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Abstract: This paper examines a number of the criticisms that citation analysis has been subjected to over the years. It is argued that many of these criticisms have been based on only limited examinations of data in particular contexts and it remains unclear how broadly applicable these problems are to research conducted at different levels of analysis, in specific fields, and among various national data sets. Relevant evidence is provided from analysis of Australian and international data. Citation analysis is likely to be most reliable when data is aggregated and at the highly-cited end of the distribution. It is possible to make valid inferences about individual cases, although considerable caution should be used. Bibliometric measures should be viewed as a useful supplement to other research evaluation measures rather than as a replacement.

Keywords: Analysis, Basic Research, Citation, Citation Analysis, Distribution, Evaluation, Indicators, Levels, Paper, Replacement, Research, Research Evaluation, Science

? Kozlowski, J., Radosevic, S. and Ircha, D. (1999), History matters: The inherited disciplinary structure of the post-communist science in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and its restructuring. Scientometrics, 45 (1), 137-166.

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Abstract: The inherited disciplinary structure of the science of post-communist countries of CEE carries a strong common features of its past. The communist heritage is present in: a) a relatively homogeneous research profile among post-communist countries, b) the similar structure of disciplinary comparative advantages of post-communist countries, c) the unbalanced and concentrated disciplinary structure of comparative advantages. The analysis is based on ISI databases and uses statistics on papers and citations for the 1992-1997 period for all central and eastern European countries as well as for other world regions. In the conclusions we discuss the relevance of the results for the restructuring of science in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Keywords: Analysis, Citations, Databases, Eastern Europe, Europe, Features, Homogeneous, ISI, Profile, Research, Science, Statistics, Structure

? Eto, H. (1999), The interest of scientific communities in sea-related research topics. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 167-183.

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Abstract: Articles on sea-related topics such as ocean, fishery, crimes at sea, law of the sea, distress at sea and others were counted for journals in the fields supposedly comprising sea-related specialties such as policy/political science, law and its enforcement, agriculture, transportation, and operational research. The number of such articles was found very few in all the surveyed journals. The follow-up search was made for other journals of the same specialties, obtaining the same result. Further, the same result was found to hold for other issues of the journals published in different years: That is, this phenomenon was found stable for years. Its reasons were discussed, and some interpretation and their policy implications were presented.

Keywords: 1990s, Agriculture, Authorship Patterns, Collaboration, Communities, Distress, Enforcement, Fishery, Follow up, Follow-up, Journals, Law, Made, Policy, Policy Implications, Quantitative Criminology, Research, Science, Transportation

Glänzel, W., Schubert, A. and Czerwon, H.J. (1999), A bibliometric analysis of international scientific cooperation of the European Union (1985-1995). Scientometrics, 45 (2), 185-202.

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Abstract: Scientific cooperation of the EU countries with other developed regions, with Economies in Transition and with Developing Countries is analysed as it is reflected in the bibliometric indicators of internationally co-authored publications. The citation attractivity of these publications shows that international scientific collaboration is particularly advantageous for less advanced countries, but also highly industrialised countries benefit from it.

Keywords: Analysis, Benefit, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Analysis, Bibliometric Indicators, Citation, Collaboration, Countries, EU, European Union, Indicators, Publications, Sciences, Scientific Collaboration, Subfields

? Rey-Rocha, J. and Martin-Sempere, M. (1999), The role of domestic journals in geographically-oriented disciplines: The case of Spanish journals on earth sciences. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 203-216.

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Abstract: The role of domestic journals in disseminating research results in the field of Earth Sciences in Spain is discussed. The analysis is based on bibliometric indicators of Spanish scientific production, as well as on the opinion of Spanish researchers in this field, obtained through a specially designed survey. A reasonable correspondence has been found between the results of bibliometric analysis and scientists’ judgements. Results show that 69% of Spanish articles in Earth Sciences were published in Spanish journals during the period 1990-1994. Scientists use both national and international journals to communicate their research results, although due to the nature of the discipline, geographically oriented and therefore mostly devoted to local problems, they use basically domestic journals. In terms of international visibility, although none of the Spanish journals in this field is covered by the SCI, most of them are covered by some of the most representative international databases in the field concerned. The study points out the importance of domestic journals in the field of Earth Sciences in Spain.

Keywords: Analysis, Bibliometric, Bibliometric Analysis, Bibliometric Indicators, Databases, Earth, Importance, Indicators, Local, Production, Research, Research Results, Role, SCI, Sciences, Scientific Literature, Scientific Production, Spain, Survey, Visibility

Egghe, L., Rousseau, R. and Yitzhaki, M. (1999), The ‘own-language preference’: Measures of relative language self-citation. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 217-232.

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Abstract: It has already been pointed out that the foreign language barrier is probably the greatest impediment to the free flow and transfer of information. This barrier is even growing as scientists of more and more countries publish in their own languages. Almost all studies addressing the language barrier problem were conducted from an Anglo-Saxon perspective, limiting their scope to English-language sources or English speakers. Little research has been devoted to studying and measuring language preference among non-English-speaking scholars.

This article reviews measures proposed in former studies such as the ‘relative own-language preference’ indicator, and the ‘straight odds ratio’, pointing out their advantages and drawbacks. Two new refined measures (in both ‘raw’ and normalised versions) are offered, claiming to be free of these drawbacks, and thus enabling a better and more reliable comparison between journals of different languages. Practical use of the proposed measures is illustrated by applying them to findings of a former language-citation study done on nine sociology journals.

Keywords: Barrier, Comparison, Flow, Indicator, Information, Language, Languages, Preference, Research, Reviews, Sources, Transfer

Kademani, B.S., Kalyane, V.L. and Jange, S. (1999), Scientometric portrait of Nobel laureate Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 233-250.

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Abstract: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994), the renowned crystallographer and the Nobel prize winner in Chemistry (1964) was responsible for developing the X-ray diffraction method of finding the exact structure of large and complicated molecules, such as Penicillin, Vitamin B-12, Insulin, etc. Her 180 publications during 1932-1988 were analyzed by domains, authorship pattern, publication productivity, scattering of publications and the keywords used in the titles of her papers.

Keywords: Authorship, Complicated, Productivity, Publication, Publications, Structure, X-Ray Diffraction

Garg, K.C. and Padhi, P. (1999), Scientometrics of laser research literature as viewed through the journal of current laser abstracts. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 251-268.

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Abstract: An analysis of 4650 publications abstracted in Journal of Current Laser Abstracts Vol. 27 (April 1990-March 1991) indicates that 14 countries contributed about 94% of the research output with USA toping the list followed by Japan and the erstwhile USSR, Technical reports and patents, besides articles in scientific journals constitute an important source of information on laser science and technology. ‘Spectroscopy of laser output’ is the sub-speciality which has received maximum emphasis. USA has paid almost equal emphasis for theoretical, experimental and applications of laser research, while such pattern is not applicable for other countries. For USSR, China, and India, the impact of research did not commensurate with the publication effort.

Keywords: Analysis, Applications, Areas, China, Current, Datafiles, Experimental, Fields, Impact, India, Indicators, Information, Japan, Journal, Output, Patents, Physics, Publication, Publications, Research, Science, Source, Subfields, USA, USSR, World Science

Gupta, B.M., Kumar, S. and Aggarwal, B.S. (1999), A comparision of productivity of male and female scientists of CSIR. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 269-289.

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Abstract: The paper examines the scientific productivity of male and female scientists working in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India at the overall agency level and at the group of laboratories level, characterized by three broad subjects of physical, biological, and engineering sciences. The productivity of scientists is evaluated on the basis of three parameters: the extent of scientists not publishing any paper, the average number of papers per scientist, and using Lotka’s approach. In order to find out whether there is any significant difference between male and female productivity distributions, a Chi-square test is used. Studies the applicability of Lotka’s inverse power law and some other statistical models in the distribution of scientific productivity of male and female scientists. Concludes that no significant difference exists between productivity distributions of male and female scientists.

Keywords: Chi-Square, Chi-Square Test, Distribution, Distributions, Duration, Engineering, Female, Frequency-Distribution, Group, India, Law, Lotka Law, Male, Models, Order, Paper, Parameters, Participation, Physical, Productivity, Publication, Publishing, Sciences, Scientific Productivity, Speed, Test

? Egghe, L. (1999), An explanation of the relation between the fraction of multinational publications and the fractional score of a country. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 291-310.

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Abstract: Consider a country’s national output, measured by counting the number of authors from country c that collaborate in every paper in a bibliography. Depending on whether country c appears at least once in every paper, we are able to deduce the corresponding relationship between c’s fractional score and its fraction of multinational papers to which c belongs. One of these models, a slowly decreasing concave function is similar to the relation observed by Nederhof and Moed(1) between the fractionated score of a country c and its fraction of multinational papers. The proof of the models developed here uses a stochastic property of weighting schemes, namely that the average fractional score of a country equals its total score.

Keywords: Fraction, Function, Models, Output, Paper, Publications, Stochastic, Weighting

? Eto, H. (1999), Relationship of mathematical programming with mathematics, economic regional planning and other specialties. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 311-324.

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Abstract: The references cited by papers in the four volumes of international journal titled Mathematical Programming (Math. Frog.) published in 1997 were surveyed. The most frequently cited journal was found to be Math. Frog. itself. Generally, the cited references were found to be heavily concentrated on particular journals or books by particular publishers specialised in particular specialties. Despite the historical background having originated from mathematics and economics and having developed together with the development of business administration, works in these specialties were found to be rarely cited. The research field of mathematical programming was hereby judged to have formed its own closed specialty, having rather isolated itself from others in a self-sufficient way. Its shift from economic, regional or business planning to the experiment design or the engineering design was observed.

Keywords: Administration, Background, Business Administration, Design, Development, Economic, Economics, Engineering, Experiment, Field, Historical, Journal, Management, Planning, Programming, Regional, Regional Planning, Research

Jin, B.H. and Wang, B. (1999), Chinese science citation database: Its construction and application. Scientometrics, 45 (2), 325-332.

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Abstract: The important role of the Institute for Scientific Information’s Science Citation Index (SCI) as an international retrieval and evaluation tool is briefly discussed. The role of Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), the counterpart of SCI in China, in improving the application of citation retrieval method in China, is summarized. The construction process and status quo of CSCD are explained.

Keywords: China, Chinese, Citation, Evaluation, Process, Role, SCI, Science, Science Citation Index

? Bundschuh, E. (1999), Science and the academic system in transition - An International Expert Meeting on Evaluation - 3-5 July, 1998 - Vienna, Austria - Welcoming and opening remarks. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 335-336.

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Keywords: Academic

? Escritt, R. (1999), Welcoming and opening remarks: Science and the academic system in transition - The role of evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 337.

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Keywords: Academic, Evaluation, Role

? Scapagnini, U. (1999), Science and the academic system in transition - An International Expert Meeting on Evaluation - 3-5 July, 1998 - Vienna, Austria - Welcoming and opening remarks. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 339-341.

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Keywords: Academic

? Einem, C. (1999), Science and the academic system in transition - An International Expert Meeting on Evaluation - 3-5 July, 1998 - Vienna, Austria - Welcoming and opening remarks. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 343-346

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Keywords: Academic

? Davignon, E. (1999), Evaluation in management and policy making at European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 347-354

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Keywords: Management, Policy, Policy Making, Policy-Making

? Kneucker, R.F. (1999), Evaluation in management and policy making at European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 355-357

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Keywords: Management, Policy, Policy Making, Policy-Making

Bundschuh, E. (1999), Quality assessment and structural change in universities. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 359-365.

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Keywords: Assessment, Universities

Lindqvist, O.V. (1999), Quality assessment and structural change in universities. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 367-370.

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Keywords: Assessment, Universities

Nybom, T. (1999), Quality assessment and structural change in universities. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 371-377.

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Keywords: Assessment, Universities

Pompidou, A. (1999), Quality assessment and structural change in universities. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 379-379.

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Keywords: Assessment, Universities

? Meyer, V. (1999), The role of advisory bodies in evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 381-385

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Keywords: Evaluation, Role

? Van Heeringen, A. (1999), The role of advisory bodies in evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 387-389

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Keywords: Evaluation, Role

Papon, P. (1999), The role of national agencies in evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 391-399.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Role

Seidel, H. (1999), The role of national agencies in evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 401-403.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Role

? Fasella, P.M. (1999), Interdependencies and interactions between evaluation and decision making processes. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 405-408.

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Keywords: Decision Making, Decision-Making, Evaluation, Interactions

? Tuppy, H. (1999), Interdependencies and interactions between evaluation and decision making processes. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 409-412.

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Keywords: Decision Making, Decision-Making, Evaluation, Interactions

? Meyer-Krahmer, F. (1999), Quantitative approaches - Strengths and weaknesses. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 413-415.

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Van Raan, A. (1999), Advanced bibliometric methods for the evaluation of universities. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 417-423.

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Keywords: Bibliometric, Bibliometric Methods, Evaluation, Methods, Universities

Braun, T. (1999), Bibliometric indicators for the evaluation of universities - Intelligence from the quantitation of the scientific literature. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 425-432.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Indicators, Quantitation, Universities

? Skoie, H. (1999), Bibliometrics - Some warnings from the North. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 433-437

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Sirilli, G. (1999), Innovation indicators in science and technology evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 439-443.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Indicators, Science

Westerheijden, D.F. (1999), Innovation indicators in science and technology evaluation: Comments from a higher education point of view. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 445-453.

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Keywords: Education, Evaluation, Higher Education, Indicators, Science

Airaghi, A. (1999), Quantitative methods in industrial research and development. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 455-457.

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Keywords: Development, Industrial, Methods, Research, Research and Development

Veltkamp, E. (1999), Quantitative methods in industrial R&D. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 459-462.

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Keywords: Industrial, Methods

Farge, Y. (1999), Quantitative methods in industrial research and development. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 463-465.

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Keywords: Development, Industrial, Methods, Research, Research and Development

? Curien, H. (1999), Role of experts in political consultancy processes. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 467-471

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? Wilhjelm, N. (1999), Role of experts in political consultancy processes. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 473-474.

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? Schmidt, A. (1999), Role of experts in political consultancy processes. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 475-477.

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? List, H. (1999), Advisory functions at European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 479-484.

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? Borgman, J. (1999), Advisory functions at European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 485-486.

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? Mannerkoski, M. (1999), Advisory functions at European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 487-489.

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Strömholm, S. (1999), Peer review: Experience at National and European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 491-495.

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Keywords: Review

Rojo, J.M. (1999), Peer review: Experiences at National and European level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 497-500.

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Keywords: Review

? Krull, W. (1999), Challenges to output measurement in science and technology programme evaluation. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 501-504.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Measurement, Output, Programme Evaluation, Science

? Ledoux, M.J. (1999), Measuring the impact of the EU framework programme. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 505-506.

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Keywords: EU, Impact

? Fayl, G. (1999), Measuring the impact of EU framework programme at national level. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 507.

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Keywords: EU, Impact

? Tsipouri, L. (1999), Evaluation at regional level - Science and technology in structural funds. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 509-515.

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Keywords: Regional, Structural Funds

? Helander, E. (1999), Evaluation of science and technology in the structural funds. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 517-521.

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Keywords: Science, Structural Funds

? Georghiou, L. (1999), Meta-evaluation: Evaluation of evaluations. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 523-530.

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? Praestgaard, E. (1999), Meta-evaluation: Evaluation of evaluations. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 531-532.

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? Horvat, M. (1999), Meta-evaluation: Evaluation of evaluations some points for discussion. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 533-542.

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? Fasella, P.M. (1999), Universities - Engines of innovation in the information society. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 543-545.

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Keywords: Information, Innovation

? Viana-Baptista, J. (1999), Universities - Engines of innovation in the information society. Scientometrics, 45 (3), 547-550.

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Keywords: Information, Innovation

? Bricall, J. (1999), Universities - Engines of innovation in the information society. Scientometrics,