinces contributing a large number of papers. As we do not have addresses of all authors in most of the papers, we are unable to estimate the extent of international collaboration. Although China’s research output and its citation impact are less than those of India, China’s fish production and export earnings are far higher than those of India. Probably China is better at bridging the gap between knowhow (research) and do-how (technology and creation of employment and wealth). China is pretty strong in extension.

Lewison, G. (2001), The quantity and quality of female researchers: A bibliometric study of Iceland. Scientometrics, 52 (1), 29-43.

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Abstract: The output of female researchers in Iceland, relative to that of males, can be investigated because typically their ‘surnames’ end in ‘dottir’ whereas the names of males end in ‘son’. Over the 21 years from 1980 to 2000, there has been a rise in female: male output from 8% to about 30%. It is higher in the life sciences (biomedical research, biology and clinical medicine) but lower where there is also foreign co-authorship, suggesting that females are less able to make overseas contacts through travel. There appears to be no difference in the quality of female and male research output, as measured either by journal impact categories or by citations.

Keywords: Citations, Europe, Research, Science, Sexism, Women

Ugolini, D., Cimmino, M.A., Casilli, C. and Mela, G.S. (2001), How the European Union writes about ophthalmology. Scientometrics, 52 (1), 45-58.

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Abstract: This study evaluates the distribution of papers published by European Union (EU) authors in ophthalmological journals from 1995 to 1997. The impact of ophthalmological research in the EU is compared with that produced in other countries and trends of research are highlighted through the keywords analysis. Data of articles published in ophthalmological journals (ISI Subject Category) were downloaded. Mean Impact Factor, source country population and gross domestic product were analyzed. A special purpose software for keyword elaboration was utilized. 11, 219 papers were published in the world in the ophthalmological journals: 34.8% came from the EU (UK, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands ranking at the top) and 40.7% from the US. The mean Impact Factor of EU papers was 0.8 in comparison with 1.5 in the US. Despite the limitations of the existing methods, bibliometric findings are useful for the monitoring of research trends. The keywords analysis shows that the leading fields of research were retinal pathologies for diseases and keratoplasty for surgical procedures. It also suggests that keywords are overused, and urges minimization of this as well as standardization among journal editors

Keywords: Bibliometric, Countries, Impact, Indicators, Journals, Methods, Publications, Research, Research Performance, Science, Tools

Marx, W., Schier, H. and Wanitschek, M. (2001), Citation analysis using online databases: Feasibilities and shortcomings. Scientometrics, 52 (1), 59-82.

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Abstract: Extensive citation analysis with the Science Citation Index (SCI) has become possible through expanded search capabilities introduced by STN International a few years ago. STN enhanced its retrieval language with some important features, originally developed for statistical analysis of patents. Most important are an expanded select command and several functions to list the search results. The publications to be evaluated may be selected either in the SCI, or in a number of other bibliographic databases offered by the host. With the help of these features, the basic methods to appropriately measure the impact of scientific activities are demonstrated. Furthermore, possible shortcomings as well as the risks when interpreting the results of such studies are discussed.

Keywords: Fullerene Research

? Szydlowski, M. and Krawiec, A. (2001), Scientific cycle model with delay. Scientometrics, 52 (1), 83-95.

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Abstract: In this paper we analyse the growth in scientific results of natural sciences in terms of infinite dynamical system theory. We use functional differential equations to model the evolution of science in its sociological aspect. Our model includes the time-to-build of fundamental notions in science (time required to understand them). We show that the delay parameter describing time required to learn and to apply past scientific results to new discoveries plays a crucial role in generating cyclic behaviour via the Hopf bifurcation scenario. Our model extends the de Solla Price model by including death of results as well as by incorporating the time-to-build notion. We also discuss the concepts of knowledge and its accumulation used in economic growth theory.

Keywords: Growth, Science, System, Theory

Braun, T. (2001), Vassily Vassilievich Nalimov. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 101.

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? Nalimov, V.V. (2001), V. V. Nalimov’s foreword to the hungarian edition. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 102-104.

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? Bonitz, M. (2001), About the Nalimov memorial issue of the journal Scientometrics - Guest editor’s foreword. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 107-109

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Keywords: Scientometrics

Gurjeva, L.G. and Wouters, P. (2001), Scientometrics in the context of probabilistic philosophy. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 111-126.

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Abstract: Although the word ‘naukometriya’ (first translated as sciencemetrics) was coined by V. V, Nalimov (1910-1997) in 1969, this field was not his main concern In the work of this multifaceted and intriguing scientist and scholar, scientometrics was only of central concern for a short period of time. Nevertheless, it is no coincidence that Nalimov is regarded as one of the founding fathers of scientometrics. In this article, we discuss the development of Nalimov’s style of scientometric research within the context of his distinctive approach to the sciences, social sciences and humanities in their entirety: his probabilistic philosophy of science and the world.

Keywords: Research

Granovsky, Y.V. (2001), Is it possible to measure science? V. V. Nalimov’s research in scientometrics. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 127-150.

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Abstract: This article is devoted to. the scientometric research of Professor V. V, Nalimov (1910-1997) of Moscow State University, His first scientometric article was published in 1959: mathematical models of world science growth were examined and logical grounds for the applicability of these models were also given, In his further works, V.V. Nalimov continued to stress the importance of quantitative studies of science development. In 1969, the monograph on scientometrics by V. V. Nalimov and his co-author Z. M. Mulchenko was published. This book reflected his earlier publications on scientometrics and the solutions of new tasks. In 1970, Nalimov published articles on the comparison of science and the biosphere, the geographic distribution of scientific information, and changes in the demand of scientific staff. In later articles in philosophy of science, he stressed the necessity of a combination of the scientometric approach with works on the logic of science development. One of the latest works by Nalimov was an analysis of articles published by The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology: Here the scientometric approach was used to study the origin and development of a new scientific branch.

? Markova, E.V. (2001), He brought new meanings and new solutions. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 151-158.

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Abstract The name of Vassily Vassilievich Nalimov is connected not only with the development of scientometrics, but also with the development of several other scientific branches such as metrology of quantitative chemical analysis, chemical cybernetics, mathematical theory of experiment, philosophy of science, probabilistic theory of meanings among others. All these different scientific subjects were united on the basis of a probabilistic approach as opposed to a deterministic one.

The paper covers two decades (1961–1981) of Nalimov’s life and describes the “cybernetic” period of his activity in the Scientific Council for Cybernetics in the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences as a chairman of two section — “Chemical Cybernetics” and “Mathematical Theory of Experiment”

The author was the closest colleague of Nalimov in the Council. The paper touches on the peculiarities of scientific life of that time in soviet Russia, as well as the difficulties of dealing with an attempt to reorganize the higher education system. Nalimov paid special attention to this problem. The mathematical theory of experiment and scientometrics, both of which later became independent scientific branches, came from the section of “Chemical Cybernetics”.

Nalimov was a gifted pedagogue and a brilliant speaker, with an ability to enthrall the audience. Some vivid episodes related to his talks are presented in the paper.

The informal scientific community, united by ideas and world outlook, was known in our country as “Nalimov’s invisible college”. Such a community could be treated as a pioneer in the history of Russian science.

? Chernyi, A.I. and Gilyarevskii, R.S. (2001), The impact of V.V. Nalimov on information science. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 159-163.

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Abstract: The paper briefly outlines the contributions made by VN. Nalimov to the development of science of science, scientometrics, and information science, especially during his career in VINTI. It also brings attention to his main achievements in philosophy, linguistics, and other branches of modem science.

Keywords: impact/information science/science/scientometrics

? Garfield, E. (2001), Reminiscences of Vassily V. Nalimov. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 165-166.

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? Roy, R. (2001), Vassily Nalimov - Modern Russian high priest. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 167-169.

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? Nalimov, V.V. (2001), Citation Classics of V. V. Nalimov. 1. Current Contents, Number 21, May 21, 1990. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 171-174.

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Keywords: Citation

? (2001), Citation Classics of V. V. Nalimov 2. Current Contents, Number 24, June 11, 1990. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 175-177.

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Keywords: Citation

? (2001), Facing the mystery: A philosophical approach - Nalimov Vassily Vassilievich. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 179-184.

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? Nalimov, V.V. (2001), Philosophy of Number: How metrical hermeneutics is possible. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 185-192.

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? Stefaniak, B. (2001), International co-operation in science and in social sciences as reflected in multinational papers indexed in SCI and SSCI. Scientometrics, 52 (2), 193-210.

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Abstract: The paper presents a comparative analysis of publications, co-authored by Polish and foreign researchers, selected from seven annual files of Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index (CD-ROM Editions 1992-1998). Information obtained from SCI and SSCI were elaborated, completed, coded and entered in two-international files” designed for analytical purposes. It was found that the number of internationally co-authored papers was many times higher (18 982 records) in science than in social sciences (342 records). The share of these “international papers” in the “Polish files” increased in the time under review, but for those derived from SCI was also higher (39.1-46.0%) than in case of SSCI (22.4-37.0%). Results of the analysis include countries of foreign partners and affiliation of domestic coauthors, as well as, subject structure of both international files. Observed differences in the scale of international co-operation in science and in social sciences are being the matter under discussion.

Keywords: Affiliation, Analysis, CD-ROM, Cooperation, International, International Co-Operation, International Cooperation, Papers, Publications, Records, Review, Scale, SCI, Science, Science Citation Index, Sciences, Social, Social Sciences, SSCI, Structure

? Skalska-Zlat, M. (2001), Nalimov and the Polish way towards science of science - Vassily V. Nalimov. Scientometrics,