The evaluation of research by scientometric indicators /
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Author / Creator: | Vinkler, PeĢter. |
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Imprint: | Oxford : Chandos Pub., 2010. |
Description: | xxi, 313 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Science indicators. Science -- Evaluation. Research -- Methodology. Onderzoek. Effectenonderzoek. Indicatoren. Bibliometrie. Indikator. Wissenschaftsforschung. Evaluation. Research -- Methodology. Science -- Evaluation. Science indicators. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7995554 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgement
- About the author
- List of figures and tables
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basic categories of scientometrics
- Concluding remarks
- 3. Classification of the indicators of evaluative scientometrics
- Introduction
- Classification scheme of evaluative indicators
- Concluding remarks
- 4. Publication growth in science
- Introduction
- Relative publication growth index
- Concluding remarks
- 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 pv-index
- Concluding remarks
- 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
- 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 p-index
- Concluding remarks
- 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
- 9. Frequency of and strength of motives in referencing: the Reference threshold Model
- Introduction
- The frequency and strength of motives in referencing
- Concluding remarks
- 10. Research contribution and share of credit of individual authors
- introduction
- Distributing credit of publication among co-authors
- Concluding remarks
- 11. standards in scientormetrlc assessments
- introduction
- Bibiiometric factors
- 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
- 12. Scientometrlc assessments: application of scientometrics for the purposes of science policy
- Introduction
- Scientometric methods for the evaluation of research organisations
- Evaluating publications of research i nstitutes by a composite scientometric indicator
- Structure and eminence of the scientific activity on a nations, scale
- Scientometric indicators and GDP
- Concluding remarks
- 13. Institutionalisation of Scientific information: a scientometric model (ISI-S modelo)
- Introduction
- The ISI-S model
- Concluding remarks
- 14. Conclusions
- References
- Author index
- Subject index