The impact of Alcohol and Alcoholism among substance abuse journals. (1/793)
This article concerns the question of journal impact factor and other bibliometric indicators made available by the Institute for Scientific Information in their Journal Citation Report for 1996. The impact factors of journals within the subject category 'substance abuse' are listed along with total citations, immediacy indices, and cited half-lives. The relationship between cited and citing journals is discussed with the main focus on the data available for Alcohol and Alcoholism. Some of the problems and limitations of bibliometric measures of productivity are dealt with, especially when these are used to evaluate the work of individual scientists. Although bibliometric measures are easy to compute, they become difficult to interpret, such as when dealing with collaborative research and the problem posed by multiple authorship. The need to adjust impact factors and citation counts for the number of co-authors in a paper becomes important when credit has to be attributed to one individual from a multi-author paper. This is often necessary in connection with grant applications and when making decisions about academic promotion and tenure. The impact factor of Alcohol and Alcoholism has increased steadily over the past 5 years, even after adjusting for the number of self-citations, which resulted in an even greater increase in impact. However, the impact factors of substance abuse journals are generally low, compared with disciplines such as immunology, genetics, and biochemistry. Some suggestions are made for increasing the impact factors of substance abuse journals if this is considered necessary. But instead of paying attention to the impact factor of a journal, scientists should give more consideration to the speed and efficiency of the editorial handling of their manuscripts and particularly to the quality and timeliness of the peer review. (+info)Conducting a literature review on the effectiveness of health care interventions. (2/793)
The dramatic increase in the volume of research based information means that effective policy makers must be able to conduct and interpret literature reviews. This article sets out the steps that should be followed in doing so. They are: explicitly defining the question; locating relevant literature; assessing the quality of studies and deciding whether they should be included; synthesizing and re-analyzing the results; and presenting them in a clear and concise manner. The article identifies the leading sources of information, including electronic databases and useful Internet addresses and describes briefly how each stage should be conducted, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches and the ways in which bias may be introduced. (+info)Lessons from a review of publications in three health promotion journals from 1989 to 1994. (3/793)
A thematic analysis was undertaken of 72 editorials in three leading health promotion journals, Health Education Research: Theory & Practice, Health Education Quarterly and Health Promotion International, from 1989 to 1994. The three main themes which emerged were (1) the need to broaden health promotion interventions, (2) the need to promote rigour and professionalism in the discipline of health promotion, and (3) the need to respond to the information requirements of practitioners. Against this context, we conducted a content analysis of the journals, examining the nature of the 649 peer-reviewed publications in the same time period. Categories from the traditional bio-medical 'stages of research' models had to be adapted before full classification of articles published was feasible. The largest number of articles published could be termed descriptive research, followed by studies developing and validating health promotion measurement tools and health promotion theory. The proportion of program evaluations was small and the proportion of randomized controlled trials ('highest quality evidence' of effectiveness) decreased over time. Dissemination studies were also poorly represented in spite of this being identified in editorials as an important professional need. Ways to redress some of the imbalances observed are discussed. (+info)Trends in antihypertensive drug advertising, 1985-1996. (4/793)
BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and ACE inhibitors have been used increasingly in the treatment of hypertension. In contrast, beta-blocker and diuretic use has decreased. It has been suggested that pharmaceutical marketing has influenced these prescribing patterns. No objective analysis of advertising for antihypertensive therapies exists, however. METHODS AND RESULTS: We reviewed the January, April, July, and October issues of the New England Journal of Medicine from 1985 to 1996 (210 issues). The intensity of drug promotion was measured as the proportion of advertising pages used to promote a given medication. Statistical analyses used the chi2 test for trend. Advertising for CCBs increased from 4.6% of advertising pages in 1985 to 26.9% in 1996, while advertising for beta-blockers (12.4% in 1985 to 0% in 1996) and diuretics (4.2% to 0%) decreased (all P<0.0001). A nonsignificant increase was observed in advertising for ACE inhibitors (3.5% to 4.3%, P=0.17). Although the total number of drug advertising pages per issue decreased from 60 pages in 1985 to 42 pages in 1996 (P<0.001), the number of pages devoted to calcium channel blocker advertisements nearly quadrupled. CONCLUSIONS: Increasing promotion of CCBs has mirrored trends in physician prescribing. An association between advertising and prescribing patterns could explain why CCBs have supplanted better-substantiated therapies for hypertension. (+info)Impact factors: use and abuse in biomedical research. (5/793)
Impact factors are increasingly being used as measures in the process of academic evaluation; however, the pitfalls associated with such use of impact factors are not always appreciated. Impact factors have limited use as criteria in determining the quality of scientific research. Classical anatomists may be actively discriminated against if journal impact factors are used as measures of scientific merit in comparison with colleagues in more popular or faster-moving disciplines such as molecular biology. Research evaluation based on citation rates and journal impact factors is inappropriate, unfair, and an increasing source of frustration. (+info)Bibliometric methods for the evaluation of arthritis research. (6/793)
This study uses bibliometric methods to evaluate the magnitude and quality of publications in arthritis research in the UK and compare this with that of other countries. Arthritis research was defined by publication in a specialist journal or by specific title key words or address. Outputs from 13 countries between 1988 and 1995 were analysed by number, research level (from clinical to basic) and potential impact on other researchers (from low to high). The UK has a strong presence in arthritis research and the highest relative commitment of all the countries studied. UK output was more clinical than that of other countries, except Spain, and was of relatively high impact. A second study examined UK arthritis papers supported by different funding sources, including government, private-non-profit and industry. Papers with funding acknowledgements were of significantly higher impact and less clinical than those without. The Arthritis Research Campaign was the leading funder in the UK with high-impact papers which, over the 8 yr period, have become more clinical than those supported by other funding sources, except hospital trusts. (+info)Mapping the literature of dental assisting. (7/793)
The purpose of this study was to identify core journals and the databases that provide access to these journals for the field of dental assisting. This study was completed as a part of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section's project to map the literature of allied health. There were three original journals selected for analysis using the prescribed methodology, Dental Assistant, the journal of the American Dental Assistants Association; Journal of the CDAA, the journal of the Canadian Dental Assistants' Association; and Dental Teamwork, published by the American Dental Association. Dental Teamwork ceased publication in December 1996; however, it was considered a necessary part of the analysis due to its extensive coverage of dental assisting as well as its numerous scientific articles with references. In Dental Assistant, there were 16 source articles, containing 206 citations. In Dental Teamwork, there were 31 source articles with 308 citations. In Journal of the CDAA, there were only 3 source articles with 14 citations. Bradford's Law of Scattering was applied to the journal citations. Four databases, MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and HEALTH were analyzed for their coverage of these cited journals. This study may encourage the dental assisting profession to take a close look at its existing journals and to consider enhancing the content of these journals or the publication of additional journals in the field. Dental assistants of today need substantive literature that deals with all aspects of their chosen profession in order to meet the challenges of providing dental health care in the future. (+info)Mapping the literature of dental hygiene. (8/793)
Despite the long history of the dental hygiene profession, little research has been conducted on the characteristics of its literature. In this study, the bibliometric method was used to identify the core journals in the discipline and the extent of indexing of these journals. The study was a part of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section's project to map the allied health literature. Five journals were found to provide one-third of all references studied. Forty-two journals yielded an additional one-third of the references. MEDLINE had the best indexing coverage with 87% of the journals receiving indexing for at least one-half of the articles included. Limited coverage was provided by EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (11%) and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (9%). The findings identified titles that should be added by indexing services as well as those that should have more complete coverage. (+info)Bibliometrics is the use of statistical methods to analyze books, articles, and other publications. In the field of information science, bibliometrics is often used to measure the impact of scholarly works or authors by counting the number of times that a work has been cited in other publications. This can help researchers identify trends and patterns in research output and collaboration, as well as assess the influence of individual researchers or institutions.
Bibliometric analyses may involve a variety of statistical measures, such as citation counts, author productivity, journal impact factors, and collaborative networks. These measures can be used to evaluate the performance of individual researchers, departments, or institutions, as well as to identify areas of research strength or weakness.
It is important to note that while bibliometrics can provide useful insights into research trends and impact, they should not be the sole basis for evaluating the quality or significance of scholarly work. Other factors, such as the rigor of the research design, the clarity of the writing, and the relevance of the findings to the field, are also important considerations.
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Scientometrics3
- Bibliometrics is closely associated with scientometrics, the analysis of scientific metrics and indicators, to the point that both fields largely overlap. (wikipedia.org)
- The concept of bibliometrics "stresses the material aspect of the undertaking: counting books, articles, publications, citations" In theory, bibliometrics is a distinct field from scientometrics (from the Russian naukometriya) which relies on the analysis of non-bibliographic indicators of scientific activity. (wikipedia.org)
- In practice, bibliometrics and scientometrics studies tend to use similar data sources and methods, as citation data has become the leading standard of quantitative scientific evaluation during the mid-20th century: "insofar as bibliometric techniques are applied to scientific and technical literature, the two areas of scientometrics and bibliometrics overlap to a considerable degree. (wikipedia.org)
Metrics2
- This introductory 1-hour class will cover key bibliometric theories and concepts, providing an overview of different types of metrics (including alternative metrics), and a closer look at the limitations and potential misuse of bibliometrics. (nih.gov)
- They are alternative metrics, responsible use of bibliometrics and responsible research evaluation movement, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in bibliometrics practice. (calaijol.org)
Altmetrics2
- They will discuss what they learned from their analysis of citation and publishing patterns by faculty at their institutions, including how to assess publisher Big Deals, identify collection development gaps, and go beyond traditional bibliometrics to support the tenure and promotion process using altmetrics. (choice360.org)
- We offer UEF Library customers guidance in utilising bibliometrics, altmetrics and datametrics. (uef.fi)
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- Bibliometrics: a powerful tool for evaluating the quality of science 02 May 2022 Bibliometrics is often associated with publication counts and citation impact indicators, but bibliometric analysis can also be a powerful tool for monitoring and evaluating the quality of scientific research with research program-relevant breadth and depth. (science-metrix.com)
- Feng, X. , Wang, X. and Su, Y. (2022), "An analysis of the current status of metaverse research based on bibliometrics", Library Hi Tech , Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. (emerald.com)
- The Ministry of Education and Culture, FUN Finnish University Libraries' Network, the Helsinki University Library, the Academy of Finland, and CSC - IT Center for Science will organize a seminar on bibliometrics on 12 April 2022. (helsinki.fi)
Indicators5
- Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation takes the reader through the challenges surrounding the use of quantitative indicators in research evaluation, considers the reasons behind their current misuse, and offers proposals and examples of the contributions that indicators can make to the analysis of the dynamics of science and to the evidence base for research policy. (mit.edu)
- This channel discusses the use of bibliometrics and other performance indicators in the Open Access industry. (openresearch.community)
- 1] Although opinions differ as to how reliable bibliometrics are as a sole measure of the quality and impact of research, [2, 3, 4] they are increasingly used to assess peer reviewed research outputs in contexts such as local research performance indicators, grant applications, and academic appraisal processes. (illinois.edu)
- Bibliometrics can provide useful quantitative indicators, but cannot measure the true impact and quality of your research. (york.ac.uk)
- In quantitative evaluation or in other words, bibliometrics, different indicators are produced from the publication using mathematical and statistical methods. (uef.fi)
Search1
- Beyond specialized scientific use, popular web search engines, such as the pagerank algorithm implemented by Google have been largely shaped by bibliometrics methods and concepts. (wikipedia.org)
Citations3
- Among the tools used to measure "research excellence," bibliometrics -aggregate data on publications and citations-has become dominant. (mit.edu)
- Bibliometrics is also used to illustrate the patterns of cooperation and scientific fields through analysis of Co-authorship and citations. (kau.se)
- The aim of this study was to examine the bibliometrics of systematic reviews and to determine the amount of variance in citations predicted by the journal impact factor (JIF) alone and combined with several other characteristics. (biomedcentral.com)
Quantitative analysis2
- Bibliometrics, the quantitative analysis of research publications, seeks to understand how research publications are produced, what they are about, and the impact they have had. (nih.gov)
- Bibliometrics is the quantitative analysis of scientific publications and can provide insight into the productivity, collaboration structures, research topics, and citation impacts of publications from laboratories, institutions, and grant portfolios. (nih.gov)
VOSviewer1
- The data from 1999 to 2021 were collected from the Web of Science core collection database, and analyzed through bibliometrics software (CiteSpace and VOSviewer) for the dual-map overlay of journals, top 25 references with the strongest citation bursts, top 25 keywords with the strongest citation bursts, and timeline of keywords . (bvsalud.org)
Evaluation5
- Bibliometrics tools have been commonly integrated in descriptive linguistics, the development of thesauri, and evaluation of reader usage. (wikipedia.org)
- Why bibliometrics is useful for understanding the global dynamics of science but generate perverse effects when applied inappropriately in research evaluation and university rankings. (mit.edu)
- Bibliometrics is hailed as an "objective" measure of research quality, a quantitative measure more useful than "subjective" and intuitive evaluation methods such as peer review that have been used since scientific papers were first published in the seventeenth century. (mit.edu)
- The seminar is intended for all people working with e.g. bibliometrics, research evaluation, and research administration. (helsinki.fi)
- It briefly explains what bibliometrics is and why it is important in research evaluation and impact analysis. (calaijol.org)
Citation data1
- Bibliometrics refers to the quantitative measures used to assess research output, in other words, publication and citation data analysis. (ucc.ie)
Analysis4
- In the early 1960s, the Science Citation Index of Eugene Garfield and the citation network analysis of Derek John de Solla Price laid the fundamental basis of a structured research program on bibliometrics. (wikipedia.org)
- Julie Morris (they/she) is the Collections Analysis/Bibliometrics Librarian at the University of New Brunswick. (choice360.org)
- RSVP for Advanced Training Programme on Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis to add comments! (lislinks.com)
- Global trends and current status of amputation: Bibliometrics and visual analysis of publications from 1999 to 2021. (bvsalud.org)
Google Scholar1
- Is Google Scholar useful for bibliometrics? (diigo.com)
20161
- The present bibliometrics study of 153 articles published in the Mens Sana Monograph from 2007 to 2016. (unl.edu)
Retrieval2
- We highlight the importance of 'uncertainty' within information fusion and argue that this concept is crucial also for bibliometrics and information retrieval. (diva-portal.org)
- Finally we argue that a further integration of information fusion approaches in the research area of bibliometrics and information retrieval may results in new and fruitful venues of research. (diva-portal.org)
Publications3
- Bibliometrics is the use of statistical methods to analyse books, articles and other publications, especially in scientific contents. (wikipedia.org)
- Bibliometrics was conceived as a replacement for statistical bibliography, the main label used by publications in the field until then: for Pritchard, statistical bibliography was too "clumsy" and did not make it very clear what was the main object of study. (wikipedia.org)
- Bibliometrics referes to the quantitative methods used to examine the production and impact of scientific/academic publications. (kau.se)
Approach2
- The development of the web and the expansion of bibliometrics approach to non-scientific production has entailed the introduction of broader labels in the 1990s and the 2000s: infometrics, webometrics or cybermetrics. (wikipedia.org)
- Automated Research Impact Assessment: A New Bibliometrics Approach. (nih.gov)
Librarianship1
- The purpose of this paper is to discuss the background and potential consequences of bibliometrics being incorporated as a part of librarianship tasks and competencies. (diigo.com)
Bibliography1
- The anglicized version bibliometrics was first used by Alan Pritchard in a paper published in 1969, titled "Statistical Bibliography or Bibliometrics? (wikipedia.org)
Evaluate1
- Bibliometrics is used to an increasing extent to evaluate research and the distribution of research funding. (lth.se)
Statistical1
- Within bibliometrics, science and research are studied with the help of mathematical and statistical methods. (lth.se)
Science2
- The emergence of the Web and the open science movement has gradually transformed the definition and the purpose of "bibliometrics. (wikipedia.org)
- This paper is an overview of bibliometrics, a subfield of library and information science. (calaijol.org)
Study1
- This report presents the findings of a collaborative bibliometrics study conducted by the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education, the National Center for Scientific Research and INASP. (inasp.info)
Impact1
- 3.1 Measuring the Impact of Research - from Scholarly Communication to Broader Impact" In Handbook Bibliometrics edited by Rafael Ball, 135-148. (degruyter.com)
Scientists2
- The lecturers are prominent researchers, scientists/professors in the field of bibliometrics. (lislinks.com)
- The opportunities of bibliometrics are therefore very different between historians and medical scientists. (uef.fi)
Results2
Community1
- LIS-Bibliometrics Community. (calaijol.org)
Measure1
- The word bibliometrics is a compound of the Greek words biblion (book) and metron (measurement, instrument to measure with). (lth.se)
Journal1
- The bibliometrics include the journal's publication, review and article access statistics, the articles attracting the most interest over the past year and the citation performance of the journal. (ajet.org.au)