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Cusker, Jeremy – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
Quantitative measurements can be used to yield lists of top journals for individual fields. However, these lists represent assessments of the entire "universe" of citation. A much more involved process is needed if the goal is to develop a nuanced picture of what a specific group of authors, such as an academic department, is citing. This article…
Descriptors: Science Materials, Bibliographic Databases, Periodicals, Comparative Analysis
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Lascar, Claudia; Barnett, Philip – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
The purpose of this study was to reveal influential journals used by life scientists; journals not currently included in "BIOSIS Previews," but included in either "PubMed" or "Science Citation Index Expanded". These 252 journals were revealed by the Eigenfactor, an iterative ranking scheme which quantitatively measures the scientific influence of…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Biology, Scientific Research, Bibliographic Databases
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Spence, Michelle; Mawhinney, Tara; Barsky, Eugene – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
Science and engineering libraries have an important role to play in preserving the intellectual content in research areas of the departments they serve. This study employs bibliographic data from the Web of Science database to examine how much research material is required to cover 90% of faculty citations in civil engineering and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Citation Analysis