British science in the 1980s — Has the relative decline continued?

Martin, Ben R.

doi:10.1007/bf02018382

Cited by 18 publications

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“…Many journals start up while others fail and counts of publications over time are definitely affected by how many and which journals are covered (see Martin, 1994). As science changes over time, however, it makes good sense that the ISI should change its coverage.…”

Section: Fluctuations In the Journal Setmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Should citations be credited to multiple authorship positions or just to first authors? This is likely less of a problem for analyses undertaken at aggregate levels (see Martin, 1994), but it makes a difference at the individual level. When we allocated citations equally to multiple authors of articles, we found that the sixth most productive researcher in the field of Australian educational research was a research assistant who was third author on just three papers that turned out to be very highly cited.…”

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A compendium of issues for citation analysis

1999

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This paper examines a number of the criticisms that citation analysis has been subjected to over the years. It is argued that many of these criticisms have been based on only limited examinations of data in particular contexts and it remains unclear how broadly applicable these problems are to research conducted at different levels of analysis, in specific fields, and among various national data sets. Relevant evidence is provided from analysis of Australian and international data. Citation analysis is likely to be most reliable when data is aggregated and at the highly-cited end of the distribution. It is possible to make valid inferences about individual cases, although considerable caution should be used. Bibliometric measures should be viewed as a useful supplement to other research evaluation measures rather than as a replacement.

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Section: Fluctuations In the Journal Setmentioning

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A compendium of issues for citation analysis

1999

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“…It is necessary to be aware of the reasons for the different results obtained. When publications are counted with one full credit to each participating country, the USA will not get more than one credit even if scientists from several of the states of the USA are authors of a publication [MARTIN, 1994]. On the other hand in Europe each country, large or small, will get a full credit if at least one author comes from that country.…”

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Comparisons of results of publication counting using different methods

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Maye³

et al. 2008

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Using a database for publications established at CEST and covering the period from 1981 to 2002 the differences in national scores obtained by different counting methods have been measured. The results are supported by analysing data from the literature. Special attention has been paid to the comparison between the EU and the USA. There are big differences between scores obtained by different methods. In one instance the reduction in scores going from whole to complete-normalized (fractional) counting is 72 per cent. In the literature there is often not enough information given about methods used, and no sign of a clear and consistent terminology and of agreement on properties of and results from different methods. As a matter of fact, whole counting is favourable to certain countries, especially countries with a high level of international cooperation. The problems are increasing with time because of the ever-increasing national and international cooperation in research and the increasing average number of authors per publication. The need for a common understanding and a joint effort to rectify the situation is stressed.

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“…Are Europe and the USA losing ground today and are the newcomers gaining ground? This question has been the subject of prolonged discussion, starting with the debate in the 1980s on the relative decline of British science (Martin 1994), followed by a more general approach (May 1997). There is an extensive literature on the subject but the evidence is ambiguous and no clear conclusions have been reached.…”

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confidence: 99%