A method for building core journal lists in interdisciplinary subject areas

Kushkowski, Jeffrey; Gerhard, Kristin H.; Dobson, Cynthia

doi:10.1108/eum0000000007179

Cited by 16 publications

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“…4 They searched the term "industrial relations" in ABI/Inform, EconLit, PAIS, PsychLit and Sociofile and found 2,753 articles published in the last five years in 479 different journals. 4 They searched the term "industrial relations" in ABI/Inform, EconLit, PAIS, PsychLit and Sociofile and found 2,753 articles published in the last five years in 479 different journals.…”

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Coverage of Periodicals in National Deposit Libraries

Voorbij

Lemmen²

2007

Serials Review

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National Deposit Libraries usually own the largest collection of periodicals published in a specific country. This paper describes a method to study the coverage of periodicals in deposit libraries. The authors used two checklists to determine coverage of the periodicals collection in the Deposit Library of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands. Coverage was found to be circa 94 and 84 percent, respectively. The nature of the checklists and the selection criteria of the Deposit Library can affect results. These considerations should also be taken into account when comparing coverage among deposit libraries of different countries. Serials Review 2007; 33:40-44.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coverage of Periodicals in National Deposit Libraries

Voorbij

Lemmen²

2007

Serials Review

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“…As a result, there have been myriad citation analyses for interdisciplinary topics and newly emerging fields, including international relations, agricultural economics, cultural anthropology, fuzzy set theory, medieval studies, nanotechnology, later life migration, police administration, communication disorders, and Southern studies (Zhang 2007a;Zhang 2007b;Robinson and Posten 2005;Hood and Wilson 2003;Herubel 2005;LaBonte 2005;Walters and Wilder 2003;Joswick 2001;Black 2001;Adams 1992). Kushkowski et al (1998) created a methodology for obtaining a ranked journal list for a core collection by identifying the frequency of journal title indexing in various bibliographic databases. They compare this methodology to Hirst's Discipline Impact Factor, which is a more subject-specific means of analysis than the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Impact Factor.…”

Section: Literature Review Citation Analysis Generallymentioning

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Social Gerontology—Integrative and Territorial Aspects: A Citation Analysis of Subject Scatter and Database Coverage

Bergman

2011

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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To determine the mix of resources used in social gerontology research, a citation analysis was conducted. A representative sample of citations was selected from three prominent gerontology journals and information was added to determine subject scatter and database coverage for the cited materials. Results indicate that a significant portion of gerontology research, even from a social science perspective, relies roughly equally on medical resources as it does social science resources. Furthermore, there is a small but defined core of literature constituting scholarly "territory" unique to gerontology. Analysis of database indexing indicated that broad, interdisciplinary databases provide more comprehensive coverage of the cited materials than do subject-specific databases.

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“…Several papers, however, ought to be mentioned as specimens of the discipline impact factor use for determining appropriate lists of serials (e.g. Black, 1983;Gould, 1981;Kushkowski et al, 1998;Lazarev & Nikolaichik, 1979;Lazarev et al, 2017 etc.). There are also a few papers in which just some minor elements of the Hirst's methodology were used relating to the selection of the restricted number of additional core journals that were not known before the research, but not to the application of the DIF for determining extensive lists of necessary serials of various specialization; e.g.…”

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Discipline Impact Factor: Some of Its History, Some of the Author's Experience of Its Application, the Continuing Reasons for Its Use and… Next Beyond

Лазарев

2020

Journal of Data and Information Science

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AbstractPurposeThis work aims to consider the role and some of the 42-year history of the discipline impact factor (DIF) in evaluation of serial publications. Also, the original “symmetric” indicator called the “discipline susceptibility factor” is to be presented.Design/methodology/approachIn accordance with the purpose of the work, the methods are analytical interpretation of the scientific literature related to this problem as well as speculative explanations. The information base of the research is bibliometric publications dealing with impact, impact factor, discipline impact factor, and discipline susceptibility factor.FindingsExamples of the DIF application and modification of the indicator are given. It is shown why research and university libraries need to use the DIF to evaluate serials in conditions of scarce funding for subscription to serial publications, even if open access is available. The role of the DIF for evaluating journals by authors of scientific papers when choosing a good and right journal for submitting a paper is also briefly discussed. An original indicator “symmetrical” to the DIF (the “discipline susceptibility factor”) and its differences from the DIF in terms of content and purpose of evaluation are also briefly presented.Research limitationsThe selection of publications for the information base of the research did not include those in which the DIF was only mentioned, used partially or not for its original purpose. Restrictions on the length of the article to be submitted in this special issue of the JDIS also caused exclusion even a number of completely relevant publications. Consideration of the DIF is not placed in the context of describing other derivatives from the Garfield impact factor.Practical implicationsAn underrated bibliometric indicator, viz. the discipline impact factor is being promoted for the practical application. An original indicator “symmetrical” to DIF has been proposed in order of searching serial publications representing the external research fields that might fit for potential applications of the results of scientific activities obtained within the framework of the specific research field represented by the cited specialized journals. Both can be useful in research and university libraries in their endeavors to improve scientific information services. Also, both can be used for evaluating journals by authors of scientific papers when choosing a journal to submit a paper.Originality/valueThe article substantiates the need to evaluate scientific serial publications in library activities—even in conditions of access to huge and convenient databases (subscription packages) and open access to a large number of serial publications. It gives a mini-survey of the history of one of the methods of such evaluation, and offers an original method for evaluating scientific serial publications.

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A method for building core journal lists in interdisciplinary subject areas

Cited by 16 publications

References 14 publications

Coverage of Periodicals in National Deposit Libraries

Coverage of Periodicals in National Deposit Libraries

Social Gerontology—Integrative and Territorial Aspects: A Citation Analysis of Subject Scatter and Database Coverage

Discipline Impact Factor: Some of Its History, Some of the Author's Experience of Its Application, the Continuing Reasons for Its Use and… Next Beyond

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