Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation

This book is written for members of the scholarly research community, and for persons involved in research evaluation and research policy. More specifically, it is directed towards the following four main groups of readers: – All scientists and scholars who have been or will be subjected to a quanti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moed, Henk F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Information Science and Knowledge Management
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Executive Summary
  • General Introduction and Main Conclusions
  • General Introduction
  • Basic Notions and General Conclusions
  • Synopsis
  • Empirical and Theoretical Chapters
  • Citation Analysis of Basic Science Research Departments
  • Citation Analysis of Scientific Journals
  • Basic Principles, Citation Links and Terminology
  • ISI Coverage by Discipline
  • Implications for the Use of the ISI Citation Indexes in Research Evaluation
  • Differences Between Science, Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Expanded Citation Analysis: A Case Study in Economics
  • A Case Study of Research Performance in Law
  • Introductory Notes on Accuracy Issues
  • Accuracy of Citation Counts
  • Problems with the Names of Authors and Institutions, and with the Delimitation of Subfields
  • What do References and Citations Measure?
  • Towards a Theory of Citation: Some Building Blocks
  • Implications for the Use of Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation
  • Peer Review and the Use and Validity of Citation Analysis
  • Analysis of Peer Assessments of Research Departments
  • Analysis of a National Research Council
  • Did Global Scientific Publication Productivity Increase During the 1980s and 1990s?
  • Measuring Trends in National Publication Output
  • Does International Scientific Collaboration Pay?
  • Do US Scientists Overcite Papers from their Own Country?
  • Development of New Indicators
  • Electronic Publishing, New Databases and Search Engines
  • Further Research