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Abstract: A bibliometric analysis was performed to assess the quantitative trend of published pentachlorophenol (PCP) remediation studies, including both degradation and sorption. The documents studies were retrieved from the Science Citation Index (SCI) for the period from 1994 to 2005. The trends were analyzed with the retrieved results in publication language, document type, page count. publication output, publication pattern, authorship, citation analysis and country of publication. The results indicated that degradation was the emphasis for PCP remediation. The average impact factor of the journals was higher for publishing degradation studies in comparison to that publishing sorption studies. And there was a positive correlation between CPP and IF for journals published more than two papers. The publishing Countries of both degradation and sorption denoted that most of these researches were done by USA and Canada. Two to four authors was the most popular level of co-authorship.

Keywords: Analysis, Authorship, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Analysis, Canada, Citation, Citation Analysis, Co-Authorship, Coauthorship, Comparison, Correlation, Country, Degradation, Impact, Impact Factor, Journals, Methods, Mineralization, Ozonation, Papers, Pattern, Publication, Publishing, Remediation, SCI, Science Citation Index, Sorption, Trend, Trends, USA, Water

? Glänzel, W. (2008), On some new bibliometric applications of statistics related to the h-index. Scientometrics, 77 (1), 187-196.

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Abstract: In this paper some new fields of application of Hirsch-related statistics are presented. Furthermore, so far unrevealed properties of the h-index are analysed in the context of rank-frequency and extreme-value statistics.

Keywords: Application, Bibliometric, Citation Impact, Context, h Index, h-Index, Journals, Statistics

? Zsindely, S. (2008), From vanity fair to scientific research: The place of genealogy in contemporary science. A scientometric approach. Scientometrics, 77 (1), 197-206.

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Abstract: The place of genealogy in present scientific research has been investigated by scientometric methods. The term “genealogy” and related words were searched in the title, keywords, and abstracts of science journals for the period 1975-2006. It was concluded that 1991 onward the number of articles about “applied” genealogy has increased dramatically, whereas that of classical (or “pure”) genealogy only modestly. In contemporary science, the fields medicine and genetics are those who profit most from human genealogy. More than forty percent of the medical articles containing the search terms were from the neurology and oncology in the period investigated.

Keywords: Approach, Genetics, Human, Journals, Medical, Medicine, Methods, Neurology, Oncology, Profit, Research, Science, Science Journals, Scientific Research, Scientometric, Term

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? Riikonen, P. and Vihinen, M. (2008), National research contributions: A case study on Finnish biomedical research. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 207-222.

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Abstract: The long-term influence and contribution of research can be evaluated relatively reliably by bibliometric citation analysis. Previously, productivity of nations has been estimated by using either the number of published articles or journal impact factors and/or citation data. These studies show certain trends, but detailed analysis is not possible due to the assumption that all articles in a journal were equally cited. Here we describe the first comprehensive, longterm, nationwide analysis of scientific performance. We studied the lifetime research output of 748 Finnish principal investigators in biomedicine during the years 1966-2000, analysed national trends, and made a comparison with international research production. Our results indicate that analyses of the scientific contribution of persons, disciplines, or nations should be based on actual publication and citation counts rather than on derived information like impact factors. 51% of the principal investigators have published altogether 75% of the articles, however, the whole scientific community has contributed to the growth of biomedical research in Finland since the Second World War.

Keywords: Analyses, Analysis, Bibliometric, Biomedical, Biomedical Research, Biomedicine, Case Study, Citation, Citation Analysis, Citation Counts, Community, Comparison, Data, European-Union, Finland, First, Growth, Health, Impact, Impact Factor, Impact Factors, Information, International, Journal, Journal Impact, Journal Impact Factors, Journals, Long Term, Long-Term, Nations, NOV, Performance, Productivity, Publication, Publications, Research, Research Output, Scientific Performance, Skewness, Trends

? Rousseau, S. (2008), Journal evaluation by environmental and resource economists: A survey. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 223-233.

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Abstract: Using an online survey, we have asked the researchers in the field of environmental and resource economics how they themselves would rank a representative list of journals in their field. The results of this ranking are then compared to the ordering based on the journals’ impact factors as published by Thomson Scientific. The two sets of rankings seem to be positively correlated, but statistically the null hypothesis that the two rankings are uncorrelated cannot be rejected. This observation suggests that researchers interpret the current quality of journals based on other factors in addition to the impact factors.

Keywords: Economics, Environmental, Evaluation, Field, Impact, Impact Factors, Journals, NOV, Observation, Quality, Quality Of, Rank, Ranking, Rankings, Relative Impacts, Survey

? Larsen, P.O. (2008), The state of the art in publication counting. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 235-251.

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Abstract: The proceedings of the ISSI conferences in Stockholm, 2005, and Madrid, 2007, contain 85 contributions based on publication counting. The methods used in these contributions have been analyzed. The counting methods used are stated explicitly in 26 contributions and can be derived implicitly from the discussion of methods in 10 contributions. In only five contributions, there is a justification for the choice of method. Only one contribution gives information about different results obtained by using different methods. The non-additive results from whole counting give problems in the calculation of shares in seven contributions, but these problems are not mentioned. Only 11 contributions give a term (terms) for the counting method(s) used. To illustrate the problems, 11 of the contributions are discussed in detail. The conclusion is that 40 years of publication counting have not resulted in general agreement on definitions of methods and terminology nor in any kind of standardization.

Keywords: Art, Bibliometric Assessment, Calculation, Choice, Collaboration, Conferences, General, Information, Methods, NOV, Publication, Standardization, State, Term, Terminology, UK Scientific Performance

? Harwood, N. (2008), Publication outlets and their effect on academic writers’ citations. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 253-265.

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Abstract: This article focuses on how and why the publication outlets in which academic writers’ work appears can impact on their citations, as part of a qualitative interview-based study of computer scientists’ and sociologists’ citing behaviour. Informants spoke of how they cited differently when writing in outlets aimed at a less knowledgeable audience, and for audiences from different disciplines and in different parts of the world. Citation behaviour can also be affected when writing for journals which favour different research paradigms, and the word limits journals impose led some informants to cite more selectively than they would have wished. The implications of the findings and the strengths and weaknesses of the interview-based method of investigation are also discussed.

Keywords: Behavior, Behaviour, Citations, Citer Motivations, Communication, Impact, Informants, Investigation, Journals, Model, NOV, Publication, Qualitative, Research, Self-Citation, Work, World

? Costas, R. and Bordons, M. (2008), Is g-index better than h-index? An exploratory study at the individual level. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 267-288.

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Abstract: The ability of g-index and h-index to discriminate between different types of scientists (low producers, big producers, selective scientists and top scientists) is analysed in the area of Natural Resources at the Spanish CSIC (WoS, 1994-2004). Our results show that these indicators clearly differentiate low producers and top scientists, but do not discriminate between selective scientists and big producers. However, g-index is more sensitive than h-index in the assessment of selective scientists, since this type of scientist shows in average a higher g-index/h-index ratio and a better position in g-index rankings than in the h-index ones. Current research suggests that these indexes do not substitute each other but that they are complementary.

Keywords: Assessment, Bibliometric Indicators, Citation Impact, Complementary, CSIC, g Index, g-Index, h Index, h-Index, Indicators, Journals, NOV, Output, Publication, Ranking, Rankings, Research, Researchers, Science, Scientists, System

? Igami, M. (2008), Exploration of the evolution of nanotechnology via mapping of patent applications. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 289-308.

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Abstract: This study explored the evolution of nanotechnology based on a mapping of patent applications. Citations among patent applications designated to the European Patent Office were intensively analysed. Approximately 4300 nanotechnology patent applications linked through citations were mapped. Fifteen domains of nanotechnology patent applications were found in the map in 2003. The domains cover a wide range of application fields, they are domains related to measurement and manufacturing, electronics, optoelectronics, biotechnology, and nano materials. Maps in several reference years registered the evolution of nanotechnology, where the breadth of application fields has been broadening over time. Direct and indirect knowledge flows among different domains of nanotechnology are seemingly small at the present. Each domain of nanotechnology is likely pushing the technological frontier within its own domain. The exception is sensing and actuating technologies on the nanometre scale. Direct and indirect knowledge flows to/from this domain describe their vital role in nanotechnology. Countries’ specialisation was also analysed. Patent applications from the United States and the European Union cover a wide range of nanotechnology. Inventive activities in Japan are, however, strongly focusing on electronics. Intensive knowledge creation in specific technologies was found in Switzerland and Korea.

Keywords: Application, Biotechnology, Citations, European Union, Evolution, Japan, Knowledge, Korea, Manufacturing, Mapping, Measurement, Nanotechnology, NOV, Patent, Reference, Role, Scale, Science, Small, Switzerland, Technologies, Technology, United States

? Jonkers, K. and Tijssen, R. (2008), Chinese researchers returning home: Impacts of international mobility on research collaboration and scientific productivity. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 309-333.

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Abstract: The aim of this study is to contribute to the debate on the relationship between scientific mobility and international collaboration. This case study deals with leading Chinese researchers in the field of plant molecular life sciences who returned to their home country. A correlation analysis of their mobility history, publication output, and international co-publication data, shows the relationship between scientific output, levels of international collaboration and various individual characteristics of returned researchers. The outcome of the analysis suggests that while host countries may loose human capital when Chinese scientists return home, the so-called “return brain drain”, they may also gain in terms of scientific linkages within this rapidly emerging and globalizing research field.

Keywords: Analysis, Brain, Brain-Drain, Case Study, Characteristics, Chinese, Collaboration, Correlation, Correlation Analysis, Country, Data, Field, Growth, History, Host, Human, International, Life, Life Sciences, Migration, Mobility, NOV, Outcome, Plant, Productivity, Publication, Research, Research Collaboration, Science, Sciences, Scientific Output, Scientific Productivity

? Qiu, J.P., Ma, R.M. and Cheng, N. (2008), New exploratory work of evaluating a researcher’s output. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 335-344.

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Abstract: SCI has been popular all over the world since it was published by Garfield in 1963. Researches on evaluating a researcher’s output with SCI have always been continuous. In recent years, a great breakthrough has been made since the h-index was put forward in 2005. In this paper, we also advance a new method - Paper Quality Index (PQI) to evaluate the output of a researcher. The main purpose of our method is to solve two problems that consist in the method of h-index: one is that the h-index can’t compare the outputs of researchers in different fields, the other is that it is unsuitable for evaluating the outputs of young researchers. A simple mathematical expression is constructed to eliminate the difference of citation among different fields and makes the evaluation of short-term outputs of researchers possible.

Keywords: Advance, Breakthrough, Citation, Constructed, Evaluation, Expression, h Index, h-Index, Index, NOV, Purpose, SCI, Work, World

? Vanecek, J. (2008), Bibliometric analysis of the Czech research publications from 1994 to 2005. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 345-360.

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Abstract: We have compared bibliometric data of Czech research papers generated from 1994 to 2005 with papers from six other EU countries: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Finland, Ireland and Greece. The Czech Republic ranked the fifth in number of papers per thousand inhabitants and the sixth in number of citations/paper. Relatively the most cited were Czech papers from fields Engineering and Mathematics ranking the third, and Computer Science, Environment/Ecology and Molecular Biology ranking the fourth among 7 EU countries. Our analysis indicates that Czech research is lagging behind the leading EU countries, but its output is proportional to the R&D expenses.

Keywords: Analysis, Austria, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Analysis, Citation, Czech Republic, Data, EU, Europe, Fields, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, NOV, Papers, Publications, Ranking, Research, Science

? da Luz, M.P., Marques-Portella, C., Mendlowicz, M., Gleiser, S., Coutinho, E.S.F. and Figueira, I. (2008), Institutional h-index: The performance of a new metric in the evaluation of Brazilian Psychiatric Post-graduation Programs. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 361-368.

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Abstract: A fair assessment of merit is needed for better resource allocation in the scientific community. We analyzed the performance of the institutional h-index in the case of Brazilian Psychiatry Post-graduation Programs. Traditional bibliometric indicators and the institutional h-index similarly ranked the programs, except for the Average Impact Factor. The institutional h-index correlated strongly with the majority of the traditional bibliometric indicators, which did not occur with the Average Impact Factor. The institutional h-index balances “quantity” and “quality”, and can be used as part of a panel of bibliometric indicators to aid the peer-review process.

Keywords: Allocation, Assessment, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Indicators, Citation Indexes, Community, Decisions, Evaluation, h Index, h-Index, Impact Factor, Indicators, Journals, NOV, Peer Review, Peer-Review, Performance, Quality, Ranking, Resource Allocation, Scientific-Research Output, Work

? Glänzel, W. (2008), h-index concatenation. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 369-372.

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Abstract: A method for the calculation of a ‘concatenated’ h-index of jointly ranked combined bibliographies is presented in the case when only size and h-index of the original publication sets are known.

Keywords: Bibliographies, Calculation, h Index, h-Index, NOV, Publication, Size

? Zhivotovsky, L.A. and Krutovsky, K.V. (2008), Self-citation can inflate h-index. Scientometrics, 77 (2), 373-375

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Keywords: h Index, h-Index, NOV

? Egghe, L. (2008), Modelling successive h-indices. Scientometrics, 77 (3), 377-387.

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Abstract: From a list of papers of an author, ranked in decreasing order of the number of citations to these papers one can calculate this author’s Hirsch index (or h-index). If this is done for a group of authors (e. g. from the same institute) then we can again list these authors in decreasing order of their h-indices and from this, one can calculate the h-index of (part of) this institute. One can go even further by listing institutes in a country in decreasing order of their h-indices and calculate again the h-index as described above. Such h-indices are called by SCHUBERT [2007] “successive” h-indices. In this paper we present a model for such successive h-indices based on our existing theory on the distribution of the h-index in Lotkaian informetrics. We show that, each step, involves the multiplication of the exponent of the previous h-index by 1/alpha where alpha > 1 is a Lotka exponent. We explain why, in general, successive h-indices are decreasing. We also introduce a global h-index for which tables of individuals (authors, institutes,.) are merged. We calculate successive and global h-indices for the (still active) D. De Solla Price awardees.

Keywords: Authors, Citations, Country, Distribution, General, Group, h Index, h-Index, Hirsch, Hirsch Index, Index, Informetrics, Lotka, Lotkaian Informetrics, Model, Modelling, Papers, Theory

? Dastidar, P.G. and Ramachandran, S. (2008), Intellectual structure of Antarctic science: A 25-years analysis. Scientometrics, 77 (3), 389-414.

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Abstract: To delineate the intellectual structure of Antarctic science, the research outputs on Antarctic science have been analyzed for a period of 25 years (1980-2004) through a set of scientometrics and network analysis techniques. The study is based on 10,942 records (research articles, letters, reviews, etc.), published in 961 journals/documents, and retrieved from the Science Citation Index (SCI) database. Over the years interest in Antarctic science has increased, as is evident from the growing number of ratified countries and research stations. During the period under study, the productivity has increased 3-times and there is a 13-fold increase in collaborative articles. Attempt has been made to identify important players like scientists, organizations and countries working in the field and to identify frontier areas of research that is being conducted in this continent. The highest 41% scientific output is contributed by the USA and the UK, followed by Australia and Germany. British Antarctic Survey (BAS), UK and Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar & Marine Research, Germany are the most productive institutes in Antarctic science. Maximum number of research articles on Antarctic science, have been published in the journal Polar Biology, indicating substantial work being done on the biology of this continent. The journals-Nature and Science are the highly-cited journals in Antarctic science. The paper written by J. C. Farman et al., published in Nature in 1985, reporting depletion of ozone layer, is the most-cited article. Semantic relationships between cited documents were measured through co-citation analysis. J. C. Farman and S. Solomon are co-cited most frequently.

Keywords: Analysis, Antarctic Science, Australia, Biology, British, Citation, Co-Citation, Co-Citation Analysis, Cocitation, Database, Field, Germany, Intellectual Structure, Journal, Journals, Network, Network Analysis, Networks, Ozone, Ozone Layer, Productivity, Records, Relationships, Reporting, Research, Reviews, SCI, Science, Science Citation Index, Scientific Output, Scientometrics, Structure, Techniques, UK, USA, Work

? Bornmann, L., Nast, I. and Daniel, H.D. (2008), Do editors and referees look for signs of scientific misconduct when reviewing manuscripts? A quantitative content analysis of studies that examined review criteria and reasons for accepting and rejecting manuscripts for publication. Scientometrics, 77 (3), 415-432.

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Abstract: The case of Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, the South Korean stem-cell researcher, is arguably the highest profile case in the history of research misconduct. The discovery of Dr. Hwang’s fraud led to fierce criticism of the peer review process (at Science). To find answers to the question of why the journal peer review system did not detect scientific misconduct (falsification or fabrication of data) not only in the Hwang case but also in many other cases, an overview is needed of the criteria that editors and referees normally consider when reviewing a manuscript. Do they at all look for signs of scientific misconduct when reviewing a manuscript? We conducted a quantitative content analysis of 46 research studies that examined editors’ and referees’ criteria for the assessment of manuscripts and their grounds for accepting or rejecting manuscripts. The total of 572 criteria and reasons from the 46 studies could be assigned to nine main areas: (1) ‘relevance of contribution,’ (2) ‘writing/presentation,’ (3) ‘design/conception,’ (4) ‘method/statistics,’ (5) ‘discussion of results,’ (6) ‘reference to the literature and documentation,’ (7) ‘theory,’ (8) ‘author’s reputation/institutional affiliation,’ and (9) ‘ethics.’ None of the criteria or reasons that were assigned to the nine main areas refers to or is related to possible falsification or fabrication of data. In a second step, the study examined what main areas take on high and low significance for editors and referees in manuscript assessment. The main areas that are clearly related to the quality of the research underlying a manuscript emerged in the analysis frequently as important: ‘theory,’ ‘design/conception’ and ‘discussion of results.’.

Keywords: Affiliation, Analysis, Assessment, Content Analysis, Contribution, Criteria, Data, Discovery, Documentation, Ethics, History, Journal, Journals, Korean, Literature, Peer, Peer Review, Peer-Review, Process, Publication, Quality, Quality of, Referees, Reference, Relevance, Research, Review, Review Process, Scientific Misconduct, Significance, Stem Cell, Stem-Cells, Theory

? Vaughan, L. and You, J. (2008), Content assisted web co-link analysis for competitive intelligence. Scientometrics, 77 (3), 433-444.

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Abstract: Building on a previous study that succeeded in mapping business competition positions at an industry level using Web co-link analysis, the current study attempted to improve Web co-link analysis by adding Web page content to obtain the mapping at a particular market segment level. This method combines the ideas of Web content mining with Web structure mining. The method was tested in the WiMAX sector of the telecommunication industry. Specifically, the keyword WiMAX was incorporated into queries that searched for co-links to pairs of company Websites. Two sets of data were collected: one with the proposed method and one with co-link search alone. The resulting two data matrices were analyzed using multidimensional scaling (MDS) to generate maps of business competition. The comparison between the two maps shows that the proposed method produced a map focusing on the WiMAX sector. The study also proposed the measure of reduction of co-link count that can be used to gauge the effectiveness of focusing the analysis on a particular sector. The reduction of co-link count could also be an easy and pragmatic measure for an analysis of a company’s competitiveness in a particular market segment.

Keywords: Analysis, Business, Comparison, Competition, Competitive, Data, Effectiveness, Intelligence, Mapping, Market, MDS, Measure, Mining, Multidimensional, Multidimensional Scaling, Reduction, Scaling, Sector, Structure, Web

? Yoo, S.H. and Moon, H.S. (2008), A note on approximation of distribution function for the number of innovation activities. Scientometrics,