The Rise and Rise of Citation Analysis

Meho, Lokman I. (2007) The Rise and Rise of Citation Analysis.

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Abstract

With the vast majority of scientific papers now available online, this paper (accepted for publication in Physics World) describes how the Web is allowing physicists and information providers to measure more accurately the impact of these papers and their authors. Provides a historical background of citation analysis, impact factor, new citation data sources (e.g., Google Scholar, Scopus, NASA's Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, MathSciNet, ScienceDirect, SciFinder Scholar, Scitation/SPIN, and SPIRES-HEP), as well as h-index, g-index, and a-index.

EPrint Type:	Preprint
Keywords:	Citation analysis, Bibliomtrics, Informetrics, Databases, Citation databases, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Scholarly communication
Subjects:	Data Mining Databases Research Methods Citation Analysis Co-citation Analysis Bibliometrics Web Metrics Scholarly Communication Database Searching Instructions Informetrics Quantitative Research Evaluation
ID Code:	1703
Deposited On:	31 December 2006
Alternative Locations:	http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/meho/PhysicsWorld.pdf, http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0701/0701012.pdf
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