30 januari 2007
Citation analysis and research performance, a reading list
Introduction
The two most current ‘bibles’ for citation analysis
Moed, H. F. (2005). Citation analysis in research evaluation. Dordrecht (The Netherlands), Springer. 346 pp.
This book deals with the evaluation of scholarly research performance. Its principal question is: how can citation analysis be used properly as a tool in the assessment of such a contribution? In order to be used properly as a research evaluation tool, it is essential that all participants have insight into the nature of citation analysis, how its indicators are constructed and calculated, what the various theoretical positions state about what they measure, and what are their potentialities and limitations, particularly in relation to peer review. (from the cover)
Moed, H. F., W. Glänzel, et al., Eds. (2004). Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research : The use of Publication and Patent Statistics in Studies of S&T Systems. Dordrecht (The Netherlands), Kluwer Academic Publishers. 800 pp.
And the most important journal on this subject:
Scientometrics ISSN 1588-2861, Springer.
Citation data
General
Roth, D. L. (2005). The emergene of competitors to the Science Citation Index and the Web of Science. Current Science 89(9): 1531-1535. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1531.pdf
This article points to some interesting (free) resources for citation data.
Meho, L. I. and K. Yang (2007). Impact of data sources on citation counts and rankings of LIS faculty: Web of Science vs. Scopus and Google Scholar. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00008586/
Web of Science
Jacsó, P. (2007). Web of Science. Peter's digital reference shelf Retrieved. 24 January, 2007, from http://www.gale.com/reference/peter/200701/wos.htm.
A recent review highlighting the new Citation report features and the h-index
Scopus
Jacsó, P. (2006). Scopus revisted. Peter Digital Reference Shelf Retrieved 27 June, 2006, from http://projects.ics.hawaii.edu/~jacso/gale/scopus-revisited/scopus-revisited.htm.
Google Scholar
Jacsó, P. (2005). Google Scholar. Peter's digital reference shelf Retrieved Oct. 2005 http://www.galegroup.com/reference/archive/200412/googlescholar.html.
Benchmarking
ESI
Gerritsma, W. (2006). Wetenschappers gewogen : een systeem voor citatieanalyses in de praktijk. Informatie Professional 10(10): 12-17. (in Dutch)
http://library.wur.nl/wasp/bestanden/LUWPUBRD_00348170_A502_001.pdf
h-index
Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. PNAS 102(46): 16569-16572. http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508025
van Raan, A. F. J. (2006). Comparison of the Hirsch-index with standard bibliometric indicators and with peer judgment for 147 chemistry research groups. Scientometrics 67(3): 491-502.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511206
Journal quality
JCR
Seglen, P. O. (1997). Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. BMJ 314(7079): 497-502.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7079/497
Opthof, T. (1997). Sense and nonsense about the impact factor. Cardiovascular Research 33(1): 1-7.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6363(96)00215-5
Dong, P., M. Loh, et al. (2005). The "impact factor" revisted. Biomedical Digital Libraries 2(7).
http://www.bio-diglib.com/content/2/1/7
Ranking universities
Popular lists
Shanghai Jiao Tong University http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm
THES World University rankings http://www.thes.co.uk/worldrankings/
Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/
van Raan, A. F. J. (2005). Challenges in Ranking of Universities. First International Conference on World Class Universities, Shanghai Jaio Tong University, Shanghai, June 16-18, 2005.
http://www.cwts.nl/cwts/AvR-ShanghaiConf.pdf
The two most current ‘bibles’ for citation analysis
Moed, H. F. (2005). Citation analysis in research evaluation. Dordrecht (The Netherlands), Springer. 346 pp.
This book deals with the evaluation of scholarly research performance. Its principal question is: how can citation analysis be used properly as a tool in the assessment of such a contribution? In order to be used properly as a research evaluation tool, it is essential that all participants have insight into the nature of citation analysis, how its indicators are constructed and calculated, what the various theoretical positions state about what they measure, and what are their potentialities and limitations, particularly in relation to peer review. (from the cover)
Moed, H. F., W. Glänzel, et al., Eds. (2004). Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research : The use of Publication and Patent Statistics in Studies of S&T Systems. Dordrecht (The Netherlands), Kluwer Academic Publishers. 800 pp.
And the most important journal on this subject:
Scientometrics ISSN 1588-2861, Springer.
Citation data
General
Roth, D. L. (2005). The emergene of competitors to the Science Citation Index and the Web of Science. Current Science 89(9): 1531-1535. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/nov102005/1531.pdf
This article points to some interesting (free) resources for citation data.
Meho, L. I. and K. Yang (2007). Impact of data sources on citation counts and rankings of LIS faculty: Web of Science vs. Scopus and Google Scholar. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00008586/
Web of Science
Jacsó, P. (2007). Web of Science. Peter's digital reference shelf Retrieved. 24 January, 2007, from http://www.gale.com/reference/peter/200701/wos.htm.
A recent review highlighting the new Citation report features and the h-index
Scopus
Jacsó, P. (2006). Scopus revisted. Peter Digital Reference Shelf Retrieved 27 June, 2006, from http://projects.ics.hawaii.edu/~jacso/gale/scopus-revisited/scopus-revisited.htm.
Google Scholar
Jacsó, P. (2005). Google Scholar. Peter's digital reference shelf Retrieved Oct. 2005 http://www.galegroup.com/reference/archive/200412/googlescholar.html.
Benchmarking
ESI
Gerritsma, W. (2006). Wetenschappers gewogen : een systeem voor citatieanalyses in de praktijk. Informatie Professional 10(10): 12-17. (in Dutch)
http://library.wur.nl/wasp/bestanden/LUWPUBRD_00348170_A502_001.pdf
h-index
Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. PNAS 102(46): 16569-16572. http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508025
van Raan, A. F. J. (2006). Comparison of the Hirsch-index with standard bibliometric indicators and with peer judgment for 147 chemistry research groups. Scientometrics 67(3): 491-502.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511206
Journal quality
JCR
Seglen, P. O. (1997). Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. BMJ 314(7079): 497-502.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7079/497
Opthof, T. (1997). Sense and nonsense about the impact factor. Cardiovascular Research 33(1): 1-7.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6363(96)00215-5
Dong, P., M. Loh, et al. (2005). The "impact factor" revisted. Biomedical Digital Libraries 2(7).
http://www.bio-diglib.com/content/2/1/7
Ranking universities
Popular lists
Shanghai Jiao Tong University http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm
THES World University rankings http://www.thes.co.uk/worldrankings/
Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/
van Raan, A. F. J. (2005). Challenges in Ranking of Universities. First International Conference on World Class Universities, Shanghai Jaio Tong University, Shanghai, June 16-18, 2005.
http://www.cwts.nl/cwts/AvR-ShanghaiConf.pdf
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