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The Evaluation of Research by Scientometric Indicators
Peter Vinkler (Author)
9781843345725, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 20 January 2010
336 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg
Aimed at academics, academic managers and administrators, professionals in scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels. This book reviews the principles, methods and indicators of scientometric evaluation of information processes in science and assessment of the publication activity of individuals, teams, institutes and countries. It provides scientists, science officers, librarians and students with basic and advanced knowledge on evaluative scientometrics. Especially great stress is laid on the methods applicable in practice and on the clarification of quantitative aspects of impact of scientific publications measured by citation indicators.
Acknowledgement About the author List of figures and tables Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Basic categories of scientometrics Concluding remarks Chapter 3: Classification of the indicators of evaluative scientometrics Introduction Classification scheme of evaluative indicators Concluding remarks Chapter 4: Publication growth in science Introduction Relative publication growth index Concluding remarks Chapter 5: Scientific eminence of journals: the Garfield Factor and the Current Contribution Index Introduction Standardised description of the Garfield Factor Chances for citation and chances for citedness The Garfield Factor and relative publication growth Some empirical findings An empirical model Towards understanding the Garfield Factor The GF and the SIC index Relationship between quantity and quality: growth and specific indices The Current Contribution Index (CCI) The ?V-index Concluding remarks Chapter 6: The ageing of scientific information Introduction Annual citedness and annual citedness rates Conversion of Journal Paper Citedness indices or Garfield Factors calculated for different time periods Calculating the Estimated Number of Citations (ENC) by the Subsequent Impact Method (SIM) Concluding remarks Chapter 7: Scientometric indicators for the assessment of publications Introduction Definition and function of comparative indicators of evaluative scientometrics Relationships between three relative impact indicators (RW, RCR, RPS) The Invitation Paradox Model for the selection of relative publication impact indicators Composite scientometric indicators The h-index and the ?-index Concluding remarks Chapter 8: Reference strategy: model of manifested communication through publications Introduction Reference strategy Laws of reference strategy The model of manifested communication through publications Concluding remarks Chapter 9: Frequency of and strength of motives in referencing: the Reference Threshold Model Introduction The frequency and strength of motives in referencing Concluding remarks Chapter 10: Research contribution and share of credit of individual authors Introduction Distributing credit of publications among co-authors Concluding remarks Chapter 11: Standards in scientometric assessments Introduction Bibliometric factors Effect of bibliometric factors on the GF of journals Selecting sets of papers and journals as reference standards Standardisation of citedness indicators using standardised publication and citation time windows Dependence of JPC on the type of publication Methods for obtaining absolute reference standards for relative impact indicators Delineating journals by subject field Methods for standardising GFs Methods for determining ordinal rank scores in sets of different size Standardising part-indicators Concluding remarks Chapter 12: Scientometric assessments: application of scientometrics for the purposes of science policy Introduction Scientometric methods for the evaluation of research organisations Evaluating publications of research institutes by a composite scientometric indicator Scientometric indicators and GDP Concluding remarks Chapter 13: Institutionalisation of Scientific Information: a scientometric model (ISI-S model) Introduction The ISI-S model Concluding remarks Chapter 14: Conclusions References Author index Subject index
Subject Areas: Library & information sciences [GL]
